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



FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)    

ý

 

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

For the quarterly period ended: April 30, 2011

Or

o

 

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

For the transition period from                        to

Commission file number 1-4423



HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   94-1081436
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California

 

94304
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(650) 857-1501
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ý   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes o    No ý

        The number of shares of HP common stock outstanding as of May 31, 2011 was 2,074,155,738 shares.


HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX

 
   
   
  Page No.  

Part I.

  Financial Information  

  Item 1.  

Financial Statements

    3  

     

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)

    3  

     

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and as of October 31, 2010 (Audited)

    4  

     

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)

    5  

     

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)

    6  

  Item 2.  

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    54  

  Item 3.  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    87  

  Item 4.  

Controls and Procedures

    88  

Part II.

  Other Information  

  Item 1.  

Legal Proceedings

    89  

  Item 1A.  

Risk Factors

    89  

  Item 2.  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    89  

  Item 6.  

Exhibits

    89  

Signature

    90  

Exhibit Index

    91  

Forward-Looking Statements

        This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Item 2 of Part I of this report, contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If the risks or uncertainties ever materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect, the results of Hewlett-Packard Company and its consolidated subsidiaries ("HP") may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to any projections of revenue, margins, expenses, earnings, earnings per share, tax provisions, cash flows, benefit obligations, share repurchases, currency exchange rates, the impact of acquisitions, the impact of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011 or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including execution of growth strategies, efficiency initiatives and restructuring plans; any statements concerning the expected development, performance or market share relating to products or services; any statements regarding current or future macroeconomic trends or events and the impact of those trends and events on HP and its financial performance; any statements regarding pending investigations, claims or disputes; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the competitive pressures faced by HP's businesses; the development and transition of new products and services (and the enhancement of existing products and services) to meet customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its suppliers, customers and partners; the protection of HP's intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; integration and other risks associated with business combination and investment transactions; the hiring and retention of key employees; assumptions related to pension and other post-retirement costs; expectations and assumptions relating to the execution and timing of growth strategies, efficiency initiatives and restructuring plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described herein, including but not limited to the items discussed in "Factors that Could Affect Future Results" set forth in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Item 2 of Part I of this report, and that are otherwise described from time to time in HP's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") reports, including HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

2



PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Financial Statements.


HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings

(Unaudited)

 
  Three months ended
April 30
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions, except per share amounts
 

Net revenue:

                         
 

Products

  $ 21,055   $ 20,570   $ 43,249   $ 41,573  
 

Services

    10,466     10,172     20,468     20,239  
 

Financing income

    111     107     217     214  
                   
   

Total net revenue

    31,632     30,849     63,934     62,026  
                   

Costs and expenses:

                         
 

Cost of products

    15,819     15,859     32,617     32,206  
 

Cost of services

    7,967     7,637     15,502     15,238  
 

Financing interest

    74     73     149     152  
 

Research and development

    815     722     1,613     1,403  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    3,397     3,096     6,487     6,063  
 

Amortization of purchased intangible assets

    413     347     838     677  
 

Restructuring charges

    158     180     316     311  
 

Acquisition-related charges

    21     77     50     115  
                   
   

Total operating expenses

    28,664     27,991     57,572     56,165  
                   

Earnings from operations

    2,968     2,858     6,362     5,861  
                   

Interest and other, net

    (76 )   (91 )   (173 )   (290 )
                   

Earnings before taxes

    2,892     2,767     6,189     5,571  

Provision for taxes

    588     567     1,280     1,121  
                   

Net earnings

  $ 2,304   $ 2,200   $ 4,909   $ 4,450  
                   

Net earnings per share:

                         
 

Basic

  $ 1.07   $ 0.94   $ 2.27   $ 1.89  
                   
 

Diluted

  $ 1.05   $ 0.91   $ 2.23   $ 1.84  
                   

Cash dividends declared per share

  $   $   $ 0.16   $ 0.16  

Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings per share:

                         
 

Basic

    2,150     2,345     2,166     2,352  
                   
 

Diluted

    2,184     2,406     2,203     2,412  
                   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

3



HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions, except par value
 
 
  (Unaudited)
   
 

ASSETS

 

Current assets:

             
 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 12,738   $ 10,929  
 

Accounts receivable

    18,621     18,481  
 

Financing receivables

    3,179     2,986  
 

Inventory

    6,778     6,466  
 

Other current assets

    14,759     15,322  
           
   

Total current assets

    56,075     54,184  
           

Property, plant and equipment

    11,890     11,763  

Long-term financing receivables and other assets

    11,320     12,225  

Goodwill

    38,762     38,483  

Purchased intangible assets

    7,080     7,848  
           

Total assets

  $ 125,127   $ 124,503  
           


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY


 

Current liabilities:

             
 

Notes payable and short-term borrowings

  $ 8,406   $ 7,046  
 

Accounts payable

    14,222     14,365  
 

Employee compensation and benefits

    3,563     4,256  
 

Taxes on earnings

    848     802  
 

Deferred revenue

    7,397     6,727  
 

Accrued restructuring

    881     911  
 

Other accrued liabilities

    16,053     15,296  
           
   

Total current liabilities

    51,370     49,403  
           

Long-term debt

    14,512     15,258  

Other liabilities

    17,450     19,061  

Commitments and contingencies

             

Stockholders' equity:

             

HP stockholders' equity

             
 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value (300 shares authorized; none issued)

         
 

Common stock, $0.01 par value (9,600 shares authorized; 2,126 and 2,204 shares issued and outstanding, respectively)

    21     22  
 

Additional paid-in capital

    9,842     11,569  
 

Retained earnings

    35,152     32,695  
 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (3,592 )   (3,837 )
           
   

Total HP stockholders' equity

    41,423     40,449  
   

Non-controlling interests

    372     332  
           
   

Total stockholders' equity

    41,795     40,781  
           

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 125,127   $ 124,503  
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

4



HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

             
 

Net earnings

  $ 4,909   $ 4,450  
 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:

             
   

Depreciation and amortization

    2,497     2,346  
   

Stock-based compensation expense

    327     381  
   

Provision for doubtful accounts—accounts and financing receivables

    (7 )   111  
   

Provision for inventory

    103     82  
   

Restructuring charges

    316     311  
   

Deferred taxes on earnings

    641     (286 )
   

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

    (154 )   (263 )
   

Other, net

    (139 )   149  
   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

             
     

Accounts and financing receivables

    (608 )   1,709  
     

Inventory

    (415 )   (190 )
     

Accounts payable

    (143 )   (1,548 )
     

Taxes on earnings

    93     726  
     

Restructuring

    (505 )   (783 )
     

Other assets and liabilities

    117     (1,697 )
           
       

Net cash provided by operating activities

    7,032     5,498  
           

Cash flows from investing activities:

             
 

Investment in property, plant and equipment

    (2,026 )   (1,771 )
 

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

    633     268  
 

Purchases of available-for-sale securities and other investments

        (28 )
 

Maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities and other investments

    57     103  
 

Payments made in connection with business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

    (246 )   (2,512 )
           
     

Net cash used in investing activities

    (1,582 )   (3,940 )
           

Cash flows from financing activities:

             
 

(Payments) issuance of commercial paper and notes payable, net

    (998 )   1,855  
 

Issuance of debt

    2,216     50  
 

Payment of debt

    (454 )   (244 )
 

Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans

    774     2,266  
 

Repurchase of common stock

    (4,976 )   (4,511 )
 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

    154     263  
 

Dividends

    (357 )   (385 )
           
     

Net cash used in financing activities

    (3,641 )   (706 )
           

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

    1,809     852  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    10,929     13,279  
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 12,738   $ 14,131  
           

Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:

             
 

Issuance of common stock and stock awards assumed in business acquisitions

  $ 2   $ 61  
 

Purchase of assets under capital lease

  $ 3   $ 92  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

5



HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1: Basis of Presentation

        In the opinion of management, the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of Hewlett-Packard Company and its consolidated subsidiaries ("HP") contain all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly HP's financial position as of April 30, 2011, its results of operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010 and its cash flows for the six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010. The Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet as of October 31, 2010 is derived from the October 31, 2010 audited consolidated financial statements.

        The results of operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with "Risk Factors," "Legal Proceedings," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Items 1A, 3, 7, 7A and 8, respectively, of the Hewlett-Packard Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010.

        The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in HP's Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

        In connection with organizational realignments implemented in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, certain costs previously reported as Cost of services have been reclassified as Selling, general and administrative expenses to better align those costs with the functional areas that benefit from those expenditures. HP has made certain segment and business unit realignments in order to optimize its operating structure. Reclassifications of prior year financial information have been made to conform to the current year presentation. None of the changes impacts HP's previously reported consolidated net revenue, earnings from operations, net earnings or net earnings per share. See Note 16 for a further discussion of HP's segment reorganization.

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation

        HP's stock-based compensation plans include HP's principal equity plans as well as various equity plans assumed through acquisitions. HP's principal equity plans include performance-based restricted units ("PRU"), special incremental performance-based restricted units ("IPRU"), stock options and restricted stock awards.

        Total stock-based compensation expense before income taxes for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was $147 million and $327 million, respectively. The resulting income tax benefit for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was $61 million and $104 million, respectively. Total stock-based compensation expense before income taxes for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010 was $200 million and $381 million, respectively. The resulting income tax benefit for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010 was $64 million and $122 million, respectively.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

        HP's PRU program provides for the issuance of PRUs representing hypothetical shares of HP common stock. Each PRU award reflects a target number of shares ("Target Shares") that may be issued to the award recipient before adjusting for performance and market conditions. The actual number of shares the recipient receives is determined at the end of a three-year performance period based on results achieved versus company performance goals and may range from 0% to 200% of the Target Shares granted. The performance goals are based on HP's annual cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue and total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the S&P 500 over the three-year performance period.

        Recipients of PRU awards generally must remain employed by HP on a continuous basis through the end of the applicable three-year performance period in order to receive any portion of the shares subject to that award. Target Shares do not have dividend equivalent rights and do not have the voting rights of common stock until earned and issued following the end of the applicable performance period. The expense for these awards, net of estimated forfeitures, is recorded over the requisite service period based on the number of Target Shares that are expected to be earned and the achievement of the cash flow goals during the performance period.

        HP estimates the fair value of a Target Share using a Monte Carlo simulation model, as the TSR modifier contains a market condition. The following weighted-average assumptions were used to determine the weighted-average fair values of the PRU awards:

 
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  

Weighted-average fair value of grants per share

  $ 27.59 (1) $ 57.13 (2)

Expected volatility(3)

    30 %   38 %

Risk-free interest rate

    0.38 %   0.73 %

Dividend yield

    0.75 %   0.64 %

Expected life in months

    19     22  

(1)
Reflects the weighted-average fair value for the third year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in fiscal 2009, for the second year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in fiscal 2010 and for the first year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in the six months ended April 30, 2011. The estimated fair value of a Target Share for the third year for PRUs granted in fiscal 2010 and for the second and third years for PRUs granted in the six months ended April 30, 2011 will be determined on the measurement date applicable to those PRUs, which will be the date that the annual cash flow goals are approved for those PRUs, and the expense will be amortized over the remainder of the applicable three-year performance period.

(2)
Reflects the weighted-average fair value for the third year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in fiscal 2008, for the second year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in fiscal 2009 and for the first year of the three-year performance period applicable to PRUs granted in the six months ended April 30, 2010.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

(3)
HP uses historic volatility for PRU awards as implied volatility cannot be used when simulating multivariate prices for companies in the S&P 500.

        Non-vested PRUs as of April 30, 2011 and changes during the six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  Shares
(in thousands)
 

Outstanding Target Shares at October 31, 2010

    18,508  

Granted

    5,798  

Vested

     

Change in units due to performance and market conditions achievement for PRUs vested in the period

     

Forfeited

    (786 )
       

Outstanding Target Shares at April 30, 2011

    23,520  
       

Outstanding Target Shares assigned a fair value at April 30, 2011

    17,608 (1)
       

(1)
Excludes Target Shares for the third year for PRUs granted in fiscal 2010 and for the second and third years for PRUs granted in the six months ended April 30, 2011 as the measurement date has not yet been established. The measurement date and related fair value for the excluded PRUs will be established when the annual cash flow goals are approved.

        At April 30, 2011, there was $286 million of unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to PRUs with an assigned fair value, which HP expects to recognize over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.3 years.

        HP granted IPRUs representing hypothetical shares of HP common stock to certain executive officers. IPRU awards contain performance and market conditions and vest over three years.

        The amount of non-vested IPRUs granted and outstanding as of April 30, 2011 was 0.3 million units. At April 30, 2011, there was $3 million of unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to IPRUs, which HP expects to recognize over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.5 years.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

        HP estimated the weighted-average fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 
  Three months ended
April 30
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Weighted-average fair value of grants per share(1)

  $ 10.73   $ 14.12   $ 11.06   $ 14.19  

Implied volatility

    27 %   27 %   28 %   28 %

Risk-free interest rate

    2.16 %   2.45 %   1.97 %   2.42 %

Dividend yield

    0.77 %   0.61 %   0.76 %   0.61 %

Expected life in months

    60     61     60     61  

(1)
The fair value calculation was based on stock options granted during the period.

        Option activity as of April 30, 2011 and changes during the six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  Shares
(in thousands)
  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Per Share
  Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)
  Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions)
 

Outstanding at October 31, 2010

    142,916   $ 28              

Granted and assumed through acquisition

    1,026   $ 22              

Exercised

    (30,828 ) $ 24              

Forfeited/cancelled/expired

    (2,398 ) $ 41              
                         

Outstanding at April 30, 2011

    110,716   $ 29     2.8   $ 1,444  
                         

Vested and expected to vest at April 30, 2011

    109,586   $ 29     2.7   $ 1,428  
                         

Exercisable at April 30, 2011

    102,792   $ 29     2.3   $ 1,327  
                         

        The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that option holders would have received had all option holders exercised their options on April 30, 2011. The aggregate intrinsic value is the difference between HP's closing stock price on the last trading day of the second quarter of fiscal 2011 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options. Total intrinsic value of options exercised for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was $348 million and $606 million, respectively.

        At April 30, 2011, there was $218 million of unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, which HP expects to recognize over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.9 years.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

        Restricted stock awards are non-vested stock awards that include grants of restricted stock and grants of restricted stock units.

        Non-vested restricted stock awards as of April 30, 2011 and changes during the six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  Shares
(in thousands)
  Weighted-
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
Per Share
 

Outstanding at October 31, 2010

    5,848   $ 45  

Granted

    7,717   $ 43  

Vested

    (2,412 ) $ 46  

Forfeited

    (310 ) $ 44  
             

Outstanding at April 30, 2011

    10,843   $ 43  
             

        At April 30, 2011, there was $376 million of unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock awards, which HP expects to recognize over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.6 years.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 3: Net Earnings Per Share

        HP calculates basic earnings per share ("EPS") using net earnings and the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted EPS includes any dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, PRUs, IPRUs, restricted stock units and restricted stock.

        The reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS calculations was as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions, except per share amounts
 

Numerator:

                         
 

Net earnings(1)

  $ 2,304   $ 2,200   $ 4,909   $ 4,450  
                   

Denominator:

                         
 

Weighted-average shares used to compute basic EPS

    2,150     2,345     2,166     2,352  
 

Dilutive effect of employee stock plans

    34     61     37     60  
                   
 

Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted EPS

    2,184     2,406     2,203     2,412  
                   

Net earnings per share:

                         
 

Basic

  $ 1.07   $ 0.94   $ 2.27   $ 1.89  
 

Diluted

  $ 1.05   $ 0.91   $ 2.23   $ 1.84  

(1)
Net earnings available to participating securities were not significant for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010. HP considers restricted stock that provides the holder with a non-forfeitable right to receive dividends to be a participating security.

        HP excludes options with exercise prices that are greater than the average market price for HP's common stock from the calculation of diluted EPS because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS options to purchase 6 million shares, compared to 17 million shares and 18 million shares for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, respectively.

        In addition, HP also excludes options whose combined exercise price, unamortized fair value and excess tax benefits are greater than the average market price for HP's common stock because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS options to purchase an additional 1 million shares, compared to an additional 2 million shares and 3 million shares for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, respectively.

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(Unaudited)

Note 4: Balance Sheet Details

        Balance sheet details were as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Accounts receivable

  $ 19,054   $ 19,006  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    (433 )   (525 )
           

  $ 18,621   $ 18,481  
           

Financing receivables

  $ 3,237   $ 3,050  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    (58 )   (64 )
           

  $ 3,179   $ 2,986  
           

        HP has revolving trade receivables-based facilities permitting it to sell certain trade receivables to third parties on a non-recourse basis. The aggregate maximum capacity under these programs was $602 million and $524 million as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively. HP sold $897 million of trade receivables during the first six months of fiscal 2011. HP had $299 million as of April 30, 2011 and $175 million as of October 31, 2010 available under these programs.

        In April 2011, HP entered into an additional revolving trade receivables-based facility that became available in May 2011 permitting it to sell certain trade receivables to a third party on a five percent recourse basis. The maximum capacity of the program is approximately $1.1 billion.

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Finished goods

  $ 4,379   $ 4,431  

Purchased parts and fabricated assemblies

    2,399     2,035  
           

  $ 6,778   $ 6,466  
           

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Land

  $ 652   $ 530  

Buildings and leasehold improvements

    8,447     8,523  

Machinery and equipment

    15,452     13,874  
           

    24,551     22,927  
           

Accumulated depreciation

    (12,661 )   (11,164 )
           

  $ 11,890   $ 11,763  
           

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(Unaudited)

Note 5: Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

        Goodwill allocated to HP's business segments as of April 30, 2011 and changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended April 30, 2011 are as follows:

 
  Services   Enterprise
Servers,
Storage
and
Networking
  HP
Software
  Personal
Systems
Group
  Imaging
and
Printing
Group
  HP
Financial
Services
  Corporate
Investments
  Total  
 
  In millions
 

Balance at October 31, 2010

  $ 16,967   $ 6,610   $ 7,545   $ 2,500   $ 2,456   $ 144   $ 2,261   $ 38,483  

Goodwill acquired during the period

            189                       189  

Goodwill adjustments

    265     1,487     (254 )   (2 )   (1 )       (1,405 )   90  
                                   

Balance at April 30, 2011

  $ 17,232   $ 8,097   $ 7,480   $ 2,498   $ 2,455   $ 144   $ 856   $ 38,762  
                                   

        During the second quarter of fiscal 2011, HP recorded approximately $189 million of goodwill relating to the acquisition of Vertica Systems, Inc. ("Vertica") based on a preliminary allocation of the purchase price. In connection with certain fiscal 2011 organizational realignments, HP reclassified goodwill related to HP's networking business from Corporate Investments to Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking ("ESSN") and goodwill related to the communications and media solutions business from HP Software to Services. Additionally, during the six months ended April 30, 2011, HP recorded an increase to goodwill as a result of currency translation related to an acquired subsidiary whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.

        HP's purchased intangible assets associated with completed acquisitions are composed of:

 
  April 30, 2011   October 31, 2010  
 
  Gross   Accumulated
Amortization
  Net   Gross   Accumulated
Amortization
  Net  
 
  In millions
 

Customer contracts, customer lists and distribution agreements

  $ 7,521   $ (4,317 ) $ 3,204   $ 7,503   $ (3,864 ) $ 3,639  

Developed and core technology and patents

    5,938     (3,751 )   2,187     5,763     (3,384 )   2,379  

Product trademarks

    347     (257 )   90     346     (239 )   107  
                           

Total amortizable purchased intangible assets

    13,806     (8,325 )   5,481     13,612     (7,487 )   6,125  

In-process research and development

    177         177     301         301  

Compaq trade name

    1,422         1,422     1,422         1,422  
                           

Total purchased intangible assets

  $ 15,405   $ (8,325 ) $ 7,080   $ 15,335   $ (7,487 ) $ 7,848  
                           

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Note 5: Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets (Continued)

        During the first six months of fiscal 2011, HP recorded approximately $53 million of purchased intangible assets related to the Vertica acquisition based on a preliminary allocation of the purchase price.

        Estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets at April 30, 2011 was as follows:

Fiscal year:
  In millions  

2011 (remaining six months)

  $ 711  

2012

    1,320  

2013

    1,167  

2014

    842  

2015

    708  

2016

    550  

Thereafter

    183  
       

Total

  $ 5,481  
       

Note 6: Restructuring Charges

        HP records restructuring charges associated with management-approved restructuring plans to either reorganize one or more of HP's business segments, or to remove duplicative headcount and infrastructure associated with one or more business acquisitions. Restructuring charges can include severance costs to eliminate a specified number of employees, infrastructure charges to vacate facilities and consolidate operations, and contract cancellation costs. Restructuring charges are recorded based upon planned employee termination dates and site closure and consolidation plans. The timing of associated cash payments is dependent upon the type of restructuring charge and can extend over a multi-year period. HP records the short-term portion of the restructuring liability in Accrued restructuring and the long-term portion in Other liabilities in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

        In connection with the acquisitions of Palm, Inc ("Palm") and 3Com Corporation ("3Com") in fiscal 2010, HP's management approved and initiated plans to restructure the operations of the acquired companies, including severance for employees, contract cancellation costs, costs to vacate duplicative facilities and other items. The total expected combined cost of the plans is $88 million. As of April 30, 2011, HP had recorded the majority of the remaining costs of the plans based upon the anticipated timing of planned terminations and facility closure costs. With respect to the Palm integration plan, no further restructuring charges are anticipated, and the majority of the remaining costs are expected to be paid out by the third quarter of fiscal 2011. The remaining costs pertaining to the 3Com plan are expected to be paid out through fiscal 2016 as fixed lease payments are made.

