---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-117614"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "A"
cik: "0001090872"
company_name: "AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:26:55.012918+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Agilent shareholders approve board declassification, elect four directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved declassification of board over three years: 227.3M for, 0.4M against (Proposal 4).
- Elected directors Gawlik Brown, Rataj, Scangos, and Wilson with majority votes; broker non-votes ~22.3M each.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 208.6M for, 18.8M against; auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified: 220.7M for.
- Declassification phased in over three years, with director removal with or without cause starting 2029.
- Bylaws amended to reflect declassification; effective upon filing Certificate of Incorporation March 19, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-117614
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: A
- cik: 0001090872
- company_name: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000119312526117614/0001193125-26-117614-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000119312526117614/a-20260318.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: Stockholders approved the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors over a three-year period (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: Subject to the approval of the Certificate of Incorporation by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the Board also approved the adoption of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws") to be effective immediately upon the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000119312526117614/0001193125-26-117614-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: Board adopted Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws with conforming changes reflecting the phased declassification of the Board and removal provisions (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: Subject to the approval of the Certificate of Incorporation by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the Board also approved the adoption of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws") to be effective immediately upon the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000119312526117614/0001193125-26-117614-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.