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Exhibit 10.24

RETIREMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
This RETIREMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into between the undersigned individual (“Executive”) and Ducommun Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and is dated as of November 29, 2021.  Reference is made to that certain Key Executive Severance Agreement, dated January 23, 2017, between Executive and the Company (the “Severance Agreement”).  Any capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Severance Agreement. 
In consideration of the mutual covenants undertaken in this Agreement, Executive and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree as follows: 
1.Retirement.  
(a)Executive has previously indicated to the Company her desire to terminate her employment with the Company in order to retire.
(b)The Company and Executive hereby agree that Executive shall continue to actively provide services to the Company through December 3, 2021 and that her last day of employment with the Company shall occur on January 4, 2022 (the “Retirement Date”).   
(c)By signing below, Executive and the Company further acknowledge and agree that Executive shall resign, effective as of the Retirement Date, from all positions that she may hold as an employee, officer or director of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.  
(d)Executive acknowledges and agrees that her termination of employment with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates due to her retirement does not entitle her to receive any payments or benefits pursuant to the Severance Agreement.    
2.Accrued Benefits; Retirement Benefits.  
(a)Accrued Benefits.  The Company shall pay to Executive the following: (i) any earned, but unpaid, annual base salary through the Retirement Date with such amount paid no later than the Retirement Date; (ii) any accrued but unpaid paid time off through the Retirement Date with such amount paid on the Retirement Date; (iii) any non-forfeitable benefits payable to Executive under the terms of any deferred compensation or other benefit plan maintained by the Company, payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan; and (iv) any reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in accordance with the business expense policy of the Company that remain unreimbursed as of the Retirement Date.  The payments and benefits described in this Section 2(a) are the “Accrued Benefits”.
(b)Retirement Benefits. Subject to Executive’s execution and non-revocation of this Agreement and the effectiveness of the release of claims set forth in this Agreement and the Supplemental Release (as defined below), the Company shall provide to Executive (or, in the event of Executive’s death following the Retirement Date, Executive’s estate) the following payments and benefits:
(i)A lump sum cash payment equal to approximately $490,816 payable in Q1 2022 on the first regularly-scheduled payroll date following the date the Supplemental Release becomes effective and irrevocable. Such cash 
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payment represents (A) twelve months of base salary, (B) a cash payment for 2021 equal to the annual cash bonus that Executive would have otherwise been eligible to earn for fiscal year 2021 and (C) COBRA premiums for twelve months.  
(ii)In addition, and notwithstanding any terms to the contrary in any of the applicable award agreements or plan documents, all outstanding long-term incentive awards granted to Executive prior to the Retirement Date (including stock options, restricted stock units and performance stock units) shall continue to vest and, if applicable, settle in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the underlying award agreement; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the performance stock units will vest in accordance with the formula set forth in the underlying award agreement for purposes of determining vesting following Executive’s “retirement” (as such term is defined in the applicable award agreement).  The settlement date for time-based restricted stock units shall be the same as the vesting date set forth in the underlying award agreement.
Such aforementioned payments and benefits shall also be subject to Executive’s execution and non-revocation of the supplemental release of claims attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Supplemental Release”).    
3.No Other Compensation.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that, as of the Retirement Date, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and the terms and conditions applicable to stock awards granted to Executive pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan prior to the Retirement Date (as such terms and conditions have been modified by this Agreement), Executive shall not be entitled to receive or be eligible for any payments, severance or sums from the Company under any offer letter, agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Severance Agreement), plan or otherwise with respect to Executive’s employment with the Company and/or the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, and no compensation, severance or other benefits shall accrue beyond the Retirement Date; provided however, that Executive shall be entitled to receive any bonus payment approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors prior to the date of this Agreement in recognition of Executive’s contributions to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent, nor shall the Company contest, Executive from exercising any rights or claiming any benefits for which he may otherwise be eligible under applicable state unemployment and/or disability insurance programs.  
4.Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by facsimile or e-mail, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, e-mail or otherwise, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.  All notices hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice: 

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To Company:    Ducommun Incorporated
200 Sandpointe Avenue
Suite 700
Santa Ana, California 92707
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
To Executive:    Rosalie F. Rogers
[Home Address]
5.Release by Executive.  Except for those obligations of the Company under this Agreement, Executive, on behalf of Executive and Executive’s dependents, successors, heirs, assigns, agents, and executors (collectively, the “Executive Releasors”), hereby releases and discharges and covenants not to sue, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company and its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, parents, branches, divisions, and other affiliates, and each of their current and former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, representatives, attorneys, successors and assignees, past and present, and each of them (individually and collectively, “Company Releasees”) from and with respect to any and all claims, wages, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, concealed or hidden (collectively, “Claims”), of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, any Claims arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s employment relationship with or separation from, the Company, any Claims for severance pay, bonus or similar benefit, sick leave, pension, retirement, vacation pay, life insurance, health or medical insurance or any other fringe benefit, any benefits arising from any benefit plan, workers’ compensation or disability, and any other Claims resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of Releasees committed or omitted prior to the date of this Agreement, including by way of example only, any Claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment in Employment Act (as amended by the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Equal Pay Act; the Family Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”); the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; the California Labor Code; the California Private Attorney General Act; any other federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance; the Orders of the California Industrial Welfare Commission regulating wages, hours and working conditions; any action based on any alleged breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud, fraudulent inducement or any other tort; any violation of public policy or statutory or constitutional rights; any claim for severance pay, bonus or similar benefit, sick leave, pension, retirement, vacation pay, holiday pay, stock options, car allowance, life insurance, health or medical insurance, or any other fringe benefit; any claim for reimbursement of health or medical costs; and any claim for disability.  This release does not prevent Executive from filing a charge with or participating in an investigation by a governmental administrative agency; provided, however, that Executive waives any right to receive any monetary award resulting from such a charge or investigation, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, fines, and attorneys’ fees.  This release by the Executive Releasors does not apply to any continuing obligations under this Agreement or to any action to enforce or for breach of this Agreement.  
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6.Release by Company.    Except for those obligations of Executive under this Agreement, Company for itself and on behalf of its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, parents, branches, divisions, and other affiliates (collectively, the “Company Releasors”), hereby releases and discharges and covenants not to sue, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Executive from and with respect to any and all claims, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, concealed or hidden (collectively, “Company Claims”) arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s employment relationship with or separation from, the Company, and any other Company Claims resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of the Executive committed or omitted prior to the date of this Agreement, including by way of example only, any action based on any alleged breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud, fraudulent inducement or any other tort; and any violation of public policy or statutory or constitutional rights.  This release by the Company Releasors does not apply to any continuing obligations under this Agreement or to any action to enforce or for breach of this Agreement.
7.ADEA Waiver.  Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by entering into this Agreement, Executive is knowingly and voluntarily waiving any and all rights or claims that Executive may have arising under the ADEA, which have arisen on or before the date of the Agreement.  Executive further expressly acknowledges and agrees that: 
(a)in consideration for the releases provided for in this Agreement, Executive received value beyond that which Executive was, at that time, already entitled to; 
(b)Executive was advised in writing by this Agreement to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement; 
(c)Executive has been given a period of 21 days within which to consider this Agreement before signing it, and that in the event Executive executes the Agreement before the full 21 days, Executive does so knowingly and voluntarily and with the intention of waiving any remaining time in that 21-day period; and 
(d)Executive was informed that Executive has seven days following the date of execution of this Agreement in which to revoke the Agreement (the “Revocation Period”).  This Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the Revocation Period has expired and Executive has not revoked the Agreement.  To be effective, such revocation must be in writing and hand delivered to the contact identified in Section 4 above within the Revocation Period.  
Nothing herein shall prevent Executive from seeking a judicial determination as to the validity of the release provided in this Agreement, with regard to age discrimination claims consistent with the ADEA.  
8.Parties’ Release of Known and Unknown Claims.    It is the parties’ intention that the parties’ respective execution of this Agreement will bar every claim, demand, cause of action, charge, or grievance that one party may have against the other existing at any time prior to and through the date of execution of this Agreement.  Because this is the parties’ intention, each party respectively waives any and all rights and benefits conferred upon that party by the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code.  Section 1542 provides:

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“A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor 
or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor 
at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would
have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.”
The parties confirm that they have each read the Agreement, fully understand its terms and their effect, and as part of this mutual general release, and not by way of limitation, expressly waive, relinquish, and forfeit all rights and benefits accorded by the provisions of Section 1542, and furthermore waive any rights that they may have to invoke said provisions now or in the future with respect to any rights or claims released in this Agreement.  The parties acknowledge that they understand the significance and consequence of the releases herein and specific waiver of all known and unknown claims.
9.No Claims Assigned or Filed.  Executive and the Company represent and warrant that each has not assigned or transferred to any person not a party to this Agreement any of the Claims released pursuant to this Agreement.  Executive and the Company further represent and warrant that neither party nor any person, firm or entity acting on such party’s behalf or for such party’s benefit has filed any complaints, charges, or lawsuits with any court or government agency, or commenced any arbitration proceeding, relating to any of the Claims released pursuant to this Agreement.  
10.Director and Officer Insurance Coverage; Indemnification.  The Executive shall remain an insured under the Company’s director and officer insurance after the Retirement Date with respect to acts or omissions of Executive while Executive served as an officer or director of the Company on the same terms and conditions as such insurance is provided for active officers of the Company from time to time. Nothing herein shall serve to act as a waiver by Executive of any rights to which she may now or hereinafter be entitled under such insurance policies or the Company’s governing documents with respect to indemnification for acts while she was an officer or employee of the Company and its subsidiaries.  In addition, this Agreement shall not act as a waiver or release of any rights of legal representation and/or indemnification that Executive may have for acts within the course and scope of employment under California Labor Code Section 2802.
11.Section 409A.    This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”) and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A.  To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to Executive under this Agreement constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(l)(iv).  Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A.  As such, and to the extent applicable and permissible under Section 409A, each such “separate payment” shall be made in a manner so as to satisfy Section 409A and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, including the provisions which exempt certain compensation from Section 409A, including but not limited to, Treas. Regs. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) regarding payments made within the applicable 2-1/2 month period and Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) regarding payments made only upon an involuntary separation from service.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any payment of money or other benefits hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) (“a 409A Tax”), the Company, in its sole discretion, may decide such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant with Section 409A, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such accelerated or additional 
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tax.  In addition, to the extent Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A as of the Retirement Date, and the deferral of the commencement of any compensation or benefits otherwise payable under this Agreement as a result of termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent a 409A Tax, then the Company will postpone the commencement of such payment of any such compensation or benefits until the first business day of the seventh month following Executive’s Retirement Date (the “Delayed Payment Date”).  Payment of the withheld and accumulated payments shall be treated as made on the Delayed Payment Date if the payment is made on such date or a later date within the same calendar year as the Delayed Payment Date, or, if later, by the 15th day of the third month following the Delayed Payment Date, provided that Executive may not, directly or indirectly, designate the year of payment.  Company shall consult with Executive in good faith regarding the implementation of the provisions of this Paragraph 11, but the Company shall determine the terms of any such implementation.  Executive acknowledges that he has been advised to obtain independent legal, tax or other counsel in connection with any Section 409A obligations and Executive has/will do so to the extent he deems necessary.     
12.Miscellaneous.  
(a)Amendment and Modification.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party.  
(b)Waiver.  No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have hereunder.  Any agreement on the part of either party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on behalf of such party.  
(c)Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, except as otherwise set forth herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Severance Agreement).  
(d)Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of laws principles of the State of California.  
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(e)Assignment; Successors.  The Company may not assign this Agreement to anyone, at any time, without Executive’s prior written consent, except that the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Executive to any successor to the business or assets of the Company (whether by reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or other transaction).  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company’s predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, permitted assignees, parents, branches, divisions or other affiliates, and upon Executive’s heirs, executors and administrators.  
(f)Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or its application is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, therefore, the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.  In addition, should any court of competent jurisdiction determine that any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable, the parties agree that the court should modify the provision to the minimum extent necessary to render said provision enforceable.  
(g)Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party.  
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have caused this Agreement to be executed.  

						
	DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED	EXECUTIVE
		
	By:  /s/ Christopher D. Wampler	/s/ Rosalie F. Rogers
Rosalie F. Rogers

	Title:  VP, CFO, Controller and Treasurer

 
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EXHIBIT A
This SUPPLEMENTAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS (this “Release”) is made by and between Rosalie F. Rogers (“Executive”) and Ducommun Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Company”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in that certain Retirement and Release Agreement, by and between Executive and the Company (the “Retirement Agreement”). 

1.Acknowledgment.  Executive acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, Executive has received the Accrued Benefits in accordance with the terms set forth in the Retirement Agreement.  
2.Release by Executive.  Except for those obligations of the Company under this Release, Executive, on behalf of Executive and Executive’s dependents, successors, heirs, assigns, agents, and executors (collectively, the “Executive Releasors”), hereby releases and discharges and covenants not to sue, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company and its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, parents, branches, divisions, and other affiliates, and each of their current and former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, representatives, attorneys, successors and assignees, past and present, and each of them (individually and collectively, “Company Releasees”) from and with respect to any and all claims, wages, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, concealed or hidden (collectively, “Claims”), of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, any Claims arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s employment relationship with or separation from, the Company, any Claims for severance pay, bonus or similar benefit, sick leave, pension, retirement, vacation pay, life insurance, health or medical insurance or any other fringe benefit, any benefits arising from any benefit plan, workers’ compensation or disability, and any other Claims resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of Releasees committed or omitted prior to the date of this Release, including by way of example only, any Claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment in Employment Act (as amended by the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Equal Pay Act; the Family Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”); the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; the California Labor Code; the California Private Attorney General Act; any other federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance; the Orders of the California Industrial Welfare Commission regulating wages, hours and working conditions; any action based on any alleged breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud, fraudulent inducement or any other tort; any violation of public policy or statutory or constitutional rights; any claim for severance pay, bonus or similar benefit, sick leave, pension, retirement, vacation pay, holiday pay, stock options, car allowance, life insurance, health or medical insurance, or any other fringe benefit; any claim for reimbursement of health or medical costs; and any claim for disability.  This release does not prevent Executive from filing a charge with or participating in an investigation by a governmental administrative agency; provided, however, that Executive waives any right to receive any monetary award resulting from such a charge or investigation, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, fines, and attorneys’ fees.  This release by the Executive Releasors does not apply to any continuing obligations under this Release or to any action to enforce or for breach of this Release.  
3.Release by Company.    Except for those obligations of Executive under this Release, Company for itself and on behalf of its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, parents, branches, divisions, and other affiliates (collectively, the “Company Releasors”), hereby releases and discharges and covenants not to sue, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Executive from and with respect to any and all claims, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, concealed or hidden (collectively, 
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“Company Claims”) arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s employment relationship with or separation from, the Company, and any other Company Claims resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of the Executive committed or omitted prior to the date of this Release, including by way of example only, any action based on any alleged breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud, fraudulent inducement or any other tort; and any violation of public policy or statutory or constitutional rights.  This release by the Company Releasors does not apply to any continuing obligations under this Release or to any action to enforce or for breach of this Release.
4.ADEA Waiver.  Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by entering into this Release, Executive is knowingly and voluntarily waiving any and all rights or claims that Executive may have arising under the ADEA, which have arisen on or before the date of the Release.  Executive further expressly acknowledges and agrees that: 
(a)in consideration for the releases provided for in this Release, Executive received value beyond that which Executive was, at that time, already entitled to; 
(b)Executive was advised in writing by this Release to consult with an attorney before signing this Release; 
(c)Executive has been given a period of 21 days within which to consider this Release before signing it, and that in the event Executive executes the Release before the full 21 days, Executive does so knowingly and voluntarily and with the intention of waiving any remaining time in that 21-day period; and 
(d)Executive was informed that Executive has seven days following the date of execution of this Release in which to revoke the Release (the “Revocation Period”).  This Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the Revocation Period has expired and Executive has not revoked the Release.  To be effective, such revocation must be in writing and hand delivered to the contact identified in Section 4 of the Retirement Agreement.  
Nothing herein shall prevent Executive from seeking a judicial determination as to the validity of the release provided in this Release, with regard to age discrimination claims consistent with the ADEA.  
5.Parties’ Release of Known and Unknown Claims.    It is the parties’ intention that the parties’ respective execution of this Release will bar every claim, demand, cause of action, charge, or grievance that one party may have against the other existing at any time prior to and through the date of execution of this Release.  Because this is the parties’ intention, each party respectively waives any and all rights and benefits conferred upon that party by the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code.  Section 1542 provides:

“A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor 
or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor 
at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would
have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.”
The parties confirm that they have each read the Release, fully understand its terms and their effect, and as part of this mutual general release, and not by way of limitation, expressly waive, relinquish, and forfeit all rights and benefits accorded by the provisions of Section 1542, and furthermore waive any rights that they may have to invoke said provisions now or in the future with respect to any rights or claims released 
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in this Release.  The parties acknowledge that they understand the significance and consequence of the releases herein and specific waiver of all known and unknown claims.

