Danaher CEO to Comment Wednesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Danaher Corporation

announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., will comment tomorrow on the Company's performance in a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Culp will communicate that the Company's fourth quarter 2012 diluted net earnings per share is anticipated to be above the high end of the previously announced range of $0.80-0.85, with higher than expected core revenue growth in the quarter. Mr. Culp stated: "We are pleased by the strong finish to the year from both a revenue and earnings perspective, which was broad-based across most of our businesses." As previously announced, the company will hold its quarterly earnings conference call for the fourth quarter and year-end 2012 on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. EST. * * *   Danaher is a science and technology leader that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative products and services to professional, medical, industrial, and commercial customers.  Our premier brands are among the most highly recognized in each of the markets we serve.  The Danaher Business System provides a foundation to our 59,000