Our 'A+' corporate credit rating on Danaher Corp. remains on CreditWatch with negative implications; we expect to lower the rating to 'A' and assign a stable outlook upon completion of the Pall Corp. acquisition. We also expect to affirm our 'A-1' short-term rating on the company. NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) June 17, 2015--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services announced today that its ratings on Danaher Corp. will remain on CreditWatch with negative implications. We placed the ratings on CreditWatch on May 13, 2015, following the company's announcement that it agreed to acquire Pall Corp. for $13.8 billion and its intention to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies by the end of 2016. We expect Danaher to finance the acquisition
