Highlights:

  • Revenue of $1.24 billion represents 3 percent reported growth and 4 percent core revenue(1) growth
  • GAAP net income of $182 million and EPS of $0.57
  • Non-GAAP net income of $228 million or $0.71 per share(2), up 9 percent year-over-year
  • Full-year revenue outlook revised to $5.085 billion to $5.125 billion, with non-GAAP earnings guidance for the year maintained at $3.03 to $3.07 per share(3)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported revenue of $1.24 billion for the second quarter ended April 30, 2019, up 3 percent year-over-year (up 4 percent on a core basis(1)).

On a GAAP basis, second-quarter net income was $182 million or $0.57 per share. This compares with $205 million and $0.63 per share in the second quarter of 2018. Non-GAAP net income(2) was $228 million or $0.71 per share during the quarter, compared with $212 million and $0.65 per share during the second quarter a year ago.

“While overall revenues were below our expectations, the story of our second quarter results is one where we demonstrated the resilience of Agilent’s business model,” said Mike McMullen, Agilent president and CEO. “Two of our three business units continued to deliver strong growth while the third was affected by soft market conditions. We generated EPS of $0.71, representing 9 percent growth, which was at the midpoint of our guidance.”

Financial Highlights

Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group

Second-quarter revenue of $529 million from Agilent’s Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group (LSAG) was down 1 percent year over year (down 1 percent on a core basis(1)). Demand in the environmental and forensics markets was strong, offset by weakness in the pharma and food markets. LSAG’s operating margin for the quarter was 20.3 percent.

Agilent CrossLab Group

Second-quarter revenue of $455 million from the Agilent CrossLab Group (ACG) grew 7 percent year over year (up 9 percent on a core basis(1)). Growth was broad-based across all regions, led by China. ACG’s operating margin for the quarter was 25.2 percent.

Diagnostics and Genomics Group

Second-quarter revenue of $254 million from Agilent’s Diagnostics and Genomics Group (DGG) grew 5 percent year over year (up 6 percent on a core basis(1)). Strength in the company’s pathology-related businesses and NASD led the group’s results. DGG’s operating margin for the quarter was 19.3 percent.

Third-Quarter and Full-Year Outlook

Agilent expects third-quarter 2019 revenue in the range of $1.225 billion to $1.245 billion. Third-quarter 2019 non-GAAP earnings are expected to be in the range of $0.71 to $0.73 per share(3).

For fiscal year 2019, the company is revising its full-year revenue guidance to a range of $5.085 billion to $5.125 billion while maintaining non-GAAP earnings guidance in the range of $3.03 to $3.07 per share(3).

Conference Call

Agilent’s management will present more details about its second-quarter fiscal year 2019 financial results on a conference call with investors today at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Time). This event will be webcast live in listen-only mode. Listeners may log on at www.investor.agilent.com and select “Q2 2019 Agilent Technologies Inc. Earnings Conference Call” in the “News & Events — Calendar of Events” section. The webcast will remain available on the company’s website for 90 days.

Additional information regarding financial results can be found at www.investor.agilent.com by selecting “Financial Results” in the “Financial Information” section.

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) after the call on May 14 and through May 21 by dialing (855) 859-2056 (or (404) 537-3406 from outside the United States) and entering passcode 3086626.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. With more than 50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenues of $4.91 billion in fiscal 2018 and employs 15,550 people worldwide. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com. To receive the latest Agilent news, subscribe to the Agilent Newsroom. Follow Agilent on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

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 Agilent’s revenue and non-GAAP earnings guidance for the third quarter and full fiscal year 2019 and future amortization of intangibles. 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 include, but are not limited to, unforeseen changes in the strength of its customers’ businesses; unforeseen changes in the demand for current and new products, technologies, and services; unforeseen changes in the currency markets; customer purchasing decisions and timing, and the risk that Agilent is not able to realize the savings expected from integration and restructuring activities. In addition, other risks that Agilent faces in running its operations include the ability to execute successfully through business cycles; the ability to meet and achieve the benefits of its cost-reduction goals and otherwise successfully adapt its cost structures to continuing changes in business conditions; ongoing competitive, pricing and gross-margin pressures; the risk that its cost-cutting initiatives will impair its ability to develop products and remain competitive and to operate effectively; the impact of geopolitical uncertainties and global economic conditions on its operations, its markets and its ability to conduct business; the ability to improve asset performance to adapt to changes in demand; the ability of its supply chain to adapt to changes in demand; the ability to successfully introduce new products at the right time, price and mix; the ability of Agilent to successfully integrate recent acquisitions; the ability of Agilent to successfully comply with certain complex regulations; and other risks detailed in Agilent’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2019. 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.

