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Meg Whitman
President and CEO

Dear Stockholders,
Fiscal 2012 was the first year in a multi-year 
journey to turn HP around. We diagnosed the 
problems facing the company, laid the foundation 
to fix them, and put in place a plan to restore HP 
to growth. We know where we need to go, and 
we are starting to make progress.

The Year in Review
In the first year of our turnaround effort, we provided a frank assessment of the challenges facing HP, 

laid out clear strategies at all levels of the corporation, and mapped out our journey to restore HP’s 

financial performance. Most importantly, we did what we said we would do in fiscal 2012 – we began 

taking action to bring costs in line with the revenue trajectory of the business and met our full-year  

non-GAAP earnings per share outlook.

We have just completed year one of our journey, and we are already seeing tangible proof that the steps 

we have taken are working. This includes generating $10.6 billion in cash flow from operations for fiscal 

2012. HP used that cash to make significant progress in rebuilding our balance sheet – reducing our 

net debt by $5.6 billion during the year – and returned $2.6 billion to stockholders in the form of share 

repurchases and dividends.

$10.6B

in cash flow from 
operations for 
fiscal 2012

Our efforts in fiscal 2012 also included beginning to tackle the structural and execution issues we 

identified, and building the foundation we need to improve our performance in the face of dynamic 

market trends and macroeconomic challenges. 

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This foundation includes assembling a strong leadership team and investing in systems and tools that 

make it easier for us to manage our business, allocate resources, and prioritize investment dollars.  

For example, to better empower and enable our sales teams, we successfully rolled out a new customer 

relationship management system to almost 30,000 HP employees. 

To bring more focus back to the business, we implemented a series of organizational changes, such 

as consolidating our personal computer and printing businesses under the same senior executive 

leadership. We also combined our global accounts sales organization with our enterprise servers, 

storage, and networking business and our technology services business to create a new Enterprise 

Group. Finally, we centralized all of our marketing and communications activities.

In May, we announced a multi-year restructuring program to streamline the company and create the 

capacity to invest in innovation. As of the end of fiscal 2012, we are on track to realize the savings that 

we outlined in that announcement. 

We began working to optimize our supply chain, reduce the number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) and 

platforms, refine our real estate strategy, improve our business processes, and implement consistent 

pricing and promotions. 

We have also taken steps to refocus our research and development efforts to extend HP’s technology 

leadership in our core markets. Our product and service development teams have moved aggressively to 

better understand customer needs, align our portfolio, and speed our time to market.  

We modified our incentive compensation structure for senior executives to increase the focus on the underlying

drivers of stockholder value, including an increased emphasis on cash flow and the addition of a new return on

invested capital performance metric.

Finally, fiscal 2012 was a landmark year for product announcements, including our first new line of 

multi-function printers in seven years, an impressive new line of Windows 8 PCs, such as the Spectre XT 

TouchSmart and ENVY x2, and the HP ElitePad, the world’s first tablet optimized for the enterprise. In addition,
 we introduced a comprehensive cloud strategy and a number of new cloud products and services. 
And we updated our enterprise security portfolio with scalable solutions that give customers 

the 360-degree view they need to protect the 21st century enterprise.

Multi-Year Journey
We began fiscal 2013 with a stronger financial foundation, an empowered leadership team, and a clear 

strategy, but we have more work to do on the multi-year journey ahead of us.

Fiscal 2013 is going to be a fix-and-rebuild year as we focus on working through the anticipated 

disruptions expected to accompany the organizational changes we made in fiscal 2012. We will continue 

to implement our cost-reduction and operational initiatives, make investments in our business – 

particularly in tools, systems, processes, and instrumentation – and maintain our focus on disciplined 

capital allocation. We will also continue to drive product innovation in our core markets; improve our 

commercialization strategy with a focus on cloud computing, security, and information optimization; 

and rebuild our go-to-market capability.

We are working hard to accelerate the timing of this journey. Success hinges on consistency of 

leadership, focus, execution and, most importantly, great products and services delivered in the way 

that customers want to buy them.

$2.6B

returned to 
stockholders in 
the form of share 
repurchases and 
dividends

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Looking Ahead 
While we have faced some big challenges, we also see some big opportunities ahead, and we are well 

positioned to take advantage of those opportunities with our remarkable set of assets and strengths. 

Our unparalleled scale and distribution allows us to reach customers and partners in any corner of  

the globe at the best possible price. Our brand is trusted by customers around the world. We have 

talented and resilient employees that are committed to our customers, and a culture of great 

engineering and innovation. 

Above all, we have an incredibly loyal group of customers and partners who want our company to 

succeed. Over the years, these customers have made enormous investments in HP’s technology, and 

they need us to continue to provide solutions for today’s new style of IT. 

This new style of IT promises lower costs, simplicity, and speed. Driven by cloud, mobility, and big 

data, it is changing how technology is consumed and delivered, and how end users engage with it. 

For organizations around the world, this new style of IT has the potential to reshape the competitive 

landscape by lowering barriers of entry in all industries.  

And this new style of IT will demand a foundation to support much greater agility, lower cost, and a 

higher degree of accessibility. This foundation will span devices, infrastructure, software, and services 

to meet the expectations of  employees, customers, and partners. The IT industry must evolve how 

it works to succeed in this new environment and can no longer focus on just the pieces – hardware, 

software, and services – but must focus on all of the above. 

HP is the ideal partner with the right solutions for the future. Our diverse portfolio sets us apart, and we 

are the only company that can deliver hardware, software, and services that meet the needs of all of our 

customers, from the enterprise to the consumer. 

After a full year as CEO, it is clear to me that HP is at the forefront of a unique opportunity at a critical 

time. Taking advantage of this moment will reinforce HP’s position as a world-class technology 

leader, delivering unrivaled integrated solutions for our customers over the next generation.  I am 

confident that over time this will increasingly equate to improved financial performance and increased 

stockholder value. 

Looking ahead, I remain optimistic and confident about our future. We now have the people, the plan, 

and the foundation in place to help us succeed on the next phase of the journey. 

Thank you for the confidence you have given to all of us by investing in HP and  believing in all that we 

can accomplish together. 

Sincerely,

Meg Whitman

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Members of the Board*

Marc L. Andreessen
Director since 2009
Age 41

Mr. Andreessen is a co-founder of AH Capital 
Management, LLC, doing business as Andreessen 
Horowitz, a venture capital firm founded in July 
2009. From 1999 to July 2007, Mr. Andreessen 
served as Chairman of  Opsware, Inc., a software 
company that he co-founded. From March 1999 
to September 1999, Mr. Andreessen served as 
Chief Technology Officer of America Online, Inc., 
a software company. Mr. Andreessen co-founded 
Netscape Communications Corporation, a software 
company, and served in various positions, 
including Chief Technology Officer and Executive 
Vice President of Products from 1994 to 1999. 
Mr. Andreessen also is a director of eBay Inc., 
Facebook, Inc. and several private companies.

Shumeet Banerji
Director since 2011
Age 53

Mr. Banerji has served as a senior partner of Booz & 
Company, a consulting company, since May 2012. 
Previously, Mr. Banerji served as Chief Executive 
Officer of Booz & Company from July 2008 to May 
2012. Prior to that, Mr. Banerji served in multiple 
roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting company 
and predecessor to Booz & Company, while based in 
offices in North America, Asia and Europe, including 
President of the Worldwide Commercial Business 
from February 2008 to July 2008, Managing 
Director, Europe from February 2007 to February 
2008 and Managing Director, United Kingdom from 
2003 to March 2007. Earlier in his career, Mr. Banerji 
was a member of the faculty at the University of 
Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Rajiv L. Gupta
Director since 2009
Age 67

Mr. Gupta has served as Lead Independent Director 
of the Board since November 2011. Mr. Gupta 
has served as Chairman of Avantor Performance 
Materials, a manufacturer of chemistries and 
materials, since August 2011 and as Senior Advisor 
to New Mountain Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, 
since July 2009. Previously, Mr. Gupta served as 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and 
Haas Company, a worldwide producer of specialty 
materials, from 1999 to April 2009. Mr. Gupta 
occupied various other positions at Rohm and 

Haas after joining the company in 1971, including 
Vice Chairman from 1998 to 1999, Director of the 
Electronic Materials business from 1996 to 1999, 
and Vice President and Regional Director of the 
Asia-Pacific Region from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Gupta 
also is a director of Delphi Automotive PLC, Tyco 
International Ltd., The Vanguard Group and several 
private companies.

John H. Hammergren
Director since 2005
Age 53

Mr. Hammergren has served as Chairman of 
McKesson Corporation, a healthcare services and 
information technology company, since 2002. Mr. 
Hammergren joined McKesson in 1996 and held a 
number of management positions before becoming 
President and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. Mr. 
Hammergren also is a former director of Nadro, S.A. 
de C.V. (Mexico).

Raymond J. Lane
Director since 2010
Age 66

Mr. Lane was appointed executive Chairman in 
September 2011 after having served as HP’s 
non-executive Chairman since November 2010. Mr. 
Lane has served as Managing Partner of Kleiner 
Perkins Caufield & Byers, a private equity firm, 
since 2000. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Mr. 
Lane was President and Chief Operating Officer 
and a director of Oracle Corporation, a software 
company. Before joining Oracle in 1992, Mr. Lane 
was a senior partner of Booz Allen Hamilton, a 
consulting company. Prior to Booz Allen Hamilton, 
Mr. Lane served as a division vice president with 
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, an IT services 
company that HP acquired in August 2008. Mr. Lane 
is a director of several private companies and is a 
former director of Quest Software, Inc.

Ann M. Livermore
Director since 2011
Age 54

Ms. Livermore served as Executive Vice President of 
the former HP Enterprise Business from 2004 until 
June 2011 and has served in a transitional role since 
then. Prior to that, Ms. Livermore served in various 
other positions with HP in marketing, sales, research 
and development, and business management since 
joining the company in 1982. Ms. Livermore also is a 
director of United Parcel Service, Inc.

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Gary M. Reiner
Director since 2011
Age 58

Margaret C. Whitman
Director since 2011
Age 56

Ms. Whitman has served as President and Chief 
Executive Officer of HP since September 2011 
and as a member of the Board since January 
2011. From March 2011 to September 2011, Ms. 
Whitman served as a part-time strategic advisor to 
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a private equity 
firm. Previously, Ms. Whitman served as President 
and Chief Executive Officer of eBay Inc., an online 
marketplace and payments company, from 1998 
to March 2008. Prior to joining eBay, Ms. Whitman 
held executive-level positions at Hasbro Inc., a toy 
company, FTD, Inc., a floral products company, The 
Stride Rite Corporation, a footwear company, The 
Walt Disney Company, an entertainment company, 
and Bain & Company, a consulting company. Ms. 
Whitman also serves as a director of The Procter & 
Gamble Company and Zipcar, Inc. and is a former 
director of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Ralph V. Whitworth
Director since 2011
Age 57

Mr. Whitworth has been a principal of Relational 
Investors LLC, a registered investment advisor, 
since 1996. He also is a former director of Genzyme 
Corporation, Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., Sprint Nextel 
Corporation and seven other public companies.

Mr. Reiner has served as Operating Partner at 
General Atlantic, a private equity firm, since 
November 2011. Previously, Mr. Reiner served as 
Special Advisor to General Atlantic from September 
2010 to November 2011. Prior to that, Mr. 
Reiner served as Senior Vice President and Chief 
Information Officer at General Electric Company, a 
technology, media and financial services company, 
from 1996 until March 2010. Mr. Reiner previously 
held other executive positions with GE since joining 
the company in 1991. Earlier in his career, Mr. 
Reiner was a partner at Boston Consulting Group, a 
consulting company, where he focused on strategic 
and process issues for technology businesses. Mr. 
Reiner also is a former director of Genpact Limited.

Patricia F. Russo
Director since 2011
Age 60

Ms. Russo served as Chief Executive Officer of 
Alcatel-Lucent, a communications company, from 
December 2006 to September 2008. Previously, she 
served as Chairman of Lucent Technologies Inc., a 
communications company, from 2003 to November 
2006 and Chief Executive Officer and President of 
Lucent from 2002 to November 2006. Ms. Russo also 
is a director of Alcoa, Inc., General Motors Company, 
KKR Management LLC (the managing partner of KKR 
& Co., L.P.) and Merck & Co., Inc. Ms. Russo served as 
a director of Schering-Plough Corporation from 1995 
until its merger with Merck in 2009.

G. Kennedy Thompson
Director since 2006
Age 62

Mr. Thompson has been a principal of Aquiline 
Capital Partners LLC, a private equity firm, since 
November 2011 after having served as Senior 
Advisor to Aquiline from May 2009 until November 
2011. Previously, Mr. Thompson served as Chairman 
of Wachovia Corporation, a financial services 
company, from 2003 until June 2008. Mr. Thompson 
also served as Chief Executive Officer of Wachovia, 
formerly First Union Corporation, from 2000 until 
June 2008 and as President from 1999 until June 
2008. Previously, Mr. Thompson served as Chairman 
of First Union for a portion of 2001, Vice Chairman 
of First Union from 1998 to 1999, and Executive 
Vice President of First Union from 1996 to 1998. 
Mr. Thompson also is a director of BNC Bancorp.

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Executive Team*

R. Todd Bradley
Executive Vice President, 
Printing and Personal Systems Group

Catherine A. Lesjak
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer

David A. Donatelli
Executive Vice President and 
General Manager, Enterprise Group

Marc A. Levine
Senior Vice President, 
Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

Henry Gomez
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Communications Officer

John M. Hinshaw
Executive Vice President, 
Technology and Operations

Martin J. Homlish
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Marketing Officer

Abdo George Kadifa
Executive Vice President, 
HP Software

Tracy S. Keogh
Executive Vice President, 
Human Resources

John N. McMullen
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

Michael G. Nefkens
Executive Vice President, 
Enterprise Services

John F. Schultz
Executive Vice President, 
General Counsel and Secretary

William L. Veghte
Chief Operating Officer

Margaret C. Whitman
President and Chief Executive Officer

*Members of the Board and Executive Team as of December 31, 2012.

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

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

(cid:2) ANNUAL  REPORT PURSUANT TO  SECTION 13  OR 15(d) OF  THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012

Or

(cid:3)

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
(State or other jurisdiction  of
incorporation or organization)

3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California
(Address of principal executive offices)

94-1081436
(I.R.S. employer
identification  no.)

94304
(Zip code)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section  12(b) of  the  Act:

Title of each class

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

New York  Stock  Exchange

Securities registered pursuant  to Section  12(g)  of the Act:
None

Indicate  by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned  issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes (cid:2) No  (cid:3)

Indicate  by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes (cid:3) No (cid:2)

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 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 (cid:2) No (cid:3)

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 (cid:2) No (cid:3)

Indicate  by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and  will

not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  (cid:2)

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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer (cid:2)

Smaller reporting company  (cid:3)

Accelerated filer (cid:3)

Non-accelerated filer (cid:3)
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)

Indicate  by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes (cid:3) No (cid:2)

The  aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was $48,466,819,000 based on the last sale

price of  common  stock on April 30, 2012.

The  number of shares of HP common stock outstanding as of  November 30, 2012 was 1,948,148,051 shares.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY  REFERENCE

Portions of the  Registrant’s proxy statement related to its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed
pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after Registrant’s  fiscal year end of October 31, 2012 are incorporated
by reference into Part III of this Report.

10-K PART

III

Hewlett-Packard Company

Form 10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2012

Table of Contents

PART I
Item 1.
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1A. Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 2.
Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 3.
Mine Safety Disclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 4.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common  Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer

Item 6.
Item 7.

Purchases of Equity Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management’s Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial Condition  and Results of

Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative  Disclosures about Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial Statements and  Supplementary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 8.
Changes in and Disagreements with  Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Item 9.

Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9B. Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers  and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 11.
Security Ownership of Certain  Beneficial  Owners and Management and Related
Item 12.

Item 13.
Item 14.

Item 15.

Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certain Relationships and  Related Transactions, and Director  Independence . . . . . .
Principal Accounting Fees  and  Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IV
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Forward-Looking Statements

This  Annual Report on Form 10-K, including ‘‘Management’s Discussion and  Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations’’  in Item 7, 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 other
financial items; any projections of the amount,  timing or impact  of cost savings or restructuring  charges; any
statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the
execution of restructuring plans and any  resulting  cost  savings or  revenue or profitability improvements; any
statements concerning the expected development, performance, market share or competitive performance
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 and retirement programs; the
execution, timing and results of restructuring  plans, including  estimates  and assumptions related to the cost
and the anticipated benefits of implementing  those 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
‘‘Risk Factors’’ in Item 1A of this report,  and that are otherwise described  or  updated from time to  time  in
HP’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports. HP  assumes no obligation and does  not  intend to
update these forward-looking statements.

ITEM 1. Business.

PART I

HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to
individual consumers, small- and medium-sized  businesses (‘‘SMBs’’) and large enterprises,  including
customers in the government, health  and  education  sectors.  Our offerings span:

(cid:129) personal computing and other access devices;

(cid:129) 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;

(cid:129) imaging and printing-related products and services; and

(cid:129) enterprise information technology  infrastructure, including enterprise server and storage

technology, networking products and solutions, information technology (‘‘IT’’)  management
software, information management solutions and security intelligence/risk management solutions.

HP was incorporated in 1947 under the laws of  the State of California as  the successor to a

partnership founded in 1939 by William R. Hewlett and David Packard. Effective in May 1998, we
changed our state of incorporation from California to Delaware.

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HP Products and Services; Segment  Information

Our operations are organized into seven  business  segments: Personal  Systems (formerly  known  as
the Personal Systems Group or ‘‘PSG’’);  Printing (formerly known  as the Imaging and Printing  Group
or ‘‘IPG’’); Services; Enterprise Servers, Storage  and  Networking (‘‘ESSN’’); Software;  HP Financial
Services (‘‘HPFS’’); and Corporate Investments. In each  of the past three  fiscal years, notebooks,
desktops, printing supplies and infrastructure technology outsourcing services each accounted  for more
than 10% of our consolidated net revenue. In  fiscal 2012 and 2011,  industry standard  servers also
accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated net revenue.

As part of a realignment of the structure of  our  business in  fiscal  2012, we have structured the
Personal Systems segment and the Printing segment  beneath  a  newly formed Printing and  Personal
Systems Group (‘‘PPS’’). While PPS  is  not a  financial reporting segment, we sometimes provide
financial data aggregating the segments within  it in order  to provide a supplementary view of our
business.

A summary of our net revenue, earnings from operations and  assets for our segments  and business

units is found in Note 19 to the Consolidated  Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated
herein by reference. A discussion of factors potentially  affecting our operations is  set forth in ‘‘Risk
Factors’’ in Item 1A, which is incorporated herein  by  reference.

Printing and Personal Systems Group

The mission of PPS is to leverage the respective  strengths of the  Personal  Systems  business  and the

Printing business in creating a single, unified business that  is customer-focused and poised to capitalize
on rapidly shifting industry trends. Each of  the business  segments within  PPS is described in detail
below.

Personal Systems

Personal Systems provides commercial personal computers (‘‘PCs’’),  consumer PCs,  workstations,

calculators and other related accessories,  software and services for  the  commercial and  consumer
markets. We group commercial notebooks,  commercial desktops and workstations  into  commercial
clients  and consumer notebooks and  consumer desktops  into  consumer  clients when describing  our
performance in these markets. Like the  broader  PC market, Personal Systems continues  to  experience  a
shift  toward mobile products such as  notebooks. Both commercial and  consumer PCs are based
predominately on the Windows operating system  and  use Intel  Corporation (‘‘Intel’’) and Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc. (‘‘AMD’’) processors.

Commercial PCs. Commercial PCs are optimized for commercial uses, including enterprise and
SMB customers, and for connectivity  and  manageability in  networked environments. Commercial PCs
include the HP ProBook and the HP EliteBook  lines  of  notebooks  and  the  Compaq  Pro, Compaq
Elite, HP Pro and HP Elite lines of business desktops, as well as the All-in-One  TouchSmart and  Omni
PCs, HP Mini-Note PCs, retail POS  systems, HP Thin Clients and  HP Slate Tablet  PCs.

Consumer PCs. Consumer PCs include the HP Pavilion, HP Elite, Envy  and Compaq Presario
series of multi-media consumer notebooks, desktops and mini notebooks,  including the  TouchSmart line
of touch-enabled all-in-one notebooks  and desktops.

Workstations. Workstations are individual computing products designed for users demanding
enhanced performance, such as computer animation, engineering  design and  other programs  requiring
high-resolution graphics. Personal Systems provides workstations  that run on both Windows and  Linux-
based operating systems.

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Printing

Printing provides consumer and commercial printer hardware,  supplies, media  and scanning

devices. Printing is also focused on imaging  solutions in the commercial  markets.  These solutions range
from managed print services to capturing high-value pages  in areas such as industrial  applications,
outdoor signage, and the graphic arts  business.

Inkjet and Web Solutions.

Inkjet and Web Solutions delivers HP’s  consumer and SMB inkjet

solutions (hardware, supplies, media,  web-connected hardware and services). It includes single-function
and all-in-one inkjet printers targeted  toward consumers  and  SMBs,  as well as Snapfish  and
ePrintCenter.

LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions. LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions delivers products, services
and solutions to the SMB and enterprise segments, including LaserJet  printers and supplies, multi-
function devices, scanners, web-connected  hardware and services  and enterprise software solutions, such
as Exstream Software and Web Jetadmin.

Managed Enterprise Solutions. Managed Enterprise Solutions include  managed print service
products, support and solutions delivered  to  enterprise customers partnering with  third-party software
providers to offer workflow solutions in  the enterprise environment.

Graphics Solutions. Graphics Solutions include large format printing (Designjet and Scitex) and

supplies, Indigo digital presses and supplies, inkjet high-speed production solutions and supplies,
specialty printing systems and graphics  services. Graphic  Solutions  targets  print  service  providers,
architects, engineers, designers, photofinishers, and industrial solution providers.

Services

Services provides consulting, outsourcing  and  technology services across  infrastructure, applications

and business process domains. Services delivers to its clients by leveraging investments in  consulting
and support professionals, infrastructure technology, applications, standardized methodologies  and
global  supply and delivery. Our services  businesses also create  opportunities for us to sell additional
hardware and software by offering solutions that  encompass both products  and services.  Services is
divided into three main business units:  infrastructure technology  outsourcing,  technology services and
application and business services.

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing.

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing delivers

comprehensive services that streamline and optimize our  clients’ infrastructure  to  efficiently enhance
performance, reduce costs, mitigate risk  and  enable business change. These services encompass the data
center, IT security, cloud-based computing, workplace technology, network, unified communications and
enterprise service management. We also  offer  a set of  managed services, providing  a cross-section of
our  broader infrastructure services for smaller  discrete engagements.

Technology Services. Technology Services provides technology consulting and support  services for
transforming IT and converging and  supporting IT infrastructure. The technology consulting portfolio
includes strategic IT advisory services,  cloud consulting  services, unified communications solutions, data
center transformation services and education consulting services. In addition to warranty support  across
our product lines, support services includes  HP Foundation Care, our portfolio of reactive hardware
and  software support services; HP Proactive Care, which includes advanced remote system-monitoring
tools, continuous onsite rapid response and direct access to  our technical  experts and resources;  HP
Datacenter Care for flexible customer support for HP and multivendor systems;  and Lifecycle Event
services, which are event-based services  offering our technology  expertise and  consulting  for each  phase
of the technology life cycle. Our technology services offerings are available in the form  of service
contracts, pre-packaged offerings (HP  Care  Pack services) or  on an individual  basis.

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Application and Business Services. Application and Business Services helps clients develop,

revitalize and manage their applications  and  information  assets. This full application life cycle approach
encompasses application development,  testing, modernization, system integration, maintenance and
management for both packaged and  custom-built applications.  The Application and Business  Services
portfolio also includes intellectual property-based industry solutions, services and technologies  to  help
clients  better manage critical business processes. We also offer services  for customer relationship
management, finance and administration,  human resources, payroll and document processing.

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking

ESSN provides server, storage and networking products that fulfill  a wide range  of customer  needs

and market requirements. Our Converged Infrastructure portfolio of servers,  storage and  networking
combined with our Cloud Service Automation  software suite creates  the HP  CloudSystem. This
integrated solution enables enterprise  and  service-provider  clients to deliver infrastructure, platform and
software-as-a-service in a private, public  or  hybrid cloud  environment. By providing a broad portfolio of
server, storage and networking solutions,  ESSN aims  to  optimize the combined  product solutions
required by different customers and provide solutions for a wide range of operating environments,
spanning both the enterprise and the  SMB markets.

Industry Standard Servers.

Industry Standard Servers offers primarily entry-level  and mid-range

ProLiant servers, which run primarily Windows,  Linux and virtualization platforms from  Microsoft,
VMware, Inc. and other major vendors  and leverage Intel and AMD x86  processors. The  business
spans a range of product lines that include pedestal-tower servers,  density-optimized rack  servers and
our  BladeSystem family of server blades. Industry Standard Servers also provides hyperscale solutions
for large distributed computing companies who  buy and deploy compute  nodes at a massive scale.

Business Critical Systems. Business Critical Systems delivers our  mission-critical Converged

Infrastructure with a portfolio of HP  Integrity servers based  on the  Intel Itanium processor that run the
HP-UX and OpenVMS operating systems, as well as HP Integrity  NonStop solutions. Our  Integrity
servers feature scalable blades built on  a  blade infrastructure with our unique Blade Link technology
and the Superdome 2 server solution.  Business  Critical Systems also offers our scale-up x86 ProLiant
servers for scalability of systems with  more than  four industry standard processors. In addition, we
continue to support the HP9000 servers  and  HP AlphaServers by offering customers the opportunity to
upgrade these legacy systems to current  HP  Integrity systems.

Storage. Our storage offerings include storage platforms for high-end,  mid-range and small

business environments. Our flagship product is the  HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage  Platform, which is
designed  for virtualization, cloud and IT-as-a-service. The  Storage business  has a broad range of
products including storage area networks,  network attached  storage,  storage  management software  and
virtualization technologies, StoreOnce data deduplication solutions, tape drives and tape  libraries.
These offerings enable customers to optimize  their existing storage systems,  build new  virtualization
solutions and plan their transition to cloud  computing.

Networking. Our switch, router and wireless LAN  products deliver open, scalable, secure, agile
and consistent solutions for the data  center, campus and branch networks. Our networking solutions
are based on our FlexNetwork architecture, which is designed to enable simplified server virtualization,
unified communications and multi-media application delivery  for  the enterprise.

Software

Software provides enterprise information management solutions  for both structured  and
unstructured data, IT management software,  and  security intelligence/risk  management solutions.
Solutions are delivered in the form of  traditional software licenses, software-as-a-service, hybrid  or

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appliance deployment models. Augmented by support and professional services, our software solutions
allow IT organizations to gain customer  insight and optimize infrastructure, operations, application life
cycles, application quality, security, IT  services and business processes. In  addition,  these solutions help
businesses proactively safeguard digital assets, comply  with corporate and regulatory policies, and
control internal and external security  risks.

HP Financial Services

HPFS supports and enhances our global product and service solutions, providing a broad range of

value-added financial life cycle management  services. HPFS enables our worldwide customers to
acquire complete IT solutions, including  hardware, software and services.  HPFS offers  leasing,
financing, utility programs and asset  recovery services,  as well as  financial asset management  services
for large global and enterprise customers. HPFS also provides an array of specialized financial services
to SMBs and educational and governmental entities.  HPFS offers innovative, customized and flexible
alternatives to balance unique customer  cash  flow, technology  obsolescence and capacity needs.

Corporate Investments

Corporate Investments includes business  intelligence solutions,  HP Labs, the  webOS business and
certain business incubation projects. Business intelligence solutions enable businesses  to  standardize on
consistent data management schemes, connect and share data  across the enterprise and apply analytics.

Sales, Marketing and Distribution

We  manage our business and report  our financial results  based on the business segments  described

above. Our customers are organized by  consumer and commercial  customer groups,  and purchases of
HP products and services may be fulfilled  directly  by  HP or indirectly  through  a variety  of partners,
including:

(cid:129) retailers that sell our products to the public through  their own physical or  Internet stores;

(cid:129) resellers that sell our products and services, frequently with their  own value-added products or

services, to targeted customer groups;

(cid:129) distribution partners that supply our solutions to smaller resellers;

(cid:129) original equipment manufacturers  (‘‘OEMs’’) that integrate our  products  with their own

hardware or software and sell the integrated  products;

(cid:129) independent software vendors (‘‘ISVs’’) that provide their clients with specialized  software
products, and often assist us in selling our products and services to clients purchasing their
products;

(cid:129) systems integrators that provide various levels and kinds of  expertise in designing and

implementing custom IT solutions and often partner with our services  business to extend their
expertise or influence the sale of our  products and services;  and

(cid:129) advisory firms that provide various levels of management and IT  consulting, including  some

systems integration work, and that typically partner with our  services business on  client solutions
that require our unique products and services.

The mix of HP’s business by channel or direct sales differs substantially by business and region. We

believe that customer buying patterns  and  different regional market conditions require us to tailor our
sales, marketing and distribution efforts accordingly.  HP is focused on driving the  depth and  breadth of
its  coverage in addition to efficiencies and productivity  gains in both  its  direct and indirect  businesses.
So, while each HP business segment  manages the  execution  of  its  own go-to-market and distribution

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strategy, the business segments collaborate to ensure strategic  and process alignment where
appropriate.

For large enterprise customers, HP typically  assigns an account  manager,  generally  from ESSN or
Services, to manage the customer relationship across  HP. The account manager is  supported by a team
of specialists with  product and services  expertise.  For  other customers and for consumers,  PPS manages
direct online sales as well as channel  relationships with retailers, while also leading coordination across
the businesses for relationships with commercial  resellers targeting SMBs.

Manufacturing and Materials

We  utilize a significant number of outsourced manufacturers (‘‘OMs’’) around  the world to

manufacture HP-designed products. The  use of OMs is intended to generate cost  efficiencies and
reduce time to market for HP-designed  products. We use  multiple OMs to  maintain  flexibility in our
supply chain and manufacturing processes. In  some circumstances,  third-party OEMs manufacture
products that we purchase and resell under the  HP brand. In  addition to our use of OMs,  we currently
manufacture a limited number of finished products from components  and subassemblies that we
acquire from a wide range of vendors.

We  utilize two primary methods of fulfilling demand for products: building products to order and

configuring products to order. We build  products to order  to  maximize manufacturing  and logistics
efficiencies by producing high volumes of  basic product configurations. Configuring products  to  order
permits configuration of units to the  particular hardware and software customization requirements  of
customers. Our inventory management and  distribution practices in  both  building products to order and
configuring products to order seek to minimize  inventory holding periods by taking delivery of  the
inventory and manufacturing immediately prior to the  sale or distribution of products to our customers.

We  purchase materials, supplies and  product subassemblies  from  a substantial number  of  vendors.

For most of our products, we have existing  alternate sources of supply, or such sources are  readily
available. However, we do rely on sole sources for  laser printer engines, LaserJet supplies  and parts for
products with short life cycles (although  some of these sources have operations in multiple locations  in
the event of a disruption). We are dependent upon Intel  as a  supplier  of  processors and Microsoft
Corporation (‘‘Microsoft’’) for various software  products. However, we believe that disruptions with
these suppliers would result in industry-wide dislocations and therefore would not disproportionately
disadvantage us relative to our competitors. For processors, we also have  a relationship with AMD,  and
we have continued to see solid acceptance of AMD  processors in  the market.

Like other participants in the high technology industry, we ordinarily acquire materials and

components through a combination of blanket and scheduled purchase orders to support our
requirements for periods averaging 90 to 120  days. From time to time, we experience significant price
volatility and supply constraints for certain  components that are not available from  multiple sources.
Frequently, we are able to obtain scarce components for somewhat higher prices  on the  open market,
which  may have an impact on gross margin but does not disrupt production. We also  acquire
component inventory in anticipation  of  supply constraints or enter  into longer-term pricing
commitments with vendors to improve  the priority,  price and  availability of supply. See ‘‘Risk Factors—
We  depend on third-party suppliers,  and  our  revenue and gross  margin could suffer if we fail  to
manage suppliers properly,’’ in Item 1A,  which is  incorporated herein by reference.

International

Our products and services are available worldwide.  We believe  this geographic diversity allows us
to meet demand on a worldwide basis for  both  consumer and enterprise customers, draws on  business
and technical expertise from a worldwide  workforce,  provides stability to  our operations, allows us  to
drive economies of scale, provides revenue  streams to offset  geographic economic trends and offers us

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an opportunity to access new markets for  maturing products. In  addition,  we believe  that  future growth
is dependent in part on our ability to  develop  products and sales models  that target developing
countries. In this regard, we believe that  our broad geographic presence gives us a solid base upon
which  to build such future growth.

A summary of our domestic and international net  revenue and net  property,  plant  and equipment

is set forth in Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8,  which is  incorporated herein
by reference. Approximately 65% of  our  overall  net revenue in fiscal  2012 came from  outside the
United States. The substantial majority of our  net revenue originating  outside the  United States was
from customers other than foreign governments.

For a  discussion of risks attendant to HP’s foreign operations,  see ‘‘Risk Factors—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,’’ in Item 1A, ‘‘Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosure about Market Risk’’ in Item 7A and Note  10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in
Item 8, which are incorporated herein  by reference.

Research and Development

We  are committed to innovation as a  key  element of  HP’s  culture. Our  development efforts are

focused on designing and developing  products, services and solutions that anticipate  customers’
changing  needs and desires and emerging  technological trends.  Our efforts also are focused on
identifying the areas where we believe  we  can make a  unique contribution and the areas  where
partnering with other leading technology  companies  will leverage  our cost structure and maximize  our
customers’ experiences.

HP Labs, together with the various research  and  development groups within the five principal

business segments, are responsible for  our research and development efforts. HP Labs is  part of  our
Corporate Investments segment.

Expenditures for research and development were  $3.4 billion  in fiscal 2012,  $3.3 billion in fiscal
2011 and $3.0 billion in fiscal 2010. We  anticipate that we will continue  to  have significant research and
development expenditures in the future  to provide a continuing  flow  of innovative, high-quality
products and services to maintain and enhance our competitive position.

For a  discussion of risks attendant to our  research and  development activities,  see ‘‘Risk Factors—

If we  cannot successfully 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,’’ in  Item 1A,  which is incorporated herein by reference.

Patents

Our general policy has been to seek patent protection  for  those inventions and improvements

likely to be incorporated into our products and services or  where proprietary rights  will  improve our
competitive position. At October 31, 2012 and 2011, our  worldwide patent portfolio included  over
36,000 patents, which represented a slight decrease over  the number  of patents in our patent portfolio
at the end of fiscal 2010.

Patents generally have a term of twenty years from the  time they are filed. As our patent portfolio

has been built over time, the remaining terms  on the  individual patents vary. We believe  that  our
patents and applications are important  for maintaining the competitive differentiation of our products
and services, enhancing our ability to access  technology of third parties, and maximizing our return on
research and development investments. No single  patent  is in  itself essential to HP as  a whole  or to any
of HP’s business segments.

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In addition to developing our patents, we license intellectual property from third parties as we
deem appropriate. We have also granted  and continue to grant to others licenses under patents owned
by us when we consider these arrangements to be in  our  interest. These license arrangements include a
number of cross-licenses with third parties.

For a  discussion of risks attendant to intellectual  property  rights, see  ‘‘Risk Factors—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,’’ in Item 1A,  which is incorporated herein by reference.

Backlog

We  believe that backlog is not a meaningful indicator  of future  business  prospects due to the
diversity  of our products and services portfolio, including  the large volume of products delivered  from
shelf or channel partner inventories and the shortening of product life  cycles. Therefore,  we believe
that backlog information is not material to an understanding  of  our overall business.

Seasonality

General economic conditions have an impact on  our business and financial results. From time to

time, the markets in which we sell our  products experience  weak economic  conditions that may
negatively affect sales. We experience  some seasonal trends in the  sale of  our products and services.
For example, European sales often are  weaker  in the summer months  and  consumer sales often are
stronger in the fourth calendar quarter. Demand during  the spring and early summer months also may
be adversely impacted by market anticipation of seasonal trends.  See  ‘‘Risk  Factors—Our sales cycle
makes planning and inventory management difficult and  future financial results less predictable,’’ in
Item 1A, which is incorporated herein by  reference.

Competition

We  encounter aggressive competition in all areas of our business activity. 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.

The markets for each of our business  segments are characterized by  vigorous  competition among

major corporations with long-established positions  and a  large number  of new and rapidly growing
firms. Product life cycles are short, and to remain competitive we must develop new  products and
services, periodically enhance our existing  products and services and compete effectively on the basis of
the factors listed above. In addition,  we compete with many  of  our current and potential partners,
including OEMs that design, manufacture and often  market  their products under their own brand
names. Our successful management of these  competitive partner relationships will  continue to be
critical to our future success. Moreover, we anticipate  that  we will  have to continue to adjust prices  on
many  of our products and services to stay competitive.

On a revenue basis we are the largest company offering our range  of personal computing and
other access devices, consulting, outsourcing and technology services, imaging and printing-related
products and services, and enterprise  information technology  infrastructure. We  are the leader  or
among the leaders in each of our principal business segments.

The competitive environments in which each segment operates  are described  below:

Personal Systems. The areas in which Personal Systems operates  are intensely competitive and are

characterized by price competition and  inventory depreciation. Our primary competitors for the
branded personal computers are Lenovo Group Limited, Dell  Inc., Acer  Inc., ASUSTeK

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Computer Inc., Apple Inc. and Toshiba Corporation. In particular  regions, we also experience
competition from local companies and from generically-branded or ‘‘white  box’’ manufacturers. Our
competitive advantages include our broad product portfolio, our innovation and research and
development capabilities, our brand and procurement leverage,  our ability to cross-sell our portfolio of
offerings, our extensive service and support  offerings  and  the availability of our broad-based
distribution of products from retail and  commercial channels to direct sales.

Printing. The markets for printer hardware and associated supplies  are highly competitive.
Printing’s key customer segments each  face competitive pressure  from  the market, specific to pricing
and  the introduction of new products. Key competitors include Canon U.S.A., Inc., Lexmark
International, Inc., Xerox Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation, Samsung  Electronics  Co.,  Ltd. and
Brother Industries, Ltd. In addition,  independent  suppliers offer  refill  and remanufactured alternatives
for HP original inkjet and toner supplies, which are often available  for  lower prices and generally offer
lower print quality and reliability. Other companies also have  developed  and marketed new compatible
cartridges for HP’s laser and inkjet products, particularly outside of the  United States where
intellectual property protection is inadequate or ineffective. Printing  is focused on growth through
innovation and growing high-usage unit share  by expanding  color  printing in  the office, growing
long-term high-value recurring business, accelerating the transition from analog to digital printing in
graphics, commercial and production environments, driving web and  mobile content  solutions  through
our installed base of web-connected ePrinters and growing cloud-based,  document centric  commercial
solutions and services. Our competitive  advantages  include  our comprehensive  solutions  for the  home,
the office and the publishing environments,  our innovation  and research  and development capabilities,
our brand and the  availability of our  broad-based distribution  of  products  from retail and commercial
channels to direct sales.

