EL ECTI O N CH OI CES M AR K THE B OX B ELO W U ND ER STO CK EL ECTI O N TO PA RTI CI PA TE N I T HE EX CH AN GE OFF ER STO CK EL ECT IO N M ar k ht i s box ot ele ct t o make a s tock ele ct ion wi t hr esp ce t t o ALL of your sh ar es of Danaher com mon s tock. M ar kt his boxt o el ect t om ake a s t ockel ecti onw it h re s pect t ot he f oll ow ing number of your s har es of D an ha er comm ons t ock. OD D LO TSt ockhol ders holdi ng fe w er than 100s har es of D anaher com mon s tock may have t heir s har es of D anaher comm on ts ockaccept edf or paym ent befor e anypr or ati onof o ther t endere d s hare s of Danaher com m ons t ock . This pre f er ence i s not avail abl e t opar it al te nder s , or t obenef ci i al or r ecord hol ders of anaggr egate of 100 or m ore s hare s of Danaher com mon s tock, even fi us ch hol ders have s epara t e account s or cer it f ic at es r epr es enti ng ef w er than 100 hs ar es of D anaher com mon s ot ck. A ccordi ngl y, ht i s s ecti oni s t ob e comp le t de O NLY i f s har es of D na aher oc mm ons t ockar e bei ngt ender ed by or onb he al f of a pers on owni ng anaggr egate of f w e er t han100 s hare s of Danaher com mo ns tock. M ar kt hi s box fi you ow nan ga gre gat e of f ewer than 100s har es of D anaher comm on st ockand ar e t ne der i ngal l s uchs har es. L OST O R DEST RO YED C ERT IFI C ATE (S) fI your cert i fi cate ( s ) re pr es enti ng hs ar es of D anaher com mon s ot ck have been mut li ate d, des t royed, l os t or s t ole n andyou wi s ht ot ender your s har es , ple as e cont act Com pute r s hare at ( 800) 546- 5141r egar ding t he r equir ement s f or r epla cem ent of t he cer ti fi cate ( s ) . Repla cem ent s hare s wi l be is s uedi n book-e nt r yf or m via DR S. You may be as ked to pos t a s ur ety bondf or you r los t s har es of D anaher comm ons t ock. Your shar es of Danaher com mon s tock wi l n ot be i ncluded in ht e exchange of f er unle s s y ous ati s fy t he r equir em en ts f or r epl ac em ent of your l os t or des t royed cert if i cate ( s ). Y ouar e ur ged to call C omput er shar e i m medi ate l yt oens ur e t im el ypr ocess i ngo f ht e document ati on. To be ef f ect i ve, thi s Exchange For m andL et t er of Tr ans mi t al m ust b e pr operl y oc m pl ete d, s i gnedand deli vere d ot t he Exchange Agent at t he appr opr ia t e addr es s l si t ed i nt he Exchange andT ar ns m it ta l I nf or mat ion Bookl et, t oget her wi ht your or i ginal s t ock cer ti if cate ( s ), conf i rm at ion of book- entr y rt ans fe r or a pr oper ly compl ete d Not ci e of G uar ant eedD eli very, pr i or to t he expi ar t oi n on Jul y 8, 2015. Do not s endyou r ele ct ion mat eri al s to New co, Danaher , Net Scout or t he I nf or mat ion Agent . Thi s Let te r of Tr ans mi t al r el ate s to ht e of fe r by Danaher Cor pora t io n( “Danaher ”) to exchange al l of t he N ewco co mm onuni t s that ar e o wned byD anaher for shar es of Danaher com mon s tock ht at ar e val id yl te nder edand not pr operl y w it hdra w n. Fol low ing cons umm ati on of ht e exchange of f er, R SM er ger Sub ,I I nc. , a D el awar e cor por ati on “( M er ger Sub”) and a w holl y- owned sub is di ar y of Net Scout Sys t ems , I nc. (“ N etScout ”) , wi l be mer ged wi th andi nto N w e co, wher eby the se par at e cor pora t e exi s te nce o f M er ger Su bw il l cease andN ewco wi l cont i nue as t he s ur viv ni g company ( the “F ri s t M erger ”), and , subs equent ly, N ewco wi l be m er ged wi th andi nt oR SM er ger Sub I , LLC , a D ela w are li mi t edl ia bi li ty com pany( “M re ger Su bI I” ) , w here by the s epara t e cor por at e exi s et nce of New cow il l ceas e and Mer ger Sub I I wi l con ti nue as t he s ur vi ving company ( ht e “SecondM er ger, ” and toget her w ti ht he Fi r ts Mer ger , the “Mer ger s )” . I nt he F ir s t M erger , eachout s ta ndi ngN ewco comm on unit ( except New cocom mon uni st