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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d)On September 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, increased the size of the Board from 10 to 11 members and appointed Dr. Mikael Dolsten to fill the vacancy so created, both effective September 21, 2021. Dr. Dolsten was appointed to serve in the class of directors that will stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Dr. Dolsten will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board.
Dr. Dolsten, age 63, has served as Chief Scientific Officer, President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical of Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) since 2019. He served as President of Worldwide Research and Development of Pfizer from December 2010 to December 2018. He served as President of Worldwide Research and Development and Senior Vice President of Pfizer from May 2010 until December 2010 and President of Pfizer BioTherapeutics Research & Development Group and Senior Vice President of Pfizer from 2009 until 2010. From 2008 to 2009, Dr. Dolsten served as Senior Vice President of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by Pfizer in 2009, and President of Wyeth Research from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining Wyeth, Dr. Dolsten was a Private Equity Partner at Orbimed Advisors, LLC and Executive Vice President, Head of Pharma Research at Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Dolsten also previously held research leadership positions at AstraZeneca plc, Pharmacia and Upjohn Company. Dr. Dolsten has also served on the board of directors of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a public pharmaceutical company, since March 2015 and the board of directors of Vimian Group, a company supporting veterinary professionals, since April 2021.
The Board has determined that Dr. Dolsten meets the independence standards adopted by the Board in compliance with the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards and Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K.
Dr. Dolsten has (i) no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, and (ii) no family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.
Dr. Dolsten has had (i) no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and, (ii) as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, Dr. Dolsten holds no direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Company’s stock or rights to acquire the Company’s stock. In the ordinary course of business, Agilent sells products and services to Pfizer.
Dr. Dolsten will receive the standard compensation, a portion of which will be pro-rated to reflect the actual time Dr. Dolsten will serve on the Company’s Board this year, paid by the Company to all of its non-employee directors and as described under “Compensation of Non-Employee Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 4, 2021. In connection with his appointment, Dr. Dolsten will enter into a standard indemnification agreement with the Company in the form previously approved by the Board, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 10, 2008 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company issued a press release on September 23, 2021 announcing the appointment of Dr. Mikael Dolsten to the Company’s Board. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: September 23, 2021 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Dr. Mikael Dolsten Named to Agilent Board of Directors
Pfizer executive brings strong scientific and medical expertise to Agilent board
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2021 – Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Mikael Dolsten, chief scientific officer and president, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer Inc. has been elected to Agilent’s board of directors, effective Sept. 21, 2021.
Dr. Dolsten brings 30 years of pharma experience to the Agilent board. During his career, he has led teams that have selected more than 150 candidate drugs entering human clinical studies for the treatment or prevention of human disease and has been involved in advancing more than 30 drugs and vaccines to approval. Most recently, he co-led Pfizer’s recent collaboration with BioNTech to develop COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA).
“Mikael’s outstanding scientific, medical and research background makes him a valuable addition to the Agilent board,” said Mike McMullen, Agilent president and CEO. “His leadership in small-molecule medicines, biotherapeutics, gene therapies and vaccines will be a key asset for Agilent moving forward. We look forward to working with Mikael and benefitting from his experience in these strategically important areas.”
“We’re pleased to welcome Mikael to the Agilent board,” said Koh Boon Hwee, chair of the Agilent board. “His deep background in pharma and successful leadership of critical research initiatives at Pfizer will add an important perspective to our work at Agilent.”
Dr. Dolsten has served in a variety of roles for Pfizer since 2009 including chief scientific officer, president of R&D and senior vice president and division president, Biotherapeutics Research and Development. He has served in his current role as president of Worldwide Research, Development and Medical since 2019, where he leads a team of over 8,000 scientists and oversees all global research operations across six therapeutic areas for Pfizer. In addition, during his career, Dr. Dolsten has served in research leadership positions for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and Pharmacia & Upjohn.
He has published more than 150 scientific articles and book reviews and is an active leader in the scientific community. He currently serves as co-chair of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH)-Accelerating Medicines Partnership program and an executive committee member of the NIH Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) initiative coordinating a national science strategy in response to COVID-19. Dr. Dolsten also serves on the Science and Regulatory Executive Committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the PhRMA Foundation Board of Directors. He has been an industry member of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) Council and was recently elected as Foreign Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Dr. Dolsten has served as an advisor to the Obama administration for regulatory sciences, to then Vice President Joe Biden in the Cancer Moonshot initiative and to the UK Government for the 2021 G7 Summit.
He is a member of the board of directors for Karyopharm Therapeutics, as well as the board at Vimian Group.
Dr. Dolsten received both his medical degree and doctorate from Lund University in Sweden where he was also selected as an adjunct professor in immunology.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, delivering insight and innovation toward improving the quality of life. Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenue of $5.34 billion in fiscal year 2020 and employs 16,400 people worldwide. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com. To receive the latest Agilent news, please subscribe to the Agilent Newsroom. Follow Agilent on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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