form8-k_03192014.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 19, 2014
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)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
   
 
    On March 19, 2014, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Santa Clara, California.  At the Annual Meeting, HP stockholders voted on four proposals and cast their votes as described below.  The proposals are described in HP's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2014. 
 
  Proposal 1
 
    HP’s stockholders elected twelve individuals to HP's Board of Directors (“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    Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
 
Marc L. Andreessen
  
1,032,356,019
    
322,348,612
      3,951,442    226,500,955  
 
Shumeet Banerji
  
1,332,710,683
    
21,416,511
      4,528,879    226,500,955  
  Robert R. Bennett   1,307,435,227     43,753,943      7,466,903    226,500,955  
 
Rajiv L. Gupta
   1,201,448,928     149,356,138     7,851,008    226,500,955  
 
Raymond J. Lane
   999,204,540     355,111,496      4,340,037    226,500,955  
 
Ann M. Livermore
   1,339,530,434     15,439,385      3,686,255    226,500,955  
  Raymond E. Ozzie   1,338,949,471     12,502,034      7,204,568    226,500,955  
 
Gary M. Reiner
   1,339,645,649     14,247,063      4,763,361    226,500,955  
 
Patricia F. Russo
   1,307,149,594     47,046,698      4,459,781    226,500,955  
 
James A. Skinner
   1,336,448,997     14,788,313      7,418,764    226,500,955  
 
Margaret C. Whitman
   1,342,997,965     12,071,922     3,586,186    226,500,955  
 
Ralph V. Whitworth
   1,333,030,025     18,309,709     7,316,340    226,500,955  
                                                              
 
Proposal 2
 
    HP stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as HP’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2014 as set forth below:
 
  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
   1,490,222,541   89,920,243    5,014,244    0  
 
  Proposal 3
 
    HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote to approve executive compensation as set forth below:
 
  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
   1,225,901,095   125,986,652     6,768,326    226,500,955   
 
 
Proposal 4
 
    HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal related to the formation of a human rights committee as set forth below:
  
 
  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
  50,822,542    1,132,901,012    174,932,519     226,500,955  
 
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
                 
 
    On March 19, 2014, the Board of Directors authorized a 10.2% increase in HP’s regular quarterly cash dividend payable to holders of record of its outstanding common stock, which will result in a dividend of $0.16 per share. The increase will be effective when the Board of Directors declares HP’s next dividend, which is expected to occur in May 2014. HP’s previously announced dividend payable on April 2, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 12, 2014 will not be increased and will remain at $0.1452 per share.
 
 
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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 20, 2014
By:
  /s/ Rishi Varma    
 
Name:
Rishi Varma 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary 
 
       
       
 
 
 
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