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Note 6: Restructuring Charges (Continued)

        On June 1, 2010, HP's management announced a plan to restructure its Enterprise Services business, which includes its Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing and Application Services business units. The multi-year restructuring program includes plans to consolidate commercial data centers, tools and applications. The total expected cost of the plan that will be recorded as restructuring charges is approximately $1 billion, including severance costs to eliminate approximately 9,000 positions and infrastructure charges. HP recorded net restructuring charges of $63 million and $160 million, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011. As of April 30, 2011, HP had recorded the majority of the severance costs. HP expects to record the majority of the infrastructure charges through fiscal 2012. The timing of the charges is based upon planned termination dates and site closure and consolidation plans. The majority of the associated cash payments are expected to be paid out through the second quarter of fiscal 2012. As of April 30, 2011, approximately 4,400 positions had been eliminated.

        In May 2009, HP's management approved and initiated a restructuring plan to structurally change and improve the effectiveness of the Imaging and Printing Group ("IPG"), Personal Systems Group ("PSG") and ESSN businesses. The total expected cost of the plan is $292 million in severance-related costs associated with the planned elimination of approximately 4,400 positions. As of April 30, 2011, all planned eliminations had occurred and the majority of the restructuring costs had been paid out.

        In connection with the acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation ("EDS") on August 26, 2008, HP's management approved and initiated a restructuring plan to combine and align HP's services businesses, eliminate duplicative overhead functions and consolidate and vacate duplicative facilities. The restructuring plan is expected to be implemented over four years from the acquisition date at a total expected cost of $3.4 billion.

        The restructuring plan includes severance costs to eliminate approximately 25,000 positions. As of April 30, 2011, all planned eliminations had occurred and the vast majority of the associated severance costs had been paid out. The infrastructure charges in the restructuring plan include facility closure and consolidation costs and the costs associated with early termination of certain contractual obligations. HP expects to record the majority of these costs through fiscal 2011 based upon the execution of site closure and consolidation plans. The associated cash payments are expected to be paid out through fiscal 2016 as fixed lease payments are made.

        Approximately $1.5 billion of the expected costs were associated with pre-acquisition EDS and were reflected in the purchase price of EDS. These costs are subject to change based on the actual costs incurred. The remaining costs are primarily associated with HP and will be recorded as a restructuring charge.

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Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 6: Restructuring Charges (Continued)

        The adjustments to the accrued restructuring expenses related to all of HP's restructuring plans described above for the six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
   
  Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
charges
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
charges
   
   
   
  As of April 30, 2011  
 
  Balance,
October 31,
2010
  Cash
payments
  Non-cash
settlements
and other
adjustments
  Balance,
April 30,
2011
  Total costs
and
adjustments
to date
  Total
expected
costs and
adjustments
 
 
  In millions
 

Fiscal 2010 acquisitions

  $ 44   $ 16   $ 16   $ (23 ) $   $ 37   $ 80   $ 88  

Fiscal 2010 ES Plan:

                                                 
 

Severance

  $ 620   $ 33   $ 118   $ (135 ) $ 38   $ 641   $ 748   $ 761  
 

Infrastructure

    4     30     42     (42 )   (4 )       62     231  
                                   
 

Total ES Plan

  $ 624   $ 63   $ 160   $ (177 ) $ 34   $ 641   $ 810   $ 992  

Fiscal 2009 Plan

  $ 57   $   $   $ (43 ) $ (1 ) $ 13   $ 292   $ 292  

Fiscal 2008 HP/EDS Plan:

                                                 
 

Severance

  $ 75   $ 9   $ 23   $ (87 ) $ (11 ) $   $ 2,169   $ 2,169  
 

Infrastructure

    408     70     117     (174 )   14     365     810     1,225  
                                   
 

Total HP/EDS Plan

  $ 483   $ 79   $ 140   $ (261 ) $ 3   $ 365   $ 2,979   $ 3,394  
                                   

Total restructuring plans

  $ 1,208   $ 158   $ 316   $ (504 ) $ 36   $ 1,056   $ 4,161   $ 4,766  
                                   

        At April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, HP included the long-term portion of the restructuring liability of $175 million and $297 million, respectively, in Other liabilities, and the short-term portion in Accrued restructuring in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

Note 7: Fair Value

        HP determines fair value based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.

        Valuation techniques used by HP are based upon observable and unobservable inputs. Observable or market inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect HP's assumptions about market participant assumptions based on best information available. Observable inputs are the preferred source of values. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:

        Level 1—Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets.

        Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

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Note 7: Fair Value (Continued)

        Level 3—Prices or valuations that require management inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

        The following section describes the valuation methodologies HP uses to measure its financial assets and liabilities at fair value.

        Cash Equivalents and Investments: HP holds time deposits, money market funds, commercial paper, other debt securities primarily consisting of corporate and foreign government notes and bonds, and common stock and equivalents. Where applicable, HP uses quoted prices in active markets for identical assets to determine fair value. If quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are not available to determine fair value, HP uses quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities or inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly. If quoted prices for identical or similar assets are not available, HP uses internally developed valuation models, whose inputs include bid prices, and third-party valuations utilizing underlying assets assumptions.

        Derivative Instruments: As discussed in Note 8, HP mainly holds non-speculative forwards, swaps and options to hedge certain foreign currency and interest rate exposures. When active market quotes are not available, HP uses industry standard valuation models. Where applicable, these models project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to a present value using market-based observable inputs including interest rate curves, credit risk, foreign exchange rates, and forward and spot prices for currencies. In certain cases, market-based observable inputs are not available and, in those cases, HP uses management judgment to develop assumptions which are used to determine fair value.

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Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 7: Fair Value (Continued)

        The following table presents HP's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 
  As of April 30, 2011   As of October 31, 2010  
 
  Fair Value
Measured Using
   
  Fair Value
Measured Using
   
 
 
  Total
Balance
  Total
Balance
 
 
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  
 
  In millions
 

Assets

                                                 

Time deposits

  $   $ 7,928   $   $ 7,928   $   $ 6,598   $   $ 6,598  

Commercial paper

        325         325                  

Money market funds

    807             807     971             971  

Marketable equity securities

    8     2         10     11     3         14  

Foreign bonds

    8     388         396     8     365         373  

Corporate bonds and other debt securities

    3     2     49     54     3     6     50     59  

Derivatives:

                                                 
 

Interest rate contracts

        507         507         735         735  
 

Foreign exchange contracts

        85     23     108         150     32     182  
 

Other derivatives

        8     13     21         5     6     11  
                                   
   

Total Assets

  $ 826   $ 9,245   $ 85   $ 10,156   $ 993   $ 7,862   $ 88   $ 8,943  
                                   

Liabilities

                                                 

Derivatives:

                                                 
 

Interest rate contracts

  $   $ 63   $   $ 63   $   $ 89   $   $ 89  
 

Foreign exchange contracts

        1,598     1     1,599         880     10     890  
                                   
   

Total Liabilities

  $   $ 1,661   $ 1   $ 1,662   $   $ 969   $ 10   $ 979  
                                   

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(Unaudited)

Note 8: Financial Instruments

        Cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments at fair value as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010 were as follows:

 
  April 30, 2011   October 31, 2010  
 
  Cost   Gross
Unrealized
Gain
  Gross
Unrealized
Loss
  Estimated
Fair
Value
  Cost   Gross
Unrealized
Gain
  Gross
Unrealized
Loss
  Estimated
Fair
Value
 
 
  In millions
 

Cash Equivalents

                                                 
 

Time deposits

  $ 7,920   $   $   $ 7,920   $ 6,590   $   $   $ 6,590  
 

Commercial paper

    325             325                  
 

Money market funds

    807             807     971             971  
                                   

Total cash equivalents

    9,052             9,052     7,561             7,561  
                                   

Available-for-Sale Investments

                                                 

Debt securities:

                                                 
 

Time deposits

    8             8     8             8  
 

Foreign bonds

    336     60         396     315     58         373  
 

Corporate bonds and other debt securities

    76         (22 )   54     89         (30 )   59  
                                   

Total debt securities

    420     60     (22 )   458     412     58     (30 )   440  
                                   

Equity securities in public companies

    3     2         5     5     4         9  
                                   

Total cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments

  $ 9,475   $ 62   $ (22 ) $ 9,515   $ 7,978   $ 62   $ (30 ) $ 8,010  
                                   

        Cash equivalents consist of investments in time deposits, commercial paper and money market funds with original maturities of ninety days or less. Time deposits were primarily issued by institutions outside the U.S. as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010. Available-for-sale securities consist of short-term investments which mature within twelve months or less and long-term investments with maturities longer than twelve months. Investments include primarily time deposits, fixed-interest securities, and institutional bonds. HP estimates the fair values of its investments based on quoted market prices or pricing models using current market rates. These estimated fair values may not be representative of actual values that will be realized in the future.

        The gross unrealized loss as of April 30, 2011 was due primarily to declines in certain debt securities and included $22 million that has been in a continuous loss position for more than twelve months. The gross unrealized loss as of October 31, 2010 was due primarily to declines in the fair value of certain debt securities and included $28 million that has been in a continuous loss position for more than twelve months. HP does not intend to sell these debt securities, and it is not likely that HP will be required to sell these debt securities prior to the recovery of the amortized cost. In the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP did not recognize any impairment charge associated with debt securities. In the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, HP recognized an impairment charge of $2 million associated with debt securities.

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(Unaudited)

Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

        Contractual maturities of short-term and long-term investments in available-for-sale securities at April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  Available-for-Sale
Securities
 
 
  April 30, 2011  
 
  Cost   Estimated
Fair Value
 
 
  In millions
 

Due in 1-5 years

  $ 11   $ 11  

Due in more than five years

    409     447  
           

  $ 420   $ 458  
           

        A summary of the carrying values and balance sheet classification of all short-term and long-term investments in debt and equity securities as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010 was as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Available-for-sale debt securities

  $   $ 5  
           
 

Included in Other current assets

        5  
           

Available-for-sale debt securities

    458     435  

Available-for-sale equity securities

    5     9  

Equity securities in privately-held companies

    51     154  

Other investments

    9     9  
           
 

Included in long-term financing receivables and other assets

    523     607  
           

Total investments

  $ 523   $ 612  
           

        Equity securities in privately held companies include cost basis and equity method investments. Other investments include marketable trading securities. HP includes gains or losses from changes in fair value of these securities, offset by losses or gains on the related liabilities, in Interest and other, net, in HP's Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings. The net impact associated with these securities was not material for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010.

        HP is a global company that is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and interest rate changes in the normal course of its business. As part of its risk management strategy, HP uses derivative instruments, primarily forward contracts, option contracts, interest rate swaps, and total return swaps, to hedge certain foreign currency, interest rate and, to a lesser extent, equity exposures. HP's objective is to offset gains and losses resulting from these exposures with losses and gains on the derivative contracts used to hedge them, thereby reducing volatility of earnings or protecting fair values of assets and liabilities. HP does not have any leveraged derivatives and does not use derivative contracts for speculative purposes. HP designates its derivatives as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges or hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation ("net investment

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(Unaudited)

Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

hedges"). Additionally, for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments, HP categorizes those economic hedges as other derivatives. HP recognizes all derivatives, on a gross basis, in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets at fair value and reports them in Other current assets, Long-term financing receivables and other assets, Other accrued liabilities, or Other liabilities. HP classifies cash flows from the derivative programs as operating activities in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows.

        As a result of the use of derivative instruments, HP is exposed to the risk that counterparties to derivative contracts will fail to meet their contractual obligations. To mitigate the counterparty credit risk, HP has a policy of only entering into contracts with carefully selected major financial institutions based upon their credit ratings and other factors, and HP maintains dollar and term limits that correspond to each institution's credit rating. HP's established policies and procedures for mitigating credit risk on principal transactions and short-term cash include reviewing and establishing limits for credit exposure and continually assessing the creditworthiness of counterparties. Master agreements with counterparties include master netting arrangements as further mitigation of credit exposure to counterparties. These arrangements permit HP to net amounts due from HP to a counterparty with amounts due to HP from the same counterparty.

        To further mitigate credit exposure to counterparties, HP may enter into collateral security arrangements with its counterparties. These arrangements require HP to post collateral or to hold collateral from counterparties when the derivative fair values exceed contractually established thresholds. As of April 30, 2011, the fair value of all derivative instruments under these collateralized arrangements were in a net asset position of approximately $40 million for which approximately $30 million of U.S. Treasury securities have been deposited to a third-party custodian by the counterparties.

        Certain of HP's derivative instruments contain credit risk-related contingent features, such as provisions whereby HP and the counterparties to the derivative instruments could request collateralization on derivative instruments in net liability positions if HP's or the counterparties' credit ratings fall below certain thresholds. As of April 30, 2011 and 2010, HP was not required to post any collateral, and HP did not have any derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features that were in a significant net liability position.

        HP enters into fair value hedges to reduce the exposure of its debt portfolio to interest rate risk. HP issues long-term debt in U.S. dollars based on market conditions at the time of financing. HP uses interest rate swaps to mitigate the market risk exposures in connection with the debt to achieve primarily U.S. dollar LIBOR-based floating interest expense. The swap transactions generally involve principal and interest obligations for U.S. dollar-denominated amounts. Alternatively, HP may choose not to swap fixed for floating interest payments or may terminate a previously executed swap if it believes a larger proportion of fixed-rate debt would be beneficial. When investing in fixed-rate instruments, HP may enter into interest rate swaps that convert the fixed interest returns into variable interest returns and would classify these swaps as fair value hedges. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges, HP recognizes the gain or loss on the derivative

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(Unaudited)

Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

instrument, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item, in Interest and other, net in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings in the current period.

        HP uses a combination of forward contracts and options designated as cash flow hedges to protect against the foreign currency exchange rate risks inherent in its forecasted net revenue and, to a lesser extent, cost of sales, operating expense, and intercompany lease loan denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. HP's foreign currency cash flow hedges mature generally within six to twelve months. However, certain leasing revenue-related forward contracts and intercompany lease loan forward contracts extend for the duration of the lease term, which can be up to five years. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, HP initially records the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss as a separate component of stockholders' equity and subsequently reclassifies these amounts into earnings in the period during which the hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. HP reports the effective portion of cash flow hedges in the same financial statement line item as the changes in value of the hedged item. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010, HP did not discontinue any cash flow hedge for which it was probable that a forecasted transaction would not occur.

        HP uses forward contracts designated as net investment hedges to hedge net investments in certain foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is the local currency. These derivative instruments are designated as net investment hedges and, as such, HP records the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument together with changes in the hedged items in cumulative translation adjustment as a separate component of stockholders' equity.

        Other derivatives not designated as hedging instruments consist primarily of forward contracts HP uses to hedge foreign currency balance sheet exposures. HP also uses total return swaps and, to a lesser extent, interest rate swaps, based on the equity and fixed income indices, to hedge its executive deferred compensation plan liability. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, HP recognizes changes in the fair values in earnings in the period of change. HP recognizes the gain or loss on foreign currency forward contracts used to hedge balance sheet exposures in Interest and other, net in the same period as the remeasurement gain and loss of the related foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. HP recognizes the gain or loss on the total return swaps and interest rate swaps in Interest and other, net in the same period as the gain or loss from the change in market value of the executive deferred compensation plan liability.

        For interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges, HP measures effectiveness by offsetting the change in fair value of the hedged debt with the change in fair value of the derivative. For foreign currency options and forward contracts designated as cash flow or net investment hedges, HP measures

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effectiveness by comparing the cumulative change in the hedge contract with the cumulative change in the hedged item, both of which are based on forward rates. HP recognizes any ineffective portion of the hedge, as well as amounts not included in the assessment of effectiveness, in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings. As of April 30, 2011 and 2010, the portion of hedging instruments' gain or loss excluded from the assessment of effectiveness was not material for fair value, cash flow or net investment hedges. Hedge ineffectiveness for fair value, cash flow and net investment hedges was not material in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010.

        As discussed in Note 7, HP estimates the fair values of derivatives primarily based on pricing models using current market rates and records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The gross notional and fair value of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets were recorded as follows:

 
  As of April 30, 2011   As of October 31, 2010  
 
  Gross
Notional(1)
  Other
Current
Assets
  Long-term
Financing
Receivables and
Other Assets
  Other
Accrued
Liabilities
  Other
Liabilities
  Gross
Notional(1)
  Other
Current
Assets
  Long-term
Financing
Receivables and
Other Assets
  Other
Accrued
Liabilities
  Other
Liabilities
 
 
  In millions
 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

                                                             

Fair value hedges:

                                                             
 

Interest rate contracts

  $ 8,575   $   $ 453   $   $   $ 8,575   $   $ 656   $   $  

Cash flow hedges:

                                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    17,689     62     3     898     199     16,862     98     20     503     83  

Net investment hedges:

                                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    1,519     2     1     86     82     1,466     8     2     58     62  
                                           

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

    27,783     64     457     984     281     26,903     106     678     561     145  
                                           

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

                                                             

Foreign exchange contracts

    11,679     37     3     283     51     13,701     51     3     129     55  

Interest rate contracts(2)

    2,200         54         63     2,200         79         89  

Other derivatives

    427     8     13             397     5     6          
                                           

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    14,306     45     70     283     114     16,298     56     88     129     144  
                                           

Total derivatives

  $ 42,089   $ 109   $ 527   $ 1,267   $ 395   $ 43,201   $ 162   $ 766   $ 690   $ 289  
                                           

(1)
Represents the face amounts of contracts that were outstanding as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively.

(2)
Represents offsetting swaps acquired through previous business combinations that were not designated as hedging instruments.

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Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

        The before-tax effect of a derivative instrument and related hedged item in a fair value hedging relationship for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 
  Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative and Related Hedged Item  
Derivative Instrument
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Hedged Item   Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
 
 
   
  In millions
   
   
  In millions
 

Interest rate contracts

  Interest and other, net   $ (25 ) $ (203 )   Fixed-rate debt   Interest and other, net   $ 27   $ 201  

 

 
  Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative and Related Hedged Item  
Derivative Instrument
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Hedged Item   Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2010
 
 
   
  In millions
   
   
  In millions
 

Interest rate contracts

  Interest and other, net   $ 18   $ 27     Fixed-rate debt   Interest and other, net   $ (15 ) $ (24 )

        The before-tax effect of derivative instruments in cash flow and net investment hedging relationships for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income ("OCI")
on Derivative
(Effective
Portion)
  Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI Into Income
(Effective Portion)
  Gain Recognized in
Income on Derivative(1)
(Ineffective portion
and Amount Excluded
from Effectiveness Testing)
 
 
  Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2011
 
 
  In millions
   
  In millions
   
  In millions
 

Cash flow hedges:

                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ (780 ) $ (680 )

Net revenue

  $ (296 ) $ (320 )

Net revenue

  $   $  
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    27     18  

Cost of products

    (4 )   22  

Cost of products

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    7     5  

Other operating expenses

    1     2  

Other operating expenses

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    (36 )   (20 )

Interest and other, net

    (39 )   (32 )

Interest and other, net

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    11     (2 )

Net revenue

    2     6  

Interest and other, net

    1     3  
                                   
   

Total cash flow hedges

  $ (771 ) $ (679 )     $ (336 ) $ (322 )     $ 1   $ 3  
                                   

Net investment hedges:

                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ (92 ) $ (97 )

Interest and other, net

  $   $  

Interest and other, net

  $   $  
                                   

(1)
Amount of gain recognized in income on derivative represents a $1 million gain and $3 million gain related to the amount excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively.

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Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

        The before-tax effect of derivative instruments in cash flow and net investment hedging relationships for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010 were as follows:

 
  Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
OCI on Derivative
(Effective Portion)
  Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI Into Income
(Effective Portion)
  Gain Recognized in
Income on Derivative(1)
(Ineffective portion
and Amount Excluded
from Effectiveness Testing)
 
 
  Three
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Location   Three
months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six
months
ended
April 30,
2010
 
 
  In millions
   
  In millions
   
  In millions
 

Cash flow hedges:

                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ 230   $ 655  

Net revenue

  $ 188   $ 58  

Net revenue

  $   $  
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    (12 )   (7 )

Cost of products

    12     27  

Cost of products

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

         

Other operating expenses

        1  

Other operating expenses

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    (5 )   1  

Interest and other, net

    (4 )    

Interest and other, net

         
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    25     36  

Net revenue

    7     15  

Interest and other, net

    2     6  
                                   
   

Total cash flow hedges

  $ 238   $ 685       $ 203   $ 101       $ 2   $ 6  
                                   

Net investment hedges:

                                             
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ (47 ) $ (44 )

Interest and other, net

  $   $  

Interest and other, net

  $   $  
                                   

(1)
Amount of gain recognized in income on derivative represents a $2 million gain and $6 million gain related to the amount excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness in the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, respectively.

        HP expects to reclassify a net accumulated other comprehensive loss of approximately $444 million, net of taxes, to earnings in the next twelve months along with the earnings effects of the related forecasted transactions in association with cash flow hedges.

