Company: DHR
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000313616-25-000182
Chunk: 145

Company: DANAHER CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 145
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Operational Risks

•Significant disruptions in, or breaches in security of, our information technology (“IT”) systems or data; data privacy violations; other losses or disruptions to facilities, supply chains, distribution systems or IT systems due to catastrophe; and labor disputes can all adversely affect our business and financial statements. 

•Defects, manufacturing problems and unanticipated use or inadequate disclosure with respect to our products or services, or allegations thereof, can adversely affect our business and financial statements.

•Climate change, legal or regulatory measures to address climate change and other sustainability topics and any inability to address regulatory requirements or stakeholder expectations with respect to climate change and other sustainability topics, may negatively affect our business and financial statements.

•Our financial results are subject to fluctuations in the cost and availability of the supplies we use in, and the labor we need for, our operations, as well as adverse changes with respect to key distributors and channel partners.

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•Our success depends on our ability to recruit, retain and motivate talented employees.

•Our restructuring actions can have long-term adverse effects on our business and financial statements.

Intellectual Property Risks

•Any inability to adequately protect or avoid third-party infringement of our intellectual property, and third-party claims we are infringing intellectual property rights, can adversely affect our business and financial statements.

•The U.S. government has certain rights with respect to incremental production capacity attributable to, and/or the intellectual property we have developed using, government financing.  In addition, in times of national emergency the U.S. government could also control our allocation of manufacturing capacity.

Financial and Tax Risks

•From time to time our outstanding debt has increased significantly as a result of acquisitions and other factors, and we may incur additional debt.  Such indebtedness may limit our operations and use of cash flow and negatively impact our credit ratings; and failure to comply with our indebtedness-related covenants could adversely affect our business and financial statements.

•Our business and financial statements can be adversely affected by foreign currency exchange rates, changes in our tax rates (including as a result of changes in tax laws) or income tax liabilities/assessments, the outcome of tax audits, recognition of impairment charges for our goodwill or other intangible assets and fluctuations in the cost and availability of commodities.

Legal, Regulatory, Compliance and Reputational Risks

•Significant developments or changes in national laws or policies to protect or promote domestic interests and/or address foreign competition can have an adverse effect on our business and financial statements.

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