(1) Core revenue growth excludes the impact of currency and acquisitions and divestitures within the past 12 months. Core revenue is a non-GAAP measure. A reconciliation between Q2 FY19 GAAP revenue and core revenue is set forth on page 6 of the attached tables along with additional information regarding the use of this non-GAAP measure. Core revenue growth rate as projected for Q3 FY19 and full fiscal year 2019 excludes the impact of currency and acquisitions and divestitures within the past 12 months. Most of the excluded amounts pertain to events that have not yet occurred and are not currently possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy and could differ materially. Therefore, no reconciliation to GAAP amounts has been provided for the projection.

(2) Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per share primarily exclude the impacts of non-cash intangibles amortization, transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, pension settlement gain, Nucleic Acid Solutions Division (“NASD”) site costs and special compliance costs. Agilent also excludes any tax benefits or expenses that are not directly related to ongoing operations and which are either isolated or are not expected to occur again with any regularity or predictability including the impact of the 2017 Tax Act. A reconciliation between non-GAAP net income and GAAP net income is set forth on page 4 of the attached tables along with additional information regarding the use of this non-GAAP measure.

(3) Non-GAAP earnings per share as projected for Q3 FY19 and full fiscal year 2019 excludes primarily the impacts of non-cash intangibles amortization, transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, pension settlement gain, Nucleic Acid Solutions Division (“NASD”) site costs and special compliance costs. Agilent also excludes any tax benefits or expenses that are not directly related to ongoing operations and which are either isolated or are not expected to occur again with any regularity or predictability. Most of these excluded amounts pertain to events that have not yet occurred and are not currently possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy and could differ materially. Therefore, no reconciliation to GAAP amounts has been provided. Future amortization of intangibles is expected to be approximately $26 million per quarter.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news.

      AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (In millions, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY     Three Months Ended Six Months Ended April 30, April 30, 2019

2018(a)

2019

2018(a)

  Net revenue $ 1,238 $ 1,206 $ 2,522 $ 2,417   Costs and expenses: Cost of products and services 569 563 1,146 1,104 Research and development 99 92 201 186 Selling, general and administrative   354     341     709     688   Total costs and expenses   1,022     996     2,056     1,978     Income from operations 216 210 466 439   Interest income 10 10 20 19 Interest expense (17 ) (19 ) (35 ) (39 ) Other income (expense), net   9     26     15     41     Income before taxes 218 227 466 460   Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 36 22 (220 ) 575         Net income (loss) $ 182   $ 205   $ 686   $ (115 )       Net income (loss) per share: Basic $ 0.57 $ 0.64 $ 2.16 $ (0.36 ) Diluted $ 0.57 $ 0.63 $ 2.13 $ (0.36 )   Weighted average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share: Basic 317 322 318 323 Diluted 321 326 322 323           (a) Adjusted to include the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-07 (pension expense reclassification) as of 11/1/2018. There is no impact to net income (loss) or net income (loss) per share.     The preliminary income statement is estimated based on our current information.     Page 1       AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (In millions, except par value and share amounts) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY       April 30, October 31, 2019 2018 ASSETS   Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,155 $ 2,247 Accounts receivable, net 819 776 Inventory 657 638 Other current assets   181     187   Total current assets 3,812 3,848   Property, plant and equipment, net 827 822 Goodwill and other intangible assets, net 3,650 3,464 Long-term investments 96 68 Other assets   637     339   Total assets $ 9,022   $ 8,541     LIABILITIES AND EQUITY   Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 314 $ 340 Employee compensation and benefits 292 304 Deferred revenue 347 324 Other accrued liabilities   165     203   Total current liabilities 1,118 1,171   Long-term debt 1,798 1,799 Retirement and post-retirement benefits 229 239 Other long-term liabilities   752     761   Total liabilities   3,897     3,970     Total Equity: Stockholders' equity:

Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 125 million shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

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Common stock; $0.01 par value, 2 billion shares authorized; 317 million shares at April 30, 2019 and 318 million shares at October 31, 2018, issued

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Treasury stock at cost; 9 thousand shares at April 30, 2019 and zero shares at October 31, 2018

(1 ) — Additional paid-in-capital 5,343 5,308 Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) 178 (336 ) Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (398 )   (408 ) Total stockholders' equity 5,125 4,567 Non-controlling interest   —     4   Total equity   5,125     4,571   Total liabilities and equity $ 9,022   $ 8,541         The preliminary balance sheet is estimated based on our current information.     Page 2     AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (In millions) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY     Six Months Ended April 30, April 30, 2019 2018 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income (loss) $ 686 $ (115 )   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 107 101 Share-based compensation 40 43 Excess and obsolete inventory related charges 7 17 Other non-cash expenses, net 2 2 Changes in assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable, net (17 ) (21 ) Inventory (21 ) (34 ) Accounts payable (8 ) (14 ) Employee compensation and benefits (13 ) (7 ) Change in assets and liabilities due to Tax Act — 533 Other assets and liabilities   (318 )   13   Net cash provided by operating activities (a) 465 518   Cash flows from investing activities: Investments in property, plant and equipment (78 ) (108 ) Payment to acquire fair value investments (18 ) (1 ) Payment in exchange for convertible note (2 ) (2 ) Acquisition of businesses and intangible assets, net of cash acquired   (248 )   (7 ) Net cash used in investing activities (346 ) (118 )   Cash flows from financing activities: Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans 33 36 Payment of taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (14 ) (29 ) Payment of dividends (104 ) (96 ) Proceeds from revolving credit facility — 356 Repayment of debt and revolving credit facility — (251 ) Purchase of non-controlling interest (4 ) — Treasury stock repurchases   (125 )   (93 ) Net cash used in financing activities (214 ) (77 )   Effect of exchange rate movements 2 9   Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (93 ) 332   Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period   2,254     2,686     Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 2,161   $ 3,018       Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to the condensed consolidated balance sheet:   Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,155 $ 3,011 Restricted cash, included in other assets   6     7   Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ 2,161   $ 3,018       (a) Cash payments included in operating activities:   Income tax payments (refunds), net $ 104 $ 48 Interest payments $ 36 $ 43       The preliminary cash flow is estimated based on our current information.     Page 3                 AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. NON-GAAP NET INCOME AND DILUTED EPS RECONCILIATIONS (In millions, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY   Three Months Ended Six Months Ended April 30, April 30, 2019  