6.No Claims Assigned or Filed.  Executive and the Company represent and warrant that each has not assigned or transferred to any person not a party to this Release any of the Claims released pursuant to this Release.  Executive and the Company further represent and warrant that neither party nor any person, firm or entity acting on such party’s behalf or for such party’s benefit has filed any complaints, charges, or lawsuits with any court or government agency, or commenced any arbitration proceeding, relating to any of the Claims released pursuant to this Release.  
7.Miscellaneous.  
(a)Amendment and Modification.  This Release may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party.  
(b)Waiver.  No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have hereunder.  Any agreement on the part of either party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on behalf of such party.  
(c)Entire Agreement.  This Release and the Retirement Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, except as otherwise set forth herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Severance Agreement).  
(d)Governing Law.  This Release shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of laws principles of the State of California.  
(e)Assignment; Successors.  The Company may not assign this Release to anyone, at any time, without Executive’s prior written consent, except that the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Release without the consent of the Executive to any successor to the business or assets of the Company (whether by reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or other transaction).  This Release shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company’s predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, permitted assignees, parents, branches, divisions or other affiliates, and upon Executive’s heirs, executors and administrators.  
(f)Severability.  If any provision of this Release or its application is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Release which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, therefore, 
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the provisions of this Release are declared to be severable.  In addition, should any court of competent jurisdiction determine that any provision of this Release is unenforceable, the parties agree that the court should modify the provision to the minimum extent necessary to render said provision enforceable.  
(g)Counterparts.  This Release may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party.
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(h)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have caused this Release to be executed on January 4, 2022.  

						
	DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED	EXECUTIVE
		
	By:  /s/ Christopher D. Wampler	/s/ Rosalie F. Rogers
Rosalie F. Rogers

	Title: VP, CFO, Controller and Treasurer

 
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    Exhibit 4.15  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT  The following description of registered securities of Danaher Corporation is intended as a summary only  and therefore is not a complete description. As used in this “Description of Securities Registered Under Section 12  of the Exchange Act,” the terms “Danaher,” “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Danaher Corporation and do  not, unless the context otherwise indicates, include our subsidiaries.  Our authorized capital stock consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,  and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value, of which 1,650,000 shares have been designated as  4.75% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A (“Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) and  1,717,500 shares have been designated as 5.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B (“Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”). Our common stock, the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock  and the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.  We also have several classes of debt securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.  COMMON STOCK  This description of our common stock is based upon, and qualified by reference to, our restated certificate  of incorporation (our “Charter”), our amended and restated by-laws (our “By-Laws”) and applicable provisions of  Delaware corporate law (the “DGCL”). You should read our Charter and By-Laws, which are filed as exhibits to the  Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part and are incorporated by reference into this Exhibit, for  the provisions that are important to you.  General  Each stockholder of record of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held on every matter  properly submitted to the stockholders for their vote, including the election of directors. Directors are generally  elected by a majority of the votes cast by holders of common stock. However, directors are elected by a plurality of  the votes cast by holders of common stock in the case of elections held at a stockholders’ meeting for which (i) the  Company’s corporate secretary has received a notice or otherwise has become aware, prior to such meeting, that a  holder of common stock has nominated a person for election to our board of directors and (ii) such nomination has  not been withdrawn by such stockholder on or before the tenth day before the Company first mails its notice of  meeting for such meeting to the stockholders. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for”  a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election. Abstentions and broker non- votes are not counted as votes cast either “for” or “against” a director’s election. Holders of our common stock do  not have cumulative voting rights. Our By-Laws permit a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning  3% or more of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in the  Company’s proxy materials directors constituting up to 20% of our board of directors, provided that the nominating  stockholder(s) and the nominee(s) satisfy the procedural and eligibility requirements specified in our By-Laws.  After satisfaction of the dividend rights of holders of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled  ratably to any dividend declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available for this purpose. Upon our  liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably our net assets  available, if any, after the payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any outstanding  preferred stock. Holders of our common stock have no redemption or conversion rights, no sinking fund provisions  and no preemptive right to subscribe for or purchase additional shares of any class of our capital stock.  The outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable and any shares of common  stock issuable upon the exercise of common stock warrants or conversion or exchange of debt securities which are  convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock, or in connection with the obligations of a holder of  purchase contracts to purchase our common stock, when issued in accordance with their terms will be fully paid and  nonassessable.  

 

    The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely  affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the  future. We are authorized to issue “blank check” preferred stock, which may be issued in one or more series upon  authorization of our board of directors. Our board of directors is authorized to fix the designation of the series, the  number of authorized shares of the series, dividend rights and terms, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption  rights and terms, liquidation preferences and any other rights, powers, preferences and limitations applicable to each  series of preferred stock. The authorized shares of our preferred stock are available for issuance without further  action by our stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on  which our securities may be listed. If the approval of our stockholders is not required for the issuance of shares of  our preferred stock, our board may determine not to seek stockholder approval.  Anti-Takeover Effects of Various Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Charter and By-Laws  Provisions of the DGCL and our Charter and By-Laws could make it more difficult to acquire the Company  by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These  provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover  bids that our board of directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of the  Company to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our  ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh  the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of  these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.  Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute. Section 203 of the DGCL is applicable to us. Section 203 of the DGCL  restricts some types of transactions and business combinations between a corporation and a 15% stockholder. A 15%  stockholder is generally considered by Section 203 to be a person owning 15% or more of the corporation’s  outstanding voting stock. Section 203 refers to a 15% stockholder as an “interested stockholder.” Section 203  restricts these transactions for a period of three years from the date the stockholder acquires 15% or more of our  outstanding voting stock. With some exceptions, unless the transaction is approved by the board of directors and the  holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, Section 203 prohibits significant  business transactions such as:  • a merger with, disposition of significant assets to or receipt of disproportionate financial benefits by the  interested stockholder, and   • any other transaction that would increase the interested stockholder’s proportionate ownership of any class  or series of our capital stock.  The shares held by the interested stockholder are not counted as outstanding when calculating the two- thirds of the outstanding voting stock needed for approval.  The prohibition against these transactions does not apply if:  • prior to the time that any stockholder became an interested stockholder, the board of directors approved  either the business combination or the transaction in which such stockholder acquired 15% or more of our  outstanding voting stock, or   • the interested stockholder owns at least 85% of our outstanding voting stock as a result of a transaction in  which such stockholder acquired 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. Shares held by persons who  are both directors and officers or by some types of employee stock plans are not counted as outstanding  when making this calculation.  Size of Board and Vacancies. Our Charter and By-Laws provide that the number of directors on our board  of directors shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen, and shall be fixed exclusively by our board of  directors. Any vacancies created in our board of directors resulting from any increase in the authorized number of  directors will be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum is present, or by  

 

    a sole remaining director. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy, other than one arising from an increase in the  authorized number of directors, will hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of office of the director  whom he or she has replaced, a successor is duly elected and qualified or the earlier of such director’s death,  resignation or removal. Any director appointed to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the  authorized number of directors will hold office until the earlier of the next subsequent annual meeting of  stockholders, a successor is duly elected and qualified or the earlier of such director’s death, resignation or removal.  Special Shareholder Meetings. Our Charter provides that special meetings of stockholders may be called by  our secretary upon a written request delivered to the secretary by (a) the chairman of the board of directors, (b) the  president, (c) our board of directors or (d) stockholders owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the  outstanding voting stock, provided that the stockholders satisfy the procedural requirements set forth in our By- Laws.  Requirements for Advanced Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals. Our By-Laws  establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for  election as directors, other than proposals and nominations made by or at the direction of the Company’s Board of  Directors, Chairman of the Board and/or President.  Undesignated Preferred Stock. A series of our preferred stock could, depending on the terms of such series,  impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. Our board of directors will make any  determination to issue such shares based upon its judgment as to the best interests of our stockholders. Our directors,  in so acting, could issue preferred stock having terms that could discourage an acquisition attempt through which an  acquirer may be able to change the composition of our board of directors, including a tender offer or other  transaction that some, or a majority, of our stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which  stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then-current market price of the stock.  Effects of Exclusive Forum Provision in Our By-Laws  Under the provisions of our By-Laws, unless the Company selects or consents to the selection of an  alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting any internal corporate claims, to the  fullest extent permitted by law and subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, will be the Court of Chancery  of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have, or declines to accept, jurisdiction, another state  court or a federal court located within the State of Delaware) (collectively, “Delaware Courts”). Current and former  stockholders are deemed to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Courts in connection with  any action to enforce such exclusive forum provision and to service of process in any such action. These provisions  of the By-laws are not a waiver of, and do not relieve anyone of duties to comply with, federal securities laws  including those specifying the exclusive jurisdiction of federal courts under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  and concurrent jurisdiction of federal and state courts under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.     To the extent that the exclusive forum provisions of our By-laws limit a current or former stockholder’s  ability to select a judicial forum other than the Delaware Courts, they might discourage the specified legal actions,  might cause current or former stockholders to incur additional litigation-related expenses and might result in  outcomes unfavorable to current or former stockholders. Alternatively, a court might determine that these provisions  of the By-laws are inapplicable or unenforceable in any particular action, in which case we may incur additional  litigation related expenses in such action, and the action may result in outcomes unfavorable to us, which could have  an adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.    Limitation on Directors’ Liability  Our Charter provides that a member of the board of directors will not be personally liable to us or our  stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their legal duties to us or our stockholders as a director, except  for liability:  • for any breach of the director’s legal duty to act in the best interests of us and our stockholders;  

 

    • for acts or omissions by the director with dishonest intentions or which involve intentional misconduct or  an intentional violation of the law;  • for declaring dividends or authorizing the purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the DGCL; or   • for transactions where the director derived an improper personal benefit.  Our Charter also allows us to indemnify directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL.  PREFERRED STOCK  This description of our Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock is based upon, and qualified by reference to, our Charter, the certificate of designations  setting forth the terms of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of  Designations”), the certificate of designations setting forth the terms of the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock (the “Series B Certificate of Designations”) our By-Laws and applicable provisions of the DGCL.  You should read our Charter, the Series A Certificate of Designations, the Series B Certificate of Designations and  our By-Laws, which are filed as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part and are  incorporated by reference into this Exhibit, for the provisions that are important to you.  We refer to the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock together as the “mandatory convertible preferred stock.” We refer to March 1, 2019 as the “Series A  Initial Issuance Date” and to May 12, 2020 as the “Series B Initial Issuance Date,” and we refer to each of the Series  A Initial Issuance Date and the Series B Initial Issuance Date as an “Initial Issuance Date.” In this description of the  mandatory convertible preferred stock, the conversion rates and related calculations do not reflect any adjustments  made subsequent to the applicable Initial Issuance Dates.  General  Each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock is fully paid and nonassessable, and our common  stock issued upon the conversion of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock will be fully paid and  nonassessable. Holders of the mandatory convertible preferred stock have no preemptive or preferential rights to  purchase or subscribe for stock, obligations, warrants or other securities of ours of any class.  Ranking  Each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, with respect to dividend rights and distribution rights  upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, ranks:  • senior to (i) our common stock and (ii) each other class or series of our capital stock established after the  applicable Initial Issue Date the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks  senior to or on parity with such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock as to dividend rights and  distribution rights upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution (we refer to our common stock and all  such other classes or series of capital stock, collectively, as “Junior Stock”);  •  on parity with (i) each other series of mandatory convertible preferred stock as to dividend rights and  distribution rights upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution and (ii) each class or series of our capital  stock established after the applicable Initial Issue Date the terms of which expressly provide that such class  or series will rank on parity with such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock as to dividend rights  and distribution rights upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution (which we refer to collectively as  “Parity Stock”);  • junior to each class or series of our capital stock established after the applicable Initial Issue Date, the terms  of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to such series of mandatory convertible  

 

    preferred stock, as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution  (which we refer to collectively as “Senior Stock”);  • junior to our existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities; and  • structurally subordinated to any existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries and  capital stock of our subsidiaries held by third parties.  Dividends  Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of our capital stock ranking senior to each series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock with respect to dividends, (i) holders of the mandatory convertible preferred  stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof,  out of funds legally available for payment, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum (as applicable) of 4.75% of  the Liquidation Preference of $1,000 per share in the case of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock  (equivalent to $47.50 per annum per share) and 5.00% of the Liquidation Preference of $1,000 per share in the case  of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (equivalent to $50.00 per annum per share), in each case,  payable in cash, by delivery of shares of our common stock or by delivery of any combination of cash and shares of  our common stock, as determined by us in our sole discretion (subject to the limitations described below). See “- Method of Payment of Dividends” below. Declared dividends on each series of mandatory convertible preferred  stock are payable quarterly on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on July 15,  2019, to, and including, April 15, 2022 (each, a “Series A Dividend Payment Date”) with respect to the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and commencing on July 15, 2020 to, and including, April 15, 2023 (each a  “Series B Dividend Payment Date” and together with the Series A Dividend Payment Dates, a “Dividend Payment  Date”) with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, at the applicable annual rate, and  dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends  have been paid, from the applicable Initial Issue Date of the mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable,  whether or not in any dividend period or periods there have been funds legally available for the payment of such  dividends. Declared dividends are payable on the applicable Dividend Payment Date to holders of record of the  mandatory convertible preferred stock, as they appear on our stock register at the Close of Business on the  immediately preceding December 31, March 31, June 30 and September 30, respectively (each, a “Record Date”),  whether or not such holders convert their shares, or such shares are mandatorily converted, after a Record Date and  on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. These Record Dates will apply regardless of  whether a particular Record Date is a Business Day. A “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or  Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or  executive order to close. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment will be made on the next  succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this  delay.  A dividend period is the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date, as applicable, to, but  excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date except that (i) with respect to the Series A Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock, the initial dividend period commenced on, and included, the Series A Initial Issue Date of the Series  A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and ended on, and excluded, the July 15, 2019 Series A Dividend  Payment Date and (ii) with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the initial dividend  period commenced on, and included, the Series B Initial Issue Date of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred  Stock and ended on, and excluded, the July 15, 2020 Series B Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends  payable on each share of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock for each full dividend period (after the  initial dividend period) will be computed by dividing the annual dividend rate by four. Dividends payable on each  series of mandatory convertible preferred stock for any period other than a full dividend period will be computed  based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day  months). The dividend on the mandatory convertible preferred stock for each subsequent dividend period after the  initial dividend period, when, as and if declared, will be $11.875 per share of Series A Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock and $12.50 per share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Accumulations of  dividends on shares of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock do not bear interest.  

