The IPO is tomorrow. The March 2000 noise is the distribution of the shares
to HWP stock holders when Agilent absorbs the other 85% from HWP.

John Saylor

-----Original Message-----
From: L. A. Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 3:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Agilent's IPO


The latest rumor I've heard is that "A"'s IPO won't take place until 2, 3rd
quarter 2000.

Wirt Atmar wrote:

> For those of you who are expecting to quickly buy shares of Agilent stock
> when it comes up in its IPO, Agilent's stock abbreviation is going to be
> simply:"A".
>
> That's actually kinda cool. Reuters writes, "Some of the Big Board's most
> enduring corporate names have single-letter ticker symbols. Agilent's A
will
> lead a pack that includes financial powerhouse Citigroup's C, auto maker
Ford
> Motor Co.'s F and shaving giant Gillette Co.'s G." All of these
single-letter
> companies are members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
>
> Wirt Atmar