DilutedEPS

2018  

DilutedEPS

2019  

DilutedEPS

2018  

DilutedEPS

  GAAP net income (loss) $ 182 $ 0.57 $ 205 $ 0.63 $ 686 $ 2.13 $ (115) $ (0.36) (b) Non-GAAP adjustments: Intangible amortization 26 0.08 25 0.08 54 0.17 50 0.15 Business exit and divestiture costs — — 8 0.02 — — 8 0.02 Transformational initiatives 9 0.03 5 0.02 14 0.04 9 0.03 Acquisition and integration costs 10 0.03 4 0.01 20 0.06 7 0.02 Pension settlement gain — — — — — — (5) (0.02) NASD site costs 4 0.01 2 0.01 6 0.02 4 0.01 Special compliance costs 1 — 1 — 1 — 2 0.01 Other 5 0.02 (14) (0.04) 6 0.02 (13) (0.04) Adjustment for Tax Reform — — — — — — 533 1.63 Tax benefit on intra-entity asset transfer — — — — (299) (0.93) — — Adjustment for taxes (a) (9)   (0.03) (24)   (0.08) (16)   (0.04) (52)   (0.14) Non-GAAP net income $ 228   $ 0.71 $ 212   $ 0.65 $ 472   $ 1.47 $ 428   $ 1.31 (c)     (a) The adjustment for taxes excludes tax benefits that management believes are not directly related to on-going operations and which are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any regularity or predictability. For the three months ended April 30, 2019, management used a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 16.48%. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, management used a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 16.75%. In the same periods last year, management used a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 18%.   (b) GAAP diluted net loss per share was computed using 323 million weighted average diluted shares which excludes from consideration the anti-dilutive effects of all potential common shares outstanding.   (c) Non-GAAP diluted net income per share was computed using 326 million weighted average diluted shares which includes the dilutive effects of potential common shares outstanding.   We provide non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share amounts in order to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our operational performance and our prospects for the future. These supplemental measures exclude, among other things, charges related to amortization of intangibles, business exit and divestiture costs, transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, pension settlement gain, NASD site costs, special compliance costs, adjustment for Tax Reform, and tax benefit on intra-entity asset transfer.   Business exit and divestiture costs include costs associated with business divestitures.   Transformational initiatives include expenses associated with targeted cost reduction activities such as manufacturing transfers including costs to move manufacturing due to new tariffs and tariff remediation actions, small site consolidations, legal entity and other business reorganizations, insourcing or outsourcing of activities. Such costs may include move and relocation costs, one-time termination benefits and other one-time reorganization costs. Included in this category are also expenses associated with company programs to transform our product lifecycle management (PLM) system, human resources and financial systems.   Acquisition and Integration costs include all incremental expenses incurred to effect a business combination. Such acquisition costs may include advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees. Such integration costs may include expenses directly related to integration of business and facility operations, the transfer of assets and intellectual property, information technology systems and infrastructure and other employee-related costs.   Pension settlement gain resulted from transfer of the substitutional portion of our Japanese pension plan to the government.   NASD site costs include all the costs related to the expansion of our manufacturing of nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredients incurred prior to the commencement of commercial manufacturing.   Special compliance costs include costs associated with transforming our processes to implement new regulations such as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), revenue recognition and certain tax reporting requirements.   Other includes certain legal costs and settlements in addition to other miscellaneous adjustments.   Adjustment for Tax Reform primarily consists of an estimated provision of $480 million for U.S. transition tax and correlative items on deemed repatriated earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries and an estimated provision of $53 million associated with the decrease in the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and its impact on our U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities. The taxes payable associated with the transition tax, net of tax attributes, on deemed repatriation of foreign earnings is approximately $440 million, payable over 8 years.   Tax benefit on intra-entity asset transfer relates to our operations in Singapore along with our application of the new accounting rules for income tax consequences of intra-entity transfer of assets as adopted on November 1, 2018.   Our management uses non-GAAP measures to evaluate the performance of our core businesses, to estimate future core performance and to compensate employees. Since management finds this measure to be useful, we believe that our investors benefit from seeing our results “through the eyes” of management in addition to seeing our GAAP results. This information facilitates our management’s internal comparisons to our historical operating results as well as to the operating results of our competitors.   Our management recognizes that items such as amortization of intangibles can have a material impact on our cash flows and/or our net income. Our GAAP financial statements including our statement of cash flows portray those effects. Although we believe it is useful for investors to see core performance free of special items, investors should understand that the excluded items are actual expenses that may impact the cash available to us for other uses. To gain a complete picture of all effects on the company’s profit and loss from any and all events, management does (and investors should) rely upon the GAAP income statement. The non-GAAP numbers focus instead upon the core business of the company, which is only a subset, albeit a critical one, of the company’s performance.   Readers are reminded that non-GAAP numbers are merely a supplement to, and not a replacement for, GAAP financial measures. They should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial measures. It should be noted as well that our non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.   The preliminary non-GAAP net income and diluted EPS reconciliation is estimated based on our current information.     Page 4       AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SEGMENT INFORMATION (In millions, except where noted) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY   Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group Q2'19 Q2'18 Revenue $ 529 $ 537 Gross Margin, % 60.6 % 59.7 % Income from Operations $ 107 $ 113 Operating margin, % 20.3 % 21.0 %     Diagnostics and Genomics Group Q2'19 Q2'18 Revenue $ 254 $ 243 Gross Margin, % 54.8 % 54.8 % Income from Operations $ 49 $ 48 Operating margin, % 19.3 % 19.9 %     Agilent CrossLab Group Q2'19 Q2'18 Revenue $ 455 $ 426 Gross Margin, % 51.3 % 50.0 % Income from Operations $ 115 $ 96 Operating margin, % 25.2 % 22.5 %             Income from operations reflect the results of our reportable segments under Agilent's management reporting system which are not necessarily in conformity with GAAP financial measures. Income from operations of our reporting segments exclude, among other things, charges related to amortization of intangibles, business exit and divestiture costs, transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, pension settlement gain, NASD site costs, and special compliance costs.   Readers are reminded that non-GAAP numbers are merely a supplement to, and not a replacement for, GAAP financial measures. They should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial measures. It should be noted as well that our non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.   The preliminary segment information is estimated based on our current information.     Page 5               AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RECONCILIATIONS OF REVENUE BY SEGMENT EXCLUDING ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND THE IMPACT OF CURRENCY ADJUSTMENTS (CORE) (in millions) (Unaudited) PRELIMINARY   Year-over-Year   GAAP Year-over-Year

GAAP Revenue by Segment

Q2'19   Q2'18   % Change   Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group $ 529 $ 537 (1%)   Diagnostics and Genomics Group 254 243 5%   Agilent CrossLab Group 455 426 7%       Agilent $ 1,238   $ 1,206 3%         Non-GAAP

(excluding Acquisitions & Divestitures)

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at Constant Currency (a)

  Year-over-Year Year-over-Year

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Current QuarterCurrency

Non GAAP Revenue by Segment

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from Currency

Impact (b)

  Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group $ 519 $ 537 (3%) (1%) -2 ppts $ (12)   Diagnostics and Genomics Group 248 243 2% 6% -4 ppts (8)   Agilent CrossLab Group 448 426 5% 9% -4 ppts (18)         Agilent (Core) $ 1,215   $ 1,206 1% 4% -3 ppts $ (38)       We compare the year-over-year change in revenue excluding the effect of recent acquisitions and divestitures and foreign currency rate fluctuations to assess the performance of our underlying business.   (a) The constant currency year-over-year growth percentage is calculated by recalculating all periods in the comparison period at the foreign currency exchange rates used for accounting during the last month of the current quarter, and then using those revised values to calculate the year-over-year percentage change.   (b) The dollar impact from the current quarter currency impact is equal to the total year-over-year dollar change less the constant currency year-over-year change.   The preliminary reconciliation of GAAP revenue adjusted for recent acquisitions and divestitures and impact of currency is estimated based on our current information.           Page 6  

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