 

    No dividend will be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of shares of our common stock  set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding shares of either series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock with respect to any dividend period unless all dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been  declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of our common stock has been set apart for  the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable.  Except as described above, dividends on shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock converted to  common stock will cease to accumulate, and all other rights of holders of the mandatory convertible preferred stock  will terminate, from and after any applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, Fundamental Change Conversion Date or  the Early Conversion Date (each, as defined below).  So long as any share of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock remains outstanding, no  dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on our common stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock,  and no common stock or any other Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for  consideration by us or any of our subsidiaries unless, in each case, all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all  preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of our  common stock has been set apart for the payment of such dividends, on all outstanding shares of mandatory  convertible preferred stock, as applicable.  The foregoing limitation shall not apply to: (i) any dividend or distribution payable in shares of common  stock or other Junior Stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional share, (ii) purchases, redemptions or other  acquisitions of common stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any benefit or other  incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation,  (x) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, provided that  any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (y) the  forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholdings or other surrender of shares to which the  holder may otherwise be entitled upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards (whether in payment of  applicable taxes, the exercise price or otherwise), and (z) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; (iii)  purchases of fractional interests in shares of any common stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or  exchange provisions of such shares of other Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into  shares of common stock or other Junior Stock; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or common stock or other  Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to  any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) purchases of common stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually  binding requirement to buy common stock or other Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding dividend period,  including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (vi) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional  interests in shares of our common stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of  such shares or the security being converted or exchanged; (vii) the acquisition by us or any of our subsidiaries of  record ownership in common stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other  persons (other than us or any of our subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu  of fractional shares; and (viii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity  Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock and the  payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares. The phrase “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number  of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United  States of America and as measured from the applicable Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or  exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees and agents and equitably adjusted for any stock split,  stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.  When dividends on shares of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock (i) have not been  declared and paid in full on any applicable Dividend Payment Date, or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or  number of shares of our common stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the  holders thereof on the applicable Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Stock unless  dividends are declared on the shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, such that the respective  amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock and such Parity Stock  shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share  on the shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, and such Parity Stock bear to each other;  provided, however, that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate.  

 

    Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as  may be determined by our board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, may be declared and paid on any  securities, including our common stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and  holders of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such  dividends.  Method of Payment of Dividends  Subject to the limitations described below, we may pay any declared dividend (or any portion of any  declared dividend) on the shares of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock (whether for a current  dividend period or any prior dividend period, including in connection with the payment of declared and unpaid  dividends pursuant to the provisions described in “-Mandatory Conversion” and “-Conversion at the Option of the  Holder upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount”), determined in our sole  discretion:  • in cash;  • by delivery of shares of our common stock; or   • by delivery of any combination of cash and shares of our common stock.  We will make each payment of a declared dividend on the shares of each series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock in cash, except to the extent we elect to make all or any portion of such payment in shares of our  common stock. We will give the holders of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock notice of any such  election and the portions of such payment that will be made in cash and in shares of our common stock no later than  10 Scheduled Trading Days (as defined below) prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date for such dividend;  provided, however, that if we do not provide timely notice of this election, we will be deemed to have elected to pay  the relevant dividend in cash. All cash payments to which a holder of each series of mandatory convertible preferred  stock is entitled in connection with a dividend will be rounded to the nearest cent.  If we elect to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in shares of our  common stock, such shares will be valued for such purpose at 97% of the Average VWAP (as defined below) per  share of our common stock over the five consecutive Trading Day (as defined below) period beginning on, and  including, the sixth Scheduled Trading Day (as defined below) prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (such  average, the “Average Price”). If the five Trading Day period to determine the Average Price ends on or after the  relevant Dividend Payment Date (whether because a scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day due to the  occurrence of a Market Disruption Event (as defined below) or otherwise), then the applicable Dividend Payment  Date will be postponed until the Business Day after the final Trading Day of such five Trading Day period. No  interest or other amount will accrue as a result of such postponement.  No fractional shares of our common stock will be delivered to the holders of either series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock in payment or partial payment of a dividend. We will instead, to the extent we are legally  permitted to do so, pay a cash amount to each holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share  of our common stock based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend.  To the extent a shelf registration statement is required in our reasonable judgment in connection with the  issuance of, or for resales of, shares of our common stock issued as payment of a dividend on the shares of either  series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, we will,  to the extent such a shelf registration statement is not currently filed and effective, use our commercially reasonable  efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a shelf registration statement until the earlier of such time as all  such shares of common stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares would be freely tradable  without registration by holders thereof that are not (and were not at any time during the preceding three months)  “affiliates” of ours for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.  To the extent applicable, we will also use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the shares of our common  stock qualified or registered under applicable U.S. state securities laws, if required, and approved for listing on The  

 

    New York Stock Exchange (or if our common stock is not listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal  other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which our common stock is then listed).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the number of shares of our common stock to be delivered  per share of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock in connection with any declared dividend,  including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to the total  dividend payment per share of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock divided by the Series A Floor  Price or Series B Floor Price (as defined below and each, a “Floor Price”). On the Series A Initial Issue Date, the  “Series A Floor Price” was $43.05 (which was approximately 35% of the Series A Initial Price (as defined below) in  effect on the Series A Initial Issue Date), subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti- dilution adjustment to each Series A Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth below in “-Anti-Dilution Adjustments.” On  the Series B Initial Issue Date, the “Series B Floor Price” was $57.05 (which was approximately 35% of the Series B  Initial Price (as defined below) in effect on the Series B Initial Issue Date), subject to adjustment in a manner  inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Series B Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth below in  “-Anti-Dilution Adjustments.” To the extent that the amount of any declared dividend exceeds the product of (x) the  number of shares of our common stock delivered in connection with such dividend and (y) 97% of the Average  Price applicable to such dividend, we will, if we are legally able to do so, and to the extent permitted under the terms  of our credit facilities and other indebtedness, pay such excess amount in cash.  No Optional Redemption  The Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock  are not redeemable.  Liquidation Preference  In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of  mandatory convertible preferred stock is entitled to receive a Liquidation Preference in the amount of $1,000 per  share of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as  applicable (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus an amount (the “Liquidation Dividend Amount”) equal to  accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or  dissolution to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders, after satisfaction of debt  and other liabilities owed to our creditors and holders of shares of any Senior Stock and before any payment or  distribution is made to holders of Junior Stock (including our common stock). If, upon our voluntary or involuntary  liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the  Liquidation Dividend Amount on the shares of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock and (2) the  liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends (to, but excluding, the date fixed for  liquidation, winding-up or dissolution) on, all other Parity Stock are not paid in full, the holders of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock and all holders of any such other Parity Stock will share equally and ratably  in any distribution of our assets in proportion to their liquidation preference and amounts equal to accumulated and  unpaid dividends to which they are entitled. After payment to any holder of either series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for such  holder’s shares of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, such holder of such series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.  Neither the sale, lease nor exchange of all or substantially all of our assets, nor our merger or consolidation  into or with any other person, will be deemed to be our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or  dissolution, other than in connection with our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.  Our Charter, including the Series A Certificate of Designations and the Series B Certificate of  Designations, does not contain any provision requiring funds to be set aside to protect the Liquidation Preference of  either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock.  

 

    Voting Rights  The holders of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock do not have any voting rights, except  as described below and as specifically required by Delaware law from time to time.  Whenever dividends on any shares of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock (i) have not  been declared and paid, or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of our common stock  sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable Record  Date, for the equivalent of six or more dividend periods, whether or not for consecutive dividend periods (a  “Nonpayment”), the authorized number of directors on our board of directors will, at the next annual meeting of  stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and the  holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, voting together as a single class with holders of any  and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below) then outstanding, will be entitled, at our next  annual meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders, if any, to fill such newly created directorships by electing  two additional directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”); provided, however, that the election of any such directors  will not cause us to violate the corporate governance requirements of The New York Stock Exchange (or any other  exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or quoted) for listed or quoted  companies to have a majority of independent directors or, with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock, any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation or the By-Laws as in effect on the Series B  Initial Issue Date; and provided, further, that our board of directors shall, at no time, include more than two  Preferred Stock Directors. In the event of a Nonpayment, the holders of record of at least 25% of the shares of the  applicable series of mandatory convertible preferred stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock may  request that a special meeting of stockholders be called to elect such Preferred Stock Directors (provided, however,  that if our next annual or a special meeting of stockholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of  such request, the election of such Preferred Stock Directors, to the extent otherwise permitted by our By-laws, will,  instead, be included in the agenda for and will be held at such scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders).  The Preferred Stock Directors stand for reelection annually, and at each subsequent annual meeting of the  stockholders, so long as the holders of the applicable series of mandatory convertible preferred stock continue to  have such voting rights.  At any meeting at which the holders of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock are entitled to  elect Preferred Stock Directors, the holders of record of a majority of the then outstanding shares of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock, present in person or  represented by proxy, constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such shares of the applicable  series of mandatory convertible preferred stock and other Voting Preferred Stock so present or represented by proxy  at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the Preferred Stock Directors.  As used in this description, “Voting Preferred Stock” means any series of our preferred stock other than the  applicable series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, which other series of our preferred stock ranks equally  with such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock either as to dividends or to the distribution of assets upon  liquidation, dissolution or winding-up and upon which like voting rights for the election of directors have been  conferred and are exercisable. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of the applicable series  of mandatory convertible preferred stock and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any  matter shall be determined by reference to the respective Liquidation Preference amounts of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock and such other Voting Preferred Stock voted. The Series A Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock will constitute Voting Preferred Stock with respect to the Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock so long as the rights of the holders of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred  Stock to vote in the election of Preferred Stock Directors is exercisable and vice versa. For the avoidance of doubt,  holders of any Voting Preferred Stock, including any outstanding shares of Series A Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock and Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, will collectively have the right, but only under  the circumstances described above, to collectively elect no more than two Preferred Stock Directors.  If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock  have been paid in full (a “Nonpayment Remedy”), the holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred  stock shall immediately and, without any further action by us, be divested of the foregoing voting rights, subject to  the revesting of such rights in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment. If such voting rights for the holders of  

 

    either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock have  terminated, the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected will terminate at such time and the  authorized number of directors on our board of directors shall automatically decrease by two.  Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time, with cause as provided by law or without cause  by the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of the applicable series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting  together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above. In the event that a Nonpayment shall  have occurred and there shall not have been a Nonpayment Remedy, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock  Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by  the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office or, if none remains in office, by a vote of the  holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class)  when they have the voting rights described above; provided, however, that the filling of each vacancy will not cause  us to violate the corporate governance requirements of The New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange or  automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or quoted) for listed or quoted companies to have  a majority of independent directors or, with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, any  applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation or the By-Laws as in effect on the Series B Initial Issue Date. The  Preferred Stock Directors are each entitled to one vote per director on any matter that comes before our board of  directors for a vote.  So long as any shares of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock are outstanding, we will not,  without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of such series  of mandatory convertible preferred stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and  entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by vote at  an annual or special meeting of such stockholders:  (1) amend or alter the provisions of our Charter, the Series A Certificate of Designations or Series B Certificate of  Designations, so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Senior Stock;  (2) amend, alter or repeal any provision of our Charter or the Series A Certificate of Designations or Series B  Certificate of Designations, as applicable, so as to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or  voting powers of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock; or  (3) consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the shares of either series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock, or a merger or consolidation of us with another entity, unless in each case: (i) the shares  of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or  consolidation with respect to which we are not the surviving or resulting entity (or such series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock is otherwise exchanged or reclassified), are converted or reclassified into or exchanged  for preferred stock of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent; and (ii) the shares of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock that remain outstanding or such shares of preferred stock, as the case may be,  have rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the  holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; provided,  however, that (1) any increase in the amount of our authorized but unissued shares of our preferred stock, (2) any  increase in the amount of our authorized mandatory convertible preferred stock or the issuance of any additional  shares of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock or (3) the authorization or creation of any class or  series of parity or Junior Stock, any increase in the amount of authorized but unissued shares of such class or series  of parity or Junior Stock or the issuance of any shares of such class or series of parity or Junior Stock will be  deemed not to adversely affect (or to otherwise cause to be materially less favorable) the rights, preferences,  privileges or voting powers of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock and shall not require the  affirmative vote of holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock. Our Charter and Delaware law  permit us, without the approval of any of our stockholders (including any holders of either series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock), to establish and issue a new series of preferred stock ranking equal with or junior to the  mandatory convertible preferred stock, which may dilute the voting and other interests of holders of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock.  

 

    If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described  above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock, then only the series of Voting  Preferred Stock adversely affected and entitled to vote shall vote as a class in lieu of all other series of Voting  Preferred Stock.  We may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of either series of mandatory convertible preferred  stock, without the consent of the holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, so long as such  action does not adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of such series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock, and limitations and restrictions thereof, for the following purposes:  • to cure any ambiguity, omission or mistake, or to correct or supplement any provision contained in the  Series A Certificate of Designations or Series B Certificate of Designations, as applicable, establishing the  terms of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock that may be defective or inconsistent with  any other provision contained in such Series A Certificate of Designations or Series B Certificate of  Designations, as applicable;  • to make any provision with respect to matters or questions relating to such series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock that is not inconsistent with the provisions of our Charter or with the provisions of the  Series A Certificate of Designations or Series B Certificate of Designations, as applicable, establishing the  terms such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock;  • to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of such series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock (other than any holder that consents to such change); or  • with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, to waive any of our rights with respect  thereto.  In addition, we may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of either series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock without the consent of the holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, in order  to conform the terms thereof to the description of the terms of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock  set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to our offering of such series of mandatory convertible  preferred stock, as supplemented and/or amended by any related pricing term sheet.  Mandatory Conversion  Each share of mandatory convertible preferred stock, unless previously converted, will automatically  convert on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, into a number of shares of our common stock  equal to the Series A Conversion Rate or Series B Conversion Rate, as applicable, described below. If we declare a  dividend on the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on April 15, 2022  or a dividend on the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending April 15, 2023,  we will pay such dividend to the holders of record as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Record  Date, as described above under “-Dividends.” If, on or prior to March 31, 2022 with respect to the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or on or prior to March 31, 2023 with respect to the Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock, we have not declared all or any portion of the accumulated dividends on the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as applicable, the Series  A Conversion Rate or Series B Conversion Rate, as applicable, will be increased by a number of shares of our  common stock equal to the amount of such undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of such series  of mandatory convertible preferred stock (the “Additional Conversion Amount”) divided by the greater of (x) the  applicable Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Average Price. To the extent that the Additional Conversion Amount per  share of either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock exceeds the product of such number of additional  shares and 97% of the Average Price, we will, if we are legally able to do so, and to the extent permitted under the  terms of our credit facilities and other indebtedness, declare and pay such excess amount in cash pro rata per share to  the holders of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock.  

