Danaher Corporation announced today that it has sold all 95,000 shares of Leica Geosystems common stock that it owns through its subsidiary, Edelweiss Holdings ApS.

Danaher Corporation is a leading manufacturer of Professional Instrumentation, Industrial Technologies, and Tools and Components. (http://www.danaher.com/)

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities pursuant to the Danaher offer or otherwise. Reference is made to the Danaher offer prospectus and any supplements thereto by and on the terms of which the Danaher offer is being made. Terms and expressions defined in the Danaher offer prospectus apply in this announcement unless otherwise stated. The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in any such jurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions.

SOURCE: Danaher Corporation