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 18, 2015
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:
 
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
   
 
    On March 18, 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) held its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  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 2, 2015. 
 
  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
  
1,135,479,162
    
192,249,748
    
5,182,611
  
198,223,177
  
 
Shumeet Banerji
  
1,312,460,516
    
14,911,584
    
5,539,421
   198,223,177  
  Robert R. Bennett  
1,301,074,820
    
22,311,671
    
9,525,030
  
198,223,177
  
 
Rajiv L. Gupta
  
1,289,138,569
    
35,152,885
     8,620,067  
198,223,177
  
 
Klaus Kleinfeld
  
1,283,410,732
    
44,061,219
    
5,439,570
  
198,223,177
  
 
Raymond J. Lane
  
1,131,977,988
    
195,783,739
    
5,149,794
   198,223,177  
 
Ann M. Livermore
  
1,312,766,721
    
15,383,165
    
4,761,635
   198,223,177  
 
Raymond E. Ozzie
  
1,313,524,493
    
9,955,286
     9,431,742   198,223,177  
 
Gary M. Reiner
  
1,297,106,469
    
26,396,574
    
9,408,478
   198,223,177  
 
Patricia F. Russo
  
1,274,868,358
    
49,074,554
     8,968,609  
198,223,177
  
 
James A. Skinner
  
1,302,388,797
    
21,057,304
    
9,465,420
  
198,223,177
  
 
Margaret C. Whitman
  
1,263,440,213
    
56,154,503
    
13,316,805  
   198,223,177  
                                                         
 
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, 2015 as set forth below:
 
  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
   1,470,370,641  
54,928,146
    5,835,911   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   
   1,268,882,991    55,880,581  
8,147,949
    198,223,177  
 
 
Proposal 4
 
    HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal related to the adoption of a bylaw allowing for stockholder action by written consent:
  
 
  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   
   572,300,609    750,206,115    10,404,797    198,223,177  
 
 
 
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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 19, 2015
By:
   /s/ Rishi Varma    
 
Name:
Rishi Varma 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary 
 
       
       
 
 
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