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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2002.

Registration No. 333-        



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


Form S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter:

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization:
Delaware
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.:
94-1081436

Address of principal executive offices:
3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California 94304

Full title of the plans:

Indigo N.V. Flexible Stock Incentive Plan
Indigo N.V. 1996 International Flexible Stock Incentive Plan

Name and address of agent for service:
ANN O. BASKINS
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service: (650) 857-1501

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE CHART


Title of securities
to be registered

  Amount to be
registered(1)

  Proposed maximum offering
price per share(2)

  Proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price

  Amount of
registration fee

   

Common Stock $0.01 per share par value to be issued under the
Indigo N.V. Flexible Stock Incentive Plan
  517,055   $2.31 - $32.58   $  1,788,159   $165    
Indigo N.V. 1996 International Flexible Stock Incentive Plan   2,602,085   $5.37 - $32.26   $24,241,773   $2,231    

Total   3,119,140       $26,029,932   $2,396    


1.
Plus such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issued as a result of an adjustment in the shares in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar capital adjustment, as required by the Plans.

2.
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").





PART II


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents, which were filed by Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any future filings made by HP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") prior to the filing of post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and to be part thereof form the date of filing of such documents:

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Item 4. Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.


Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not applicable.


Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("Delaware Law") authorizes a court to award or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant indemnification to directors and officers in terms that are sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The Company's bylaws provide for the indemnification of the directors, officers or employees to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. The bylaws also provide that the Company shall not be required to provide indemnification in connection with any proceeding initiated by such person unless the proceeding in which the indemnification is sought was authorized by the Board of Directors.


Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.


Item 8. Exhibits.

4.1   Indigo N.V. Flexible Stock Incentive Plan
4.2   Indigo N.V. 1996 International Flexible Stock Incentive Plan
5   Opinion re legality.
23.1   Consent of Counsel. Contained with the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
23.2   Consent of Independent Auditors.
23.3   Consent of Independent Auditors.
23.4   Consent of Independent Accountants.
23.5   Consent of Independent Accountants.
24   Powers of attorney. Contained in the signature pages (pages 5 - 6) of this Form S-8 Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9. Undertakings.

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        (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, state of California, on this 25th day of March, 2002.

  HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

 

/s/ Charles N. Charnas

Charles N. Charnas
  Assistant Secretary
  and Senior Managing Counsel


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the persons whose signatures appear below constitute and appoint Ann O. Baskins and Charles N. Charnas, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement pertaining to the Indigo N.V. Flexible Stock Incentive Plan and the Indigo N.V. 1996 International Flexible Stock Incentive Plan, and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Form S-8 Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and any Amendments to Registration Statements have been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ Carleton S. Fiorina
Carleton S. Fiorina
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   March 25, 2002

/s/ Robert P. Wayman

Robert P. Wayman

 

Executive Vice President Finance and Administration (Chief Financial Officer) and Director

 

March 25, 2002

/s/ Jon E. Flaxman

Jon E. Flaxman

 

Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

March 25, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/ Philip M. Condit

Philip M. Condit

 

Director

 

March 25, 2002

/s/ Patricia C. Dunn

Patricia C. Dunn

 

Director

 

March 23, 2002

/s/ Sam Ginn

Sam Ginn

 

Director

 

March 28, 2002

/s/ Richard A. Hackborn

Richard A. Hackborn

 

Director

 

March 25, 2002


Walter B. Hewlett

 

Director

 

 

/s/ George A. Keyworth

George A. Keyworth

 

Director

 

March 25, 2002

/s/ Robert E. Knowling Jr.

Robert E. Knowling Jr.

 

Director

 

March 25, 2002

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

   
4.1   Indigo N.V. Flexible Stock Incentive Plan.

4.2

 

Indigo N.V. 1996 International Flexible Stock Incentive Plan.

5

 

Opinion re legality.

23.1

 

Consent of Counsel. Contained with the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

23.2

 

Consent of Independent Auditors.

23.3

 

Consent of Independent Auditors.

23.4

 

Consent of Independent Accountants.

23.5

 

Consent of Independent Accountants.

24

 

Powers of attorney. Contained in the signature pages (pages 5-6) of this Form S-8 Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX