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Agilent Technologies, Inc. , with headquarters in Palo Alto, California, is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 21,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005.  About two-thirds of Agilent's revenue was generated from outside of the United States in fiscal 2005 - 21,000 employees.

Formerly: HP Measurement, Inc.
 

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Sector Technology
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URLs http://www.agilent.com
Ticker (NYSE: A)
SIC 3825 - Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals
Founded  
IPO Nov 17, 1999 [spin-out HP Measurement, Inc.]
   
Linked to Agilent Ventures
   
 
 
HISTORY TYPE Divestiture / Closures of Businesses
June 2006   Verigy Ltd
Dec 2005   Avago Technologies, Pte
2001   Philips acquires Agilent Technologies’ Healthcare Solutions Group.
     
 
HISTORY TYPE Acquisitions / Strategic Investment
2004   Silicon Genetics, a leading provider of software solutions for life science discovery. The addition of Silicon Genetics' genomics data analysis and management tools positions Agilent to become a market leader in life science informatics.
2002   RedSwitch, adding expertise in InfiniBand and RapidIO to Agilent's product portfolio.
     
Jul 6, 1999   Hewlett-Packard entered into an agreement with Yokogawa to acquire Yokogawa's 25% minority equity ownership of Hewlett-Packard Japan for approximately $521 million.
Mar 1998 TC Heartstream - a market leader in automatic external defibrillators which enable nonmedical professionals to deliver defibrillation in settings outside the hospital - for 2.1 million shares of HP stock with a value of approximately $134 million.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
 
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DA2A (DA2M) Definite Agreement to Acquire (Merge)
DA Definite Agreement
TC Transaction Completed
TND Terms of the transaction were not disclosed
TO Tender offer

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