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1 WIN A DAY WITH AN AGILENT CHROMATOGRAPHY SPECIALIST SWEEPSTAKES (EMEA) RULES: 1. No purchase is required to enter or win. There are no fees associated with registering for this Sweepstakes. Entrants will be required to complete a marketing survey, prior to entering the Sweepstakes. 2. Sweepstakes Period: Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (US) on July 15, 2007 and ends at January 15, :59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (US) ( The Sweepstakes Period.) All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (US) on January 15, 2008 the ( The Contest Closing Date ). 3. How To Enter Sweepstakes: During the Sweepstakes Period, entrants can register for this Sweepstakes at the Agilent Life Sciences Chemical Analysis website at or by faxing a Sweepstakes Form and Survey to to the attention of Ulrik Wittek. Entrants must provide their full name, company name, complete mailing address, address and phone number. In addition, customers will be required to answer the following marketing/demographic questions: Contact Details (* indicates a Required Field) Name* Company/Organization* Address* City* State/Province* Postal Code* Country* Telephone Number Address* Which of the below products do you currently purchase from Agilent? (Check box) Required GC Columns GC Supplies (Septa, liners) LC Columns LC Supplies (Tubing, fittings) Vials Syringes Hardware/Tools Sample Preparation Standards Document Owner: Marlene Chin Revised Date: July 15, 2007 Any printed copy of this document is an uncontrolled document Page 1 of 5

2 How often do you purchase Agilent products? Required Weekly Monthly Every 2 months Every 3 months Every 6 months Once per year Please help us to better understand your profile and send you only the information you are interested in: (Not Required information) Optional Job Function: Optional Lab Manager/Head of Department Managing Director Professor Purchaser Technician Scientist/Chemist Other Department: Optional Analytical Services Basic Research Maintenance/Technical Services Method Development Process Control Production Projects/Programs Purchasing QA/QC R&D Regulatory Compliance Market: Optional Oil and Gas Exploration Petroleum Refining Chemical Alternative Fuels Fuel Cells Other Revised Date: July 15, 2007 Any printed copy of this document is an uncontrolled document. Page 2 of 5

3 What systems are commonly used in your lab? Optional GC GC/MS ICP-MS LC LC/MS HPLC Data Systems/Informatics UV-Vis What methods do you currently follow? (Check Box) Optional Regulatory Method o Please state Method International Standard o Please state Standard Internally Developed Method Do you develop new methods in your lab? Yes or No Optional 4. Entries: Only one registration per entrant or address. If more than one entry is received from the same address or entrant, only the first entry will be valid and subsequent entries will be voided. Entries that are incomplete or corrupted will be voided and will not be accepted. 5. Prizes and Drawings: There will be one (1) Grand Prize awarded. Grand Prize: Up to four days/three nights all expense paid trip to Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Little Falls, Delaware in the United States) for the winner and one colleague (employed at the same company as the winner). Grand Prize has a maximum retail value of $4, (USD). Grand Prize winner and colleague will spend one (1) day with an Agilent chromatography scientist in an Agilent demo lab, to gain additional business knowledge on chromatography and Agilent products. Grand Prize includes (for two people) roundtrip coach class airfare to Little Falls, Delaware (US) (up to a maximum value of $2, USD), hotel accommodations for up to 4 days/3 nights (up to a maximum value of $1, USD), car rental/fuel (up to a maximum value of $200.00), and meals (up to a maximum allowance $ USD). Revised Date: July 15, 2007 Any printed copy of this document is an uncontrolled document. Page 3 of 5

