RALES MITCHELL P 4
4 · DANAHER CORP /DE/ · Filed Feb 27, 2026
Research Summary
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Danaher (DHR) Director Mitchell Rales Gifts 71,648 Shares
What Happened
- Mitchell P. Rales, Chairman of the Executive Committee and a Danaher (DHR) director, reported a gift of 71,648 Danaher shares on February 27, 2026. The transaction is recorded as a gift (code G) with no cash proceeds (reported price $0.00; total $0).
Key Details
- Transaction date and type: 2026-02-27 — Gift of 71,648 shares (G); price reported $0.00.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
- Footnotes of note:
- F1: Reporting person is trustee of the Mitchell P. Rales Family Trust.
- F2: Some reported shares are held in custodial accounts for the benefit of the reporting person’s daughter; the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of those shares.
- F3: Some shares are held through single-member LLCs whose sole member is a revocable trust with the reporting person as sole trustee and beneficiary.
- Filing timeliness: Filing date equals the reported transaction date (2026-02-27), so no late filing is indicated.
Context
- Gifts are transfers for estate planning or personal reasons and do not necessarily signal a view on the company’s prospects. The filing’s footnotes indicate the transfer involves family trust and custodial account structures and explicitly disclaims beneficial ownership of the daughter’s shares, so treat this as a non-market-sale transfer rather than a liquidity-driven sale by the insider.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
RALES MITCHELL P
DirectorChairman of Exec. Committee
Transactions
- Gift
Common Stock, par value $.01
[F1]2026-02-27−71,648→ 778,352 total(indirect: By Trust)
Holdings
- 53,228
Common Stock, par value $.01
- 801(indirect: By 401(k))
Common Stock, par value $.01
- 3,256(indirect: By Trust)
Common Stock, par value $.01
[F2] - 3,256(indirect: By Trust)
Common Stock, par value $.01
[F2] - 26,171,000(indirect: By LLC)
Common Stock, par value $.01
[F3]
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]The Reporting Person is the trustee of the Mitchell P. Rales Family Trust.
- [F2]The reported shares are held through custodial accounts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's daughter. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by his daughter, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of his daughter's shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
- [F3]The reported shares are held through single-member LLCs, of which a revocable trust with the Reporting Person as the sole trustee and beneficiary is the sole member.
Signature
By: /s/ Mitchell P. Rales|2026-02-27