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Danaher acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Danaher bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Abcam plc Word for word“On December 6, 2023, the Company acquired Abcam plc (“Abcam”) for a cash purchase price of approximately $5.6 billion (the “Abcam Acquisition”).” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	On December 6, 2023	approximately $5.6 billion
Environmental & Applied Solutions business (Veralto Corporation) Word for word“On September 30, 2023 (the “Distribution Date”), the Company completed the separation (the “Separation”) of its former Environmental & Applied Solutions business by distributing to Danaher stockholders on a pro rata basis all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Veralto Corporation (“Veralto”), the entity Danaher incorporated to hold such businesses.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	On September 30, 2023	—
3 businesses Word for word“During 2024, the Company acquired 3 businesses for total consideration of $558 million in cash, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	During 2024	$558 million
Veralto Corporation Word for word“On September 30, 2023 (the “Distribution Date”), the Company completed the separation (the “Separation”) of its former Environmental & Applied Solutions business by distributing to Danaher stockholders on a pro rata basis all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Veralto Corporation (“Veralto”), the entity Danaher incorporated to hold such businesses.” 10-K for 2024	divestiture	On September 30, 2023	—
Pall Word for word“Danaher established the Biotechnology segment through the acquisition of Pall in 2015, and expanded the business through the acquisition of Cytiva in 2020.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	in 2015	—
Cytiva Word for word“Danaher established the Biotechnology segment through the acquisition of Pall in 2015, and expanded the business through the acquisition of Cytiva in 2020.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	in 2020	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$4.88 billion	$3.06 billion
2017-12-31	$385.8 million	$264.8 million
2018-12-31	$2.17 billion	$1.28 billion
2019-12-31	$331 million	$217 million
2020-12-31	—	$10.4 billion
2021-12-31	$10.9 billion	—
2022-12-31	$582 million	—
2023-12-31	$5.61 billion	$3.85 billion
2024-12-31	$558 million	$305 million
2025-12-31	$0	—

Deal filings since 2016

2026-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2026-04-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-10-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-09-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-08-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-08-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-12-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-10-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-06-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-21 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-04-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-11-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-09-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-09-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-08-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-03-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-06-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-10-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-07-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-07-08 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2016-06-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Danaher’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-24. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.