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Insider Trading: Danaher Corp /de/

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of Danaher Corp /de/ since year 2005 are given in the first table. The second table lists detailed insider transactions reported by Danaher Corp /de/ since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is DHR. The reporting company's CIK number is 313616. The total value of stock buying during this period is $2,324,303. The total value of stock sales is $766,340,496. The total value of stock exercises is $65,983,984.

Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at Danaher Corp /de/ (DHR) in the past 24 months. The trade values of insider stock buys, sales, and option exercises are in logarithmic scale as shown on the right axis labels. The detailed monthly and daily insider transactions are listed in the 2 tables below.

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    $21,991k

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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at Danaher Corp /de/ (DHR) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for Danaher Corp /de/ (DHR).
Trading Period
year-month  
Insider Buying     
Shares               Value ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2008-05 0 0 18,821 1,467,760 43,333 318,500
2008-02 2,657 199,609 0 0 0 0
2008-01 28,351 2,124,694 0 0 0 0
2007-11 0 0 16,000 1,331,736 24,000 361,125
2007-08 0 0 669,166 50,336,974 371,858 10,976,391
2007-07 0 0 2,079,084 158,639,808 1,128,142 29,358,407
2007-04 0 0 40,000 2,853,757 40,000 477,500
2007-02 0 0 562,000 41,583,706 562,000 8,651,945
2007-01 0 0 35,000 2,544,220 27,000 612,549
2006-11 0 0 0 0 16,000 178,500
2006-10 0 0 3,150,000 219,914,263 80,000 2,548,000
2006-09 0 0 8,000 516,984 8,000 89,250
2006-05 0 0 100,000 6,758,420 100,000 1,115,630
2006-04 0 0 3,779,500 245,534,559 520,000 7,405,938
2006-02 0 0 331,500 18,572,699 198,000 2,363,724
2006-01 0 0 130,000 7,322,250 130,000 1,526,525
2005-07 0 0 160,000 8,963,360 0 0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for Danaher Corp /de/ (DHR)
  Trade Date   Insider Name Trade Type     Shares       Price ($)   Value ($)
2008-05-16 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Sale 5,880 80.00 470,400
2008-05-16 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Option Exercise 10,000 31.85 318,500
2008-05-09 Lutz Robert S (VP-Chief Accounting Officer) Sale 6,601 77.06 508,673
2008-05-05 Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr (EVP) Sale 6,340 77.08 488,687
2008-05-04 Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr (EVP) Option Exercise 10,000 .00 0
2008-05-04 Lico James A (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 13,333 .00 0
2008-05-04 Lutz Robert S (VP-Chief Accounting Officer) Option Exercise 10,000 .00 0
2008-02-28 Hefner Linda P (Director) Purchase 810 73.94 59,891
2008-02-27 Hefner Linda P (Director) Purchase 919 76.06 69,896
2008-02-13 Hefner Linda P (Director) Purchase 928 75.24 69,822
2008-01-31 Rales Mitchell P (Chairman of Exec. Committee) Purchase 28,351 74.94 2,124,694
2007-11-30 Stephenson A Emmet Jr (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 15.05 120,375
2007-11-06 Ehrlich Donald J (Director) Sale 8,000 83.40 667,200
2007-11-06 Ehrlich Donald J (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 15.05 120,375
2007-11-06 Lohr Walter G (Director) Sale 8,000 83.07 664,536
2007-11-06 Lohr Walter G (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 15.05 120,375
2007-08-09 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Sale 24,500 81.66 2,000,595
2007-08-09 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Option Exercise 24,500 31.85 780,325
2007-08-08 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Sale 15,500 82.09 1,272,410
2007-08-08 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Tax & Finance) Option Exercise 15,500 31.85 493,675
2007-08-01 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Sale 331,858 74.67 24,837,024
2007-08-01 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 331,858 29.24 9,702,391
2007-07-31 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Sale 338,142 75.96 25,722,967
