1. Danaher Corporation
Supplemental Financial Information
December 31, 2005
Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Year Ended
Free Cash Flows ($ in 000's):
September 30, 2005 December 31, 2005 December 31, 2004 December 31, 2005 December 31, 2004
April 1, 2005 April 2, 2004 July 1, 2005 July 2, 2004 October 1, 2004
Operating Cash Flows $ 311,991 $ 251,876 $ 282,598 $ 246,869 $ 307,863 $ 270,351 $ 301,349 $ 264,120 $ 1,203,801 $ 1,033,216
Payments for Property, Plant &
Equipment (Capital Expenditures) $ (25,951) $ (19,208) $ (30,970) $ (23,952) $ (30,231) $ (26,958) $ (34,054) $ (45,788) $ (121,206) $ (115,906)
Free Cash Flow $ 286,040 $ 232,668 $ 251,628 $ 222,917 $ 277,632 $ 243,393 $ 267,295 $ 218,332 $ 1,082,595 $ 917,310
Ratio of Free Cash Flow to Net
Earnings:
Free Cash Flow from Above $ 286,040 $ 232,668 $ 251,628 $ 222,917 $ 277,632 $ 243,393 $ 267,295 $ 218,332 $ 1,082,595 $ 917,310
Net Earnings from Continuing
Operations 188,256 145,244 229,020 182,233 228,821 200,793 $ 261,623 $ 217,730 $ 907,720 $ 746,000
Free Cash Flow to Net Earnings 1.52 1.60 1.10 1.22 1.21 1.21 1.02 1.00 1.19 1.23
NOTE: Free cash flow is defined as operating cash flow less purchases of property, plant and equipment. Management
believes that free cash flow provides useful information to investors regarding the Company's ability to generate cash
without external financings. Management uses free cash flow to help gauge the resources available for strategic
opportunities such as making acquisitions, investing in the business and strengthening the Company's balance sheet, and
uses this measure in making operating decisions, allocating financial resources and for budget planning purposes. Free
cash flow does not, however, take into account the Company's debt service requirements and other non-discretionary
expenditures and therefore is not necessarily indicative of amounts of cash that may be available for discretionary uses.
Free cash flow should be considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, cash flow from operations, net earnings and other
measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.