TRANSACTION AGREEMENT dated 25 July 2005 by and among Danaher Corporation, Edelweiss Holdings ApS and Leica Geosystems Holdings AG regarding the publication of a recommended public takeover offer for all the publicly held shares of the CompanyTransaction Agreement • July 28th, 2005 • Danaher Corp /De/ • Industrial instruments for measurement, display, and control
TRANSACTION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of 25 July 2005, by and among Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation and with IRS Employer Identification No. 59-1995548 (“Parent”), Edelweiss Holdings ApS, a company organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Denmark and registered with the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency under CVR-no. 28899505 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Buyer”), and Leica Geosystems Holdings AG, a joint stock company (société anonyme, Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of Switzerland and registered in Balgach at the following address: Heinrich-Wild-Strasse, 9435 Heerbrugg, Switzerland (the “Company”). Each of Parent, Buyer and the Company a “Party” and together the “Parties”.