 

    The “Series A Conversion Rate” is the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of  each share of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the Series A Mandatory Conversion Date and  is subject to adjustment as described above for any Additional Conversion Amount or as described in “-Anti- Dilution Adjustments” below. The Series A Fixed Conversion Rates, Series A Dividend Threshold and Series A  Stock Prices defined below are as of the Series A Initial Issue Date, have been adjusted multiple times since the  Series A Initial Issue Date, and are subject to further adjustment. On the Series A Initial Issue Date, the Series A  Conversion Rate was as follows:  • if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) of our common stock was greater than $150.675 (the  initial “Series A Threshold Appreciation Price,” which represented a 22.5% appreciation over the Series A  Initial Price), then the Series A Conversion Rate would be 6.6368 shares of our common stock per share of  the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the initial “Series A Minimum Conversion Rate,”  subject to adjustment as described below under the caption “-Anti-Dilution Adjustments”), which was  approximately equal to $1,000 divided by the initial Series A Threshold Appreciation Price;  • if the Applicable Market Value of our common stock was less than or equal to the initial Series A  Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to $123.00 (the initial “Series A Initial Price,”  which was equal to the per share public offering price of our common stock in a public offering of common  stock that we conducted concurrently with our offering of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred  Stock), then the Series A Conversion Rate would be equal to $1,000 divided by the Applicable Market  Value of our common stock, which would be between 6.6368 and 8.1300 shares of our common stock per  share of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; or  • if the Applicable Market Value of our common stock was less than the Series A Initial Price, then the  Series A Conversion Rate would be 8.1300 shares of our common stock per share of the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the initial “Series A Maximum Conversion Rate”), which was  approximately equal to $1,000 divided by the initial Series A Initial Price.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Series A Conversion Rate per share of the Series A Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock will in no event exceed the Series A Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as described  under “-Anti-Dilution Adjustments” below and exclusive of any amounts owing in respect of any Additional  Conversion Amount or any accrued and unpaid dividends paid at our election in shares of common stock.  We refer to the Series A Minimum Conversion Rate and the Series A Maximum Conversion Rate  collectively as the “Series A Fixed Conversion Rates.” The Series A Fixed Conversion Rates, the Series A Initial  Price, the Series A Threshold Appreciation Price and the Applicable Market Value are each subject to adjustment as  described under “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments” below.  The “Series B Conversion Rate” is the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of  each share of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the Series B Mandatory Conversion Date and  is subject to adjustment as described above for any Additional Conversion Amount or as described in “-Anti- Dilution Adjustments” below. The Series B Fixed Conversion Rates, Series B Dividend Threshold and Series B  Stock Prices defined below are as of the Series B Initial Issue Date, have been adjusted multiple times since the  Series B Initial Issue Date, and are subject to further adjustment. On the Series B Initial Issue Date, the Series B  Conversion Rate was as follows:  • if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) of our common stock was greater than $199.68 (the  initial “Series B Threshold Appreciation Price,” which represented an approximately 22.5% appreciation  over the Series B Initial Price), then the Series B Conversion Rate would be 5.0081 shares of our common  stock per share of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the initial “Series B Minimum  Conversion Rate,” subject to adjustment as described below under the caption “-Anti-Dilution  Adjustments”), which was approximately equal to $1,000 divided by the initial Series B Threshold  Appreciation Price;  

 

    • if the Applicable Market Value of our common stock was less than or equal to the initial Series B  Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to $163.00 (the initial “Series B Initial Price,” which  was equal to the per share public offering price of our common stock in a public offering of common stock  that we conducted concurrently with our offering of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock),  then the Series A Conversion Rate would be equal to $1,000 divided by the Applicable Market Value of  our common stock, which would be between 5.0081 and 6.1349 shares of our common stock per share of  the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; or  • if the Applicable Market Value of our common stock was less than the Series B Initial Price, then the  Series B Conversion Rate would be 6.1349 shares of our common stock per share of the Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the initial “Series B Maximum Conversion Rate”), which was  approximately equal to $1,000 divided by the initial Series B Initial Price.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Series B Conversion Rate per share of the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock will in no event exceed the Series B Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as described  under “-Anti-Dilution Adjustments” below and exclusive of any amounts owing in respect of any Additional  Conversion Amount or any accrued and unpaid dividends paid at our election in shares of common stock.  We refer to the Series B Minimum Conversion Rate and the Series B Maximum Conversion Rate  collectively as the “Series B Fixed Conversion Rates.” The Series B Fixed Conversion Rates, the Series B Initial  Price, the Series B Threshold Appreciation Price and the Applicable Market Value are each subject to adjustment as  described under “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments” below.  Certain Definitions  “Applicable Market Value” means the Average VWAP per share of our common stock over the Series A  Settlement Period or Series B Settlement Period, as applicable (each as defined below).  “Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.  “Mandatory Conversion Date” means each of the Series A Mandatory Conversion Date and the Series B  Mandatory Conversion Date.”  “Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date:  • a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which our common  stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or  • the occurrence or existence, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date, for more than a one half- hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours, of any suspension or limitation imposed on  trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or  otherwise) in our common stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to our common  stock.  “Series A Mandatory Conversion Date” means the second Business Day immediately following the last  Trading Day of the Series A Settlement Period. The Series A Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be April  15, 2022. If the Series A Mandatory Conversion Date occurs after April 15, 2022 (whether because a Scheduled  Trading Day during the Series A Settlement Period is not a Trading Day due to the occurrence of a Market  Disruption Event (as defined below) or otherwise), no interest or other amounts will accrue as a result of such  postponement.  “Series B Mandatory Conversion Date” means the second Business Day immediately following the last  Trading Day of the Series B Settlement Period. The Series B Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be April 15,  2023. If the Series B Mandatory Conversion Date occurs after April 15, 2023 (whether because a Scheduled Trading  

 

    Day during the Series B Settlement Period is not a Trading Day due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event  (as defined below) or otherwise), no interest or other amounts will accrue as a result of such postponement.  “Series A Settlement Period” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including,  the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding April 15, 2022.  “Series B Settlement Period” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including,  the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding April 15, 2023.  A “Trading Day” is a day on which:  • there is no Market Disruption Event; and  • trading in our common stock generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if our common stock  is not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional  securities exchange on which our common stock is then listed or, if our common stock is not then listed on  a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which our common stock  is then listed or admitted for trading; provided, however, that if our common stock is not traded on any such  exchange, association or market, “Trading Day” means any Business Day.  A “Scheduled Trading Day” is any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.  “VWAP” per share of our common stock on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted  Average Price as displayed on Bloomberg page “DHR <EQUITY>AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is  not available) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if  such price is not available, “VWAP” means the market value per share of our common stock on such Trading Day  as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment  banking firm retained by us for this purpose, which may include any of the underwriters for this offering. The  “Average VWAP” means the average of the VWAPs for each Trading Day in the relevant period.  Conversion at the Option of the Holder  Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined below under “—Conversion at the  Option of the Holder upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount”), holders of  our mandatory convertible preferred stock have the option to convert their mandatory convertible preferred stock, in  whole or in part (but in no event less than one share of such series of mandatory convertible preferred stock), at any  time prior to April 15, 2022 with respect to the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or April 15, 2023  with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, into shares of our common stock at the Series A  Minimum Conversion Rate (6.6368 shares as of the Series A Initial Issue Date) or Series B Minimum Conversion  Rate (5.0081 shares as of the Series B Initial Issue Date), as applicable, of our common stock per share of the  applicable series of mandatory convertible preferred stock, subject to adjustment as described under “—Anti- Dilution Adjustments” below.  If, as of the Conversion Date (as defined below) of any early conversion (the “Early Conversion Date”), we  have not declared all or any portion of the accumulated dividends in respect of either series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock for all dividend periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date prior to such Early  Conversion Date, the Series A Conversion Rate or Series B Conversion Rate, as applicable, for such early  conversion will be increased by a number of shares of our common stock equal to the amount of such undeclared,  accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as applicable (the “Early Conversion Additional Amount”), for such prior  dividend periods, divided by the greater of (x) the applicable Floor Price and (y) the Average VWAP per share of  our common stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Early Conversion Settlement Period”)  commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date  (such Average VWAP, the “Early Conversion Average Price”). Notwithstanding the last sentence under “—Method  of Payment of Dividends” above, to the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Amount exceeds the product of  

 

    such number of additional shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, we do not have any obligation to pay the  shortfall.  Except as described above, upon any optional conversion of mandatory convertible preferred stock, we will  make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, unless  such Early Conversion Date occurs after the Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately  succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case such dividend will be paid on the applicable Dividend Payment  Date, to the holder of record of the converted shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, as of  the Close of Business on such Record Date, as described in the section above entitled “—Dividends.”  Conversion at the Option of the Holder upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make- Whole Amount  General  If a “Fundamental Change” (as defined below) occurs on or prior to April 15, 2022 with respect to the  Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or April 15, 2023 with respect to the Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock, holders of the applicable series of mandatory convertible preferred stock will have the  right to:  (i) convert their shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one  share of mandatory convertible preferred stock), into a number of shares of common stock equal to the applicable  Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined below) per share of mandatory convertible preferred stock (ii)  with respect to such converted shares, receive the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount (as defined  below), payable in cash or shares of our common stock; and (iii) with respect to such converted shares, receive the  Accumulated Dividend Amount (as defined below) payable in cash or shares of our common stock, subject, in the  case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to certain limitations with respect to the number of shares of our common stock that we  will be required to deliver, all as described below. Notwithstanding clauses (ii) and (iii) above, if the Record Date  for a dividend period for which we have, as of the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change, declared a dividend  occurs before or during the related Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined below), then we will pay  such dividend on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to the holders of record at the Close of Business on such  Record Date, as described in “—Dividends,” and the Accumulated Dividend Amount will not include the amount of  such dividend, and the applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount will not include the present  value of such dividend.  To exercise this right, holders must submit their mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, for  conversion such that the Conversion Date occurs during the period (the “Fundamental Change Conversion Period”)  beginning on the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change (as defined below) and ending on, and including, the  date that is 20 calendar days after the Effective Date (or, if earlier, April 15, 2022 with respect to the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and April 15, 2023 with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock). A Conversion Date occurring during such Fundamental Change Conversion Period is referred to  herein as a “Fundamental Change Conversion Date.” Holders who convert their Series A Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock or Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with a Conversion Date not occurring during the  Fundamental Change Conversion Period will not be entitled to the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion  Rate, the applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or Accumulated Dividend Amount.  We will notify holders of each series of mandatory convertible preferred stock of the Effective Date of a  Fundamental Change no later than the second Business Day following such Effective Date. If we notify holders of  either series of mandatory convertible preferred stock of a Fundamental Change later than the second Business Day  following the Effective Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will be extended by a number of days  equal to the number of days from, and including, such Effective Date with respect to the Series A Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock or such second Business Day following the Effective Date with respect to the Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to, but excluding, the date of the notice; provided, however, that the  Fundamental Change Conversion Period will not be extended beyond April 15, 2022 with respect to the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or April 15, 2023 with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock.  

 

    A “Fundamental Change” will be deemed to have occurred upon: (i) the consummation of any transaction  or event (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination,  recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which 90% or more of our common stock is exchanged for,  converted into, acquired for or constitutes solely the right to receive, consideration 10% or more of which (excluding  cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to appraisal rights) is not common stock that is listed on, or  immediately after the transaction or event will be listed on, any of The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq  Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors); (ii) any “person” or  “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as  amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), whether or not applicable), other than us,  any of our wholly-owned subsidiaries or any of our or our wholly-owned subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans (or  any person or entity acting solely in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such  plan), filing a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or  group has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,  of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of capital stock then outstanding entitled  to vote generally in elections of our directors or we otherwise become aware of such beneficial ownership; or (iii)  our common stock ceasing to be listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select  Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or another U.S. national securities  exchange. For the purposes of this definition of “Fundamental Change,” any transaction or event that constitutes a  Fundamental Change under both clause (i) and clause (ii) above will be deemed to constitute a Fundamental Change  solely under clause (i) of this definition of “Fundamental Change.”  Fundamental Change Conversion Rates  Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series A Conversion Rate applicable to Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock submitted for conversion with a Conversion Date occurring during the  Fundamental Change Conversion Period for a Fundamental Change (the “Series A Fundamental Change Conversion  Rate”) will be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change  (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Series A Stock Price”) paid or deemed paid per share of our common  stock in such Fundamental Change. If the holders of our common stock receive only cash in such Fundamental  Change, the Series A Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of common stock. Otherwise, the Series A  Stock Price shall be the Average VWAP per share of our common stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period  ending on, and including, the Trading Day preceding the Effective Date.  The Series A Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., the column headers) of the table below  will be adjusted as of any date on which the Series A Fixed Conversion Rates of the Series A Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock are adjusted. The adjusted Series A Stock Prices will equal the Series A Stock Prices  applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series A  Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Series A Stock Price adjustment  and the denominator of which is the Series A Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted. Each of the Series A  Fundamental Change Conversion Rates in the table below will be subject to adjustment in the same manner as each  Series A Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”  The following table sets forth the Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as of the Series A Initial Issue Date for each Series A Stock Price and  Effective Date set forth below.   Series A Stock Price  Effective  Date  $50.00 $65.00 $80.00 $95.00 $110.00 $123.00 $135.00 $150.68 $180.00 $200.00 $225.00 $275.00 $325.00 $400.00  March 1,  2019  7.6896 7.7043 7.6069 7.4193 7.1926 7.0073 6.8622 6.7177 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368  

 

    April 15,  2020  7.857 7.886 7.8393 7.6821 7.4354 7.2021 7.0075 6.8115 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368  April 15,  2021  7.9905 8.0128 8.0144 7.9425 7.7255 7.4369 7.1583 6.872 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368  April 15,  2022  8.13 8.13 8.13 8.13 8.13 8.13 7.4074 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368 6.6368  The exact Series A Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:  • if the Series A Stock Price is between two Series A Stock Price amounts on the table or the Effective Date  is between two Effective Dates on the table, the Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be  determined by straight-line interpolation between the Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set  forth for the higher and lower Series A Stock Price amounts and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as  applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;  • if the Series A Stock Price is in excess of $400.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as  the Series A Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table above), then the Series A Fundamental  Change Conversion Rate will be the Series A Minimum Conversion Rate; and  • if the Series A Stock Price is less than $50.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described above), then the  Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Series A Maximum Conversion Rate.  Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series B Conversion Rate applicable to Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock submitted for conversion with a Conversion Date occurring during the  Fundamental Change Conversion Period for a Fundamental Change (the “Series B Fundamental Change Conversion  Rate”) will be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change  (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Series B Stock Price”) paid or deemed paid per share of our common stock  in such Fundamental Change. If the holders of our common stock receive only cash in such Fundamental Change,  the Series B Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of common stock. Otherwise, the Series B Stock  Price shall be the Average VWAP per share of our common stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period  ending on, and including, the Trading Day preceding the Effective Date.  The Series B Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., the column headers) of the table below  will be adjusted as of any date on which the Series B Fixed Conversion Rates of the Series B Mandatory Convertible  Preferred Stock are adjusted. The adjusted Series B Stock Prices will equal the Series B Stock Prices applicable  immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series B Minimum  Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Series B Stock Price adjustment and the  denominator of which is the Series B Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted. Each of the Series B Fundamental  Change Conversion Rates in the table below will be subject to adjustment in the same manner as each Series B  Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments.”  The following table sets forth the Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of the Series B  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as of the Series B Initial Issue Date for each Series B Stock Price and  Effective Date set forth below.  Effective Date $100.00 $120.00 $140.00 $163.00 $180.00 $199.68 $220.00 $240.00 $260.00 $280.00 $300.00 $320.00  May 12, 2020 5.7253 5.6137 5.4906 5.3571 5.2713 5.188 5.1196 5.0673 5.0275 4.9976 4.9753 4.9588  April 15, 2021 5.8696 5.7579 5.6171 5.4527 5.3438 5.2383 5.1531 5.0905 5.0449 5.0126 4.99 4.9745  April 15, 2022 6.0298 5.9529 5.8059 5.5886 5.4309 5.2775 5.1611 5.0845 5.0365 5.0081 4.992 4.9832  

 

    April 15, 2023 6.1349 6.1349 6.1349 6.1349 5.5556 5.0081 5.0081 5.0081 5.0081 5.0081 5.0081 5.0081  The exact Series B Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:  • if the Series B Stock Price is between two Series B Stock Price amounts on the table or the Effective Date  is between two Effective Dates on the table, the Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be  determined by straight-line interpolation between the Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set  forth for the higher and lower Series B Stock Price amounts and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as  applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;  • if the Series B Stock Price is in excess of $320.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as  the Series B Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table above), then the Series B Fundamental  Change Conversion Rate will be the Series B Minimum Conversion Rate; and  • if the Series B Stock Price is less than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described above), then  the Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Series B Maximum Conversion Rate.  Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and Accumulated Dividend Amount  For any shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock that are converted during a Fundamental Change  Conversion Period, in addition to the common stock issued upon conversion at the Series A Fundamental Change  Conversion Rate or Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, as applicable, we will, at our option:  (a) pay the holder of Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in cash, to the extent we are legally permitted  to do so, an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 4.75% per annum, of all scheduled  dividend payments (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount, and subject to the second sentence under “— General” above) on the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for all remaining dividend periods  (including any partial dividend period) from, and including, the Effective Date of the applicable Fundamental  Change to, but excluding, the Series A Mandatory Conversion Date (the “Series A Fundamental Change Dividend  Make-Whole Amount”);  (b) pay the holder of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in cash, to the extent we are legally permitted  to do so, an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 5.00% per annum, of all scheduled  dividend payments (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount, and subject to the second sentence under “— General” above) on the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for all remaining dividend periods  (including any partial dividend period) from, and including, the Effective Date of the applicable Fundamental  Change to, but excluding, the Series B Mandatory Conversion Date (the “Series B Fundamental Change Dividend  Make-Whole Amount” and together with the Series A Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount, a  “Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount”);  (b) increase the number of shares of our common stock to be issued upon conversion by a number equal to (i) the  applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount divided by (ii) the greater of (x) the applicable  Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Series A Stock Price or Series B Stock Price, as applicable; or  (c) pay the applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount through any combination of cash and  shares of our common stock in accordance with the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) above.  As used herein, the term “Accumulated Dividend Amount” means, with respect to any Fundamental  Change, the aggregate amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, as of the Effective Date of  the relevant Fundamental Change, for all full dividend periods prior to such Effective Date, including (but subject to  the second sentence under “—General” above) for the partial dividend period, if any, from, and including, the  applicable Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Effective Date to, but excluding, such Effective  Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Record Date for a dividend period for which we have, as of the Effective  Date of a Fundamental Change, declared a dividend occurs before or during the related Fundamental Change  Conversion Period, then we will pay such dividend on the applicable Dividend Payment Date to the holders of  