        The before-tax effect of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 
  Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative  
 
  Location   Three months
ended
April 30,
2011
  Six months
ended
April 30,
2011
 
 
   
  In millions
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  Interest and other, net   $ (621 ) $ (698 )

Other derivatives

  Interest and other, net     12     10  

Interest rate contracts

  Interest and other, net     1     3  
               

Total

      $ (608 ) $ (685 )
               

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Note 8: Financial Instruments (Continued)

 

 
  Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative  
 
  Location   Three months
ended
April 30,
2010
  Six months
ended
April 30,
2010
 
 
   
  In millions
 

Foreign exchange contracts

  Interest and other, net   $ (129 ) $ (63 )

Other derivatives

  Interest and other, net     13     2  

Interest rate contracts

  Interest and other, net     6     5  
               

Total

      $ (110 ) $ (56 )
               

        For the balance of HP's financial instruments, accounts receivable, financing receivables, notes payable and short-term borrowings, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The estimated fair value and carrying value of HP's short- and long-term debt was approximately $18.6 billion at April 30, 2011. The estimated fair value of HP's short- and long-term debt was approximately $22.5 billion at October 31, 2010, compared to a carrying value of $22.3 billion at that date. The estimated fair value of the debt is based primarily on quoted market prices, as well as borrowing rates currently available to HP for bank loans with similar terms and maturities.

Note 9: Financing Receivables and Operating Leases

        Financing receivables represent sales-type and direct-financing leases resulting from the placement of HP and third-party products. These receivables typically have terms from two to five years and are usually collateralized by a security interest in the underlying assets. Financing receivables also include billed receivables from operating leases. The components of net financing receivables, which are included in financing receivables and long-term financing receivables and other assets, were as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Minimum lease payments receivable

  $ 7,596   $ 7,094  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    (130 )   (140 )

Unguaranteed residual value

    233     212  

Unearned income

    (651 )   (596 )
           

Financing receivables, net

    7,048     6,570  

Less current portion

    (3,179 )   (2,986 )
           

Amounts due after one year, net

  $ 3,869   $ 3,584  
           

        Equipment leased to customers under operating leases was $4.0 billion and $3.5 billion at April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively, and is included in machinery and equipment. Accumulated depreciation on equipment under lease was $1.2 billion at April 30, 2011 and $1.0 billion at October 31, 2010, respectively.

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Note 9: Financing Receivables and Operating Leases (Continued)

        In July 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued amendments to the disclosure requirements pertaining to the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses. The amendments require disclosures related to the credit risk inherent in an entity's portfolio of financing receivables and how that risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses. The amendments also require enhanced disclosures related to changes in the allowance for credit losses and the reasons for those changes. HP adopted this new standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

        Due to the homogenous nature of the leasing transactions, HP manages its financing receivables on an aggregate basis when assessing and monitoring credit risk. Credit risk is generally diversified due to the large number of entities comprising HP's customer base and their dispersion across many different industries and geographical regions. The credit quality of an obligor is evaluated at lease inception and monitored over the term of a transaction. Risk ratings are assigned to each lease based on the creditworthiness of the obligor and other variables that augment or diminish the inherent credit risk of a particular transaction. Such variables include the underlying value and liquidity of the collateral, the essential use of the equipment, the term of the lease, and the inclusion of guarantees, letters of credit, security deposits or other credit enhancements.

        The credit risk profile of the gross financing receivables, based on internally assigned ratings, was as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Risk Rating

             

Low

  $ 4,166   $ 3,793  

Moderate

    2,927     2,829  

High

    85     88  
           

Total

  $ 7,178   $ 6,710  
           

        Accounts rated low risk typically have the equivalent of a Standard & Poor's rating of BBB- or higher, while accounts rated moderate risk would be the equivalent of BB+ or lower. Based upon impairment analyses, HP identifies and monitors accounts rated high risk and establishes specific reserves against a portion of these receivables.

        HP establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts to ensure financing receivables are not overstated due to uncollectability. The allowance balance is comprised of a general reserve, which is determined based on a percentage of the financing receivables balance, and a specific reserve, which is established for certain accounts with identified exposures, such as customer default, bankruptcy or other events, that make it unlikely that HP will recover its investment in the lease. The general reserve percentages are maintained on a regional basis and are based on several factors, which include consideration of historical credit losses and portfolio delinquencies, trends in the overall weighted-average risk rating of the portfolio, and information derived from competitive benchmarking.

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Note 9: Financing Receivables and Operating Leases (Continued)

        The allowance for doubtful accounts and the related financing receivables were as follows:

 
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  In millions
 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

       

Balance, beginning of period

  $ 140  

Additions to allowance

    22  

Deductions, net of recoveries

    (32 )
       

Balance, end of period

  $ 130  
       

 

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Allowance for financing receivables individually evaluated for loss

  $ 43   $ 53  

Allowance for financing receivables collectively evaluated for loss

    87     87  
           
 

Total

  $ 130   $ 140  
           

Gross financing receivables individually evaluated for loss

 
$

73
 
$

75
 

Gross financing receivables collectively evaluated for loss

    7,105     6,635  
           
 

Total

  $ 7,178   $ 6,710  
           

        Accounts are generally put on non-accrual status (cessation of interest accrual) when they reach 90 days past due. In certain circumstances, such as when the delinquency is deemed to be of an administrative nature, accounts may still accrue interest when they reach 90 days past due. A write-off or specific reserve is generally recorded when an account reaches 180 days past due. As of April 30, 2011, total financing receivables on non-accrual status were $164 million, and total financing receivables greater than 90 days past due and still accruing interest were $113 million.

Note 10: Guarantees

        In the ordinary course of business, HP may provide certain clients with subsidiary performance guarantees and/or financial performance guarantees, which may be backed by standby letters of credit or surety bonds. In general, HP would be liable for the amounts of these guarantees in the event HP or HP's subsidiaries' nonperformance permits termination of the related contract by the client, the likelihood of which HP believes is remote. HP believes that the company is in compliance with the performance obligations under all material service contracts for which there is a performance guarantee.

        HP has certain service contracts supported by client financing or securitization arrangements. Under specific circumstances involving nonperformance resulting in service contract termination or failure to comply with terms under the financing arrangement, HP would be required to acquire certain

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Note 10: Guarantees (Continued)


assets. HP considers the possibility of its failure to comply to be remote and the asset amounts involved to be immaterial.

        In the ordinary course of business, HP enters into contractual arrangements under which HP may agree to indemnify the third party to such arrangement from any losses incurred relating to the services they perform on behalf of HP or for losses arising from certain events as defined within the particular contract, which may include, for example, litigation or claims relating to past performance. Such indemnification obligations may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. Historically, payments made related to these indemnifications have been immaterial.

        HP provides for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time it recognizes revenue. HP engages in extensive product quality programs and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of its component suppliers; however, product warranty terms offered to customers, ongoing product failure rates, material usage and service delivery costs incurred in correcting a product failure, as well as specific product class failures outside of HP's baseline experience, affect the estimated warranty obligation. If actual product failure rates, repair rates or any other post sales support costs differ from these estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty liability would be required.

        The changes in HP's aggregate product warranty liabilities for the six months ended April 30, 2011 were as follows:

 
  In millions  

Product warranty liability at October 31, 2010

  $ 2,447  

Accruals for warranties issued

    1,334  

Adjustments related to pre-existing warranties (including changes in estimates)

    (38 )

Settlements made (in cash or in kind)

    (1,313 )
       

Product warranty liability at April 30, 2011

  $ 2,430  
       

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(Unaudited)

Note 11: Borrowings

        Notes payable and short-term borrowings, including the current portion of long-term debt, were as follows:

 
  April 30, 2011   October 31, 2010  
 
  Amount
Outstanding
  Weighted-
Average
Interest
Rate
  Amount
Outstanding
  Weighted-
Average
Interest
Rate
 
 
  In millions
 

Current portion of long-term debt

  $ 4,502     2.1 % $ 2,216     2.2 %

Commercial paper

    3,405     0.3 %   4,432     0.3 %

Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other

    499     2.9 %   398     1.5 %
                       

  $ 8,406         $ 7,046        
                       

        Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other includes deposits associated with HP's banking-related activities of approximately $388 million and $348 million at April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively.

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Note 11: Borrowings (Continued)

        Long-term debt was as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

U.S. Dollar Global Notes

             
 

2002 Shelf Registration Statement:

             
   

$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.505% in June 2002 at 6.5%, due July 2012

  $ 500   $ 500  
 

2006 Shelf Registration Statement:

             
   

$600 issued at par in February 2007 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 0.11%, due March 2012

    600     600  
   

$900 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.938% in February 2007 at 5.25%, due March 2012

    900     900  
   

$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.694% in February 2007 at 5.4%, due March 2017

    499     499  
   

$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.921% in March 2008 at 4.5%, due March 2013

    1,499     1,499  
   

$750 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.932% in March 2008 at 5.5%, due March 2018

    750     750  
   

$2,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.561% in December 2008 at 6.125%, due March 2014

    1,995     1,994  
   

$275 issued at par in February 2009 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 1.75%, paid February 2011

        275  
   

$1,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.956% in February 2009 at 4.25%, due February 2012

    1,000     1,000  
   

$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.993% in February 2009 at 4.75%, due June 2014

    1,500     1,500  
 

2009 Shelf Registration Statement:

             
   

$750 issued at par in May 2009 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 1.05%, paid May 2011

    750     750  
   

$1,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.967% in May 2009 at 2.25%, paid May 2011

    1,000     1,000  
   

$250 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.984% in May 2009 at 2.95%, due August 2012

    250     250  
   

$800 issued at par in September 2010 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 0.125%, due September 2012

    800     800  
   

$1,100 issued at discount to par of 99.921% in September 2010 at 1.25% due September 2013

    1,099     1,099  
   

$1,100 issued at discount to par of 99.887% in September 2010 at 2.125% due September 2015

    1,099     1,099  
   

$650 issued at discount to par of 99.911% in December 2010 at 2.2% due December 2015

    649      
   

$1,350 issued at discount to par of 99.827% in December 2010 at 3.75% due December 2020

    1,347      
           

    16,237     14,515  
           

EDS Senior Notes

             
 

$1,100 issued June 2003 at 6.0%, due August 2013

    1,125     1,130  
 

$300 issued October 1999 at 7.45%, due October 2029

    315     315  
           

    1,440     1,445  
           

Other, including capital lease obligations, at 0.60%-8.63%, due in calendar years 2011-2024

    867     845  

Fair value adjustment related to hedged debt

    470     669  

Less: current portion

    (4,502 )   (2,216 )
           

Total long-term debt

  $ 14,512   $ 15,258  
           

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Note 11: Borrowings (Continued)

        As disclosed in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, HP uses interest rate swaps to mitigate the market risk exposures in connection with certain fixed interest global notes to achieve primarily U.S. dollar LIBOR-based floating interest expense. The table above does not reflect the interest rate swap impact on the interest rate.

        HP may redeem some or all of the Global Notes set forth in the above table at any time at the redemption prices described in the prospectus supplements relating thereto. The Global Notes are senior unsecured debt.

        In May 2009, HP filed a shelf registration statement (the "2009 Shelf Registration Statement") with the SEC to enable the company to offer for sale, from time to time, in one or more offerings, an unspecified amount of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants. The 2009 Shelf Registration Statement replaced other registration statements filed in March 2002 and May 2006.

        In May 2008, HP's Board of Directors approved an increase in the capacity of HP's U.S. commercial paper program by $10.0 billion to $16.0 billion. HP's subsidiaries are authorized to issue up to an additional $1.0 billion of commercial paper, of which $500 million of capacity is currently available to be used by Hewlett-Packard International Bank PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP, for its Euro Commercial Paper/Certificate of Deposit Programme.

        HP has a $3.0 billion five-year credit facility expiring in May 2012. In February 2010, HP entered into a $3.5 billion 364-day credit facility. The February credit facility expired in February 2011, at which time HP entered into a new $4.5 billion four-year credit facility, increasing the total amount available under its credit facilities to $7.5 billion. Commitment fees, interest rates and other terms of borrowing under the credit facilities vary based on HP's external credit ratings. The credit facilities are senior unsecured committed borrowing arrangements primarily to support the issuance of U.S. commercial paper. HP's ability to have a U.S. commercial paper outstanding balance that exceeds the $7.5 billion supported by these credit facilities is subject to a number of factors, including liquidity conditions and business performance.

        Within Other, including capital lease obligations, are borrowings that are collateralized by certain financing receivable assets. As of April 30, 2011, the carrying value of the assets approximated the carrying value of the borrowings of $250 million.

        As of April 30, 2011, HP had the capacity to issue an unspecified amount of additional debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants under the 2009 Shelf Registration Statement. As of that date, HP also had up to approximately $14.4 billion of available borrowing resources, including $13.0 billion under its commercial paper programs and approximately $1.4 billion relating to uncommitted lines of credit.

        On May 31, 2011, HP issued $5.0 billion of U.S. Dollar Global Notes under the 2009 Shelf Registration Statement. The Global Notes consisted of floating rate notes with maturities of two and three years from the date of issuance and fixed rate notes at market rates with maturities of three, five and ten years from the date of issuance.

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Note 12: Income Taxes

        HP's effective tax rate was 20.3% and 20.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2011 and April 30, 2010, respectively, and 20.7% and 20.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2011 and April 30, 2010, respectively. HP's effective tax rate generally differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from HP's operations in lower-tax jurisdictions throughout the world. The jurisdictions with favorable tax rates with the most significant effective tax rate impact in the periods presented include Singapore, the Netherlands, China, Ireland and Puerto Rico. HP has not provided U.S. taxes for all of such earnings because HP plans to reinvest some of those earnings indefinitely outside the United States.

        In the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP recorded discrete items with a net tax benefit of $56 million and $157 million, respectively. These amounts included net tax benefits of $53 million and $112 million, respectively, from restructuring and acquisition charges. In addition, in December 2010, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 was signed into law. HP recorded a tax benefit of $43 million arising from the retroactive research and development credit provided by that legislation in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

        In the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, HP recorded discrete items with a net tax benefit of $47 million and $139 million, respectively. These amounts included net tax benefits of $80 million and $134 million, respectively, from restructuring and acquisition charges; and net tax expense of $33 million and net tax benefits of $5 million, respectively, associated with adjustments to prior year foreign income tax accruals and credits, settlement of tax audit matters, a valuation allowance release, and other miscellaneous discrete items.

        As of April 30, 2011, the amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $1.9 billion, of which up to $1.2 billion would affect HP's effective tax rate if realized. HP recognizes interest income and interest expense and penalties on tax overpayments and underpayments within income tax expense. As of April 30, 2011, HP had accrued a net $182 million payable for interest and penalties. In the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP recognized $22 million and $1 million, respectively, of net interest expense on net tax underpayments, net of tax.

        HP engages in continuous discussion and negotiation with taxing authorities regarding tax matters in various jurisdictions. HP does not expect complete resolution of any Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") audit cycle within the next 12 months. However, it is reasonably possible that certain federal, foreign and state tax issues may be concluded in the next 12 months, including issues involving transfer pricing and other matters. Accordingly, HP believes it is reasonably possible that its existing unrecognized tax benefits may be reduced by an amount up to $246 million within the next 12 months.

        HP is subject to income tax in the United States and approximately 80 foreign countries and is subject to routine corporate income tax audits in many of these jurisdictions. In addition, HP is subject to numerous ongoing audits by state and foreign tax authorities. HP has received from the IRS Notices of Deficiency for its fiscal 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005 tax years, and Revenue Agent's Reports ("RAR") for its fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2006 tax years. The IRS began an audit of HP's 2007 income tax returns in 2009, and began its audit of HP's 2008 and 2009 income tax returns during 2010 and 2011, respectively. With respect to major foreign and state tax jurisdictions, HP is no longer subject to tax

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authority examinations for years prior to 1999. HP believes that adequate accruals have been provided for all open tax years.

        The IRS has completed its examination of EDS tax years through 2002 and no unresolved issues remain outstanding. EDS has received RARs for its 2003 through 2006 tax years, proposing tax deficiencies of $110 million. These deficiencies include a $29 million effect on carrybacks to 2000 though 2002. The IRS is currently auditing EDS's tax years 2007 and the short period ended August 26, 2008. HP is appealing certain issues and believes adequate reserves have been provided for all years.

        The breakdown between current and long-term deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities was as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Current deferred tax assets

  $ 5,102   $ 5,833  

Current deferred tax liabilities

    (54 )   (53 )

Long-term deferred tax assets

    2,241     2,070  

Long-term deferred tax liabilities

    (5,225 )   (5,239 )
           

Total deferred tax assets net of deferred tax liabilities

  $ 2,064   $ 2,611  
           

Note 13: Stockholders' Equity

        HP's share repurchase program authorizes both open market and private repurchase transactions. In the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP executed share repurchases of 65 million shares and 116 million shares, respectively. For the three months ended April 30, 2011, repurchases of 63 million shares were settled for $2.7 billion. For the six months ended April 30, 2011, repurchases of 117 million shares were settled for $5.0 billion, which included 4 million shares repurchased in transactions that were executed in fiscal 2010 but settled in the first half of fiscal 2011. HP had approximately 2 million shares repurchased in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 that will be settled in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. HP paid approximately $1.8 billion in connection with repurchases of approximately 35 million shares during the three months ended April 30, 2010 and paid approximately $4.5 billion in connection with repurchases of approximately 89 million shares in the first six months of fiscal 2010. As of April 30, 2011, HP had remaining authorization of $5.9 billion for future share repurchases.

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(Unaudited)

Note 13: Stockholders' Equity (Continued)

        The changes in the components of other comprehensive income ("OCI"), net of taxes, were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Net earnings

  $ 2,304   $ 2,200  

Net change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax benefit of $7 million in 2011, and net of tax of $4 million in 2010

        7  

Net change in unrealized gains/losses on cash flow hedges:

             
 

Unrealized (losses) gains recognized in OCI, net of tax benefit of $273 million in 2011 and net of tax of $81 million in 2010

    (498 )   157  
 

Losses (gains) reclassified into income, net of tax benefit of $110 million in 2011 and net of tax of $73 million in 2010

    226     (130 )
           

    (272 )   27  
           

Net change in cumulative translation adjustment, net of tax of $1 million in 2011 and $12 million in 2010

    81     71  

Net change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans, net of tax benefit of $108 million in 2011 and net of tax of $60 million in 2010

    297     83  
           

Comprehensive income

  $ 2,410   $ 2,388  
           

 

 
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Net earnings

  $ 4,909   $ 4,450  

Net change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax benefit of $2 million in 2011 and net of tax of $5 million in 2010

    10     9  

Net change in unrealized gains/losses on cash flow hedges:

             
 

Unrealized (losses) gains recognized in OCI, net of tax benefit of $241 million in 2011 and net of tax of $238 million in 2010

    (438 )   447  
 

Losses (gains) reclassified into income, net of tax benefit of $109 million in 2011 and net of tax of $31 million in 2010

    213     (70 )
           

    (225 )   377  
           

Net change in cumulative translation adjustment, net of tax of $18 million in 2011 and net of tax benefit of $2 million in 2010

    132     11  

Net change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans, net of tax benefit of $98 million in 2011 and net of tax of $69 million in 2010

    328     94  
           

Comprehensive income

  $ 5,154   $ 4,941  
           

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(Unaudited)

Note 13: Stockholders' Equity (Continued)

        The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, were as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

  $ 30   $ 20  

Net unrealized loss on cash flow hedges

    (426 )   (201 )

Cumulative translation adjustment

    (299 )   (431 )

Unrealized components of defined benefit plans

    (2,897 )   (3,225 )
           

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  $ (3,592 ) $ (3,837 )
           

Note 14: Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

        HP offers various defined contribution plans for U.S. and non-U.S. employees. As disclosed in our Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, HP matching contributions under both the HP 401(k) Plan and the EDS 401(k) Plan in fiscal 2010 were on a quarterly, discretionary, performance-based match of up to a maximum of 4% of eligible compensation for all U.S. employees to be determined each fiscal quarter based on business results. HP's matching contributions for each of the quarters in fiscal 2010 were 100% of the maximum 4% match. Effective in fiscal year 2011, the quarterly employer matching contributions in the HP 401(k) Plan and the EDS 401(k) Plan are no longer discretionary and are equal to 100% of an employee's contributions, up to a maximum of 4% of eligible compensation. In addition, effective December 31, 2010, the EDS 401(k) Plan was merged into the HP 401(k) Plan.

        HP's net pension and post-retirement benefit costs were as follows:

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans
  Non-U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans
  Post-
Retirement
Benefit Plans
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Service cost

  $   $   $ 89   $ 82   $ 2   $ 3  

Interest cost

    149     144     177     165     9     12  

Expected return on plan assets

    (186 )   (165 )   (225 )   (188 )   (9 )   (8 )

Amortization and deferrals:

                                     
 

Actuarial loss

    8     7     60     53         5  
 

Prior service benefit

              (4 )   (3 )   (20 )   (22 )
                           

Net periodic benefit (gain) cost

    (29 )   (14 )   97     109     (18 )   (10 )

Curtailment gain

                        (13 )

Settlements

            2              

Special termination benefits

            6     11          
                           

Net benefit (gain) cost

  $ (29 ) $ (14 ) $ 105   $ 120   $ (18 ) $ (23 )
                           

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(Unaudited)

Note 14: Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (Continued)

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans
  Non-U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans
  Post-
Retirement
Benefit Plans
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Service cost

  $   $   $ 174   $ 168   $ 4   $ 6  

Interest cost

    297     289     346     337     17     24  

Expected return on plan assets

    (372 )   (331 )   (438 )   (386 )   (18 )   (15 )

Amortization and deferrals:

                                     
 

Actuarial loss

    17     14     122     109     1     10  
 

Prior service benefit

            (7 )   (5 )   (41 )   (43 )
                           

Net periodic benefit (gain) cost

    (58 )   (28 )   197     223     (37 )   (18 )

Curtailment gain

                        (13 )

Settlements

            2              

Special termination benefits

            8     11          
                           

Net benefit (gain) cost

  $ (58 ) $ (28 ) $ 207   $ 234   $ (37 ) $ (31 )
                           

        HP previously disclosed in its Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010 that in fiscal year 2011 it expected to contribute approximately $747 million to its pension plans and approximately $30 million to cover benefit payments to U.S. non-qualified plan participants. In addition, HP disclosed that it expected to pay approximately $40 million to cover benefit claims for HP's post-retirement benefit plans. HP's funding policy is to contribute cash to its pension plans so that it makes at least the minimum contribution required by local authorities.