2007-07-31 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 338,142 32.10 10,855,276
2007-07-30 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Sale 670,000 76.63 51,329,750
2007-07-30 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 670,000 23.31 15,619,375
2007-07-27 Knisely Philip (Executive Vice President) Sale 120,000 74.31 8,917,200
2007-07-27 Knisely Philip (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 120,000 24.03 2,883,756
2007-04-20 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Sale 40,000 71.34 2,853,757
2007-04-20 Simms Steve (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 40,000 11.94 477,500
2007-02-01 Allender Patrick W (Executive VP) Sale 400,000 74.01 29,604,000
2007-02-01 Allender Patrick W (Executive VP) Option Exercise 400,000 11.94 4,775,000
2007-02-01 Knisely Philip (Executive Vice President) Sale 150,000 73.95 11,092,380
2007-02-01 Knisely Philip (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 150,000 24.03 3,604,695
2007-02-01 Comas Daniel L (EVP & CFO) Sale 12,000 73.94 887,326
2007-02-01 Comas Daniel L (EVP & CFO) Option Exercise 12,000 22.69 272,250
2007-01-29 Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr (EVP) Sale 18,000 72.42 1,303,560
2007-01-29 Joyce Thomas Patrick Jr (EVP) Option Exercise 18,000 22.69 408,366
2007-01-26 Lohr Walter G (Director) Sale 8,000 73.61 588,880
2006-11-21 Stephenson A Emmet Jr (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 11.16 89,250
2006-11-14 Lohr Walter G (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 11.16 89,250
2006-10-30 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Finance & Tax) Sale 80,000 71.19 5,688,663
2006-10-30 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Finance & Tax) Option Exercise 80,000 31.85 2,548,000
2006-10-25 Rales Steven M (Chairman) Sale 3,000,000 69.75 209,250,000
2006-09-07 Ehrlich Donald J (Director) Sale 8,000 64.62 516,984
2006-09-07 Ehrlich Donald J (Director) Option Exercise 8,000 11.16 89,250
2006-05-09 Allender Patrick W (Executive VP) Sale 100,000 67.58 6,758,420
2006-05-09 Allender Patrick W (Executive VP) Option Exercise 100,000 11.16 1,115,630
2006-04-26 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Finance & Tax) Sale 56,000 65.19 3,650,640
2006-04-26 Ditkoff James H (Senior VP-Finance & Tax) Option Exercise 56,000 33.00 1,848,176
2006-04-26 Culp H Lawrence Jr (President and CEO) Sale 257,300 64.81 16,749,773
2006-04-26 Culp H Lawrence Jr (President and CEO) Option Exercise 257,300 11.94 3,071,518
2006-04-25 Comas Daniel L (EVP & CFO) Sale 64,000 65.07 4,164,352
2006-04-25 Comas Daniel L (EVP & CFO) Option Exercise 64,000 13.10 838,502
2006-04-25 Culp H Lawrence Jr (President and CEO) Sale 124,700 64.87 8,089,224
2006-04-25 Culp H Lawrence Jr (President and CEO) Option Exercise 142,700 11.55 1,647,742
2006-04-21 Rales Mitchell P (Chairman of Exec. Committee) Sale 3,000,000 64.95 194,850,000
2006-02-03 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Sale 67,400 55.79 3,752,789
2006-02-03 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Option Exercise 65,000 11.94 775,970
2006-02-02 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Sale 68,000 56.12 3,819,232
2006-02-02 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Option Exercise 68,000 11.94 811,784
2006-02-01 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Sale 65,000 56.50 3,666,594
2006-02-01 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Option Exercise 65,000 11.94 775,970
2006-01-31 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Sale 65,000 56.35 3,662,620
2006-01-31 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Option Exercise 65,000 11.94 775,970
2006-01-30 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Sale 65,000 56.30 3,659,630
2006-01-30 Simms Steve (Executive Vice Presi) Option Exercise 65,000 11.55 750,555
2005-07-28 Allender Patrick W (Executive VP) Sale 160,000 56.02 8,963,360

Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above tables cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more insider trading information of Danaher Corp /de/ (symbol DHR, CIK number 313616) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

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