Services. Our services businesses, including HP  Enterprise Services and Technology Services,
compete in IT support services, consulting and integration, infrastructure technology  outsourcing,
business process outsourcing and application services. The IT support services  and consulting and
integration markets have been under significant pressure as our  customers have  reduced  their  IT
budgets. However, this trend has benefited the outsourcing services business as  customers drive toward
lower IT  management costs to enable more strategic investments.  Our competitors include IBM Global
Services, Computer Sciences Corporation,  systems  integration  firms  such as  Accenture Ltd. and
offshore companies such as Fujitsu Limited and India-based competitors Wipro Limited, Infosys
Limited and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.  We also compete with other traditional hardware providers,
such  as Dell Inc., which are increasingly  offering services to support their products. Many  of our
competitors are able to offer a wide range of global services,  and some of our competitors enjoy
significant brand recognition. Our services  businesses team with many companies to offer  services, and
those arrangements allow us to extend our  reach and augment our capabilities. Our competitive
advantages include our deep technology expertise, such as multi-vendor environments,  virtualization
and  automation, our strong track record  of  collaboration with  clients and partners, and the combination
of our expertise in infrastructure management  with skilled global resources on platforms from SAP,
Oracle  and Microsoft, among others.

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking. The areas in which ESSN operates are intensely

competitive and are characterized by  rapid  and ongoing technological innovation and price competition.
Our competitors range from broad solution providers such  as International Business  Machines
Corporation (‘‘IBM’’) to more focused  competitors  such as EMC Corporation and  NetApp, Inc. in
storage, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Juniper Networks,  Inc. in networking,  and Dell Inc.  in industry
standard servers. We believe that our important competitive advantages in this segment include the  six
technology components of our converged infrastructure  initiatives: IT systems, power and cooling,
security, management, virtualization  and  automation.  We believe  that our competitive advantages also

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include our global reach and our significant intellectual property portfolio and research and
development capabilities.

Software. The areas in which Software operates are  fueled by  rapidly changing  customer
requirements and technologies. We market enterprise IT management software in  competition with
IBM, CA, Inc., BMC Software, Inc. and others.  Our information management solutions, including
unstructured data analytics, information  governance and  digital marketing offerings,  compete with
products from companies like Adobe  Systems Incorporated, IBM, EMC Corporation,  Open Text
Corporation, Oracle Corporation and Symantec  Corporation. We  also deliver enterprise security/risk
intelligence solutions that compete with products  from Symantec Corporation,  IBM, Cisco Systems,
Inc., and McAfee, Inc. As new delivery  mechanisms such  as software-as-a-service come on the scene,
we are also confronting less traditional competitors.  Our differentiation lies in the breadth and  depth of
our  software and services portfolio and the scope of our market coverage.

HP Financial Services.

In our financing business, our competitors are  captive financing companies,

mainly IBM Global Financing, as well  as banks and financial institutions. We believe  our competitive
advantage in this business over banks and financial institutions  is our ability to finance products,
services and total solutions.

For a  discussion of risks attendant to these competitive factors, see  ‘‘Risk Factors—Competitive

pressures could harm our revenue, gross margin  and prospects,’’ in Item 1A, which is incorporated
herein by reference.

Environment

Our operations are subject to regulation  under various federal,  state, local and  foreign laws

concerning the environment, including  laws addressing  the discharge of pollutants  into  the air and
water, the management and disposal of  hazardous  substances and wastes, and  the cleanup of
contaminated sites. We could incur substantial costs, including  cleanup  costs,  fines and civil or criminal
sanctions, and third-party damage or personal  injury claims,  if we were to violate or become liable
under environmental laws.

Many of our products are subject to various  federal,  state, local  and foreign laws governing

chemical substances in products and their safe use, including  laws regulating the manufacture  and
distribution of chemical substances and laws restricting the presence  of  certain substances  in electronics
products. Some of our products also are,  or  may  in the future be, subject to requirements applicable to
their energy consumption. In addition,  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, and  their  energy efficiency,  including
requirements relating to climate change.  We  also are  subject to legislation in  an increasing  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’’). In  the event our products become
non-compliant with these laws, they could be restricted from entering certain jurisdictions,  and we
could face other sanctions, including fines.

Our operations and ultimately our products are expected  to become increasingly subject  to  federal,

state, local and foreign laws and regulations  and international treaties  relating to climate change. As
these laws, regulations and treaties and  similar initiatives and  programs are adopted and implemented
throughout the world, we will be required  to comply or  potentially face market access  limitations or
other sanctions, including fines. However,  we believe that technology  will be fundamental to finding
solutions to achieve compliance with and manage those  requirements, and we are collaborating with
industry, business groups and governments to find and  promote ways  that HP technology  can be used
to address climate change and to facilitate compliance with  these  related laws, regulations  and treaties.

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We  are committed to maintaining compliance with  all environmental laws applicable to our
operations, products and services and to reducing our environmental impact across all aspects of  our
business. We meet this commitment  with a comprehensive environmental, health and  safety policy,
strict environmental management of  our operations and  worldwide environmental programs and
services.

The liability for environmental remediation and other environmental costs is  accrued when HP

considers it probable and can reasonably  estimate  the costs.  Environmental  costs and accruals are
presently not material to our operations  or financial  position. Although there is no assurance that
existing or future environmental laws  applicable  to  our  operations  or  products will not have  a material
adverse effect on HP’s operations or  financial condition, we do not currently anticipate material capital
expenditures for environmental control facilities.

For a  discussion of risks attendant to these environmental factors,  see ‘‘Risk  Factors—Unforeseen
environmental costs could impact our future net  earnings,’’ in  Item  1A,  which is incorporated  herein  by
reference.

Executive Officers:

R. Todd  Bradley; age 54; Executive Vice President, Printing and Personal Systems Group

Mr. Bradley has served as Executive  Vice President of HP’s Printing and  Personal Systems Group

since March 2012. Previously, Mr. Bradley served  as Executive Vice  President of HP’s Personal Systems
Group from June 2005 to March 2012.

David  A. Donatelli; age 47; Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Group

Mr. Donatelli has served as Executive  Vice President and General  Manager of HP’s Enterprise

Group since its formation in March 2012  after having served in the  same role for HP’s Enterprise
Servers, Storage and Networking business since  May  2009 and for HP’s  Technology Services business
since June 2011. Previously, Mr. Donatelli served as President of the storage division of EMC
Corporation, an information technology  company,  from September 2007  to  April 2009.

Henry Gomez; age 49; Executive Vice  President and Chief Communications Officer

Mr. Gomez has served as Executive Vice  President  and Chief  Communications Officer since
January 2012. Previously, he ran HSG Communications,  a consulting business that he  founded in
September 2008. He also served on the  leadership team of Meg Whitman’s gubernatorial campaign
from 2008 to December 2010. For most of the  previous decade, he  worked at eBay in a  variety of  roles
including Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and President of Skype. Mr. Gomez
also serves as a director of BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.

John M. Hinshaw; age 42; Executive  Vice President,  Technology and Operations

Mr. Hinshaw has served as Executive Vice President, Technology and Operations since November

2011. Previously, Mr. Hinshaw served as  Vice  President  and General Manager of Information Solutions
at The Boeing Company, an aerospace company, from January  2011 to October 2011 and  as Global
Chief Information Officer for Boeing  from June 2007  to  December 2010.

Martin J. Homlish; age 60; Executive  Vice President and Chief Marketing  Officer

Mr. Homlish has served as Executive  Vice  President  and  Chief Marketing Officer since May 2011.
Previously, he served as Executive Vice  President and Chief Marketing  Officer  at SAP AG, a  software
company, from 2000 until April 2011.

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Abdo George Kadifa; age 53; Executive Vice President, HP Software

Mr. Kadifa has served as Executive Vice  President  of HP Software since  May 2012.  Previously, he

served as a director of Silver Lake, a  private equity firm, from  June  2007 to May  2012.

Tracy  S. Keogh; age 51; Executive Vice  President, Human Resources

Ms. Keogh has served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources since April 2011. Previously,

Ms. Keogh served as Senior Vice President  of  Human Resources at Hewitt Associates, a  provider of
human resources consulting services,  from May 2007 until March  2011.

Catherine A.  Lesjak; age 53; Executive Vice President  and Chief Financial  Officer

Ms. Lesjak has served as Executive Vice President and  Chief Financial  Officer since  January 2007.

Ms. Lesjak served as HP’s interim Chief Executive Officer from August 2010  until November 2010.

Marc A. Levine; age 52; Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

Mr. Levine has served as Senior Vice  President, Controller and Principal Accounting  Officer  since
March 2012. Previously, he served as  Senior  Vice  President  of  Finance and Chief Operating Officer for
HP’s enterprise services business from April 2010 to March  2012. Prior to that, Mr. Levine  served  as
Vice President of Finance for HP’s Enterprise Business from December 2006 to March  2010.

John N. McMullen; age 54; Senior Vice  President and Treasurer

Mr. McMullen has served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since March  2007.

Mr. McMullen also serves as a director  of  Vocera Communications, Inc.

Michael G. Nefkens; age 43; Executive Vice  President,  Enterprise Services

Mr. Nefkens has served as Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, since December  2012.
Previously, he served in that role in an  acting capacity since August 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Nefkens
served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Services in  the EMEA region from
November 2009 to August 2012, after having served in  client-facing  roles for some of Enterprise
Services’ largest clients since joining  the business  in 2001.

John F. Schultz; age 48; Executive Vice  President, General Counsel  and  Secretary

Mr. Schultz has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since  April

2012. Previously, he served as HP’s Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Investigations and Global
Functions from September 2008 to April 2012.  From March 2005 to September 2008,  Mr.  Schultz was a
partner in the litigation practice at Morgan,  Lewis & Bockius LLP, where, among other clients, he
supported HP as external counsel on a variety of litigation and regulatory matters.

William L. Veghte; age 45; Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Veghte has served as Chief Operating Officer since May 2012. Previously, Mr. Veghte served

as Executive Vice President of HP Software from  May  2010  to  May  2012. Prior to joining  HP,
Mr. Veghte served as Senior Vice President  of the Windows business group at Microsoft  Corporation, a
software company, from February 2008  until January 2010 after  having  served  in various other positions
at Microsoft since joining the company  in 1990, including  Vice President, North  America from August
2004 to February 2008.

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Margaret C. Whitman; age 56; President and  Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Whitman has served as President  and Chief Executive Officer since September 2011. She  has

also served as a member of the Board  of  Directors of HP since January 2011.  From March 2011  to
September 2011, Ms. Whitman served as a part-time strategic  advisor to Kleiner, Perkins,  Caulfield &
Byers, a private equity firm. Previously,  Ms. Whitman served  as President and  Chief  Executive Officer
of eBay  Inc., an online marketplace and payments company, from  1998 to March 2008.  Ms. Whitman
also serves as a director of The Procter  & Gamble Company and Zipcar, Inc.

Employees

We  had approximately 331,800 employees worldwide  as of October 31, 2012.

Available  Information

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on  Form 10-Q, Current Reports on
Form 8-K and amendments to reports  filed or  furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are  available on our  website at
http://www.hp.com/investor/home, as soon  as reasonably  practicable  after  HP electronically files such
reports with, or furnishes those reports to, the Securities and  Exchange Commission. HP’s Corporate
Governance Guidelines, Board of Directors committee charters (including the charters of the Audit
Committee, HR and Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee)  and
code of ethics entitled ‘‘Standards of Business Conduct’’ also  are  available at that same location on our
website. Stockholders may request free copies of these documents from:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Attention: Investor Relations
3000 Hanover Street
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http://www.hp.com/investor/informationrequest

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Microsoft(cid:4) and Windows(cid:4) are U.S.-registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel(cid:4),
Itanium(cid:4), Intel Itanium(cid:4) and Pentium(cid:4) are trademarks of Intel Corporation  in the United States and
other countries.

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ITEM 1A. Risk Factors.

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.

If we are unsuccessful at addressing our  business challenges, our business and results of operations may be
adversely affected and our ability to invest in  and  grow our business could be  limited.

There are many challenges facing our business. Many of those challenges relate  to  structural and

execution issues, including the following:  we  need  to  align  our costs with  our  revenue trajectory; we
need to address our underinvestment  in R&D and in our  internal IT systems in  recent years, which has
made us less competitive, effective and efficient; we need to  implement the data gathering and
reporting tools and systems needed to  track  and  report on all key business performance metrics so  as
to most effectively manage a company of our  size, scale and diversity; and we  need to rebuild our
business relationships with our channel partners. We are also facing  dynamic  market trends, such as the
growth of mobility, the increasing demand  for hyperscale computing infrastructure,  the shift to
software-as-a-service and the transition  towards cloud computing, and we need to develop products and
services that position us to win in a very competitive marketplace. Furthermore,  we face a series of
significant macroeconomic challenges,  including broad-based  weakness  in consumer spending, weak
demand in the SMB and enterprise sectors in Europe, and declining  growth in some emerging  markets,
particularly China.

We  are working to address these challenges. During fiscal 2012,  we  implemented  some leadership

and organizational changes, including consolidating  our personal computer  and printing businesses
under the same senior executive leadership, merging  our global accounts sales organization  into  ESSN,
and centralizing all of our marketing  and  communications activities. We  also began implementing cost
reduction initiatives, including the company-wide restructuring plan discussed  below. In addition, we
began making significant changes to our  sales force  to  improve our go-to-market selling  activities and
reduce cost, and we renewed our focus  on  developing  new  products, services and solutions. We also
began working to optimize our supply  chain, reduce the number of stock keeping units (SKUs)  and
platforms, refine our real estate strategy, improve our  business processes and  implement  consistent
pricing and promotions. During fiscal  2013, we will  be  focused on  working through  the anticipated
disruptions expected to accompany the changes made  in fiscal 2012 and  continuing to implement  our
cost reduction and operational initiatives. We may experience delays  in the anticipated timing of
activities related to these efforts and higher  than expected or unanticipated costs in implementing them.
In addition, we are vulnerable to increased risks associated  with implementing these changes given  our
large portfolio of businesses, the broad range of  geographic regions in which we  and our customers and
partners operate, and the number of  acquisitions  that we  have completed  in recent  years.  If we  do not
succeed in these efforts, or if these efforts are  more costly  or time-consuming than expected,  our
business and results of operations may  be  adversely  affected, which could limit our ability to invest in
and grow our business.

In May 2012, we announced a company-wide restructuring plan expected  to  be  implemented

through the end of fiscal 2014. The restructuring plan  includes both voluntary early retirement
programs and non-voluntary workforce reductions and is  expected to result  in 29,000 employees exiting
the company by the end of that period. Significant risks associated with  these  actions and  other
workforce management issues that may impair our ability to achieve anticipated cost reductions  or that
may otherwise harm our business include  delays in implementation  of  anticipated  workforce  reductions
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.  In addition,
our  ability to achieve the anticipated  cost savings  and other benefits from these actions  within the
expected time frame is subject to many estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions

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are subject to significant economic, competitive and other uncertainties, some of which are beyond our
control. 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.

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.

We  have a large portfolio of businesses  and  must allocate resources across all of those  businesses

while competing with companies that  have much smaller portfolios or 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 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 intended to  cease software  development for  our  Itanium-based  servers, which
has resulted in orders for our servers  being canceled  or delayed.  While  we have obtained a  court ruling
finding that the alliance partner has an obligation to continue  developing  software for our  Itanium-
based servers, we may continue to experience reduced demand. In addition, companies with whom we
have 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 alliance  partners  could
have an adverse effect on our results  of operations.

We  may have to continue lowering 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 are highly  competitive,  and we encounter aggressive price competition
for all of our products and services from  numerous companies globally. In addition, competitors in
some of the markets in which we compete who have  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
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

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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 successfully 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 integrated IT  solutions.  To successfully  execute on  this
strategy, we need to continue to further evolve the focus  of our  organization towards the delivery  of
integrated IT solutions for our customers and to invest and expand into cloud computing, security,  and
information management and analytics.  Any failure  to  successfully execute this strategy  could  adversely
affect our operating results.

The process of developing new high technology products, software  services  and solutions and

enhancing existing hardware and software  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, as
we transition to an environment characterized by cloud-based computing and software being delivered
as a service, we must continue to successfully  develop and deploy  cloud-based solutions for our
customers. We must make long-term investments, develop or obtain,  and  protect  appropriate
intellectual property and commit significant resources before knowing  whether our predictions will
accurately reflect customer demand for  our products,  services  and solutions. In addition, 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  within a given  product’s life  cycle  or at  all.
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, services and solutions,  including defects in our  engineering, design  and manufacturing
processes and unsatisfactory performance  under service contracts, as well as defects  in third-party
components included in our products  and  unsatisfactory performance by third-party  contractors. In
order to address quality issues, we work extensively with our customers and suppliers  and engage  in
product  testing to determine the causes  of problems and  to determine  appropriate  solutions.  However,
the products, services and solutions that we offer are  complex, and  our regular testing and quality
control efforts may not be effective in controlling or  detecting  all quality issues or errata,  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’’) to address quality issues with
our  products, we may delay shipment to customers,  which would  delay revenue recognition  and could
adversely affect our revenue and reported  results. Addressing 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 or are dissatisfied with our services or
solutions, 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, in turn,
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  in  increased difficulty in managing inventory levels. For example,
in recent periods we have experienced macroeconomic challenges across many geographic regions,
particularly in the United States and  Western Europe, broad-based  weakness in consumer  demand,
decelerating growth in China, the impact of the  continuing  uncertainties  associated with the  debt crisis
in certain countries in the European  Union  and  austerity measures being implemented or contemplated
by various countries in the Europe, Middle  East  and Africa region. In addition, sustained  uncertainty
about current global economic conditions may adversely  affect  demand for our products, services and
solutions. 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 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 combined with lower  interest  rates and the
adverse effects of fluctuating currency exchange rates could lead to higher  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, as well as 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 located around  the world, and the long lead times required  to  manufacture,
assemble and deliver certain components and products, problems could  arise in  production, planning,
and inventory management that could  seriously harm us.  In  addition, our ongoing efforts to optimize
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.

(cid:129) Shortages. Occasionally we may experience a shortage of, or a delay in  receiving, certain

components as a result of strong demand, capacity  constraints, supplier financial weaknesses,
inability of suppliers to borrow funds in the credit markets,  disputes with suppliers  (some of

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whom are also customers), disruptions in  the operations of component suppliers, other problems
experienced by suppliers or problems faced during the  transition to new suppliers.  For  example,
our  PC business relies heavily upon OMs to manufacture  its products and is therefore
dependent upon the continuing operations of  those OMs  to  fulfill demand  for our PC products.
HP represents a substantial portion of the business of some  of these  OMs, and any changes to
the nature or volume of business transacted  by  HP with  a particular OM  could  adversely affect
the operations and financial condition of the OM and lead to shortages or delays in receiving
products from that OM. If shortages or delays persist, the  price of certain components  may
increase, and we may be exposed to quality issues  or the components  may  not  be  available at all.
We  may not be able to secure enough components at reasonable prices  or of acceptable  quality
to build products or provide services in a timely manner in  the quantities or according to the
specifications needed. Accordingly, our revenue and gross margin  could suffer  as we  could  lose
time-sensitive sales, incur additional freight costs  or be unable to pass  on price increases to our
customers. If we cannot adequately address supply  issues, we  might have to reengineer some
products or services offerings, resulting in  further  costs and delays.

(cid:129) Oversupply. In order to secure components for the  provision of  products or services, at times  we

may make advance payments to suppliers or enter into non-cancelable  commitments with
vendors. In addition, we may purchase components strategically in advance  of  demand to take
advantage of favorable pricing or to  address concerns about  the availability of  future
components. If we fail to anticipate customer  demand properly,  a  temporary oversupply could
result in excess or obsolete components, which could adversely affect our gross margin.

(cid:129) Contractual terms. As a result of binding  price or purchase commitments with  vendors, we may
be obligated to purchase components  or services at prices that  are  higher than those  available in
the current market and be limited in  our ability  to  respond to changing market conditions. In
the event that we become committed to purchase components  or  services for  prices in excess  of
the then-current market price, we may be at a disadvantage to competitors who  have access  to
components or services at lower prices, and our  gross margin could  suffer.  In  addition, many  of
our  competitors obtain products or components from the  same  OMs and suppliers  that  we
utilize. Our competitors may obtain better pricing, more favorable contractual terms and
conditions, and more favorable allocations of products  and components during  periods  of  limited
supply, and our ability to engage in relationships with certain OMs and  suppliers  could  be
limited. The practice employed by our PC  business  of  purchasing product components and
transferring those components to its OMs may create large supplier receivables  with the
OMs that, depending on the financial condition of  the OMs,  may  create collectibility risks. In
addition, certain of our OMs and suppliers may  decide in  the future  to  discontinue  conducting
business with us. Any of these actions  by our  competitors,  OMs or  suppliers  could  adversely
affect our future operating results and financial condition.

(cid:129) Contingent workers. We also rely  on third-party  suppliers for the provision  of contingent

workers, and our failure to manage our use  of  such workers effectively  could adversely affect our
results of operations. We have been exposed to various legal claims relating to the  status of
contingent workers in the past and could face similar  claims in the future. We  may be subject to
shortages, oversupply or fixed contractual  terms relating to contingent workers. Our ability to
manage the size of, and costs associated with, the contingent  workforce  may be subject to
additional constraints imposed by local laws.

(cid:129) Single  source suppliers. Our use of single source  suppliers for certain components could

exacerbate any supplier issues. We obtain a significant number of components from single
sources due to technology, availability, price, quality or  other  considerations. For example,  we
rely on Intel to provide us with a sufficient  supply of processors for many of our PCs,
workstations and servers, and some  of  those processors are  customized for our products. New

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products that we introduce may utilize custom components  obtained  from only one source
initially until we have evaluated whether there is a need for additional suppliers. Replacing a
single source supplier could delay production  of some  products as replacement  suppliers may be
subject to capacity constraints or other  output  limitations. For some  components, such  as
customized components and some of  the processors  that  we obtain  from Intel,  alternative
sources either may not exist or may be unable to produce  the quantities of those components
necessary to satisfy our production requirements. In addition, we sometimes  purchase
components from single source suppliers under  short-term agreements that  contain favorable
pricing and other terms but that may  be  unilaterally modified or terminated by the  supplier with
limited notice and with little or no penalty. The performance of  such single  source  suppliers
under those agreements (and the renewal  or extension of  those agreements  upon similar  terms)
may affect the quality, quantity and price  of  components to  HP. The loss of a single source
supplier, the deterioration of our relationship with  a single  source  supplier, or  any unilateral
modification to the contractual terms  under which we are supplied  components by a single
source supplier could adversely affect our revenue and gross margins.

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

Our worldwide operations could be disrupted by earthquakes, telecommunications  failures, power

or water shortages, tsunamis, floods,  hurricanes, typhoons, fires, extreme weather conditions, medical
epidemics or pandemics and other natural or manmade disasters or catastrophic events, for which  we
are predominantly self-insured. The occurrence of  any of these business disruptions  could  result in
significant losses, seriously harm our revenue,  profitability and  financial condition, adversely  affect our
competitive position, increase our costs  and  expenses, and require substantial expenditures  and recovery
time in order to fully resume operations. 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  known  for seismic
activity. In addition, 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 locations  more vulnerable to the occurrence of the aforementioned
business disruptions, such as near major  earthquake faults, and being consolidated in  certain
geographical areas is unknown and remains  uncertain.

System security risks, data protection breaches, cyber attacks  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 or compromise 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

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system 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 cyber or other security problems,
bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software programs  and  security vulnerabilities  could  be  significant, and
our  efforts to address these problems may not be successful and 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, our  clients or
customers, 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 of outsourcing services or other IT 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 respond  to  customer requests
and interrupt other processes. Delayed sales, lower  margins or  lost customers resulting from these
disruptions have adversely affected, 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, service,  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, industry shifts, 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.  Moreover, the
execution of our efforts to address the  challenges  facing our business could increase the level of

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variability in our financial results, as  the rate at which  we are able  to  realize the benefits from those
efforts may vary from period to period.

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:

(cid:129) speculation in the media or investment  community about,  or  actual  changes  in, our business,
strategic position, market share, organizational structure, operations, financial condition,
financial reporting and results, effectiveness of  cost-cutting efforts, value  or liquidity of our
investments, exposure to market volatility, prospects, business combination or  investment
transactions, stock price performance or  executive team;

(cid:129) the announcement of new, planned or contemplated products,  services, technological

innovations, acquisitions, divestitures or  other  significant transactions  by HP or its competitors;

(cid:129) quarterly increases or decreases in  revenue, gross margin, earnings  or cash flow  from operations,
changes in estimates by the investment  community or guidance provided by HP  and variations
between actual and estimated financial results;

(cid:129) announcements  of actual and anticipated financial  results by HP’s competitors and other

companies in the IT industry;

(cid:129) investor sentiment with respect to our company, competitors, business partners or  industry  in

general;

(cid:129) media  coverage of our business and financial  performance;

(cid:129) any developments relating to pending investigations, claims and disputes; and

(cid:129) the timing and amount of share repurchases by HP.

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 stock. For these reasons,  investors should not  rely  on recent or historical trends  to
predict future stock prices, financial  condition, results of operations or cash flows. In addition,  as
discussed in Note 18 to the Consolidated  Financial Statements, we are  involved in  several securities
class action litigation matters. Additional  volatility in the price of our securities could result in the  filing
of additional securities class action litigation matters, which  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 products and services we sell,  provide or
otherwise use in our operations. However, any of our intellectual property rights  could  be  challenged,
invalidated, infringed or circumvented,  or  such intellectual  property rights  may not be sufficient to
permit us to take advantage of current market trends or to otherwise provide competitive advantages,
either of which could result in costly  product redesign  efforts, discontinuance of certain  product
offerings or other harm to our competitive position.  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

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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
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 purpose of asserting claims of infringement and attempting  to  extract
settlements from companies such as HP and their customers.  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 infringed intellectual property at all or  on reasonable terms, or  if we are required to substitute
similar technology from another source, our operations  could  be  adversely affected.  Even if we believe
that intellectual property claims are without merit, they can  be  time-consuming and  costly to defend
against 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 or unwilling  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 have  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,
remains 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 65% of our net revenue. In addition,  an

increasing portion of our business activity is being conducted in emerging  markets,  including Brazil,

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Russia, India and China. Our future  revenue,  gross margin, expenses and financial condition could
suffer due to a variety of international  factors, including:

(cid:129) ongoing instability or changes in a country’s  or region’s economic or political conditions,

including inflation, recession, interest rate  fluctuations and actual or  anticipated military  or
political conflicts;

(cid:129) longer collection cycles and financial  instability among customers;

(cid:129) trade regulations and procedures and actions affecting production, pricing and  marketing of

products;

(cid:129) local labor conditions and regulations, including local labor  issues  faced by specific  HP suppliers

and OMs;

(cid:129) managing a geographically dispersed  workforce;

(cid:129) changes in the regulatory or legal environment;

(cid:129) differing technology standards or customer  requirements;

(cid:129) import, export or other business licensing requirements  or requirements  relating to making

foreign direct investments, which could  increase our cost  of  doing business in certain
jurisdictions, prevent us from shipping products to particular countries or  markets,  affect our
ability to obtain favorable terms for components, increase our  operating costs or lead to
penalties or restrictions;

(cid:129) difficulties associated with repatriating  cash generated or held abroad  in a  tax-efficient manner

and changes in tax laws; and

(cid:129) fluctuations in freight costs, limitations on shipping and receiving capacity,  and other  disruptions
in the transportation and shipping infrastructure at important geographic points of exit  and entry
for our products and shipments.

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 65% of our sales are from countries outside of the  United States, other
currencies, including 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). In particular,  the uncertainty with respect to
the ability of certain European countries  to  continue to service their sovereign debt obligations and the
related European financial restructuring efforts may cause the value of the  euro to fluctuate. Currency
variations also contribute to variations  in  sales  of  products and services in  impacted  jurisdictions. For
example, in the event that one or more  European  countries were to replace the  euro with  another
currency, HP sales into such countries,  or  into Europe generally, would likely be adversely affected
until stable exchange rates are established.  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

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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 18  to  the Consolidated 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 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 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
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.

(cid:129) Our financial results could be materially adversely affected due to channel conflicts  or if  the

financial conditions of our channel partners were to weaken.

Our operating results may be adversely affected by  any conflicts  that might arise between  our
various  sales channels, the loss or deterioration of any  alliance  or distribution arrangement  or
the loss of retail shelf space. Moreover, some of our wholesale and retail distributors may have
insufficient financial resources and may not be able to withstand changes  in business conditions,
including economic weakness and industry consolidation. Many  of our significant  distributors
operate on narrow product margins and have been negatively affected by business pressures.
Considerable trade receivables that are not covered  by  collateral or credit insurance are
outstanding with our distribution and retail channel partners. Revenue from indirect sales could
suffer,  and we could experience disruptions in distribution if  our distributors’ financial
conditions, abilities to borrow funds in the credit markets or operations weaken.

(cid:129) Our inventory management is complex as we continue  to  sell  a  significant mix of  products

through distributors.

We  must manage inventory effectively, particularly with respect to sales to distributors, which
involves forecasting demand and pricing issues.  Distributors may increase orders during periods
of product shortages, cancel orders if their inventory is too high  or  delay orders in anticipation
of new products. Distributors also may adjust their orders in response to the supply of our
products and the products of our competitors and seasonal fluctuations in end-user demand. Our
reliance upon indirect distribution methods may reduce visibility  to  demand and  pricing issues,
and therefore make forecasting more difficult. If we  have excess or obsolete  inventory,  we may
have to reduce our prices and write down inventory.  Moreover, our  use of indirect distribution
channels may limit our willingness or ability to adjust prices quickly and  otherwise to respond to
pricing changes by competitors. We also may have limited ability  to  estimate future  product
rebate redemptions in order to price our products  effectively.

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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.  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 the price of  existing  products in  anticipation  of new introductions, difficulty
in predicting customer demand for the new offerings and challenges of  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 as a  result of 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
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 services business
properly.

The risks that accompany our services  business differ from those  of  our other  businesses and

include the following:

(cid:129) The success of our services business  is to a significant degree dependent  on our ability to retain
our  significant services clients and maintain or increase the level  of revenues from these clients.
We  may lose clients due to their merger or acquisition, business failure,  contract  expiration or
their conversion to a competing service provider or decision to in-source services. In addition,
we may not be able to retain or renew relationships with  our significant clients in the  future. As
a result of business downturns or for other business reasons,  we are  also vulnerable to reduced
processing volumes from our clients, which  can reduce the scope of  services  provided and the
prices for those services. We may not  be  able to replace the revenue and  earnings from  any such
lost clients or reductions in services in the  short- or long-term.  In  addition, our contracts may
allow a client to terminate the contract for  convenience, and we  may  not be able  to  fully recover
our  investments in such circumstances.

(cid:129) The pricing and other terms of some of our IT services  agreements,  particularly our long-term
IT outsourcing services agreements, require us to make estimates and assumptions  at the time
we enter into these contracts that could  differ  from actual results. Any increased or unexpected
costs or unanticipated delays in connection  with the performance of  these engagements,
including delays caused by factors outside  our control, could  make these agreements less
profitable or unprofitable, which would  have an adverse  affect on the profit  margin of our IT
services business.

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(cid:129) Some of our IT services agreements  require significant  investment in the early stages  that  is
expected to be recovered through billings over the  life of the agreement.  These agreements
often involve the construction of new IT systems and communications  networks  and the
development and deployment of new technologies. Substantial performance risk  exists in  each
agreement with these characteristics, and some or all elements  of service  delivery under these
agreements are dependent upon successful completion of  the development, construction and
deployment phases. Any failure to perform satisfactorily  under these agreements may  expose us
to legal liability, result in the loss of customers and  harm our reputation, which could decrease
the revenues and profitability of our IT services business.

(cid:129) Some of our outsourcing services agreements contain  pricing provisions that permit a client to
request a benchmark study by a mutually acceptable third party. The benchmarking process
typically compares the contractual price of our  services against the price of similar services
offered by other specified providers in a  peer comparison group, subject to agreed upon
adjustment and normalization factors. Generally, if the benchmarking study shows that our
pricing has a difference outside a specified range,  and the  difference is not  due  to  the unique
requirements of the client, then the parties will negotiate in good  faith  any  appropriate
adjustments to the pricing. This may result  in the reduction of our rates  for  the benchmarked
services performed after the implementation of those  pricing  adjustments, which could decrease
the revenues and profitability of our IT services business.

(cid:129) If we do not hire, train, motivate and  effectively utilize  employees  with the  right mix of skills
and experience in the right geographic regions to meet the needs of our services  clients, our
profitably could suffer. For example, if our employee utilization rate  is too low,  our  profitability
and the level of engagement of our employees  could suffer. If that utilization rate  is too high, it
could have an adverse effect on employee engagement and attrition  and  the  quality of the  work
performed, as well as our ability to staff projects. If we  are unable to hire and retain a sufficient
number of employees with the skills or backgrounds to meet current  demand, we might  need  to
redeploy existing personnel, increase our  reliance on  subcontractors or increase employee
compensation levels, all of which could also  negatively affect our  profitability. In addition, if we
have more employees than we need with  certain skill  sets or  in certain geographies, we may
incur increased costs as we work to rebalance our supply of skills and resources  with client
demand in those geographies.

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
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 or disbarred from government work, or if our
ability to compete for new contracts  is  adversely affected, we  could suffer a reduction in expected
revenue.

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Failure to maintain our credit ratings could  adversely affect  our liquidity, capital position, borrowing  costs
and access to capital markets.

Our credit risk is evaluated by three independent rating agencies. Those rating agencies,

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Fitch Ratings Services and  Moody’s Investors Service,  downgraded
our  ratings on November 30, 2011, December 2, 2011  and  January 20, 2012,  respectively. In addition,
Fitch Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Service downgraded our ratings  a second time on
October 5, 2012 and November 27, 2012, respectively. Our  credit ratings remain  under negative outlook
by Moody’s Investors Service. These  downgrades  have increased the cost  of  borrowing  under our credit
facilities, have reduced market capacity for our commercial paper,  and  may  require the posting  of
additional collateral under some of our  derivative  contracts. There  can  be  no assurance  that  we will be
able to maintain our current credit ratings, and any  additional  actual  or anticipated changes or
downgrades in our credit ratings, including any announcement  that our  ratings are  under further review
for a downgrade, may further impact  us  in  a similar manner  and may have  a negative impact on  our
liquidity, capital position and access to capital  markets.

We make estimates and assumptions in  connection with the preparation of HP’s Consolidated 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 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  18 to the Consolidated
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.

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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
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.

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

In order to be successful, we must attract, retain, train, motivate, develop and transition qualified
executives and other key employees, including those  in managerial, technical, sales, marketing and IT
support positions. Identifying, developing  internally or hiring externally,  training 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
compensation. Our share-based incentive  awards  include stock options,  restricted stock units and
performance-based restricted units, some  of  which contain  conditions  relating  to  HP’s  stock price
performance and HP’s long-term financial performance that make the  future value of those awards
uncertain. In addition, the value of all  of our share-based incentive awards depends on HP’s stock
price, which declined by nearly 50%  during fiscal  2012. 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, if our total compensation  package is not viewed as being competitive, or if we do
not obtain the shareholder approval needed  to  continue granting share-based incentive  awards  in the
amounts we believe are necessary, 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.  Further,
changes in our management team may be disruptive  to  our business, and any failure to successfully
transition and assimilate key new hires  or promoted employees could adversely affect our  business  and
results of operations.

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Terrorist acts, conflicts, wars and geopolitical uncertainties  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 or
adversely affect our ability to manage logistics, operate our transportation and communication systems
or conduct certain other critical business  operations. 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  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, if they occur, they could  result in a  decrease in  demand for  our products, make it
difficult or impossible to provide services or 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 companies or  businesses, divest  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 candidates  for and successfully  complete business combination and
investment transactions, some of which may be large  or complex, and manage post-closing issues such
as the integration of acquired businesses, products, services or  employees. Risks associated  with
business combination and investment  transactions include  the following, any  of  which could adversely
affect our revenue, gross margin and profitability:

(cid:129) Managing business combination and  investment transactions requires  varying levels  of

management resources, which may divert our attention from other business  operations.

(cid:129) We may not fully realize all of the anticipated  benefits of any business combination and

investment transaction, and the timeframe for realizing benefits  of a business combination and
investment transaction may depend  partially upon the actions of employees, advisors,  suppliers
or other third parties.

(cid:129) Business combination and investment  transactions 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,  goodwill and  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.

(cid:129) Any increased or unexpected costs, unanticipated delays  or failure to meet contractual

obligations could make business combination and  investment transactions  less  profitable  or
unprofitable.

(cid:129) Our ability to conduct due diligence with respect to business combination and investment

transactions, and our ability to evaluate the results  of  such due diligence, is  dependent upon the

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veracity and completeness of statements  and  disclosures made or actions taken by third parties
or their representatives.

(cid:129) Our due diligence process may fail to identify significant  issues with the acquired company’s
product quality, financial disclosures, accounting  practices  or internal  control deficiencies.

(cid:129) 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 accurately our costs, timing and other  matters.

(cid:129) In  order to complete a business combination and investment transaction,  we may issue common

stock, potentially creating dilution for existing stockholders.

(cid:129) We may borrow to finance business combination and investment transactions, and  the amount
and terms of any potential future acquisition-related  or other borrowings,  as well as  other
factors, could affect our liquidity and  financial  condition.

(cid:129) HP’s effective tax rate on an ongoing  basis is  uncertain,  and  business combination and

investment transactions could adversely  impact our  effective  tax  rate.

(cid:129) An announced business combination and investment transaction may not  close timely or at all,

which  may cause our financial results to differ from expectations in a  given quarter.

(cid:129) Business combination and investment  transactions may lead to litigation.

(cid:129) If we fail to identify and successfully complete and  integrate  business combination  and

investment transactions that further our strategic objectives, we  may  be  required  to  expend
resources to develop products, services  and technology internally, which  may put us at  a
competitive disadvantage.