        During the six months ended April 30, 2011, HP made $262 million of contributions to its pension plans, paid $14 million to cover benefit payments to U.S. non-qualified plan participants, and paid $14 million to cover benefit claims under post-retirement benefit plans. During the remainder of fiscal 2011, HP anticipates making additional contributions of approximately $485 million to its pension plans and approximately $16 million to its U.S. non-qualified plan participants and expects to pay up to $26 million to cover benefit claims under post-retirement benefit plans. HP's pension and other post-retirement benefit costs and obligations are dependent on various assumptions. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2011, pension plans in the United Kingdom were re-measured primarily due to legislative changes. As a result of these legislative changes and higher discount rates at remeasurement, the pension obligation was reduced by approximately $355 million. Differences between expected and actual returns on investments will be reflected as unrecognized gains or losses, and such gains or losses will be amortized and recorded in future periods. Poor financial performance of invested assets in any year could lead to increased contributions in certain countries and increased future pension plan expense. Asset gains or losses are determined at the measurement date and amortized over the remaining service life or life expectancy of plan participants. HP's next measurement date is October 31, 2011.

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies

        HP is involved in lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings, including those identified below, consisting of intellectual property, commercial, securities, employment, employee benefits and environmental matters that arise in the ordinary course of business. HP records a provision for a liability when management believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. HP believes it has adequate provisions for any such matters, and, as of April 30, 2011, it was not reasonably possible that an additional material loss had been incurred in an amount in excess of the amounts already recognized on HP's financial statements. HP reviews these provisions at least quarterly and adjusts these provisions to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. Based on its experience, HP believes that any damage amounts claimed in the specific matters discussed below are not a meaningful indicator of HP's potential liability. Litigation is inherently unpredictable. However, HP believes that it has valid defenses with respect to legal matters pending against it. Nevertheless, cash flows or results of operations could be materially affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of one or more of these contingencies.

Litigation, Proceedings and Investigations

        Copyright levies.    As described below, proceedings are ongoing or have been concluded involving HP in certain European Union ("EU") member countries, including litigation in Germany, Belgium and Austria, seeking to impose or modify levies upon equipment (such as multifunction devices ("MFDs"), personal computers ("PCs") and printers) and alleging that these devices enable producing private copies of copyrighted materials. Descriptions of some of the ongoing proceedings are included below. The levies are generally based upon the number of products sold and the per-product amounts of the levies, which vary. Some EU member countries that do not yet have levies on digital devices are expected to implement similar legislation to enable them to extend existing levy schemes, while some other EU member countries are expected to limit the scope of levy schemes and applicability in the digital hardware environment. HP, other companies and various industry associations have opposed the extension of levies to the digital environment and have advocated alternative models of compensation to rights holders.

        VerwertungsGesellschaft Wort ("VG Wort"), a collection agency representing certain copyright holders, instituted legal proceedings against HP in the Stuttgart Civil Court seeking levies on printers. On December 22, 2004, the court held that HP is liable for payments regarding all printers using ASCII code sold in Germany but did not determine the amount payable per unit. HP appealed this decision in January 2005 to the Stuttgart Court of Appeals. On May 11, 2005, the Stuttgart Court of Appeals issued a decision confirming that levies are due. On June 6, 2005, HP filed an appeal to the German Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe. On December 6, 2007, the German Federal Supreme Court issued a judgment that printers are not subject to levies under the existing law. The court issued a written decision on January 25, 2008, and VG Wort subsequently filed an application with the German Federal Supreme Court under Section 321a of the German Code of Civil Procedure contending that the court did not consider their arguments. On May 9, 2008, the German Federal Supreme Court denied VG Wort's application. VG Wort appealed the decision by filing a claim with the German Federal Constitutional Court challenging the ruling that printers are not subject to levies. On September 21, 2010, the Constitutional Court published a decision holding that the German Federal Supreme Court erred by not referring questions on interpretation of German copyright law to

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)


the Court of Justice of the European Union and therefore revoked the German Federal Supreme Court decision and remitted the matter to it. The German Federal Supreme Court held a hearing on March 24, 2011, and judgment is expected on July 21, 2011.

        In September 2003, VG Wort filed a lawsuit against Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH ("FSC") in the Munich Civil Court in Munich, Germany seeking levies on PCs. This is an industry test case in Germany, and HP has agreed not to object to the delay if VG Wort sues HP for such levies on PCs following a final decision against FSC. On December 23, 2004, the Munich Civil Court held that PCs are subject to a levy and that FSC must pay €12 plus compound interest for each PC sold in Germany since March 2001. FSC appealed this decision in January 2005 to the Munich Court of Appeals. On December 15, 2005, the Munich Court of Appeals affirmed the Munich Civil Court decision. FSC filed an appeal with the German Federal Supreme Court in February 2006. On October 2, 2008, the German Federal Supreme Court issued a judgment that PCs were not photocopiers within the meaning of the German copyright law that was in effect until December 31, 2007 and, therefore, not subject to the levies on photocopiers established by that law. VG Wort subsequently filed a claim with the German Federal Constitutional Court challenging that ruling. In January 2011, the Constitutional Court published a decision holding that the German Federal Supreme Court decision was inconsistent with the German Constitution and revoking the German Federal Supreme Court decision. The Constitutional Court remitted the matter to the German Federal Supreme Court for further action. The German Federal Supreme Court held a hearing on April 7, 2011, and judgment is expected on July 21, 2011.

        Reprobel, a cooperative society with the authority to collect and distribute the remuneration for reprography to Belgian copyright holders, requested HP by extra-judicial means to amend certain copyright levy declarations submitted for inkjet MFDs sold in Belgium from January 2005 to December 2009 to enable it to collect copyright levies calculated based on the generally higher copying speed when the MFDs are operated in draft print mode rather than when operated in normal print mode. In March 2010, HP filed a lawsuit against Reprobel in the French-speaking chambers of the Court of First Instance of Brussels seeking a declaratory judgment that no copyright levies are payable on sales of MFDs in Belgium or, alternatively, that copyright levies payable on such MFDs must be assessed based on the copying speed when operated in the normal print mode set by default in the device. The schedule for the court proceedings has been determined, and no decision from the court is expected before September 2012.

        Based on industry opposition to the extension of levies to digital products, HP's assessments of the merits of various proceedings and HP's estimates of the units impacted and levies, HP has accrued amounts that it believes are adequate to address the matters described above. However, the ultimate resolution of these matters and the associated financial impact on HP, including the number of units impacted, the amount of levies imposed and the ability of HP to recover such amounts through increased prices, remains uncertain.

        Skold, et al. v. Intel Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company is a lawsuit in which HP was joined on June 14, 2004 that is pending in state court in Santa Clara County, California. The lawsuit alleges that HP (along with Intel) misled the public by suppressing and concealing the alleged material fact that systems that use the Intel Pentium 4 processor are less powerful and slower than systems using the Intel Pentium III processor and processors made by a competitor of Intel. The plaintiffs seek

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)


unspecified damages, restitution, attorneys' fees and costs, and certification of a nationwide class. On February 27, 2009, the court denied with prejudice plaintiffs' motion for nationwide class certification for a third time. The plaintiffs have appealed the court's decision, and a hearing on that appeal is scheduled for June 14, 2011.

        Inkjet Printer Litigation.    As described below, HP is involved in several lawsuits claiming breach of express and implied warranty, unjust enrichment, deceptive advertising and unfair business practices where the plaintiffs have alleged, among other things, that HP employed a "smart chip" in certain inkjet printing products in order to register ink depletion prematurely and to render the cartridge unusable through a built-in expiration date that is hidden, not documented in marketing materials to consumers, or both. The plaintiffs have also contended that consumers received false ink depletion warnings and that the smart chip limits the ability of consumers to use the cartridge to its full capacity or to choose competitive products.

        On August 25, 2010, HP and the plaintiffs in In re HP Inkjet Printer Litigation, Blennis v. HP and Rich v. HP entered into an agreement to settle those lawsuits on behalf of the proposed classes, which agreement is subject to approval of the court before it becomes final. Under the terms of the proposed

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)


settlement, the lawsuits will be consolidated, and eligible class members will each have the right to obtain e-credits not to exceed $5 million in the aggregate for use in purchasing printers or printer supplies through HP's website. As part of the proposed settlement, HP also agreed to provide class members with additional information regarding HP inkjet printer functionality and to change the content of certain software and user guide messaging provided to users regarding the life of inkjet printer cartridges. In addition, class counsel and the class representatives will be paid attorneys' fees and expenses and stipends. On March 29, 2011, the court granted final approval to the settlement. On April 27, 2011, certain class members who objected to the settlement filed an appeal of the court's order granting final approval to the settlement.

        Baggett v. HP is a consumer class action filed against HP on June 6, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that HP employs a technology in its LaserJet color printers whereby the printing process shuts down prematurely, thus preventing customers from using the toner that is allegedly left in the cartridge. The plaintiffs also allege that HP fails to disclose to consumers that they will be unable to utilize the toner remaining in the cartridge after the printer shuts down. The complaint seeks certification of a nationwide class of purchasers of all HP LaserJet color printers and seeks unspecified damages, restitution, disgorgement, injunctive relief, attorneys' fees and costs. On September 29, 2009, the court granted HP's motion for summary judgment against the named plaintiff and denied plaintiff's motion for class certification as moot. On November 3, 2009, the court entered judgment against the named plaintiff. On November 17, 2009, plaintiff filed an appeal of the court's summary judgment ruling with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On August 25, 2010, HP and the plaintiff entered into an agreement to settle the lawsuit on behalf of the proposed class, which agreement is subject to approval of the court before it becomes final. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, eligible class members will each have the right to obtain e-credits not to exceed $5 million in the aggregate for use in purchasing printers or printer supplies through HP's website. In addition, class counsel and the class representative will be paid attorneys' fees and expenses and stipends in an amount that is yet to be approved by the court. On October 13, 2010, the court granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement. The court held a fairness hearing on February 14, 2011 to determine whether to grant final approval of the proposed settlement. The court has not yet issued a decision.

        Fair Labor Standards Act Litigation.    HP is involved in several lawsuits in which the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid overtime compensation and other damages based on allegations that various employees of EDS or HP have been misclassified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and/or in violation of the California Labor Code or other state laws. Those matters include the following:

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

        India Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Proceedings.    As described below, Hewlett-Packard India Sales Private Ltd ("HPI"), a subsidiary of HP, and certain current and former HP employees have received show cause notices from the India Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (the "DRI") alleging underpayment of certain customs duties:

HP intends to contest each of the show cause notices through the judicial process. HP has responded or is in the process of responding to the show cause notices.

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(Unaudited)

Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

        Russia GPO and Related Investigations.    The German Public Prosecutor's Office ("German PPO") has been conducting an investigation into allegations that current and former employees of HP engaged in bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion relating to a transaction between Hewlett-Packard ISE GmbH in Germany, a former subsidiary of HP, and the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. The approximately €35 million transaction, which was referred to as the Russia GPO deal, spanned the years 2001 to 2006 and was for the delivery and installation of an IT network.

        The U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC have also been conducting an investigation into the Russia GPO deal and potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"). Under the FCPA, a person or an entity could be subject to fines, civil penalties of up to $500,000 per violation and equitable remedies, including disgorgement and other injunctive relief. In addition, criminal penalties could range from the greater of $2 million per violation or twice the gross pecuniary gain or loss from the violation.

        In addition to information about the Russia GPO deal, the U.S. enforcement authorities have requested (i) information related to certain other transactions, including transactions in Russia, Serbia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) subregion dating back to 2000, and (ii) information related to two former HP executives seconded to Russia and to whether HP personnel in Russia, Germany, Austria, Serbia, the Netherlands or CIS were involved in kickbacks or other improper payments to channel partners or state-owned or private entities.

        HP is cooperating with these investigating agencies.

        In addition, as described below, HP is involved in stockholder derivative litigation arising from the Russia GPO deal, the related investigations and other matters commenced against current and former members of the HP Board of Directors in which the plaintiffs are seeking to recover certain compensation paid by HP to the defendants and other damages:

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        Leak Investigation Proceedings.    As described below, HP is or has been the subject of various governmental inquiries concerning the processes employed in an investigation into leaks of HP confidential information to members of the media that concluded in May 2006:

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Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

        In addition, four stockholder derivative lawsuits have been filed in California purportedly on behalf of HP stockholders seeking to recover damages for alleged breach of fiduciary duty and to require HP to improve its corporate governance and internal control procedures as a result of the activities of the leak investigation: Staehr v. Dunn, et al. was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on September 18, 2006; Worsham v. Dunn, et al. was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on September 14, 2006; Tansey v. Dunn, et al. was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on September 20, 2006; and Hall v. Dunn, et al. was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on September 25, 2006. On October 19, 2006, the Santa Clara County Superior Court consolidated the four California cases under the caption In re Hewlett-Packard Company Derivative Litigation. The consolidated complaint filed on November 19, 2006, also seeks to recover damages in connection with sales of HP stock alleged to have been made by certain current and former HP officers and directors while in possession of material non-public information. Two additional stockholder derivative lawsuits, Pifko v. Babbio, et al., filed on September 19, 2006, and Gross v. Babbio, et al., filed on November 21, 2006, were filed in Chancery Court, County of New Castle, Delaware; both seek to recover damages for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and to obtain an order instructing the defendants to refrain from further breaches of fiduciary duty and to implement corrective measures that will prevent future occurrences of the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. On January 24, 2007, the Delaware court consolidated the two cases under the caption In re Hewlett-Packard Company Derivative Litigation and subsequently stayed the proceedings, as the parties had reached a tentative settlement. The HP Board of Directors appointed a Special Litigation Committee consisting of independent Board members authorized to investigate, review and evaluate the facts and circumstances asserted in these derivative matters and to determine how HP should proceed in these matters. On December 14, 2007, HP and the plaintiffs in the California and Delaware derivative actions entered into an agreement to settle those lawsuits. Under the terms of the settlement, HP agreed to continue certain corporate governance changes until December 31, 2012 and to pay the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees. The California court granted final approval to the settlement on March 11, 2008 and subsequently granted plaintiffs' counsel's fee application and dismissed the action. On June 12, 2008, the Delaware court granted final approval to the settlement and the plaintiffs' application for attorneys' fees and also dismissed the action. Because neither the dismissal of the California nor the Delaware derivative action was thereafter appealed, both cases are now concluded.

Environmental

        Our operations and our products are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations concerning environmental protection, including laws addressing the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the cleanup of contaminated sites, the content of its products and the recycling, treatment and disposal of its products. In particular, HP faces increasing complexity in its product design and procurement operations as it adjusts to new and future requirements relating to the chemical and materials composition of its products, their safe use, the energy consumption associated with those products, including requirements relating to climate change. We also are subject to legislation in an increasing

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Note 15: Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)


number of jurisdictions that makes producers of electrical goods, including computers and printers, financially responsible for specified collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of past and future covered products (sometimes referred to as "product take-back legislation"). HP could incur substantial costs, its products could be restricted from entering certain jurisdictions, and it could face other sanctions, if it were to violate or become liable under environmental laws or if its products become non-compliant with environmental laws. HP's potential exposure includes fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third-party property damage or personal injury claims and clean up costs. The amount and timing of costs under environmental laws are difficult to predict.

        HP is party to, or otherwise involved in, proceedings brought by U.S. or state environmental agencies under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), known as "Superfund," or state laws similar to CERCLA. HP is also conducting environmental investigations or remediations at several current or former operating sites pursuant to administrative orders or consent agreements with state environmental agencies.

Note 16: Segment Information

        HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. HP's offerings span multi-vendor customer services, including infrastructure technology and business process outsourcing, technology support and maintenance, application development and support services, and consulting and integration services; enterprise information technology infrastructure, including enterprise server and storage technology, networking products and solutions, information management software and software that optimizes business technology investments; personal computing and other access devices; and imaging and printing-related products and services.

        HP and its operations are organized into seven business segments for financial reporting purposes: Services, ESSN, HP Software, PSG, IPG, HP Financial Services ("HPFS"), and Corporate Investments. HP's organizational structure is based on a number of factors that management uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations, which include, but are not limited to, customer base, homogeneity of products and technology. The business segments are based on this organizational structure and information reviewed by HP's management to evaluate the business segment results. Services, ESSN and HP Software are reported collectively as a broader HP Enterprise Business. In order to provide a supplementary view of HP's business, aggregated financial data for the HP Enterprise Business is presented herein.

        HP has reclassified segment operating results for fiscal 2010 to conform to certain fiscal 2011 organizational realignments. None of the changes impacts HP's previously reported consolidated net revenue, earnings from operations, net earnings or net earnings per share. Future changes to this organizational structure may result in changes to the business segments disclosed.

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

        A description of the types of products and services provided by each business segment follows.

        Each of the business segments within the HP Enterprise Business is described in detail below.

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

        HP's business segments not included in HP Enterprise Business are described below.

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

        HP derives the results of the business segments directly from its internal management reporting system. The accounting policies HP uses to derive business segment results are substantially the same as those the consolidated company uses. Management measures the performance of each business segment based on several metrics, including earnings from operations. Management uses these results, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and to assign resources to, each of the business segments. HP does not allocate to its business segments certain operating expenses, which it manages separately at the corporate level. These unallocated costs include primarily restructuring charges and any associated adjustments related to restructuring actions, amortization of purchased intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense related to HP-granted employee stock options, PRUs and IPRUs, restricted stock awards and the employee stock purchase plan, certain acquisition-related charges and charges for purchased in-process research and development, as well as certain corporate governance costs.

        Selected operating results information for each business segment was as follows:

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  Net Revenue   Earnings (Loss)
from Operations
 
 
  2011   2010(1)   2011   2010(1)  
 
  In millions
 

Services

  $ 8,977   $ 8,842   $ 1,361   $ 1,401  

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking(2)

    5,556     4,837     766     624  

HP Software(3)

    764     653     154     167  
                   

HP Enterprise Business

    15,297     14,332     2,281     2,192  
                   

Personal Systems Group

    9,415     9,956     533     465  

Imaging and Printing Group

    6,745     6,396     1,144     1,098  

HP Financial Services

    885     755     83     69  

Corporate Investments(4)

    72     66     (198 )   (65 )
                   

Segment total

  $ 32,414   $ 31,505   $ 3,843   $ 3,759  
                   

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  Net Revenue   Earnings (Loss)
from Operations
 
 
  2011   2010(1)   2011   2010(1)  
 
  In millions
 

Services

  $ 17,584   $ 17,632   $ 2,736   $ 2,780  

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking(2)

    11,190     9,447     1,594     1,231  

HP Software(3)

    1,461     1,316     277     339  
                   

HP Enterprise Business

    30,235     28,395     4,607     4,350  
                   

Personal Systems Group

    19,864     20,540     1,205     995  

Imaging and Printing Group

    13,375     12,602     2,273     2,152  

HP Financial Services

    1,712     1,474     162     136  

Corporate Investments(4)

    150     126     (381 )   (121 )
                   

Segment total

  $ 65,336   $ 63,137   $ 7,866   $ 7,512  
                   

(1)
Certain fiscal 2011 organizational reclassifications have been reflected retroactively to provide improved visibility and comparability. The reclassifications resulted in the transfer of revenue and operating profit among ESSN, HP Software and Corporate Investments. Reclassifications between segments included the transfer of the networking business from Corporate Investments to ESSN, the transfer of the communications and media solutions business from HP Software to Services, and the transfer of the business intelligence business from HP Software to Corporate Investments. There was no impact on the previously reported financial results for PSG, HPFS or IPG.

(2)
Includes the results of 3Com and 3PAR Inc. ("3PAR") from the dates of acquisition in April 2010 and September 2010, respectively.

(3)
Includes the results of ArcSight, Inc. ("ArcSight") from the date of acquisition in October 2010.

(4)
Includes the results of Palm from the date of acquisition in July 2010.

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

        The reconciliation of segment operating results information to HP consolidated totals was as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue:

                         

Segment total

  $ 32,414   $ 31,505   $ 65,336   $ 63,137  

Elimination of inter-segment net revenue and other

    (782 )   (656 )   (1,402 )   (1,111 )
                   

Total HP consolidated net revenue

  $ 31,632   $ 30,849   $ 63,934   $ 62,026  
                   

Earnings before taxes:

                         

Total segment earnings from operations

  $ 3,843   $ 3,759   $ 7,866   $ 7,512  

Corporate and unallocated costs and eliminations

    (153 )   (112 )   (4 )   (200 )

Unallocated costs related to stock-based compensation expense

    (130 )   (185 )   (296 )   (348 )

Amortization of purchased intangible assets

    (413 )   (347 )   (838 )   (677 )

Restructuring charges

    (158 )   (180 )   (316 )   (311 )

Acquisition-related charges

    (21 )   (77 )   (50 )   (115 )

Interest and other, net

    (76 )   (91 )   (173 )   (290 )
                   

Total HP consolidated earnings before taxes

  $ 2,892   $ 2,767   $ 6,189   $ 5,571  
                   

        In connection with certain fiscal 2011 organizational realignments, HP reclassified total assets of its networking business from Corporate Investments to ESSN and total assets of the communications and media solutions business from HP Software to Services. There have been no other material changes to the total assets of HP's segments since October 31, 2010.

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

 
  Three months
ended April 30
  Six months
ended April 30
 
 
  2011   2010(1)   2011   2010(1)  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue:

                         
   

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing

  $ 3,783   $ 3,724   $ 7,419   $ 7,399  
   

Technology Services

    2,713     2,652     5,315     5,283  
   

Application Services

    1,724     1,684     3,356     3,365  
   

Business Process Outsourcing

    673     716     1,331     1,450  
   

Other

    84     66     163     135  
                   
 

Services

    8,977     8,842     17,584     17,632  
                   
   

Industry Standard Servers

    3,387     3,056     6,835     6,002  
   

Storage(2)

    980     948     1,992     1,837  
   

HP Networking(3)

    643     295     1,262     514  
   

Business Critical Systems

    546     538     1,101     1,094  
                   
 

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking

    5,556     4,837     11,190     9,447  
                   
 

HP Software(4)

    764     653     1,461     1,316  
                   

HP Enterprise Business

    15,297     14,332     30,235     28,395  
                   
   

Notebooks

    5,039     5,527     10,847     11,665  
   

Desktops

    3,641     3,797     7,537     7,650  
   

Workstations

    541     423     1,076     798  
   

Other(5)

    194     209     404     427  
                   

Personal Systems Group

    9,415     9,956     19,864     20,540  
                   
   

Supplies

    4,612     4,331     8,970     8,412  
   

Commercial Hardware

    1,438     1,348     2,902     2,639  
   

Consumer Hardware

    695     717     1,503     1,551  
                   

Imaging and Printing Group

    6,745     6,396     13,375     12,602  
                   

HP Financial Services

    885     755     1,712     1,474  

Corporate Investments(6)

    72     66     150     126  
                   
   

Total segments

    32,414     31,505     65,336     63,137  
                   

Eliminations of inter-segment net revenue and other

    (782 )   (656 )   (1,402 )   (1,111 )
                   
   

Total HP consolidated net revenue

  $ 31,632   $ 30,849   $ 63,934   $ 62,026  
                   

(1)
Certain fiscal 2011 organizational reclassifications have been reflected retroactively to provide improved visibility and comparability. The reclassifications resulted in the transfer of revenue among ESSN, Services, HP Software and Corporate Investments. Reclassifications between segments included the transfer of the networking business from Corporate Investments to ESSN,

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Note 16: Segment Information (Continued)

(2)
Includes the results of 3PAR from the date of acquisition in September 2010.

(3)
The networking business was added to ESSN in fiscal 2011. Also includes the results of 3Com from the date of acquisition in April 2010.

(4)
The Business Technology Optimization and Other Software business units were consolidated into a single business unit within the HP Software segment in fiscal 2011. Also includes the results of ArcSight from the date of acquisition in October 2010.

(5)
The Handhelds business unit, which includes devices that run on Windows Mobile software, was realigned into the Other business unit within PSG in fiscal 2011.

(6)
Includes the results of Palm from the date of acquisition in July 2010.

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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations

        The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this document.

OVERVIEW

        We are a leading global provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. Our offerings span:

        We have seven business segments for financial reporting purposes: Services, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking ("ESSN"), HP Software, the Personal Systems Group ("PSG"), the Imaging and Printing Group ("IPG"), HP Financial Services ("HPFS"), and Corporate Investments. Services, ESSN and HP Software are reported collectively as a broader HP Enterprise Business. While the HP Enterprise Business is not an operating segment, we sometimes provide financial data aggregating the segments within it in order to provide a supplementary view of our business.

        Our strategy and operations are currently focused on the following initiatives:

        We are positioning our businesses to take advantage of important trends in the markets for our products and services. Our primary areas of strategic focus are cloud computing, connectivity, the software to enable and join them together, and the services to implement and manage them. On-premise, proprietary computing resources are gradually being complemented and in some cases even replaced by cloud computing. In addition, cloud computing is combining with mobility to create ubiquitous connectivity. Our converged infrastructure products integrate storage, networking, servers and management software and our core data center capabilities form the backbone of a set of cloud offerings that will help customers transition their computing environments from a traditional structure to a hybrid environment and, in many cases, ultimately to a cloud-based environment. We are building an innovative ensemble of connected devices based on our WebOS operating system that will facilitate information creation, digitization, transformation and consumption anytime, anywhere. In addition, our enterprise services offerings give us a platform to be more solution-oriented and a better strategic partner with our customers, provide opportunities to drive usage of HP products and solutions, and give us the opportunity to implement and manage all the technologies upon which our customers rely. We are also aligning our printing business to capitalize on key market trends such as the shift from analog to digital printing and the growth in printable content by developing innovative products, including ePrint solutions and web-connected printers, which enable web and mobile printing,

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expanding our presence in high-usage annuity businesses including graphics and retail publishing printing, and growing our managed print services business.

        We are investing for growth by strengthening our position in our core markets and accelerating growth in adjacent markets in anticipation of market trends, such as cloud computing and virtualization, mobility and connectivity, data center consolidation and automation, digitization and IT security. In addition, in May 2011, we announced that we are going to make changes to our services business, including accelerating portfolio investments in higher value services, enhancing our sales and delivery capabilities, and better aligning our services strategy with HP's overall strategy to better enable us to meet the needs of our customers. We are also creating innovative new products and developing new channels to connect with our customers. In addition, we have been making focused investments in innovation to strengthen our portfolio of products and services that we can offer to our customers, both through acquisitions and through organic investments. These investments have enabled us to expand in higher margin and higher growth industry segments and have further strengthened our portfolio of hardware, software and services.

        We now offer one of the IT industry's broadest portfolios of products and services, and we leverage that portfolio to our strategic advantage. For example, in our enterprise business we are able to provide servers, storage and networking products packaged with services that can be delivered to customers in the manner of their choosing, be it in-house, outsourced as a service via the Internet or via a hybrid environment. Our portfolio of management software completes the package by allowing our customers to manage their IT operations in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In addition, we are working to optimize our supply chain by eliminating complexity, reducing fixed costs, and leveraging our scale to ensure the availability of components at favorable prices even during shortages. We are also expanding our use of industry standard components in our enterprise products to further leverage our scale.

        We are continuing to work to optimize operational excellence across the company. Operational excellence remains critical to the success of HP, and we are implementing effectiveness, productivity and quality initiatives throughout the company. For example, we are continuing to execute our ongoing initiatives to transform our supply chain and leverage our corporate infrastructure and to maximize the efficiency of our research and development efforts. We are also continuing to execute on our multi-year program to consolidate real estate locations worldwide to fewer core sites in order to optimize our IT spending and real estate costs. In addition, we are continuing to implement the restructuring plan announced in June 2010 relating to our enterprise services business. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of this restructuring plan and the associated restructuring charges.

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        The following provides an overview of our key financial metrics in the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2011 and demonstrates how our execution of these initiatives has translated into financial performance:

 
   
  HP Enterprise Business    
   
   
 
 
  HP(1)
Consolidated
  Services   ESSN   HP
Software
  Total   PSG   IPG   HPFS  
 
  In millions, except per share amounts
 

Three Months Ended April 30

                                                 

Net revenue

  $ 31,632   $ 8,977   $ 5,556   $ 764   $ 15,297   $ 9,415   $ 6,745   $ 885  

Year-over-year net revenue % increase (decrease)

    2.5 %   1.5 %   14.9 %   17.0 %   6.7 %   (5.4 )%   5.5 %   17.2 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 2,968   $ 1,361   $ 766   $ 154   $ 2,281   $ 533   $ 1,144   $ 83  

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    9.4 %   15.2 %   13.8 %   20.2 %   14.9 %   5.7 %   17.0 %   9.4 %

Net earnings

  $ 2,304                                            

Net earnings per share

                                                 
 

Basic

  $ 1.07                                            
 

Diluted

  $ 1.05                                            

Six Months Ended April 30

                                                 

Net revenue

  $ 63,934   $ 17,584   $ 11,190   $ 1,461   $ 30,235   $ 19,864   $ 13,375   $ 1,712  

Year-over-year net revenue % increase (decrease)

    3.1 %   (0.3 )%   18.5 %   11.0 %   6.5 %   (3.3 )%   6.1 %   16.1 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 6,362   $ 2,736   $ 1,594   $ 277   $ 4,607   $ 1,205   $ 2,273   $ 162  

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    10.0 %   15.6 %   14.2 %   19.0 %   15.2 %   6.1 %   17.0 %   9.5 %

Net earnings

  $ 4,909                                            

Net earnings per share

                                                 
 

Basic

  $ 2.27                                            
 

Diluted

  $ 2.23                                            

(1)
Includes Corporate Investments and eliminations.

        Cash and cash equivalents at April 30, 2011 totaled $12.7 billion, an increase of $1.8 billion from the October 31, 2010 balance of $10.9 billion. The increase for the first six months of fiscal 2011 was due primarily to $7.0 billion of cash provided from operations, the effect of which was partially offset by $5.0 billion of cash used to repurchase common stock.

        We intend for the discussion of our financial condition and results of operations that follows to provide information that will assist in understanding our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, the changes in certain key items in those financial statements from year to year, and the primary factors that accounted for those changes, as well as how certain accounting principles, policies and estimates affect our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

        The discussion of results of operations at the consolidated level is followed by a more detailed discussion of results of operations by segment.

        For a further discussion of trends, uncertainties and other factors that could impact our operating results, see the section entitled "Factors That Could Affect Future Results."

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

        Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based upon our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, which we have prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Senior management has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of significant estimates with the

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Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

        An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, if different estimates reasonably could have been used, or if changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur could materially impact the financial statements. Management believes that there have been no significant changes during the six months ended April 30, 2011 to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010.

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

        The following is a summary of certain accounting pronouncements with application to our consolidated financial statements in future periods.

        In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued amendments to the FASB Accounting Standard Codification relating to fair value measurements. The amendments clarify the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and results in common measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). We will apply these amendments prospectively beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2012. We are currently evaluating the impact the application of these amendments will have on our consolidated financial statements.

        In April 2011, the FASB issued amendments to the FASB Accounting Standard Codification relating to troubled debt restructurings. The guidance clarifies when the restructuring of a receivable should be considered a troubled debt restructuring, for which specific impairment measurement and financial statement disclosures are required. We will apply these amendments in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, and apply it retrospectively to the beginning of fiscal 2011. We are currently evaluating the impact the application of these amendments will have on our consolidated financial statements.

CONSTANT CURRENCY PRESENTATION

        Revenue from our international operations has historically represented, and we expect will continue to represent, a majority of our overall net revenue. As a result, our revenue growth has been impacted, and we expect will continue to be impacted, by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. In order to provide a framework for assessing how each of our business segments performed excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, we present the year-over-year percentage change in revenue performance on a constant currency basis, which assumes no change in the exchange rate from the prior-year period. This constant currency disclosure is provided in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the year-over-year percentage change in revenue on an as-reported basis.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

        Set forth below is an analysis of our financial results comparing the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 to the three and six months ended April 30, 2010. Unless otherwise noted, all comparative performance data included below reflect year-over-year comparisons.

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        Results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of net revenue were as follows:

 
  Three months ended April 30   Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010(1)   2011   2010(1)  
 
  Dollars   % of
Revenue
  Dollars   % of
Revenue
  Dollars   % of
Revenue
  Dollars   % of
Revenue
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 31,632     100.0 % $ 30,849     100.0 % $ 63,934     100.0 % $ 62,026     100.0 %

Cost of sales(2)

    23,860     75.4 %   23,569     76.4 %   48,268     75.5 %   47,596     76.7 %
                                   

Gross profit

    7,772     24.6 %   7,280     23.6 %   15,666     24.5 %   14,430     23.3 %

Research and development

    815     2.6 %   722     2.3 %   1,613     2.5 %   1,403     2.3 %

Selling, general and administrative

    3,397     10.7 %   3,096     10.1 %   6,487     10.2 %   6,063     9.8 %

Amortization of purchased intangible assets

    413     1.3 %   347     1.1 %   838     1.2 %   677     1.1 %

Restructuring charges

    158     0.5 %   180     0.6 %   316     0.5 %   311     0.5 %

Acquisition-related charges

    21     0.1 %   77     0.2 %   50     0.1 %   115     0.2 %
                                   

Earnings from operations

    2,968     9.4 %   2,858     9.3 %   6,362     10.0 %   5,861     9.4 %

Interest and other, net

    (76 )   (0.3 )%   (91 )   (0.3 )%   (173 )   (0.3 )%   (290 )   (0.4 )%
                                   

Earnings before taxes

    2,892     9.1 %   2,767     9.0 %   6,189     9.7 %   5,571     9.0 %

Provision for taxes

    588     1.8 %   567     1.9 %   1,280     2.0 %   1,121     1.8 %
                                   

Net earnings

  $ 2,304     7.3 % $ 2,200     7.1 % $ 4,909     7.7 % $ 4,450     7.2 %
                                   

(1)
In connection with organizational realignments implemented in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, certain costs previously reported as Cost of sales have been reclassified as Selling, general and administrative expenses to better align those costs with the functional areas that benefit from those expenditures.

(2)
Cost of products, cost of services and financing interest.

Net Revenue

        The components of the weighted net revenue change were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30, 2011
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  Percentage Points
 

Enterprise, Servers, Storage and Networking

    2.3     2.8  

Imaging and Printing Group

    1.1     1.3  

HP Financial Services

    0.4     0.4  

HP Software

    0.4     0.2  

Services

    0.5     (0.1 )

Corporate Investments/Other

    (0.4 )   (0.4 )

Personal Systems Group

    (1.8 )   (1.1 )
           

Total HP

    2.5     3.1  
           

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, total HP net revenue increased 2.5% and 3.1%, respectively (1.3% and 2.9%, respectively, on a constant currency basis). U.S. net revenue increased 0.6% to $10.6 billion for the three months ended April 30, 2011, while net revenue from outside of the United States increased 3.6% to $21.0 billion. U.S. net revenue increased 2.6% to $22.0 billion for the six months ended April 30, 2011, while net revenue from outside of the United States increased 3.3% to $41.9 billion. As reflected in the table above, the ESSN segment was the largest contributor to HP net revenue growth as a result of balanced growth across all regions helped by the 3Com and 3PAR acquisitions. An analysis of the change in net revenue for each business segment is included under "Segment Information" below.

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Gross Margin

        Total HP gross margin increased by 1.0 and 1.2 percentage points for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011. The increase was a result of component cost declines from a favorable commodity pricing environment and a favorable product mix due to higher HP Networking and HP Software revenue.

        Services gross margin decreased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to a higher mix of revenue from products sold in connection with enterprise services engagements, a higher mix of lower margin technology support services, rate concessions arising from recent contract renewals and lower than expected revenue. The decrease was partially offset by a continued focus on operating improvements and cost initiatives that favorably impacted the cost structure of both our enterprise services and technology services businesses.

        ESSN gross margin increased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 primarily as a result of a product mix shift towards higher margin products and lower product costs.

        HP Software gross margin was flat for the three months ended April 30, 2011 and increased for the six months ended April 30, 2011. The increase was due primarily to rate improvements in support and licenses.

        PSG gross margin increased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 primarily as a result of component cost declines and lower warranty expenses, the effect of which was partially offset by pricing actions and increased logistics costs.

        IPG gross margin declined for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to a mix shift in Consumer Hardware and Commercial Hardware toward lower price point products as well as an unfavorable impact of currency driven mainly by the Yen, the effect of which was partially offset by improvements in supplies volume and continued cost management associated with the optimization of our supply chain.

        HPFS gross margin increased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 primarily due to lower bad debt expenses, the effect of which was partially offset by lower portfolio margins related to a higher operating lease mix.

        Corporate Investments gross margin decreased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 primarily as a result of the lower gross margin products associated with the acquisition of Palm, Inc. ("Palm").

Operating Expenses

        Total research and development ("R&D") expense increased in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to additional expenses from acquired companies. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, R&D expense increased for ESSN, Corporate Investments and HP Software, and decreased for Services, IPG and PSG. The increase for ESSN was driven by acquisition investments and innovation focused spend in networking and storage products. The increase for Corporate Investments was due to investments in WebOS devices.

        Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expense increased in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to higher field selling and marketing costs as a result of our investments in sales resources to grow revenue. The increase for the six months ended April 30, 2011 was partially offset by $270 million net gains on the sale of real estate. For the three months ended April 30, 2011, SG&A expense as a percentage of net revenue increased for each of our segments except for Services and IPG, which experienced a decrease. For the six months ended April 30, 2011, SG&A expense as a percentage of net revenue increased for each of our segments except for Services, IPG and HPFS, which experienced a decrease.

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        The increase in amortization expense for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was due primarily to increased amortization of purchased intangible assets from acquisitions completed during fiscal 2010.

        Restructuring charges for the three months ended April 30, 2011 were $158 million. These charges included $79 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2008 restructuring plan and $63 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2010 Enterprise Services restructuring plan. Restructuring charges for the six months ended April 30, 2011 were $316 million. These charges included $160 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2010 Enterprise Services restructuring plan and $140 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2008 restructuring plan.

        Restructuring charges for the three months ended April 30, 2010 were $180 million. These charges included $162 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2008 restructuring plan, and $3 million and $15 million of severance costs associated with our fiscal 2009 and 3Com restructuring plans, respectively. Restructuring charges for the six months ended April 30, 2010 were $311 million. These charges included $292 million of severance and facility costs related to our fiscal 2008 restructuring plan, and $4 million and $15 million of severance costs associated with our fiscal 2009 and 3Com restructuring plans, respectively.

        As part of our ongoing business operations, we incurred workforce rebalancing charges for severance and related costs within certain business segments during the first six months of fiscal 2011 and 2010. Workforce rebalancing activities are considered part of normal operations as we continue to optimize our cost structure. Workforce rebalancing costs are included in our business segment results, and we expect to incur additional workforce rebalancing costs in the future.

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, we recorded acquisition-related charges of $21 million and $50 million, respectively, primarily for retention bonuses, consulting and integration costs associated with the acquisitions completed in fiscal 2010.

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, we recorded acquisition-related charges of $77 million and $115 million, respectively, primarily for consulting and integration costs associated with the EDS and 3Com acquisitions, as well as retention bonuses associated with the EDS acquisition.

Interest and Other, Net

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, interest and other, net improved by $15 million and $117 million, respectively. The improvements in both periods were driven primarily by lower litigation costs and lower currency transaction losses, the effect of which was partially offset by certain asset impairment charges.

Provision for Taxes

        Our effective tax rate was 20.3% and 20.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2011 and April 30, 2010, respectively, and 20.7% and 20.1% for the six months ended April 30, 2011 and April 30, 2010, respectively. Our effective tax rate generally differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from our operations in lower-tax jurisdictions throughout the world. The jurisdictions with favorable tax rates with the most significant effective tax rate impact in the periods presented include Singapore, the Netherlands, China, Ireland

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and Puerto Rico. We have not provided U.S. taxes for all of such earnings because we plan to reinvest some of those earnings indefinitely outside the United States.

        In the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, we recorded discrete items with a net tax benefit of $56 million and $157 million, respectively. These amounts included net tax benefits of $53 million and $112 million, respectively, from restructuring and acquisition charges. In addition, in December 2010, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 was signed into law. We recorded a tax benefit of $43 million arising from the retroactive research and development credit provided by that legislation in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

        In the three and six months ended April 30, 2010, we recorded discrete items with a net tax benefit of $47 million and $139 million, respectively. These amounts included net tax benefits of $80 million and $134 million, respectively, from restructuring and acquisition charges; and net tax expense of $33 million and net tax benefits of $5 million, respectively, associated with adjustments to prior year foreign income tax accruals and credits, settlement of tax audit matters, a valuation allowance release, and other miscellaneous discrete items.

Segment Information

        A description of the products and services for each segment can be found in Note 16 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. Future changes to this organizational structure may result in changes to the business segments disclosed.

HP Enterprise Business

        Services, ESS and HP Software are reported collectively as a broader HP Enterprise Business. We describe the results of the business segments of the HP Enterprise Business in more detail below.

Services

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 8,977   $ 8,842     1.5 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 1,361   $ 1,401     (2.9 )%

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    15.2 %   15.8 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Decrease  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 17,584   $ 17,632     (0.3 )%

Earnings from operations

  $ 2,736   $ 2,780     (1.6 )%

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    15.6 %   15.8 %      

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        The components of the weighted net revenue increase by business unit were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30, 2011
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  Percentage Points
 

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing

    0.7     0.1  

Technology Services

    0.7     0.2  

Application Services

    0.4     (0.1 )

Business Process Outsourcing

    (0.5 )   (0.7 )

Other

    0.2     0.2  
           

Total Services

    1.5     (0.3 )
           

        Services net revenue increased 1.5% (decreased 1.0% when adjusted for currency) and decreased 0.3% (decreased 1.2% when adjusted for currency) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing net revenue increased by 2% and remained flat for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. Revenue increases in workplace and data center services and a favorable currency impact were partially offset by a shortfall in short-term project contracts. Technology Services net revenue increased by 2% and 1% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, primarily due to revenue growth in our consulting business and a favorable currency impact, the effect of which was partially offset by reduced sales of third-party hardware. Application Services net revenue increased by 2% and remained flat for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The revenue increase for the three months ended April 30, 2011 was driven by growth in communication and media solutions and a favorable currency impact, the effect of which was partially offset by declines in short-term project work. Business Process Outsourcing net revenue decreased by 6% and 8% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The revenue decline for both periods was due primarily to the ExcellerateHRO divestiture completed at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

        Services earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 decreased by 0.6 percentage points and 0.2 percentage points, respectively. Operating margin decreased for both periods primarily due to a higher mix of revenue from products sold in connection with enterprise services engagements, a higher mix of lower margin technology support services, rate concessions arising from recent contract renewals and lower than expected revenue, the effect of which was partially offset by a reduction in bad debt expense and a continued focus on operating improvements and cost initiatives that favorably impacted the cost structure of both our enterprise services and technology services businesses.

