Danaher Corporation announced today that it will webcast its quarterly earnings conference call for the first quarter of 2009 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 beginning at 8:00 a.m. EDT and lasting approximately 1 hour.

The call and an accompanying slide presentation will be webcast on Danaher's website at www.danaher.com. You can access a replay of the webcast on the "Investors" section of Danaher's website (under the subheading "Web Events") shortly after the conclusion of the presentation, and the webcast will remain available until the next quarterly earnings call

You can also access the conference call by dialing 877-852-6579 within the U.S. or 719-325-4799 outside the U.S. a few minutes before the 8:00 a.m. EDT start and telling the operator that you are dialing in for Danaher's investor conference call (access code 2797420). A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and through Wednesday, April 29, 2009. You can access the replay by dialing 888-203-1112 within the U.S. or 719-457-0820 outside the U.S. with the access code 2797420.

Danaher's earnings press release, Form 10-Q for the 2009 first quarter, the webcast slides and other related presentation materials will be posted to the "Investors" section of Danaher's website under the subheading "Earnings" beginning at 6:00 a.m. EDT on the date of the earnings call, and will remain available following the call.

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

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