held byD anaher, N ewco, N etScout or M re ger Sub ) wi l b e conver et d int ot he r i ght to r ece i ve a num ber of dul yaut hori zed, vali dl yi s us ed, f ul yl paid andno nas s es s able shar es of com m ons t ockof N etS cou t (“ N etScout com m ons t ock ”) equal ot (x ) 62.5 mi l il ons har es of N etScout oc m m ons t ockpl us t he pr oduct of ( A) 1.46 mul t pi l ie d by( B) the number of s hare s of Net Scout com mon s ot ck is s uedi nany acquis i ti on af t er ht e date of t he M er ger Agr eement and pr ior t o the Cl osi ng, di vided by( y) t he aggr egat e num ber of N w e cocom m onuni st si s uedand out ts andi ngas of im medi ate l ypr i or t ot he ef fe ct ive it m e of t he Fi r s t Mer ger . In addi it on, New cow li l autho ri ze t he i s us ance of a num ber of N ewco comm on unit s s ucht hat t he t ota l num ber of N ewco comm onu nit s out ts andi ngi mm edia t ely pr ior to the Fir s t M erg re wi l be that nu mber t hat r esul st ni t he exchange r at oi ni the Fi rs t M er ger equali ngone. A s a er s ul t, each Newco comm on unit ( except N ew cocom m onuni st held byD anaher, N ewco, N etScout or M erger S ub) wi l l be conver et d ni t o one s hare of N etScout com m ons ot kc i nt he Fi r st M er ger . New co com mon unit s w li l not be rt ans fe r r edt opar ti ci pan ts i n thi s exchange of f er; s uch part i ci pant s wi l l ins t ead r ecei ve hs ar es of N etS oc ut comm ons t ocki nt he F ri s t M erger . As a r es ult , youw li l not be able ot tr ade t he Newco comm on unit s bef or e t heyconver t int o shar es of N etS cout comm ons t ocki nt he Fir s t M erger . Ther e can be no ass ur ance t hat s hare s of Net Scout com mon s ot ck, w heni s sued i nconnect oi n wi th the Fi sr t M er ger, w il l t ra de at the s am e p ri ces as s har es of N etScout com mo ns ot ck t ar de pri or t ot he Fi r s t Mer ger . Al thou ghD anah er has m ia l ed t he Pr os pectus to the exte nt r equi re d byU .S . la w , incl uding ot s tockho dl er s l ocat ed outs i de t he U nit edSt ate s , t he Pr os pectus is not anof f er to buy, s ell or exchan ge and it i s not a so li cit ati onof an of fe r to buyor es l l anys har es of D anaher co mm ons t ock, hs ar es of Net Scout comm on ts ocko r New cocom mon uni st i n any j uri s dic t ion i nw hic h s uch of ef r , s ale or exchange i s not per m ti te d. C ountr i es out is de t he U ni te d Sta t es gener all yhave thei r ow nl egal er qui r ement s t hat govern s ecu ir ti es of f er i ngs m ade t oper s ons r es ident i nt hos e count r ie s and of te n m i pos e s tr i ngent r equ ir ement s about t he f or m andcont ent of of f ers made to the genera l publ i c. N one of Danaher , Net Scout or N ewco has t aken anyact oi n under non- U .S. r egul at i ons t of acil it ate a publ i c of ef r t o exch ang e t he s hare s of Danaher com m ons t ock, Net Scout comm on ts ocko r New cocom mon uni st out s di e ht e Uni t edSt ate s . A c or di ngly, t he abi l ti yof any non- U. S. per s ont ot ender s hare s of Danaher com m ons t ock i nt he exchange off er w il l dependon whet her t here is anexem pti onavai la bl e under ht e la w s of s uchp er s on’ s hom e count yr t hat woul dper m ti t he per s ont opar t ci i pate ni the exchange of f er wi ht out the need f or Danaher , N te Scout or N ewco ot t ka e anyact ion t of acil it ate a publ i c of ef r i ngi nt hat count ry or ot herw is e. For xe am pl ,e som e count r ei s exem pt t ar ns act ions f r om t he r ule s governi ng publi c of f eri ngs i f t heyi nvolve pers ons who meet cer ta i nel gi ibi il ty r equir ement s r ela t in gt ot heir ts atus as s ophis t ic at edor prof es s ional i nves ot r s . Non- U. S. s t ockholder s s houl dcons ul t thei r advi sor s i n consi der ing whet her t heym aypar ti cipat e i nt he xe change of ef r i n ac cor dance w ti h the al w s of t heir ho me co untr ie s and, fi t hey dopar ti cipat e, whet her