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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2024

 

 

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-15405

77-0518772

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard

 

Santa Clara, California

 

95051

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 800 227-9770

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

A

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 


Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on March 14, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 265,668,418 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 91% of the shares outstanding, were represented at the Annual Meeting. The voting results for each item of business presented at the Annual Meeting, as certified by the Company’s independent inspector of elections, are set forth below:

 

Proposal No. 1 – The election of four (4) directors for a term of three years. The individuals listed below received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and were each elected to serve a three-year term.

 

Name

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Vote

Mala Anand

211,548,857

34,168,727

280,022

19,670,813

Koh Boon Hwee

190,203,085

54,583,108

1,211,412

19,670,813

Michael R. McMullen

244,315,429

1,410,462

271,714

19,670,813

Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D.

222,001,342

23,711,229

285,034

19,670,813

 

Directors Hans E. Bishop, Otis W. Brawley, M.D., Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D., Heidi K. Kunz, Sue H. Rataj, George A. Scangos, Ph.D., and Dow R. Wilson continued in office following the Annual Meeting.

 

Proposal No. 2 – The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as set forth below.

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Vote

219,612,798

25,948,186

436,621

19,670,813

 

Proposal No. 3 – The proposal to ratify the Audit and Finance Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year was approved as set forth below.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Vote[1]

244,335,710

21,035,142

297,565

0

 

Proposal No. 4 – The proposal to vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote.

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Vote

232,405,737

8,741,735

4,850,133

19,670,813

 

Item 9.01. – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, this proposal constituted a routine matter. Therefore, brokers were permitted to vote without receipt of instructions from beneficial owners.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 15, 2024

By:

/s/ P. Diana Chiu

 

 

Name:

P. Diana Chiu

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Interim General Counsel

& Secretary