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.  For  example,
as discussed in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial  Statements,  in our third fiscal quarter of 2012, we
recorded  an $8.0 billion impairment  charge relating to the goodwill associated with our enterprise
services reporting unit within our Services  segment and a $1.2 billion impairment charge  as a result of
an asset impairment analysis of the ‘‘Compaq’’  trade name acquired in  2002. In addition,  in our fourth
fiscal quarter of 2012, we recorded an  $8.8 billion  impairment charge  relating to the  goodwill  and
intangible assets associated with our Autonomy  Corporation plc (‘‘Autonomy’’) reporting unit within our
Software segment. If there are future changes in  our stock price or significant changes in  the business
climate or operating results of our reporting units, we  may incur  additional goodwill impairment
charges.

Integration issues are often complex, time-consuming  and  expensive  and,  without proper planning
and implementation, could significantly  disrupt our business, including  the business acquired  as a result
of any business combination and investment  transaction. The challenges involved in  integration include:

(cid:129) combining product and service offerings  and  entering or  expanding into markets in  which we are

not experienced or are developing expertise;

(cid:129) convincing customers and distributors that the  transaction will not diminish client service

standards or business focus, persuading  customers and distributors to not defer purchasing
decisions or switch to other suppliers  (which could  result in  our incurring additional obligations

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in order to address customer uncertainty),  minimizing  sales force attrition  and expanding and
coordinating sales, marketing and distribution efforts;

(cid:129) consolidating and rationalizing corporate IT infrastructure, which may include multiple legacy

systems from various acquisitions and  integrating software code  and  business processes;

(cid:129) minimizing the diversion of management  attention from ongoing business concerns;

(cid:129) persuading employees that business cultures  are compatible, maintaining employee morale and

retaining key employees, engaging with employee  works councils representing an acquired
company’s non-U.S. employees, integrating employees into HP, correctly estimating employee
benefit costs and implementing restructuring programs;

(cid:129) coordinating and combining administrative,  manufacturing,  research  and  development and  other
operations, subsidiaries, facilities and relationships with  third parties in accordance with local
laws and other obligations while maintaining  adequate standards, controls and  procedures;

(cid:129) achieving savings from supply chain integration;  and

(cid:129) managing integration issues shortly after or  pending the  completion  of other independent

transactions.

We  also continue to evaluate the potential disposition  of  assets and  businesses that may  no longer

help us meet our objectives. When we  decide to sell assets  or a business, we may encounter  difficulty in
finding buyers or alternative exit strategies  on acceptable terms in a timely manner, which  could  delay
the achievement of our strategic objectives. We  may  also dispose  of  a  business at a  price or on terms
that are less desirable than we had anticipated.  In addition, we may experience greater dis-synergies
than expected, and the impact of the  divestiture on  our revenue growth may be larger than  projected.
After reaching an agreement with a buyer or seller  for the  acquisition  or disposition  of  a business, we
are subject to satisfaction of pre-closing conditions as well as to necessary regulatory and governmental
approvals on acceptable terms, which  may  prevent us from  completing the transaction.  Dispositions
may also involve continued financial  involvement in the  divested business, such as  through continuing
equity ownership, guarantees, indemnities  or other financial  obligations. Under  these arrangements,
performance by the divested businesses or other conditions outside of our control could affect our
future financial results.

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
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.

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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:

(cid:129) authorizing blank check preferred stock, which HP could issue with voting, liquidation, dividend

and other rights superior to our common stock;

(cid:129) limiting the liability of, and providing indemnification to, HP’s directors and officers;

(cid:129) specifying that HP stockholders may take action only at a duly called  annual or special meeting

of stockholders and otherwise in accordance with  our  bylaws and  limiting the ability of our
stockholders to call special meetings;

(cid:129) requiring advance notice of proposals by HP stockholders  for business to be conducted at

stockholder meetings and for nominations of  candidates for election to our Board  of  Directors;

(cid:129) requiring a vote by the holders of two-thirds  of HP’s outstanding  shares to amend certain bylaws

relating to HP stockholder meetings, the Board of Directors  and indemnification; and

(cid:129) controlling the procedures for conduct  of HP’s Board  and stockholder meetings and  election,

appointment and removal of HP directors.

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 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

ITEM 2. Properties.

As of October 31, 2012, we owned or  leased a total of approximately 67 million  square feet of

space worldwide. We owned 45% of this space and leased the remaining 55%. Included  in these
amounts are 8 million square feet of  vacated  space, of which 2 million square feet  is leased to non-HP
interests. We believe that our existing properties are  in good condition  and  are suitable for  the conduct
of our business.

As of October 31, 2012, HP core data  centers, manufacturing plants, research and development

facilities, and warehouse operations occupied  28 million  square feet. We own 51% of our data center,
manufacturing, research and development,  and  warehouse space and lease the remaining 49%.  The
remainder of our space is used for administrative and support activities and  occupies  31 million square
feet. We own 38% of our administrative  and support space and lease  the remaining 62%. As of
October 31, 2012, we have completed  our fiscal 2008 restructuring  plan to reduce  our  real estate costs
and increase our productive utilization by consolidating into several hundred  HP core real estate
locations worldwide. We will continue  to  take real estate  portfolio optimization  actions in support of
the fiscal 2012 restructuring plan.

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As mentioned above in Item 1. Business,  we have  seven  business  segments: Personal Systems,
Printing, Services, ESSN, Software, HPFS and Corporate Investments. Because  of the interrelation of
these segments, a majority of these segments use  substantially all  of the properties  at least in part,  and
we retain the flexibility to use each of  the  properties in whole  or in part for each of the  segments.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices, including our  global headquarters, are located at  3000 Hanover

Street, Palo Alto, California, United States of  America.

Headquarters of Geographic Operations

The locations of our headquarters of  geographic operations at October  31, 2012 were as  follows:

Americas
Houston, United States
Miami, United States
Mississauga, Canada

Europe, Middle East, Africa
Geneva, Switzerland

Asia Pacific
Singapore
Tokyo, Japan

Product Development and Manufacturing

The locations of our major product development, manufacturing, and  HP Labs at October  31, 2012

were as follows:

Americas

Houston, Texas

Corvallis, Oregon

Roseville and San Diego,  California

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Indianapolis, Indiana

Boise, Idaho

Andover, Massachusetts

Europe, Middle East,  Africa

Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Leixlip,  Ireland

Kiryat Gat,  Ness Ziona, and
Netanya, Israel

Erskine,  United  Kingdom

Sant Cugat del Valles,  Spain

Asia Pacific

Singapore

Bangalore, India

Beijing, China

Bristol, United  Kingdom

Fusionopolis, Singapore

Haifa, Israel

Palo  Alto,  United  States

St.  Petersburg, Russia

La Vergne, Tennessee

Chongqing  and  Shanghai, China

Des Moines, Iowa

Udham Singh Nagar, India

Fort Collins, Colorado

Tokyo, Japan

Sandston, Virginia

ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings.

Information with respect to this item may be found in  Note 18  to  the Consolidated Financial

Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein  by reference.

ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer  Purchases

of Equity Securities.

Information regarding the market prices of  HP common stock and the markets for that stock may

be found in the ‘‘Quarterly Summary’’  in Item 8  and on the cover page of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K, respectively, which are incorporated  herein  by reference. We  have declared and paid cash
dividends each fiscal year since 1965.  In fiscal 2012, we  declared dividends of $0.24 per share and  $0.26
per  share in the first and third quarters, respectively,  and paid dividends of $0.12 per share in  each of
the first and second quarters and $0.13  per share in each of the third and  fourth quarters.  In fiscal
2011, we declared dividends of $0.16  per  share and $0.24 per share  in the first and third quarters,
respectively, and paid dividends of $0.08 per share in each of the  first and second  quarters  and $0.12
per  share in each of the third and fourth quarters. As  of November 30, 2012, there  were approximately
104,900 stockholders of record. Additional information  concerning dividends may be found  in ‘‘Selected
Financial Data’’ in Item 6 and in Item  8, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Recent  Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no unregistered sales of equity  securities in fiscal 2012.

Issuer  Purchases of Equity Securities

Period

Month #1

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

(August 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,176

$18.63

1,176

$9,278,462

Month #2

(September 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,453

$17.66

2,453

$9,235,126

Month #3

(October 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,933

$15.03

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7,562

$16.45

3,933

7,562

$9,176,011

HP repurchased shares in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 under an ongoing  program to return

cash to  stockholders when sufficient liquidity  exists, the  shares are trading  at a discount relative  to
estimated intrinsic value, and there is  no alternative investment opportunity  expected to generate a
higher  risk-adjusted return on investment. 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
fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 were purchased in open  market  transactions. As  of October 31, 2012, HP
had remaining authorization of $9.2 billion for future  share repurchases under the $10.0  billion
repurchase authorization approved by HP’s Board  of  Directors  on July 21, 2011.

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Stock Performance Graph and Cumulative Total Return

The graph below shows the cumulative  total stockholder return assuming  the investment of $100

on the date specified (and the reinvestment  of  dividends  thereafter) in each of HP common stock, the
S&P 500 Index, and the S&P Information Technology Index.(1) The comparisons in the graph below  are
based upon historical data and are not  indicative of, or intended to forecast, future  performance of our
common stock.

$120

$100

$80

$60

$40

$20

$0

10/07

10/08

10/09

10/10

10/11

10/12

Hewlett-Packard Company

S&P 500

S&P Information Technology

26NOV201212261971

Hewlett-Packard Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S&P 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S&P Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.00
100.00
100.00

74.57
63.90
58.79

93.31
70.17
77.31

83.23
81.76
91.41

53.35
88.37
99.43

28.41
101.81
110.08

10/07

10/08

10/09

10/10

10/11

10/12

(1) The stock performance graph does not include HP’s peer group because  peer group information is

represented and included in the S&P  Information  Technology Index.

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ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data.

The information set forth below is not necessarily  indicative  of  results of future operations and

should be read in conjunction with Item  7, ‘‘Management’s Discussion and  Analysis  of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,’’  and the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto
included in Item 8, ‘‘Financial Statements  and Supplementary Data,’’ of this Form  10-K, which are
incorporated herein by reference, in order to understand further the factors that may  affect the
comparability of the financial data presented below.

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND  SUBSIDIARIES
Selected Financial Data

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Loss) earnings from operations(1) . . . . . . . . . .
Net (loss) earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net (loss) earnings per share

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash dividends declared per share . . . . . . . . . .
At year-end:

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

$120,357
$ (11,057) $
$ (12,650) $

In millions, except per share amounts
$114,552
$126,033
$127,245
$ 10,136
$ 11,479
9,677
7,660
$
8,761
$
7,074

$118,364
$ 10,473
8,329
$

$
$
$

(6.41) $
(6.41) $
$
0.50

3.38
3.32
0.40

$
$
$

3.78
3.69
0.32

$
$
$

3.21
3.14
0.32

$
$
$

3.35
3.25
0.32

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term debt

$108,768
$ 21,789

$129,517
$ 22,551

$124,503
$ 15,258

$114,799
$ 13,980

$113,331
7,676
$

(1)

(Loss) earnings from operations include the following items, which may materially  affect the
comparability of the earnings data presented:

Amortization of purchased intangible assets . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill and purchased  intangible

assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wind down of webOS device business . . . . . . . . . . .
Wind down of non-strategic businesses . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

$ 1,784

$1,607

In millions
$1,484

$1,578

$1,012

18,035
(36)
108
2,266
45

885
755
—
645
182

—
—
—
1,144
293

—
—
—
640
242

—
—
—
270
41

Total charges before taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$22,202

$4,074

$2,921

$2,460

$1,323

Total charges, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$20,685

$3,130

$2,105

$1,733

$ 973

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ITEM 7. 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 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:

(cid:129) personal computing and other access devices;

(cid:129) 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;

(cid:129) imaging and printing-related products and services; and

(cid:129) enterprise information technology  infrastructure, including enterprise server and storage
technology, networking products and solutions, IT management software, information
management solutions and security intelligence/risk management  solutions.

We  have seven business segments for financial  reporting purposes: Personal Systems (formerly

known as the Personal Systems Group  or  ‘‘PSG’’);  Printing (formerly known as the  Imaging and
Printing Group or ‘‘IPG’’); Services;  Enterprise Servers, Storage  and Networking (‘‘ESSN’’); Software;
HP Financial Services (‘‘HPFS’’); and Corporate Investments.

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

Strategic Focus

The core of our business is our hardware and infrastructure  products, which include our PC,

server, storage, networking, and imaging and printing products. Our  software business provides
enterprise IT management software, information management solutions and security  intelligence/risk
management solutions delivered in the  form of traditional software licenses or as  software-as-a-service
that allow us to differentiate our hardware products and deploy  them  in a manner that helps our
customers solve problems and meets our customers’ needs  to  manage their  infrastructure, operations,
application life cycles, application quality  and security,  business  processes, and  structured and
unstructured data. Our Converged Infrastructure portfolio  of  servers, storage and networking combined
with our Cloud Service Automation software suite  enables enterprise and service provider clients to
deliver infrastructure, platform and software-as-a-service  in a private, public or hybrid cloud
environment. Layered on top of our  hardware  and software businesses  is our  services business, which
provides opportunities to drive usage  of  HP products  and  solutions,  enables us to implement and
manage all the technologies upon which  our customers  rely, and  gives  us a platform to be more
solution-oriented, particularly in our focus areas of cloud,  security and analytics, and to be a better
strategic partner with our customers.

Leveraging our Portfolio and Scale

We  offer one of the IT industry’s broadest  portfolios of products  and services,  and we are

leveraging that portfolio to our strategic advantage. For example, we are able to provide servers,
storage and networking products packaged with services that  can be delivered to customers in the

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

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.

Addressing the Challenges Facing Our  Business

Our business has experienced a multi-quarter decline  in revenue and operating margins. This
decline  in financial performance reflects a series of challenges  facing our  business.  Many of those
challenges relate to structural and execution  issues, including the following: we need to align our costs
with our revenue trajectory; we need to address our underinvestment in R&D and  in our internal IT
systems in recent years, which has made  us less competitive, effective and efficient; we need to
implement the data gathering and reporting tools and systems needed to track and report on all key
business performance metrics so as to  most  effectively manage a company of our size, scale and
diversity; and we need to rebuild our business  relationships with our  channel  partners.  We are also
facing dynamic market trends, such as  the  growth of mobility, the increasing demand for hyperscale
computing infrastructure, the shift to  software-as-a-service and  the transition towards cloud computing,
and we need to develop products and services that position us  to  win  in a very competitive
marketplace. Furthermore, we face a  series of  significant macroeconomic  challenges, including broad-
based weakness in consumer spending,  weak  demand in  the SMB  and  enterprise  sectors in Europe,  and
declining growth in some emerging markets, particularly China.

We  are addressing these challenges through consistency of leadership, focus, execution and, most

importantly, superior products, services and solutions.  During fiscal 2012,  we implemented some
leadership and organizational changes,  including consolidating our  personal computer  and printing
businesses under the same senior executive leadership, merging our global  accounts sales organization
into ESSN, and centralizing all of our  marketing and communications activities. We also began
implementing cost-reduction initiatives, including  a company-wide restructuring  plan we expect  to  be
implemented through the end of fiscal  2014. In addition,  we began making significant changes to our
sales force to improve our go-to-market selling  activities and reduce  cost, and  we renewed our focus on
developing new products, services and solutions.  We also began  working to optimize  our supply chain,
reduce the number of stock keeping  units  (SKUs) and platforms, refine our real estate  strategy,
improve our business processes and implement consistent  pricing and promotions. During fiscal 2013,
we will be focused on working through  the anticipated disruptions expected to accompany the changes
made in fiscal 2012 and continuing to  implement  our cost-reduction  and operational initiatives.

Investing in our Business

The cost-reduction and operational efficiency initiatives discussed  above are also intended to
facilitate increased investment in our business. These  efforts  will include optimizing our supply  chain,
reducing the number of stock keeping  units  (SKUs) and platforms, continuing to refine our  real estate
strategy, simplifying our go-to-market, improving business  processes and implementing consistent
pricing and promotions. We expect to  invest savings  from these efforts across our businesses,  including
investing to respond to market trends and  customer expectations, strengthen our  position in our core
markets, accelerate growth in adjacent  markets,  and drive leadership in the  three strategic  areas of
cloud computing, security and information management.  Over  time, we expect these investments to
allow us to expand in higher margin  and higher growth industry segments and further strengthen our

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Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

portfolio of hardware, software and services to solve customer problems. However, the rate at which  we
are able to invest in our business and the  returns that we are able to achieve from these investments
will be affected by many factors, including  the efforts to address the execution, industry and
macroeconomic challenges facing our business as discussed above. As a  result, we  may experience
delays in the anticipated timing of activities related to these  efforts, and the anticipated  benefits of
these efforts may not materialize.

The following provides an overview of our key fiscal 2012 financial metrics:

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year-over-year net revenue %

(decrease) increase . . . . . . . .
(Loss) earnings from operations .
(Loss) earnings from operations

as a % of net revenue . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss per share

HP(1)
Consolidated

Personal
Systems

Printing

Services

ESSN

Software

HPFS

$120,357

$35,650

$24,487

$34,922

$20,491

$4,060

$3,819

In millions, except per share amounts

(5.4)%

(9.9)%

(6.5)%

(2.2)%

(7.1)% 20.6%

6.2%

$ (11,057)

$ 1,706

$ 3,585

$ 4,095

$ 2,132

$ 827

$ 388

(9.2)%

4.8%

14.6%

11.7%

10.4%

20.4%

10.2%

$ (12,650)

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$
$

(6.41)
(6.41)

(1) HP consolidated  net  revenue  includes a  reduction  of approximately $3.2 billion primarily related  to  the
elimination of intersegment  net revenue  and revenue  from  our  Corporate  Investments  segment.  HP
consolidated (loss) earnings  from operations includes amounts  related  to  the  impairment of goodwill and
purchased intangible assets, restructuring charges,  amortization  of purchased intangible assets,  corporate  and
unallocated costs and eliminations,  unallocated  costs related  to  certain  stock-based  compensation  expenses,
acquisition-related charges, and a loss from  the Corporate Investments segment.

Cash and cash equivalents at October 31,  2012 totaled $11.3  billion, an increase  of $3.3 billion
from the October 31, 2011 balance of $8.0 billion. The increase  for fiscal 2012 was due primarily to
$10.6 billion of cash provided from operations,  the effect of which was partially offset by $3.1 billion
net investment in property, plant and  equipment, $2.6 billion  of  cash  used  to  repurchase common stock
and pay dividends and $2.0 billion from the  net repayment  of  debt.

We  intend the discussion of our financial condition and results of operations  that  follows  to
provide information that will assist in  understanding  our Consolidated  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 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 ‘‘Risk Factors’’ in Item  1A, which  is incorporated herein by reference.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES  AND ESTIMATES

General

The Consolidated  Financial Statements of  HP are prepared in accordance  with U.S. generally

accepted accounting principles (‘‘GAAP’’), which require  management  to  make estimates, judgments
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, net revenue and expenses,  and
the 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  these estimates  with  the Audit  Committee of HP’s Board of
Directors. Management believes that the  accounting  estimates employed and the resulting balances are
reasonable; however, actual results may  differ  from these estimates under different  assumptions or
conditions.

The summary of significant accounting  policies is included in  Note 1  to  the Consolidated Financial
Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference. 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 possible could materially impact the  financial
statements. Management believes the  following  critical  accounting policies reflect the significant
estimates and assumptions used in the  preparation  of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition

We  enter into contracts to sell our products and services, and,  while the majority  of our  sales
agreements contain standard terms and conditions, there are agreements that  contain multiple elements
or non-standard terms and conditions.  As  a  result, significant contract  interpretation is sometimes
required to determine the appropriate  accounting, including  whether the deliverables  specified in a
multiple element arrangement should be treated  as separate units of accounting for revenue  recognition
purposes, and, if so, how the price should be allocated among the  elements and when to recognize
revenue for each element. We recognize  revenue  for delivered elements as separate units of accounting
only when the delivered elements have  standalone value,  uncertainties regarding  customer acceptance
are resolved and there are no customer-negotiated refund or return rights for the delivered elements.
For elements with no standalone value,  we recognize  revenue consistent with the pattern of the
associated deliverables. If the arrangement includes a  customer-negotiated refund or return right
relative to the delivered item and the delivery  and performance of the undelivered item is  considered
probable and substantially in  our control,  the  delivered element constitutes a separate unit of
accounting. Changes in the allocation of  the sales price  between elements may impact the timing of
revenue recognition but will not change the  total revenue  recognized on the contract.

We  recognize revenue as work progresses on certain fixed-price contracts, such as consulting
arrangements. Using a proportional performance  method, we estimate the total expected labor costs in
order to determine the amount of revenue earned to date. We follow this basis because reasonably
dependable estimates of the labor costs applicable to various stages of a contract can be made. Total
contract profit is subject to revisions throughout the  life of the contract. We record changes in revenue
to income, as a result of revisions to  cost estimates,  and overall  contract losses where applicable, in the
period in which the facts that give rise  to  the revision become known.

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Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

We  recognize revenue on certain design and build (design, development and/or  constructions of

software and/or systems) projects using the  percentage-of-completion method. We  use the cost-to-cost
method of measurement towards completion  as determined by the percentage of cost incurred to date
to the total estimated costs of the project. In  circumstances  when reasonable and reliable cost estimates
for a project cannot be made, we recognize revenue  using the completed contract method.

We  record estimated reductions to revenue for customer and distributor programs and incentive
offerings, including price protection, promotions, other  volume-based incentives and expected returns.
Future market conditions and product  transitions may require us to take actions to increase customer
incentive offerings, possibly resulting  in an incremental reduction of revenue at the time the incentive  is
offered. Additionally, certain incentive programs  require us to estimate, based on historical experience
and the specific terms and conditions of  the incentive,  the number of customers who will actually
redeem the incentive.

Under our revenue recognition policies, we establish the  selling prices  used for each deliverable

based on the vendor-specific objective evidence  (‘‘VSOE’’), if available, third-party evidence, if  VSOE
is not available, or estimated selling price  if neither  VSOE nor third-party evidence  is available. We
establish VSOE of selling price using  the price  charged for  a deliverable when sold separately and, in
rare instances, using the price established  by management having the relevant authority. Third-party
evidence of selling price is established by evaluating largely similar and interchangeable competitor
products or services in standalone sales  to  similarly situated customers. The best  estimate of selling
price (‘‘ESP’’) is established considering  internal  factors such as margin objectives, pricing practices and
controls, customer segment pricing strategies and the product life cycle. Consideration is  also given to
market conditions such as competitor pricing strategies and industry  technology life cycles. When
determining ESP, we apply management  judgment to establish margin objectives and pricing strategies
and to evaluate market conditions and  product  life cycles. We may modify or develop new go-to-market
practices in the future. As these go-to-market  strategies evolve, we may  modify our pricing practices in
the future, which may result in changes in selling prices, impacting both VSOE  and ESP. The
aforementioned factors may result in a different allocation of revenue to the deliverables  in multiple
element arrangements from the current fiscal year, which may change the pattern and timing of
revenue recognition for these elements but will not change the  total revenue  recognized for the
arrangement.

Warranty Provision

We  provide for the estimated cost of  product  warranties at the time we recognize revenue. We

evaluate  our warranty obligations on a product  group  basis. Our standard product warranty terms
generally include post-sales support and repairs or replacement of a product at no additional charge for
a specified period of time. While we  engage in extensive product quality programs and processes,
including actively monitoring and evaluating  the quality  of our component suppliers, we base our
estimated warranty obligation upon warranty terms,  ongoing product failure rates, repair costs, product
call rates, average cost per call, and current  period product shipments. If  actual product  failure rates,
repair rates or any other post sales support  costs were  to  differ from our estimates, we would be
required to make revisions to the estimated warranty liability. Warranty terms  generally range from
90 days to three years for parts and labor,  depending upon the product. Over the last three fiscal years,
the annual warranty provision and actual warranty costs have averaged approximately 3.1% of annual
net product revenue.

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Business Combinations

We  allocate the fair value of purchase consideration  to  the tangible assets acquired, liabilities

assumed and intangible assets acquired, including in-process  research and  development (‘‘IPR&D’’),
based on their estimated fair values.  The excess of the fair  value of purchase consideration over the fair
values of these identifiable assets and liabilities  is  recorded as goodwill. When  determining the fair
values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and
assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets.

Critical estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include but are not limited to future expected

cash flows from customer contracts, customer lists, distribution agreements,  and acquired developed
technologies and patents; expected costs  to develop IPR&D  into  commercially viable products and
estimating cash flows from projects when  completed;  brand awareness and market position, as well as
assumptions about the period of time the  brand  will continue to be used in  our product portfolio; and
discount rates. Management’s estimates  of  fair  value are based  upon assumptions believed to be
reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as  a  result, actual results may
differ  from estimates.

Other estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as  additional
information becomes available regarding  the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as more fully
discussed in Note 6 to the Consolidated  Financial Statements in Item 8, which is  incorporated herein
by reference.

Valuation of Goodwill and Purchased Intangible  Assets

We  review goodwill and purchased intangible assets with indefinite lives for  impairment annually

and whenever events or changes in circumstances  indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be
recoverable. The provisions of the accounting standard for goodwill and other intangibles allows us to
first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative
goodwill impairment test. For our annual  goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of  fiscal 2012,
we performed a quantitative test for  all of  our reporting  units. Due to the recent trading  values of  our
stock price, we believed it was appropriate to have recent fair values for each of  our reporting units in
order to assess the reasonableness of the sum of these  fair  values as compared to our market
capitalization. In the first step, we compare the  fair  value of each reporting unit to its carrying value.
We  determine the fair value of our reporting units using  a weighting of fair  values derived most
significantly from the income approach and to a lesser  extent the  market  approach. Under the income
approach, we calculate the fair value of a reporting unit based on the present value of estimated future
cash flows. Cash flow projections are based on management’s estimates of revenue growth rates and
operating margins, taking into consideration  industry  and market  conditions. The discount rate used is
based on the weighted-average cost of  capital adjusted for  the relevant  risk associated with business-
specific  characteristics and the uncertainty related to the  business’s ability to execute on the  projected
cash flows. Under the market approach, we estimate  the fair value based on market multiples  of
revenue and earnings derived from comparable publicly-traded companies with similar operating  and
investment characteristics as the reporting unit. The  weighting of the fair value  derived from the
market approach ranges from 0% to 50% depending on the level of comparability of these publicly-
traded companies to the reporting unit. When market comparables are not meaningful or not available,
we may estimate the fair value of a reporting unit using  only the income  approach. If the fair value of
the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill is not
impaired and no further testing is required. If the fair  value of the reporting unit is  less  than the

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carrying  value, then we must perform  the second  step  of the impairment test to measure the  amount  of
impairment loss, if any. In the second step, the reporting unit’s fair value is allocated to all of the
assets and liabilities of the reporting  unit,  including any unrecognized intangible assets, in a
hypothetical analysis that calculates the implied  fair  value of goodwill in the same  manner as if the
reporting unit was being acquired in  a business combination. If the implied fair value of the  reporting
unit’s goodwill is less than the carrying value, the difference  is recorded as an impairment loss. We also
compare the fair value of purchased intangible  assets  with indefinite lives to their carrying  value. We
estimate the fair value of these intangible  assets  using an income approach. We recognize an
impairment loss when the estimated  fair value  of  intangible assets with indefinite lives  is less than the
carrying  value.

We  review purchased intangible assets with finite lives  for impairment whenever events  or changes
in circumstances indicate the  carrying  value of an asset  may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these
intangible assets is assessed based on the  estimated  undiscounted future cash flows expected to result
from the use  of the asset. If the undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the
purchased intangible assets with finite lives are  considered to be impaired.  The amount of the
impairment is measured as the difference  between the carrying amount of these assets and the fair
value.

In order to assess the reasonableness of  the calculated  fair  values of our reporting units, we also

compare the sum of the reporting units’  fair values to our market capitalization and calculate  an
implied control premium (the excess  of  the sum of the reporting units’ fair values over the  market
capitalization). We evaluate the control  premium  by comparing it to control premiums of recent
comparable transactions. If the implied control  premium is not reasonable in  light of these recent
transactions, we will reevaluate our fair value  estimates of  the reporting units by adjusting the discount
rates and/or other assumptions. As a  result, when  there is a  significant decline in our stock price, as
occurred during fiscal 2012, this reevaluation  could correlate to lower estimated fair values  for certain
or all of our reporting units.

Except for Services, Software and Corporate Investments,  our reporting units  are consistent with

the reportable segments identified in  Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial  Statements in Item 8,
which  is incorporated herein by reference. The enterprise services (‘‘ES’’) and technology services
(‘‘TS’’) businesses are the reporting units  within  the Services segment.  ES includes the Infrastructure
Technology Outsourcing (‘‘ITO’’) and  Application and Business Services (‘‘ABS’’) business units. The
Software segment  includes two reporting  units, which  are Autonomy Corporation plc (‘‘Autonomy’’)  and
the legacy HP software business. The webOS  business  is  also a separate reporting unit within the
Corporate Investments segment.

Determining the fair value of a reporting unit or  an indefinite-lived purchased intangible asset is

judgmental in nature and involves the  use of  significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates
and assumptions include revenue growth  rates and operating margins used  to  calculate projected  future
cash flows, risk-adjusted discount rates,  assumed royalty rates, future economic and  market conditions
and determination of appropriate market  comparables.  We base our fair value estimates on
assumptions we believe to be reasonable  but  they are unpredictable and inherently uncertain. Actual
future results may differ from those  estimates. In addition, we  make certain  judgments and assumptions
in allocating shared assets and liabilities  to determine the carrying values for  each of our reporting
units.

During  fiscal 2012, we determined that sufficient indicators of  potential impairment existed to
require an interim goodwill impairment  analysis for the  ES reporting unit. As a result,  we recorded an

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impairment charge within the Services segment as discussed in Note 7 to the Consolidated  Financial
Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference.

Our annual goodwill impairment analysis, which we performed during the fourth quarter of fiscal

2012, resulted in an impairment charge  for goodwill  and  intangible assets related to the Autonomy
reporting unit within the Software segment as discussed  in Note 7 to the Consolidated  Financial
Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference. Other  than the impairment  charges
discussed for the ES and Autonomy reporting units during fiscal 2012, there was no impairment for
HP’s remaining reporting units. The excess of  fair  value over carrying value for each of our reporting
units as of August 1, 2012, the annual testing date, ranged from approximately 9% to approximately
330% of carrying value. The Autonomy  and  the legacy HP software reporting units  have the lowest
excess of fair value over carrying value at 10% and  9%, respectively.

In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the fair value calculations on the goodwill impairment test,
we applied a hypothetical 10% decrease  to the  fair values of each reporting unit. This hypothetical 10%
decrease resulted in the Autonomy and  the legacy HP  software reporting units having fair values below
their carrying values of 1% and 2%, respectively. For the  remaining  reporting units, excess fair values
over carrying values range from approximately 25% to approximately 290% of  the carrying values.

We  will continue to evaluate goodwill  on an annual basis as of the beginning of our fourth fiscal

quarter and whenever events or changes in circumstances, such as significant  adverse  changes in
business climate or operating results, changes in  management’s business strategy or further  significant
declines in our stock price, indicate that there may  be  a potential indicator of  impairment.

During  the third quarter of fiscal 2012, we approved  a change  to  our branding strategy for
personal computers which triggered an interim impairment review of the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name
indefinite-lived intangible asset. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge within the Personal
Systems Group as discussed in Note  7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which  is
incorporated herein by reference. In conjunction with the  change in branding strategy, we also revised
our  assumption as to the useful life of the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name, which  resulted in a reclassification of
the asset from an indefinite-lived intangible to a finite-lived intangible  with a remaining useful life of
approximately five years.

Restructuring

We  have engaged, and may continue to engage,  in restructuring actions, which require

management to utilize significant estimates  related to the timing and the expenses for severance and
other employee separation costs, including enhanced early retirement  programs, realizable values  of
assets made redundant or obsolete, lease  cancellation and  other exit  costs. We accrue for severance and
other employee separation costs under  these actions when it is probable that benefits will be paid and
the amount is reasonably estimable. The rates used in determining severance accruals are based upon
existing plans, historical experiences, and negotiated settlements. If the  actual amounts differ from our
estimates, the amount of the restructuring  charges could be materially impacted. For a full description
of our restructuring actions, refer to our discussions of restructuring in the Results of Operations
section and Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which are incorporated herein
by reference.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

We  recognize stock-based compensation expense for  all share-based payment awards, net of an

estimated forfeiture rate. We recognize compensation cost  for only those shares expected to meet the

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service and performance vesting conditions on a straight-line basis over the  requisite service period of
the award. These compensation costs  are  determined at the aggregate grant level for service-based
awards and at the individual vesting tranche level  for awards with performance and/or market
conditions.

Determining the appropriate  fair value model and calculating the fair value  of share-based

payment awards requires subjective assumptions,  including  the expected life of the share-based payment
awards and stock price volatility. We  utilize the  Black-Scholes option pricing model to value the
service-based stock options granted under our principal  option plans. To implement this model, we
examined our historical pattern of option  exercises  to  determine  if there were any  discernable activity
patterns based on certain employee populations. From this analysis, we identified three employee
populations to which to apply the Black-Scholes model.  We  determined that implied volatility
calculated based on actively traded options on HP common  stock is a better indicator of expected
volatility and future stock price trends  than historical volatility.

We  issued performance-based restricted units (‘‘PRUs’’) representing hypothetical shares  of HP

common stock. Each PRU award reflected a target number of shares that may  be  issued to the award
recipient. We determine the actual number of shares the recipient receives at the  end of a three-year
performance period based on results  achieved versus goals. The performance goals for PRUs granted in
fiscal year 2012 are based on our annual cash  flow from operations as a percentage  of revenue and on
our  annual revenue growth. The performance goals for PRUs granted  prior to fiscal year 2012 are
based on our annual cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue  and on a market condition
based on total shareholder return (‘‘TSR’’) relative  to  the S&P 500 over the  performance period. We
use our closing stock price on the measurement  date to estimate  the fair value of the PRU  awards
granted in fiscal year 2012. We use historic volatility  for PRU awards granted  prior to fiscal year 2012,
as implied volatility cannot be used when simulating multivariate prices for companies  in the S&P 500.
We  estimate the fair value of PRUs  granted  prior to fiscal year  2012 using the Monte Carlo simulation
model, as the TSR modifier contains  a  market condition. We update the estimated expense, net of
forfeitures, for the cash flow and revenue  growth performance against the goal for  that  year at the end
of each reporting period.

The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of  share-based payment  awards represent
management’s best estimates, but these  estimates involve inherent uncertainties and  the application of
management judgment. As a result, if  factors change and we  use different assumptions, our stock-based
compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, we are required  to
estimate the expected forfeiture rate and recognize  expense only for those shares expected to meet the
service and performance vesting conditions. If our  actual forfeiture  rate is materially different from our
estimate, the stock-based compensation  expense could be significantly different from what we have
recorded  in the current period. See Note 2  to  the Consolidated Financial Statements in  Item 8 for a
further discussion on stock-based compensation.

Taxes on Earnings

We  calculate our current and deferred tax provisions based on estimates and assumptions that
could differ from the final positions reflected  in  our income tax returns filed during  the subsequent
year. We record adjustments based on  filed returns when we have identified and  finalized them,  which
is generally in the third and fourth quarters  of the  subsequent year  for U.S. federal and  state
provisions, respectively.

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We  recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the  expected tax consequences of temporary
differences between the tax bases of  assets and liabilities  and their reported amounts using enacted tax
rates in effect for the year in which we  expect  the differences to reverse. We record a valuation
allowance to reduce the deferred tax  assets to the amount that we are more likely than not to realize.

We  have considered future market growth, forecasted earnings, future taxable income, the mix of

earnings in the jurisdictions in which  we operate and  prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in
determining the need for a valuation  allowance.  In the event we  were to determine that we would not
be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets in the future, we would increase the
valuation allowance and make a corresponding  charge to earnings in the period in which we make such
determination. Likewise, if we later determine  that we are more likely than not to realize the net
deferred tax assets, we would reverse the  applicable portion of the previously provided valuation
allowance. In order for us to realize  our  deferred tax  assets,  we must be able to generate sufficient
taxable income in the tax jurisdictions  in which  the deferred tax assets are located.

Our effective tax rate includes the impact  of certain  undistributed foreign earnings for which we

have not provided U.S. taxes because we  plan to reinvest such earnings indefinitely outside the United
States. We plan foreign earnings remittance amounts based on projected cash flow needs as well  as the
working capital and long-term investment requirements of our foreign subsidiaries and our domestic
operations. Based on these assumptions,  we estimate the  amount  we will distribute to the United States
and provide the U.S. federal taxes due  on these amounts. Further,  as a result  of certain employment
actions and capital investments we have  undertaken, income from manufacturing activities in certain
countries is subject to reduced tax rates, and in some cases is wholly exempt  from taxes, for fiscal years
through 2024. Material changes in our estimates of cash,  working capital  and long-term investment
requirements in the various jurisdictions  in  which we do  business could  impact our effective tax rate.

We  are subject to income taxes in the United States and approximately 80 foreign countries, and
we are subject to routine corporate income tax audits in many of these jurisdictions. We believe that
our  tax return positions are fully supported,  but tax authorities  are likely to challenge certain positions,
which  may not be fully sustained. However, our income tax expense includes amounts  intended to
satisfy income tax assessments that result  from these challenges. Determining the income tax expense
for these potential assessments and recording  the related assets and liabilities requires management
judgments and estimates. We evaluate our uncertain tax positions  in accordance with  the guidance for
accounting for uncertainty in  income  taxes. We believe that  our reserve for uncertain tax  positions,
including related interest, is adequate. 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. Our  reserve for
uncertain tax positions is attributable primarily  to  uncertainties concerning the  tax treatment of our
international operations, including the allocation  of income  among different jurisdictions, and related
interest. We review our reserves quarterly,  and we may adjust such reserves because of proposed
assessments by tax authorities, changes in facts and circumstances, issuance of  new regulations or new
case law, previously unavailable information  obtained during the course  of an examination, negotiations
between tax authorities of different countries concerning our transfer prices, execution of Advanced
Pricing Agreements, resolution with respect to individual audit issues,  the resolution of entire audits, or
the expiration of statutes of limitations.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 for a further discussion on taxes

on earnings.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We  determine our  allowance for doubtful accounts using a combination of factors to ensure that

we have not overstated our trade and  financing receivables  balances due to uncollectibility. We
maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for all customers based on a variety of factors, including
the use of third-party credit risk models  that generate quantitative measures of default probabilities
based on market factors, the  financial  condition of  customers, the length of time receivables are past
due, trends in overall weighted-average  risk  rating of the total portfolio, macroeconomic conditions,
significant one-time events and historical experience. Also, we record specific provisions for individual
accounts when we become aware of specific customer circumstances, such as in the case of bankruptcy
filings or deterioration in the customer’s operating results  or financial position. If the circumstances
related to the customer change, we would  further adjust our estimates of the recoverability  of
receivables either upward or downward.  The annual  provision for doubtful  accounts has averaged
approximately 0.10% of net revenue over the last three  fiscal years. Using our third-party credit risk
model at October 31, 2012, a 50-basis-point deterioration in the weighted-average default probabilities
of our significant customers would have  resulted in an approximately $23  million increase to our trade
allowance at the end of fiscal year 2012.

Inventory

We  state our inventory at the lower of cost or market. We make  adjustments to reduce the cost of

inventory to its net realizable value, if  required, at the product group level  for estimated excess,
obsolescence or impaired balances. Factors influencing these adjustments include changes in demand,
rapid technological changes, product life cycle and development plans, component cost trends, product
pricing, physical deterioration and quality  issues. Revisions to these adjustments would  be  required if
these factors differ from our estimates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

We  measure certain financial assets and liabilities  at fair  value based on valuation techniques  using

the best information available, which may  include quoted  market prices, market comparables and
discounted cash flow projections. Financial instruments are primarily comprised  of time deposits,
money market funds, corporate and other debt securities,  equity securities and  other investments in
common stock and common stock equivalents and derivative instruments.

Cash Equivalents and Investments: We  hold time deposits, money  market funds,  mutual funds,
other debt securities primarily consisting  of corporate  and foreign government notes and bonds, and
common stock and equivalents. In general, and where  applicable, we  use 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, then we  use 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, we use  internally developed valuation models, whose inputs include  bid
prices, and third party valuations utilizing underlying asset assumptions.

Derivative Instruments: As discussed  in Note  10 to the  Consolidated Financial Statements in
Item 8, we mainly hold non-speculative  forwards, swaps and options to hedge  certain foreign currency

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and interest rate exposures. When active market quotes are not available, we  use 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, we  use management judgment  to  develop
assumptions which are used to determine fair value.

Retirement Benefits

Our pension and other post-retirement benefit costs and obligations  are dependent  on various
assumptions. Our major assumptions relate primarily  to  discount rates, salary growth  and long-term
return  on plan assets. We base the discount rate assumption on current  investment yields of
high-quality fixed-income investments during the retirement  benefits maturity period. The salary growth
assumptions reflect our long-term actual  experience and future and near-term outlook.  Long-term
return  on plan assets is determined based on  historical portfolio  results and management’s  expectations
related to the future economic environment, as  well as  target asset  allocations. Actual results  in any
given year will often differ from actuarial  assumptions because of economic  and other factors.

Our major assumptions vary by plan  and  the weighted-average rates used are  set forth in Note 16

to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by reference. Each
assumption has different sensitivity characteristics, and, in general, changes, if any, have moved in the
same direction over the last several years. For fiscal  2012,  changes in the weighted-average rates for the
HP benefit plans would have had the following impact on  our net periodic benefit cost:

(cid:129) A decrease of 25 basis points in the long-term  rate of return  would have increased our net

benefit cost by approximately $61 million;

(cid:129) A decrease of 25 basis points in the discount rate would have increased our net benefit cost by

approximately $78 million; and

(cid:129) An increase of 25 basis points in the future compensation rate would have increased our net

benefit cost by approximately $23 million.

Loss  Contingencies

We  are involved in various lawsuits, claims,  investigations  and proceedings that arise in the
ordinary course of business. We record  a  provision  for a liability  when we believe that it is both
probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Significant
judgment is required to determine both  probability  and  the estimated amount. We review these
provisions at least quarterly and adjust  these provisions to reflect the impact of negotiations,
settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel  and updated information.  Litigation is inherently
unpredictable and is 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 have a
material impact on our results of operations,  financial position and cash  flows. See Note 18 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements in  Item 8 for a further discussion of litigation and contingencies.

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

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

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

The following discussion compares the  historical results of operations for the fiscal years ended

October 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010. Unless otherwise  noted, all comparative performance  data  included
below reflect year-over-year comparisons.

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

following fiscal years ended October  31:

2012

2011(1)
In millions

2010(1)

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,357
Cost of sales(2)
92,385

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.0% $127,245
76.8% 97,418

100.0% $126,033
76.6% 95,852

100.0%
76.1%

Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selling, general and administrative . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of purchased intangible assets . .
Impairment of goodwill and purchased

intangibles  assets(3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27,972
3,399
13,500
1,784

18,035
2,266
45

23.2% 29,827
3,254
2.8%
11.2% 13,577
1,607

1.5%

23.4% 30,181
2,959
2.6%
10.6% 12,822
1,484

1.3%

15.0%
1.9%
—

885
645
182

0.7%
0.5%
0.1%

—
1,144
293

(Loss) earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . .
Interest and other, net(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11,057)
(876)

(9.2)% 9,677
(695)
(0.8)%

7.6% 11,479
(505)
(0.5)%

(Loss) earnings before taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11,933)
(717)

(10.0)% 8,982
(0.5)% (1,908)

7.1% 10,974
(1.5)% (2,213)

23.9%
2.3%
10.2%
1.2%

—
0.9%
0.2%

9.1%
(0.4)%

8.7%
(1.7)%

Net (loss) earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (12,650)

(10.5)% $ 7,074

5.6% $ 8,761

7.0%

(1)

In connection with organizational realignments implemented in the first quarter of  fiscal  2012,
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.

(3) For the period ended October 31, 2012, represents a goodwill and intangible asset impairment

charge  of $8.8 billion associated with  the Autonomy reporting  unit within  the Software  segment, a
goodwill impairment charge of $8.0 billion  associated with the ES  reporting unit within the
Services segment and an intangible asset impairment charge of $1.2 billion associated with the
‘‘Compaq’’ trade name within the Personal Systems segment. For the period ended October 31,
2011, includes impairment charges to goodwill and purchased intangible assets associated with the

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Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

acquisition of Palm, Inc. on July 1, 2010 recorded  as result of the decision announced on
August 18, 2011 to wind down the webOS device business.

(4) For fiscal 2011, includes $276 million of charges in connection with the  acquisition of Autonomy,
which  is primarily comprised of the $265  million net cost of British pound options bought to limit
foreign exchange rate risk.

Net Revenue

The components of the weighted net revenue  change were as follows for  the following fiscal years

ended October 31:

Personal Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate Investments/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HP Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011(1)
Percentage Points
(0.9)
(3.1)
—
(1.3)
1.5
(1.2)
0.3
(0.6)
(0.7)
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.5

Total HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5.4)

1.0

(1) Reflects certain reclassifications made to historical results to conform  to  the current  year
presentation as noted in Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

Fiscal 2012

In fiscal  2012, total HP net revenue decreased 5.4% (decreased 4.4%  on a constant currency
basis). U.S. net revenue decreased 4.5%  to $42.1 billion,  while net revenue from outside of the  United
States decreased 5.9% to $78.2 billion.  HP’s revenue  decreased due primarily to a weak customer
demand environment resulting in volume  declines  in  our hardware businesses  and printing supplies
coupled with contractual rate declines on ongoing  contracts in Services. The Software segment
contributed favorably to the total HP net  revenue change as a result of the acquisition of Autonomy in
October 2011. An analysis of the change  in  net revenue  for each business segment is included  under
‘‘Segment Information’’ below.

Fiscal 2011

In fiscal  2011, total HP net revenue increased  1.0% (decreased 0.9% on a  constant currency basis).

U.S. net  revenue decreased 1.0% to  $44.1 billion, while  net revenue from outside of the United States
increased 2.0% to $83.1 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. ESSN segment
net revenue growth was helped by the  strong performance in products related to our  3PAR Inc.
(‘‘3PAR’’) and 3Com Corporation (‘‘3Com’’) acquisitions. An analysis  of  the change in  net revenue for
each  business segment is included under ‘‘Segment Information’’ below.

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Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Gross Margin

Fiscal 2012

In fiscal  2012, total HP gross margin  decreased by 0.2 percentage points. Gross  margins were
impacted by continued margin pressure in  Services and competitive pricing in our hardware businesses,
along with an unfavorable mix of lower-margin revenue  in ESSN  and unfavorable currency impacts.

Personal Systems gross margin decreased in fiscal 2012. The decrease was driven  by  higher

component costs combined with an unfavorable currency impact. These negative impacts to gross
margin were partially offset by lower warranty and logistics costs, benefits from  insurance proceeds
related to flooding in Thailand in July 2011 and an increased level of component vendor  rebates.

Printing gross margin declined in fiscal 2012 due to an unfavorable  currency  impact  driven by the
strength of the Japanese yen and from lower ink  supplies volumes as a result of demand declines in all
regions. These effects were partially  offset  by our focus on higher-end inkjet printers combined  with a
higher  mix of supplies.

Services gross margin decreased in fiscal 2012 due primarily to lower than expected revenue,
contractual rate declines on ongoing  contracts, a  lower than expected resource utilization rate  and
additional costs associated with certain  contract deliverable delays. These effects were partially offset by
a continued focus on operating improvements and cost initiatives that favorably impacted the  cost
structure of all business units.

ESSN gross margin decreased in fiscal 2012 due  primarily to competitive pricing pressures,

particularly in Industry Standard Servers (‘‘ISS’’)  and, to a lesser extent, in Networking.

Software gross margin decreased in fiscal 2012 due primarily to a lower mix of license revenue, the

effect of which was partially offset by a highly profitable software deal entered  into  in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2012.

HPFS gross margin increased in fiscal  2012 due primarily  to lower bad  debt expense, the effect of

which  was partially offset by lower margins  on end-of-term activities, including buyouts and lease
extensions.

Fiscal 2011

In fiscal  2011, total HP gross margin  decreased by 0.5 percentage points. The decline was driven

by a lower gross margin in the Services, Printing and  Corporate Investments  segments, the effect of
which  was partially offset by a favorable  commodity pricing environment in the Personal Systems and
ESSN segments, and a favorable mix from higher  Software and Networking  revenue.

Personal Systems gross margin increased in fiscal 2011 primarily as a result of a favorable

commodity pricing environment, combined with lower warranty costs.

Printing gross margin declined in fiscal 2011 due primarily to increased logistics costs  and supply

chain  constraints in LaserJet printer engines and  toner as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in
Japan, and an unfavorable currency impact  driven primarily by the strength of the yen. In addition,
Printing gross margin declined due to a continuing mix shift in Consumer Hardware and Commercial
Hardware toward lower price point products, coupled with a lower mix of supplies revenue.  These
effects were partially offset by reductions  in Printing’s  cost structure as a result of continued efforts to
optimize our supply chain.

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Services gross margin decreased in fiscal 2011 due primarily to lower than expected revenue, rate

concessions arising from recent contract  renewals,  a lower than  expected resource utilization  rate and a
higher  mix of lower-margin Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing revenue. These  effects were  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 in fiscal 2011 primarily  as a result of lower  product costs and  a
higher  mix of networking products, the effect of  which  was  partially offset by price declines  as a result
of competitive pressure.

Software gross margin decreased in fiscal 2011 due primarily to rate declines in  licenses and

services.

HPFS gross margin decreased in fiscal 2011 due primarily to lower portfolio margins from a higher

mix of operating leases, the effect of which was partially  offset by lower bad debt expense as a
percentage of revenue and higher margins on lease extensions  and buyouts.

Corporate Investments gross margin decreased in fiscal 2011 primarily as a result of the impact of

the wind down of the webOS device business, which resulted in expenses for supplier-related
obligations, sales incentive programs  and inventory write  downs.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Total research and development (‘‘R&D’’) expense  increased in fiscal 2012  due  primarily to
additional expense from the acquisition of Autonomy  and  innovation-focused spending for storage,
networking and HP converged cloud.  These effects  were partially offset by the elimination of R&D
expense associated with the former webOS  device business. In fiscal 2012, R&D expense  increased for
ESSN, Software, Personal Systems, Printing  and  Services and decreased for Corporate Investments.

Total R&D expense increased in fiscal  2011 due primarily to additional expenses from  acquired
companies. In fiscal 2011, R&D expense increased  for ESSN, Corporate Investments and  Software and
decreased for Services and Personal Systems. 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 the development of webOS and webOS devices
during the first three quarters of fiscal  2011.

Selling, General and Administrative

Total selling, general and administrative (‘‘SG&A’’) expense decreased in fiscal 2012 due primarily
to lower marketing costs. Included in  SG&A was $103 million in net gains  from the sale of real estate.
In fiscal  2012, SG&A expense as a percentage of net revenue was mostly flat for each of our segments
except for Corporate Investments, which  experienced  a decrease.

Total SG&A expense increased in fiscal  2011 due primarily to higher field  selling costs as a  result

of our investments in sales resources  to  grow revenue. The  increase in fiscal  2011 was partially offset  by
$334 million in net gains on the sale  of real estate and a $77 million net gain on the divestiture  of our
Halo video collaboration products business.  In fiscal 2011, SG&A expense as a  percentage of net
revenue increased for each of our segments except  for HPFS,  Services and Printing, each of which
experienced a decrease.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Impairment of Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

In fiscal  2012, we recorded goodwill  impairment charges of $8.0 billion and $5.7 billion associated

with the Services segment and the acquisition of Autonomy, respectively. In addition,  we recorded
intangible asset impairment charges of  $3.1 billion and $1.2 billion associated  with the acquisition of
Autonomy and the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name, respectively.

In fiscal  2011, we recorded $885 million  impairment charges  to  goodwill and purchased  intangible

assets associated with the acquisition of  Palm, Inc. on July 1, 2010 as a  result of the decision
announced on August 18, 2011 to wind down the webOS device  business.

For more information on our impairment charges,  see  Note 7 to the Consolidated  Financial

Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference.

Restructuring Charges

The increase in restructuring costs for fiscal 2012 was due primarily to charges of $2.1 billion for

the restructuring plan announced in May  2012 (the ‘‘2012 Plan’’), the effect of which was partially
offset by lower charges in the fiscal 2008 and  fiscal 2010 ES restructuring  plans. Restructuring charges
for fiscal 2012 were $2.3 billion. These charges included $2.1 billion costs related to the 2012 Plan,
$106 million costs related to our fiscal 2008 restructuring plan and $75 million costs related to our
fiscal 2010 ES restructuring plan.

The decrease in restructuring costs for fiscal 2011  was  due primarily to lower charges in the fiscal

2008 and fiscal 2010 ES restructuring plans. Restructuring  charges for  fiscal  2011 were $645 million.
These charges included $326 million  of severance and  facility costs related to our fiscal 2008
restructuring plan, $266 million of severance  and facility costs related to our fiscal  2010 ES
restructuring plan and $33 million related  to  the decision to wind down the webOS  device business.

Restructuring charges for fiscal 2010 were $1.1 billion.  These charges included $650 million of
severance and facility costs related to  our  fiscal  2010  ES restructuring plan, $429 million of severance
and facility costs related to our fiscal  2008 restructuring  plan, $46  million and $18  million associated
with the Palm and 3Com restructuring  plans, respectively,  and  an increase of $1  million related to
adjustments to other restructuring plans.

For more information on our restructuring charges, see Note 8 to the  Consolidated Financial

Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference.

As part of our ongoing business operations, we  incurred workforce rebalancing charges for

severance and related costs within certain business segments. 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.

Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets

The increase in amortization expense  in fiscal 2012 was due primarily to amortization expenses

related to the intangible assets purchased as  part of  the Autonomy acquisition. This  increase was
partially offset by decreased amortization  expenses related to certain intangible assets associated with
prior acquisitions reaching the end of their amortization  periods.

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Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

The increase in amortization expense  in fiscal 2011 was due primarily to increased amortization  of

purchased intangible assets from acquisitions  completed  during fiscal 2010. This increase was  partially
offset by decreased amortization expenses related to certain intangible assets associated with  prior
acquisitions reaching the end of their  amortization periods.

For more information on our amortization of  purchased intangibles assets, see Note 7 to the

Consolidated Financial Statements in  Item 8, which  is incorporated herein by reference.

Acquisition-Related Charges

In fiscal  2012, we recorded acquisition-related  charges  of  $45  million. The  decrease in acquisition-

related charges was due primarily to lower consulting and integration costs associated with  the
Autonomy acquisition, fewer acquisitions, and lower retention bonuses associated with acquisitions
completed in fiscal 2011 and 2010.

In fiscal  2011, we recorded acquisition-related  charges  of  $182  million. The  decrease in acquisition-

related charges was due primarily to lower consulting, integration and acquisition costs associated with
the Electronic Data Systems Corporation  and  3Com  acquisitions, the effect of which was partially offset
by consulting and integration costs associated with the Autonomy acquisition.

Interest and Other, Net

Interest and other, net expense increased  by $181 million in fiscal 2012. The increase was  driven

primarily by higher interest expense due  to higher average debt balances  and higher currency
transaction losses.

Interest and other, net expense increased  by $190 million in fiscal 2011. The increase was  driven by

$276 million of charges incurred in connection with the  acquisition  of Autonomy, which is primarily
comprised of the $265 million net cost  of British pound options bought to limit foreign exchange rate
risk. The increase was also as a result of higher  interest expenses due to higher average debt balances,
the effect of which was partially offset  by lower litigation costs and lower currency transaction losses.

Provision for Taxes

Our effective tax rates were (6.0)%, 21.2%  and  20.2% in fiscal 2012, 2011  and 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  that have the most significant  effective tax rate impact
in the periods presented include Singapore, the  Netherlands, China, Ireland and Puerto Rico.  We  plan
to reinvest some of the earnings of these  jurisdictions  indefinitely outside the United  States and
therefore have not provided U.S. taxes  on  those indefinitely reinvested earnings.

In addition to the above factors, the overall tax rates in fiscal 2012 and 2011 were impacted by
nondeductible goodwill impairments and  increases in valuation allowances  against certain deferred tax
assets.

For a  full reconciliation of our effective tax rate to the U.S. federal  statutory rate of 35% and
further explanation of our provision  for  taxes, see Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in
Item 8, which is incorporated herein  by reference.

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Segment Information

A description of the products and services,  as well  as financial data, for each segment  can be
found in Note 19 to the Consolidated  Financial Statements in Item  8, which is incorporated herein by
reference. We have realigned segment  financial  data for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and
2010 to reflect changes in HP’s organizational structure  that occurred  at the  beginning  of the first
quarter of fiscal 2012. We describe these  changes more fully in  Note 19.  We have presented the
business segments in this Annual Report  on  Form 10-K based  on the distinct nature of various
businesses such as customer base, homogeneity of products and technology. The discussions below
include the results of each of our segments.

Effective November 1, 2012, we created  the Enterprise  Group segment consisting of the business

units within our ESSN segment and our TS  business unit, which is a part of our existing Services
segment. The remaining business units  in our Services segment, ITO and  ABS, will comprise  a new
Enterprise Services segment.

Printing and Personal Systems Group

Printing and Personal Systems segments were  realigned beneath a newly formed Printing and
Personal Systems Group during fiscal  2012. We  describe the results of the business segments within the
Printing and Personal Systems Group  in  more detail below.

Personal Systems

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$35,650
$ 1,706

In millions
$39,574
$ 2,350

$40,741
$ 2,032

4.8%

5.9%

5.0%

The components of the weighted net revenue  change by Personal Systems  business  units were as

follows for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

Percentage Points
(3.2)
(6.3)
Notebook PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(0.7)
(3.4)
Desktop PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1
Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(0.2)
(0.1)
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . —

Total Personal Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9.9)

(2.9)

2012

2011

Personal Systems net revenue decreased 9.9% (decreased 8.8% when adjusted for  currency) in
fiscal 2012. The revenue decline was due  primarily to a decline  in unit volumes, the effect  of  which was
partially offset by a nominal increase in  average selling prices  (‘‘ASPs’’).  ASPs increased due primarily
to a mix shift toward higher-end models,  the effect  of  which was partially offset  by  unfavorable
currency impacts. Unit volume was down  11% due primarily to continued demand  weakness in both the
consumer and commercial markets. In fiscal 2012, net revenue  from  Notebook  PCs decreased 12%
while net revenue from Desktop PCs  decreased  9% as a  result of  the overall market  decline.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Workstations revenue decreased 3%  due to weak demand  in the commercial PC market. In  fiscal 2012,
net revenue for consumer clients decreased 15% while  commercial client revenue  decreased 6%.

Personal Systems earnings from operations as  a percentage of net revenue decreased

1.1 percentage points in fiscal 2012. The decrease was  due primarily to a gross  margin decline resulting
from higher component costs combined with an unfavorable currency  impact. These negative impacts to
gross  margin were partially offset by lower warranty and logistics costs, benefits from insurance
proceeds related to flooding in Thailand in  July 2011 and an increased  level of component vendor
rebates. In addition, operating expenses  as a  percentage of net revenue increased  due  primarily to the
decline  in revenue coupled with increased investments in research and development, the effects of
which  were partially offset by a decrease  in administrative expenses.

Personal Systems net revenue decreased 2.9% (decreased 4.7% when adjusted for currency) in
fiscal 2011 due primarily to softness in the consumer PC  markets, the effect  of which was partially
offset by strength in commercial businesses. Unit  volume  was  up 2% due primarily to the continued
commercial refresh cycle, the effect of which  was  partially offset  by a decline in volume in the
consumer business. In fiscal 2011, Workstations  revenue  increased 24% due to the ongoing corporate
refresh cycle and strength in the commercial  PC market. Net revenue from Desktop PCs decreased 2%
while Notebook PCs revenue  decreased 6% as a result of consumer  market softness. In  fiscal 2011, net
revenue for consumer clients decreased 15% while commercial client  revenue increased 9%.  Net
revenue in Other decreased 7% due  primarily to the wind down  of the handheld business and
decreased sales of  consumer warranty extensions. For fiscal 2011, the favorable impact on Personal
Systems net revenue from unit increases  was offset  by a 5% decrease in ASPs  due  primarily to the
competitive pricing environment.

Personal Systems earnings from operations as  a percentage of net revenue increased 0.9 percentage
points in fiscal 2011. The increase was  driven  by improvements in  gross margin resulting primarily from
a favorable component pricing environment and lower  warranty costs. Partially offsetting the  increase in
gross  margin was an increase in operating  expenses  as  a percentage of net revenue due primarily  to
unfavorable currency impact and increased  selling costs.

Printing

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$24,487
$ 3,585

In millions
$26,176
$ 3,927

$26,176
$ 4,357

14.6%

15.0%

16.6%

The components of the weighted net revenue  change by Printing business units were  as follows for

the following fiscal years ended October  31:

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

Percentage Points
0.0
(3.9)
0.0
(1.5)
0.0
(1.1)

Total Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6.5)

0.0

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Printing net revenue decreased 6.5% (decreased 6.3% when adjusted for  currency) in fiscal 2012,

driven by broad-based consumer demand  weakness  in  all regions. Printer unit volume declined 15%,
while average revenue per unit increased  by 8%. Net  revenue for Supplies  decreased 6% in fiscal 2012
driven by demand  declines in all regions,  the effects of  which were partially offset by growth in large
format printing supplies. Net revenue  for  Consumer  Hardware decreased  14% in fiscal 2012, due
primarily to a decline in consumer demand. Inkjet unit volume reductions of 18%  were partially offset
by a higher mix of high value inkjet units reflecting an increase in average revenue per unit of  6%. Net
revenue for Commercial Hardware decreased 5%  in  fiscal  2012. The net  revenue decline was driven by
volume declines of 8%, due primarily  to  a weak worldwide  demand environment  impacting  our
LaserJet printer business. These negative  impacts were offset by  higher average revenue per unit of  2%
and net revenue growth in both large  format printers  and our managed print services business.

Printing earnings from operations as  a percentage of net revenue decreased  by  0.4 percentage
points in fiscal 2012. Gross margin declined  in  fiscal 2012  due to an unfavorable currency impact driven
by the strength of the Japanese yen and from lower ink  supplies  volumes as a result of demand
declines in all regions. These effects  were  partially  offset by our  focus on higher-end inkjet printers
combined with a higher mix of supplies. Operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue increased
due to the decline in revenue and investments in research and development, the effects of which were
partially offset by declines in marketing and administrative expenses.

Printing net revenue remained flat (decreased 1.0% when adjusted  for currency) in fiscal 2011. Net

revenue for Commercial Hardware increased 3% in fiscal 2011 due primarily to double-digit net
revenue growth in the graphics business, coupled  with strong  performance in transactional laser
products in emerging geographies. These  effects were partially offset  by supply chain  constraints in
LaserJet printers as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  Net revenue  for Supplies
decreased 1% in fiscal 2011, driven by  slower demand,  particularly in Europe. These effects were
partially offset by growth in large format  printing supplies. Net revenue for Consumer Hardware
decreased 4% in fiscal 2011, driven primarily  by overall  reductions in consumer electronics spending
and competitive pricing pressures reflected in  a mix shift towards lower-priced  products and a decline
in the average revenue per unit of 6%.

Printing earnings from operations as  a percentage of net revenue decreased  by  1.6 percentage
points in fiscal 2011, due primarily to  a decline in gross margin, the effect of which was partially offset
by lower operating expenses as a percentage of net revenue. The gross  margin decline in fiscal 2011
was due primarily to increased logistics costs and supply chain constraints in LaserJet  printers as a
result of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, an  unfavorable currency impact driven primarily by the
strength of the yen, a continued mix  shift in Consumer Hardware and Commercial Hardware to lower
price point products coupled with a lower mix of  supplies. These effects were partially  offset by
reductions in Printing’s cost structure as  a  result of  continued efforts  to  optimize  our supply chain.  The
decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of net  revenue in fiscal 2011 was due primarily to
reduced marketing and administrative  expenses,  the effect of which was partially offset by higher field
selling cost expenses.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Services

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$34,922
$ 4,095

In millions
$35,702
$ 5,203

$35,276
$ 5,714

11.7%

14.6%

16.2%

The components of the weighted net revenue  change by Services  business units  were as follows for

the following fiscal years ended October  31:

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application and Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

Percentage Points
0.7
(1.5)
(0.3)
(0.5)
0.8
(0.2)

Total Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2.2)

1.2

Services net revenue decreased 2.2%  (decreased  0.5% when adjusted for  currency) in fiscal 2012

due to revenue decreases in all business  units.  ITO  net revenue  decreased  by  3% in fiscal 2012.
Contractual rate declines on ongoing  contracts, increased deal selectivity designed to meet  threshold
margins and strategic fit, and an unfavorable  currency impact  contributed  to  the decrease in  revenues.
These effects were partially offset by  an increase  in product-related revenue  and increased revenue
from cloud and security offerings. The deal selectivity and contractual  rate declines mentioned above
are expected to adversely affect revenue  in future  periods. ABS net  revenue decreased by 2%  in fiscal
2012. The decrease was driven by declines in short-term project work combined  with an unfavorable
currency impact, the effect of which was  partially offset by increases in  sales  of  cloud  and information
management and analytics offerings. TS net  revenue decreased by 1% in fiscal 2012, due primarily to
revenue declines in our support business  driven  by an unfavorable  currency  impact.  Support contract
renewals remained steady while declines  in third-party hardware support  were offset by growth in
project services.

Services earnings from operations as a  percentage  of  net revenue  decreased  by  2.9 percentage

points in fiscal 2012. The decrease was due primarily  to  a gross margin decline driven by lower than
expected revenue, contractual rate declines on ongoing  contracts, a lower than expected  resource
utilization rate and additional costs associated with certain contract deliverable delays. These effects
were partially offset by a continued focus  on operating improvements and cost initiatives that favorably
impacted the cost structure of all business  units.

Services net revenue increased 1.2% (decreased 1.3% when adjusted for currency) in  fiscal  2011

due to revenue increases in ITO and  TS business units. ITO net revenue increased  by  2% in fiscal
2011. An increase in product-related revenue  and  a favorable currency impact  were partially offset by a
shortfall in short-term project contracts with existing clients. TS net revenue increased by 3% in  fiscal
2011, due primarily to growth in our  consulting  business  and  a  favorable currency  impact,  the effect of
which  was partially offset by reduced sales of third-party hardware.  ABS net revenue decreased by 1%
in fiscal 2011. The decrease was driven by  the ExcellerateHRO divestiture completed at  the end of the
third quarter of fiscal 2010, declines  in short-term  project work and weakness in public sector spending.
These effects were partially offset by  a favorable currency impact.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Services earnings from operations as a  percentage of net revenue decreased  by  1.6 percentage
points in fiscal 2011. Operating margin decreased  due primarily  to  lower than expected revenue, rate
concessions arising from recent contract  renewals,  a lower than  expected resource utilization  rate and a
higher  mix of lower-margin Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing revenue. The decrease in operating
margin 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

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$20,491
$ 2,132

In millions
$22,064
$ 2,997

$20,246
$ 2,814

10.4%

13.6%

13.9%

The components of the weighted net revenue  change by ESSN business units  were as follows for

the following fiscal years ended October  31:

Industry Standard Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Critical Systems (‘‘BCS’’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

Percentage Points
4.7
(4.2)
(1.0)
(2.2)
1.3
(1.1)
4.0
0.4

Total ESSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7.1)

9.0

ESSN net revenue decreased 7.1% (6.4% when adjusted  for  currency) in  fiscal  2012 due primarily
to revenue decreases in ISS, BCS and Storage. In fiscal  2012,  ISS net revenue  decreased  by  7% driven
by declines in unit volume and average unit prices. The declines were due primarily to competitive
pricing pressures and macroeconomic  challenges in  EMEA.  These effects were partially offset  by
increased demand  for public and private  cloud offerings. BCS net revenue decreased by 23% in fiscal
2012 mainly as a result of lower demand for our Itanium-based servers, the impact of which was  slightly
offset by growth in NonStop servers.  Storage  net revenue  decreased  6%  in fiscal 2012,  due  primarily to
revenue declines in storage tape and networking products, the effect of which was partially offset  by
strong growth in 3PAR products and  StoreOnce data deduplication  solutions.  Networking net revenue
increased 4% in fiscal 2012 due to higher  market  demand for our core data  center products, the effect
of which was partially offset by competitive pricing pressures and the divestiture of our video
surveillance business.

ESSN earnings from operations as a  percentage of net  revenue decreased by 3.2  percentage points
in fiscal 2012 driven by a decrease in  gross margin coupled with  an increase in operating expenses as a
percentage of net revenue. The decrease  in gross margin was due primarily to competitive  pricing
pressures, particularly in ISS and, to a  lesser  extent, in Networking. The increase  in operating expenses
as a percentage of  net revenue was driven by an increase in research and development costs and field
selling costs, the effect of which was  partially offset by lower administrative and marketing expenses.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

ESSN net revenue increased 9.0% (7.0%  when adjusted for currency) in fiscal 2011 due to growth
in Networking and ISS. Total revenue  from server  and  storage blades increased by 11% in fiscal 2011.
ISS net revenue increased by 8% in fiscal  2011, driven  primarily by unit volume growth coupled with
increased average unit prices due to  favorable  demand  for the latest generation of ISS products. The
revenue increase was also driven by expansion in  our converged infrastructure solutions and  strong
demand from public and private cloud customers.  Networking net revenue increased by 50% due
largely to our acquisition of 3Com in April 2010, strong market demand for our core data center
products and the impact of our continued  investments in sales coverage. Storage net revenue increased
by 7% in fiscal 2011 driven primarily by  strong performance in products related to our acquisition of
3PAR in September 2010 and growth in scale out  storage  arrays, entry-level arrays and StoreOnce  data
deduplication products. BCS  net revenue  decreased  by 9% in fiscal 2011 mainly as a result  of orders
being delayed or cancelled following  an announcement by  an alliance  partner that it intends to cease
software development for our Itanium-based servers. The impact from reduced sales of Itanium-based
servers was partially offset by higher demand for the latest generation of BCS scale-up x86 products
and growth in NonStop servers.

ESSN earnings from operations as a  percentage of net revenue decreased by 0.3 percentage points
in fiscal 2011 driven by an increase in operating expenses  as a percentage of net revenue, the effect of
which  was partially offset by an increase  in gross margin. The increase in operating expenses as  a
percentage of net revenue was due primarily  to  additional expenses associated with acquisitions and
investments in R&D and sales coverage. The gross margin increase was driven by lower product costs
and a higher mix of networking products, the  effect of which was  partially offset by price declines  as a
result of competitive pressure.

Software

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$4,060
$ 827

In millions
$3,367
$ 722

$2,812
$ 787

20.4%

21.4%

28.0%

Software net revenue increased 20.6%  (21.3%  when adjusted for currency) in fiscal 2012  due  to
revenues from acquired companies, primarily Autonomy, which was acquired in  October, 2011.  In fiscal
2012, net revenue from services, support and licenses increased by 71%,  16% and  8%, respectively.

Software earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue decreased by 1.0 percentage

points in fiscal 2012 due primarily to  a decrease  in gross  margin and a slight increase in  operating
expenses as a percentage of net revenue. The gross margin decline was due primarily to a lower  mix of
license revenue, the effect of which was partially  offset by a highly profitable software  deal entered into
in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

Software net revenue increased 19.7%  (18.1%  when adjusted for currency) in fiscal 2011  due  to

revenues from acquired companies as well as growth in the organic business. The revenue growth was
driven by good performance from our security and management suite  offerings. In fiscal 2011,  net
revenue from services, licenses and support  increased  by  26%, 23% and  16%, respectively.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Software earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue decreased by 6.6 percentage
points in fiscal 2011. The operating margin decline  was  due primarily  to  the impact of deferred  revenue
write-downs and integration costs associated with  acquisitions and  investments in sales coverage and
R&D, the effect of which was partially  offset by  the capitalization of certain software development
costs.

HP Financial Services

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from operations as a % of net  revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

$3,819
$ 388

In millions
$3,596
$ 348

$3,047
$ 281

10.2%

9.7%

9.2%

HPFS net revenue increased by 6.2%  in fiscal 2012. The net revenue increase was due primarily to

portfolio growth, along with higher buyout  activity and higher end-of-lease revenue  from residual
expirations in line with portfolio growth. The effects of these changes were partially offset by
unfavorable currency movements.

HPFS earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue increased by 0.5 percentage points

in fiscal 2012. The increase was due primarily to an  increase in gross  margin. The increase in gross
margin was due primarily to lower bad debt expense,  the effect of which was partially offset  by  lower
margins on end-of-term activities, including buyouts  and  lease extensions. Operating expenses as a
percentage of net revenue were flat due to our continued focus on cost efficiencies.

HPFS net revenue increased by 18.0%  in fiscal 2011. The net revenue increase 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 higher early buyout  revenue and  favorable  currency  movements.

HPFS earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue increased by 0.5 percentage points
in fiscal 2011 due primarily to a decrease  in operating expenses  as a  percentage of revenue, the effect
of which was partially offset by a decrease in gross  margin. The decrease  in operating  expenses was due
primarily to continued improvement  in  cost efficiencies. The decrease in gross margin  was the result  of
lower portfolio margins from a higher mix of operating  leases, the effect  of  which was partially offset
by lower bad  debt expense as a percentage of revenue  and  higher margins  on lease extensions and
buyouts.

Financing Originations

Total financing originations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$6,590

In millions
$6,765

$5,987

New financing originations, which represent the  amount  of  financing provided to customers for

equipment and related software and services,  including intercompany activity,  decreased  2.6% and
increased 13.0% in fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011, respectively.  The decrease was  driven by lower financing
associated with HP product sales and services offerings, along  with unfavorable  currency  impact.

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

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  our Consolidated Financial  Statements.

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

for the following fiscal years ended October  31:

Portfolio assets(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance for doubtful accounts(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating lease equipment reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

In millions

$13,054

$12,699

149
81

230

130
84

214

Net portfolio assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$12,824

$12,485

Reserve coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debt to equity ratio(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.8%
7.0x

1.7%
7.0x

(1) Portfolio assets include gross financing receivables of approximately  $7.7 billion  and $7.3  billion at
October 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011, respectively, and net equipment under operating leases of
$2.4 billion and $2.7 billion at October  31, 2012  and October 31, 2011, respectively, as  disclosed in
Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by
reference. Portfolio assets also include capitalized profit on  intercompany equipment transactions
of approximately $0.9 billion and $1.0 billion at October 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011,
respectively, and intercompany leases  of approximately  $2.1 billion and $1.7 billion at October 31,
2012 and October 31, 2011, respectively, 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. At October 31, 2012  and 2011, debt  allocated
to HPFS totalled $11.3 billion and $10.8 billion,  respectively. The allocated intercompany debt  to
equity ratio above is comparable to that of other similar  financing companies.

At October 31, 2012 and 2011, HPFS cash balances were  approximately $700 million and

$500 million, respectively.

Net portfolio assets at October 31, 2012 increased 2.7% from October 31, 2011.  The increase
resulted from higher levels of new financing originations in fiscal 2012, the effect of which was partially
offset by an unfavorable currency impact. The  overall percentage  of portfolio asset reserves increased
as a percentage of the portfolio assets.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

HPFS recorded net bad debt expenses of $54 million and $60 million in fiscal 2012  and fiscal 2011,

respectively.

Corporate Investments

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss from operations as a % of net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In millions
$
208
$(1,619)

$
108
$ (238)
(220.4)% (778.4)% (167.3)%

$
214
$ (358)

Net revenue in Corporate Investments in fiscal  2012 relates primarily to business intelligence
solutions and the former webOS device business. In fiscal 2012,  the  revenue decrease was a result  of
lower sales due to the wind down of  the  webOS  device business announced  in August 2011.

Corporate Investments reported a smaller  loss from  operations in fiscal 2012  due  primarily to the

absence in the current period of charges  recognized  in the prior period related to the wind down  of the
webOS  device business. The loss from  operations in Corporate Investments was also  due  to  expenses
carried in the segment associated with  corporate strategy, global alliances  and HP Labs.

Net revenue in Corporate Investments in fiscal  2011 relates primarily to mobile  devices  associated

with the Palm acquisition, business intelligence solutions  and licensing of HP technology to third
parties. In fiscal 2011, the revenue decrease was due primarily  to  lower  business intelligence  solutions
revenue, the effect of which was partially  offset by revenue from webOS devices.  Business intelligence
solutions revenue declined mainly due to lower revenue from consulting  services.

Corporate Investments reported a higher loss from  operations in fiscal 2011  due  to  $755 million of

expenses primarily for supplier-related obligations and sales  incentive  programs related to winding
down the webOS device business. The loss  from operations in Corporate Investments was also  due  to
expenses carried in the segment associated  with corporate development, global  alliances  and HP  Labs,
which  expenses increased from fiscal 2010  and  were partially offset by a gain on the divestiture of HP’s
Halo video collaboration products business.

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.  Amounts  held outside of the United States are
generally utilized to support non-U.S. liquidity  needs,  although a  portion of those  amounts  may from
time to time be subject to short-term  intercompany loans into the  United States. 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 United States federal income taxes, less applicable foreign tax credits. Repatriation
of some foreign balances is restricted by local  laws. Except  for foreign earnings  that  are considered
indefinitely reinvested outside of the  United States,  we have provided for the  U.S. federal tax liability
on these earnings for financial statement  purposes. Repatriation could result in  additional 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 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

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

outside of the United States to have a  material effect  on  HP’s  overall liquidity,  financial condition  or
results of operations.

