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Agilent Technologies Announces Pricing of $600 Million of Senior Notes


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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the pricing of its senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $600 million, in an underwritten, registered public offering. The senior notes will mature in November 2017 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 6.50 percent. The offering is expected to close on Oct. 29, 2007, subject to customary closing conditions.

Agilent intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include repurchases of its outstanding shares of common stock, acquisitions, working capital and capital expenditures.

Citi Markets & Banking and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. acted as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers and Utendahl Capital Markets L.P. acted as co-managers.

Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained from:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Prospectus Department
Brooklyn Army Terminal
140 58th Street, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Telephone: +1 877 858 5407


J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Attn: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: +1 212 834 4533

Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus are also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission Web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.



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