AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES

Agilent Technologies is a spin-off of Hewlett-Packard Company which broke records on Nov. 18, 1999 as the largest initial public offering (IPO) in Silicon Valley history. Agilent is now a fully independent company focusing on high-growth markets in communications, electronics and life sciences. Recognized as an industry leader, Agilent embodies the test and measurement legacy that began with Bill Hewett and Dave Packard in a small Palo Alto garage in 1939. Agilent is in position to lead the test and measurement industry into the 21st century with its innovation and excellence. In Palo Alto, California, to employees around the world serving customers in 110 countries, Agilent has a long history of innovation and leadership in the communications, electronics, semiconductor, test and measurement, life sciences and chemical analysis industries. As the world's premier measurement company, Agilent works in close collaboration with engineers, scientists, and researchers around the globe to meet the communications, electronics, life sciences, and chemical analysis challenges of today and tomorrow. The company operates two primary businesses: electronic and bio-analytical measurement which is supported by Agilent Laboratories, its central research group.