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

 

January 17, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

 

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:

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d) On January 17, 2018, the Board, upon the recommendation of its Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, increased the size of the Board from 11 to 12 members and appointed Dow R. Wilson to fill the vacancy so created, both effective March 20, 2018. Mr. Wilson was appointed to serve in the class of directors that will stand for re-election at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Wilson will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board.

Mr. Wilson, age 58, has served as president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (“Varian Medical”) since September 2012.  Prior to that, Mr. Wilson served in various capacities with Varian Medical, including executive vice president and chief operating officer from October 2011 to September 2012 and executive vice president Varian Medical and president of Varian Medical Oncology Systems business from August 2005 to September 2011.  Prior to joining Varian Medical in 2005, Mr. Wilson held various senior management positions with General Electric Company, a diversified industrial company.  Mr. Wilson serves on the board of directors of Varex Imaging Corporation, a manufacturer of X-ray imaging components.

The Board has determined that Mr. Wilson meets the independence standards adopted by the Board in compliance with the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards and Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Wilson has (i) no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, and (ii) no family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.

Mr. Wilson has had (i) no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and, (ii) as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, Mr. Wilson holds no direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Company’s stock or rights to acquire the Company’s stock.

Mr. Wilson will receive the standard compensation, a portion of which will be pro-rated to reflect the actual time Mr. Wilson will serve on the Company’s Board this year, paid by the Company to all of its non-employee directors and as described under “Compensation of Non-Employee Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 2, 2017. In connection with his appointment, Mr. Wilson will enter into a standard indemnification agreement with the Company in the form previously approved by the Board, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 10, 2008 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The Company issued a press release on January 18, 2018 announcing the appointment of Dow R. Wilson to the Company’s Board. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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