t here are anyr es rt i tc i ons or l m i i ta t oi ns ont ra ns act oi ns in ht e s har es of Danaher com mon s ot ck, N etScout oc mm ons t ockor N ewco comm on unit s t hat may apply in t heir hom e count r ie s . N one of D anaher, N etS oc u t or New cocan provi de any as s ura nce ab out whet her s uchl m i i at t oi ns may exis t . SIG NA TU RE( S) R EQU I RED . Si gnatur e of Regis t ere d Hol der (s ) or Agent + 3E L C + Signat ur e of R egis t er ed Hol der( s ) or A gent m ust b e s gi ned byt he re gi s et r edhol der (s ) EX AC TLY as name( s ) appear( s ) on ts ock ec r t if ci at e(s ) . I f s gi nat ur e i s bya rt us t e , execut or , admi nis t ra t or , guardi an, att or ney-i n- fa ct , of fi cer f or a cor por ati oni na f iduci ary or r epre s ent ati ve capacit y, or ot her per s on, ple as e s et f or th uf l l t it le . Pl eas e r efe r to Exchange and Tr ans mi t al I nfor m ati onB ookle t , Si gnatur e G uara nt ees . By si gni ngbel ow, I re pr es ne t andw arr ant as f ol low s: 1( ) I have f ull p ower and author i ty to s urr ender t he s har es of D anaher comm ons t ockr epr ese nt edby t he s tock cert i fi cate ( s ) s urr ender edher ewi ht or t ra ns f er re d in book- entr yf or m, o r covere d bya guar an te e of deli very, f r ee and cle ar of al l l ei ns , cla i m s andencum br ance s . I w i l , uponr eques t, execut e and deli ver anyaddi t ional docum ents er as onabl ydeem ed by the Exchange A gent to be app ropr i ta e o r necess ar yt ocom pl ete t he us r r ender andexchange of m ys har es of D anah er comm ons t ock. 2( ) I under st and that nei ther s ur r ender nor an el ecti on is made i n acc ept able f orm unt i l re cei pt byt he E xchange A gent of t his E le ct ion For m andL ett er of Tr ans mi t al , duly compl ete d andm anuall y si gned, t ogether w ti h an ys ot ck cert i fi cate ( s ) r epre s enti ng sh ar es of Danaher com mon s tock andal l accompanyi ngevi dences of aut hor it y. I agr ee t hat all ques t ions as to vali di ty, f or m andel gi i bi il ty of any us r r ender of t he s har es of D anaher comm ons t ockw il l be dete r mi nedby t he Exchange Agent . (3 ) I under s ta nd that , pending ht e com ple t ion of t he Fi sr t M er ger, I may not ands hal l not s ell or other wi s e t ar ns f er t he s har se of D anaher oc mm ons t ocks ubj ect to ht i s El ecti on Form unle s s t he M er ger Agr eem en t is te r mi nate d or I pr oper yl r ve oke t his el ecti on pri or t ot he E el ct oi n Deadl ni e. ( 4) I acknow el dge that , unt li I pr oper yl s ur re nder t he cer t fi ic at e(s ) r epr ese nt i ngt he s har es of D anah er comm ons t ockt ow hi hc t his E el ct ion For m andL ett er of Tr ans mi t at l r ela t es or pr oper ly rt ans ef r us ch s hare s of Danaher com m ons t ock i nbook- ent ry fo m r , I w il l not r ece i ve any cons di er ati on si s uable or payabl e i nconnect oi n wi th t he Fi rs t M er ger. D eli ver yof s uch cert if i cat e( s) wi l be eff ect ed, and r si k of los s andt it le ot s uchcer ti f ic at (e s ) w il l pas ,s only uponpr oper del iv er y ther eof t ot he Ex hc ange Agent i n the appropr i ate manner t oon e of t he addr es se s li s et d in the El ecti onand Tr ansm i t al In for m ta i onB ookle t . Sig nand provi de y our ta x I D number on t he I RS For m W-9 pr ovided her ei n (or the pa propr i ate IR SFor m W- 8i f you are a non- U .S. s t ockholder , a cop yof w hic h canbe obta i nedat w ww .i r .s gov) . Ar ea C ode/Ph one N umber S gi nat ure of ow ner Sig nat ur e of co- ow ner, i f any SIG NA TU RE( S) G UA RA NT EED ( F I R EQU R I ED ) See I n ts r ucti on6. U nl se s ht e shar es w ere et nder ed byt he r egis t ere d hold er ( s ) of t he com mon s ot ck, or for t he account of a m ember of a El gi i bl e I ns it tut i on, your s gi nat ur e(s ) m us t be guar ante ed byan El igi bl e I ns ti tut oi n . 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