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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2022

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,
			2022						2021						2020
			(in millions)
Cost of products and services			$	30					$	26					$	21
Research and development			14						12						9
Selling, general and administrative			82						73						54
Total share-based compensation expense			$	126					$	111					$	84

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,
			2022						2021						2020
Stock Option Plan:
Weighted average risk-free interest rate			1.5%						0.5%						—
Dividend yield			0.5%						0.7%						—
Weighted average volatility			26%						26%						—
Expected life			5.5 years						5.5 years						—
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares			29%						30%						23%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares			23%-81%						24%-57%						15%-44%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers			41%						45%						29%
Post-vest restriction discount for all executive awards			6.5%						6.8%						5.3%

Summary of stock option award activity

The following table summarizes employee stock option award activity of our employees and directors for 2022.

			Options Outstanding						Weighted Average Exercise Price
			(in thousands)
Outstanding at October 31, 2021			943						$	69
Granted			279						$	158
Exercised			(108)						$	38
Cancelled			(17)						$	130
Outstanding at October 31, 2022			1,097						$	94

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, 2022 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)
$25.00 - $40.00			69						1.0						$	38					$	6,958					69						1.0						$	38					$	6,958
$40.01 - $50.00			386						2.0						$	41					37,556						386						2.0						$	41					37,556
$100.00- $110.00			325						8.0						$	110					9,254						90						8.0						$	110					2,555
$110.01 - $150.00			65						8.9						$	128					687						9						8.5						$	127					99
$150.01 & Over			252						9.0						$	161					—						6						9.0						$	159					—
			1,097						5.8						$	94					$	54,455					560						3.1						$	54					$	47,168

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 2022, 2021 and 2020 and the fair value of options granted in 2022:

			Aggregate Intrinsic Value						Weighted Average Exercise Price						Per Share Value Using Black-Scholes Model
			(in thousands)
Options exercised in fiscal 2020			$	30,481					$	34
Options exercised in fiscal 2021			$	34,305					$	33
Black Scholes per share value of options granted during fiscal 2021															$	26
Options exercised in fiscal 2022			$	10,765					$	38
Black Scholes per share value of options granted during fiscal 2022															$	39

Non-vested award activity disclosure

The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2022 primarily for our LTPP and restricted stock unit awards.

			Shares						Weighted Average Grant Price
			(in thousands)
Non-vested at October 31, 2021			2,519						$	88
Granted			696						$	155
Vested			(1,189)						$	75
Forfeited			(112)						$	114
Change in LTPP shares in the year due to exceeding performance targets			189						$	65
Non-vested at October 31, 2022			2,103						$	114

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