Danaher Corporation entered into a new $1 billion 364-day revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and a syndicate of lenders from time to time party thereto. The Credit Facility expires on March 22, 2019. Danaher may elect, upon the payment of a fee equal to 0.75% of the principal amount of the loans then outstanding and, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, to convert any loans outstanding on the Scheduled Termination Date into term loans that are due and payable one year following the Scheduled Termination Date.  

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest as follows: (1) Eurodollar Rate Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) bear interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the London inter-bank offered rate plus 81.5 basis points; and (2) Base Rate Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) bear interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal funds rate (as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from time to time) plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced by Bank of America, N.A. as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 1.0%. In addition, Danaher is required to pay a per annum facility fee of 6.0 basis points based on the aggregate commitments under the Credit Facility, regardless of usage.

Danaher intends to use the Credit Facility for liquidity support for Danaher’s expanded U.S. and Euro commercial paper programs and for general corporate purposes. Danaher intends to use proceeds from the issuance of short-term commercial paper notes to fund a portion of the purchase price for the pending acquisition of Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.