LIQUIDITY

We  use cash generated by operations  as our primary source of liquidity;  we believe that internally

generated cash flows are generally sufficient to support business operations, capital expenditures and
the payment of stockholder dividends,  in addition to discretionary investments and share repurchases.
We  are able to supplement this near-term  liquidity, if necessary, with  broad access to capital markets
and credit line facilities made available by  various foreign and domestic financial institutions.  Our
liquidity is subject to various risks including the market risks identified in  the section entitled
‘‘Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures  about Market Risk’’ in Item  7A.

Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Available borrowing resources(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

$11.3
$28.4
$17.4

2011

In billions
$ 8.0
$30.6
$14.6

2010

$10.9
$22.3
$13.8

(1)

In addition to these available borrowing resources,  we  are  able  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 under  a shelf registration  statement filed with the SEC in May 2012
(the ‘‘2012 Shelf Registration Statement’’).

(2) Available borrowing resources does not include £2.2  billion ($3.6  billion)  in borrowing resources
under our 364-day senior unsecured  bridge term loan agreement that was entered into in August
2011 and terminated in November 2011.

Our cash position remains strong, and we expect that our  cash balances, anticipated cash flow

generated from operations and access to capital markets will be sufficient to cover cash outlays
expected in fiscal 2013.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes the key cash flow  metrics  from our consolidated statements of

cash flow:

Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash used in financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$10,571
(3,453)
(3,860)

In millions
$ 12,639
(13,959)
(1,566)

$ 11,922
(11,359)
(2,913)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 3,258

$ (2,886)

$ (2,350)

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities  decreased by approximately $2.1  billion for fiscal 2012 as
compared to fiscal 2011. The decrease  was due primarily  to lower net earnings  and higher utilization of
cash resources for payment of accounts payable, the  impact of which was partially offset by lower
investment in inventory and higher cash generated from collections of accounts and financing
receivables. Net cash provided by operating  activities increased by approximately $0.7 billion for  fiscal
2011 as compared to fiscal 2010. The  increase  was  due primarily to higher  cash generated  through the
utilization of operating assets, primarily  accounts and financing receivables, and lower utilization of
cash resources for payment of accounts payable, the  impact of which was partially offset by decreases  in
net earnings and cash utilized as a result of higher inventory levels.

Our key working capital metrics are  as follows:

October 31

2012

2011

2010

Days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Days of supply in inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49
25
(53)

51
27
(52)

50
23
(52)

Cash conversion cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

26

21

Days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable  (‘‘DSO’’) measures the  average number  of  days

our  receivables are outstanding. DSO  is  calculated by dividing ending accounts receivable, net of
allowance for doubtful accounts, by a  90-day average  net revenue.  Our accounts receivable balance was
$16.4 billion as of October 31, 2012.

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. Our inventory balance was $6.3  billion  as of October 31,  2012.

Days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable (‘‘DPO’’)  measures the average  number of days

our  accounts payable balances are outstanding.  DPO is calculated by dividing ending accounts payable
by a 90-day average cost of goods sold. Our accounts payable balance was  $13.4 billion  as of
October 31, 2012.

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 cash conversion cycle for fiscal 2012 decreased by five days compared  to  fiscal 2011. The
decrease in DSO was due primarily to  improved collections, an increase  in cash  discounts and a decline
in extended payment terms. Additionally our  DSO benefited from the current-period  DSO  calculation
containing a full quarter of revenue from our Autonomy acquisition versus the  approximately one
month of revenue that was included in the  prior-period DSO calculation. These favorable  impacts  to
DSO were partially offset by revenue linearity. The decrease  in DOS was due to lower inventory
balances in most segments as of October 31, 2012. The increase  in DPO was primarily due to improved
purchasing linearity.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

The cash conversion cycle for fiscal 2011  increased by  five days as compared to fiscal 2010.  The

increase in DSO was primarily the result of unfavorable impact on receivables from the Autonomy
acquisition, extended payment terms and  an increase in unbilled and aged accounts receivables,  the
effect of which was offset by a favorable currency  impact due to the strengthening U.S.  dollar. The
increase in DOS was a result of higher  inventory levels  at October 31,  2011 due primarily to a macro
economic slowdown impacting our consumer businesses, the timing of shipments in our commercial
hardware businesses and strategic purchases of certain components.  DPO remained flat year  over year.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by  $10.5 billion for fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal

2011, due primarily to lower investments in acquisitions in  2012. Net cash used in  investing activities
increased by approximately $2.6 billion  for fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010, due primarily to
higher  investments in acquisitions in  2011.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased by  approximately $2.3 billion for fiscal  2012 as
compared to fiscal 2011. The increase was  due primarily to lower net proceeds from the issuance of
U.S. Dollar Global Notes and an increase  in net repayment of commercial paper, the impact of which
was partially offset by lower cash paid  for  repurchases of our common stock. Net cash used  in financing
activities decreased by approximately  $1.3  billion  for fiscal 2011 as  compared to fiscal 2010. The
decrease was  due primarily to higher  net proceeds from  the issuance of debt and a decrease in cash
paid for repurchases of our common stock, the impact  of which  was partially offset by higher net
repayment of commercial paper and  a decrease in cash received from the issuance of common  stock
under employee stock plans.

For more information on our share repurchase programs,  see Item 5 and Note 15 to the

Consolidated Financial Statements in  Item 8, which  are incorporated herein by reference.

CAPITAL RESOURCES

Debt Levels

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

Short-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debt-equity ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted-average interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 6,647
$21,789
1.25x
2.95%

In millions, except
interest rates and ratios
$ 8,083
$22,551
0.79x

$ 7,046
$15,258
0.55x

2.4%

2.0%

We  maintain debt levels that we establish through consideration of a number  of factors, including

cash flow expectations, cash requirements for operations, cash  needed to support our  financing
business, investment plans (including acquisitions),  share repurchase activities, overall cost of  capital,
and targeted capital structure.

Short-term debt and long-term debt decreased by $1.4 billion and $0.8 billion,  respectively, for

fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011.  The  net decrease in  total  debt  is due primarily to fewer
acquisitions, and lower levels of share  repurchases  coupled with maturities  in some  obligations. In fiscal

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

2011, short-term debt and long-term  debt increased by  $1.0  billion and $7.3 billion,  respectively, as
compared to fiscal 2010. The net increase  in total debt is due primarily to investments in acquisitions
and share repurchases.

During  fiscal 2013, $5.5 billion of U.S. Dollar Global  Notes will  mature. We expect to have

sufficient cash, cash from operations  and  access to capital  markets to repay those maturing global
notes.

Our debt-equity ratio is calculated as  the carrying  value of debt divided by the carrying value  of

equity. Our debt-equity ratio increased  by 0.46x in fiscal 2012, due primarily to a decrease in
shareholders equity by $16.2 billion at the  end of  fiscal  2012. Our debt-equity ratio increased by 0.24x
in fiscal 2011, due primarily to the issuance of $11.6 billion of U.S Dollar Global Notes and a decrease
in shareholders equity by $1.8 billion  at  the  end of fiscal 2011.

Our weighted-average interest rate reflects the average effective rate on our borrowings prevailing
during the year; 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 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements  in Item 8, which  is incorporated herein by reference.
The low weighted-average interest rate over  the past three years is a result of a  combination of lower
market interest rates and swapping some of our fixed-interest obligations  associated with some of our
fixed-rate U.S. Dollar Global  Notes for  variable-rate obligations through interest  rate swaps in a
declining rate environment.

For more information on our borrowings,  see  Note 13  to  the Consolidated Financial Statements in

Item 8, which is incorporated herein  by reference.

Available  Borrowing Resources

At October 31, 2012, we had the following resources  available to obtain short-term or long-term

financings if we need additional liquidity:

2012 Shelf Registration Statement(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial paper programs(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Uncommitted lines of credit(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

At October 31, 2012

In millions
Unspecified
$16,135
$ 1,301

(1) For more information on our available  borrowings resources, see Note 13 to the  Consolidated

Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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
October 31, 2012 were:

Short-term debt ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term debt ratings

A-2
BBB+

Prime-2
A3

F2
A(cid:5)

Standard & Poor’s Moody’s Investors

Ratings Services

Service

Fitch Ratings
Services

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Our credit ratings were downgraded  by Fitch Ratings Services to F2 and A(cid:5) in the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2012. Moody’s Investors Service  subsequently downgraded  our long-term debt from A3  to  Baa1
in November 2012. Our credit ratings  remain under negative  outlook by Moody’s Investors  Service.
While we do not have any rating downgrade triggers  that  would accelerate the maturity  of  a material
amount of our debt, these downgrades  have increased the cost of borrowing under our credit  facilities,
have reduced market capacity for our commercial  paper, and  may  require the posting  of additional
collateral under some of our derivative  contracts. In addition,  any further downgrade  in our credit
ratings by any of the three rating agencies may  further impact us  in a similar manner, and,  depending
on the extent of the downgrade, could  have  a negative impact on our  liquidity  and capital  position. We
will rely on alternative sources of funding, including  drawdowns under  our  credit facilities or  the
issuance of debt or other securities under our existing shelf registration  statement,  if necessary, to
offset reductions in the market capacity  for our commercial paper.

CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

The impact that we expect our contractual and other obligations as of October 31, 2012  to  have on

our  liquidity and cash flow in future  periods  is as follows:

Payments Due by Period

Total

1 Year or
Less

1-3 Years

3-5 Years

More than
5  Years

Principal payments on long-term debt(1)
. . . . . . . . .
Interest payments on long-term debt(2)
. . . . . . . . . .
Operating lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase obligations(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capital lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$26,811
5,346
3,242
1,632
354

$5,638
600
752
1,131
59

In millions
$ 7,411
1,035
1,141
448
251

$5,824
815
556
53
11

$ 7,938
2,896
793
—
33

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$37,385

$8,180

$10,286

$7,259

$11,660

(1) Amounts represent the expected principal  cash payments relating to our long-term debt and do not

include any fair value adjustments or discounts and premiums.

(2) Amounts represent the expected interest cash payments  relating to our long-term debt. We  have
outstanding interest rate swap agreements accounted for as fair value hedges that have the
economic effect of modifying the fixed-interest obligations  associated with some of our fixed global
notes for variable rate obligations. The impact of  these interest rate swaps was factored into the
calculation of the future interest payments on  long-term debt.

(3) Purchase obligations include agreements  to  purchase goods or services that  are enforceable  and
legally binding on us and that specify all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities
to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price  provisions; and the approximate timing  of the
transaction. These purchase obligations are  related principally to inventory and  other items.
Purchase obligations exclude agreements  that are cancellable without penalty. Purchase  obligations
also exclude open purchase orders that are routine arrangements entered into in the ordinary
course of business, as they are difficult to quantify  in  a meaningful way. Even  though open
purchase orders are considered enforceable  and  legally binding, the terms generally allow us the
option to cancel, reschedule, and adjust  our requirements based on our  business needs prior to the
delivery of goods or performance of services.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results of Operations  (Continued)

Income Tax Obligations

In addition to the above, at October 31, 2012, we had approximately $2.3 billion of recorded
liabilities and related interest and penalties pertaining  to  uncertainty in income tax positions, which  will
be partially offset by $338 million of deferred tax assets and interest receivable. These liabilities and
related interest and penalties include  $81  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 14 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements in  Item 8, which  is incorporated herein by reference, for additional
information on taxes.

Restructuring Funding Commitments

As a result of our approved restructuring plans,  we expect future cash expenditures of

approximately $2.7 billion. We expect to make cash payments of approximately $1.6 billion  in fiscal
2013 with remaining cash payments through fiscal 2016.  In addition to these cash expenditures, we
expect to fund approximately $833 million of the enhanced early retirement program (‘‘EER’’)
announced in May 2012 through use  of our U.S.  pension plan assets. The use of plan assets to fund the
U.S. EER in  fiscal 2012 did not cause  us to increase our  funding to our U.S. pension plan. See Note 8
and Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which are incorporated herein by
reference, for additional information  on our restructuring plans and pension activities, respectively. We
expect to use a combination of cash from  operations and our available borrowing resources  to  meet our
near-term funding commitments.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by

reference, for additional information  on liabilities  that may arise  from guarantees  and indemnifications.

Litigation and Contingencies

See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated herein by

reference, for additional information  on liabilities  that may arise  from litigation and  contingencies.

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 October 31, 2012, we  are  not  involved in  any  material unconsolidated SPEs.

HP has third-party financing arrangements  in  order to facilitate the working  capital requirements

of certain partners consisting of revolving short-term financing. The total aggregate capacity of  the
facilities was $1.5 billion as of October  31, 2012, including  a $0.9 billion partial recourse facility entered
into in May 2011 and an aggregate capacity of $0.6 billion in non-recourse facilities. For more
information on our revolving trade receivables-based facilities, see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements in Item 8, which is incorporated  herein by reference.

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ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures  About  Market Risk.

In the normal course of business, we  are  exposed to foreign  currency exchange  rate, interest rate

and equity price risks that could impact  our financial position and results of operations. Our risk
management strategy with respect to these  three market risks may include the  use of derivative
financial instruments. We use derivative  contracts only to manage existing  underlying  exposures of  HP.
Accordingly, we do not use derivative  contracts for speculative purposes. Our  risks, risk management
strategy and a sensitivity analysis estimating the effects  of changes in  fair values for each of these
exposures are outlined below.

Actual gains and losses in the future may differ  materially from the sensitivity  analyses based on

changes in the timing and amount of interest rate,  foreign currency exchange rate  and equity price
movements and our actual exposures  and  hedges.

Foreign currency exchange rate risk

We  are exposed to foreign currency exchange  rate  risk inherent in our sales commitments,

anticipated sales, anticipated purchases and  assets, liabilities and debt denominated in  currencies  other
than the U.S. dollar. We transact business  in approximately 75 currencies worldwide, of which  the most
significant foreign currencies to our operations for fiscal 2012 were the  euro, the Japanese yen,  Chinese
yuan renminbi and the British pound. For most currencies, we are a net receiver of  the foreign
currency and therefore benefit from  a  weaker  U.S. dollar and  are  adversely affected by a stronger U.S.
dollar relative to the foreign currency. Even where we are a net receiver,  a weaker  U.S. dollar  may
adversely affect certain expense figures  taken alone. We use a combination  of  forward contracts and
options designated as cash flow hedges  to  protect against the foreign currency exchange  rate risks
inherent in our forecasted net revenue  and, to a  lesser  extent, cost of  sales  and inter-company lease
loans denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.  In addition, when debt is denominated  in a
foreign currency, we may use swaps to exchange the foreign currency  principal and interest  obligations
for U.S. dollar-denominated amounts to manage  the exposure  to  changes in foreign currency exchange
rates. We also use other derivatives not designated as hedging  instruments consisting primarily of
forward contracts to hedge foreign currency balance sheet  exposures. For these types  of  derivatives  and
hedges we recognize the gains and losses  on these foreign currency forward contracts  in the same
period as the remeasurement losses and  gains of the  related foreign  currency-denominated  exposures.
Alternatively, we may choose not to  hedge the foreign  currency risk associated with our foreign
currency exposures, primarily if such exposure acts as  a natural  foreign currency hedge for other
offsetting amounts denominated in the same currency or  the currency is difficult  or too expensive to
hedge.

We  have performed sensitivity analyses as  of October 31, 2012  and 2011, using  a modeling
technique that measures the change in  the fair values arising from a hypothetical 10% adverse
movement in the levels of foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, with all other
variables held constant. The analyses cover  all  of our foreign currency  contracts offset by the underlying
exposures. The foreign currency exchange rates  we used were based on market rates in  effect  at
October 31, 2012 and 2011. The sensitivity analyses indicated  that a hypothetical 10%  adverse
movement in foreign currency exchange rates would result  in a foreign exchange  loss of  $71 million and
$96 million at October 31, 2012 and  October 31, 2011, respectively.

Interest rate risk

We  also are exposed to interest rate risk related to our debt and investment portfolios and
financing receivables. We issue long-term  debt  in either U.S. dollars  or  foreign currencies based on
market conditions at the time of financing. We then  often use  interest rate and/or  currency  swaps to
modify  the market risk exposures in connection with  the debt to achieve U.S.  dollar LIBOR-based

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floating interest expense. The swap transactions  generally involve the exchange of fixed for floating
interest payments.  However, we may  choose not to swap  fixed  for floating interest  payments or  may
terminate a previously executed swap if we believe a  larger proportion  of  fixed-rate debt  would be
beneficial. In order to hedge the fair value of certain  fixed-rate investments, we may enter  into  interest
rate swaps that convert fixed interest returns  into variable interest  returns. We may  use cash flow
hedges to hedge the variability of LIBOR-based interest income  received on certain  variable-rate
investments. We may also enter into interest  rate swaps that convert variable rate interest returns into
fixed-rate interest returns.

We  have performed sensitivity analyses as  of October 31, 2012  and 2011, using  a modeling
technique that measures the change in  the fair values arising from a hypothetical 10% adverse
movement in the levels of interest rates  across the  entire yield curve,  with all other  variables held
constant. The analyses cover our debt, investment  instruments, financing  receivables and  interest  rate
swaps. The analyses use actual or approximate  maturities for the debt,  investments, interest rate swaps
and financing receivables. The discount rates  we used were based on the  market  interest rates in  effect
at October 31, 2012 and 2011. The sensitivity analyses indicated that a hypothetical 10% adverse
movement in interest rates would result  in  a loss in the fair  values of our debt, investment instruments
and financing receivables, net of interest  rate swap positions,  of $121 million at October 31, 2012 and
$145 million at October 31, 2011.

Equity price risk

We  are also exposed to equity price risk inherent in our portfolio of  publicly  traded equity
securities, which had an estimated fair  value of  $59 million at October 31,  2012 and  $118 million at
October 31, 2011. We monitor our equity  investments for  impairment  on a  periodic  basis. Generally, we
do not attempt to reduce or eliminate  our  market  exposure on  these equity securities. However, we
may use derivative transactions to hedge certain positions  from time to time.  We do not purchase our
equity securities with the intent to use  them for speculative  purposes. A hypothetical 30% adverse
change in the stock prices of our publicly  traded equity  securities would result in a  loss in  the fair
values of our marketable equity securities of approximately $18 million and $35 million at October 31,
2012 and 2011, respectively. The aggregate cost  of investments in  privately-held  companies, and other
investments was $59 million at October  31, 2012  and $57 million at October 31, 2011.

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ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Table of Contents

Reports of Independent Registered Public  Accounting  Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Management’s Report on Internal Control  Over  Financial  Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated Statements of Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’  Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note 3: Net Earnings Per Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

83

92

99

Note 4: Balance Sheet Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100

Note 5: Supplemental Cash Flow Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

103

Note 6: Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

103

Note 7: Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

104

Note 8: Restructuring Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

109

Note 9: Fair Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

113

Note 10: Financial Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

116

Note 11: Financing Receivables and Operating  Leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

122

Note 12: Guarantees

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note 13: Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note 14: Taxes on Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

125

126

130

Note 15: Stockholders’ Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

135

Note 16: Retirement and Post-Retirement  Benefit Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

137

Note 17: Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

148

Note 18: Litigation and Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

149

Note 19: Segment Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

160

Quarterly Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

168

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Report of Independent Registered Public  Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Hewlett-Packard Company

We  have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hewlett-Packard Company and

subsidiaries as of October 31, 2012 and 2011,  and  the related consolidated statements  of  earnings,
comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity,  and  cash flows for each of the three years in  the period
ended October 31, 2012. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the  Index
at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are  the  responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an  opinion on  these financial  statements  and schedule
based on our audits.

We  conducted our audits in accordance with the standards  of  the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those  standards require that we  plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether  the  financial  statements are free  of material misstatement.  An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting the amounts and disclosures  in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting  principles used  and significant
estimates made by management, as well as  evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable  basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position of  Hewlett-Packard Company and subsidiaries at October  31, 2012
and 2011, and the consolidated results of  their  operations and their cash flows for  each  of the three
years in the period ended October 31, 2012, in conformity with  U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule,  when considered in  relation to
the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in  all material  respects the information
set forth therein.

We  also have audited, in accordance  with the standards of  the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), Hewlett-Packard Company’s  internal  control  over financial  reporting
as of  October 31, 2012, based on criteria  established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee  of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated
December 27, 2012, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

San Jose, California
December 27, 2012

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Report of Independent Registered Public  Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Hewlett-Packard Company

We  have audited Hewlett-Packard Company’s  internal control over financial reporting as  of
October 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework  issued by
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations  of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria).
Hewlett-Packard Company’s management  is responsible for  maintaining effective internal control over
financial reporting, and for its assessment  of the  effectiveness  of internal  control  over financial
reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control  Over  Financial
Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an  opinion on  the company’s internal control over financial
reporting based on our audit.

We  conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of  the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those  standards require that we  plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether  effective  internal control over financial reporting was maintained
in all material respects. Our audit included  obtaining an understanding  of internal control  over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a  material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design
and operating effectiveness of internal control based  on the assessed risk, and performing such other
procedures as we considered necessary in  the circumstances. We believe that our audit  provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide  reasonable

assurance regarding the reliability of  financial  reporting and the preparation  of  financial  statements  for
external  purposes in accordance with  generally accepted accounting  principles. A company’s internal
control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)  pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable  detail, accurately and fairly reflect the  transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions  are
recorded  as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in  accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made  only
in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and  (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention  or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the company’s assets that  could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over  financial  reporting may not prevent or

detect misstatements. Also, projections  of any evaluation  of  effectiveness to future periods are  subject
to the risk that controls may become inadequate  because of changes in conditions, or  that  the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Hewlett-Packard Company maintained,  in all material respects,  effective internal

control over financial reporting as of  October 31, 2012,  based on the COSO criteria.

We  also have audited, in accordance  with the standards of  the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the  accompanying  consolidated  balance  sheets  of Hewlett-Packard
Company and subsidiaries as of October  31, 2012  and  2011,  and the related  consolidated  statements of
earnings, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows  for each of the three  years  in the
period ended October 31, 2012, and  our  report dated December 27, 2012,  expressed  an unqualified
opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

San Jose, California
December 27, 2012

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Management’s Report on Internal Control  Over Financial Reporting

HP’s management is responsible for establishing and  maintaining adequate  internal control over

financial reporting for HP. HP’s internal  control over financial reporting is  a process  designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding  the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with  U.S.  generally  accepted accounting
principles. HP’s internal control over  financial reporting includes  those policies and procedures that
(i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in  reasonable detail, accurately and  fairly reflect  the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of  HP; (ii) provide  reasonable assurance that transactions  are
recorded  as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in  accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of HP are  being  made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors  of  HP; and (iii) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or  disposition of
HP’s assets that could have a material  effect on the financial  statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over  financial  reporting may not prevent or

detect misstatements. Also, projections  of any evaluation  of  effectiveness to future periods are  subject
to the risk that controls may become inadequate  because of changes in conditions, or  that  the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

HP’s management assessed the effectiveness  of HP’s internal  control over financial reporting  as of

October 31, 2012, utilizing the criteria  set  forth by  the Committee of Sponsoring  Organizations  of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework.  Based on  the assessment
by HP’s management, we determined  that HP’s  internal control over financial reporting was effective as
of October 31, 2012. The effectiveness of  HP’s  internal control  over financial reporting  as of
October 31, 2012 has been audited by  Ernst & Young LLP, HP’s independent  registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their report  which appears on page 76 of this  Annual Report on
Form 10-K.

/s/ MARGARET C. WHITMAN

/s/ CATHERINE A. LESJAK

Margaret C. Whitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
December 27, 2012

Catherine A. Lesjak
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
December 27, 2012

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Consolidated Statements of Earnings

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

In millions, except per share amounts

Net revenue:

Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financing income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 77,887
42,008
462

$ 84,757
42,039
449

$ 84,799
40,816
418

Total net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

120,357

127,245

126,033

Costs and expenses:

Cost of products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financing interest
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selling, general and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of purchased intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill and purchased  intangible assets . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

59,468
32,600
317
3,399
13,500
1,784
18,035
2,266
45

65,167
31,945
306
3,254
13,577
1,607
885
645
182

65,064
30,486
302
2,959
12,822
1,484
—
1,144
293

Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

131,414

117,568

114,554

(Loss) earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11,057)

9,677

11,479

Interest and other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(876)

(Loss) earnings before taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11,933)
(717)

(695)

8,982
(1,908)

(505)

10,974
(2,213)

Net (loss) earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ (12,650) $ 7,074

$ 8,761

Net (loss) earnings per share:

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

(6.41) $

(6.41) $

3.38

3.32

$

$

3.78

3.69

Weighted-average shares used to compute net (loss) earnings per

share:
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,974

1,974

2,094

2,128

2,319

2,372

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

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  Income

Net (loss) earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive (loss) income before tax:

For the fiscal years ended
October 31

2012

2011

2010

In millions
$(12,650) $7,074

$8,761

Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . .

25

17

25

Change in unrealized gains / losses on cash  flow  hedges:

Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change in unrealized components of  defined benefit plans:

Losses arising during the period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of actuarial loss and prior  service  benefit . . . . . . . . . . .
Curtailments, settlements and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change in cumulative translation adjustment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive (loss) income before  taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefit for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive (loss) income,  net  of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

335
(399)

(64)

(2,457)
172
122

(2,163)

(47)

(2,249)
188

(2,061)

(374)
658

284

(289)
174
2

(113)

66

254
85

339

369
(431)

(62)

(858)
157
16

(685)

59

(663)
73

(590)

Comprehensive (loss) income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(14,711) $7,413

$8,171

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

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

October 31

2012

2011

In millions, except
par value

Current assets:

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financing receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 11,301
16,407
3,252
6,317
13,360

$

Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term financing receivables and other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchased intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50,637

11,954
10,593
31,069
4,515

8,043
18,224
3,162
7,490
14,102

51,021

12,292
10,755
44,551
10,898

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$108,768

$129,517

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Notes payable and short-term borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employee compensation and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taxes on earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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;  1,963 and  1,991

shares issued and outstanding, respectively) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total HP stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-controlling interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

6,647
13,350
4,058
846
7,494
771
13,500

46,666

21,789
17,480

$

8,083
14,750
3,999
1,048
7,449
654
14,459

50,442

22,551
17,520

—

—

20
6,454
21,521
(5,559)

22,436
397

22,833

20
6,837
35,266
(3,498)

38,625
379

39,004

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$108,768

$129,517

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

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the fiscal years ended October 31

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net (loss) earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments  to  reconcile net (loss) earnings to net  cash provided by

$(12,650)

$ 7,074

$ 8,761

operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill and purchased  intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . .
Stock-based  compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for doubtful  accounts—accounts and financing receivables . .
Provision for inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred taxes on  earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other, net
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes in operating  assets  and liabilities:

Accounts and financing receivables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taxes on earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,095
18,035
635
142
277
2,266
(711)
(12)
265

1,269
890
(1,414)
(320)
(840)
(2,356)

4,984
885
685
81
217
645
166
(163)
(46)

(227)
(1,252)
275
610
(1,002)
(293)

4,820
—
668
156
189
1,144
197
(294)
169

(2,398)
(270)
(698)
723
(1,334)
89

Net cash  provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10,571

12,639

11,922

Cash flows from investing activities:

Investment in property,  plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sale of  property, plant  and  equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of available-for-sale securities  and other  investments . . . . . . .
Maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities and other investments .
Payments in connection with  business  acquisitions,  net  of  cash acquired .
Proceeds from business divestiture, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3,706)
617
(972)
662
(141)
87

(4,539)
999
(96)
68
(10,480)
89

(4,133)
602
(51)
200
(8,102)
125

Net cash  used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3,453)

(13,959)

(11,359)

Cash flows from financing activities:

(Payments) issuance  of commercial  paper  and notes  payable,  net . . . . . .
Issuance of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payment of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of common stock under  employee stock plans . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repurchase  of common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash dividends  paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net cash  used in financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Increase (decrease) in  cash  and cash  equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and  cash equivalents at beginning  of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2,775)
5,154
(4,333)
716
(1,619)
12
(1,015)

(3,860)

3,258
8,043

(1,270)
11,942
(2,336)
896
(10,117)
163
(844)

4,156
3,156
(1,323)
2,617
(11,042)
294
(771)

(1,566)

(2,913)

(2,886)
10,929

(2,350)
13,279

Cash and  cash equivalents at end of  period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 11,301

$ 8,043

$ 10,929

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

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

Number of
Shares

Par  Value

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

Accumulated
Other

Total HP

Non-

Retained Comprehensive Stockholders’ controlling
Interests
Earnings

(Loss)  Income

Equity

Balance October 31,  2009 .
.

.
.
Net earnings
Other comprehensive  loss .

.
.

.

.

.

.

.

Comprehensive  income .

.

.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

Issuance of common stock in  connection
with employee stock plans and  other
.
Repurchases of common  stock .
Net excess tax benefits from employee
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
Cash dividends declared .
.
Stock-based compensation expense .
Changes in non-controlling interest .

stock plans

.
.
.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Balance October 31,  2010 .
.

.
Net earnings
.
.
Other comprehensive  income .

.
.

.
.

.
.

.

.

.

.

Comprehensive  income .

.

.

.

.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

Issuance of common stock in  connection
with employee stock plans and  other
Repurchases of common  stock .
.
Net excess tax benefits from employee
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
Cash dividends declared .
.
Stock-based compensation expense .
Changes in non-controlling interest .

stock plans

.
.
.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Balance October 31,  2011 .
.

.
Net loss .
.
.
Other comprehensive  loss .

.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Comprehensive  loss .

.

.

.

.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

Issuance of common stock in  connection
with employee stock plans and  other
Repurchases of common  stock .
.
Net excess tax benefits from employee
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
Cash dividends declared .
Stock-based compensation expense .
Changes in non-controlling interest .

stock plans

.
.
.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Balance October 31,  2012 .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.

.

.
.

.
.
.
.

.

2,364,809

$24

In millions, except  number of shares in thousands
$ 40,517
$13,804
8,761
(590)

$ 29,936
8,761

$(3,247)

(590)

80,335
(241,246)

1
(3)

2,606
(5,809)

300

668

(5,259)

(743)

2,203,898

$22

$11,569

$ 32,695
7,074

$(3,837)

339

45,461
(258,853)

1
(3)

751
(6,296)

128

685

(3,669)

(834)

1,990,506

$20

$ 6,837

$ 35,266
(12,650)

$(3,498)

(2,061)

39,068
(66,736)

682
(1,525)

(175)

635

1
(101)

(995)

8,171

2,607
(11,071)

300
(743)
668

$ 40,449
7,074
339

7,413

752
(9,968)

128
(834)
685

$ 38,625
(12,650)
(2,061)

(14,711)

683
(1,626)

(175)
(995)
635

$247

85

$332

47

$379

18

Total

$ 40,764
8,761
(590)

8,171

2,607
(11,071)

300
(743)
668
85

$ 40,781
7,074
339

7,413

752
(9,968)

128
(834)
685
47

$ 39,004
(12,650)
(2,061)

(14,711)

683
(1,626)

(175)
(995)
635
18

1,962,838

$20

$ 6,454

$ 21,521

$(5,559)

$ 22,436

$397

$ 22,833

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

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The Consolidated  Financial Statements include  the accounts of Hewlett-Packard Company,  its

wholly-owned subsidiaries and its controlled majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, ‘‘HP’’). HP
accounts for equity investments in companies over  which HP has the ability  to  exercise significant
influence but does not hold a controlling  interest under  the equity method,  and HP records its
proportionate share of income or losses in interest and  other, net in the Consolidated Statements  of
Earnings. HP has eliminated all significant intercompany accounts and transactions.

Reclassifications and Segment Reorganization

In connection with organizational realignments implemented in the first quarter of  fiscal 2012,

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. 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 19 for a further
discussion of HP’s segment reorganization.

Use of Estimates

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 Financial Statements and accompanying notes.  Actual  results could
differ  materially from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

Net revenue is derived primarily from the  sale of products  and services. The following revenue

recognition policies define the manner in  which  HP accounts for sales transactions.

HP recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services are rendered, the  sales price or  fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is
reasonably assured. Additionally, HP  recognizes hardware revenue on sales to channel partners,
including resellers, distributors or value-added  solution providers at the time of sale when the  channel
partners have economic substance apart from  HP, and HP  has completed  its obligations related to the
sale.

HP’s revenue recognition policies provide  that, when a sales arrangement contains multiple
elements, such as hardware and software products, licenses and/or services, HP allocates revenue to
each  element based on a selling price hierarchy.  The  selling price for a deliverable is based on its
vendor specific objective evidence (‘‘VSOE’’),  if available, third party evidence (‘‘TPE’’) if VSOE is not
available, or estimated selling price (‘‘ESP’’) if neither VSOE  nor TPE is available.  In multiple element
arrangements where more-than-incidental software  deliverables are included, revenue  is allocated to
each  separate unit of accounting for each  of the  non-software deliverables and to the software
deliverables as a group using the relative  selling prices of  each of the deliverables in the arrangement
based on the aforementioned selling price  hierarchy.  If the arrangement contains  more than one

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

software deliverable, the arrangement consideration allocated to the  software deliverables as  a group is
then  allocated to each software deliverable using the  guidance for recognizing software  revenue.

HP limits the amount of revenue recognition for delivered elements  to  the amount that is  not
contingent on the future delivery of products or services, future performance obligations or subject  to
customer-specified return or refund privileges.

HP evaluates each deliverable in an arrangement to determine whether it represents a separate
unit of accounting. A deliverable constitutes a separate unit of accounting when it has  standalone value
and  there are no customer-negotiated refund or return  rights for the delivered elements. If the
arrangement includes a customer-negotiated refund or return right  relative to the  delivered  item, and
the delivery and performance of the undelivered item  is considered  probable and  substantially  in HP’s
control, the delivered element constitutes  a separate unit of accounting. In instances  when the
aforementioned criteria are not met,  the deliverable  is combined with  the undelivered elements and the
allocation of the arrangement consideration  and  revenue recognition  is determined for the combined
unit as a  single unit. Allocation of the consideration  is determined  at  arrangement inception on the
basis of each unit’s relative selling price.

HP establishes VSOE of selling price using the price  charged for  a  deliverable when  sold

separately and, in rare instances, using the  price established  by management having the relevant
authority. TPE of selling price is established by  evaluating largely similar and interchangeable
competitor products or services in standalone  sales  to  similarly  situated  customers. The best estimate of
selling price is established considering  internal  factors such as margin objectives, pricing practices and
controls, customer segment pricing strategies and the product life cycle. Consideration is  also given to
market conditions, such as competitor pricing strategies  and industry  technology life cycles.

In instances when revenue is derived from sales of third-party  vendor services,  revenue is  recorded

on a gross basis when HP is a principal to the transaction and net  of costs when HP is acting as an
agent between the customer and the vendor. Several factors are considered  to  determine whether  HP is
a principal or an agent, most notably whether HP is  the primary obligor  to the customer, has
established its own pricing, and has inventory and credit risks.

HP reports revenue net of any required  taxes collected  from customers  and remitted to
government authorities, with the collected taxes recorded  as  current liabilities until remitted to the
relevant government authority.

Products

Hardware

Under HP’s standard terms and conditions of sale, HP transfers title  and risk of loss to the

customer at the time product is delivered  to  the customer and revenue  is recognized accordingly,  unless
customer acceptance is uncertain or  significant obligations remain. HP reduces revenue for  estimated
customer returns, price protection, rebates and  other programs offered under  sales  agreements
established by HP with its distributors  and  resellers. HP records revenue from the  sale of  equipment
under sales-type leases as product revenue at the inception of the lease.  HP accrues the estimated cost
of post-sale obligations, including basic product warranties, based  on historical experience, at the time
HP recognizes revenue.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

Software

In accordance with the specific guidance  for recognizing software revenue, where  applicable, HP
recognizes revenue from perpetual software licenses  at the inception  of the license term, assuming all
revenue recognition criteria have been met. Term-based  software license revenue is  recognized on a
subscription basis over the term of the  license entitlement. HP uses  the  residual method  to  allocate
revenue to software licenses at the inception of the license term when VSOE  of  fair value for  all
undelivered elements exists, such as post-contract support, and all other revenue recognition  criteria
have  been satisfied. Revenue generated from maintenance and unspecified  upgrades  or updates on a
when-and-if-available basis is recognized over  the period during which such items are  delivered.  HP
recognizes revenue for software hosting or software-as-a-service (SaaS)  arrangements as the  service  is
delivered, generally on a straight-line  basis, over the  contractual  period  of  performance. In software
hosting arrangements where software licenses are sold, the associated software revenue  is recognized
according to whether perpetual licenses or term  licenses are sold, subject to the above guidance. In
SaaS arrangements where software licenses are not sold, the entire arrangement is  recognized on a
subscription basis over the term of the  arrangement.

Services

HP recognizes revenue from fixed-price support  or maintenance contracts, including extended
warranty contracts and software post-contract  customer support agreements, ratably  over the contract
period  and recognizes the costs associated with these contracts as incurred. For time and material
contracts, HP recognizes revenue and costs as  services are rendered. HP recognizes revenue from fixed-
price consulting arrangements over the  contract period on a proportional performance basis, as
determined by the  relationship of actual labor costs incurred  to  date to the estimated total contract
labor costs, with estimates regularly revised  during the life of  the contract.  HP recognizes revenue on
certain design and build (design, development and/or construction of  software and/or systems)  projects
using  the percentage-of-completion method.  HP uses the cost-to-cost method of  measurement towards
completion as determined by the percentage of cost incurred to date to the  total  estimated costs of  the
project. HP uses the completed contract method if  reasonable and reliable  cost estimates for  a project
cannot be made.

Outsourcing services revenue is generally  recognized  when the service is provided  and the  amount

earned is not contingent upon any future event.  If the service is provided  evenly during the contract
term but service billings are uneven, revenue  is recognized  on  a  straight-line basis over  the contract
term. HP recognizes revenue from operating leases on a straight-line basis as service revenue over  the
rental period.

HP recognizes costs associated with outsourcing  contracts  as  incurred, unless such costs relate  to
the startup phase of the outsourcing contract which  generally  has no standalone  value, in which case
HP defers and subsequently amortizes  these  set-up costs over the contractual services period. Deferred
contract costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over  the remaining original term  unless an
accelerated method is deemed more appropriate. Based on actual and projected contract  financial
performance indicators, the recoverability of deferred contract  costs associated with a particular
contract is analyzed on a periodic basis using  the undiscounted estimated cash flows  of the whole
contract over its remaining contract term. If such  undiscounted cash  flows  are insufficient to recover
the long-lived assets and deferred contract  costs,  the deferred contract costs are written down based on
a discounted cash flow model. If a cash flow deficiency  remains after reducing the  balance  of the

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

deferred contract costs to zero, any remaining long-lived assets related to  that  contract are  evaluated
for impairment. HP recognizes losses on consulting and outsourcing arrangements  in the period in
which such contractual losses become  probable  and estimable.

