Current Report Filing (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): September 5, 2019

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, CA		95051
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 345-8886

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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

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) ☐.

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 8.01.

Other Events.

On September 5, 2019, Agilent Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.750% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering is expected to close on September 16, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and covenants and includes the terms and conditions of the sale of the Notes, indemnification and contribution obligations and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to a base indenture, expected to be dated as of September 16, 2019, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture thereto, expected to be dated as of September 16, 2019, between the Company and the Trustee.

The Notes will be issued at a price to the public of 99.316% of their principal amount. The Notes will mature on September 15, 2029 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.750% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2020. The Notes will be unsecured and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other senior unsecured indebtedness.

The Notes are being offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233593) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2019, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated September 5, 2019. In connection with the Offering, the Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement as Exhibit No. 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

A copy of the legal opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Notes in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On September 5, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

	1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated September 5, 2019, by and among the Company, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters

	5.1	Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP

	23.1	Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

	99.1	Press Release, dated September 5, 2019

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

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.