 

    record at the Close of Business on such Record Date, as described in “—Dividends,” and the Accumulated Dividend  Amount will not include the amount of such dividend, and the applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make- Whole Amount will not include the present value of such dividend.  The Accumulated Dividend Amount will be payable at our option:  • in cash, to the extent we are legally permitted to do so and to the extent permitted under the terms of our  credit facilities and other indebtedness;  • in an additional number of shares of our common stock equal to (i) the Accumulated Dividend Amount  divided by (ii) the greater of (x) the applicable Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Series A Stock Price or  Series B Stock Price, as applicable; or  • in a combination of cash and shares of our common stock in accordance with the provisions of the  preceding two bullets.  We will pay the applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and the Accumulated  Dividend Amount in cash, except to the extent we elect on or prior to the second Business Day following the  Effective Date of a Fundamental Change to make all or any portion of such payments in our common stock. In  addition, if we elect to deliver common stock in respect of all or any portion of the applicable Fundamental Change  Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the portion of the  applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount paid in  common stock exceeds the product of (x) the number of additional shares we deliver in respect thereof and (y) 97%  of the Series A Stock Price or Series B Stock Price, as applicable, we will, if we are legally able to do so, and to the  extent permitted under the terms of our credit facilities and other indebtedness, pay such excess amount in cash. Any  such payment in cash may not be permitted by our then existing debt instruments, including any restricted payments  covenants.  However, if we are prohibited from paying or delivering, as the case may be, the applicable Fundamental  Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount (whether in cash or in shares of our common stock), in whole or in part, due  to limitations of applicable Delaware law, then the Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or Series B  Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, as applicable, will instead be increased by a number of shares of common  stock equal to quotient of the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend  Make-Whole Amount, as applicable, divided by the greater of (i) the applicable Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the  Series A Stock Price or Series B Stock Price, as applicable. To the extent that the cash amount of the aggregate  unpaid and undelivered applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount exceeds the product of  such number of additional shares and 97% of the Series A Stock Price or Series B Stock Price, as applicable, we will  not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver additional shares of our common stock in respect of  such amount.  No fractional shares of our common stock will be delivered to converting holders of the mandatory  convertible preferred stock in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the  Accumulated Dividend Amount. We will instead pay a cash amount to each converting holder that would otherwise  be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of our common stock based on the Average VWAP per share of our  common stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the sixth Scheduled Trading  Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date.  Not later than the second Business Day following the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change, we will  notify holders of:  • the Series A Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or Series B Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, as  applicable;  

 

    • any applicable Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount, and whether we will pay such  amount in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if  applicable; and  • the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change and whether we  will pay such amount in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, specifying the  combination, if applicable.  Our obligation to adjust the Series A Conversion Rate and Series B Conversion Rate in connection with a  Fundamental Change and pay a Fundamental Change Make-Whole Amount (whether in cash, our common stock or  any combination thereof) could possibly be considered a penalty under state law, in which case the enforceability  thereof would be subject to general principles of reasonableness of economic remedies and therefore may not be  enforceable in whole or in part.  Conversion Procedures  Upon Mandatory Conversion  Any outstanding shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock will mandatorily and automatically  convert into shares of common stock on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable. The person or  persons entitled to receive the shares of our common stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares as of the Close of  Business on the last Trading Day of the Series A Settlement Period. The person or persons entitled to receive the  shares of our common stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred  Stock will be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares as of the Close of Business on the Series B Mandatory  Conversion Date. Prior to the Close of Business on such last Trading Day with respect to the Series A Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock or the Series B Mandatory Conversion Date with respect to the Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock, the common stock issuable upon conversion of the applicable series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, will not be outstanding for  any purpose and the holder will have no rights with respect to such common stock, including voting rights, rights to  respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the common stock, by virtue of  holding such mandatory convertible preferred stock.  Upon Early Conversion  If a holder elects to convert mandatory convertible preferred stock prior to the applicable Mandatory  Conversion Date in the manner described in “—Conversion at the Option of the Holder” (an “Early Conversion”) or  “—Conversion at the Option of the Holder upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole  Amount” (an “Early Fundamental Change Conversion”), such holder must observe the following conversion  procedures:  If shares of the mandatory convertible preferred stock are in global form, to convert such mandatory  convertible preferred stock, the holder must deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant  to DTC’s conversion program. If shares of the mandatory convertible preferred stock are held in certificated form,  the holder must comply with certain procedures set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designations for the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or the Series B Certificate of Designations for the Series B Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock. In either case, if required, the holder must pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if  any.  The “Conversion Date” will be the date on which the holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements with  respect to an Early Conversion or an Early Fundamental Change Conversion. The holder will not be required to pay  any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of our common stock if such holder  exercises their conversion rights, but such holder will be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating  to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of the common stock in a name other than their own. Common  stock will be issued and delivered to the converting holder, or, if the mandatory convertible preferred stock being  

 

    converted is in global form, the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered through the  facilities of DTC, in each case together with delivery by us to the converting holder of any cash to which the  converting holder is entitled, only after all applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by the holder have been paid  in full, and such shares and cash will be delivered on the latest of (i) the second Business Day immediately  succeeding the Conversion Date, (ii) if applicable, the second Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of  the Early Conversion Settlement Period and (iii) the Business Day after you have paid in full all applicable taxes and  duties, if any.  The person or persons entitled to receive the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the  mandatory convertible preferred stock will be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares as of the Close of  Business on the applicable Conversion Date. Prior to the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date, the  shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock will not be  deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and the holder will have no rights with respect to such common stock,  including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the common stock and rights to receive any dividends  or other distributions on the common stock, by virtue of holding the mandatory convertible preferred stock.  Fractional Shares  No fractional shares of our common stock will be issued to holders of either series of mandatory  convertible preferred stock upon conversion. In lieu of any fractional shares of our common stock otherwise issuable  in respect of the aggregate number of shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock that are converted, cash will  be paid in an amount (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of: (i) that same fraction; and (ii) the  Average VWAP of our common stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including,  the sixth Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date. If the Conversion Date  occurs on or prior to the last Trading Day of such five consecutive Trading Day period, the cash payment shall be  deferred until the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of such five consecutive  Trading Day period.  Subject to any applicable rules and procedures of DTC, if more than one share of mandatory convertible  preferred stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same holder, the number of full shares of our  common stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of  mandatory convertible preferred stock so surrendered.  Anti-Dilution Adjustments  Each Fixed Conversion Rate will be adjusted only under the following enumerated circumstances:  (1) We issue shares of Danaher common stock to all holders of our common stock as a dividend or other  distribution, in which event, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the date fixed for  determination of the holders of our common stock entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution will be  multiplied by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the  Close of Business on the date fixed for such determination; and (y) the total number of shares of our  common stock constituting such dividend or other distribution; and   • the denominator of which is the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the Close of  Business on the date fixed for such determination, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution,  stock split or stock combination.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (1) will become effective immediately after the Close of  Business on the date fixed for such determination. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (1) is  declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date our board  of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend  or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been  

 

    declared. For the purposes of this clause (1), the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the Close of  Business on the date fixed for such determination shall not include shares that we hold in treasury but shall include  any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of our common stock. We  will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of our common stock that we hold in treasury.  (2) We issue to all holders of shares of our common stock rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants  issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans or pursuant to a rights  plan) entitling them, for a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, to  subscribe for or purchase shares of our common stock at a price per share less than the “Current Market Price” (as  defined below) of our common stock, in which case each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business  on the date fixed for determination of the holders of our common stock entitled to receive such rights or warrants  will be increased by multiplying such Fixed Conversion Rate by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the  Close of Business on the date fixed for such determination and (y) the number of shares of our common  stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants; and  • the denominator of which is the sum of (x) the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the  Close of Business on the date fixed for such determination and (y) the number of shares of our common  stock equal to the quotient of the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants  divided by the Current Market Price of our common stock.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (2) will become effective immediately after the Close of  Business on the date fixed for such determination. In the event that such rights or warrants described in this clause  (2) are not so issued, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date our board of directors,  or an authorized committee thereof, publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to such  Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such  rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or our common stock is otherwise not delivered pursuant  to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be  readjusted to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of  such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of our common stock  actually delivered. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or  purchase common stock at less than the Current Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price  payable to exercise such rights or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such  rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by our  board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding).  For the purposes of this clause (2), the number of shares of our common stock at the time outstanding shall not  include shares that we hold in treasury but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued  in lieu of fractions of shares of our common stock. We will not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of shares  of our common stock that we hold in treasury.  (3) We subdivide or combine our common stock, in which event each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at  the Close of Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination shall be multiplied by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the number of shares of our common stock that would be outstanding  immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination; and  • the denominator of which is the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to  such subdivision or combination.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (3) shall become effective immediately after the Close of  Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination.  (4)  

 

    (a) We distribute to all holders of our common stock evidences of our indebtedness, shares of our capital  stock, securities, rights to acquire shares of our capital stock, cash or other assets, excluding:  • any dividend or distribution of shares of common stock described in clause (1) above;  • any rights or warrants described in clause (2) above;  • any dividend or distribution described in clause (5) below;  • any Spin-Off, as to which the provisions set forth below in clause (4)(b) shall apply; and  • an issuance solely pursuant to a Reorganization Event (as defined below), as to which the provisions  described below under the caption “—Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common  Stock” will apply,  in which event each Series A Fixed Conversion Rate and Series B Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of  Business on the date fixed for the determination of holders of our common stock entitled to receive such distribution  will be multiplied by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the Current Market Price of our common stock; and  • the denominator of which is the Current Market Price of our common stock minus the fair market value, as  determined by our board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, in good faith (which  determination shall be final, conclusive and binding), on such date fixed for determination, of the portion of  the evidences of indebtedness, shares of our capital stock, securities, rights to acquire shares of our capital  stock, cash or other assets so distributed applicable to one share of our common stock.  To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the  Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the  distribution, if any, actually made or paid.  (b) We make a distribution to all holders of our common stock consisting of capital stock of, or similar  equity interests in, or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of ours (herein referred to as a “Spin-Off”), in  which event each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the date fixed for the determination of  holders of our common stock entitled to receive such distribution will be multiplied by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the Current Market Price of our common stock and (y) the fair  market value, as determined by our board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, in good faith  (which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding), of the portion of those shares of capital stock  or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of our common stock (or, if such shares of  capital stock or equity interests are listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the Current  Market Price of such capital stock or equity interests); and  • the denominator of which is the Current Market Price of our common stock.  Any adjustment made pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this clause (4) shall become effective immediately  after the Close of Business on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of our common stock entitled to  receive such distribution. In the event that such distribution described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this clause (4) is not  so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date our board of directors, or an  authorized committee thereof, publicly announces its decision not to make such distribution, to such Fixed  Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. If (x) an adjustment to each  Fixed Conversion Rate is required under this clause (4)(b) during the applicable Settlement Period or (y) the  Conversion Date for mandatory convertible preferred stock submitted for early conversion occurs on or after the  “Ex-Date” (as defined below) of the Spin-Off and prior to the time that the Current Market Price of our common  stock is determined for purposes of clause (4)(b), then in either case delivery of the shares of our common stock  

 

    issuable upon conversion will be delayed until the second Business Day immediately after the first date as of which  the calculations provided for in clause (4)(b) can be completed.  (5) We pay or make a dividend or other distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of our  common stock, other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.16 per share with respect to the  Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Dividend Threshold,” subject to adjustment as  described below) and $0.18 per share with respect to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the  “Series B Dividend Threshold,” Subject to adjustment as described below), excluding:  • a distribution solely pursuant to a Reorganization Event, as to which the provisions described below under  the caption “—Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common Stock” will apply,  • any dividend or other distribution in connection with our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution  or winding-up; and  • any consideration payable as part of a tender or exchange offer described in clause (6) below, in which  event, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the date fixed for determination of  the holders of our common stock entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution will be multiplied  by a fraction:  • the numerator of which is the Current Market Price of our common stock minus the Series A Dividend  Threshold or Series B Dividend Threshold, as applicable (provided that if the distribution is not a regular  quarterly cash dividend, then the dividend threshold will, for purposes of such distribution, be deemed to be  zero); and  • the denominator of which is the Current Market Price of our common stock minus the amount per share of  such dividend or other distribution.  The Series A Dividend Threshold and Series B Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner  inversely proportional to adjustments to the applicable Fixed Conversion Rates, as applicable, pursuant to the  provisions described under this “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments” section; provided, however, that no adjustment will  be made to the dividend threshold for any adjustment to the applicable Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (5).  Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (5) shall become effective immediately after the Close of  Business on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of our common stock entitled to receive such  dividend or other distribution. In the event that any dividend or other distribution described in this clause (5) is not  so paid or so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date our board of directors,  or an authorized committee thereof, publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or make such other  distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or other distribution had  not been declared.  (6) We or any of our subsidiaries successfully complete a tender or exchange offer (in each case that would  constitute a “tender offer” under the Exchange Act) for our outstanding common stock (with respect to the Series A  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, excluding any securities convertible or exchangeable for our common  stock, and excluding a tender offer solely to holders of fewer than 100 shares of our common stock and with respect  to the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes tender or  exchange offers for any securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for our common stock, and also  excludes any tender offer or exchange offer to holders of fewer than 100 shares of our common stock), where the  cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of our common stock exceeds the  Current Market Price of our common stock, in which event each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of  Business on the date of expiration of the tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”) will be multiplied by a  fraction:  • the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of:  

 

    (i) the aggregate cash and fair market value (as determined in good faith by our board of directors, or an  authorized committee thereof, which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding), on the Expiration Date,  of any other consideration paid or payable for shares of our common stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or  exchange offer; and   (ii) the product of:  1. the Current Market Price of our common stock; and  2. the number of shares of our common stock outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires  (excluding any shares purchased or exchanged in the tender or exchange offer); and  • the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of:  (i) the Current Market Price of our common stock; and (ii) the number of shares of our common stock  outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires (including any shares purchased or exchanged in the  tender or exchange offer).  The amount of any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (6) shall be determined on the 10th Trading  Day immediately following the Expiration Date, but the adjustment will become effective as of the Close of  Business on the Expiration Date for the tender or exchange offer. In the event that we are, or one of our subsidiaries  is, obligated to purchase shares of our common stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but we  are, or such subsidiary is, permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such  purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that  would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the preceding  sentence, if the application of this clause (6) to any tender offer or exchange offer would result in a decrease in each  fixed conversation rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this clause (6). If  (x) an adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate is required pursuant to this clause (6) during the applicable  Settlement Period or (y) the applicable Conversion Date for mandatory convertible preferred stock submitted for  early conversion occurs on or after the Expiration Date described above and prior to the time that the Current Market  Price of our common stock is determined for purposes of this clause (6), then in either case, delivery of the related  conversion consideration will be delayed to the second Business Day immediately after the first date as of which the  calculations provided for in this clause (6) can be completed.  In cases where the fair market value of the evidences of our indebtedness, shares of capital stock, securities,  rights to acquire shares of our capital stock, cash or other assets as to which clauses (4)(a) or (5) above apply,  applicable to one share of our common stock, dividended or distributed to stockholders equals or exceeds the  Current Market Price (as determined for purposes of calculating the applicable Conversion Rate adjustment pursuant  to such clause (4)(a) or (5)), then, in lieu of the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate provided for in such  clause (4)(a) or (5), holders of the mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, will be entitled to receive  upon conversion of each share of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, in addition to the  consideration otherwise deliverable upon such conversion, the kind and amount of the evidences of our  indebtedness, shares of capital stock, securities, rights to acquire shares of our capital stock, cash or other assets  comprising such dividend or distribution that such holder would have received if such holder had owned,  immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of our common stock entitled to receive such  dividend or distribution, a number of shares of our common stock equal to the applicable Maximum Conversion  Rate, as applicable, in effect such record date.  To the extent that we have a rights plan in effect with respect to our common stock on any Conversion  Date, any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any mandatory convertible preferred stock, the holders will receive,  in addition to common stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to such conversion date, the rights have  separated from our common stock, in which case, and only in such case, each Fixed Conversion Rate will be  adjusted at the time of separation as if we made a distribution to all holders of our common stock as described in  clause (4)(a) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary described in this “—Anti-Dilution Adjustments” section, the Fixed  

