TERMINATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 2.1

TERMINATION AGREEMENT

TERMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Termination Agreement”), dated as of August 18, 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”.

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to mutually terminate the Transaction Agreement dated as of July 25, 2005, among the Parties (the “Transaction Agreement”),