Agilent Technologies Announces Offering of Senior Notes

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. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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. The offering of securities may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus can be obtained from:

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: - ) is a premier measurement company providing core electronic measurement and bio-analytical solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company’s approximately 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of approximately $5.0 billion in fiscal 2006.

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