1. Danaher Corporation
Supplemental Financial Information
26-Sep-03
Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Quarter Ended
Free Cash Flows ($ in 000's): Nine Months Ended
28-Mar-03 29-Mar-02 27-Jun-03 28-Jun-02 26-Sep-03 27-Sep-02 26-Sep-03 27-Sep-02
Operating Cash Flows $ 214,336 $ 263,247 $ 234,912 $ 130,199 $ 170,111 $ 171,983 $ 619,359 $ 565,429
Payments for Property, Plant &
Equipment (Capital Expenditures) $ (15,617) $ (12,923) $ (22,004) $ (15,318) $ (16,439) $ (16,712) $ (54,060) $ (44,953)
Free Cash Flow $ 198,719 $ 250,324 $ 212,908 $ 114,881 $ 153,672 $ 155,271 $ 565,299 $ 520,476
Free cash flow is defined as operating cash flow less purchases of
NOTE:
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.
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2. Danaher Corporation
Supplemental Financial Information
26-Sep-03
Debt to Total Capital and Net Debt
to Total Capital Ratios ($ in 000's): Balance As Of:
26-Sep-03 31-Dec-02
Notes Payable and Current Portion of
Long-term Debt $ 10,299 $ 112,542
Long-term Debt 1,246,008 1,197,422
Total debt 1,256,307 1,309,964
Total Stockholders' Equity 3,460,164 3,009,599
Total Capital $ 4,716,471 $ 4,319,563
Debt to Total Capital Ratio 26.6% 30.3%
Total Debt $ 1,256,307 $ 1,309,964
Less: Cash and Cash Equivalents (1,104,727) (810,463)
Net Debt 151,580 499,501
Total Capital $ 4,716,471 $ 4,319,563
Net Debt to Total Capital Ratio 3.2% 11.6%
NOTE: Debt to Total Capital is defined as the ratio of Total Debt (including notes
payable, current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt) to Total Capital
(the sum of Total Debt and Stockholders’ Equity). Net Debt to Total Capital is
defined as the ratio of Total Debt less Cash and Cash Equivalents to Total
Capital. Management believes these ratios provide useful information to
investors regarding the Company's debt leverage in relation to the size of its
available capital base and existing cash resources. Management uses these
ratios to evaluate the Company’s leverage over time to help determine the ability
of the Company to access additional borrowing capacity. These ratios do not
however necessarily indicate the ability of the Company to satisfy the debt
service requirements in existing or future debt agreements. These ratios should
be considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, other measures of liquidity
including working capital prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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