As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2010.
Registration No. 333-15923
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
3COM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
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94-2605794 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California
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94304 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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3Com Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan and Certain Individual Employee Stock Options
Assumed by 3Com Corporation and Granted by OnStream Networks, Inc. Under the OnStream
Networks, Inc. 1990 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Paul T. Porrini
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 857-1501
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
REMOVAL FROM REGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment, filed by 3Com Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), deregisters all securities registered for issuance under the Registration Statement on
Form S-8, File No. 333-15923, which was filed with the SEC on November 12, 1996 (the Registration
Statement).
On April 12, 2010, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November
11, 2009, among the Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation (HP), and Colorado
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of HP (Merger Sub),
Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP (the Merger). In connection with the Merger, the
Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration
statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statement. In
accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from
registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities registered under the
Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby
removes from registration all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo
Alto, State of California, on the 14th day of April, 2010.
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3Com corporation
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/s/ Paul T. Porrini
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Paul T. Porrini |
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President and Secretary |
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