 

    Conversion Rates will not be adjusted on account of any rights issued pursuant to a rights plan, except to the extent  provided in the preceding sentence. Any distribution of rights or warrants pursuant to a rights plan that would allow  a holder to receive upon conversion, in addition to any common stock, the rights described therein shall not  constitute a distribution of rights or warrants that would entitle you to an adjustment to the applicable Conversion  Rate, unless and until such rights or warrants have separated from our common stock. We currently do not have a  rights plan in effect.  For the purposes of determining the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate for the purposes of:  • clauses (2), (4)(a) and (5) above, the “Current Market Price” of our common stock is the Average VWAP  per share of our common stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the  Trading Day immediately preceding the “Ex-Date” (as defined below) with respect to the issuance,  distribution or dividend requiring such computation;  • clause (4)(b) above, the “Current Market Price” of our common stock and the capital stock or equity  interests of the subsidiary or other business unit being distributed, as applicable, is the Average VWAP per  share of common stock, capital stock or equity interests of the subsidiary or other business unit being  distributed, as applicable, over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the Ex- Date of such distribution (which Average VWAP, in the case of any such capital stock or equity interests,  will be determined as if references to our common stock, and the ticker symbol thereof, in the definitions of  VWAP and Trading Day were instead references such capital stock or equity interests, or the ticker symbol  thereof, as applicable); and  • clause (6) above, the “Current Market Price” of our common stock is the Average VWAP per share of our  common stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading  Day next succeeding the Expiration Date of the relevant tender offer or exchange offer.  The term “Ex-Date,” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which  shares of our common stock trade, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance or distribution. For the  avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of our  common stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this  purpose.  In addition, we may make such increases in each Fixed Conversion Rate as we deem advisable in order to  avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of our common stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of  shares of our common stock (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares of our common stock) or from any  event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason. We may only make such a discretionary  adjustment if we make the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate.  In the event of a taxable distribution to holders of our common stock that results in an adjustment of each  Fixed Conversion Rate or other adjustment (or failure to make such adjustment) that has the effect of an increase in  each Fixed Conversion Rate, holders of the mandatory convertible preferred stock may, in certain circumstances, be  deemed to have received a distribution subject to U.S. Federal income tax as a dividend. Any applicable withholding  taxes (including backup withholding) resulting from any such adjustment (or failure to make such adjustment) may  be withheld from any distributions and payments and deliveries upon conversion with respect to the Mandatory  Convertible Preferred Stock.  All adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of our  common stock. Prior to the first Trading Day of the applicable Settlement Period, as applicable, no adjustment in a  Series A Fixed Conversion Rate or Series B Fixed Conversion Rate, as applicable, will be required unless the  adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in such Fixed Conversion Rate. If any  adjustment is not required to be made because it would not change the applicable Fixed Conversion Rates, as  applicable, by at least one percent, then the adjustment will be carried forward and taken into account in any  subsequent adjustment; provided, however, that on (x) the earlier of any applicable Conversion Date and the  Effective Date of any Fundamental Change, and (y) each Trading Day of the applicable Settlement Period  

 

    adjustments to each Conversion Rate will be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward that has not  been taken into account before such date.  No adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rates will be made if holders may participate, at the same time,  upon the same terms and otherwise on the same basis as holders of our common stock and solely as a result of  holding mandatory convertible preferred stock, in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to such adjustment  as if they held, for each share of mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, a number of shares of our  common stock equal to the applicable Maximum Conversion Rate, as applicable, then in effect.  We are not required to adjust any Fixed Conversion Rate except as described above. Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary described above, and without limiting the prior sentence, the Fixed Conversion Rates will  not be adjusted:  (a) upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the  reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on our securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in  shares of common stock under any plan;  (b) upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock or rights, warrants, options, units or other securities  exercisable for the purchase of those shares pursuant to any present or future retirement, deferred compensation,  incentive or other benefit plan or program of or assumed by us or any of our subsidiaries;  (c)upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable,  exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Series A Initial Issue Date or Series B Initial Issue Date,  as applicable;  (d) for a change in the par value of our common stock;  (e) for stock repurchases, including structured or derivative transactions, that are not tender offers;  (f) as a result of a tender offer that satisfies the exception described in clause (6) above for offers solely to holders of  fewer than 100 shares of our common stock;  (g) as a result of a tender or exchange offer by a person other than us or one or more of our subsidiaries; or  (h) for accumulated dividends on the mandatory convertible preferred stock, except as described above under “— Mandatory Conversion,” “—Conversion at the Option of the Holder” and “—Conversion at the Option of the Holder  upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount.”  We are required, within 10 Business Days following the effectiveness of an adjustment to the Fixed  Conversion Rates, to provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice of such adjustment to the holders of the  mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable. We are also required to deliver a statement setting forth in  reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate was determined and setting  forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rate.  If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates, an inversely proportional adjustment also will be  made to each of the Series A Threshold Appreciation Price, the Series B Threshold Appreciation Price, the Series A  Initial Price, the Series B Initial Price and the Floor Prices. Whenever any provision of the Series A Certificate of  Designations or the Series B Certificate of Designations requires us to calculate the VWAP per share of our  common stock over a span of multiple days, we will make appropriate adjustments (including, without limitation, to  the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Current Market Price and the Average Price  (as the case may be)) to account for any adjustments to the Series A Initial Price, the Series B Initial Price, the Series  A Threshold Appreciation Price, the Series B Threshold Appreciation Price, a Floor Price, the Fixed Conversion  Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Ex-Date,  Effective Date or Expiration Date (as the case may be) of such event occurs, during the relevant period used to  calculate such prices or values (as the case may be).  

 

    If:  • the record date for a dividend or distribution on shares of our common stock occurs after the end of the  Series A Settlement Period and before the Series A Mandatory Conversion Date; and  • such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of shares of common  stock issuable to the holders of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock had such record date  occurred on or before the last Trading Day of the Series A Settlement Period, then we will deem the  holders of the Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be holders of record, for each share of  their Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, of a number of shares of our common stock equal to  the Series A Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution. In this case, the holders of the  Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock would receive the dividend or distribution on our common  stock together with the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the  Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.  If:  • the record date for a dividend or distribution on shares of our common stock occurs after the end of the  Series B Settlement Period and before the Series B Mandatory Conversion Date; and  • such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of shares of common  stock issuable to the holders of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock had such record date  occurred on or before the last Trading Day of the Series B Settlement Period, then we will deem the holders  of the Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be holders of record, for each share of their  Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, of a number of shares of our common stock equal to the  Series B Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution. In this case, the holders of the  Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock would receive the dividend or distribution on our common  stock together with the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the  Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.  Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common Stock  If there occurs:  • any consolidation or merger of us with or into another person (other than a merger or consolidation in  which we are the surviving corporation and in which the shares of our common stock outstanding  immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of  us or another person);  • any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another person of all or substantially all of our property and  assets;  • any reclassification of our common stock into securities, including securities other than our common stock;  or  • any statutory exchange of our securities with another person (other than in connection with a merger or  acquisition),  in each case, as a result of which our common stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or  property (each such event, a “Reorganization Event,” and such securities, cash or property, the “Reference  Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of our common stock would be  entitled to receive on account of such Reorganization Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or  deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding  anything to the contrary described above,  

 

    • from and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event, (i) the consideration due upon conversion  or redemption of any mandatory convertible preferred stock will be determined in the same manner as if  each reference to any number of shares of common stock in the provisions described under this  “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” section (or in any related definitions) were instead  a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (ii) for purposes of the definition of  “Fundamental Change,” the terms “common stock” and “capital stock” will be deemed to mean the  common equity (including depositary receipts representing common equity), if any, forming part of such  Reference Property;  • for these purposes, the VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a  class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable,  determined in good faith by us (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount  thereof); and  • at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, we may amend the Series A Certificate of Designations  or Series B Certificate of Designations without the consent of the holders of the applicable series of  mandatory convertible preferred stock, as applicable, to give effect to the provisions described in the  previous bullet points.  For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of Reference Property in the case of any  Reorganization Event that causes our common stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type  of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election) will be deemed to be the weighted  average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of our common stock. We will  notify holders of the mandatory convertible preferred stock of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such  determination is made.  We (or any successor to us) will, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar  days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the holders of the mandatory  convertible preferred stock of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property that  constitute the Reference Property. Failure to deliver such notice will not affect the operation of the provisions  described in this section.  In connection with any adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates described above, we will also adjust the  Series A Dividend Threshold or Series B Dividend Threshold, as applicable (each as defined above), based on the  number of shares of common stock or other equity interests comprising the Reference Property and (if applicable)  the value of any non-stock consideration comprising the Reference Property.  DEBT SECURITIES  As used in this description of registered debt securities, the term “Issuer” refers to DH Europe Finance S.à r.l.,  formerly DH Europe Finance S.A. (“Danaher International I”), in the case of the  Floating Rate Notes and the 2027  Notes, to DH Europe Finance II S.à r.l. (“Danaher International II”), in the case of the March 2026 Notes, the 2028  Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2039 Notes and the 2049 Notes and to Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”) in the case of  the 2024 Notes, the September 2026 Notes and the 2030 Notes (each as hereinafter defined), the term “Guarantor”  means Danaher in its capacity as guarantor of the notes issued by Danaher International I and Danaher International  II and the term “indenture” means the applicable indenture for the particular series of notes being described.  This description of our registered debt securities is based upon, and qualified by reference to, the indentures  governing the terms of each series of notes. You should read the indentures and forms of notes which are  incorporated by reference as exhibits with respect to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a  part, for the provisions that are important to you.  General  

 

    The following senior notes are issued and outstanding under the Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (the “2015 Base  Indenture”), among Danaher International I, as issuer, Danaher, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon  Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee”), as trustee, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as  of June 30, 2017 (the “2017 Supplemental Indenture”), by and among Danaher International I, as issuer, Danaher, as  guarantor, and the Trustee, as trustee: Floating Rate Notes due 2022 (the “Floating Rate Notes”) and 1.200% Notes  due 2027 (the “2027 Notes,” and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the “Danaher International I Notes”).  The following senior notes are issued and outstanding under the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2019 (the  “2019 Base Indenture”), among Danaher International II, as issuer, Danaher, as guarantor, and the Trustee, as  trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2019 (the “2019  Supplemental Indenture”), among Danaher International II, as issuer, Danaher, as guarantor, and the Trustee, as  trustee: 0.200% Notes due 2026 (the “March 2026 Notes”), 0.450% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), 0.750%  Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), 1.350% Notes due 2039 (the “2039 Notes”) and 1.800% Notes due 2049 (the  “2049 Notes,” and together with the March 2026 Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2031 Notes and the 2039 Notes, the  “Danaher International II Notes”).  The following senior notes are issued and outstanding under the Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2007 (the  “2007 Initial Base Indenture”), by and between Danaher, as issuer, and the Trustee, as trustee, as amended by the  Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2019 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), by and between  Danaher, as issuer, and the Trustee, as trustee (the 2007 Initial Base Indenture, as so amended by the Second  Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “2007 Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental  Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2020 (the “2020 Supplemental Indenture”), by and between Danaher, as issuer, and  the Trustee, as trustee: 1.700% Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), 2.100% Notes due 2026 (the “September 2026  Notes”) and 2.500% Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes,” and together with the 2024 Notes and the September 2026  Notes, the “Danaher Notes”).  All of the senior notes are general unsecured obligations of the applicable Issuer and each series of Danaher  International I Notes and Danaher International II Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher. Each  series of notes ranks equally in right of payment with all existing and any future unsecured and unsubordinated  indebtedness of the applicable Issuer and ranks senior in right of payment to any existing and future indebtedness of  the applicable Issuer that is subordinated to the notes. Each series of notes is also effectively subordinated to any  existing and future secured indebtedness of the applicable Issuer to the extent of the assets securing such  indebtedness and is structurally subordinated to all existing and any future indebtedness and any other liabilities of  the respective subsidiaries of such Issuer. See the sections below titled “Guarantees” for information on the ranking  of the Danaher guarantees and “Certain Covenants” for information on limitations on the Issuers’ and Danaher’s  ability to issue secured debt.  The Issuer, maturity date, interest rate, interest payment dates, record dates, par call dates and aggregate principal  amount of each series of notes is summarized in the following table:  Series Issuer Maturity Interest Rate Interest Payment Dates Record Dates Par Call  Date  Aggregate  Principal Amount  Issued/  Authorized/  Outstanding  Floating  Rate Notes  Danaher  International I  June 30,  2022  Three-month USD  EURIBOR plus  0.300% per annum,  provided that the  minimum interest  rate shall be zero  Quarterly in arrears on  March 31, June 30,  September 30 and  December 31,  commencing on  September 30, 2017  Fifteenth calendar day  immediately  preceding the floating  rate interest payment  date  N/A €250 million  

 

    2024 Notes Danaher March 30,  2024  1.700% Annually in arrears on  March 30, commencing  on March 30, 2021  March 15 February  29, 2024  €900 million  March 2026  Notes  Danaher  International  II  March 18,  2026  0.200% Annually in arrears on  March 18, commencing  on March 18, 2020  March 3 December  18, 2025  €1.25 billion  September  2026 Notes  Danaher September  30, 2026  2.100% Annually in arrears on  September 30,  commencing on  September 30, 2020  September 15 July 30,  2026  €800 million  2027 Notes Danaher  International I  June 30,  2027  1.200% Annually in arrears on  June 30, commencing on  June 30, 2018  Fifteenth calendar day  immediately  preceding the related  interest payment date  March 30,  2027  €600 million  2028 Notes Danaher  International  II  March 18,  2028  0.450% Annually in arrears on  March 18, commencing  on March 18, 2020  March 3 December  18, 2027  €1.25 billion  2030 Notes Danaher March 30,  2030  2.500% Annually in arrears on  March 30, commencing  on March 30, 2021  March 15 December  30, 2029  €800 million  2031 Notes Danaher  International  II  September  18, 2031  0.750% Annually in arrears on  September 18,  commencing on  September 18, 2020  September 3 June 18,  2031  €1.75 billion  2039 Notes Danaher  International  II  September  18, 2039  1.350% Annually in arrears on  September 18,  commencing on  September 18, 2020  September 3 March 18,  2039  €1.25 billion  2049 Notes Danaher  International  II  September  18, 2049  1.800% Annually in arrears on  September 18,  commencing on  September 18, 2020  September 3 March 18,  2049  €1.75 billion  The notes are not subject to any sinking fund.  Interest  Floating Rate Notes  The Floating Rate Notes bear interest at a rate equivalent to Three-month USD EURIBOR (the “Base Rate”) plus  0.300% per annum; provided that the minimum interest rate shall be zero. The Floating Rate Notes bear interest  from June 30, 2017 or from the immediately preceding interest payment date to which interest has been paid.  Interest on the Floating Rate Notes is payable on the dates set forth in the table above (each date, a “Floating Rate  Interest Payment Date”); provided that if any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date would be a day that is not a  business day, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding day that is a business day (and  no additional interest will accrue or otherwise accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after such  Floating Rate Interest Payment Date); except that if such next succeeding business day falls in the next succeeding  calendar month, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding business day. The  interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes resets quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of  each year. The initial Base Rate for the Floating Rate Notes was 3-month EURIBOR in effect on June 28, 2017. The  interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes is determined on the second TARGET2 (as defined below) business day  

