Agilent Technologies – Active Components

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company’s 16,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

Agilent delivers innovative technologies, solutions and services to a wide range of customers in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The breadth and depth of our expertise enable us to offer solutions across our customers’ entire product life cycle from research and development to manufacturing to installation and management. With insight gained from this unique and comprehensive perspective, we can help our customers get the best products and services to market quickly and profitably.

Agilent Technologies Inc.’s former semiconductor products group became a standalone company Thursday (Dec. 1 2005), under the name Avago Technologies Inc. Agilent Technologies has completed the sell-off of its semiconductor business, which now begins operations as Avago Technologies. Avago was created as a result of the acquisition of Agilent Technologies Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Group. Avago Technologies is co-headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and Singapore, and begins operations with 6,500 employees of which 1,000 are analog design engineers. Avago differentiates its business through effective supply chain management, strong worldwide distribution channels and a highly variable, low-cost operating model. Avago’s presence in Asia places it in close proximity to many of its customers and to the center of the worldwide electronics supply chain. Avago maintains highly collaborative design and product development engineering resources around the world, including five design centers in Asia, four in the United States and two in Europe.