HP INC — Capital/Financing Update 2003

Jan 21, 2003

8-K 1 a2093442z8-k.htm 8-K

*SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION*

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

*FORM 8-K*

*CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934*

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 21, 2003

*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, California 94304

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(650) 857-1501

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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*ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS*

On January 21, 2003, Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors had voted to amend that certain Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2001 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, to accelerate the final expiration date of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights (“Rights”) issued thereunder to the close of business on Tuesday, January 21, 2003, and to terminate the Rights Agreement upon the expiration of the Rights.

*ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS*

(c) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release of Hewlett-Packard Company, issued on January 21, 2003.

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*SIGNATURE*

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ Charles N. Charnas
Charles N. Charnas
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary

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*EXHIBIT INDEX*

Exhibit Number
99.1	Press release of Hewlett-Packard Company, issued on
January 21, 2003.

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