HP records amounts invoiced to customers in excess of  revenue recognized as  deferred revenue
until  the revenue recognition criteria  are  met. HP records  revenue that is earned and recognized in
excess of amounts invoiced on fixed-price  contracts as trade  receivables.

Financing Income

Sales-type and direct-financing leases produce financing income, which HP  recognizes at  consistent

rates of return over the lease term.

Deferred Revenue and related Deferred  Contract Costs

Deferred revenue  represents amounts received in advance for product support contracts, software

customer support contracts, outsourcing  start-up services work, consulting and  integration projects,
product sales or leasing income. The product support contracts include stand-alone  product support
packages, routine maintenance service contracts, upgrades or extensions  to standard product warranty,
as well as high availability services for complex, global, networked, multi-vendor environments.  HP
defers these service amounts at the time  HP bills the customer, and HP then  generally recognizes the
amounts ratably over the support contract  life  or as  HP delivers the services. HP  also defers and
subsequently amortizes certain costs related  to  start-up activities that enable  the performance of  the
customer’s long-term services contract. Deferred  contract costs, including start-up and  other  unbilled
costs, are generally amortized on a straight-line basis  over the  contract term unless specific customer
contract terms and conditions indicate a more  accelerated method is more appropriate.

Shipping and Handling

HP includes costs related to shipping and handling in cost of  sales  for all periods presented.

Advertising

HP expenses advertising costs as incurred or when the advertising  is first run.  Such  costs totaled

approximately $1.0 billion in fiscal 2012, $1.2 billion  in fiscal 2011 and  $1.0 billion in fiscal 2010.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense for all  share-based payment awards  granted is determined

based on  the grant-date fair value. HP recognizes  these compensation costs net of an  estimated
forfeiture rate, and recognizes compensation cost only for those shares  expected to meet the  service
and  performance vesting conditions, on a straight-line  basis over the requisite  service  period of the
award. These compensation costs are  determined  at  the aggregate grant  level for service-based awards
and  at the individual vesting tranche level  for awards with performance and/or market conditions.  HP
estimates the forfeiture rate based on its historical experience.

Foreign Currency Translation

HP uses the U.S. dollar predominately as  its  functional currency. Assets  and liabilities
denominated in non-U.S. dollars are  remeasured into U.S. dollars at  current exchange rates for

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

monetary assets and liabilities and at historical exchange rates for nonmonetary assets and  liabilities.
Net revenue, cost of sales and expenses are remeasured at average exchange rates  in effect during each
new reporting period, and net revenue, cost of sales and expenses related  to  the previously reported
periods are remeasured at historical  exchange rates.  HP includes  gains or losses from foreign currency
remeasurement in net earnings. Certain foreign subsidiaries designate  the  local currency as  their
functional currency, and HP records  the translation  of their  assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars at the
balance sheet dates as translation adjustments and includes  them  as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive  loss.

Taxes on  Earnings

HP recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities  for the expected tax consequences  of  temporary

differences between the tax bases of  assets and liabilities  and their reported amounts using enacted tax
rates in effect for the year the differences are expected to reverse. HP  records a valuation allowance to
reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

HP classifies investments as cash equivalents if the original maturity of an investment  is three
months or less. Cash equivalents consist  primarily of highly liquid investments in  time deposits held in
major banks, money market funds and mutual funds.  As of October 31,  2012 and  2011, the carrying
value of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value  due to the short  period of  time to maturity.

Investments

HP’s investments consist principally of  time  deposits,  institutional bonds, mutual  funds,  corporate

debt, other debt securities, and equity securities of publicly-traded and  privately-held  companies.

Debt and marketable equity securities  are  generally considered  available-for-sale and  are reported

at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of  applicable  taxes, recorded in accumulated other
comprehensive loss, a component of  equity. The realized  gains  and losses for available-for-sale
securities are included in other income  and expense in  the Consolidated Statement of Earnings.
Realized gains and losses are calculated based  on  the specific identification method.

HP monitors its investment portfolio for  impairment on a periodic basis. When  the carrying value

of an investment in debt securities exceeds  its  fair value and the  decline  in value is determined  to  be  an
other-than-temporary decline, and when HP does  not intend to sell the  debt  securities and it  is not
more likely than not that HP will be required  to  sell  the debt securities prior to recovery of  its
amortized cost basis, HP records an  impairment  charge to Interest and other, net in  the amount of the
credit loss and the balance, if any, to other comprehensive income (loss). HP carries  equity investments
in privately-held companies at cost or  at fair value when HP recognizes  an  other-than-temporary
impairment charge.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject  HP to significant concentrations of  credit risk consist

principally of cash and cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable from  trade customers and
from contract manufacturers, financing  receivables  and  derivatives.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

HP maintains cash and cash equivalents, short- and  long-term investments, derivatives and certain
other  financial instruments with various financial institutions.  These financial institutions are located in
many different geographical regions, and HP’s policy is designed to limit  exposure with any  one
institution. As part of its cash and risk  management processes,  HP performs periodic  evaluations of the
relative credit standing of the financial  institutions. HP has not sustained  material credit  losses from
instruments held at financial institutions. HP  utilizes forward  contracts and other derivative contracts to
protect against the effects of foreign currency  fluctuations. Such contracts involve the risk of
non-performance by the counterparty, which  could result in a  material loss.

HP sells a significant portion of its products  through third-party distributors and resellers and,  as a
result, maintains individually significant receivable  balances with these parties. If the  financial condition
or operations of all of these distributors’ and resellers’ aggregated accounts deteriorate substantially,
HP’s operating results could be adversely  affected. The ten largest distributor and  reseller  receivable
balances,  which were concentrated primarily in  North America and Europe,  collectively represented
approximately 14% of gross accounts receivable at both  October 31, 2012  and October 31, 2011. No
single customer accounts for more than 10% of accounts  receivable. Credit risk  with respect to other
accounts receivable and financing receivables 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. HP performs ongoing credit evaluations of the  financial  condition of its third-party  distributors,
resellers and other customers and requires collateral,  such as  letters of credit and bank guarantees, in
certain circumstances. The past due or delinquency status  of  a receivable  is based  on the contractual
payment terms of the receivable.

Other Concentration

HP obtains a significant number of components from  single  source suppliers  due  to  technology,
availability, price, quality or other considerations. The loss of a single source  supplier, the deterioration
of HP’s relationship with a single source  supplier,  or  any unilateral modification to the  contractual
terms under which HP is supplied components by a single source supplier could adversely affect HP’s
revenue and gross margins.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

HP establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts for  trade and financing receivables. HP
maintains bad debt reserves based on  a variety  of factors,  including the  length  of time  receivables are
past due, trends in overall weighted-average  risk rating  of the total  portfolio, macroeconomic
conditions, significant one-time events, historical experience and the  use of third-party credit  risk
models that generate quantitative measures of default probabilities  based on market factors and  the
financial condition of customers. HP records  a  specific  reserve  for individual  accounts when  HP
becomes aware of specific customer circumstances, such as in  the case of bankruptcy filings or
deterioration in the customer’s operating  results or financial position. If there are additional changes in
the circumstances related to the specific customer,  HP further adjusts  estimates of the  recoverability of
receivables.

See  Note 11 for a full description of  the credit  quality of financing receivables and the allowance

for credit losses.

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Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

Inventory

HP values inventory at the lower of cost or market, with  cost computed on a first-in, first-out basis.

Adjustments to reduce the cost of inventory  to  its  net realizable value are made, if  required, for
estimated excess, obsolescence or impaired  balances.

Property, Plant and Equipment

HP states property, plant and equipment at cost less accumulated depreciation.  HP capitalizes

additions and improvements and expenses maintenance and repairs as incurred. Depreciation is
computed using straight-line or accelerated  methods  over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Estimated useful lives are five to 40 years for  buildings  and improvements and  three to 15 years for
machinery and equipment. HP depreciates  leasehold improvements over  the life of  the lease or the
asset, whichever is shorter. HP depreciates equipment held for lease  over  the initial term of the lease
to the equipment’s estimated residual value.  The estimated useful lives of assets used  solely to support
a customer services contract generally do  not  exceed  the term of  the  customer contract. Upon
retirement or disposition, the asset cost and related accumulated depreciation are  removed with any
gain or loss recognized in the Consolidated Statements  of Earnings.

HP capitalizes certain internal and external costs incurred to  acquire or create internal use

software, principally related to software coding, designing  system interfaces and installation and testing
of the software. HP amortizes capitalized  internal  use software costs using  the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the software, generally from three to five years.

Software Development Costs

Costs incurred to acquire or develop software for  resale are capitalized subsequent to the software

product establishing technological feasibility, if significant. Capitalized  software development costs are
amortized using the greater of the straight-line  amortization method  or the ratio that current gross
revenues for a product bear to the total current and anticipated future gross revenues  for that product.
The estimated useful lives for capitalized  software for resale  are  generally  three years or less. Software
development costs incurred subsequent to a product establishing  technological feasibility are usually not
significant. In those instances, such costs are expensed as  incurred.

Business Combinations

HP includes the results of operations of  the businesses that  it has  acquired in HP’s consolidated

results as of the respective dates of acquisition. HP allocates the  fair value of the purchase
consideration of its acquisitions to the tangible assets  acquired, liabilities assumed and  intangible  assets
acquired, including in-process research and development (‘‘IPR&D’’),  based on  their estimated  fair
values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the  fair values of these identifiable
assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. The primary items that  generate  goodwill  include the value
of the synergies between the acquired companies  and HP  and the acquired  assembled workforce,
neither of which qualifies as an amortizable intangible asset. IPR&D is initially  capitalized at fair value
as an intangible asset with an indefinite life and assessed for impairment  thereafter. When the IPR&D
project is complete, it is reclassified as an amortizable  purchased intangible asset and  is amortized  over
its estimated useful life. If an IPR&D project  is abandoned, HP records a  charge for the value of the
related intangible asset to HP’s Consolidated Statement of Earnings in the period it is abandoned.

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Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

Acquisition-related expenses and restructuring costs are recognized separately from the business
combination and are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

Goodwill and purchased intangible assets with indefinite useful lives  are not amortized  but are

tested for impairment at least annually.  HP reviews goodwill and purchased intangible assets with
indefinite lives for impairment annually at the beginning of its fourth fiscal quarter and whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate the  carrying  value of an  asset may not be recoverable. For
goodwill, HP performs a two-step impairment test.  In the  first step, HP compares  the fair value of each
reporting unit to its carrying value. HP determines  the fair  values of its reporting units  using  a
weighting of fair values derived most significantly  from the income approach and to a lesser  extent the
market approach. Under the income  approach,  HP calculates the  fair value of a reporting  unit based
on the present value of estimated future cash  flows. Cash flow projections are  based on management’s
estimates of revenue growth rates and operating margins,  taking into consideration industry and market
conditions. The discount rate used is  based on the weighted-average cost  of capital adjusted for  the
relevant risk associated with business-specific characteristics and the uncertainty related  to  the
business’s ability to execute on the projected  cash flows. Under  the market approach, HP  estimates the
fair value based on market multiples of revenue and earnings derived from comparable publicly-traded
companies with similar operating and investment  characteristics as the reporting  unit. The weighting of
the fair value derived from the market approach ranges from  0% to 50% depending on the level  of
comparability of these publicly-traded companies  to  the reporting unit.  When  market  comparables  are
not meaningful or  not available, HP  may estimate the  fair value of a reporting unit using only the
income approach. In order to assess the reasonableness of the calculated  fair values of its reporting
units, HP also compares the sum of the reporting units’ fair values  to  HP’s market capitalization and
calculates an implied control premium  (the excess of the sum of the reporting  units’ fair  values over
the market capitalization). HP evaluates the control premium by comparing  it to control premiums of
recent comparable transactions. If the  implied control premium is  not  reasonable in light of these
recent transactions, HP will reevaluate  its fair value estimates  of the reporting  units by adjusting the
discount rates and/or other assumptions. As  a  result,  when  there is  a  significant decline  in HP’s stock
price, as occurred during fiscal 2012, this reevaluation could correlate to lower  estimated fair values for
certain or all of HP’s reporting units. If the fair value  of  the reporting unit  exceeds  the carrying value
of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill  is not  impaired, and no further testing is required. If
the fair value of the reporting unit is  less than  the carrying value, HP must  perform  the second step of
the impairment test to measure the amount of  impairment  loss, if any. In the second step, the reporting
unit’s fair value is allocated to all of  the assets  and  liabilities of the reporting unit,  including any
unrecognized intangible assets, in a hypothetical analysis that calculates the  implied fair value of
goodwill in the same manner as if the reporting unit was  being acquired in a  business  combination.  If
the implied fair value of the reporting  unit’s goodwill  is less than  the carrying value, the difference  is
recorded as an impairment loss.

Except for Services, Software and Corporate Investments, HP’s reporting units are consistent  with
the reportable segments identified in  Note 19.  The enterprise services (‘‘ES’’) and technology  services
(‘‘TS’’) businesses are the reporting units  within the Services segment.  ES includes the Infrastructure
Technology Outsourcing (‘‘ITO’’) and  Application and Business Services (‘‘ABS’’) business units.  The
Software segment includes two reporting  units, which  are  Autonomy Corporation plc (‘‘Autonomy’’)  and

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Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

the legacy HP software business. The webOS business is  also a separate reporting unit within the
Corporate Investments segment.

HP estimates the fair value of indefinite-lived purchased  intangible assets  using an income

approach. HP recognizes an impairment loss when the estimated fair value of  the indefinite-lived
purchased intangible assets is less than the carrying value.

HP reviews purchased intangible assets  with finite lives for impairment whenever events  or changes
in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these
intangible assets is assessed based on the  undiscounted future cash flows expected  to  result from the
use of the asset. If the undiscounted future  cash flows are less than  the carrying value, the purchased
intangible assets with finite lives are  considered  to  be  impaired. The amount of the  impairment loss,  if
any, is measured as the difference between the carrying amount  of these  assets and the fair value based
on a discounted cash flow approach or,  when  available and appropriate, to comparable market values.

HP amortizes purchased intangible assets with finite lives  using the  straight-line method over the

estimated economic lives of the assets,  ranging  from  one  to ten years.

Long-Lived Asset Impairment

HP evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or  changes in circumstances
indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.  HP assesses the recoverability  of  the
assets based on the undiscounted future cash  flow and recognizes an  impairment  loss when the
estimated undiscounted future cash flow  expected to result from the use of  the asset plus the net
proceeds expected from disposition of the  asset,  if any, are less than the  carrying value of the asset.
When HP identifies an impairment, HP reduces the carrying amount of the asset to its estimated fair
value based on a discounted cash flow  approach or, when available  and  appropriate, to comparable
market values.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

HP measures certain financial assets and liabilities at 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.
Financial instruments are primarily comprised  of time deposits, money market funds, corporate and
other  debt securities, equity securities and other investments in common stock and common stock
equivalents and derivatives. See Note 9 for a further  discussion on fair value of financial instruments.

Derivative Financial Instruments

HP uses derivative financial instruments, primarily forwards, swaps, and  options, to hedge certain

foreign currency and interest rate exposures. HP  also  may use other derivative instruments  not
designated as hedges, such as forwards used to hedge foreign  currency balance  sheet  exposures. HP
does not use derivative financial instruments for  speculative purposes.  See Note 10 for a full
description of HP’s derivative financial  instrument  activities and related accounting policies.

Retirement and Post-Retirement Plans

HP has various defined benefit, other contributory  and noncontributory retirement and

post-retirement plans. HP generally amortizes unrecognized  actuarial gains and losses  on a straight-line

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Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting  Policies  (Continued)

basis over the remaining estimated service  life of  participants. The  measurement date  for all HP plans
is October 31. See Note 16 for a full description of these plans  and the accounting and funding
policies.

Loss Contingencies

HP is involved in various lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings  that arise  in the ordinary

course of business. HP records a loss provision when it believes it is both probable  that  a liability has
been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. See Note 18  for a  full description of  HP’s
loss contingencies and related accounting policies.

Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued new guidance on testing
goodwill for impairment. The new guidance  will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to
determine whether it is necessary to  perform  the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. An
entity no longer will be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting  unit unless  the entity
determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its  fair value is less
than  its carrying amount. HP adopted this accounting standard in  the fourth  fiscal quarter of 2012. For
HP’s annual goodwill impairment test in  the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012,  HP performed a quantitative
test for all of its reporting units. Due to the  recent trading values  of HP’s stock price, HP believed it
was appropriate to have recent fair values for each  of its  reporting units in order to assess the
reasonableness of the sum of these fair values  as compared to HP’s market capitalization.

Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation

HP’s stock-based compensation plans  include incentive  compensation  plans and an employee stock

purchase plan (‘‘ESPP’’).

Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Income Tax Benefits

Total stock-based compensation expense before income taxes for  fiscal 2012, 2011 and  2010 was
$635 million, $685 million and $668 million, respectively. The resulting income tax benefit  for fiscal
2012, 2011 and 2010 was $197 million, $219 million  and  $216  million, respectively.

Cash received from option exercises  and  purchases under the  ESPP was $0.7  billion in fiscal  2012,

$0.9 billion in fiscal 2011 and $2.6 billion  for fiscal 2010. The benefit realized for the tax deduction
from option exercises of the share-based payment awards in fiscal 2012, 2011 and  2010 was $57 million,
$220 million and $414 million, respectively.

Incentive Compensation Plans

HP’s incentive compensation plans include principal equity plans adopted  in 2004 (as amended in

2010), 2000 and 1995 (‘‘principal equity plans’’), as well as various equity plans assumed through
acquisitions under which stock-based awards are outstanding. Stock-based  awards  granted from the
principal equity plans include restricted stock awards, stock options and performance-based  restricted
units (‘‘PRUs’’). Employees meeting certain employment  qualifications are eligible  to  receive stock-
based awards.

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

Under the principal equity plans, HP granted certain employees restricted  stock awards,
cash-settled awards, or both. Restricted stock awards are non-vested stock awards that may include
grants of restricted stock or grants of restricted stock units.  Restricted stock awards  and cash-settled
awards are generally subject to forfeiture if employment terminates prior to the  release of the
restrictions. Such awards generally vest one to three  years from the  date of grant.  During that period,
ownership of the shares cannot be transferred. Restricted stock  has the same  cash dividend and voting
rights as other common stock and is considered to be currently issued and outstanding. Restricted stock
units have dividend equivalent rights  equal to the cash dividend paid on restricted stock. Restricted
stock units do not have the voting rights of common  stock, and the shares  underlying  the restricted
stock units are not considered issued  and  outstanding. However, shares underlying  restricted stock units
are included in the calculation of diluted  earnings per share (‘‘EPS’’). HP  expenses the  fair market
value of restricted stock awards, as determined on the date  of  grant, ratably over the  period during
which the restrictions lapse.

Stock options granted under the principal equity  plans are generally non-qualified stock  options,

but the principal equity plans permit some options granted to qualify  as ‘‘incentive stock options’’
under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Stock options generally  vest over  three to four years from the
date of grant. The exercise price of a  stock option is equal to the fair  market value of HP’s common
stock on the option grant date (as determined by the reported sale prices  of  HP’s common stock when
the market closes on that date). In fiscal 2012  and 2011, HP  granted  performance-contingent stock
options that vest only upon the satisfaction of both service and market conditions prior to the
expiration of the awards.

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 for  PRUs granted in  fiscal year  2012 are based on  HP’s
annual cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue  and  on HP’s annual revenue  growth. The
performance goals for PRUs granted in  previous  years  are  based on HP’s annual  cash flow from
operations as a percentage of revenue and on a market condition based on 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 subject to PRU awards 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 and revenue growth goals during the performance period.

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

Restricted Stock Awards

Non-vested restricted stock awards as  of October 31,  2012 and 2011 and changes  during  fiscal 2012

and  2011 were as follows:

Outstanding at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . .
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Shares

In thousands
16,813
20,316
(8,521)
(3,076)

Outstanding at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25,532

2012

2011

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Per Share

$39
$27
$38
$34

$31

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Per  Share

$45
$38
$41
$43

$39

Shares

In thousands
5,848
17,569
(5,660)
(944)

16,813

The details of restricted stock awards  granted were  as follows:

Restricted stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted stock units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
Per Share

$—
$27

$27

Shares

In thousands

—
20,316

20,316

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
Per Share

$42
$38

$38

Shares

In thousands

335
17,234

17,569

The details of non-vested restricted stock awards at fiscal year end  were as  follows:

2012

2011

Shares in thousands

Non-vested at October 31:

Restricted stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted stock units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

349
25,183

984
15,829

25,532

16,813

At October 31, 2012, there was $508 million of unrecognized  pre-tax stock-based compensation

expense related to non-vested restricted  stock awards, which HP expected to recognize over  the
remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.3  years.  At October 31,  2011, there  was $526 million of
unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense  related to non-vested restricted  stock awards,
which  HP expected to recognize over  the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.4 years.

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

Stock Options

HP utilized the Black-Scholes option pricing  model to value the service-based stock options
granted under its principal equity plans.  HP examined its historical pattern  of option  exercises in an
effort to determine if there were any discernable activity  patterns based on certain employee
populations. From this analysis, HP identified three  employee populations  for which to apply the  Black-
Scholes model. The table below presents the weighted-average  expected life  in months  of the combined
three identified employee populations. The expected life computation is based  on historical exercise
patterns and post-vesting termination  behavior  within each of the three populations identified. The
risk-free interest rate for periods within the  contractual life of  the  award  is based on the  U.S. Treasury
yield curve in effect at the time of grant. HP estimates the  fair value of the  performance-contingent
stock options using a combination of  the Monte Carlo simulation model and  lattice model, as these
awards contain market conditions.

HP estimated the weighted-average fair  value of stock options using  the following weighted-

average assumptions:

Weighted-average fair value of grants  per  share(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Implied volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Risk-free interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expected life in months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

$9.06

$7.85

$13.33

42% 41%

30%
1.17% 1.20% 2.06%
1.83% 1.97% 0.68%
63

61

67

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

Option activity as of October 31 during each fiscal year was as follows:

Outstanding at beginning of year . .
Granted and assumed through

acquisitions

. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited/cancelled/expired . . . . . .

Shares

In thousands
120,243

7,529
(29,683)
(10,793)

Outstanding at end of year

. . . . .

87,296

Vested and expected to vest at end
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

of year

Exercisable at end of year . . . . . .

85,935

68,437

2012

Weighted- Weighted-
Average
Average
Remaining
Exercise
Contractual
Price
Term
Per Share

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

Shares

2011

Weighted- Weighted-
Average
Average
Remaining
Exercise
Contractual
Price
Term
Per Share

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

In years

In millions In thousands

In years

In millions

$28

$27
$20
$35

$29

$29

$31

142,916

18,804
(37,121)
(4,356)

120,243

117,066

97,967

$28

$21
$23
$39

$28

$28

$29

3.0

2.9

1.9

$15

$15

$12

3.0

2.9

2.0

$460

$442

$332

In connection with fiscal 2011 acquisitions, HP assumed options to purchase approximately

6 million shares with a weighted-average  exercise price  of $14 per share.

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 October  31, 2012

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

and  2011. The aggregate intrinsic value is the difference between HP’s closing  stock  price on  the last
trading day of fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011  and  the exercise price, multiplied by the  number of
in-the-money options. Total intrinsic value of options exercised in fiscal  2012, 2011 and 2010 was
$0.2 billion, $0.7 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively. Total grant date fair  value of options vested and
expensed in fiscal  2012, 2011 and 2010 was $104 million, $95 million  and $93 million, respectively,  net
of taxes.

Information about options outstanding at October  31, 2012 was as follows:

Range of Exercise Prices

$0-$9.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10-$19.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$20-$29.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$30-$39.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$40-$49.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$50-$59.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$60 and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Options Outstanding

Options Exercisable

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Per Share

In years
5.3
5.3
3.6
1.4
2.3
4.2
1.5

3.0

$ 6
$14
$24
$32
$43
$52
$75

$29

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Per Share

$ 6
$14
$23
$32
$43
$52
$75

$31

Shares
Exercisable

In thousands

994
4,622
22,369
21,645
17,945
585
277

68,437

Shares
Outstanding

In thousands
1,097
8,441
36,396
21,962
18,313
810
277

87,296

At October 31, 2012, there was $157 million of unrecognized  pre-tax stock-based compensation

expense related to stock options, which  HP expected to recognize over a  weighted-average vesting
period of 1.8 years. At October 31, 2011,  there was $264  million of unrecognized pre-tax stock-based
compensation expense related to stock  options, which  HP expected to recognize over a weighted-
average vesting period of 2.3 years.

Performance-Based Restricted Units

For PRU awards granted in fiscal year  2012, HP  estimates the fair value  of the Target  Shares  using

HP’s closing stock price on the measurement date. The  weighted-average fair value  per  share for the
first year of the three-year performance  period applicable to PRUs granted  in fiscal year 2012 was
$27.00. The estimated fair value of the  Target  Shares for  the second  and third  years  for PRUs  granted
in fiscal year 2012 will be determined on the  measurement date  applicable  to  those PRUs, which will
occur during the period that the annual performance goals are approved for those PRUs,  and the
expense will be amortized over the remainder of the applicable three-year performance  period.

For PRU awards granted prior to fiscal year 2012, HP estimates the  fair value of the Target  Shares

subject to those awards using the Monte Carlo  simulation  model, as the TSR modifier  represents a
market condition. The following weighted-average assumptions, in addition to projections of market

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

conditions, were used to determine the weighted-average fair values  of  these PRU  awards  for fiscal
years ended October 31:

2012

2011

2010

Weighted-average fair value of grants  per  share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expected volatility(4)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Risk-free interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expected life in months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41%

$3.35(1) $27.59(2) $57.13(3)
38%
30%
0.14% 0.38% 0.73%
1.78% 0.75% 0.64%
19

15

22

(1) Reflects the weighted-average fair value for  the  third year  of  the three-year performance period
applicable to PRUs granted in fiscal  2010 and for  the second  year of the three-year performance
period applicable to PRUs granted in  fiscal  2011. The estimated fair value of the Target Shares for
the third year for PRUs granted in fiscal 2011 will  be  determined on the measurement date
applicable to those PRUs, which will  occur during the period that the annual  performance 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  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 fiscal 2011.

(3) 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 fiscal 2010.

(4) HP uses historic volatility for PRU awards, as  implied volatility  cannot be used when simulating

multivariate prices for companies in the S&P  500.

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

Non-vested PRUs as of October 31, 2012 and 2011  and changes during fiscal  2012 and  2011 were

as follows:

Outstanding Target Shares at beginning  of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in units due to performance  and market conditions achievement for PRUs

2012

2011

Shares in thousands
18,508
11,382
5,950
1,251
—
—

vested in the year(1)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5,617)
(1,328)

(10,862)
(2,214)

Outstanding Target Shares at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,688

11,382

Outstanding Target Shares of PRUs assigned  a fair value  at  end of year . . . . . . . . .

3,492(2)

5,867(3)

(1) The minimum level of TSR was not met for  PRUs  granted in fiscal 2010  and 2009,  which resulted
in the cancellation of approximately  5.6 million and  10.9 million Target Shares on October 31, 2012
and October 31, 2011, respectively.

(2) Excludes Target Shares for the third year  for PRUs granted in fiscal 2011 and for  the second and

third years for PRUs granted in fiscal 2012, 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 performance goals are approved.

(3) Excludes Target Shares for the third year  for PRUs granted in fiscal 2010 and for  the second and

third years for PRUs granted in fiscal 2011, as the measurement date  has not yet been established.

At October 31, 2012, there was $17 million of unrecognized  pre-tax stock-based compensation

expense related to PRUs with an assigned fair value, which HP  expected to recognize over the
remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.1 years. At October 31,  2011, there  was $82 million of
unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense related to PRUs  with an assigned fair value,
which  HP expected to recognize over  the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.4 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

HP sponsors the Hewlett-Packard Company 2011  Employee Stock  Purchase Plan (the ‘‘2011
ESPP’’), pursuant to which eligible employees may contribute up to 10% of base compensation, subject
to certain income limits, to purchase  shares of  HP’s  common stock. Purchases made prior to fiscal year
2011 were made under the Hewlett-Packard Company 2000 Employee Stock  Purchase Plan (the  ‘‘2000
ESPP’’), which expired in November 2010.

For purchases made on or after October 31, 2011, employees purchased stock under the 2011
ESPP at a price equal to 95% of the fair  market value on the purchase date. Because  all  the criteria  of
a non-compensatory plan were met, no  stock-based compensation expense was recorded in connection
with those purchases. From May 1, 2009  to October 31, 2010, no discount  was offered for purchases
made under the 2000 ESPP.

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Note 2:  Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

The ESPP activity as of October 31 during each  fiscal year was as  follows:

Compensation expense, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shares purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted-average purchase price per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

In millions, except
weighted-average
purchase price per share
$ — $ — $ —
1.62
1.75
6.21
$ 47
$ 25
$ 17

2012

2011

2010

Employees eligible to participate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employees who participated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In thousands
261
18

301
21

251
18

Shares Reserved

Shares available for future grant and shares reserved for future issuance under  the ESPP and

incentive compensation plans were as follows:

2012

2011

2010

Shares available for future grant at October 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

152,837

Shares in thousands
172,259

124,553(1)

Shares reserved for future issuance under  all stock-related benefit  plans

at October 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

270,498

319,602

296,973

(1)

Includes  30 million shares that expired in November 2010.

Note 3: Net Earnings Per Share

HP calculates basic earnings and loss  per share and diluted loss  per  share using net earnings or

loss and the weighted-average number of  shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted
earnings per share includes any dilutive  effect of outstanding stock  options, PRUs, restricted stock units
and restricted stock.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 3:  Net Earnings Per Share (Continued)

The reconciliation of the numerators and denominators  of  the basic and diluted earnings and  loss

per share calculations was as follows for  the following fiscal years ended October 31:

2012

2011

2010

In millions, except per share
amounts

Numerator:

Net (loss) earnings(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(12,650) $7,074

$8,761

Denominator:

Weighted-average shares used to compute  basic EPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dilutive  effect of employee stock plans(2)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted EPS(2) . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,974
—

1,974

2,094
34

2,128

2,319
53

2,372

Net (loss) earnings per share:

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ (6.41) $ 3.38

$ 3.78

Diluted(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ (6.41) $ 3.32

$ 3.69

(1) Net (loss) earnings available to participating securities were  not significant  for fiscal  years  2012,

2011 and 2010. HP considers restricted stock that provides the holder  with a non-forfeitable right
to receive dividends to be a participating security.

(2) For the fiscal year 2012, HP excluded  from the calculation  of  diluted loss per share  10 million

shares potentially issuable under employee  stock plans, as their effect, if  included, would have been
anti-dilutive.

HP excludes options with exercise prices that are  greater than the average market price from the

calculation of diluted earnings per share  because  their effect would be anti-dilutive. In fiscal years 2012,
2011 and 2010, HP excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings  (loss) per share options to
purchase 56 million shares, 25 million  shares and 5  million shares, respectively.  In addition, HP also
excluded from the calculation of diluted  earnings (loss) per  share options to purchase an additional
1 million shares, 1  million shares and  2  million shares in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively,
whose combined exercise price, unamortized fair value and excess tax benefits were greater in each  of
those periods than the average market  price for HP’s common stock because  their effect  would be
anti-dilutive.

Note 4: Balance Sheet Details

Balance sheet details were as  follows for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

Accounts  and Financing Receivables

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$16,871
(464)

$18,694
(470)

$16,407

$18,224

2012

2011

In millions

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Note 4:  Balance Sheet Details (Continued)

HP has third-party financing arrangements in  order to facilitate the  working  capital requirements

of certain partners consisting of revolving short-term  financing. These financing  arrangements, which  in
certain circumstances may contain partial recourse, result in a transfer  of HP’s receivables  and risk to
the third party. As these transfers qualify as true  sales, the  receivables are  derecognized from  the
Consolidated Balance Sheets upon transfer, and  HP receives a payment for the receivables  from the
third party within a mutually agreed upon time  period.  For  arrangements involving an element  of
recourse, the recourse obligation is measured using market data from similar transactions and reported
as a current liability in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The recourse obligation as  of  October 31,
2012 and 2011 were not material. As of October 31, 2012, the  capacity of the partial  recourse  facility
was $876 million and for arrangements  not  involving recourse,  the total  aggregate  capacity was
$636 million.

For fiscal 2012 and 2011, trade receivables sold under these facilities  were  $4.3 billion and
$2.8 billion, respectively, which approximates the amount of cash  received.  The  resulting costs
associated with the sales of trade accounts receivable for the twelve months ended October 31, 2012
and  2011 were not material. HP had $0.8  billion  as of October 31,  2012 and  $0.7 billion as of
October  31, 2011 of available capacity under these programs.

Inventory

Finished goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchased parts and fabricated assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$4,094
2,223

$4,869
2,621

2012

2011

In millions

Other Current Assets

Deferred tax assets—short-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Value-added taxes receivable from various  governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplier and other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$6,317

$7,490

2012

2011

In millions

$ 3,783
3,298
2,549
3,730

$ 5,374
2,480
2,762
3,486

$13,360

$14,102

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Note 4:  Balance Sheet Details (Continued)

Property, Plant and Equipment

2012

2011

Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Buildings and leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machinery and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

In millions
636
8,744
16,503

687
8,620
16,155

Accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(13,929)

(13,170)

$ 11,954

$ 12,292

25,883

25,462

Depreciation expense was approximately $3.3  billion in  fiscal  2012, $3.4 billion  in fiscal 2011 and
$3.3 billion in fiscal 2010. For the twelve months ended October 31, 2012, additions to gross  property,
plant and equipment of $3.7 billion were  partially offset  by sales and retirements totaling $2.7 billion.
Accumulated depreciation associated  with the  assets sold and retired was $2.2 billion.

Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets

Financing receivables, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax assets—long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred costs—long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 4,292
1,581
1,301
3,419

$ 4,015
1,283
1,496
3,961

2012

2011

In millions

Other Accrued Liabilities

$10,593

$10,755

2012

2011

In millions

Other accrued taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 3,264
1,496
2,900
5,840

$ 2,414
1,773
3,317
6,955

$13,500

$14,459

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Note 4:  Balance Sheet Details (Continued)

Other Liabilities

2012

2011

In millions

Pension, post-retirement, and post-employment liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax liability—long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 7,780
2,948
3,371
3,381

$ 5,414
5,163
3,453
3,490

$17,480

$17,520

Note 5: Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information  to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows was as follows

for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

Cash paid for income taxes, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid for interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-cash investing and financing activities:

Issuance of common stock and stock  awards assumed in business

2012

2011

2010

$1,750
$ 856

In millions
$1,134
$ 451

$1,293
$ 384

acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase of assets  under capital leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $
$
12
$

23
10

$
93
$ 122

Note 6: Acquisitions

Acquisitions in prior years

In fiscal  2011, HP completed four acquisitions. Total fair value of  purchase  consideration for  the

acquisitions was $11.4 billion, which includes  cash paid for outstanding common stock, convertible
bonds, vested-in-the-money stock awards and  the estimated fair value of  earned unvested  stock  awards
assumed. In connection with these acquisitions, HP  recorded approximately  $6.9 billion  of  goodwill,
$4.7 billion of purchased intangibles and  assumed  $206 million of net liabilities.  HP’s  largest acquisition
in fiscal 2011 was its acquisition of Autonomy, with a total  fair value of purchase consideration of
$11.0 billion.

In fiscal  2010, HP completed eleven  acquisitions. Total fair  value of purchase consideration  for the

acquisitions was $9.4 billion, which includes  cash paid for  common  stock, vested-in-the-money  stock
awards, the estimated fair value of earned  unvested  stock awards assumed,  as well as  certain debt  that
was repaid at the acquisition date. In  connection with these acquisitions, HP recorded approximately
$5.2 billion of goodwill, $2.4 billion of purchased intangibles and $331 million of  IPR&D. The  largest
four  of the eleven acquisitions were the  acquisitions of 3Com Corporation (‘‘3Com’’),  Palm,  Inc.
(‘‘Palm’’), 3PAR Inc. (‘‘3PAR’’) and ArcSight, Inc.  (‘‘ArcSight’’).

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill allocated to HP’s reportable segments as  of  October 31, 2012  and 2011 and  changes in

the carrying amount of goodwill during the fiscal  years  ended October 31, 2012 and  2011 are as
follows:

Personal
Systems Printing Services Networking Software Services

Financial Corporate
Investments

Total

Enterprise
Servers,
Storage
and

HP

Net balance at October 31, 2010 . . $2,500
Goodwill acquired  during the

$2,456 $16,967

$6,610

$ 7,545

$144

$ 2,261

$ 38,483

In millions

period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Goodwill adjustments/
reclassifications

. . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—

(2)
—

16

(1)
—

66

247
—

—

6,786

1,460
—

(268)
—

—

—
—

—

6,868

(1,423)
(813)

13
(813)

Net balance at October 31, 2011 . . $2,498
Goodwill acquired  during the

period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Goodwill adjustments/
reclassifications

. . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—

—
—

$2,471 $17,280

$8,070

$14,063

$144

$

25

$ 44,551

16

—

—

—

(40)
—
— (7,961)

(308)
—

580
(5,744)

—

—
—

—

16

207
(25)
— (13,705)

Net balance at October 31, 2012 . . $2,498

$2,487 $ 9,279

$7,762

$ 8,899

$144

$ — $ 31,069

During  fiscal 2012, the decrease in goodwill is  related to the  impairment loss  within the Services
and Software segments as discussed further below. In connection with certain fiscal 2012  organizational
realignments, HP reclassified $280 million of  goodwill related to the TippingPoint network  security
solutions business from the Enterprise  Servers,  Storage and  Networking  (‘‘ESSN’’) segment to the
Software segment. Additionally, HP recorded an increase to goodwill of  $244 million in the  Software
segment due to a change in the estimated  fair values  of purchased  intangible  assets and net tangible
assets associated with the acquisition of  Autonomy in conjunction with  completing the  purchase
accounting in the first quarter.

Goodwill at October 31, 2011 is net of  accumulated  impairment losses of $813  million related to
the Corporate Investments segment. Goodwill at  October 31, 2012 is net of accumulated impairment
losses of $14,518 million. Of that amount, $7,961  million  relates  to  Services, $5,744 million  relates to
Software, and the remaining $813 million relates to the fiscal 2011 charge related  to  Corporate
Investments mentioned above.

