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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]

Allocated Share-based compensation expense disclosure

The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:

			Years Ended October 31,
			2020						2019						2018
			(in millions)
Cost of products and services			$	21					$	18					$	16
Research and development			9						7						7
Selling, general and administrative			54						47						48
Total share-based compensation expense			$	84					$	72					$	71

Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award fair value assumptions and methodology schedule

The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.

			Years Ended October 31,
			2020						2019						2018
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares			23%						22%						21%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares			15%-44%						15%-66%						14%-66%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers			29%						30%						32%
Post-vest restriction discount for all executive awards			5.3%						5.0%						4.8%

Summary of stock option award activity

The following table summarizes employee stock option award activity of our employees and directors for 2020.

			Options Outstanding						Weighted Average Exercise Price
			(in thousands)
Outstanding at October 31, 2019			1,445						$	36
Exercised			(575)						$	34
Outstanding at October 31, 2020			870						$	37

Schedule of share-based compensation, shares authorized under stock option plans, by exercise price range

The options outstanding and exercisable for equity share-based payment awards at October 31, 2020 were as follows:

			Options Outstanding																								Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices			Number Outstanding						Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life						Weighted Average Exercise Price						Aggregate Intrinsic Value						Number Exercisable						Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life						Weighted Average Exercise Price						Aggregate Intrinsic Value
			(in thousands)						(in years)												(in thousands)						(in thousands)						(in years)												(in thousands)
$25.01 - $30.00			228						1.7						$	27					$	17,192					228						1.7						$	27					$	17,192
$30.01 - $40.00			121						3.1						$	39					7,586						121						3.1						$	39					7,586
$40.01- over			521						4.0						$	41					31,883						521						4.0						$	41					31,883
			870						3.3						$	37					$	56,661					870						3.3						$	37					$	56,661

Schedule of intrinsic value of options exercised and the fair value of options granted

The following table summarizes the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised in 2020, 2019 and 2018:

			Aggregate Intrinsic Value						Weighted Average Exercise Price
			(in thousands)
Options exercised in fiscal 2018			$	28,417					$	32
Options exercised in fiscal 2019			$	24,409					$	33
Options exercised in fiscal 2020			$	30,481					$	34

Non-vested award activity disclosure

The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2020 primarily for our LTPP and restricted stock unit awards.

			Shares						Weighted Average Grant Price
			(in thousands)
Non-vested at October 31, 2019			3,173						$	60
Granted			1,091						$	79
Vested			(1,629)						$	52
Forfeited			(115)						$	68
Change in LTPP shares in the year due to exceeding performance targets			298						$	47
Non-vested at October 31, 2020			2,818						$	70

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