UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
Danaher Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
23585110
(CUSIP Number)
Joseph O. Bunting, III
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W
Washington, DC 20037-1701
(202)419-7645
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 12, 2020
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of§§240.13d-1(e),240.13d-1(f) or240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
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| * | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 23585110
| 1. | Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Steven M. Rales | |||||
| 2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
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| 3. | SEC Use Only
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| 4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
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| 5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
USA | |||||
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
| 7. | Sole Voting Power
43,401,2491 | ||||
| 8. | Shared Voting Power
None | |||||
| 9. | Sole Dispositive Power
43,401,2491 | |||||
| 10. | Shared Dispositive Power
None | |||||
| 11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
43,401,2491 | |||||
| 12. | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)
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| 13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
6.1%2 | |||||
| 14. | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN | |||||
| 1 | Includes 250,405 shares of common stock underlying 50,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by Steven M. Rales, calculated at the conversion rate in effect as of the date of this report. See Item 5 below for additional information. |
| 2 | Based on the outstanding number of shares reported in the Company’s final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and assuming conversion of all of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. |
Introductory Statement
This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment No. 4”) to the Statement on Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) relates to the common stock, par value $.01 per share of Danaher Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (the “Company”). This Amendment No. 4 amends and supplements (i) the Statement originally filed on March 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by Steven M. Rales, (ii) Amendment No. 1 to the Statement filed on July 31, 2009, (iii) Amendment No. 2 to the Statement filed on June 30, 2011, and (iv) the Amendment No. 3 to the Statement filed on October 25, 2012. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the initial Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1 or Amendment No. 2, or Amendment No. 3, as applicable.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
As of the date hereof, Steven M. Rales is the beneficial owner of 43,401,249 shares of common stock representing approximately 6.1% of the approximately 706,519,793 shares outstanding, as disclosed in the Company’s final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and assuming conversion of all of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership consists of 34,000,000 shares owned by limited liability companies of which the Reporting Person is the trustee of the sole member, 19,104 shares attributable to the Reporting Person’s 401(k) account, 5,196,716 shares held through a revocable trust of which the Reporting Person is trustee, 3,818,024 held through grantor retained annuity trusts of which the Reporting Person is trustee and sole annuitant, and 117,000 shares owned by a charitable foundation of which the Reporting Person is a director.
The Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership also consists of approximately 125,202.5 shares of common stock underlying 25,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held through a revocable trust of which the Reporting Person is trustee, and approximately 125,202.5 shares of common stock underlying the 25,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock owned by a charitable foundation of which the Reporting Person is a director, in each case calculated based on the conversion rate in effect as of the date hereof. At any time prior to April 15, 2023, the Reporting Person has the option to elect to convert the shares of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in whole or in part into shares of the Company’s common stock at the minimum conversion rate of 5.0081 shares of the Company’s common stock per share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, the Series B Mandatory Preferred Stock will convert into shares of the Company’s common stock on the second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately preceding April 15, 2023 (the “mandatory conversion date”). Upon conversion on the mandatory conversion date, the conversion rate for each share of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be not more than 6.1349 shares of common stock and not less than 5.0081 shares of common stock, with the exact conversion rate depending on the applicable market value of the common stock.
The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares that are owned directly or indirectly by Mitchell P. Rales, the Reporting Person’s brother.
All of the shares of the Company’s common stock held by the limited liability companies of which the Reporting Person is the trustee of the sole member are pledged to secure lines of credit with certain banks and each of these entities and the Reporting Person is in compliance with these lines of credit.
During the past sixty days, the Reporting Person acquired beneficial ownership of 50,000 shares of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on May 12, 2020 at the public offering price of $1,000 per share. 25,000 of such shares were acquired by the Reporting Person through a revocable trust of which the Reporting Person is trustee and 25,000 of the shares were acquired by a charitable foundation of which the Reporting Person is a director.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
May 14, 2020 |
| Date |
/s/ Steven M. Rales |
| Signature |
Steven M. Rales |
| Name/Title |
The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative (other than an executive officer or general partner of the filing person), evidence of the representative’s authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement: provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath his signature.
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