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Agilent Board Approves $1.14B Share Buyback Program

May 28, 2015 | staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Agilent Technologies today announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program for up to a $1.14 billion. 

The buyback program will run through Nov. 1, 2018 and will begin either on Nov. 1, 2015 or when Agilent's previous buyback program is completed. The existing program has $365 million remaining, the Santa Clara, California-based firm said. 

Earlier this month, Agilent reported a 3 percent drop in its fiscal second quarter revenues.

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