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		<footnote id="F1">Shares acquired in an  Employee Stock Purchase Plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Right to buy Agilent Technologies, Inc. common stock granted under the Agilent Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan complying with Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant.  The first vesting date is stated.</footnote>
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		<signatureName>By: Marie Oh Huber / Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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