8-K 1 form8-k_122013.htm FORM 8-K form8-k_122013.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
December 11, 2013
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
DELAWARE
1-4423
94-1081436
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
     
     
3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO, CA
  
94304
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)
     
     
(650) 857-1501
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
   
(e) 
    On December 11, 2013, the independent members of the Board of Directors of Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) approved an increase in the base salary of Margaret C. Whitman, HP’s President and Chief Executive Officer, from $1 per year to $1,500,000 per year to bring Ms. Whitman’s salary to a competitive level among the salaries of the chief executive officers of HP’s peer companies. This salary increase is effective as of November 1, 2013.
   
 
   
   
 
                  
 
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SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
     
     
DATE: December 17, 2013
By:
  /s/ Rishi Varma
 
 
Name:
Rishi Varma
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
 

 
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