| | On November 26, 2013, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) issued a press release relating to its fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 entitled “HP Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2013 Results.” The text of this press release, with the related GAAP consolidated condensed statements of earnings, GAAP consolidated condensed balance sheets, adjustments to certain GAAP financial information, GAAP consolidated condensed statements of cash flows, certain segment and business unit information, and certain additional financial information, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely as a result of being included in Exhibit 99.1. HP’s GAAP consolidated condensed statements of earnings for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2013, HP’s GAAP consolidated condensed balance sheet as of October 31, 2013, and certain segment financial results for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 also are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2. The information in Exhibit 99.2 is filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and therefore may be incorporated by reference into filings under the Securities Act. To supplement HP’s consolidated condensed financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, HP provides non-GAAP operating profit, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net earnings, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, gross cash, free cash flow, net debt, net cash, operating company net debt and operating company net cash. HP also provides forecasts of non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. A reconciliation of the adjustments to GAAP results for HP’s fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 and prior periods is included in the tables that are a part of Exhibit 99.1 or elsewhere in the materials related hereto. In addition, an explanation of the ways in which HP management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate its business, the substance behind HP management’s decision to use these non-GAAP measures, the material limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP measures, the manner in which HP management compensates for those limitations, and the substantive reasons why HP management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors is included under “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” in Exhibit 99.1. This additional non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating profit, operating margin, net earnings, diluted earnings per share, cash and cash equivalents, cash flow from operations or total company debt prepared in accordance with GAAP. |
| | ● | Prior to being amended, Section 2.2(f) of Article II required that if a stockholder nominated a director outside of the proxy access provisions of HP’s Bylaws, the stockholder’s notice to HP (the “Notice”) had to include, among other requirements, a written representation and agreement that the nominee (i) is not and will not become a party to any voting agreement, arrangement or understanding as to how the nominee, if elected as a director of HP, will act or vote on any issue or question and (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than HP with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or identification in connection with service or action as a director (collectively, the “Agreements”). The Board approved amendments to Section 2.2(f) of Article II to clarify that only Agreements that have not been previously disclosed to HP must be included in the Notice, thereby conforming the requirements of the Notice as they pertain to the Agreements that must be delivered to HP if a stockholder nominates a director outside of the proxy access provisions of HP’s Bylaws to the written representations that |
