NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Dec. 6, 2007--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it assigned its 'A+' rating to Danaher Corp.'s proposed $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2018. We expect the company to use the proceeds of the note offering primarily to repay CP borrowings undertaken to fund the recent acquisition of Beaverton, Ore.-based Tektronix Inc. At the same time, Standard&Poor's announced that the 'A+' corporate credit rating and senior unsecured debt ratings on Washington, D.C.-based Danaher remain on CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed on Oct. 15, 2007, following the acquisition of Tektronix for net cash proceeds of $2.8 billion. Standard&Poor's will continue to evaluate Danaher's expected financial flexibility against
