8-K

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 15, 2023

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 15, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 268,236,519 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 90% 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
Heidi K. Kunz	199,252,742	49,152,480	378,386	19,452,911
Susan H. Rataj	226,926,105	21,488,352	369,151	19,452,911
George A. Scangos, Ph.D.	212,737,808	35,656,600	389,200	19,452,911
Dow R. Wilson	222,110,567	26,281,390	391,650	19,452,911

Directors Mala Anand, Hans E. Bishop, Otis W. Brawley, M.D., Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D., Koh Boon Hwee, Michael R. McMullen and Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. 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
221,637,626	26,620,106	525,876	19,452,911

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 2023 fiscal year was approved as set forth below.

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Vote(1)
250,442,534	17,382,457	411,382	146

Proposal No. 4 The proposal regarding the approval of amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to permit stockholders holding not less than 20% of our voting stock continuously for at least 1 year to call a special meeting of stockholders was approved as set forth below.

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Vote
248,052,193	380,435	350,980	19,452,911

Proposal No. 5 The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as set forth below.

1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	Abstain	Broker Non-Vote
244,419,390	127,458	1,580,592	360,133	21,748,946

(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.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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 17, 2023	By:	/s/ P. Diana Chiu
		Name:	P. Diana Chiu
		Title:	Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

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Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Agilent Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

1.The name of the corporation is Agilent Technologies, Inc. Agilent Technologies, Inc. was originally incorporated under the name HP Measurement, Inc., and the original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 4, 1999.

2.Pursuant to Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the amendments and restatement herein set forth have been duly approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders of Agilent Technologies, Inc.

3.Pursuant to Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and amends the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation.

4.The text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby restated and amended to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is Agilent Technologies, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

ARTICLE IV

The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”). The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,000,000,000. The total number of shares of Preferred Stock that

the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 125,000,000. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

The Corporation shall from time to time in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware increase the authorized amount of its Common Stock if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued and available for issuance shall not be sufficient to permit conversion of all outstanding Preferred Stock.

The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this Article IV, by resolution to provide for the issuance of theshares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, privileges, preferences, and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such seriesand the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

A.The number of shares constituting that series (including an increase or decrease in the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of shares in any such series then outstanding)) and the distinctive designation of that series;

B.The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;

C.Whether that series shall have the voting rights (including multiple or fractional votes per share) in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

D.Whether that series shall have conversion privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such privileges, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

E.Whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption rates;

F.Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and the amount of such sinking funds;

G.The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and

H.Any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.

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No holders of shares of the Corporation of any class, now or hereafter authorized, shall have any preferential or preemptive rights to subscribe for, purchase or receive any shares of the Corporation of any class, now or hereafter authorized, or any options or warrants for such shares, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or receive any securities convertible to or exchangeable for such shares, which may at any time be issued, sold or offered for sale by the Corporation, except in the case of any shares of Preferred Stock to which such rights are specifically granted by any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted pursuant to this Article IV.

ARTICLE V

Effective as of the time at which Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates shall cease to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Trigger Date”), any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders. Effective as of the Trigger Date, except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called only by or at the direction of (a) the Board of Directors, (b) the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or (c) the Secretary of the Corporation at the written request, in accordance with and subject to the Bylaws of the Corporation, of stockholders holding continuously for at least one (1) year an aggregate net long position of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the Voting Stock. No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any special meeting.

ARTICLE VI

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE VII

For the management of the business and for the conduct of affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of powers of the Corporation, of its directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:

A.The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors. The number of directors of this Corporation shall be fixed and may be changed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

B.The Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock asto dividends or upon liquidation, shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, one class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2000, another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2001, and another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2002, with each class to hold office until its successor is duly elected and qualified, At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected

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for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election.

C.Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VII, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

D.Any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or other causes unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, and except as otherwise provided by law, shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors and not by the stockholders.

E.In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

F.The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation so provide.

G.Advance notice of stockholder nomination for the election of directors and of any other business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

A.To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or asmay hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

B.The Corporation may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor to the Corporation.

C.Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VIII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VIII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VIII, in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VIII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

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ARTICLE IX

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the laws of the State of Delaware) outside of the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE X

Except as provided in Article VIII above, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the state of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Stock”) then outstanding, voting together as a single class shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal Article V or VII or this sentence.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Agilent Technologies, Inc. has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by Michael Tang, its Secretary this 15th day of March 2023.

/s/Michael Tang

Michael Tang

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