HP reviews goodwill for impairment  annually  as of the first day  of  its  fourth fiscal  quarter  and

whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the  carrying value of goodwill may not be
recoverable. HP’s goodwill impairment  test  involves a two-step process. In the first step, HP compares
the fair value of each reporting unit to its  carrying  value.  If the fair  value  of the reporting unit  exceeds
its  carrying value, goodwill is not impaired and no  further  testing is required. If  the fair value of the
reporting unit is less than the carrying value, HP must  perform the  second step  of the impairment test
to measure the amount of impairment  loss, if any. In the second step,  the reporting unit’s fair value is
allocated to all of the assets and liabilities  of the  reporting unit, including any unrecognized intangible

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets  (Continued)

assets, in a hypothetical analysis that calculates the  implied fair value  of  goodwill  in the same  manner
as if the reporting unit was being acquired in a business combination. If the  implied fair value of the
reporting unit’s goodwill is less than the  carrying  value, the difference is recorded  as an impairment
loss.

Except for Services, Software and Corporate Investments, HP’s reporting units are consistent  with
the reportable segments identified in  Note 19.  The ES  and TS  businesses are the  reporting units within
the Services segment. ES includes the  ITO and ABS business units. The Software segment  includes two
reporting units, which are Autonomy and the  legacy  HP software  business.  The  webOS business is also
a separate reporting unit within the Corporate Investments segment.

HP estimated the fair value of its reporting  units using  a  weighting of fair values  derived most
significantly from the income approach and, to a lesser  extent, the  market  approach. Under the income
approach, HP calculates the fair value of  a reporting  unit based on  the present value  of estimated
future cash flows. Cash flow projections  are  based on management’s estimates of revenue  growth rates
and  operating margins, taking into consideration industry and market conditions. The  discount rate
used is based on the weighted-average cost  of capital  adjusted  for the relevant  risk associated with
business-specific characteristics and the  uncertainty related to the business’s ability  to  execute on  the
projected cash flows. The market approach estimates fair  value  based on market multiples  of  revenue
and  earnings derived from comparable  publicly-traded companies  with similar operating  and investment
characteristics as the reporting unit.  The weighting of the fair value  derived from the market approach
ranges from 0% to 50% depending on  the level of comparability of these publicly-traded companies to
the reporting unit. When market comparables are not meaningful or not available, HP may  estimate
the fair value of a reporting unit using only  the income approach.

In order to assess the reasonableness of  the calculated  fair  values of  its reporting units, HP  also
compares the sum of the reporting units’ fair values to HP’s  market  capitalization and  calculates an
implied control premium (the excess  of  the sum of the reporting units’ fair values over the  market
capitalization). HP evaluates the control premium by comparing it to control premiums of recent
comparable market transactions. If the  implied control  premium is not reasonable in light of these
recent transactions, HP will reevaluate  its fair value estimates  of the reporting  units by adjusting the
discount rates and/or other assumptions. As  a  result,  when  there is  a  significant decline  in HP’s stock
price, as occurred during fiscal 2012, this reevaluation could correlate to lower  estimated fair values for
certain or all of HP’s reporting units.

During fiscal 2012, HP determined that  sufficient indicators of potential impairment  existed to

require an interim goodwill impairment  analysis for the ES reporting unit. These indicators included
the recent trading values of HP’s stock, coupled with market  conditions and  business  trends within  ES.
The fair value of the ES reporting unit  was based on the  income approach. The decline in  the fair
value of the ES reporting unit resulted from lower projected revenue growth rates and  profitability
levels as well as an increase in the risk factor that is included in the discount  rate used to calculate  the
discounted cash flows. The increase in the  discount  rate was due  to  the implied control premium
resulting from recent trading values of  HP stock. The resulting adjustments  to  discount rates caused  a
significant reduction in the fair value for  the ES  reporting unit. Based on the step one and step  two
analyses, HP recorded an $8.0 billion goodwill  impairment  charge  in fiscal 2012, and there  is no
remaining goodwill in the ES reporting unit  as of October 31,  2012. Prior to completing  the goodwill

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets  (Continued)

impairment test, HP tested the recoverability of the ES long-lived  assets (other  than goodwill) and
concluded that such assets were not impaired.

HP initiated its annual goodwill impairment analysis in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 and
concluded that fair value was below carrying value for  the Autonomy reporting  unit. The fair  value of
the Autonomy reporting unit was based on the income approach.

The decline in the estimated fair value of the Autonomy reporting unit  results from  lower
projected revenue growth rates and profitability levels as  well as an increase  in the risk factor that is
included in the discount rate used to calculate  the discounted  cash flows.  The increase  in the discount
rate was due to the implied control premium resulting from recent trading values of HP  stock. The
lower projected operating results reflect changes in  assumptions  related  to  organic revenue  growth
rates, market trends, business mix, cost structure, expected deal  synergies  and other expectations about
the anticipated short-term and long-term  operating results of  the Autonomy business. These
assumptions incorporate HP’s analysis of what it believes were accounting improprieties, incomplete
disclosures and misrepresentations at Autonomy that occurred  prior to the Autonomy acquisition with
respect to Autonomy’s pre-acquisition  business and related operating results.  In addition, as  noted
above, when estimating the fair value of  a reporting  unit HP may  need to  adjust discount rates and/or
other  assumptions in order to derive a reasonable implied  control  premium when comparing  the sum of
the fair values of HP’s reporting units to HP’s market capitalization. Due to the recent trading values
of HP stock, the resulting adjustments to the  discount  rate to arrive at an appropriate control premium
caused a significant reduction in the fair value for the Autonomy reporting unit as  well as the  fair
values for HP’s other reporting units.

Prior to  conducting the step one of the goodwill impairment  test for the Autonomy reporting unit,

HP first evaluated the recoverability of the long-lived assets, including purchased  intangible  assets.
When indicators of impairment are present, HP tests  long-lived assets  (other than goodwill)  for
recoverability by comparing the carrying value of  an asset group to its undiscounted  cash flows. HP
considered the lower than expected revenue  and  profitability levels over  a sustained period of time, the
trading values of HP stock and downward  revisions to management’s  short-term and long-term forecast
for the Autonomy business to be indicators of impairment for the Autonomy long-lived  assets. Based
on the results of the recoverability test,  HP determined that  the carrying  value of  the Autonomy asset
group exceeded its undiscounted cash flows  and was therefore  not recoverable. HP  then compared the
fair value of the asset group to its carrying  value and determined the impairment loss. The impairment
loss was allocated  to the carrying values of the long-lived  assets  but not below their individual fair
values. HP estimated the fair value of the purchased  intangible assets, primarily technology  assets,
under an income approach as described above.  Based on the analysis,  HP recorded an impairment
charge of $3.1 billion on purchased intangible assets, which resulted in a remaining carrying  value of
approximately $0.8 billion as of October 31,  2012. The decline  in the fair  value  of  the Autonomy
intangible assets is attributable to the  same  factors as  discussed above for the fair  value of  the
Autonomy reporting unit.

The decline in the fair value of the Autonomy reporting unit and Autonomy intangibles,  as well as

fair value changes for other assets and liabilities  in the step two  goodwill impairment test, resulted in
an implied fair value of goodwill substantially below  the carrying value of the  goodwill for the
Autonomy reporting unit. As a result, HP recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $5.7  billion, which
resulted in a $1.2 billion remaining carrying  value of Autonomy goodwill  as of October 31, 2012.  Both

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets  (Continued)

the goodwill impairment charge and  the purchased intangible  assets impairment charge, totaling
$8.8 billion, were included in the Impairment of Goodwill and  Purchased Intangible Assets  line item in
the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

Subsequent to the Autonomy purchase price  allocation period, which concluded in the first quarter

of fiscal 2012, and in conjunction with HP’s  annual goodwill impairment testing,  HP identified certain
indicators of impairment. The indicators of impairment included lower than  expected revenue and
profitability levels over a sustained period of time, the  trading  values of  HP stock and downward
revisions to management’s short-term and long-term forecast  for the  Autonomy business. HP  revised its
multi-year forecast for the Autonomy business, and the timing  of  this forecast revision coincided with
the timing of HP’s overall forecasting process for all reporting  units, which  is completed each year in
the fourth fiscal quarter in conjunction  with the annual goodwill impairment analysis.  The change in
assumptions used in the revised forecast and the fair  value  estimates utilized in the impairment testing
of the Autonomy goodwill and long-lived assets incorporated insights gained from having owned the
Autonomy business for the preceding year.  The  revised forecast reflected  changes related to organic
revenue growth rates, current market trends, business  mix, cost structure, expected  deal  synergies and
other  expectations about the anticipated short-term  and long-term  operating results of the Autonomy
business, driven by HP’s analysis regarding certain accounting improprieties, incomplete disclosures and
misrepresentations at Autonomy that occurred prior to the Autonomy acquisition with respect  to
Autonomy’s pre-acquisition business  and related operating  results. Accordingly,  the change in fair
values represented a change in accounting estimate that  occurred outside the  purchase  price allocation
period, resulting in the recorded impairment charge.

Based on the results of the annual impairment test  for all other reporting units, HP concluded that

no other goodwill impairment existed as of August 1, 2012, apart from the  impairment charges
discussed above. The excess of fair value over carrying  value for each of  HP’s  reporting units as  of
August 1, 2012, the annual testing date, ranged  from approximately 9% to approximately 330% of
carrying value. The Autonomy and legacy HP software reporting units have the lowest excess  of  fair
value over carrying value at 10% and 9%,  respectively. HP will continue to evaluate goodwill, on an
annual basis as of the beginning of its fourth fiscal  quarter, and  whenever events or changes  in
circumstances, such as significant adverse  changes in business climate or  operating results,  changes in
management’s business strategy or further significant declines in HP’s stock  price, indicate that there
may be  a potential indicator of impairment.

During fiscal 2011, HP recorded approximately $6.9 billion of goodwill related to acquisitions

based on  its preliminary estimated fair values  of  the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.  In
connection with organizational realignments implemented in the first quarter of  fiscal  2011, HP also
reclassified goodwill related to the Networking business from Corporate Investments  to  ESSN and
goodwill related to the communications  and media solutions  business from  Software to Services. In  the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, HP determined  that it would wind  down the manufacture and sale of
webOS devices resulting from the Palm acquisition, including  webOS  smartphones and the HP
TouchPad. HP also announced that it  would continue to explore  alternatives to optimize the value of
the webOS technology, including, among others,  licensing the webOS software or the related
intellectual property or selling all or a portion of the webOS assets. The decision triggered an
impairment review of the related goodwill and purchased intangible assets recorded  in connection  with
the Palm acquisition. HP first performed an impairment review of the  purchased intangible assets,
which represents the value for the webOS technology,  carrier relationships  and the  trade name. Based

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets  (Continued)

on the information available at the time of the  review, HP  determined  that there was no future  value
for the carrier relationships and the trade  name but that the carrying  value  of  the webOS technology
approximated its fair value. HP estimated the fair value  of the webOS technology based on several
methods, including the market approach using  recent comparable transactions and the discounted  cash
flow approach using estimated cash flows from potential licensing  agreements. Based on that analysis,
HP recognized an impairment loss of $72 million primarily related to the carrier relationships and  the
trade name. HP then performed a goodwill  impairment  test  by comparing the  carrying value  of the
relevant reporting unit to the fair value of that reporting unit. The fair value of the  reporting unit was
significantly below the carrying value  due to HP’s decision to wind down the sale of all webOS devices.
As a  result, HP recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $813  million. Both the goodwill impairment
charge and the intangible asset impairment charge  were included  in the Impairment of Goodwill and
Purchased Intangible Assets line item in the  Consolidated  Statement of Earnings.

Purchased Intangible Assets

HP’s purchased intangible assets associated  with completed  acquisitions  for each of the  following

fiscal years ended October 31 are composed of:

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Accumulated
Accumulated Impairment
Amortization

Loss

Gross

Accumulated
Accumulated Impairment
Amortization

Loss

Net

Net

Gross

In millions

Customer contracts,
customer lists and
distribution agreements . . $ 5,807

$(2,625)

$ (856)

$2,326 $ 6,409

$(2,390)

(49)

$ 3,970

Developed and core

technology and patents
. .
‘‘Compaq’’ trade name . . . .
Other product trademarks . .
In-process research and

6,580
1,422
310

(2,501)
(18)
(137)

(2,138)
(1,227)
(109)

1,941
177
64

7,226
1,422
367

(1,944)
—
(129)

development (‘‘IPR&D’’) .

7

—

—

7

9

—

—
—
(23)

—

5,282
1,422
215

9

Total purchased intangible

assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,126

$(5,281)

$(4,330)

$4,515 $15,433

$(4,463)

(72)

$10,898

For fiscal 2012, the majority of the decrease in gross  intangibles was related to $944 million of fully

amortized intangible assets that have been eliminated from both the gross  and accumulated amounts
and a first quarter $293 million decrease in the estimated fair value of  Autonomy’s purchased
intangible assets recognized in conjunction with  the finalization of the purchase price  allocation.
Additionally, HP recorded total intangible  asset impairment  charges of  $4.3 billion,  of  which
$3.1 billion is related to the Autonomy  reporting unit as  described above. The remaining $1.2 billion  is
related to a change in the Compaq branding strategy as discussed below.

On May 23, 2012, HP approved a change to its branding  strategy for personal computers,  which
will result in a more limited and focused  use  of  the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name  acquired in fiscal 2002. In
conjunction with the change in branding strategy, HP revised its  assumption as  to  the useful life  of that
intangible asset, which resulted in a reclassification of  the asset from an indefinite-lived  intangible to a
finite-lived intangible with a remaining  useful life  of  approximately five years. These changes triggered

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Note 7:  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets  (Continued)

an impairment review of the ‘‘Compaq’’  trade name intangible asset. In conducting an impairment
review of a purchased intangible asset,  HP compares  the fair  value of the asset  to  its carrying value.  If
the fair value of the asset is less than  the carrying value, the difference  is recorded as  an impairment
loss. HP estimated the fair value of the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name by  calculating the present value of the
royalties saved that would have been paid  to  a third  party had  HP not owned  the trade name.
Following the completion of that analysis,  HP determined that  the fair value  of  the trade name asset
was less than the carrying value due primarily to the change in  the useful  life assumption  and a
decrease in expected future revenues related to Compaq-branded products resulting from  the more
focused branding strategy. As a result,  HP recorded  an impairment charge  of $1.2 billion  in the third
quarter of fiscal 2012, which was included in  the Impairment of  Goodwill and Purchased Intangible
Assets line item in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

The finite-lived purchased intangible assets  consist  of customer contracts, customer  lists and
distribution agreements, which have weighted-average useful  lives of eight  years,  and developed and
core technology, patents, product tradenames and  product trademarks,  which have  weighted-average
useful lives of seven years.

Estimated future amortization expense  related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets at

October  31, 2012 is as follows:

Fiscal year:

2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In millions

$1,363
1,026
837
680
254
348

$4,508

Note 8: 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 Balance Sheets.

Fiscal 2012 Restructuring Plan

On May 23, 2012, HP adopted a multi-year restructuring plan (the ‘‘2012 Plan’’) designed to
simplify business processes, accelerate  innovation and deliver better results  for customers, employees
and stockholders. HP estimates that  it will eliminate approximately 29,000 positions in connection with

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Note 8:  Restructuring Charges (Continued)

the 2012 Plan through fiscal year 2014, with  a  portion of those employees  exiting the company  as part
of voluntary enhanced early retirement (‘‘EER’’) programs in  the United  States and in  certain  other
countries. As discussed in Note 16, a majority of the  U.S. EER program will be funded through HP’s
U.S. pension plan. In connection with the 2012 Plan, HP expects to record aggregate charges of
approximately $3.7 billion through the end of HP’s 2014  fiscal year as accounting recognition  criteria
are met. Of that amount, HP expects approximately $3.1 billion to relate to the workforce reductions
and  the EER programs and approximately  $0.6 billion to relate to other items, including  data  center
and  real estate consolidation. Due to  uncertainties associated with attrition and the acceptance rates of
future international EER programs, the total expected headcount reductions could vary as much as
15% from our estimates. We could also experience similar variations  in the total expense of the 2012
Plan.

HP recorded a charge of approximately  $2.1 billion in the fiscal year of  2012 relating to the  2012

Plan. This amount included costs for  EER plans in the United States and Canada of $41  million of
stock-based compensation expense for accelerated  vesting of stock-based awards held by participating
EER employees and a special termination  benefit (‘‘STB’’) expense of  $126 million for  certain EER
participants whose retirement incentive benefit will be paid in cash  outside of HP’s  pension plans. As
of October 31, 2012, HP had eliminated approximately 11,700 positions as part of the  2012 Plan. The
$2.1 billion charge also includes $105  million for  data center and  real estate consolidation,  of  which
$56 million related to asset impairments. The cash payments associated with the  2012 Plan are expected
to be paid out through fiscal 2015.

Fiscal 2010 Acquisitions

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 $101 million,
which includes $33 million of additional restructuring costs  recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011
in connection with HP’s decision to wind down  the webOS device business. As of October 31, 2011,  HP
had  recorded the majority of the costs  of  the plans based upon the anticipated timing of planned
terminations and facility closure costs. The Palm and 3Com plans are now closed with no further
restructuring charges anticipated. The unused accrual in the amount of $13 million  was credited  to
restructuring expense in fiscal year 2012. The remaining severance costs  associated with the  webOS
plan are expected to be paid out in fiscal year 2013.

Fiscal 2010 Enterprise Services Business  Restructuring Plan

On June 1, 2010, HP’s management announced  a plan to restructure its ES  business,  which

includes the ITO and ABS 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 $1.0 billion,  and includes severance costs to
eliminate approximately 8,200 positions and  infrastructure charges.  As the execution of the
restructuring activities has evolved, certain components and their related cost estimates have been
revised.  While the total cost of the plan remains  consistent, during  the first quarter of fiscal 2012,  HP
reduced the severance accrual by $100  million and recognized additional infrastructure related charges
of $104 million. The majority of the infrastructure  charges were paid out during fiscal 2012 with the

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Note 8:  Restructuring Charges (Continued)

remaining charges expected to be paid out through the first half of fiscal 2015. As of October  31, 2012,
approximately 8,200 positions had been eliminated. This plan is  now  closed with no further
restructuring charges anticipated. HP expects  the majority of  the remaining severance for the plan to
be paid out through fiscal year 2013.

Fiscal 2009 Restructuring Plan

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’’), the  Personal  Systems  Group
(‘‘PSG’’), and ESSN businesses. The total expected cost  of  the plan was $301 million in  severance-
related costs associated with the planned elimination of approximately 4,400 positions. All planned
eliminations had occurred and the restructuring costs have been paid out as  of October 31, 2012.

Fiscal 2008 HP/EDS Restructuring Plan

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 at a total expected  cost of $3.3  billion.
Approximately $1.5 billion of the expected costs were  associated with pre-acquisition EDS and were
reflected  in the fair value of purchase  consideration 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.

The restructuring plan includes severance costs related to eliminating approximately 25,000
positions. As of October 31, 2011, all actions had occurred  and the associated severance costs have
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 has recorded the majority of these costs based  upon  the execution  of site closure and  consolidation
plans. The associated cash payments are expected to be paid  out through  fiscal  2016.

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Note 8:  Restructuring Charges (Continued)

Summary of Restructuring Plans

The adjustments to the accrued restructuring expenses related to all of HP’s  restructuring plans

described above for the twelve months ended October 31, 2012 were as  follows:

Total
expected
costs  and
adjustments

$3,143
575

3,718
101

623
369

992
301

2,195
1,085

3,280

Balance,

Fiscal

October 31, year 2012
charges

2011

Cash
payments

Balance,
non-cash October 31, adjustments
2012

settlements

to  date

Other
adjustments
and

As of October 31, 2012

Total
costs and

Fiscal 2012 Plan

Severance and EER . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure and other . . . . . .

$ —
—

Total 2012 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2010 acquisitions . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2010 ES Plan:

Severance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total ES Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2009 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2008 HP/EDS Plan:

Severance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total HP/EDS Plan . . . . . . . . .

—
59

493
3

496
—

—
258

258

$1,985
105

2,090
(13)

(100)
176

76
7

5
101

106

$(315)
(26)

(341)
(27)

(146)
(141)

(287)
(9)

(5)
(171)

(176)

$(1,073)(1)
(68)

$ 597
11

(1,141)
(9)

(20)
(37)

(57)
2

—
(7)

(7)

608
10

227
1

228
—

—
181

181

$1,985
105

2,090
101

623
369

992
301

2,195
1,075

3,270

Total restructuring plans . . . . . . .

$813

$2,266

$(840)

$(1,212)

$1,027

$6,754

$8,392

(1)

Includes reclassification of liability related  to  the EER  plan  of $833 million  for additional  pension  benefits
and $227 million for certain healthcare and medical savings account benefits to pension and other post
retirement plans as described further in Note 16.

At October 31, 2012 and 2011, HP included  the long-term portion of the restructuring liability of

$256 million and $159 million, respectively,  in Other liabilities, and  the short-term  portion of
$771 million and $654 million, respectively,  in Accrued  restructuring in  the accompanying Consolidated
Balance Sheets.

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Note 9:  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 the best information  available.
Observable inputs are the preferred basis of valuation. 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.

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,  mutual funds,
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 10, 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.

Short- and Long-Term Debt: The estimated  fair value of publicly-traded  debt is based on quoted

market prices for the identical liability  when  traded as an  asset in an active market. For other debt for
which a quoted market price is not available, an expected present value method that uses rates
currently available to HP for debt with  similar terms  and remaining  maturities is  used  to  estimate fair
value. The portion of HP’s fixed-rate debt obligations that is hedged  is reflected in  the Consolidated
Balance Sheets as an amount equal to  the debt’s carrying value, including a fair  value adjustment
representing changes in the fair value of the hedged debt obligations  arising from movements in
benchmark interest rates. The estimated fair value of HP’s short- and  long-term debt approximated its
carrying value of $28.4 billion at October 31,  2012. The  estimated fair value  of  HP’s short- and

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long-term debt was approximately $31.1 billion at October 31,  2011, compared to a carrying value  of
$30.6 billion at that date. If measured at fair value  in the  Consolidated  Balance Sheets, short- and
long-term debt would be classified as Level  2 in the fair value hierarchy.

HP’s non-marketable equity investments and  non-financial assets, such  as intangible assets,

goodwill and property, plant and equipment, are recorded at fair value only if an impairment  charge  is
recognized. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, HP recognized  a goodwill and intangible asset
impairment charge of $8.8 billion associated with  the Autonomy reporting unit within  the Software
segment, a goodwill impairment charge of $8.0  billion  associated with the ES reporting unit within the
Services segment and an intangible asset  impairment  charge of $1.2 billion associated  with the
‘‘Compaq’’ trade name within the Personal Systems segment.

The remeasurement of goodwill is classified as  a Level 3 fair value assessment  due  to  the

significance of unobservable inputs developed using company-specific information. HP used the  income
approach to measure the fair value of the ES  and  Autonomy  reporting units. Under the  income
approach, HP calculates the fair value of  a reporting  unit based on  the present value  of the estimated
future cash flows. Cash flow projections  are  based on management’s estimates of revenue  growth rates
and  operating margins, taking into consideration industry and market conditions. The  discount rate
used is based on the weighted-average cost  of capital  adjusted  for the relevant  risk associated with
business-specific characteristics and the  uncertainty related to the business’s ability  to  execute on  the
projected cash flows. The discount rate also reflects  adjustments  required  when comparing the sum  of
the fair values of HP’s reporting units to HP’s market capitalization as  discussed in Note 7. The
unobservable inputs used to fair value  these reporting  units include  projected revenue growth rates,
profitability and the risk factor added to the discount rate.

The inputs used to measure the fair value  of the  intangible assets of Autonomy  and the  ‘‘Compaq’’
trade name were largely unobservable,  and,  accordingly, these measurements were classified as  Level 3.
The fair value of the intangible assets  for Autonomy was estimated using the income approach, which is
based on  management’s cash flow projections of revenue  growth  rates and operating margins, taking
into consideration industry and market conditions. HP estimated  the fair  value of the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade
name by calculating the present value  of  the royalties saved that  would have been  paid to a third party
had  HP not owned the trade name. The discount rates used in the fair value calculations for  the
Autonomy intangibles and the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name were based  on a  weighted average  cost of capital
adjusted for the relevant risk associated with those assets. The unobservable inputs used in these
valuations include projected revenue growth rates, operating margins, royalty rates and the risk factor
added  to the discount rate. The discount rates ranged from  11%  to  16%. Projected  revenue growth
rates ranged from  (61)% to 13%. The (61)% rate reflects the significant decline in expected future
revenues for Compaq-branded products  from fiscal  year 2013 to fiscal year 2014  due  to  the change in
branding strategy discussed in Note 7.

For more information on these impairments measured as  nonrecurring fair value adjustments, see

Note 7.

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Note 9:  Fair Value (Continued)

The following table presents HP’s assets  and liabilities that are measured  at fair  value on a

recurring basis:

As of October 31, 2012

As of October 31, 2011

Fair Value
Measured Using

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total
Balance

Fair Value
Measured Using

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total
Balance

Assets
Time deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Money market funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mutual  funds
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketable equity securities . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign  bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate  bonds and other debt securities .
Derivatives:

Interest  rate  contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign  exchange contracts . . . . . . . . .
Other derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $3,641
—
469
3
377
—

4,630
—
60
8
1

—
—
—

344
291
1

$—
—
—
—
—
44

—
—
—

In millions

$3,641
4,630
469
63
385
45

344
291
1

$ —
236
—
120
7
3

—
—
—

$5,120
—
—
2
376
2

593
269
25

$—
—
—
—
—
48

—
35
6

$5,120
236
—
122
383
53

593
304
31

Total Assets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$4,699

$5,126

$44

$9,869

$366

$6,387

$89

$6,842

Liabilities
Derivatives:

Interest  rate  contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign  exchange contracts . . . . . . . . .
Other derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $
—
—

29
485
3

Total Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $ 517

$—
1
—

$ 1

$

29
486
3

$ 518

$ —
—
—

$ —

$

71
823
1

$ 895

$—
9
—

$ 9

$

71
832
1

$ 904

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Note 10:  Financial Instruments

Cash Equivalents and Available-for-Sale Investments

Cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments at fair value as of October 31, 2012 and

October  31, 2011 were as follows:

October 31, 2012

Gross

Gross

Unrealized Unrealized

Cost

Gain

Loss

Estimated
Fair
Value

October 31, 2011

Gross

Gross

Unrealized Unrealized

Cost

Gain

Loss

Estimated
Fair
Value

In millions

Cash Equivalents

Time deposits . . . . . . . . . . $3,633
4,630
Money market funds . . . . .
69
Mutual funds . . . . . . . . . .

Total cash equivalents . . . . . .

8,332

Available-for-Sale
Investments
Debt securities:

Time deposits . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign bonds . . . . . . . . . .
Mutual funds . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate bonds and other
debt securities . . . . . . . .

Total debt securities . . . . . . .

8
303
400

62

773

Equity securities in public

companies . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50

Total cash equivalents and

available-for-sale
investments . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,155

$—
—
—

—

—
82
—

—

82

9

$ — $3,633 $5,112
236
4,630
—
69

—
—

—

8,332

5,348

$—
—
—

—

$ — $5,112
236
—

—
—

—

5,348

—
—
—

(17)

(17)

8
385
400

45

838

8
317
—

74

399

—

59

114

—
66
—

—

66

4

—
—
—

(21)

(21)

—

8
383
—

53

444

118

$91

$(17)

$9,229 $5,861

$70

$(21)

$5,910

Cash equivalents consist of investments in time  deposits, money market funds and mutual funds
with original maturities of three months  or less. Interest  income related to cash and  cash equivalents
was approximately $155 million in fiscal 2012, $167 million in fiscal 2011 and $111 million in fiscal
2010. Time deposits were primarily issued by institutions outside the United States  as of October  31,
2012 and October 31, 2011. Available-for-sale securities consist of  short-term investments which  mature
within twelve months or less and long-term investments with maturities greater than twelve  months.
Investments primarily include institutional  bonds, mutual funds,  equity securities in  public  companies,
fixed-interest securities and time deposits.  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 October 31, 2012  and 2011  was due  primarily  to  declines in the  fair

value of certain debt securities of $17 million  and  $21 million,  respectively, that have  been in  a
continuous loss position for more than  twelve months.  HP does not intend  to  sell these debt securities,

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Note 10:  Financial Instruments (Continued)

and  it is not likely that HP will be required to sell these debt securities prior to the recovery of the
amortized cost.

Contractual maturities of short-term and long-term investments  in available-for-sale debt securities

at October 31, 2012 were as follows:

Due in less than one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due in one to five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due in  more than five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

October 31, 2012

Cost

Estimated
Fair Value

In millions

$406
3
364

$773

$406
3
429

$838

In fiscal  2012, HP recognized a $60 million impairment charge related to  a public  equity

investment as HP determined that such  impairment was other than temporary. HP made its
determination primarily based on the closing prices during the  quarter of impairment.

Equity securities in privately held companies include  cost basis and equity  method investments.

These amounted to $51 million and $48 million  for  the periods  ended October  31, 2012 and
October 31, 2011, respectively, and are  included  in long-term financing  receivables and other assets.

Derivative Financial Instruments

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
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 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 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 risk limits that correspond
to each institution’s credit rating and other factors. HP’s established policies  and procedures for
mitigating credit risk on principal transactions and  short-term cash include reviewing  and establishing

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Note 10:  Financial Instruments (Continued)

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 which are generally based on the credit ratings  of HP and  its counterparties. Such funds are
generally  transferred within two business days of the due  date. As  of  October  31, 2012, HP  held
$198 million of collateral and posted  $72 million under these  collateralized  arrangements, of which
$49 million was through re-use of counterparty cash collateral and  $23 million in cash. As of
October  31, 2011, HP had posted $96 million associated with the counterparties under these
collateralized arrangements. As of October 31,  2012 and 2011, HP did  not  have any  derivative
instruments under these collateralized  arrangements that were in a significant net liability position.

Fair Value Hedges

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

Cash Flow Hedges

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  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 fiscal year  2012, there  was  no significant  impact to results of operations as
a result of discontinued cash flow hedges.  During  fiscal years  2011 and 2010, HP  did not discontinue
any cash flow hedge for which it was probable that a forecasted transaction  would not occur.

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Note 10:  Financial Instruments (Continued)

Net Investment Hedges

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

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.

Hedge Effectiveness

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
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
Statements of Earnings. As of October 31, 2012  and  2011, 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 fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

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Note 10:  Financial Instruments (Continued)

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in the Consolidated Balance Sheets

As discussed in Note 9, 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 Balance Sheets
were as follows:

As of October 31, 2012

As of October 31, 2011

Gross

Other
Current

Other
Accrued

Other

Gross

Other
Current

Other
Accrued

Other

Notional(1) Assets Other Assets Liabilities Liabilities Notional(1) Assets Other Assets Liabilities Liabilities

Long-term
Financing
Receivables
and

Long-term
Financing
Receivables
and

Derivatives  designated as
hedging  instruments

Fair value  hedges:

In millions

Interest  rate contracts

. . .

$ 7,900

$ 43

$276

$ —

$ —

$10,075

$ 30

$508

$ —

$ —

Cash  flow hedges:

Foreign exchange contracts

19,409

160

Net  investment  hedges:

Foreign exchange contracts

1,683

14

24

15

Total derivatives designated as
hedging  instruments . . . . .

Derivatives  not designated as

hedging  instruments

28,992

217

315

Foreign exchange contracts . .
Interest rate  contracts(2) . . . .
Other derivatives . . . . . . . .

18,687
2,200
383

61
25
1

17
—
—

277

36

313

51
29
3

79

24

21,666

192

1,556

7

30

4

103

33,297

229

542

19
—
—

13,994
2,200
410

66
—
25

5
55
6

324

44

368

244
—
—

126

56

182

38
71
1

Total derivatives not

designated  as hedging
instruments . . . . . . . . . .

21,270

87

Total derivatives

. . . . . . . .

$50,262

$304

17

$332

83

$396

19

16,604

91

$122

$49,901

$320

66

$608

244

$612

110

$292

(1)

(2)

Represents the face amounts of contracts  that  were  outstanding  as of October 31, 2012 and  October 31, 2011, respectively.

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

Effect of  Derivative Instruments on the  Consolidated Statements of Earnings

The before-tax effect of derivative instruments and related hedged  items in  a fair value hedging

relationship for fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and  October 31,  2011 were as follows:

Derivative Instrument

Location

2012

Hedged Item

Location

Interest rate contracts

Interest and other, net

$(130) Fixed-rate  debt Interest  and other, net

In millions

2012

In millions
$134

Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on  Derivative  and Related Hedged Item

Derivative Instrument

Location

2011

Hedged Item

Location

Interest rate contracts

Interest and other, net

$(119) Fixed-rate  debt Interest  and other, net

In millions

2011

In millions
$128

Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on  Derivative  and Related Hedged Item

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The before-tax effect of derivative instruments in cash flow and net investment hedging

relationships for fiscal years 2012 and  2011 were as follows:

Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income (‘‘OCI’’)
on Derivative
(Effective Portion)

2012

In millions

Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI  Into Income
(Effective Portion)

Gain Recognized in
Income on Derivative
(Ineffective portion
and Amount Excluded
from Effectiveness Testing)

Location

2012

In millions

Location

2012

In millions

Cash flow  hedges:

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Total cash flow

$402

(65)

(7)

(8)

13

hedges

. . . . . . . .

$335

Net investment hedges:
Foreign exchange

Net revenue

$408

Net revenue

Cost of products
Other operating
expenses

Interest and other, net

Net revenue

Cost of products
Other operating
expenses

Interest and other, net

Interest and other, net

(15)

(6)

(3)

15

$399

$—

—

—

—

—

$—

contracts

. . . . . . . .

$ 37

Interest and other, net

$ —

Interest and  other,  net

$—

Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
OCI on Derivative
(Effective Portion)

2011

In millions

Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI Into  Income
(Effective Portion)

Gain Recognized in
Income on Derivative
(Ineffective portion
and Amount Excluded
from Effectiveness Testing)

Location

2011

In millions

Location

2011

In millions

Cash flow  hedges:

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

$(278)

Net revenue

$(616)

Net revenue

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Foreign exchange

contracts

. . . . . . . .

Total cash flow

41

2

(116)

(23)

Cost of products
Other operating
expenses

38

4

Cost of products
Other operating
expenses

Interest and other, net

(91)

Interest and other, net

Net revenue

7

Interest and other, net

hedges

. . . . . . . .

$(374)

$(658)

Net investment hedges:
Foreign exchange

$—

—

—

—

4

$ 4

contracts

. . . . . . . .

$ (52)

Interest and other, net

$ —

Interest and other, net

$—

As of October 31, 2012, HP expects to reclassify an estimated net  accumulated other

comprehensive loss of approximately  $86 million, net  of  taxes, to earnings in the next twelve  months

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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 Statements of Earnings  for fiscal years 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative

Location

2012

In millions

Foreign exchange contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest rate contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interest and other, net
Interest and other, net
Interest and other, net

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$171
(32)
13

$152

Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative

Location

2011

In millions

Foreign exchange contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest rate contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interest and other, net
Interest and other, net
Interest and other, net

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(117)
19
(6)

$(104)

Other Financial Instruments

For the balance of HP’s financial instruments, accounts  receivable, financing receivables,  accounts

payable and other  accrued liabilities, the  carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short
maturities.

Note 11: 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

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Note 11:  Financing Receivables and Operating Leases (Continued)

included in financing receivables and  long-term financing receivables and  other assets,  were as follows
for the following fiscal years ended October  31:

2012

2011

In millions

Minimum lease payments receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unguaranteed residual value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unearned income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 8,133
248
(688)

$ 7,721
233
(647)

Financing receivables, gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Financing receivables, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less current portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7,693
(149)

7,544
(3,252)

7,307
(130)

7,177
(3,162)

Amounts due after one year, net

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 4,292

$ 4,015

As of October 31, 2012, scheduled maturities of HP’s minimum lease payments receivable were as

follows for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

2013

2014

2015

2016

Thereafter

Total

Scheduled maturities of minimum lease  payments
receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$3,640

$1,919

$1,581

$693

$300

$8,133

Equipment leased to customers under  operating leases  was  $3.9 billion  at October 31, 2012  and

$4.0 billion at October 31, 2011 and is included  in property, plant and equipment. Accumulated
depreciation on equipment under lease was  $1.5 billion at October  31, 2012  and $1.3  billion at
October 31, 2011. As of October 31,  2012, minimum  future rentals on non-cancelable  operating leases
related to leased equipment were as follows  for the  following  fiscal  years  ended October 31:

2013

2014

2015

2016

Thereafter

Total

Minimum future rentals on non-cancelable  operating
leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,201

$745

$348

$101

$22

$2,417

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.

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Note 11:  Financing Receivables and Operating Leases (Continued)

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

as follows for the following fiscal years ended  October 31:

Risk Rating

2012

2011

In millions

Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moderate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$4,461
3,151
81

$4,261
2,989
57

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$7,693

$7,307

Accounts rated low risk typically have the  equivalent of a Standard  & Poor’s rating of BBB(cid:5) or

higher, while accounts rated moderate  risk would generally  be  the  equivalent of BB+ or lower.  HP
closely monitors accounts rated high  risk and, based upon an impairment analysis, may establish
specific  reserves against a portion of these  leases.

The allowance for doubtful accounts 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 leases 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.

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

following fiscal years ended October  31:

Allowance for  doubtful accounts

Balance, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions to allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deductions, net of recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

In millions
$130
42
(23)

Balance, end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$149

Allowance for financing receivables individually evaluated for  loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance for financing receivables collectively  evaluated for  loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

2012

2011

In millions
45
104

$

35
95

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 149

$ 130

Gross financing receivables individually evaluated  for loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross financing receivables collectively evaluated for loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 338
7,355

$ 228
7,079

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$7,693

$7,307

Accounts are generally put on non-accrual status (cessation of interest accrual) when they  reach

90 days past due. The non-accrual status  may  not impact  a customer’s risk  rating. In  certain

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Note 11:  Financing Receivables and Operating Leases (Continued)

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. Total  financing receivables  on non-accrual status
were $225 million and $157 million at October 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Total financing
receivables greater than 90 days past due and still accruing interest were $113 million and $71 million
at October 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Note 12:  Guarantees

Guarantees and Indemnifications

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  that
the nonperformance of HP or HP’s subsidiaries 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
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.

Warranty

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.