 

    preceding the interest reset date (a “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”). Interest on a Floating Rate Interest  Payment Date is paid to the persons, or “holders,” in whose names the Floating Rate Notes are registered on the  security register at the close of business on the regular record date. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes is computed  on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.  The Base Rate for the Floating Rate Notes is equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as  “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI-the Financial Market Association  (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate) on each  EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, and is determined in accordance with the following provisions:  • EURIBOR is the offered rate for deposits in euro having a maturity of three months, as that rate appears on  Reuters Page EURIBOR01 as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest  Determination Date.  • If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, EURIBOR will be determined  on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest  Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the Euro-Zone  interbank market by the principal Euro-Zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by  Danaher International I: euro deposits having a maturity of three months and in a principal amount of not  less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The  calculation agent will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide a quotation  in writing of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided in writing, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR  Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards) calculated by the calculation  agent of such quotations.  • If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for the relevant EURIBOR  Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to  leading Euro-Zone banks quoted in writing, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such  EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the Euro-Zone selected by Danaher  International I: loans of euro having a maturity of three months and in a principal amount of not less than  €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time.  • If fewer than three banks selected by Danaher International I are quoting as described above, EURIBOR  shall be the EURIBOR in effect on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.  If the maturity date for the Floating Rate Notes or earlier date of redemption falls on a day that is not a business day,  the required payment will be made on the next business day as if it were made on the date the payment was due and  no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such maturity date or date of  redemption, as the case may be.  A “business day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking  institutions in The City of New York or London are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to  close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the  “TARGET2” system), or any successor thereto, is open.  Fixed Rate Notes  The 2027 Notes bear interest from June 30, 2017 or from the immediately preceding interest payment date to which  interest has been paid. The Danaher International II Notes bear interest from September 18, 2019. The Danaher  Notes bear interest from March 30, 2020 or from the immediately preceding interest payment date to which interest  has been paid.  Interest on an interest payment date is paid to the persons, or “holders,” in whose names the applicable series of  notes is registered on the security register at the close of business on the record date set forth in the table above  immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date.  

 

    Interest on each series of fixed rate notes is computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for  which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest  was paid on such series of notes (or June 30, 2017, if no interest has been paid in the case of the 2027 Notes;  September 18, 2019 if no interest has been paid in the case of the Danaher International II Notes; or March 30, 2020  if no interest has been paid in the case of the Danaher Notes), to but excluding the next scheduled interest payment  date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the  International Capital Market Association.  If any interest payment date, the maturity date for any series of fixed rate notes or earlier date of redemption for such  series of fixed rate notes falls on a day that is not a business day, the required payment will be made on the next  business day as if it were made on the date the payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so  payable for the period from and after such interest payment date, maturity date or date of redemption, as the case  may be.  Optional Redemption  Floating Rate Notes  Except as provided below under “Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes,” the Floating Rate Notes are  not redeemable prior to maturity.  Fixed Rate Notes  At any time and from time to time prior to the applicable Par Call Date of any series of fixed rate notes, the Issuer  has the right, at its option, to redeem the applicable series of notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to  the greater of:  (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the  Remaining Scheduled Payments on such notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of the payments of interest  that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on an  annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined  below) plus 15 basis points in the case of the 2027 Notes, 20 basis points in the case of the March 2026 Notes and  2028 Notes and 2031 Notes, 30 basis points in the case of the 2039 Notes, 35 basis points in the case of the 2049  Notes and 2024 Notes, 40 basis points in the case of the September 2026 Notes and 45 basis points in the case of the  2030 Notes, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to, but  excluding, the date of redemption.  In addition, on and after the applicable Par Call Date for each series of fixed rate notes, the Issuer has the right, at its  option, to redeem such series of notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price  equal to 100% of the principal amount of such notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the  principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption.  “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the price, expressed as a  percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption  yield on the notes to be redeemed, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third business day prior to the  date fixed for redemption, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such business day of the Comparable  Government Bond (as defined below) on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond  prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such business day as determined by an independent investment bank  selected by us.  “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the  discretion of an independent investment bank selected by us, a German government bond whose maturity is closest  to the maturity of the series of notes to be redeemed (assuming that the notes to be redeemed matured on the  applicable Par Call Date for such series of notes), or if such independent investment bank in its discretion  determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as such independent  

 

    investment bank may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds  selected by us, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.  “Par Call Date” means with respect to each series of fixed rate notes, the par call date set forth in the table above.  “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled  payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date (assuming  that such note matured on its applicable Par Call Date for such series of notes) but for such redemption; provided,  however, that, if such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to such series of notes, the  amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be deemed to be reduced by the amount of  interest accrued thereon to such redemption date.  Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or sent electronically in accordance with applicable depositary procedures)  at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each registered holder of the notes to be  redeemed. Any notice of redemption with respect to the Danaher International II Notes or Danaher Notes may, at the  discretion of Danaher International II or Danaher, as applicable, be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of one or  more conditions precedent. In that case the notice shall state the nature of such condition precedent. Unless the  Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on  the notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the notes of any series are to be redeemed, the  notes of such series to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method the Trustee deems to be fair and  appropriate, subject to any applicable depositary procedures.  Payment of Additional Amounts  Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, may be required to pay as  additional interest to certain noteholders such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment on such note  after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental  charge of whatever nature imposed upon or as a result of such payment by Luxembourg or the United States (or any  political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided for in such  note to be then due and payable.  Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes  The Issuer may redeem all, but not less than all, of the notes of any series in the event of certain changes in the tax  law of Luxembourg or the United States (or any taxing authority thereof or therein) if, in the written opinion of  independent counsel chosen by the Guarantor or the Issuer, there is a material probability that the Guarantor or the  Issuer will become obligated to pay additional interest on the notes as described above. This redemption would be at  a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes of such series being redeemed, together with  accrued and unpaid interest on the notes of such series being redeemed to, but not including, the date fixed for  redemption.  Change of Control Triggering Event  If a change of control triggering event occurs, unless the Issuer has exercised its option to redeem the notes in full as  described above, the Issuer will be required to make an offer (the “change of control offer”) to each holder of each  series of the notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess  thereof) of that holder’s notes on the terms set forth in the notes. In the change of control offer, the Issuer will be  required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased, plus  accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the notes repurchased to the date of repurchase (the “change of control  payment”). Within 30 days following any change of control triggering event or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to any  change of control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the change of  control, a notice will be mailed to holders of the notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute  the change of control triggering event and offering to repurchase the notes on the date specified in the notice, which  date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “change of  control payment date”).  

 

    The notice will, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the change of control, state that the offer to  purchase is conditioned on the change of control triggering event occurring on or prior to the change of control  payment date.  You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this section under the subsequent subheading “Change of  Control Triggering Event—Definitions.”  On the change of control payment date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:  • accept for payment all notes or portions of notes properly tendered pursuant to the change of control offer;  • deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the change of control payment in respect of all notes or  portions of notes properly tendered; and  • deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the notes properly accepted together with an officers’  certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions of notes being repurchased.  The Issuer will not be required to make a change of control offer upon the occurrence of a change of control  triggering event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the  requirements for an offer made by the Issuer and the third party repurchases all notes properly tendered and not  withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Issuer will not repurchase any notes if there has occurred and is  continuing on the change of control payment date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a default in the  payment of the change of control payment upon a change of control triggering event.  The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws  and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase  of the notes as a result of a change of control triggering event. To the extent that the provisions of any such  securities laws or regulations conflict with the change of control offer provisions of the notes, the Issuer will comply  with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the change  of control offer provisions of the notes by virtue of any such conflict.  For purposes of the change of control offer provisions of the notes, the following terms will be applicable:  “Change of control” means, in the case of the Danaher International I Notes and the Danaher International II Notes,  the occurrence of any of the following:  (1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of  which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than (a) Danaher or  one of its subsidiaries, (b) any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity  acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan and (c) Steven M. Rales  and Mitchell P. Rales) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange  Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of Danaher’s or the Issuer’s voting stock or other voting stock into  which its voting stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than  number of shares;  (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or  consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of Danaher’s assets and the  assets of its subsidiaries or the Issuer’s assets and the assets of the Issuer’s subsidiaries, in each case taken as a  whole, to one or more persons (other than Danaher or one of Danaher’s subsidiaries); or  (3) Danaher ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests of the Issuer, other than as a result of  the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with and into Danaher.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a change of control if (A) Danaher  becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (B)(X) the direct or indirect holders  

 

    of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the  holders of our voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (Y) immediately following that transaction no  person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly  or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of such holding company.  Change of Control Triggering Event—Definitions  “Change of control triggering event” means the occurrence of both a change of control and a rating event. In the  case of the Danaher International II Notes, no change of control triggering event will be deemed to have occurred in  connection with any particular change of control unless and until such change of control has actually been  consummated.  “Investment grade rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or  the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional rating agency or  rating agencies selected by Danaher.  “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.  “Rating agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the notes  or fails to make a rating of the notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s or the Guarantor’s control,  a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the  Exchange Act with respect to the Danaher International I Notes and Danaher International II Notes and within the  meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Danaher Notes, in either case selected by us (as  certified by a resolution of Danaher’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of  them, as the case may be.  “Rating event” means the rating on the applicable series of notes is lowered by each of the rating agencies and such  series of notes is rated below an investment grade rating by each of the rating agencies on any day within the 60-day  period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced  consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the rating agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a  change of control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a change of control or Danaher’s intention to effect a  change of control; provided, however, that a rating event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in  rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular change of control (and thus will not be deemed  a rating event for purposes of the definition of change of control triggering event) if the rating agencies making the  reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the  Trustee in writing at Danaher’s or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or  circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable change of control (whether or not  the applicable change of control has occurred at the time of the rating event).  “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.  “Voting stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the  Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the  election of the board of directors of such person.  Guarantees  Danaher has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the due and punctual payment of all obligations of Danaher  International I and Danaher International II under the 2015 Base Indenture, the 2017 Supplemental Indenture, the  2019 Base Indenture, the 2019 Supplemental Indenture, the Danaher International I Notes and the Danaher  International II Notes, whether for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or any additional  amounts on the notes or otherwise, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon  redemption or otherwise. The guarantees are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Danaher, rank equally in  right of payment with all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and rank senior in right of payment  to any existing and future indebtedness of Danaher that is subordinated to the notes. Each series of notes is also  

 

    effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured indebtedness of Danaher to the extent of the assets  securing such indebtedness and structurally subordinated to all existing and any future indebtedness and any other  liabilities of Danaher’s subsidiaries (except for the applicable Issuer). See the section titled “Certain Covenants”  below for information on limitations on Danaher’s ability to issue secured debt.  Event of Default  Any of the following events constitute an event of default for each series of notes under the indentures (whatever the  reason for such event of default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law  or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or  governmental body):  (i) default in the payment of any interest upon any notes of that series when it becomes due and payable, and  continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or (ii) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium  on any notes of that series when due, whether at its maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise; or (iii) default in the  deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any note of that series; or (iv) default in the  performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the Issuer or the Guarantor for the benefit of the  holders of the notes under the applicable indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose  performance or whose breach is elsewhere specifically dealt with as an event of default or which has expressly been  included in the applicable indenture solely for the benefit of series of notes other than that series), and continuance  of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the  Issuer or the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor and the Trustee by the holders of at least  25% in principal amount of the notes of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it  to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of default hereunder; or  (v) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer  or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state or foreign bankruptcy,  insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer or the Guarantor  bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or  composition of or in respect of the Issuer or us under any applicable federal or state or foreign law, or appointing a  custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Guarantor  or of any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, or ordering the winding up or  liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and the continuance of any such decree or  order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (vi)  the commencement by the Issuer or the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or  state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be  adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either the Issuer or the Guarantor to the entry of a decree or  order for relief in respect of the Issuer or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable  federal or state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of  any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either the Issuer or us, or the filing by either the Issuer or  the Guarantor of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state  or foreign law, or the consent by either the Issuer or us to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or  taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the  Issuer or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of either of its property, or the making by either the Issuer or the  Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its  debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer or the Guarantor in furtherance of  any such action; or (vii) with respect to the Danaher International I Notes and Danaher International II Notes, any  guarantee of notes of that series ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the applicable  indenture) or is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment to be unenforceable or invalid or any such guarantee  of notes is asserted in writing by the Issuer or the Guarantor to no longer be in full force and effect and enforceable  in accordance with its terms.  If there is an event of default with respect to a series of notes, which continues for the requisite amount of time,  either the Trustee or holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of that series may declare  the principal amount of all of the notes of that series to be due and payable immediately, except that if an event of  default occurs due to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization as provided in the applicable indenture, then the  

 

    principal of and interest on the notes shall become due and payable immediately without any act by the trustee or  any holder of notes. However, at any time after an acceleration with respect to notes of any series has occurred, but  before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration has been obtained, the holders of a majority in principal  amount of the outstanding notes of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration.  The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of a series may, on behalf of the  holders of all notes of that series, waive any past default or event of default and its consequences for that series,  except (1) a default in the payment of the principal, premium or interest with respect to those notes or (2) a default  with respect to a provision of the indenture that cannot be amended without the consent of each holder affected by  the amendment. In case of a waiver of a default, that default shall cease to exist, and any event of default arising  from that default shall be deemed to have been cured for all purposes. The holders of a majority in aggregate  principal amount outstanding of the notes of any series may also, on behalf of the holders of notes of that series,  waive, with respect to that series, compliance with certain restrictive covenants in the indenture.  If any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default (collectively  referred to in this paragraph as a default) occurs and is continuing with respect to notes of a particular series and if it  is known to any specified responsible officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to each holder of such notes notice  of such default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after the Trustee obtains knowledge of such default. Except  in the case of default in the payment of principal, premium or interest with respect to the notes of that series or in the  making of any sinking fund payment with respect to the notes of that series, the Trustee may withhold such notice if  and so long as the corporate trust committee or a committee of specified responsible officers of the Trustee in good  faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the holders of such notes.  A holder may institute a suit against us for enforcement of such holder’s rights under the applicable indenture, for  the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy only if the following conditions are satisfied:  • the holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to a series of notes  held by that holder;  • holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series make a  request, in writing, and offer reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee for the Trustee to institute the requested  proceeding;  • the Trustee does not receive direction contrary to the holder’s request from holders of a majority in  aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series within 60 days following such notice,  request and offer of indemnity under the terms of such indenture; and  • the Trustee does not institute the requested proceeding within 60 days following such notice.  The Guarantor and each Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each of Danaher’s fiscal  years, an officers’ certificate stating that a review of the activities of Danaher and its Subsidiaries during the  preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the officers signing the officers’ certificate, with a  view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have each kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its  obligations under the indenture, and further stating, as to each such officer signing such officers’ certificate, that to  the best of his knowledge the Guarantor and the Issuer shall have each kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each  and every covenant (without regard to periods of grace or notice requirements) contained in the indenture and is not  in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if an event of  default shall have occurred, describing all such events of default of which he may have knowledge).  The Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, will, so long as any of the notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,  forthwith upon becoming aware of any event of default, an officers’ certificate specifying such event of default and  what action the Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.  Modification and Waiver of the Indentures  

 

