Danaher Corporation's (DHR) CEO Rainer Blair on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call July 21, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

John Bedford – Vice President-Investor Relations

Rainer Blair – President and Chief Executive Officer

Matt McGrew – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rainer Blair – Bank of America

Vijay Kumar – Evercore ISI

Scott Davis – Melius Research

Dan Brennan – Cowen

Jack Meehan – Nephron

Rachel Vatnsdal – JPMorgan

Patrick Donnelly – Citi

Operator

My name is Gretchen and I will be your conference facilitator this morning. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Danaher Corporation’s Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

I will now turn the call over to Mr. John Bedford, Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Bedford, you many begin your conference.

John Bedford

Thank you, Gretchen. Good morning, everyone and thanks for joining us on the call.

With us today are Rainer Blair, our President and Chief Executive Officer; Matt McGrew, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

I'd like to point out that our earnings release, the slide presentation supplementing today's call, the reconciliations and other information required by SEC Regulation G relating to any non-GAAP financial measures provided during the call and additional materials are all available on the Investors section of our website www.danaher.com under the heading Quarterly Earnings.

The audio portion of this call will be archived on the Investors section of our website later today under the heading Events and Presentations and will remain archived until our next quarterly call. A replay of this call will also be available until August 4, 2022.

During the presentation, we will describe certain of the more significant factors that impacted year-over-year performance. The supplemental materials describe additional factors that impacted year-over-year performance. Unless otherwise noted, all references in these remarks and supplemental materials to company-specific financial metrics refer to results from continuing operations and relate to the second quarter of 2022 and all references to period-to-period increases or decreases in financial metrics are year-over-year.

We may also describe certain products and devices which have applications submitted and pending for certain regulatory approvals or are available only in certain markets.

During the call, we will make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding events or developments that we believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in our SEC filings and actual results might differ materially from any forward-looking statements that we make today.