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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2021

Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]

Segment profitability

The profitability of each of the segments is measured after excluding items such as asset impairment charges, transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, non-cash amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations, interest income, interest expense, and other items as noted in the reconciliations below.

			Life Sciences and Applied Markets						Diagnostics and Genomics						Agilent CrossLab						Total Segments
			(in millions)
Year Ended October 31, 2021:
Total net revenue			$	2,823					$	1,296					$	2,200					$	6,319
Income from operations			$	722					$	273					$	618					$	1,613
Depreciation expense			$	44					$	39					$	39					$	122
Share-based compensation expense(1)			$	45					$	22					$	39					$	106
Year Ended October 31, 2020:
Total net revenue			$	2,392					$	1,047					$	1,900					$	5,339
Income from operations			$	548					$	192					$	516					$	1,256
Depreciation expense			$	43					$	39					$	37					$	119
Share-based compensation expense (1)			$	35					$	17					$	29					$	81
Year Ended October 31, 2019:
Total net revenue			$	2,302					$	1,021					$	1,840					$	5,163
Income from operations			$	542					$	185					$	475					$	1,202
Depreciation expense			$	41					$	35					$	35					$	111
Share-based compensation expense			$	33					$	14					$	25					$	72

(1) Share-based compensation expense in 2020 and 2021 excludes amounts not allocated to the segments related to accelerated share-based compensation expense from workforce reduction and from our acquisition of BioTek and Resolution Bioscience.

Reconciliation of segment results to total enterprise results

The following table reconciles reportable segments' income from operations to Agilent's total enterprise income before taxes:

			Years Ended October 31,
			2021						2020						2019
			(in millions)
Total reportable segments' income from operations			$	1,613					$	1,256					$	1,202
Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations			(194)						(184)						(125)
Acquisition and integration costs			(41)						(41)						(48)
Transformational initiatives			(37)						(53)						(44)
Acceleration of share-based compensation expense related to workforce reduction			(1)						(2)						—
Asset impairments			(2)						(99)						—
Business exit and divestiture costs			(5)						(2)						—
Change in fair value of contingent consideration			21						—						—
NASD site costs			—						—						(12)
Special compliance costs			(1)						—						(2)
Other (1)			(6)						(29)						(30)
Interest Income			2						8						36
Interest Expense			(81)						(78)						(74)
Other income (expense), net (2)			92						66						16
Income before taxes, as reported			$	1,360					$	842					$	919

(1) For the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the other category primarily includes legal costs related to a claim we pursued against Twist Bioscience Corporation in addition to other miscellaneous adjustments.

(2) For the year ended October 31, 2021, other income (expense), net includes net gains on the fair value of equity securities. For the year ended October 31, 2020, other income (expense), net includes the settlement of a legal claim against Twist Bioscience Corporation.

Assets and capital expenditures directly managed by each segment

The following table reflects segment assets and capital expenditures under our management reporting system. Segment assets include allocations of corporate assets, goodwill, net other intangibles and other assets. Unallocated assets primarily consist of cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments, deferred tax assets, right-of use assets and other assets.

			Life Sciences and Applied Markets						Diagnostics and Genomics						Agilent CrossLab						Total Segments
			(in millions)
As of and for the Year Ended October 31, 2021:
Assets			$	3,078					$	3,320					$	1,502					$	7,900
Capital expenditures			$	45					$	100					$	43					$	188
As of and for the Year Ended October 31, 2020:
Assets			$	3,143					$	2,515					$	1,375					$	7,033
Capital expenditures			$	44					$	34					$	41					$	119

The following table reconciles segment assets to Agilent's total assets:

			October 31,
			2021						2020
			(in millions)
Total reportable segments' assets			$	7,900					$	7,033
Cash and cash equivalents			1,484						1,441
Short-term investments			91						—
Prepaid expenses			91						106
Long-term investments			185						158
Long-term and other receivables			126						114
Deferred tax assets			309						380
Right of use assets			178						175
Other			341						220
Total assets			$	10,705					$	9,627

The other category primarily includes overfunded pension plans which are not allocated to the segments.

Revenue and assets by geographic areas

The following table presents summarized information for net revenue by geographic region. Revenues from external customers are generally attributed to countries based upon the customers' location.

			United States						China(1)												Rest of the World						Total
			(in millions)
Net revenue:
Year Ended October 31, 2021			$	2,159					$	1,273											$	2,887					$	6,319
Year Ended October 31, 2020			$	1,752					$	1,087											$	2,500					$	5,339
Year Ended October 31, 2019			$	1,619					$	1,019											$	2,525					$	5,163

1.China also includes Hong Kong net revenue.

The following table presents summarized information for long-lived assets by geographic region. Long lived assets consist of property, plant, and equipment, right-of-use assets, long-term receivables and other long-term assets excluding intangible assets. The rest of the world primarily consists of Asia and the rest of Europe.

			United States												Germany						Rest of the World						Total
			(in millions)
Long-lived assets:
October 31, 2021			$	912											$	134					$	587					$	1,633
October 31, 2020			$	727											$	126					$	538					$	1,391

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