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 5,556   $ 4,837     14.9 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 766   $ 624     22.8 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    13.8 %   12.9 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 11,190   $ 9,447     18.5 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 1,594   $ 1,231     29.5 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    14.2 %   13.0 %      

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        The components of the weighted net revenue change by business unit were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30, 2011
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  Percentage Points
 

Industry Standard Servers ("ISS")

    6.8     8.8  

HP Networking

    7.2     7.9  

Storage

    0.7     1.7  

Business Critical Systems ("BCS")

    0.2     0.1  
           

Total ESSN

    14.9     18.5  
           

        ESSN net revenue increased 14.9% (13.9% when adjusted for currency) and 18.5% (18.6% when adjusted for currency) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. Total revenue from server and storage blades increased by 20% and 21% in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. ISS net revenue increased by 11% and 14% in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, driven primarily by unit volume growth coupled with increased average unit prices due to favorable market conditions and demand for the latest generation of ISS products. HP Networking net revenue increased by 118% and 146% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, driven primarily by our acquisition of 3Com in April 2010, strong market demand for our core data center products, and results from our continued investment in sales coverage. Storage net revenue increased by 3% and 8% in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, driven primarily by strong performance in products related to our acquisition of 3PAR in September 2010 and continued growth in scale-out and entry-level array products, the effect of which was partially offset by declines in legacy mid-range array products. BCS net revenue increased by 1% in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due to higher demand for the latest generation of BCS products and growth in NonStop servers, the effect of which was partially offset by declines in other product categories.

        ESSN earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue increased by 0.9 percentage points and 1.2 percentage points for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The operating margin increase in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was due to an increase in gross margin resulting from a product mix shift towards higher margin products such as networking and lower product costs. The favorable effect on operating margin from higher gross margin was partially offset by an increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue, due primarily to expenses associated with acquisitions and investments in R&D and sales coverage.

HP Software

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 764   $ 653     17.0 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 154   $ 167     (7.8 )%

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    20.2 %   25.6 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 1,461   $ 1,316     11.0 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 277   $ 339     (18.3 )%

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    19.0 %   25.8 %      

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        HP Software net revenue increased 17.0% (15.8% when adjusted for currency) and 11.0% (10.9% when adjusted for currency) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The net revenue increase for both periods was driven by revenues resulting from the acquired companies and strong performance in the organic business. For the three months ended April 30, 2011, net revenue from licenses, services and support increased by 29%, 22% and 8%, respectively. For the six months ended April 30, 2011, net revenue from licenses, services and support increased by 16%, 16% and 6%, respectively.

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HP Software earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue decreased by 5.4 percentage points and 6.8 percentage points, respectively. The operating margin declines for both periods were primarily due to impacts from acquisitions and investments in sales coverage and R&D, the effect of which was partially offset by the capitalization of certain software development costs.

Personal Systems Group

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 9,415   $ 9,956     (5.4 )%

Earnings from operations

  $ 533   $ 465     14.6 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    5.7 %   4.7 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 19,864   $ 20,540     (3.3 )%

Earnings from operations

  $ 1,205   $ 995     21.1 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    6.1 %   4.8 %      

        The components of the weighted net revenue change by business unit were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30, 2011
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  Percentage Points
 

Workstations

    1.2     1.4  

Desktop PCs

    (1.6 )   (0.6 )

Notebook PCs

    (4.9 )   (4.0 )

Other

    (0.1 )   (0.1 )
           

Total PSG

    (5.4 )   (3.3 )
           

        PSG revenue decreased 5.4% (5.8% when adjusted for currency) and 3.3% (3.0% when adjusted for currency) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The revenue decrease was primarily due to softness in the consumer PC markets, the effect of which was partially offset by strength in commercial businesses. PSG unit volume increased across all business units except the consumer and the handhelds business units for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2011. Unit volume was up 1% and 3% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, workstations revenue increased 28% and 35%, respectively, due to the ongoing corporate refresh cycle and strength in the commercial PC market. Net revenue for desktop PCs decreased 4% and 1% while notebook PCs decreased 9% and 7%, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, as a result of consumer market softness. Net

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revenue for consumer clients decreased 23% and 17% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 while commercial client revenue increased 13% and 12%, respectively. The net revenue decline in Other for both periods was related primarily to the transition away from the iPaq handheld business. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, average selling prices ("ASPs") declined 7% and 6%, respectively, due primarily to a competitive pricing environment, lower commodity costs, the effect of which was offset slightly by a product mix shift toward higher end models.

        PSG earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue increased 1.0 and 1.3 percentage points for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The increase for both periods was due to an increase in gross margin resulting primarily from component cost declines and lower warranty expenses, the effect of which was partially offset by pricing actions and increased logistics costs. Offsetting the increase in gross margin was an increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue due primarily to investments in sales coverage and increased marketing expenses.

Imaging and Printing Group

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 6,745   $ 6,396     5.5 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 1,144   $ 1,098     4.2 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    17.0 %   17.2 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 13,375   $ 12,602     6.1 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 2,273   $ 2,152     5.6 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    17.0 %   17.1 %      

        The components of the weighted net revenue change by business unit were as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30, 2011
  Six months ended
April 30, 2011
 
 
  Percentage Points
 

Supplies

    4.4     4.4  

Commercial Hardware

    1.4     2.1  

Consumer Hardware

    (0.3 )   (0.4 )
           

Total IPG

    5.5     6.1  
           

        IPG net revenue increased 5.5% (4.6% when adjusted for currency) and 6.1% (5.7% when adjusted for currency) for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, reflecting a continued improvement in market conditions. For both periods, Supplies net revenue increased 7% driven by improved volume. Net revenue for Commercial Hardware increased 7% and 10% in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively, due primarily to laser unit volume growth of 41% and 37%, respectively, as a result of improved product availability and a growing market driven by emerging geographies. Net revenue for Consumer Hardware decreased 3% for both periods, driven primarily by a mix shift toward lower price point products.

        IPG earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue decreased 0.2 percentage points and 0.1 percentage points for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The operating margin decrease for both periods was due primarily to decreases in gross margin, the effect of which was partially offset by lower operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue. The decreases in gross

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margin in the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 were driven primarily by a mix shift in Consumer Hardware and Commercial Hardware towards lower price point products, and an unfavorable currency impact primarily driven by the Yen, the effect of which was partially offset by improvements in Supplies volume and continued cost management associated with the optimization of our supply chain. The decreases in operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue for both periods were due primarily to reduced research and development, marketing and administrative activities, the effect of which was partially offset by higher field selling cost expenses.

HP Financial Services

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 885   $ 755     17.2 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 83   $ 69     20.3 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    9.4 %   9.1 %      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase  
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 1,712   $ 1,474     16.1 %

Earnings from operations

  $ 162   $ 136     19.1 %

Earnings from operations as a % of net revenue

    9.5 %   9.2 %      

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HPFS net revenue increased by 17.2% and 16.1%, respectively. The net revenue increase for both periods was due primarily to portfolio growth as a result of higher customer demand, a higher operating lease mix due to higher service-led financing volume, higher end-of-lease revenue from residual expirations in line with portfolio growth, and favorable currency movements.

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue increased 0.3 percentage points. The increases were due primarily to gross margin increases resulting from lower bad debt expenses, the effects of which were partially offset by lower portfolio margin related to higher operating lease mix. For the three months ended April 30, 2011, the increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue was due primarily to salary increases and higher bonus accruals based on business performance. For the six months ended April 30, 2011, operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue remained flat.

Financing Originations

 
  Three months ended
April 30
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Total financing originations

  $ 1,646   $ 1,444   $ 3,189   $ 2,847  

        New financing originations, which represent the amount of financing provided to customers for equipment and related software and services and include intercompany activity, increased 14.0% and 12.0% in the first three and six months ended April 30, 2011, respectively. The increases were driven by higher financing associated with sales of HP products and services resulting from improved integration and engagement with HP's sales efforts and a favorable currency impact.

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Portfolio Assets and Ratios

        HPFS maintains a strategy to generate a competitive return on equity by effectively leveraging its portfolio against the risks associated with interest rates and credit. The HPFS business model is asset-intensive and uses certain internal metrics to measure its performance against other financial services companies, including a segment balance sheet that is derived from our internal management reporting system. The accounting policies used to derive these amounts are substantially the same as those used by the consolidated company. However, certain intercompany loans and accounts that are reflected in the segment balances are eliminated in the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

        The portfolio assets and ratios derived from the segment balance sheet for HPFS were as follows:

 
  April 30,
2011
  October 31,
2010
 
 
  In millions
 

Portfolio assets(1)

  $ 12,329   $ 11,418  
           

Allowance for doubtful accounts(2)

    130     140  

Operating lease equipment reserve

    90     83  
           

Total reserves

    220     223  
           

Net portfolio assets

  $ 12,109   $ 11,195  
           

Reserve coverage

    1.8 %   2.0 %

Debt to equity ratio(3)

    7.0x     7.0x  

(1)
Portfolio assets include gross financing receivables of approximately $7.2 billion at April 30, 2011 and $6.7 billion at October 31, 2010 and net equipment under operating leases of $2.8 billion and $2.5 billion at April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively, as disclosed in Note 9 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference. Portfolio assets also include capitalized profit on intercompany equipment transactions of approximately $800 million at April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively, and intercompany leases of approximately $1.5 billion at April 30, 2011 and $1.3 billion at October 31, 2010, both of which are eliminated in consolidation.

(2)
Allowance for doubtful accounts includes both the short-term and the long-term portions of the allowance on financing receivables.

(3)
HPFS debt consists of intercompany equity that is treated as debt for segment reporting purposes, intercompany debt and debt issued directly by HPFS.

        Net portfolio assets at April 30, 2011 increased 8.2% from October 31, 2010. The increase resulted from higher levels of financing originations and favorable currency impact during the first six months of fiscal 2011. The overall reserve coverage ratio decreased as a percentage of the portfolio assets.

        For the three and six months ended April 30, 2011, HPFS recorded net bad debt expenses of $12 million and $30 million, respectively. For the comparable periods of fiscal 2010, net bad debt expenses were $30 million and $42 million, respectively.

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Corporate Investments

 
  Three months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 72   $ 66     9.1 %

Loss from operations

  $ (198 ) $ (65 )   (204.6 )%

Loss from operations as a % of net revenue

    (275.0 )%   (98.5 )%      

 

 
  Six months ended April 30  
 
  2011   2010   % Increase
(Decrease)
 
 
  In millions
 

Net revenue

  $ 150   $ 126     19.0 %

Loss from operations

  $ (381 ) $ (121 )   (214.9 )%

Loss from operations as a % of net revenue

    (254.0 )%   (96.0 )%      

        Net revenue in Corporate Investments relates primarily to business intelligence solutions, HP Labs, mobile devices associated with the Palm acquisition, and certain business incubation projects. The revenue increase in Corporate Investments for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 was primarily due to revenue resulting from the acquisition of Palm, which HP completed in July 2010.

        Corporate Investments reported a higher loss from operations for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to the impact from investments in research, product development and marketing of WebOS devices following the Palm acquisition. The loss from operations in Corporate Investments for both periods was also due to expenses carried in the segment associated with corporate development, global alliances and HP Labs, which expenses increased for the three and six months ended April 30, 2011.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

        Our cash balances are held in numerous locations throughout the world, with substantially all of those amounts held outside of the United States. A majority of the amounts held outside of the United States are generally utilized to support non-U.S. liquidity needs. Most of the amounts held outside of the United States could be repatriated to the United States but, under current law, would be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, less applicable foreign tax credits. Repatriation of some foreign balances is restricted by local laws. We have provided for the U.S. federal tax liability on these amounts for financial statement purposes, except for foreign earnings that are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States. Repatriation could result in additional U.S. federal income tax payments in future years. Where local restrictions prevent an efficient intercompany transfer of funds, our intent is that cash balances would remain outside of the United States, and we would meet U.S. liquidity needs through ongoing cash flows, external borrowings, or both. We utilize a variety of tax planning and financing strategies in an effort to ensure that our worldwide cash is available in the locations in which it is needed. We do not expect restrictions or potential taxes on repatriation of amounts held outside of the United States to have a material effect on HP's overall liquidity, financial condition or results of operations.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION (Sources and Uses of Cash)

 
  Six months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  
 
  In millions
 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 7,032   $ 5,498  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (1,582 )   (3,940 )

Net cash used in financing activities

    (3,641 )   (706 )
           

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

  $ 1,809   $ 852  
           

Operating Activities

        Compared to the corresponding period in 2010, net cash from operating activities increased by approximately $1.5 billion largely due to cash generated from changes in other assets and liabilities and higher net earnings partially offset by an increase in the cash conversion cycle.

        Our key working capital metrics are as follows:

 
  Three months ended
April 30
 
 
  2011   2010  

Days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable

    53     43  

Days of supply in inventory

    26     25  

Days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable. 

    (54 )   (51 )
           

Cash conversion cycle

    25     17  
           

        Days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable ("DSO") is calculated by dividing ending accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, by a 90-day average net revenue.

        Days of supply in inventory ("DOS") measures the average number of days from procurement to sale of our product. DOS is calculated by dividing ending inventory by a 90-day average cost of goods sold.

        Days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable ("DPO") is calculated by dividing ending accounts payable by a 90-day average cost of goods sold.

        Our working capital requirements depend upon our effective management of the cash conversion cycle, which represents effectively the number of days that elapse from the day we pay for the purchase of raw materials to the collection of cash from our customers. The cash conversion cycle is the sum of DSO and DOS less DPO.

        The increase in DSO was due primarily to lower collections driven by the revenue linearity during the quarter. The slight increase in DOS was due to higher inventory levels in our consumer product businesses at April 30, 2011. The increase in DPO was due primarily to purchasing linearity during the quarter. These changes contributed to the increase in the cash conversion cycle for the three months ended April 30, 2011.

Investing Activities

        Compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2010, net cash used in investing activities decreased by approximately $2.4 billion for the six months ended April 30, 2011 due primarily to lower investments in business acquisitions.

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Financing Activities

        Compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2010, net cash used in financing activities increased by approximately $2.9 billion for the six months ended April 30, 2011. The increase was due primarily to the decrease in cash received as a result of lower issuances of common stock under employee stock plans, lower net proceeds from issuance of commercial paper and debt, and increased repurchases of common stock.

        For more information on our share repurchase programs, see Note 13 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

CAPITAL RESOURCES

Debt Levels

        We maintain debt levels that we establish through consideration of a number of factors, including cash flow expectations, cash requirements for operations, investment plans (including acquisitions), share repurchase activities, overall cost of capital, and targeted capital structure. Outstanding borrowings increased to $22.9 billion as of April 30, 2011 as compared to $22.3 billion at October 31, 2010, bearing weighted average interest rates of 2.1% and 2.0%, respectively. During the first six months of fiscal 2011, we issued $11.7 billion and repaid $12.7 billion of commercial paper.

        Our weighted-average interest rate reflects the average effective rate on our borrowings prevailing during the period; it factors in the impact of swapping some of our global notes with fixed interest rates for global notes with floating interest rates. For more information on our interest rate swaps, see Note 8 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

        On May 31, 2011, HP issued $5.0 billion of U.S. Dollar Global Notes under the 2009 Shelf Registration Statement. The Global Notes consisted of floating rate notes with maturities of two and three years from the date of issuance and fixed rate notes at market rates with maturities of three, five and ten years from the date of issuance.

        For more information on our borrowings, see Note 11 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Available Borrowing Resources

        At April 30, 2011, we had the following resources available to obtain short-term or long-term financings if we need additional liquidity:

 
  At April 30, 2011  
 
  In millions
 

2009 Shelf Registration Statement(1)

    Unspecified  

Commercial paper programs(1)

  $ 13,000  

Uncommitted lines of credit(1)

  $   1,400  

Revolving trade receivables-based facilities(2)

  $      299  

(1)
For more information on our available borrowings resources, see Note 11 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

(2)
For more information on our revolving trade receivables-based facilities, see Note 4 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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Credit Ratings

        Our credit risk is evaluated by three independent rating agencies based upon publicly available information as well as information obtained in our ongoing discussions with them. The ratings as of April 30, 2011 were:

 
  Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services
  Moody's Investors
Service
  Fitch Ratings
Services
 

Short-term debt ratings

    A-1     Prime-1     F1  

Long-term debt ratings

    A     A2     A+  

        We do not have any rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate the maturity of a material amount of our debt. However, a downgrade in our credit rating would increase the cost of borrowings under our credit facilities. Also, a downgrade in our credit rating could limit our ability to issue commercial paper under our current programs. If this were to occur, we would seek alternative sources of funding, including drawdowns under our credit facilities or the issuance of notes under our existing shelf registration statement.

CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

Income Tax Obligations

        At April 30, 2011, we had approximately $1.7 billion of recorded liabilities and related interest and penalties pertaining to uncertainty in income tax positions, which will be partially offset by $94 million of deferred tax assets and interest receivable. These liabilities and related interest and penalties include $119 million expected to be paid within one year. For the remaining amount, we are unable to make a reasonable estimate as to when cash settlement with the tax authorities might occur due to the uncertainties related to these tax matters. See Note 12 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference, for additional information on taxes.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

        For more information on liabilities that may arise from guarantees and indemnification, see Note 10 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Litigation and Contingencies

        For more information on liabilities that may arise from litigation and contingencies, see Note 15 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

        As part of our ongoing business, we have not participated in transactions that generate material relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities ("SPEs"), which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of April 30, 2011, we are not involved in any material unconsolidated SPEs.

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FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

        Because of the following factors, as well as other variables affecting our operating results, past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods.

Competitive pressures could harm our revenue, gross margin and prospects.

        We encounter aggressive competition from numerous and varied competitors in all areas of our business, and our competitors may target our key market segments. We compete primarily on the basis of technology, performance, price, quality, reliability, brand, reputation, distribution, range of products and services, ease of use of our products, account relationships, customer training, service and support, security, availability of application software, and Internet infrastructure offerings. If our products, services, support and cost structure do not enable us to compete successfully based on any of those criteria, our operations, results and prospects could be harmed.

        Unlike many of our competitors, we have a portfolio of businesses and must allocate resources across these businesses while competing with companies that specialize in one or more of these product lines. As a result, we may invest less in certain areas of our businesses than our competitors do, and these competitors may have greater financial, technical and marketing resources available to them than our businesses that compete against them. Industry consolidation also may affect competition by creating larger, more homogeneous and potentially stronger competitors in the markets in which we compete, and our competitors also may affect our business by entering into exclusive arrangements with existing or potential customers or suppliers.

        Companies with whom we have strategic alliances in some areas may be competitors in other areas. For example, in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, an alliance partner that also markets a line of competing servers announced that it intends to cease software development for our Itanium-based servers. If that decision is not reversed and another solution is not implemented, there would be reduced demand for our Itanium-based servers over the longer term. In addition, companies with whom we have strategic alliances also may acquire or form alliances with our competitors, thereby reducing their business with us. Any inability to effectively manage these complicated relationships with strategic alliance partners could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

        We may have to continue to lower the prices of many of our products and services to stay competitive, while at the same time trying to maintain or improve revenue and gross margin. The markets in which we do business, particularly the personal computer and printing markets, are highly competitive, and we encounter aggressive price competition for all of our products and services from numerous companies globally. Over the past several years, price competition in the market for personal computers, printers and related products has been particularly intense as competitors have aggressively cut prices and lowered their product margins for these products. In addition, competitors in some of the markets in which we compete with a greater presence in lower-cost jurisdictions may be able to offer lower prices than we are able to offer. Our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by these and other industry-wide pricing pressures.

        Because our business model is based on providing innovative and high quality products, we may spend a proportionately greater amount on research and development than some of our competitors. If we cannot proportionately decrease our cost structure on a timely basis in response to competitive price pressures, our gross margin and, therefore, our profitability could be adversely affected. In addition, if our pricing and other factors are not sufficiently competitive, or if there is an adverse reaction to our product decisions, we may lose market share in certain areas, which could adversely affect our revenue and prospects.

        Even if we are able to maintain or increase market share for a particular product, revenue could decline because the product is in a maturing industry. Revenue and margins also could decline due to

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increased competition from other types of products. For example, growing demand for an increasing array of mobile computing devices and the development of cloud-based solutions may reduce demand for some of our existing hardware products. In addition, refill and remanufactured alternatives for some of HP's LaserJet toner and inkjet cartridges compete with HP's supplies business. Other companies have also developed and marketed new compatible cartridges for HP's LaserJet and inkjet products, particularly in jurisdictions outside of the United States where adequate intellectual property protection may not exist.

If we cannot execute on our strategy and continue to develop, manufacture and market products, services and solutions that meet customer requirements for innovation and quality, our revenue and gross margin may suffer.

