form8-k_032811.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
March 23, 2011
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
DELAWARE
1-4423
94-1081436
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
     
3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO, CA    94304
 (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)
     
     
(650) 857-1501
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
   
 
In connection with the election of thirteen directors of Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) at its annual meeting of stockholders held on March 23, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia (the “Annual Meeting”), the Board of Directors of HP approved an amendment to Section 3.2 of Article III of HP’s Bylaws decreasing the number of directors from seventeen (17) to thirteen (13) effective as of March 23, 2011.
   
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
   
 
At the Annual Meeting, HP stockholders voted on six proposals and cast their votes as described below.  The proposals are described in detail in HP’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2011.
   
   
 
Proposal 1
   
 
HP’s stockholders elected thirteen individuals to the Board of Directors for the succeeding year or until their successors are duly qualified and elected as set forth below:
 
  Name   
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Votes Abstain
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
Marc L. Andreessen
  
1,496,754,724
  
   9,964,466
  
  4,140,913
     233,527,031  
 
Leo Apotheker
  
1,487,689,583
  
 18,556,467
  
  4,614,053
     233,527,031  
 
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
  
   910,747,295
  
582,653,113
  
17,459,695
      233,527,031  
 
Sari M. Baldauf
  
1,154,741,793
  
337,611,247
  
18,507,063
     233,527,031  
 
Shumeet Banerji
  
1,495,226,265
  
  10,688,857
  
  4,944,981
      233,527,031   
 
Rajiv L. Gupta
  
1,373,571,052
  
131,404,416
  
  5,884,634
      233,527,031  
 
John H. Hammergren
  
1,380,337,620
  
126,232,817
  
  4,289,666
      233,527,031  
 
Raymond J. Lane
  
1,496,771,745
  
    9,568,932
  
  4,519,427
     233,527,031  
 
Gary M. Reiner
  
1,496,609,144
  
    9,504,108
  
  4,746,852
     233,527,031  
 
Patricia F. Russo
  
1,492,225,913
  
  14,003,859
  
  4,630,331
      233,527,031  
 
Dominique Senquier
  
1,495,646,774
  
  10,322,742
  
  4,890,588
     233,527,031  
 
G. Kennedy Thompson
  
1,159,570,362
  
333,160,600
  
18,129,141
       233,527,031    
 
Margaret C. Whitman
  
1,494,084,062
  
  13,425,888
  
3,350,153
      233,527,031  
 
 
 
Proposal 2
                  
                     
 
HP stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year as set forth below:
 
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
1,715,835,756
  
23,607,816
  
4,943,562
  
0
  
 
 
 
Proposal 3
                  
                     
 
HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote on executive compensation as set forth below:
  
 
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
728,917,381
  
767,014,912
  
14,927,810
    233,527,031  
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
Proposal 4
                  
                     
 
HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote on on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation as set forth below:
  
 
 
1 Year
  
2 Years
  
3 Years
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
1,368,307,255
  
12,593,710
  
125,806,826
  
4,152,312
    233,527,031  
 
 
 
Proposal 5
                  
                     
 
HP stockholders approved the Hewlett-Packard Company 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as set forth below:
  
 
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
1,476,710,787
  
21,385,452
  
12,763,864
    233,527,031  
 
 
 
Proposal 6
                  
                     
 
HP stockholders approved an amendment to the Hewlett-Packard Company 2005 Pay-for-Results Plan to extend the terms of the plan as set forth below:
  
 
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
1,277,502,615
  
227,764,325
  
5,593,163
   233,527,031  
                 
 


 
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SIGNATURE
 
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
  
       
       
DATE: March 28, 2011
By:
  /s/ Paul T. Porrini    
 
Name:
Paul T. Porrini
  
 
Title:
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary 
  



 
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