AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES (A) - a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company has been serving the diverse needs of the chemical analysis market for 35 years. Agilent Technologies also provides instrumentation, systems, supplies, software, services and support for genomics and proteomics, featuring flexible nucleic acid therapeutic manufacturing. Its pharmaceutical analysis offers solutions in disease discovery, drug discovery, drug development and manufacturing. Services include tracking FDA and other regulatory agency proposals and established regulatory requirements. Agilent’s 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. It had a 2003 net revenue of $6.1 billion. www.agilent.com