Agilent Technologies Prices $300 Million of Senior Notes

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the pricing of a series of its senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million, in an underwritten, registered public offering. The offering is being conducted under an automatic shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The notes will mature in September 2026 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 3.050 percent. The offering is expected to close on September 22, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
Agilent intends to use the proceeds from the offering to repay all amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes thereafter.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are acting as joint book-running managers.
Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
relating to the offering can be obtained from:
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
787 Seventh Avenue
New
York, NY 10019
Telephone: +1 800 854 5674
Email: new.york.syndicate@bnpparibas.com
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Attn: Prospectus Department
c/o
Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood,
NY 11717
Telephone: +1 800 831 9146
Email: prospectus@citi.com
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Attn: Prospectus
Department
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Telephone:
+1 800 221 1037
Email: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com
Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying
prospectus are also available for free by visiting EDGAR on the
Securities and Exchange Commission website 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 jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in life sciences,
diagnostics and applied chemical markets, is the premier laboratory
partner for a better world. Agilent works with customers in more than
100 countries, providing instruments, software, services and consumables
for the entire laboratory workflow.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
the federal securities laws, including with respect to our planned
securities offering and the anticipated use of the net proceeds
therefrom. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words
or phrases such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “target,” “forecast,” and other
words and terms of similar meaning. These statements are subject to
significant risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation,
risks and uncertainties related to economic, market or business
conditions and satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to
the public offering. No assurance can be given that the securities
offering discussed above will be consummated on the terms described or
at all. Except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation
to publicly revise any forward-looking statements contained in this news
release to reflect the occurrence of events after the date of this news
release.
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