        Our long-term strategy is focused on leveraging our portfolio of hardware, software and services as we adapt to a changing/hybrid model of IT delivery and consumption driven by the growing adoption of cloud computing and increased demand for connectivity solutions. To successfully execute on this strategy, we need to continue our transition from a historically hardware-centric business model to one that includes software and higher value services. In addition, we need to continue to evolve our organization to be more focused on delivering integrated IT solutions for our customers. Any failure to successfully execute this strategy could adversely affect our operating results.

        The process of developing new high technology products, services and solutions and enhancing existing products, services and solutions is complex, costly and uncertain, and any failure by us to anticipate customers' changing needs and emerging technological trends accurately could significantly harm our market share and results of operations. For example, we must successfully address the increasing market demand for mobile computing devices in a variety of form factors that provide a compelling user experience. We must also attract and retain developers to ensure the continued availability and development of appealing and innovative software applications for our mobile computing devices. In addition, as we transition to an environment characterized by cloud-based computing and software being delivered as a service, and we must continue to successfully develop and deploy cloud-based solutions for our customers. We must make long-term investments, develop or obtain appropriate intellectual property and commit significant resources before knowing whether our predictions will accurately reflect customer demand for our products and services. After we develop a product, we must be able to manufacture appropriate volumes quickly and at low costs. To accomplish this, we must accurately forecast volumes, mixes of products and configurations that meet customer requirements, and we may not succeed at doing so at all or within a given product's life cycle. Any delay in the development, production or marketing of a new product, service or solution could result in us not being among the first to market, which could further harm our competitive position.

        In the course of conducting our business, we must adequately address quality issues associated with our products and services, including defects in our engineering, design and manufacturing processes, as well as defects in third-party components included in our products. In order to address quality issues, we work extensively with our customers and suppliers and engage in product testing to determine the cause of the problem and to determine appropriate solutions. However, we may have limited ability to control quality issues, particularly with respect to faulty components manufactured by third parties. If we are unable to determine the cause, find an appropriate solution or offer a temporary fix (or "patch"), we may delay shipment to customers, which would delay revenue recognition and could adversely affect our revenue and reported results. Finding solutions to quality issues can be expensive and may result in additional warranty, replacement and other costs, adversely affecting our profits. If new or existing customers have difficulty operating our products, our operating margins could be adversely affected, and we could face possible claims if we fail to meet our customers' expectations. In addition, quality issues can impair our relationships with new or existing customers and adversely affect our brand and reputation, which could adversely affect our operating results.

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Economic weakness and uncertainty could adversely affect our revenue, gross margin and expenses.

        Our revenue and gross margin depend significantly on worldwide economic conditions and the demand for technology hardware, software and services in the markets in which we compete. Economic weakness and uncertainty have resulted, and may result in the future, in decreased revenue, gross margin, earnings or growth rates and difficulty managing inventory levels. Sustained uncertainty about current global economic conditions may adversely affect demand for our products and services. Economic weakness and uncertainty also make it more difficult for us to make accurate forecasts of revenue, gross margin and expenses.

        We also have experienced, and may experience in the future, gross margin declines in certain businesses, reflecting the effect of items such as competitive pricing pressures, inventory write downs and increases in component and manufacturing costs resulting from higher labor and material costs borne by our manufacturers and suppliers that, as a result of competitive pricing pressures or other factors, we are unable to pass on to our customers. In addition, our business may be disrupted if we are unable to obtain equipment, parts or components from our suppliers—and our suppliers from their suppliers—due to the insolvency of key suppliers or the inability of key suppliers to obtain credit.

        Economic weakness and uncertainty could cause our expenses to vary materially from our expectations. Any renewed financial turmoil affecting the banking system and financial markets or any significant financial services institution failures could negatively impact our treasury operations, as the financial condition of such parties may deteriorate rapidly and without notice in times of market volatility and disruption. Poor financial performance of asset markets could lead to increased pension and post-retirement benefit expenses. Other income and expense could vary materially from expectations depending on changes in interest rates, borrowing costs, currency exchange rates, hedging expenses and the fair value of derivative instruments. Economic downturns also may lead to restructuring actions and associated expenses.

We depend on third-party suppliers, and our revenue and gross margin could suffer if we fail to manage suppliers properly.

        Our operations depend on our ability to anticipate our needs for components, products and services and our suppliers' ability to deliver sufficient quantities of quality components, products and services at reasonable prices in time for us to meet critical schedules. Given the wide variety of systems, products and services that we offer, the large number of our suppliers and contract manufacturers that are dispersed across the globe, and the long lead times that are required to manufacture, assemble and deliver certain components and products, problems could arise in planning production and managing inventory levels that could seriously harm us. In addition, our ongoing project to improve the efficiency of our supply chain could cause supply disruptions and be more expensive, time consuming and resource-intensive than expected. Other supplier problems that we could face include component shortages, excess supply, risks related to the terms of our contracts with suppliers, risks associated with contingent workers, and risks related to our relationships with single source suppliers, as described below.

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Business disruptions could seriously harm our future revenue and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses.

        Our worldwide operations could be subject to earthquakes, power shortages, telecommunications failures, water shortages, tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, fires, extreme weather conditions, medical epidemics or pandemics and other natural or manmade disasters or business interruptions, for which we are predominantly self-insured. The occurrence of any of these business disruptions could seriously harm our revenue and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses. Our corporate headquarters, and a portion of our research and development activities, are located in California, and other critical business operations and some of our suppliers are located in California and Asia, near major earthquake faults. In addition, all six of our principal worldwide IT data centers are located in the southern United States, making our operations more vulnerable to natural disasters or other business disruptions occurring in that geographical area. The manufacture of product components, the final assembly of our products and other critical operations are concentrated in certain geographic locations, including Shanghai, Singapore and India. We also rely on major logistics hubs primarily in Asia to manufacture and distribute our products and in the southwestern United States to import products into the Americas region. Our operations could be adversely affected if manufacturing, logistics or other operations in these locations are disrupted for any reason, including natural disasters, information technology system failures, military actions or economic, business, labor, environmental, public health, regulatory or political issues. The ultimate impact on us, our significant suppliers and our general infrastructure of being located near major earthquake faults and being consolidated in certain geographical areas is unknown, but our revenue, profitability and financial condition could suffer in the event of a major earthquake or other natural disaster.

        On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami struck Northeastern Japan. HP sells products and services in Japan, with revenue generated from sales in Japan historically accounting for between 3% and 4% of total HP revenue. In addition, HP obtains components used to manufacture certain of its products from suppliers with operations in Japan. Those components include LaserJet printer engines and toner, which are obtained from a partner with manufacturing facilities in Japan. Although we continue to assess the financial impact of these and related events, we currently expect a short-term, adverse impact to our revenue and operating profit due to reduced demand in Japan, certain supply-chain constraints in printing hardware and supplies, and higher supply chain costs across HP related to the increased use of air freight and to other costs relating to logistics.

System security risks, data protection breaches and systems integration issues could disrupt our internal operations or information technology services provided to customers, and any such disruption could reduce our expected revenue, increase our expenses, damage our reputation and adversely affect our stock price.

        Experienced computer programmers and hackers may be able to penetrate our network security and misappropriate our confidential information or that of third parties, create system disruptions or cause shutdowns. Computer programmers and hackers also may be able to develop and deploy viruses, worms, and other malicious software programs that attack our products or otherwise exploit any security vulnerabilities of our products. In addition, sophisticated hardware and operating system

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software and applications that we produce or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture, including "bugs" and other problems that could unexpectedly interfere with the operation of the system. The costs to us to eliminate or alleviate security problems, bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software programs and security vulnerabilities could be significant, and the efforts to address these problems could result in interruptions, delays, cessation of service and loss of existing or potential customers that may impede our sales, manufacturing, distribution or other critical functions.

        We manage and store various proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data relating to our business. In addition, our outsourcing services business routinely processes, stores and transmits large amounts of data for our clients, including sensitive and personally identifiable information. Breaches of our security measures or the accidental loss, inadvertent disclosure or unapproved dissemination of proprietary information or sensitive or confidential data about us or our clients, including the potential loss or disclosure of such information or data as a result of fraud, trickery or other forms of deception, could expose us, our customers or the individuals affected to a risk of loss or misuse of this information, result in litigation and potential liability for us, damage our brand and reputation or otherwise harm our business. We also could lose existing or potential customers for outsourcing services or other information technology solutions or incur significant expenses in connection with our customers' system failures or any actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our products. In addition, the cost and operational consequences of implementing further data protection measures could be significant.

        Portions of our IT infrastructure also may experience interruptions, delays or cessations of service or produce errors in connection with systems integration or migration work that takes place from time to time. We may not be successful in implementing new systems and transitioning data which could cause business disruptions and be more expensive, time consuming, disruptive and resource-intensive. Such disruptions could adversely impact our ability to fulfill orders and interrupt other processes. Delayed sales, lower margins or lost customers resulting from these disruptions have adversely affected in the past, and in the future could adversely affect, our financial results, stock price and reputation.

The revenue and profitability of our operations have historically varied, which makes our future financial results less predictable.

        Our revenue, gross margin and profit vary among our products and services, customer groups and geographic markets and therefore will likely be different in future periods than our current results. Our revenue depends on the overall demand for our products and services. Delays or reductions in IT spending could materially adversely affect demand for our products and services, which could result in a significant decline in revenues. Overall gross margins and profitability in any given period are dependent partially on the product, customer and geographic mix reflected in that period's net revenue. Competition, lawsuits, investigations and other risks affecting those businesses therefore may have a significant impact on our overall gross margin and profitability. Certain segments have a higher fixed cost structure and more variation in gross margins across their business units and product portfolios than others and may therefore experience significant operating profit volatility on a quarterly basis. In addition, newer geographic markets may be relatively less profitable due to investments associated with entering those markets and local pricing pressures, and we may have difficulty establishing and maintaining the operating infrastructure necessary to support the high growth rate associated with some of those markets. Market trends, competitive pressures, commoditization of products, seasonal rebates, increased component or shipping costs, regulatory impacts and other factors may result in reductions in revenue or pressure on gross margins of certain segments in a given period, which may necessitate adjustments to our operations.

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HP's stock price has historically fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate, which may make future prices of HP's stock difficult to predict.

        HP's stock price, like that of other technology companies, can be volatile. Some of the factors that could affect our stock price are:

        General or industry specific market conditions or stock market performance or domestic or international macroeconomic and geopolitical factors unrelated to HP's performance also may affect the price of HP common stock. For these reasons, investors should not rely on recent trends to predict future stock prices, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, following periods of volatility in a company's securities, securities class action litigation against a company is sometimes instituted. If instituted against HP, this type of litigation could result in substantial costs and the diversion of management time and resources.

Our revenue, cost of sales, and expenses may suffer if we cannot continue to license or enforce the intellectual property rights on which our businesses depend or if third parties assert that we violate their intellectual property rights.

        We rely upon patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws in the United States, similar laws in other countries, and agreements with our employees, customers, suppliers and other parties, to establish and maintain intellectual property rights in the technology and products we sell, provide or otherwise use in our operations. However, any of our direct or indirect intellectual property rights could be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or such intellectual property rights may not be sufficient to permit us to take advantage of current market trends or otherwise to provide competitive advantages, either of which could result in costly product redesign efforts, discontinuance of certain product offerings or other competitive harm. Further, the laws of certain countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Therefore, in certain jurisdictions we may be unable to protect our proprietary technology adequately against unauthorized third-party copying or use; this too could adversely affect our competitive position.

        Because of the rapid pace of technological change in the information technology industry, much of our business and many of our products rely on key technologies developed or licensed by third parties. We may not be able to obtain or continue to obtain licenses and technologies from these third parties at all or on reasonable terms, or such third parties may demand cross-licenses to our intellectual property. In addition, it is possible that as a consequence of a merger or acquisition, third parties may obtain licenses to some of our intellectual property rights or our business may be subject to certain restrictions that were not in place prior to the transaction. Consequently, we may lose a competitive

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advantage with respect to these intellectual property rights or we may be required to enter into costly arrangements in order to terminate or limit these rights.

        Third parties also may claim that we or customers indemnified by us are infringing upon their intellectual property rights. For example, individuals and groups frequently purchase intellectual property assets for the sole purpose of asserting claims of infringement and attempting to extract settlements from large companies such as HP. The number of these claims has increased significantly in recent periods and may continue to increase in the future. If we cannot or do not license the infringed technology at all or on reasonable terms, or substitute similar technology from another source, our operations could be adversely affected. Even if we believe that the claims are without merit, they can be time-consuming and costly to defend and may divert management's attention and resources away from our business. Claims of intellectual property infringement also might require us to redesign affected products, enter into costly settlement or license agreements, pay costly damage awards, or face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from importing, marketing or selling certain of our products. Even if we have an agreement to indemnify us against such costs, the indemnifying party may be unable to uphold its contractual obligations to us.

        Finally, our results of operations and cash flows have been and could continue to be affected in certain periods and on an ongoing basis by the imposition, accrual and payment of copyright levies or similar fees. In certain countries (primarily in Europe), proceedings are ongoing or have been concluded involving HP in which groups representing copyright owners sought to impose upon and collect from HP levies upon equipment (such as PCs, MFDs and printers) alleged to be copying devices under applicable laws. Other such groups have also sought to modify existing levy schemes to increase the amount of the levies that can be collected from HP. Other countries that have not imposed levies on these types of devices are expected to extend existing levy schemes, and countries that do not currently have levy schemes may decide to impose copyright levies on these types of devices. The total amount of the copyright levies will depend on the types of products determined to be subject to the levy, the number of units of those products sold during the period covered by the levy, and the per unit fee for each type of product, all of which are affected by several factors, including the outcome of ongoing litigation involving HP and other industry participants and possible action by the legislative bodies in the applicable countries, and could be substantial. Consequently, the ultimate impact of these copyright levies or similar fees, and the ability of HP to recover such amounts through increased prices, remain uncertain.

Due to the international nature of our business, political or economic changes or other factors could harm our future revenue, costs and expenses and financial condition.

        Sales outside the United States make up approximately 66% of our net revenue. In addition, an increasing portion of our business activity is being conducted in emerging markets, including Brazil, Russia, India and China. Our future revenue, gross margin, expenses and financial condition could suffer due to a variety of international factors, including:

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        The factors described above also could disrupt our product and component manufacturing and key suppliers located outside of the United States. For example, we rely on manufacturers in Taiwan for the production of notebook computers and other suppliers in Asia for product assembly and manufacture.

        As approximately 66% of our sales are from countries outside of the United States, other currencies, particularly the euro, the British pound, Chinese yuan renminbi and the Japanese yen, can have an impact on HP's results (expressed in U.S. dollars). Currency variations also contribute to variations in sales of products and services in impacted jurisdictions. Accordingly, fluctuations in foreign currency rates, most notably the strengthening of the dollar against the euro, could adversely affect our revenue growth in future periods. In addition, currency variations can adversely affect margins on sales of our products in countries outside of the United States and margins on sales of products that include components obtained from suppliers located outside of the United States. We use a combination of forward contracts and options designated as cash flow hedges to protect against foreign currency exchange rate risks. The effectiveness of our hedges depends on our ability to accurately forecast future cash flows, which is particularly difficult during periods of uncertain demand for our products and services and highly volatile exchange rates. As a result, we could incur significant losses from our hedging activities if our forecasts are incorrect. In addition, our hedging activities may be ineffective or may not offset any or more than a portion of the adverse financial impact resulting from currency variations. Gains or losses associated with hedging activities also may impact our revenue and to a lesser extent our cost of sales and financial condition.

        In many foreign countries, particularly in those with developing economies, it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations applicable to us, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. For example, as discussed in Note 15 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, the German Public Prosecutor's Office, the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC have been investigating allegations that certain current and former employees of HP engaged in bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion or were involved in kickbacks or other improper payments. Although we implement policies and procedures designed to facilitate compliance with these laws, our employees, contractors and agents, as well as those companies to which we outsource certain of our business operations, may take actions in violation of our policies. Any such violation, even if prohibited by our policies, could have an adverse effect on our business and reputation.

If we fail to manage the distribution of our products and services properly, our revenue, gross margin and profitability could suffer.

        We use a variety of distribution methods to sell our products and services, including third-party resellers and distributors and both direct and indirect sales to both enterprise accounts and consumers. Successfully managing the interaction of our direct and indirect channel efforts to reach various potential customer segments for our products and services is a complex process. Moreover, since each

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distribution method has distinct risks and gross margins, our failure to implement the most advantageous balance in the delivery model for our products and services could adversely affect our revenue and gross margins and therefore our profitability. Other distribution risks are described below.

If we do not effectively manage our product and services transitions, our revenue may suffer.

        Many of the markets in which we compete are characterized by rapid technological advances in hardware performance and software features and functionality; frequent introduction of new products; short product life cycles; and continual improvement in product price characteristics relative to product performance. To maintain our competitive position in these markets, we must successfully develop and introduce new products and services. For example, our Palm business unit recently announced the introduction of several new products to address the growing demand for mobile computing devices in a variety of form factors. Among the risks associated with the introduction of new products and services are delays in development or manufacturing, variations in costs, delays in customer purchases or reductions in price of existing products in anticipation of new introductions, difficulty in predicting customer demand for the new offerings and effectively managing inventory levels so that they are in line with anticipated demand, risks associated with customer qualification and evaluation of new products and the risk that new products may have quality or other defects or may not be supported adequately by application software. If we do not make an effective transition from existing products and services to future offerings, our revenue may decline.

        Our revenue and gross margin also may suffer due to the timing of product or service introductions by our suppliers and competitors. This is especially challenging when a product has a short life cycle or a competitor introduces a new product just before our own product introduction. Furthermore, sales of our new products and services may replace sales, or result in discounting of some of our current offerings, offsetting the benefit of even a successful introduction. There also may be

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overlaps in the current products and services of HP and portfolios acquired through mergers and acquisitions that we must manage. In addition, it may be difficult to ensure performance of new customer contracts in accordance with our revenue, margin and cost estimates and to achieve operational efficiencies embedded in our estimates. Given the competitive nature of our industry, if any of these risks materializes, future demand for our products and services and our results of operations may suffer.

Our revenue and profitability could suffer if we do not manage the risks associated with our IT services business properly.

        The size and significance of the IT services portion of our business have increased in recent periods. The risks that accompany that business differ from those of our other businesses and include the following:

If we fail to comply with our customer contracts or government contracting regulations, our revenue could suffer.

        Our contracts with our customers may include unique and specialized performance requirements. In particular, our contracts with federal, state, provincial and local governmental customers are subject to various procurement regulations, contract provisions and other requirements relating to their formation, administration and performance. Any failure by us to comply with the specific provisions in our customer contracts or any violation of government contracting regulations could result in the imposition of various civil and criminal penalties, which may include termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments and, in the case of our government contracts, fines and suspension from future government contracting. In addition, we have in the past been, and may in the future be, subject to qui tam litigation brought by private individuals on behalf of the government relating to our

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government contracts, which could include claims for up to treble damages. Further, any negative publicity related to our customer contracts or any proceedings surrounding them, regardless of its accuracy, may damage our business by affecting our ability to compete for new contracts. If our customer contracts are terminated, if we are suspended from government work, or if our ability to compete for new contracts is adversely affected, we could suffer a reduction in expected revenue.

We make estimates and assumptions in connection with the preparation of HP's Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, and any changes to those estimates and assumptions could adversely affect our results of operations.

        In connection with the preparation of HP's Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, we use certain estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors. Our most critical accounting estimates are described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in this report. In addition, as discussed in Note 15 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, we make certain estimates, including decisions related to provisions for legal proceedings and other contingencies. While we believe that these estimates and assumptions are reasonable under the circumstances, they are subject to significant uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control. Should any of these estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could adversely affect our results of operations.

Unanticipated changes in HP's tax provisions, the adoption of new tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities could affect our profitability.

        We are subject to income and other taxes in the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Our tax liabilities are affected by the amounts we charge for inventory, services, licenses, funding and other items in intercompany transactions. We are subject to ongoing tax audits in various jurisdictions. Tax authorities may disagree with our intercompany charges, cross-jurisdictional transfer pricing or other matters and assess additional taxes. We regularly assess the likely outcomes of these audits in order to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision. However, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these audits, and the amounts ultimately paid upon resolution of audits could be materially different from the amounts previously included in our income tax expense and therefore could have a material impact on our tax provision, net income and cash flows. In addition, our effective tax rate in the future could be adversely affected by changes to our operating structure, changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws and the discovery of new information in the course of our tax return preparation process. In particular, the carrying value of deferred tax assets, which are predominantly in the United States, is dependent on our ability to generate future taxable income in the United States. In addition, President Obama's administration has announced proposals for other U.S. tax legislation that, if adopted, could adversely affect our tax rate. There are also other tax proposals that have been introduced, that are being considered, or that have been enacted by the United States Congress or the legislative bodies in foreign jurisdictions that could affect our tax rate, the carrying value of deferred tax assets, or our other tax liabilities. Any of these changes could affect our profitability.

Our sales cycle makes planning and inventory management difficult and future financial results less predictable.

        In some of our segments, our quarterly sales often have reflected a pattern in which a disproportionate percentage of each quarter's total sales occurs towards the end of such quarter. This uneven sales pattern makes prediction of revenue, earnings, cash flow from operations and working capital for each financial period difficult, increases the risk of unanticipated variations in quarterly results and financial condition and places pressure on our inventory management and logistics systems. If predicted demand is substantially greater than orders, there will be excess inventory. Alternatively, if

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orders substantially exceed predicted demand, we may not be able to fulfill all of the orders received in the last few weeks of each quarter. Other developments late in a quarter, such as a systems failure, component pricing movements, component shortages or global logistics disruptions, could adversely impact inventory levels and results of operations in a manner that is disproportionate to the number of days in the quarter affected.

