Christopher Bouda, VP and Chief Accounting Officer of Danaher Corp /DE/, filed a Form 4 on October 29, 2026, reporting the exercise of employee stock options and same-day sales of common stock on October 28, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Options exercised: Bouda exercised two tranches of employee stock options on October 28, 2026, covering 4,345 shares and 3,253 shares, respectively, both at an exercise price of $70.74 per share.
  • Shares sold: All 4,345 shares from the first tranche were sold at $234.537 per share, and all 3,253 shares from the second tranche were sold at $234.5816 per share.
  • Post-transaction direct holdings: Following the reported transactions, Bouda directly held 9,107 shares of common stock.
  • Indirect holdings: Bouda also holds 679.688 shares indirectly through a 401(k) plan.
  • Options expiration: Both option tranches carried an expiration date of November 15, 2026, with the options originally granted on November 15, 2016, vesting 20% per year over five anniversaries.
  • Derivative balance: Following the exercises, Bouda holds zero remaining employee stock options in both tranches.

Bouda's Option Exercise and Sale Transactions at Danaher

According to the filing, Christopher Bouda, identified as VP and Chief Accounting Officer of Danaher Corp /DE/ (NYSE:DHR), reported two option exercise transactions on October 28, 2026. In the first, Bouda exercised 4,345 employee stock options at a conversion price of $70.74, acquiring 4,345 shares of common stock, and then sold those same shares at $234.537 per share. In the second transaction, Bouda exercised 3,253 options at the same $70.74 exercise price and sold the resulting 3,253 shares at $234.5816 per share. Both sets of transactions are coded "M" for exercise and "S" for sale in Table I and Table II of the filing.

The filing explains that the options were originally granted on November 15, 2016, and that "twenty percent of the options granted became exercisable on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date." Both tranches carried an expiration date of November 15, 2026. Following the exercises, the filing reports that zero derivative securities remain outstanding for Bouda in either tranche.

After all reported transactions, Bouda's direct beneficial ownership of Danaher common stock stands at 9,107 shares, according to the filing. An additional 679.688 shares are held indirectly through a 401(k) plan. The Form 4 was signed by James F. O'Reilly as attorney-in-fact for Christopher M. Bouda and filed on October 29, 2026.

What Was Disclosed

The filing discloses the exercise and same-day sale of a combined 7,598 Danaher employee stock options by VP and Chief Accounting Officer Christopher Bouda on October 28, 2026, resulting in direct beneficial ownership of 9,107 shares following the transactions.