Agilent Technologies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

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:

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. ☐

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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