        We experience some seasonal trends in the sale of our products that also may produce variations in quarterly results and financial condition. For example, sales to governments (particularly sales to the U.S. government) are often stronger in the third calendar quarter, consumer sales are often stronger in the fourth calendar quarter, and many customers whose fiscal and calendar years are the same spend their remaining capital budget authorizations in the fourth calendar quarter prior to new budget constraints in the first calendar quarter of the following year. European sales are often weaker during the summer months. Demand during the spring and early summer also may be adversely impacted by market anticipation of seasonal trends. Moreover, to the extent that we introduce new products in anticipation of seasonal demand trends, our discounting of existing products may adversely affect our gross margin prior to or shortly after such product launches. Typically, our third fiscal quarter is our weakest and our fourth fiscal quarter is our strongest. Many of the factors that create and affect seasonal trends are beyond our control.

Any failure by us to execute on our strategy for operational efficiency successfully could result in total costs and expenses that are greater than expected.

        We have adopted an operating framework that includes a disciplined focus on operational efficiency. As part of this framework, we have adopted several initiatives, including a multi-year program announced in 2006 to reduce real estate costs by consolidating several hundred HP real estate locations worldwide to fewer core sites, and a multi-year process of examining every function and every one of our businesses and functions in order to optimize efficiency and reduce cost. We have also implemented a workforce restructuring program in fiscal 2008 relating to our acquisition of EDS, a workforce restructuring program in fiscal 2009 relating to our product businesses and a multi-year restructuring plan in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 relating to our enterprise services business.

        Our ability to achieve the anticipated cost savings and other benefits from these initiatives within the expected time frame is subject to many estimates and assumptions, including estimates and assumptions regarding the cost of consolidating real estate locations, the amount of accelerated depreciation or asset impairment to be incurred when we vacate facilities or cease using equipment before the end of their respective lease term or asset life, and the costs and timing of other activities in connection with these initiatives. These estimates and assumptions are subject to significant economic, competitive and other uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control. In addition, there are significant risks associated with our workforce restructuring programs, including potential delays in the implementation of those programs in highly regulated locations outside of the United States, particularly in Europe and Asia, decreases in employee morale, and the failure to meet operational targets due to the loss of employees. If these estimates and assumptions are incorrect, if we experience delays, or if other unforeseen events occur, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

In order to be successful, we must attract, retain and motivate key employees, and failure to do so could seriously harm us.

        In order to be successful, we must attract, retain and motivate executives and other key employees, including those in managerial, technical, sales, marketing and IT support positions. Hiring and retaining qualified executives, engineers, skilled solutions providers in the IT support business and qualified sales representatives are critical to our future, and competition for experienced employees in the IT industry can be intense. In order to attract and retain executives and other key employees in a competitive marketplace, we must provide a competitive compensation package, including cash and share-based

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compensation. Our primary forms of share-based incentive awards are restricted stock units and performance-based restricted units, which contain conditions relating to HP's stock price performance and, in the case of performance-based restricted units, HP's long-term financial performance that make the future value of those awards uncertain. If the anticipated value of such share-based incentive awards does not materialize, if our share-based compensation otherwise ceases to be viewed as a valuable benefit, or if our total compensation package is not viewed as being competitive, our ability to attract, retain, and motivate executives and key employees could be weakened. The failure to successfully hire executives and key employees or the loss of any executives and key employees could have a significant impact on our operations.

Terrorist acts, conflicts and wars may seriously harm our business and revenue, costs and expenses and financial condition and stock price.

        Terrorist acts, conflicts or wars (wherever located around the world) may cause damage or disruption to HP, our employees, facilities, partners, suppliers, distributors, resellers or customers. The potential for future attacks, the national and international responses to attacks or perceived threats to national security, and other actual or potential conflicts or wars, including the ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have created many economic and political uncertainties. In addition, as a major multinational company with headquarters and significant operations located in the United States, actions against or by the United States may impact our business or employees. Although it is impossible to predict the occurrences or consequences of any such events, they could result in a decrease in demand for our products, make it difficult or impossible to deliver products to our customers or to receive components from our suppliers, create delays and inefficiencies in our supply chain and result in the need to impose employee travel restrictions. We are predominantly uninsured for losses and interruptions caused by terrorist acts, conflicts and wars.

Any failure by us to identify, manage, complete and integrate acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions successfully could harm our financial results, business and prospects, and the costs, expenses and other financial and operational effects associated with managing, completing and integrating acquisitions may result in financial results that are different than expected.

        As part of our business strategy, we frequently acquire complementary companies or businesses, divest non-core businesses or assets, enter into strategic alliances and joint ventures and make investments to further our business (collectively, "business combination and investment transactions"). In order to pursue this strategy successfully, we must identify suitable candidates for and successfully complete business combination and investment transactions, some of which may be large and complex, and manage post-closing issues such as the integration of acquired companies or employees. We may not fully realize all of the anticipated benefits of any business combination and investment transaction, and the timeframe for achieving benefits of a business combination and investment transaction may depend partially upon the actions of employees, suppliers or other third parties. In addition, the pricing and other terms of our contracts for business combination and investment transactions require us to make estimates and assumptions at the time we enter into these contracts, and, during the course of our due diligence, we may not identify all of the factors necessary to estimate our costs accurately. Any increased or unexpected costs, unanticipated delays or failure to meet contractual obligations could make these transactions less profitable or unprofitable. Moreover, if we fail to identify and successfully complete business combination and investment transactions that further our strategic objectives, we may be required to expend resources to develop products and technology internally, we may be at a competitive disadvantage or we may be adversely affected by negative market perceptions, any of which could adversely affect our revenue, gross margin and profitability.

        Integration issues are complex, time-consuming and expensive and, without proper planning and implementation, could significantly disrupt our business. The challenges involved in integration include:

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        Managing business combination and investment transactions requires varying levels of management resources, which may divert our attention from other business operations. These business combination and investment transactions also have resulted, and in the future may result, in significant costs and expenses and charges to earnings, including those related to severance pay, early retirement costs, employee benefit costs, asset impairment charges, charges from the elimination of duplicative facilities and contracts, in-process research and development charges, inventory adjustments, assumed litigation and other liabilities, legal, accounting and financial advisory fees, and required payments to executive officers and key employees under retention plans. Moreover, HP has incurred and will incur additional depreciation and amortization expense over the useful lives of certain assets acquired in connection with business combination and investment transactions, and, to the extent that the value of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite lives acquired in connection with a business combination and investment transaction becomes impaired, we may be required to incur additional material charges relating to the impairment of those assets. In order to complete an acquisition, we may issue common stock, potentially creating dilution for existing stockholders. In addition, we may borrow to finance an acquisition, and the amount and terms of any potential future acquisition-related borrowings, as well as other factors, could affect our liquidity and financial condition and potentially our credit ratings. Any potential future downgrades in our credit rating associated with an acquisition could adversely affect our ability to borrow and cost of borrowing and result in more restrictive borrowing terms. In addition, HP's effective tax rate on an ongoing basis is uncertain, and business combination and investment transactions could impact our effective tax rate. We also may experience risks relating to the challenges and costs of closing a business combination and investment transaction and the risk that an announced business combination and investment transaction may not close. As a result, any completed, pending or future transactions may contribute to financial results that differ from the investment community's expectations in a given quarter.

Unforeseen environmental costs could impact our future net earnings.

        We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations concerning environmental protection, including laws addressing the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the cleanup of contaminated sites, the content of our products and the recycling, treatment and disposal of our products, including

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batteries. In particular, we face increasing complexity in our product design and procurement operations as we adjust to new and future requirements relating to the chemical and materials composition of our products, their safe use, the energy consumption associated with those products, climate change laws and regulations, and product take-back legislation. We could incur substantial costs, our products could be restricted from entering certain jurisdictions, and we could face other sanctions, if we were to violate or become liable under environmental laws or if our products become non-compliant with environmental laws. Our potential exposure includes fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third-party property damage, personal injury claims and clean up costs. Further, liability under some environmental laws relating to contaminated sites can be imposed retroactively, on a joint and several basis, and without any finding of noncompliance or fault. The amount and timing of costs under environmental laws are difficult to predict.

Some anti-takeover provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt.

        We have provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each of which could have the effect of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition of HP deemed undesirable by our Board of Directors. These include provisions:

        These provisions, alone or together, could deter or delay hostile takeovers, proxy contests and changes in control or management of HP. As a Delaware corporation, HP also is subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prevents some stockholders from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of the holders of substantially all of HP's outstanding common stock.

        Any provision of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control of HP could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of HP common stock and also could affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for HP common stock.

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

        For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk affecting HP, see "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in Item 7A of Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, which is incorporated herein by reference. Our exposure to market risk has not changed materially since October 31, 2010.

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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures.

        Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as of the end of the period covered by this report (the "Evaluation Date"). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded as of the Evaluation Date that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective such that the information relating to HP, including our consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in our SEC reports (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to HP's management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

        Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that there has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting during that quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.

        The information set forth above under Note 15 contained in the "Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements" is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors.

        A description of factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or operating results is included under "Factors that Could Affect Future Results" in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," contained in Item 2 of Part I of this report. This description includes any material changes to the risk factor disclosure in Item 1A of Part I of our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

        There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by this report.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period
  Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
per Share
  Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
  Approximate Dollar Value of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased under the Plans
or Programs
 
 
  In thousands, except per share amounts
 

Month #1

                         
 

(February 2011)

    4,541   $ 47.14     4,541   $ 8,407,696  

Month #2

                         
 

(March 2011)

    35,267   $ 42.46     35,267   $ 6,910,155  

Month #3

                         
 

(April 2011)

    23,899   $ 40.78     23,899   $ 5,935,535  
                       

Total

    63,707   $ 42.17     63,707        
                       

        HP repurchased shares in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 under an ongoing program to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans as well as to repurchase shares opportunistically. This program, which does not have a specific expiration date, authorizes repurchases in the open market or in private transactions. All shares repurchased in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 were purchased in open market transactions. As of April 30, 2011, HP had remaining authorization of $5.9 billion for future share repurchases.

Item 6.    Exhibits.

        The Exhibit Index beginning on page 91 of this report sets forth a list of exhibits.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

    HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

 

 

/s/ CATHERINE A. LESJAK    

Catherine A. Lesjak
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory)

Date: June 8, 2011

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT INDEX

 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
3(a)   Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation.   10-Q   001-04423   3(a)   June 12, 1998

3(b)

 

Registrant's Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

3(b)

 

March 16, 2001

3(c)

 

Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws effective March 23, 2011.‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4(a)

 

Form of Senior Indenture.

 

S-3

 

333-30786

 

4.1

 

March 17, 2000

4(b)

 

Form of Registrant's Fixed Rate Note and Floating Rate Note and related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2 and 4.4

 

May 24, 2001

4(c)

 

Form of Registrant's 6.50% Global Note due July 1, 2012, and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.2 and 4.3

 

June 27, 2002

4(d)

 

Form of Registrant's Fixed Rate Note and form of Floating Rate Note.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1 and 4.2

 

December 11, 2002

4(e)

 

Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2000, between the Registrant and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee.

 

S-3

 

333-134327

 

4.9

 

June 7, 2006

4(f)

 

Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due March 1, 2012, form of 5.25% Global Note due March 1, 2012 and form of 5.40% Global Note due March 1, 2017.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2 and 4.3

 

February 28, 2007

4(g)

 

Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due September 3, 2009, 4.50% Global Note due March 1, 2013 and 5.50% Global Note due March 1, 2018.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2 and 4.3

 

February 29, 2008

4(h)

 

Form of Registrant's 6.125% Global Note due March 1, 2014 and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1 and 4.2

 

December 8, 2008

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  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
4(i)   Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due February 24, 2011, 4.250% Global Note due February 24, 2012 and 4.750% Global Note due June 2, 2014 and form of related Officers' Certificate.   8-K   001-04423   4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4   February 27, 2009

4(j)

 

Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due May 27, 2011, 2.25% Global Note due May 27, 2011 and 2.95% Global Note due August 15, 2012 and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4

 

May 28, 2009

4(k)

 

Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due September 13, 2012, 1.250% Global Note due September 13, 2013, and 2.125% Global Note due September 13, 2015 and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4

 

September 13, 2010

4(l)

 

Form of Registrant's 2.200% Global Note due December 1, 2015 and 3.750% Global Note due December 1, 2020 and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2 and 4.3

 

December 2, 2010

4(m)

 

Form of Registrant's Floating Rate Global Note due May 24, 2013, Floating Rate Global Note due May 30, 2014, 1.550% Global Note due May 30, 2014, 2.650% Global Note due June 1, 2016 and 4.300% Global Note due June 1, 2021 and form of related Officers' Certificate.

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6

 

June 1, 2011

4(n)

 

Speciman certificate for the Registrant's common stock.

 

8-A/A

 

001-04423

 

4.1

 

June 23, 2006

9

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10(a)

 

Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

S-8

 

333-114253

 

4.1

 

April 7, 2004

10(b)

 

Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan, amended and restated effective September 17, 2008.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(b)

 

December 18, 2008

10(c)

 

Registrant's 1997 Director Stock Plan, amended and restated effective November 1, 2005.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

99.4

 

November 23, 2005

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  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(d)   Registrant's 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, amended and restated effective May 1, 2007.*   10-Q   001-04423   10(d)   June 8, 2007

10(e)

 

Registrant's 1990 Incentive Stock Plan, amended and restated effective May 1, 2007.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(e)

 

June 8, 2007

10(f)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan, amended and restated effective November 21, 2002.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(f)

 

January 21, 2003

10(g)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan, amended and restated effective November 21, 2002.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(g)

 

January 21, 2003

10(h)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 1995 Equity Incentive Plan, amended and restated effective November 21, 2002.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(h)

 

January 21, 2003

10(i)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 1989 Equity Incentive Plan, amended and restated effective November 21, 2002.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(i)

 

January 21, 2003

10(j)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 1985 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.*

 

S-3

 

333-86378

 

10.5

 

April 18, 2002

10(k)

 

Amendment of Compaq Computer Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, effective September 3, 2001.*

 

S-3

 

333-86378

 

10.11

 

April 18, 2002

10(l)

 

Compaq Computer Corporation 1998 Former Nonemployee Replacement Option Plan.*

 

S-3

 

333-86378

 

10.9

 

April 18, 2002

10(m)

 

Registrant's Excess Benefit Retirement Plan, amended and restated as of January 1, 2006.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.2

 

September 21, 2006

10(n)

 

Hewlett-Packard Company Cash Account Restoration Plan, amended and restated as of January 1, 2005.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

99.3

 

November 23, 2005

10(o)

 

Registrant's 2005 Pay-for-Results Plan.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

99.5

 

November 23, 2005

10(p)

 

Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.1

 

September 21, 2006

93


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(q)   First Amendment to the Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*   10-Q   001-04423   10(q)   June 8, 2007

10(r)

 

Employment Agreement, dated June 9, 2005, between Registrant and R. Todd Bradley.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(x)

 

September 8, 2005

10(s)

 

Employment Agreement, dated July 11, 2005, between Registrant and Randall D. Mott.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(y)

 

September 8, 2005

10(t)

 

Registrant's Amended and Restated Severance Plan for Executive Officers.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

99.1

 

July 27, 2005

10(u)

 

Form letter to participants in the Registrant's Pay-for-Results Plan for fiscal year 2006.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(w)

 

March 10, 2006

10(v)

 

Registrant's Executive Severance Agreement.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(u)(u)

 

June 13, 2002

10(w)

 

Registrant's Executive Officers Severance Agreement.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(v)(v)

 

June 13, 2002

10(x)

 

Form letter regarding severance offset for restricted stock and restricted units.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.2

 

March 22, 2005

10(y)

 

Form of Indemnity Agreement between Compaq Computer Corporation and its executive officers.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(x)(x)

 

June 13, 2002

10(z)

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan, as amended, Registrant's 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, the Compaq Computer Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan, as amended, the Compaq Computer Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended, the Compaq Computer Corporation 1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and the Compaq Computer Corporation 1989 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(a)(a)

 

June 8, 2007

94


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(a)(a)   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan, as amended, and Registrant's 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended.*   10-Q   001-04423   10(b)(b)   June 8, 2007

10(b)(b)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(c)(c)

 

June 8, 2007

10(c)(c)

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Registrant's 1990 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(e)

 

January 27, 2000

10(d)(d)

 

Form of Common Stock Payment Agreement and Option Agreement for Registrant's 1997 Director Stock Plan, as amended.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(j)(j)

 

March 11, 2005

10(e)(e)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Grant Notice for the Compaq Computer Corporation 1989 Equity Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(w)(w)

 

June 13, 2002

10(f)(f)

 

Forms of Stock Option Notice for the Compaq Computer Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(r)(r)

 

January 14, 2005

10(g)(g)

 

Form of Long-Term Performance Cash Award Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan, as amended.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(t)(t)

 

January 14, 2005

10(h)(h)

 

Amendment One to the Long-Term Performance Cash Award Agreement for the 2004 Program.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(q)(q)

 

September 8, 2005

10(i)(i)

 

Form of Long-Term Performance Cash Award Agreement for the 2005 Program.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(r)(r)

 

September 8, 2005

10(j)(j)

 

Form of Long-Term Performance Cash Award Agreement.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(o)(o)

 

March 10, 2006

10(k)(k)

 

Second Amendment to the Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(l)(l)

 

December 18, 2007

95


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(l)(l)   Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of performance-based restricted units.*   8-K   001-04423   10.1   January 24, 2008

10(m)(m)

 

Form of Agreement Regarding Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments (California).*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.2

 

January 24, 2008

10(n)(n)

 

Form of Agreement Regarding Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments (Texas).*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(o)(o)

 

March 10, 2008

10(o)(o)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(p)(p)

 

March 10, 2008

10(p)(p)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(q)(q)

 

March 10, 2008

10(q)(q)

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(r)(r)

 

March 10, 2008

10(r)(r)

 

Form of Special Performance-Based Cash Incentive Notification Letter.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.1

 

May 20, 2008

10(s)(s)

 

Form of Option Agreement for Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(t)(t)

 

June 6, 2008

10(t)(t)

 

Form of Common Stock Payment Agreement for Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(u)(u)

 

June 6, 2008

10(u)(u)

 

Third Amendment to the Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(v)(v)

 

December 18, 2008

10(v)(v)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of restricted stock units.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(w)(w)

 

December 18, 2008

10(w)(w)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of performance-based restricted units.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(x)(x)

 

December 18, 2008

10(x)(x)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of non-qualified stock options.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(y)(y)

 

December 18, 2008

96


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(y)(y)   Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of restricted stock.*   10-K   001-04423   10(z)(z)   December 18, 2008

10(z)(z)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(a)(a)(a)

 

March 10, 2009

10(a)(a)(a)

 

First Amendment to the Hewlett-Packard Company Excess Benefit Retirement Plan.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(b)(b)(b)

 

March 10, 2009

10(b)(b)(b)

 

Fourth Amendment to the Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(c)(c)(c)

 

June 5, 2009

10(c)(c)(c)

 

Fifth Amendment to the Registrant's 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2006.*

 

10-Q

 

001-04423

 

10(d)(d)(d)

 

September 4, 2009

10(d)(d)(d)

 

Amended and Restated Hewlett-Packard Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.2

 

March 23, 2010

10(e)(e)(e)

 

Employment Agreement, dated September 29, 2010, between the Registrant and Léo Apotheker.*

 

8-K

 

001-04423

 

10.1

 

October 1, 2010

10(f)(f)(f)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of restricted stock units.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(f)(f)(f)

 

December 15, 2010

10(g)(g)(g)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of performance-based restricted units.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(g)(g)(g)

 

December 15, 2010

10(h)(h)(h)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of restricted stock.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(h)(h)(h)

 

December 15, 2010

10(i)(i)(i)

 

Form of Stock Notification and Award Agreement for awards of non-qualified stock options.*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(i)(i)(i)

 

December 15, 2010

10(j)(j)(j)

 

Form of Agreement Regarding Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments (California—new hires).*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(j)(j)(j)

 

December 15, 2010

10(k)(k)(k)

 

Form of Agreement Regarding Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments (California—current employees).*

 

10-K

 

001-04423

 

10(k)(k)(k)

 

December 15, 2010

97


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
10(l)(l)(l)   Letter Agreement, dated December 15, 2010, between the Registrant and Catherine A. Lesjak.*   10-K   001-04423   10(l)(l)(l)   December 15, 2010

10(m)(m)(m)

 

Letter Agreement, dated September 29, 2010, between the Registrant and Michael J. Holston.*‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10(n)(n)(n)

 

Agreement between the Registrant and Marcela Perez de Alonso.*‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-19

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22-24

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.‡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document.§

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.§

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.§

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.§

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.§

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98


 
   
  Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
   
  Exhibit Description   Form   File No.   Exhibit(s)   Filing Date
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.§                

*
Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

Filed herewith.

Furnished herewith.

§
Furnished herewith. In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

        The registrant agrees to furnish to the Commission supplementally upon request a copy of (1) any instrument with respect to long-term debt not filed herewith as to which the total amount of securities authorized thereunder does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (2) any omitted schedules to any material plan of acquisition, disposition or reorganization set forth above.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (Unaudited)
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
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