4 Random drawings conducted by Agilent Technologies, Inc., (the Sponsor ) on February 1, 2008 at Agilent Technologies, Inc Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara, CA from among all eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Date. The selected entrant will be notified by mail or within ten (10) business days of the random draw. Prizes will be awarded by March 15, The Grand Prize is non-transferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or substitution will be made in lieu of the Grand Prize offered. All taxes (Sales Tax, Goods & Services Tax, and Provincial Sales Tax), fees, and surcharges on any prize will be the responsibility of the Sponsor. All Visas and Passports will be the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner and colleague. The Grand Prize Winner and colleague must redeem Grand Prize on the same date. Separate trips between the Grand Prize Winner and colleague will not be permitted. Grand Prize Trip must be completed by May 31, 2008 or Grand Prize winner will automatically forfeit the Grand Prize. 6. Eligibility: This Sweepstakes is open to entrants who are employed by either a commercial laboratory or academic institution in the EMEA European Union Countries, Switzerland, and Norway. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITTED BY LAW. Entrants may be individuals or employees on behalf of the laboratory for which the individual is employed. Eligibility to participate as an individual or on behalf of an individual s employer is solely the responsibility of the entrant to determine. Any entrant who appears on the U.S. Department of Commerce s Table of Denial Orders, the Department of State s Debarred Parties List, or the U.S. Government Department of Treasury s Specially Designated Nationals List is not eligible to participate or receive awards. Entrants must have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence in order to qualify for entry in this Sweepstakes. Employees and their immediate family (defined as spouse, children, parents, siblings, and grandparents) of the Sponsor and its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, agents, and advertising or promotion agencies are NOT eligible. Government agencies (federal, state, and local) and employees are not eligible to participate or receive awards. 7. General Rules: All selected entrants (including selected colleague) will be required to sign and return a Declaration and Release Form, by the date specified on the form. In the event that a selected entrant cannot be reached, or a selected entrant does not return the completed forms by the date noted on the form, the selected entrant will be disqualified and another entrant will be selected in the place of the disqualified entrant by random draw. The drawing will be among the remaining eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Date and the process above will be repeated. The Sponsor takes no position on whether the selected entrant s acceptance of the Grand Prize is in compliance with their employer s policies or other guidelines, rules, laws, or regulations to which the selected entrant may be subject. Responsibility of accepting the Grand Prize is solely on the entrant. By accepting the Grand Prize the winner agrees that the Sponsor may use his/her name, pictures/portraits, likenesses and/or voices, for his/her advertising and promotional purposes without further consideration, unless prohibited by law. All selected entrants (including selected colleague) will be required to sign an Agilent Technologies, Inc. Non-Disclosure Form and the Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions. Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and none will be returned. The Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, municipal, and provincial laws. BY ACCEPTING THE GRAND PRIZE, THE WINNER AGREES TO HOLD THE SPONSOR, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AGENTS, ADVERTISING OR AGENCIES, AND THEIR SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS, HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE GRAND PRIZE. THE WINNER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND CAUSED OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY AL OR PRIZE- Revised Date: July 15, 2007 Any printed copy of this document is an uncontrolled document. Page 4 of 5

5 RELATED ACTIVITY, OR FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE GRAND PRIZE. 8. Limitations Of Liability: In the event of a dispute, entries made by the internet will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an address by the Internet access provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for assigning addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The selected entrants may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the address associated with the entry. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, human error or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes and award the Grand Prize from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation or termination of the Sweepstakes, and/or to otherwise to cancel, modify, terminate, or suspend the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, or falsification of, entries and all such entries are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for any equipment, software, failure of any or entry to be received by the Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, any combination thereof, or otherwise, including any injury or damage to entrants or any other person s computer related to or resulting for participation or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 9. Odds Of Winning: The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Date. 10. Winners List: A list of names of the winners will be available after March 31, Send a stamped, self addressed envelope to: Sweepstakes Winners, Agilent Technologies, Inc. Attn: K. Kusalo 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA USA. 11. Sponsorship/Administrator: The Win A Day With An Agilent Chromatography Specialist Sweepstakes (EMEA) is sponsored and administered solely by Agilent Technologies, Inc., 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA (under Corporate Reference Code 8151). Revised Date: July 15, 2007 Any printed copy of this document is an uncontrolled document. Page 5 of 5