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www.envisionreports.com/agilent Step 1: Go to www.envisionreports.com/agilent to view the materials. Step 2: Click on Cast Your Vote or Request Materials. Step 3: Follow the instructions on the screen to log in. Stockholder Meeting Notice & Admission Ticket 014JCC IMPORTANT ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING INFORMATION — YOUR VOTE COUNTS! + + Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2010 Stockholder Meeting to be Held on March 2, 2010 Under new Securities and Exchange Commission rules, you are receiving this notice that the proxy materials for the annual stockholders’ meeting are available on the Internet. Follow the instructions below to view the materials and vote online or request a copy. The items to be voted on and location of the annual meeting are on the reverse side. Your vote is important! This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The proxy statement and annual report to stockholders are available at: Easy Online Access — A Convenient Way to View Proxy Materials and Vote When you go online to view materials, you can also vote your shares. Step 4: Make your selection as instructed on each screen to select delivery preferences and vote. When you go online, you can also help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery of future materials. Obtaining a Copy of the Proxy Materials – If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed on the reverse side on or before Friday, February 19, 2010 to facilitate timely delivery. 123456 C0123456789 12345 C 1234567890 0 2 3 9 8 4 ANDREW SAMPLE 1234 AMERICA DRIVE ANYWHERE, IL 60661

 

Here’s how to order a copy of the proxy materials and select a future delivery preference: Paper copies: Current and future paper delivery requests can be submitted via the telephone, Internet or email options below. Email copies: Current and future email delivery requests must be submitted via the Internet following the instructions below. If you request an email copy of current materials you will receive an email with a link to the materials. PLEASE NOTE: You must use the numbers in the shaded bar on the reverse side when requesting a set of proxy materials. Internet – Go to www.envisionreports.com/agilent. Click Cast Your Vote or Request Materials. Follow the instructions to log in and order a paper or email copy of the current meeting materials and submit your preference for email or paper delivery of future meeting materials. Telephone – Call us free of charge at 1-866-641-4276 in the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico using a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. From outside the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico call 781-575-2300. You can also submit a preference to receive a paper copy for future meetings. Email – Send an email to investorvote@computershare.com with “Proxy Materials Agilent Technologies Inc.” in the subject line. Include in the message your full name and address, plus the three numbers located in the shaded bar on the reverse, and state in the email that you want a paper copy of current meeting materials. You can also state your preference to receive a paper copy for future meetings. To facilitate timely delivery, all requests for a paper copy of the proxy materials must be received by February 19, 2010. Stockholder Meeting Notice & Admission Ticket The Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the South San Francisco Conference Center located at 255 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco, California (U.S.A.). Proposals to be voted on at the meeting are listed below along with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following proposals: 1. Election of Directors: 01 - Paul N. Clark 02 - James G. Cullen 2. The ratification of the Audit and Finance Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Agilent’s independent registered public accounting firm. 3. The approval of the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Performance-Based Compensation Plan for Covered Employees. PLEASE NOTE – YOU CANNOT VOTE BY RETURNING THIS NOTICE. To vote your shares you must vote online or request a paper copy of the proxy materials to receive a proxy card. If you wish to attend and vote at the meeting, please bring this notice and identification with you. 014JCC Directions to the Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders DIRECTIONS TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE CENTER From the South (San Jose) Take Highway 101 north to the South Airport Boulevard exit (which is two miles north of the San Francisco International Airport). At the first stop light; drive straight across the intersection and directly into the Holiday Inn parking lot. The South San Francisco Conference Center is on the left. From the North (San Francisco) Take Highway 101 South to the South Airport Boulevard exit in South San Francisco. Stay to the right and turn east under the freeway overpass. Make a right at the Hungry Hunter Restaurant onto South Airport Boulevard. The South San Francisco Conference Center is located on the left between the Good Nite Inn and the Holiday Inn. Parking The South San Francisco Conference Center has an agreement to share parking with both neighboring hotels—the Holiday Inn to the south and the Good Nite Inn to the north. Additional parking is available diagonally across the street in the lot located between the Travelodge and the Best Western Grosvenor Hotel.