DHRDanaher Corporation

Health care · Industrial Instruments · NYSE

Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to accelerating the power of science and technology to improve human health. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 60,000
Headquarters: Washington, DC
CEO: Rainer Blair
Next results: around Jan 11, 2027

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What the 10-K filed 2026-02-24 says about risks that are not on the face of the balance sheet, from the notes to the financial statements, Legal Proceedings and the MD&A (and, for big customers and key suppliers, Business and Risk Factors). Tickdelta picks sentences with specifics (amounts, accruals, covenant ratios) and quotes them as filed. New marks a sentence with nothing like it in the 10-K filed 2025-02-20.

Big customers

Customers the company names as a large share of revenue or receivables (it must name any worth 10% of revenue).

“In 2025 approximately 59% of our sales from continuing operations were derived from customers outside the U.S.”
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“During 2025, approximately 59% of Danaher’s sales were derived from customers outside the United States.”
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Key suppliers

Parts or manufacturing that depend on one or a few suppliers.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Lawsuits and legal claims

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Pending cases, settlements and what the company has set aside for them.

“The types of claims made in lawsuits include claims for compensatory damages, punitive and consequential damages (and in some cases, treble damages) and/or injunctive relief.”
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“Because most contingencies are resolved over long periods of time, new developments (including litigation developments, the discovery of new facts, changes in legislation and outcomes of similar cases), changes in assumptions or changes in the Company’s strategy in any given period can require the Company to adjust the loss contingency estimates that have been recorded in the financial statements, record estimates for liabilities or assets previously not susceptible of reasonable estimates or pay cash settlements or judgments.”
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New “On July 17, 2023, a putative securities class action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, captioned “Hawkins v.”
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New “Plaintiffs seek, among other things, damages in an unspecified amount, as well as fees and costs.”
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New “In early 2024, putative shareholder derivative cases (relating to substantially the same factual allegations as those made in the Hawkins Action) were filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.”
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Guarantees and indemnities

Promises to pay someone else's debts or losses if they cannot.

“As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $639 million of guarantees consisting primarily of outstanding standby letters of credit, bank guarantees and performance and bid bonds.”
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Debt covenants

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Conditions in loan agreements that, if broken, can make debt due early.

New “As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all of its respective debt covenants.”
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“As of December 31, 2025, no borrowings were outstanding under the Credit Facility and the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the facility.”
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“The Credit Facility contains customary representations, warranties, conditions precedent, events of default, indemnities and affirmative and negative covenants.”
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“None of these covenants are considered restrictive to the Company’s operations and as of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants.”
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Commitments off the balance sheet

Contracts the company must pay for later: purchase obligations, take-or-pay deals.

“As of December 31, 2025, the aggregate amount of the Company’s purchase obligations totaled approximately $1.3 billion, and the majority of these obligations are expected to be settled during 2026.”
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