secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DANAHER CORP /DE/ (DHR)
CIK:        0000313616
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-03T20:27:19+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-330652
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Danaher appoints Julie Sawyer Montgomery as CEO effective Oct 1, 2026; Rainer Blair to retire
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- Julie Sawyer Montgomery named President and CEO effective Oct 1, 2026; also appointed to Board.
- Rainer Blair retires as CEO and Board member; serves as Senior Advisor through Dec 2026, consultant to Mar 2027.
- New CEO compensation: $1.5M base, 200% target cash incentive, $13.2M LTI target, plus $20M special stock option award.
- Founders Steven and Mitchell Rales each receive 1M options and 500k RSUs vesting 50% at 4 and 5 years.
- CFO Gugino gets $12.5M special option; other execs get RSUs. No change to Q3/FY2026 guidance.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000119312526330652/0001193125-26-330652-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000119312526330652/d161342d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-330652

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