[May 21, 2014]

Agilent Technologies Names Dominique Grau Senior Vice President, Human Resources, in Planned Transition

Agilent Technologies (News - Alert) Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the appointment of Dominique Grau as senior vice president, Human Resources, reporting to William (Bill) Sullivan, president and CEO. Grau will succeed Jean Halloran, who has announced plans to retire at the end of the fiscal year, Oct. 31.

Grau will assume his new position Aug. 1, the date on which Agilent and its electronic measurement business, Keysight Technologies, are expected to begin conducting business separately within Agilent.

"Jean has served as the senior vice president of HR since Agilent's inception 14 years ago," said Sullivan. "Her leadership and integrity have been instrumental to Agilent's success, not only in HR but in many areas of the business."

"Dominique is a highly respected HR executive with extensive related experience, in addition to being well rounded in other business areas, such as IT and order fulfillment," said Sullivan. "His contributions to Agilent have already been significant, and I am very pleased he will lead one of the most important functions in the company."

Agilent also announced plans today to appoint Halloran to the Keysight board of directors, effective concurrently with, or shortly before, te completion of the Keysight spinoff, currently targeted for early November 2014.

About Dominique Grau

Grau is vice president of Agilent worldwide HR Strategies, including Agilent Total Rewards (compensation, benefits and equity), staffing, regional HR compliance, and HR operations and administration. He joined Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) in 1983, working in several positions in IT and Order Fulfillment before joining Agilent when it was spun off from HP. Grau has broad international management experience, having lived and worked in Switzerland, Italy and California. He graduated in business administration from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company's 20,600 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had revenues of $6.8 billion in fiscal 2013. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.

On Sept. 19, 2013, Agilent announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spinoff of its electronic measurement business. The new company is named Keysight Technologies, Inc. The separation is expected to be completed in early November 2014.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbors created therein. The forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, information regarding the anticipated promotion and retirement of company executives and the separation of Agilent and Keysight. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Agilent's results to differ materially from management's current expectations. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in Agilent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2014. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Agilent's management and on currently available information. Agilent undertakes no responsibility to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.

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