SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

February 8, 2005
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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Severance Agreement and Release, dated as of February 8, 2005, between Hewlett-Packard Company and Carleton S. Fiorina

 

 



 

Item 8.01

Other Events

 

 

 

 

 

As previously reported in the Notice and Proxy Statement of Hewlett-Packard Company filed on February 11, 2005, Carleton S. Fiorina has entered into a Severance Agreement and Release with HP, dated as of February 8, 2005. A copy of the Severance Agreement and Release is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

Severance Agreement and Release, dated as of February 8, 2005, between Hewlett-Packard Company and Carleton S. Fiorina

 

 

 

 

 

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: February 18, 2005

By:

/s/ Charles N. Charnas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Charles N. Charnas

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Severance Agreement and Release, dated as of February 8, 2005, between Hewlett-Packard Company and Carleton S. Fiorina