    An Issuer and the Trustee may enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of modifying or amending an  indenture with the consent of holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series of the  outstanding notes affected. However, the consent of all of the holders of the outstanding notes that are affected  thereby is required for any of the following modifications or amendments:  • to reduce the percentage in principal amount of notes of any series whose holders must consent to a  supplemental indenture, or consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture, or  consent to certain defaults under the indenture, in each case as provided for in the indenture;  • to reduce the rate of, or change the stated maturity of any installment of, interest on any note;  • to reduce the principal of or change the stated maturity of principal of, or any installment of principal of or  interest on, any note;  • to reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any note;  • to make any note, or any premium or interest thereon, payable in a currency other than that stated in that  note;  • to change any place of payment where any note or any premium or interest thereon is payable;  • to impair the right to bring a lawsuit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of  any note (or in the case of redemption, on or after the date fixed for redemption);  • with respect to the Danaher Notes, to modify the provisions of the 2007 Base Indenture with respect to  subordination of debt securities in a manner adverse to any registered holder of a debt security; or  • generally, to modify any of the above provisions of the indenture or any provisions providing for the  waiver of past defaults or waiver of compliance with certain covenants, except to increase the percentage in  principal amount of notes of any series whose holders must consent to an amendment or waiver, as  applicable, or to provide that certain other provisions of the indenture cannot be modified or waived  without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected by the modification or waiver.  In addition, an Issuer and the Trustee with respect to an indenture may enter into supplemental indentures without  the consent of the holders of the outstanding notes for one or more of the following purposes:  • to evidence that another person has become the Issuer’s successor and that the successor assumes the  Issuer’s covenants, agreements, and obligations in the indenture and in the notes;  • to surrender any of the Issuer’s rights or powers under the indenture, or to add to its covenants further  covenants for the protection of the holders of all or any series of notes;  • to add any additional events of default for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of notes;  • to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the indenture that may be defective or  inconsistent with any other provision in the indenture, or to make other provisions in regard to matters or  questions arising under the indenture;  • to add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of  notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or  to permit or facilitate the issuance of notes in uncertificated form;  • to secure the notes;  

 

    • to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate trustee with respect to  the notes of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture as necessary  to provide for the administration of the indenture by more than one trustee;  • with respect to the Danaher Notes, with respect to the subordinated indenture, to add to, change or  eliminate any of the subordination provisions in the indenture or change the definition of “senior  indebtedness” in respect of one or more series of debt securities, provided that any such addition, change or  elimination does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of outstanding debt securities in any  material respect; and  • with respect to the Danaher International I Notes and Danaher International II Notes, to conform the  indenture or any supplemental indenture to the description of the notes set forth in any prospectus or  prospectus supplement related to such notes.  Satisfaction and Discharge  Each indenture will generally cease to be of any further effect with respect to a series of notes and the related  guarantees if:  • the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all notes of that series (with limited exceptions); or  • all notes of that series not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and  payable, will become due and payable within one year, or are to be called for redemption within one year  under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, and in any such case the Issuer has deposited with the  Trustee as trust funds (in euro) the entire amount sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all of the  principal, premium and interest due with respect to those notes; and if, in either case, an Issuer or the  Guarantor also pays or causes to be paid all sums payable under the applicable indenture by an Issuer or the  Guarantor and deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and opinion of counsel stating that all  conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of the applicable indenture have been complied with.  Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance  Each series of notes is subject to the defeasance and discharge provisions of the applicable indenture. An Issuer may  elect either:  • legal defeasance, which will permit the Issuer to defease and be discharged from, subject to limitations, all  of its obligations with respect to those notes; or  • covenant defeasance, which will permit the Issuer and the Guarantor to be released from their obligations to  comply with certain covenants relating to those notes.  If we exercise our legal defeasance option with respect to a series of notes, payment of those notes may not be  accelerated because of an event of default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option with respect to a series of  notes, payment of those notes may not be accelerated because of an event of default related to the specified  covenants.  Each Issuer may invoke legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to any series of its notes only if:  • it irrevocably deposits with the Trustee, in trust, an amount in such currency (taking into account payment  of principal, premium and interest thereon in accordance with their terms) which will provide money in an  amount sufficient to pay, when due upon maturity or redemption, as the case may be, the principal of,  premium, if any, and interest on those notes;  • it delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants  expressing their opinion that the payments of principal, premium and interest when due on the deposited  

 

    money will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal,  premium, and interest when due with respect to all the notes of that series to maturity or redemption, as the  case may be;  • no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an event of default under the indenture  shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any default relating to  Issuer’s bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, at any time on or prior to the 90th day after such deposit;  • the deposit does not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust  Indenture Act (assuming all securities under the indenture are in default within the meaning of such Act);  • the deposit is not a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuer;  • such deposit will not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company under  the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust is registered under, or exempt from,  such act;  • the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an opinion of counsel addressing certain federal income tax matters  relating to the defeasance;  • if the securities are to be redeemed prior to the stated maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund  payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given or provision for  such notice satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made; and  • we deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions  precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the notes of that series as contemplated by the applicable  indenture have been complied with.  Certain Covenants  Each indenture governing the notes contains provisions that, among other things, require the applicable Issuer and  the Guarantor to:  • deliver to the trustee all information documents and reports required to be filed by an Issuer or the  Guarantor, as the case may be with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, within 15 days  after the same is filed with the SEC;  • preserve and keep in full force and effect the Guarantor’s and the applicable Issuer’s corporate existences;  and  • pay and cause Danaher’s significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the  Securities Act) to pay the applicable Issuer’s, the Guarantor’s and their taxes, assessments and government  levies when due, except to the extent the same is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.  Documents filed by an Issuer or the Guarantor with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be filed with  the Trustee and transmitted to holders of the notes as of the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system.  You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this section under the subsequent subheading “Certain  Covenants—Definitions.”  Limitation on Secured Debt  The indentures provide that Danaher will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, or guarantee  any Secured Debt without making effective provision for securing the notes equally and ratably with such Secured  Debt. However, this limitation does not apply to debt secured by:  

 

    • purchase money mortgages created to secure payment for the acquisition or construction of any property  including, but not limited to, any indebtedness incurred by Danaher or a Subsidiary prior to, at the time of,  or within 180 days after the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction (including any  improvements on an existing property) or the commencement of commercial operation of such property,  which indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such  property or construction or improvements on such property;  • mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests or encumbrances (collectively referred to as security interests)  on property, or any conditional sales agreement or any title retention with respect to property, existing at  the time of acquisition thereof, whether or not assumed by Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries;  • security interests on property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of any corporation or firm existing  at the time such corporation or firm becomes a Subsidiary;  • security interests in property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time  such corporation is merged into or consolidated with Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries or at the time of a  sale, lease, or other disposition of the properties of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an  entirety to Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that no such security interests shall extend to any  other Principal Property of ours or such Subsidiary prior to such acquisition or to other Principal Property  thereafter acquired other than additions or improvements to the acquired property;  • security interests on Danaher’s property or property of a Subsidiary in favor of the United States of  America or any state thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any department, agency, instrumentality  or political subdivision thereof (including, without limitation, security interests to secure indebtedness of  the pollution control or industrial revenue type) in order to permit Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries to  perform a contract or to secure indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the  purchase price for the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such security interests or  which is required by law or regulation as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of  any privilege, franchise or license;  • security interests on any property or assets of any Subsidiary to secure indebtedness owing by it to Danaher  or to another Subsidiary;  • any mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’ or other similar lien arising in the ordinary course of business,  including construction of facilities, in respect of obligations that are not yet due or that are being contested  in good faith;  • any security interest for taxes, assessments or government charges or levies not yet delinquent, or already  delinquent, but the validity of which is being contested in good faith;  • any security interest arising in connection with legal proceedings being contested in good faith, including  any judgment lien so long as execution thereof is being stayed;  • landlords’ liens on fixtures located on premises leased by Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary  course of business; or  • any extension, renewal or replacement, or successive extensions, renewals or replacements, in whole or in  part, of any security interest referred to in the foregoing bullets.  Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions  The indentures provide that that Danaher will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter any lease  longer than three years (excluding leases of newly acquired, improved or constructed property) covering any  Principal Property of Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries that is sold to any other person in connection with such lease  (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), unless either:  

 

    • Danaher or such Subsidiary would be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the senior debt  securities, to incur Indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the Principal Property leased pursuant to any of  the bullets referenced above under “—Limitation on Secured Debt,” or  • an amount equal to the value of the Principal Property so leased is applied to the retirement, within 120  days of the effective date of such arrangement, of indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or assumed  by Danaher or a Subsidiary which is recorded as Funded Debt as shown on Danaher’s most recent  consolidated balance sheet and which in the case of such Indebtedness of ours, is not subordinate and junior  in right of payment to the prior payment of the notes or guarantees, as applicable.  Exempted Indebtedness  Notwithstanding the limitations on Secured Debt and Sale and Leaseback Transactions described above, Danaher  and any one or more of its Subsidiaries may, without securing the notes, issue, assume, or guarantee Secured Debt or  enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions,  provided that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Secured Debt then outstanding (not including  Secured Debt permitted under the foregoing exceptions) and the Attributable Debt of Sale and Leaseback  Transactions, other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions described in either bullet of the preceding paragraph, at  such time does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Assets.  Business Activities  Danaher International I and Danaher International II will not engage in any activities or take any action that would  be inconsistent with the definition of “finance subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X under  the Securities Act.  Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets  Danaher International I and Danaher International II may engage in a consolidation, merger or transfer or lease of  assets substantially as an entirety only if:  • the surviving or acquiring entity is (1) Danaher or (2) a corporation, limited liability company, partnership  or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any member country of the  European Union directly or indirectly wholly-owned by Danaher and in each case the acquiring entity  expressly assumes the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the outstanding debt securities under the  applicable indenture by executing a supplemental indenture;  • immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, or event which, after notice or lapse  of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing; and  • the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that  the consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in  connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable indenture and  all conditions precedent relating to such transaction have been complied with.  In addition, Danaher may engage in a consolidation, merger or transfer or lease of assets as an entirety only if:  • the surviving or acquiring entity is a U.S. corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust and  the acquiring entity expressly assumes Danaher’s obligations with respect to the outstanding debt securities  under the indentures by executing a supplemental indenture;  • immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, or event which, after notice or lapse  of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing; and  

 

    • Danaher has delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the  consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in  connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the indentures and all  conditions precedent relating to such transaction have been complied with.  Certain Covenants—Definitions  Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indentures. Reference is made to the indentures for a complete  definition of these terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.  Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following terms will mean as follows for  purposes of covenants that may be applicable to any particular series of notes.  “Attributable Debt,” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, means, as of any particular time, the present  value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the lease involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as  determined by Danaher in good faith) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding,  however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on  account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts  required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs,  insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges) during the remaining term of such lease (including any  period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).  “Consolidated Assets” means the aggregate of all assets of Danaher and its Subsidiaries (including the value of all  existing Sale and Leaseback Transactions and any assets resulting from the capitalization of other long-term lease  obligations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”)), appearing  on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of Danaher and its Subsidiaries at their net book values, after  deducting related depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves, all prepared in accordance with GAAP.  “Consolidated Current Liabilities” means the aggregate of the current liabilities of Danaher and its Subsidiaries  appearing on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of Danaher and its Subsidiaries, all in accordance  with GAAP. In no event shall Consolidated Current Liabilities include any obligation of Danaher and its  Subsidiaries issued under a revolving credit or similar agreement if the obligation issued under such agreement  matures by its terms within twelve months from the date thereof but by the terms of such agreement such obligation  may be renewed or extended or the amount thereof reborrowed or refunded at Danaher’s option or the option of any  Subsidiary for a term in excess of twelve months from the date of determination.  “Consolidated Net Assets” means Consolidated Assets after deduction of Consolidated Current Liabilities.  “Funded Debt” means, in the case of Danaher International I Notes, all indebtedness for money borrowed having a  maturity of more than twelve months from the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Danaher and its  Subsidiaries or renewable and extendable beyond twelve months at the option of the borrower and all obligations in  respect of lease rentals which under GAAP would be shown on Danaher’s consolidated balance sheet as a liability  item other than a current liability; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include any of the foregoing to the  extent that such indebtedness or obligations are not required by GAAP to be shown on Danaher’s balance sheet.  “Funded Debt” means, in the case of Danaher International II Notes, all indebtedness for money borrowed having a  maturity of more than twelve months from the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Danaher and its  Subsidiaries or renewable and extendable beyond twelve months at the option of the borrower and all obligations in  respect of lease rentals which under GAAP would be required to be accounted for as finance leases on Danaher’s  consolidated balance sheet; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include any of the foregoing to the extent  that such indebtedness or obligations are not required by GAAP to be shown on Danaher’s balance sheet.  “Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property  (including fixtures but excluding leases and other contract rights which might otherwise be deemed real property)  owned by Danaher or any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned on the date of the indenture or thereafter, provided  each such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property has a gross book value (without deduction for  any depreciation reserves) at the date as of which the determination is being made of in excess of two percent of the  

 

    Consolidated Net Assets of Danaher and its Subsidiaries, other than any such plant, warehouse, office building or  parcel of real property or portion thereof which, in the opinion of Danaher’s board of directors (evidenced by a  certified board resolution delivered to the Trustee), is not of material importance to the business conducted by  Danaher and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.  “Secured Debt” means, in the case of Danaher International I Notes, Indebtedness for borrowed money and any  Funded Debt which, in each case, is secured by a security interest in:  • any Principal Property, or  • any shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary.  “Secured Debt” means, in the case of Danaher International II Notes, Indebtedness for borrowed money and any  Funded Debt which, in each case, is secured by a security interest in:  • any Principal Property, or  • any shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that owns a Principal Property.  “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (including, without limitation, partnerships, joint ventures and  associations) of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power  for the election of directors of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time the stock of  any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of  any such contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by Danaher, or by one or more Subsidiaries of  Danaher, or by Danaher and one or more other Subsidiaries. Each Issuer constitutes a Subsidiary under the  indentures.  Listing  The notes are listed on The New York Stock Exchange; however, the Guarantor and the Issuers are under no  obligation to maintain such listing, and may delist any series of the notes at any time.  Book-Entry; Delivery and Form  Except as described herein, certificates have not been and will not be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in  the global notes. Each series of notes are issued in the form of one or more fully registered global notes, deposited  with, or on behalf of, a common depositary, and registered in the name of the nominee of the common depositary for  the accounts of Clearstream Banking S.A. (“Clearstream”), and Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear  System (“Euroclear”).  Beneficial interests in the global notes are represented, and transfers of such beneficial interests will be effected,  through accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct or indirect participants in  Euroclear or Clearstream. Beneficial interests in the notes are in denominations of €100,000 and integral multiples  of €1,000 in excess thereof. Payments of principal, interest and additional amounts, if any, in respect of the global  notes will be made to Euroclear, Clearstream, such nominee or such common depositary, as the case may be, as  registered holder thereof. Distributions of principal, interest and additional amounts, if any, in respect of the global  notes will be credited in euro to the extent received by Euroclear or Clearstream from the paying agent to the cash  accounts of Euroclear or Clearstream participants in accordance with the relevant system’s rules and procedures.  Certificated Notes  If the depositary for any of the notes represented by a registered global note is at any time unwilling or unable to  continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor  depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days, we  will issue notes in definitive form in exchange for the registered global note that had been held by the depositary.  

 

    Any notes issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global note will be registered in the name or names  that the depositary gives to the Trustee or other relevant agent of the Trustee. It is expected that the depositary’s  instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of  beneficial interests in the registered global note that had been held by the depositary. In addition, the Issuer may at  any time determine that the notes shall no longer be represented by a global note and will issue notes in definitive  form in exchange for such global note pursuant to the procedure described above.  The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is acting as trustee under the indentures governing the  outstanding notes.  The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, is the paying agent for the notes and the calculation agent for the  Floating Rate Notes. Upon notice to the trustee, we may change the paying agent or the calculation agent at any  time.  Governing Law  The indentures, the notes and the guarantees are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State  of New York. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicability of Articles 470-3 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law dated  August 10, 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, shall be excluded.

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