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Note 12:  Guarantees (Continued)

The changes in HP’s aggregate product  warranty liabilities were as follows for the following fiscal

years ended October 31:

Product warranty liability at beginning  of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accruals for warranties issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments related to pre-existing warranties  (including changes in estimates) . . . .
Settlements made  (in cash or in kind) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 2,451
2,249
(79)
(2,451)

$ 2,447
2,657
(33)
(2,620)

Product warranty liability at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 2,170

$ 2,451

2012

2011

In millions

Note 13: Borrowings

Notes Payable and Short-Term Borrowings

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

follows for the following fiscal years ended October  31:

Current portion of long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other . .

2012

2011

Amount
Outstanding

In millions
$5,744
365
538

$6,647

Weighted-
Average

Amount

Interest Rate Outstanding

Weighted-
Average
Interest Rate

1.6%
0.9%
2.8%

In millions
$4,345
3,215
523

$8,083

2.4%
0.4%
2.9%

Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and  other includes deposits associated with  HP’s banking-

related activities of approximately $369  million and $355 million at October 31, 2012 and 2011,
respectively.

Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt was as follows for the following fiscal  years ended October 31:

2012

2011

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%,

paid July 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $

500

2006 Shelf Registration Statement:

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

paid March 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$900 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.938%  in February 2007 at

5.25%, paid March 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—

—

600

900

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Note 13:  Borrowings (Continued)

$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.694%  in February 2007 at 5.4%,
due March 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.921%  in March  2008 at 4.5%,
due March 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

2012

2011

In millions

499

499

1,500

1,500

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,998

1,996

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

4.25%, paid February 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—

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:

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

paid August 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$800 issued at par in September 2010 at three-month USD LIBOR plus

0.125%, paid September 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,100 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.921%  in September 2010 at

—

—

250

800

1.25%, due September 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,100

1,099

$1,100 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.887%  in September 2010 at

2.125%, due September 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,100

1,099

$650 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.911%  in December 2010  at

2.2%, due December 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

650

650

$1,350 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.827%  in December  2010 at

3.75%, due December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,348

1,348

$1,750 issued at par in May 2011 at three month USD LIBOR plus  0.28%,

due May 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,750

1,750

$500 issued at par in May 2011 at three month USD LIBOR plus  0.4%, due

May 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.971%  in May 2011  at 1.55%,

due May 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.958%  in May  2011 at 2.65%,

500

500

500

500

due June 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,000

1,000

$1,250 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.799%  in May  2011 at 4.3%,

due June 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,248

1,248

$750 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.977%  in September  2011 at

2.35%, due March 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

750

750

$1,300 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.784%  in September 2011 at

3.0%, due September 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,298

1,297

$1,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.816%  in September 2011 at

4.375%, due September 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

998

998

$1,200 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.863%  in September 2011 at

6.0%, due September 2041 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,198

1,198

$350 issued at par in September 2011 at three-month USD LIBOR plus

1.55%, due September 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

350

350

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Note 13:  Borrowings (Continued)

2012

2011

In millions

$650 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.946%  in December 2011  at

2.625%, due December 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$850 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.790%  in December 2011  at

3.3%, due December 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.707%  in December  2011 at

4.65%, due December 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.985%  in March  2012 at 2.6%,
due September 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.771%  in March  2012 at 4.05%,

650

849

1,496

1,500

due September 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

499

—

—

—

—

—

EDS Senior Notes

$1,100 issued June 2003 at 6.0%, due August 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$300 issued October 1999 at 7.45%, due October 2029 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

2012-2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fair value adjustment related to hedged debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: current portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25,031

24,082

1,109
314

1,423

1,120
315

1,435

680
399
(5,744)

836
543
(4,345)

Total long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$21,789

$22,551

As disclosed in Note 10, 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 interest  rates  in the table above have  not  been adjusted to reflect the
impact of any interest rate swaps.

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 2012, HP filed a shelf registration statement (the ‘‘2012 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 2012 Shelf Registration Statement  replaced  the registration statement filed in May 2009.

HP’s Board of Directors has authorized the  issuance  of up to $16.0 billion in  aggregate  principal

amount of commercial paper by HP.  HP’s  subsidiaries  are authorized to issue  up to an additional
$1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount  of commercial paper. HP maintains  two commercial  paper
programs, and a wholly-owned subsidiary  maintains a third program.  HP’s U.S. program  provides for
the issuance of U.S. dollar denominated  commercial  paper up  to  a  maximum aggregate principal
amount of $16.0 billion. HP’s euro commercial  paper program,  which was  established in September
2012, provides for the issuance of commercial paper outside of the  United States denominated  in U.S.
dollars, euros or British pounds up to  a maximum  aggregate principal amount of $3.0 billion or the
equivalent in those alternative currencies. The combined aggregate  principal amount of commercial

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Note 13:  Borrowings (Continued)

paper issued under those programs at any one time cannot exceed the $16.0 billion Board
authorization. The HP subsidiary’s Euro  Commercial Paper/Certificate  of Deposit Programme provides
for the issuance of commercial paper in various currencies of up to a  maximum aggregate principal
amount of $500 million.

HP maintains senior unsecured committed  credit facilities primarily  to  support the issuance of

commercial paper. HP has a $3.0 billion  five-year  credit facility that expires in March  2017 and  a
$4.5 billion four-year credit facility that  expires  in February 2015. Both facilities  support the U.S.
commercial paper program, and the five-year credit facility was amended in September 2012 to also
support the euro commercial paper program. The  amounts available  under the five-year credit facility
in euros  and pounds sterling are limited  to  the U.S.  Dollar equivalent of $2.2 billion and $300 million,
respectively. Commitment fees, interest  rates and other  terms of borrowing under the  credit facilities
vary based on HP’s external credit ratings. 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 October 31, 2012,  the carrying value  of  the assets  approximated  the
carrying value of the borrowings of $225 million.

As of October 31, 2012, HP had the capacity to issue  an unspecified amount of  additional debt

securities, common stock, preferred stock,  depositary  shares  and warrants under  the 2012 Shelf
Registration Statement. As of that date, HP also had up  to approximately $17.4 billion  of available
borrowing resources, including $16.1  billion in authorized capacity under  its  commercial paper
programs and approximately $1.3 billion relating  to  uncommitted  lines of credit.  The extent to which
HP is able to utilize the 2012 Shelf Registration Statement and the commercial paper programs as
sources of liquidity at any given time is  subject to a  number of factors, including market demand for
HP securities and commercial paper,  HP’s  financial performance, HP’s  credit ratings  and market
conditions generally.

Aggregate future maturities of long-term  debt at  face value (excluding  a fair value adjustment
related to hedged debt of $399 million, a premium on debt issuance of $23  million, and a discount on
debt issuance of $21 million) were as follows at  October 31, 2012:

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Thereafter

Total

In millions

Aggregate future maturities of debt
outstanding including capital lease
obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,689 $5,143 $2,510 $2,979 $2,852

$7,959

$27,132

Interest expense on borrowings was approximately $865 million in fiscal 2012,  $551 million in fiscal

2011 and $417 million in fiscal 2010.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings

The domestic and foreign components of (loss) earnings before  taxes were as follows for the

following fiscal years ended October  31:

U.S.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

In millions
$ (3,192) $3,039
5,943

(8,741)

$ 4,027
6,947

$(11,933) $8,982

$10,974

The provision for (benefit from) taxes on earnings was as follows for the following fiscal years

ended October 31:

U.S. federal taxes:

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 330
81

$ 390
(590)

$ 484
231

Non-U.S. taxes:

Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,139
(787)

1,177
611

1,345
21

State taxes:

Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(41)
(5)

141
179

187
(55)

$ 717

$1,908

$2,213

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings (Continued)

The significant components of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities were as follows for

the following fiscal years ended October 31:

2012

2011

Deferred
Tax
Assets

Deferred
Tax
Liabilities

Deferred
Tax
Assets

Deferred
Tax
Liabilities

Loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Credit  carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory valuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intercompany transactions—profit in inventory . . . . . . . . . . .
Intercompany transactions—excluding inventory . . . . . . . . . .
Fixed assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employee and retiree benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts receivable allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capitalized research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchased intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 9,142
3,884
—
185
463
881
349
663
3,264
161
16
264
225
25
969
1,066

In millions
$ — $ 9,793
2,739
—
236
418
1,529
486
747
2,559
262
294
125
233
58
1,025
1,325

—
7,559
12
—
—
65
—
16
2
—
1,111
—
7
16
360

Gross deferred tax assets and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21,557
(10,223)

9,148
—

21,829
(9,057)

$ —
—
8,209
12
—
—
63
—
18
2
—
2,738
—
6
38
233

11,319
—

Total deferred tax assets and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 11,334

$9,148

$12,772

$11,319

The decline in deferred tax liabilities  associated with  purchased intangible assets was primarily

attributable to the impairment of purchased intangible assets during the fiscal year.

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

as follows for the following fiscal years ended  October 31:

2012

2011

In millions

Current deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Current deferred tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term deferred tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 3,783
(230)
1,581
(2,948)

$ 5,374
(41)
1,283
(5,163)

Total deferred tax assets net of deferred  tax  liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 2,186

$ 1,453

The decline in long-term deferred tax liabilities was primarily attributable to reversals  of  deferred

income tax liabilities attributable to impaired  purchased intangible assets  (as  noted  above) and
temporary basis differences related to certain foreign subsidiaries that were reduced by the impairment
charges for goodwill.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings (Continued)

As of October 31, 2012, HP had $2.9 billion, $6.2 billion and $25.7 billion  of  federal, state and
foreign net operating loss carryforwards,  respectively.  Amounts included in  each  of these  respective
totals will begin to expire in fiscal 2013. HP also has a capital loss carryforward of approximately
$286 million which will begin to expire  in fiscal 2015.  HP has provided a valuation  allowance of
$166 million for deferred tax assets related to federal  and state net operating losses, $104 million for
deferred tax assets related to capital loss carryforwards and $7.6 billion  for deferred tax assets related
to foreign net operating loss carryforwards that HP  does not expect to realize.

As of October 31, 2012, HP had recorded deferred tax assets for various tax credit carryforwards

of $3.9 billion. This amount includes $2.9  billion  of U.S. foreign tax credit  carryforwards which  begin to
expire in fiscal 2018 and against which HP has  recorded a valuation  allowance  of  $47 million. HP had
alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards  of  $23 million, which  do not  expire, and U.S. research
and  development credit carryforwards of $566 million,  which will begin to expire in fiscal 2016. HP also
had  tax credit carryforwards of $417 million in  various  states  and foreign countries for which  HP has
provided a valuation allowance of $209 million to reduce the  related deferred tax  asset. These  credits
will begin to expire in fiscal 2013.

Gross deferred tax assets at October 31, 2012, 2011  and 2010 were reduced by valuation

allowances of $10.2 billion, $9.1 billion and $8.8 billion,  respectively.  Total valuation allowances
increased by $1.1 billion in fiscal 2012, associated primarily with the net  effects of increases of
$1.3 billion, $317 million, and $669 million,  respectively, in valuation allowances on certain  U.S.
deferred tax assets related to legal entities within the  enterprise services business, other U.S. deferred
tax assets, and certain foreign deferred tax assets, respectively, and a $1.1 billion decrease in  foreign
valuation allowance attributable to foreign currency  translation. Total  valuation allowances increased by
$307 million in fiscal 2011, associated  with various net operating losses,  tax credits and other deferred
tax assets. Valuation allowances increased by $77  million in fiscal 2010, consisting of $106  million
associated with federal capital loss carryovers, and a net  $29  million decrease associated with  various
net operating loss carryovers and credits.

There was no net excess tax benefit recorded resulting  from the exercise of employee  stock  options
and  other employee stock programs in fiscal 2012.  A  deficit of approximately $175  million was  recorded
as a decrease in stockholders’ equity in  fiscal 2012, and  excess tax benefits of  $128 million and
$300 million were recorded in fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010,  respectively.

The differences between the U.S. federal statutory income tax  rate  and  HP’s  effective  tax rate

were as follows for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lower rates in other jurisdictions, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondeductible goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
0.5
0.5
(24.0)
13.8
(0.6)
0.1
5.2
(14.0)
3.4
(40.3)
1.7
(1.1)

1.3
(18.3)
(0.1)
0.8
—
1.5

(6.0)% 21.2% 20.2%

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings (Continued)

The jurisdictions with favorable tax rates that have  the most significant effective tax rate impact in
the periods presented include Singapore,  the Netherlands,  China, Ireland and  Puerto Rico. HP  plans to
reinvest some of the earnings of these jurisdictions indefinitely outside the United  States,  and therefore
has not provided U.S. taxes on those indefinitely reinvested  earnings.

In fiscal 2012, HP recorded a $1.3 billion income tax  charge  to  record  valuation  allowances  on
certain U.S. deferred tax assets related to the enterprise services  business, as noted above. In addition,
HP recorded charges of $297 million  for various foreign valuation allowances,  as well as  $26 million of
income tax benefits related to adjustments to prior  year foreign  income tax accruals, settlement of tax
audit matters, and miscellaneous other items.

In fiscal 2011, HP recorded $325 million of net income tax charges related to items  unique to the

year. These amounts included $468 million of  tax charges for increases  to  foreign and  state valuation
allowances, offset by $78 million of income tax benefits for adjustments to prior  year foreign  income
tax accruals, $63 million of income tax benefits for uncertain tax position reserve  adjustments and
settlement of tax audit matters, and $2  million of tax benefits associated  with miscellaneous prior
period  items.

In fiscal 2010, HP recorded $26 million of net income tax benefits  related to items unique to the

year. These amounts included adjustments to prior  year foreign income tax accruals and  credits,
settlement of tax audit matters, valuation allowance adjustments and  other  miscellaneous  items.

As a  result of certain employment actions  and capital investments  HP has  undertaken,  income
from manufacturing and services in certain countries  is subject to reduced tax rates, and in some cases
is wholly  exempt from taxes, through 2024.  The  gross income tax benefits attributable to these actions
and  investments were estimated to be  $900 million (approximately $0.46 basic  earnings per share) in
fiscal year 2012, $1.3 billion (approximately $0.62 basic earnings per share) in fiscal year 2011 and
$966 million (approximately $0.41 basic  earnings per share)  in fiscal year 2010. The gross income tax
benefits were offset partially by accruals of U.S.  income  taxes  on  undistributed earnings,  among  other
factors.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings (Continued)

The total amount of gross unrecognized  tax  benefits was $2.6 billion  as of October 31, 2012.  A

reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits is  as follows:

Balance at October 31, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,888

Increases:

For current year’s tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Decreases:

For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statute of limitations expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements with taxing authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27
347

(120)
(1)
(56)

Balance at October 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,085

Increases:

For current year’s tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Decreases:

For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statute of limitations expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements with taxing authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

384
426

(159)
(20)
(598)

Balance at October 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,118

Increases:

For current year’s tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Decreases:

For prior years’ tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statute of limitations expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements with taxing authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

209
651

(321)
(1)
(83)

Balance at October 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,573

Up to $1.4 billion, $1.1 billion and $1.0 billion of HP’s unrecognized tax benefits at  October 31,

2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, would  affect HP’s effective tax  rate if  realized.

HP recognizes interest income from  favorable  settlements and income tax  receivables and  interest

expense and penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits  within income tax expense.  As of
October 31, 2012, HP had accrued a net  $210 million payable for interest  and penalties.  During fiscal
2012, HP recognized net interest expense net of tax on net deficiencies of $5 million.

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 $15 million within the next  12 months.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 14:  Taxes on Earnings (Continued)

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. The IRS  began an  audit of  HP’s  2009
income tax return during 2011. 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,
2006, 2007 and 2008 tax years. The proposed  IRS adjustments for these  tax years would,  if sustained,
reduce the benefits of tax refund claims HP has filed  for net operating loss carrybacks  to  earlier fiscal
years and tax credit carryforwards to subsequent years by  approximately $589 million. HP has filed
petitions with the United States Tax Court regarding certain  proposed IRS adjustments  regarding tax
years 1999 through 2003 and is continuing to contest additional adjustments proposed by the IRS  for
other  tax years. The United States Tax Court has recently  ruled against HP  regarding one of the  IRS
adjustments. HP intends to appeal the decision. HP believes that  it has provided adequate reserves for
any tax deficiencies or reductions in tax benefits that could result from the IRS actions. With respect to
major foreign and state tax jurisdictions, HP is  no  longer subject to tax  authority  examinations  for years
prior to 1999. HP believes that adequate  accruals have  been provided  for  all  open tax years.

Tax years of HP’s U.S. group of subsidiaries providing enterprise services through  2002 have been

audited by the IRS, and all proposed adjustments have been resolved.  RARs have been received  for
exam years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and the short period ended  August  26, 2008, proposing total
tax deficiencies of $320 million. HP is  contesting certain  issues  and believes it has provided adequate
reserves for any tax deficiencies or reductions in  tax  benefits  that could  result from the  IRS actions.

The IRS began an audit in 2011 of the 2009 income tax  return of HP’s U.S. group of  subsidiaries

providing Enterprise Services, and has issued an  RAR for the  short period ended  October 31,  2008
proposing a total tax deficiency of $17  million. HP  is contesting certain issues and  believes it has
provided adequate reserves for any tax deficiencies  or reductions in tax benefits  that  could  result from
the IRS actions.

HP has not provided for U.S. federal  income and foreign withholding taxes  on $33.4  billion of
undistributed earnings from non-U.S.  operations as of October 31,  2012 because HP intends  to  reinvest
such  earnings indefinitely outside of the United States.  If HP  were to distribute these earnings, foreign
tax credits may become available under  current law to reduce the resulting  U.S. income tax liability.
Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to these  earnings is  not
practicable. HP will remit non-indefinitely reinvested earnings of its non-US subsidiaries for  which
deferred U.S. federal and withholding  taxes have been provided where excess  cash has accumulated  and
it determines that it is advantageous  for business operations,  tax or cash management reasons.

Note 15:  Stockholders’ Equity

Dividends

The stockholders of HP common stock are entitled to receive  dividends when and  as declared by

HP’s Board of Directors. Dividends are paid quarterly.  Dividends  declared were  $0.50 per common
share in fiscal 2012, $0.40 per common share in fiscal  2011  and $0.32 per common  share in  fiscal  2010.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 15:  Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

Share Repurchase Program

HP’s share repurchase program authorizes  both open market and private repurchase transactions.
In fiscal 2012, HP executed share repurchases of 67  million  shares which were  settled for $1.6 billion.
In fiscal 2011, HP executed share repurchases of 259  million  shares. Repurchases  of  262 million shares
were settled for $10.1 billion, which included 4 million  shares  repurchased  in transactions that were
executed in fiscal 2010 but settled in fiscal  2011. In fiscal  2010,  HP executed share  repurchases of
241 million shares. Repurchases of 240 million shares  were  settled  for $11.0  billion, which  included
3 million shares repurchased in transactions  that were  executed in fiscal  2009 but settled in fiscal 2010.
The foregoing shares repurchased and  settled  in fiscal 2012, fiscal 2011  and fiscal  2010 were  all  open
market repurchase transactions.

In fiscal 2012, there was no additional authorization for future share repurchases by HP’s Board  of

Directors. In fiscal 2011, HP’s Board of Directors authorized an additional $10.0 billion for  future
share repurchases. In fiscal 2010, HP’s Board of Directors authorized an  additional $18.0  billion for
future share repurchases. As of October  31, 2012, HP had  remaining  authorization of approximately
$9.2 billion for future share repurchases.

Taxes related to Items of Other Comprehensive Loss/ Income

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Tax  benefit (expense) on change in unrealized gains/ losses on available-

for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 25

$ — $

(9)

Tax  (expense) benefit on change in unrealized gains/ losses on cash flow

hedges:
Tax  (expense) benefit on unrealized gains/losses arising during  the period .
Tax  expense (benefit) on gains/losses reclassified into earnings . . . . . . . . .

Tax  (expense) benefit on change in unrealized  components of defined benefit

plans:
Tax  benefit on net losses arising during the period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
Tax  expense on amortization of actuarial loss and prior service benefit
Tax  (expense) benefit on curtailments, settlements and other . . . . . . . . . .

Tax  expense on change in cumulative  translation  adjustment

. . . . . . . . . . . .

(137)
143

6

86
(210)

(124)

(119)
149

30

261
(31)
(48)

182

(25)

263
(36)
2

229

(20)

123
(42)
2

83

(31)

Tax  benefit on other comprehensive loss/ income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 188

$ 85

$ 73

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 15:  Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

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

following fiscal years ended October  31:

Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net unrealized loss on cash flow hedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cumulative translation adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized components of defined benefit plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

87
(99)
(457)
(5,090)

In millions
37
$
(41)
(385)
(3,109)

$

20
(201)
(431)
(3,225)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(5,559)

$(3,498)

$(3,837)

2012

2011

2010

Note 16: Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Defined Benefit Plans

HP sponsors a number of defined benefit pension  plans worldwide, of which the most significant
are in the United States. Both the HP Retirement  Plan  (the  ‘‘Retirement Plan’’),  a traditional defined
benefit pension plan based on pay and  years  of  service,  and the HP Company  Cash  Account Pension
Plan (the ‘‘Cash Account Pension Plan’’),  under which benefits are accrued pursuant to a  cash
accumulation account formula based  upon a percentage of pay  plus interest,  were frozen effective
January 1, 2008. The Cash Account Pension Plan and the Retirement Plan were  merged  in 2005 for
certain funding and investment purposes. Effective October 30,  2009 the EDS U.S. qualified pension
plan  was also merged into the HP Pension Plan. The merged plan is  referred to as  the HP Pension
Plan.

HP reduces the benefit payable to a  U.S. employee under the Retirement  Plan for service before

1993, if  any, by any amounts due to the employee under HP’s frozen defined contribution Deferred
Profit-Sharing Plan (the ‘‘DPSP’’). HP closed  the DPSP  to  new  participants in 1993. The DPSP plan
obligations are equal to the plan assets and are recognized  as an  offset to the  Pension Plan when  HP
calculates its defined benefit pension  cost  and obligations. The fair value  of plan  assets and projected
benefit obligations for the U.S. defined benefit plans combined  with the  DPSP are  as follows for the
following fiscal years ended October  31:

2012

2011

Projected
Benefit

Projected
Benefit

Plan Assets Obligation

Plan Assets Obligation

U.S. defined benefit plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DPSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$11,536
958

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$12,494

In millions

$14,237
958

$15,195

$10,662
945

$11,607

$11,945
945

$12,890

Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Through fiscal 2005, substantially all of HP’s U.S. employees at December 31, 2002 could become

eligible for partially subsidized retiree medical benefits and retiree life insurance benefits under the
Pre-2003 HP  Retiree Medical Program (the ‘‘Pre-2003 Program’’) and certain other retiree medical

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programs. Plan participants in the Pre-2003 Program make contributions based on  their choice of
medical option and length of service. U.S. employees hired  or rehired on or after January  1, 2003 may
become eligible to participate in a post-retirement medical plan, the  HP Retiree  Medical Program,  but
must bear the full cost of their participation. Effective January  1, 2006, employees whose combination
of age and years of service was less than 62 were no longer eligible  for the  subsidized Pre-2003
Program, but instead were eligible for the HP Retiree Medical Program.  Employees  no longer eligible
for the Pre-2003 Program, as well as employees  hired on  or after January 1, 2003,  are eligible for
certain credits under the HP Retirement Medical Savings  Account Plan (‘‘RMSA  Plan’’) upon attaining
age 45. Upon retirement, former employees  may use credits under the  RMSA Plan for the
reimbursement of certain eligible medical expenses,  including premiums required for coverage under
the HP Retiree Medical Program. In February 2007,  HP further limited future eligibility for  the
Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program to those  employees  who were within five  years  of satisfying  the
program’s retirement criteria on June 30, 2007.  Employees not meeting the  modified program  criteria
may become eligible for participation  in the HP Retiree Medical Program. In November 2008, HP
announced that it  was changing the limits on future cost-sharing  for  the Pre-2003 Program  whereby all
future cost increases will be paid by participating retirees  starting in 2011.  In June 2008,  HP modified
the RMSA Plan to provide that generally only those  employees  who were employed  with HP  as of
July 31, 2008 would be eligible to receive employer credits.  In September  2008, HP further modified
the RMSA Plan to provide that such employees would  receive employer credits only in the  form of
matching contributions.

HP currently collects a retiree drug subsidy  from  the U.S. federal  government relating to the
retiree prescription drug benefits that  it provides. Collecting the  retiree drug subsidy is one of  several
alternatives under Medicare Part D that employers have  in financing these benefits. In  March 2010, HP
decided to contract with a prescription drug  plan, leveraging the employer group waiver plan process,
to provide group benefits under Medicare Part D as an alternative  to  collecting  the retiree drug
subsidy. This change in retiree prescription drug  financing strategy will take effect in  2013, and,  due  to
the health care reform legislation enacted  in March 2010, is  expected to give HP access to greater U.S.
federal subsidies over time to help pay for retiree benefits. Aside from this impact, the health care
reform legislation is not expected to  affect the cost  of  HP’s  retiree welfare programs because  the
subsidy offered by HP to retiree participants is fixed.

During fiscal year  2010, HP also announced  the elimination  of  company-paid  retiree life insurance

effective January 1, 2011.

Defined Contribution Plans

HP offers various defined contribution plans  for U.S. and non-U.S. employees. Total  defined

contribution expense was $628 million in fiscal 2012,  $626 million in  fiscal  2011 and $535 million in
fiscal 2010. U.S. employees are automatically enrolled in the  Hewlett-Packard Company 401(k)  Plan
(the ‘‘HP 401(k) Plan’’) when they meet eligibility  requirements,  unless they decline participation.

Effective April 1, 2009, HP matching contributions for  the HP 401(k) Plan was changed to 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 all of the quarters in  fiscal 2010 were 100% of the maximum 4% match. Effective at
the beginning of fiscal 2011, the quarterly employer matching contributions in the  HP 401(k) Plan were

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no longer discretionary, but equal to 100%  of an  employee’s contributions,  up to a maximum of 4% of
eligible compensation.

Effective January 31, 2004, HP designated  the HP Stock Fund, an investment  option under the HP

401(k) Plan, as an employee stock ownership plan and, as a  result, participants in  the HP Stock  Fund
may receive dividends in cash or may reinvest such dividends into the  HP Stock  Fund. HP paid
approximately $10 million, $8 million and $7  million in  dividends for the HP  common shares held  by
the HP Stock Fund in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. HP records the dividends as a reduction
of retained earnings in the Consolidated  Statements of Stockholders’  Equity.  The HP Stock  Fund held
approximately 20 million shares of HP  common  stock at  October 31, 2012.

Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Expense

HP’s net pension and post-retirement benefit cost (credit) recognized in the Consolidated

Statements of Earnings was as follows  for the  following  fiscal  years  ended  October 31:

Service cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest cost
Expected return  on plan assets . .
Amortization and deferrals:

Actuarial loss (gain) . . . . . . . .
Prior service benefit . . . . . . ..

43
—

33
—

Net periodic  benefit (credit) cost

(183)

(116)

Curtailment loss (gain) . . . . ..
Settlement loss (gain) . . . . . . .
Special termination benefits . .

—
11
833

—
3
—

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2010

2012

2011

2010

2012

2011

2010

$

1
566
(793)

$

1
594
(744)

$

1
578
(662)

In millions
$ 343
694
(890)

$ 294
690
(816)

$ 319
657
(756)

$

7
35
(38)

$ 9
35
(37)

$ 12
47
(32)

27
—

(56)

—
7
—

235
(24)

379

4
(18)
17

235
(14)

368

—
9
16

214
(11)

423

(6)
7
29

(3)
(79)

3
(83)

14
(87)

(78)

(73)

(46)

(30) — (13)
—
—
—
—

—
227

Net benefit cost (credit) . . . . . . .

$ 661

$(113) $ (49) $ 382

$ 393

$ 453

$119

$(73) $(59)

The weighted-average assumptions used to calculate  net benefit cost  were  as follows for  the

following fiscal years ended October  31:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2010

2012

2011

2010

2012

2011

2010

Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average increase in compensation levels .
Expected long-term return on assets . . . .

4.8% 5.6% 5.9% 4.5% 4.4% 5.0% 4.4% 4.4% 5.4%
2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% —
7.6% 8.0% 8.0% 6.4% 6.8% 7.0% 10.0% 10.5% 9.5%

— —

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Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Funded Status

The funded status of the defined benefit and post-retirement  benefit plans was as follows for the

following fiscal years ended October  31:

Change in fair value of plan assets:
Fair value—beginning of year
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition/addition of plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Actual return on plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employer contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participants’ contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Currency impact

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

In millions

$10,662
—
1,411
50
—
(556)
(31)
—

$ 9,427
—
1,389
279
—
(424)
(9)
—

$13,180
8
1,327
582
57
(462)
(193)
(478)

$12,760
51
20
458
65
(450)
(49)
325

$ 394
—
36
31
59
(125)
—
—

$ 374
—
56
24
55
(115)
—
—

Fair value—end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11,536

10,662

14,021

13,180

395

394

Change in benefit obligation:

Projected benefit obligation—beginning of  year . . . .
Acquisition/addition of plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Service cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest cost
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participants’ contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Actuarial loss (gain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Plan amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Curtailment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Special termination benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Currency impact

$11,945
—
1
566
—
1,479
(556)
—
—
(31)
833
—

$10,902
—
1
594
—
881
(424)
—
—
(9)
—
—

$16,328
25
294
690
57
2,143
(462)
(67)
5
(395)
17
(538)

$16,089
36
343
694
65
(632)
(450)
(154)
—
(50)
16
371

$ 816
—
7
35
59
34
(125)
—
5
—
227
(2)

$ 845
9
9
35
55
(23)
(115)
—
—
—
—
1

Projected benefit obligation—end of year . . . . . . . . . .

14,237

11,945

18,097

16,328

1,056

816

Plan assets less than benefit obligation . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2,701)

(1,283)

(4,076)

(3,148)

(661)

(422)

Net amount recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ (2,701) $ (1,283) $ (4,076) $ (3,148) $ (661) $(422)

Accumulated benefit obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$14,236

$11,943

$17,070

$15,413

The net amounts recognized for HP’s defined benefit and post-retirement benefit plans  in HP’s

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of October 31,  2012 and October  31, 2011 were as follows:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

Non-current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Current liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-current liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $ — $

(33)
(2,668)

(32)
(1,251)

In millions
$

260
(39)
(4,297)

418
(43)
(3,523)

$ — $ —
(30)
(124)
(392)
(537)

Net amount recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(2,701) $(1,283) $(4,076) $(3,148) $(661) $(422)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

The following table summarizes the pretax net  experience  loss (gain) and prior service benefit

recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss  for the company’s  defined benefit and
post-retirement benefit plans as of October 31, 2012.

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

Net experience loss (gain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prior service benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive  loss

$1,828
—

$1,828

In millions
$5,061
(298)

$4,763

$ (11)
(235)

$(246)

The following table summarizes the experience  loss and prior service benefit that will be amortized

from accumulated other comprehensive  loss (income) and recognized as components of net periodic
benefit cost (credit) during the next fiscal  year.

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

Net experience loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prior service benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total to be recognized in accumulated other

comprehensive loss (income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$78
—

$78

In millions
$347
(28)

$319

$ 1
(67)

$(66)

The weighted-average assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation disclosed were as

follows for the fiscal years ended October  31, 2012 and 2011:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average increase in compensation levels . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1% 4.8% 3.8% 4.5% 3.0% 4.4%
2.0% 2.0% 2.4% 2.5% —

—

Defined benefit plans with projected benefit obligations exceeding the  fair value of plan  assets

were as follows:

Aggregate fair value of plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aggregate projected benefit obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$11,536
$14,237

$10,662
$11,945

$10,283
$14,618

$ 9,851
$13,418

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2012

2011

In millions

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Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Defined benefit plans with accumulated benefit obligations exceeding the  fair value  of plan assets

were as follows:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

2012

2011

2012

2011

In millions

Aggregate fair value of plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aggregate accumulated benefit obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$11,536
$14,236

$10,662
$11,943

$10,193
$13,645

$ 8,465
$11,323

Fair Value Considerations

The table below sets forth the fair value of our plan assets as of October  31, 2012 by asset

category, using the same three-level hierarchy  of fair-value inputs  described in  Note 9.

U.S. Defined Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined  Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Level 1 Level 2 Level  3

Total

Level 1 Level 2 Level  3

Total

Level 1 Level 2 Level  3 Total

In millions

Asset Category:
Equity securities

28
50

$ — $ 1,649

$—
4,175 —

$— $ — $ —
—
—

—

U.S.
Non-U.S.
Debt securities

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,150 $ — $ — $ 1,150 $1,621 $

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

866

—

—

866

4,049

Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Government(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— 3,442
1,411

1,626

1
3,443
— 3,037

— 2,878
— 1,653

Alternative Investments

Private Equities(2) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hybrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hedge Funds
Real Estate Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Insurance Group Annuity Contracts . .
Common Collective Trusts and 103-12

3
—
—
—
—

— 1,300
2
—
65
—
—
—
—
—

1,303
2
65
—
—

2

—
— 1,089
296
—
177
449
60
—

Investment Entities . . . . . . . . . . .

— 1,546

— 1,546

Registered Investment Companies

(‘‘RICs’’)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cash and Cash Equivalents(4)
Other(5)

119
(66)
(245)

342
108
(134)

—
—
—

461
42
(379)

—

—
439
575

—

—
5
36

76

—
—

21
—
233
194
88

—

—
—
2

2,878 —
6
1,653

23 —
1,089 —
529 —
820 —
148 —

— —

— 73
444 —
(4)
613

17
16

—
—
—
—
—

49

—
2
—

—
—

235
1
—
—
—

—

—
—
—

17
22

235
1
—
—
—

49

73
2
(4)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,453 $6,715 $1,368 $11,536 $7,135 $6,272

$614

$14,021

$75

$84

$236

$395

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Includes debt issued by national, state and local  governments and agencies.

Includes limited partnerships and venture capital partnerships.

Includes publicly and privately traded RICs.

Includes cash and cash equivalents such as short-term marketable securities.

Includes international insured contracts, derivative instruments and unsettled transactions.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Changes in fair value measurements of  Level 3 investments during the year ended October 31,

2012, were as follows:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S.  Defined Benefit Plans

Debt
Securities

Alternative
Investments

Equity

Debt
Securities

Alternative
Investments

Insurance

Corporate Private

Hedge

US

Non  US Corporate Private Hedge Real Group

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

Alternative
Investments

Private

Debt

Equities Hybrids Funds Total Equities Equities

Debt

Equities Funds Estate Annuities Cash Other Total Equities Hybrids Total

Beginning

In  millions

.

.

balance at
October 31,
.
2011 .
Actual return
on plan
assets:
Relating to
assets still
held at the
reporting
date .
.
Relating to

.

.

.

assets sold
during the
period .
.
Purchases,
sales,
settlements
(net)
.
.
Transfers in
and/or out
of Level 3

.

Ending

balance at
October 31,
.
2012 .

.

.

.

$—

$1,356

$ 4

$— $1,360

$ 30

—

$ 3

$20

$300

$199

$89

$(4) $19 $656

$227

$1

$228

.

.

.

.

.

—

(67)

(1)

—

(68)

(2)

—

(1)

(1)

(76)

(5)

1

— (1)

(85)

13

—

13

—

103

1

—

104

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

— — —

3

—

3

1

—

(92)

(2)

65

(28) —

—

—

—

— (28)

—

76

(2)

16

—

43

(2)

— — 55

(8) —

(8)

—

(14)

9

(43)

—

4

(16)

(12) —

—

—

$ 1

$1,300

$ 2

$65 $1,368

$ —

76

$—

$21

$233

$194

$88

$— $ 2 $614

$235

$1

$236

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

The table below sets forth the fair value of our plan assets as of October  31, 2011 by asset

category, using the same three-level hierarchy of fair-value inputs  described in  Note 9.

U.S. Defined Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Total

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Total

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total

In millions

Asset Category:
Equity securities

U.S.
Non-U.S.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 974
850

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ — $ — $

—

—

974 $1,140
4,066
850

$ 200
354

$ 30
—

$ 1,370
4,420

$16
7

$—
—

$ — $ 16
7

—

Debt securities(6)

Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Government(1)
. . . . . . . . . . .

— 3,031
1,331

1,801

— 3,031
— 3,132

— 2,948
— 1,275

Alternative Investments
Private Equities(2)
Hybrids
Hedge Funds(6)
Real Estate Funds
Insurance Group Annuity

. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .

Contracts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Common Collective Trusts and

103-12 Investment Entities . . . .

Registered Investment

3
—
—
—

—

—

Companies(3)

. . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and Cash Equivalents(4) . . . .
Other(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

206
(4)
(117)

— 1,356
4
—
—
—
—
—

—

843

375
68
(59)

—

—

—
—
—

1,359
4
—
—

—

843

581
64
(176)

—
—
—
349

16

—

—
573
217

1
790
259
138

46

—

—
8
144

3
—

20
—
300
199

89

—

—
(4)
19

2,951
1,275

21
790
559
686

151

—

—
577
380

—
5

—
—
—
—

—

—

69
—
(5)

22
22

—
—
—
—

—

21

7
2
—

—
—

227
1
—
—

—

—

—
—
—

22
27

227
1
—
—

—

21

76
2
(5)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,713

$5,589

$1,360 $10,662 $6,361

$6,163

$656

$13,180

$92

$74

$228

$394

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Includes debt issued by national, state and local  governments and agencies.

Includes limited partnerships and venture capital partnerships.

Includes publicly and privately traded RICs.

Includes cash and cash equivalents such as short-term marketable securities.

Includes international insured contracts, derivative instruments and unsettled transactions.

Certain non-U.S. debt securities and hedge funds in the aggregate of $3.2 billion  have been  reclassified from level  1 to level 2 based
upon further analysis of the investments.

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Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Changes in fair value measurements of  Level 3 investments during the year ended October 31,

2011, were as follows:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Alternative
Investments

Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans

Debt

Equity Securities

Alternative
Investments

Insurance
Group

Private
Equities Hybrids Total Equities

US

Corporate Private Hedge Real

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

Alternative
Investments

Private

Debt

Equities Funds Estate Annuities Cash Other Total Equities Hybrids Total

In millions

Beginning balance at
October 31, 2010 .
.
Actual return on plan

assets:

Relating to assets still

.

. $1,034

$ 6

$1,040

$ 64

$ 6

$14

$231

$225

$ 74

$— $ 2

$616

$154

$ 1

$155

held at the reporting
.
.
.
.
date .
Relating to assets sold
during the period .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Purchases, sales,

settlements (net) .

.
Transfers in and/or out of
.
.

Level 3 .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

127

154

(29)

70

—

1

(1)

(2)

127

155

30

—

(30) —

—

—

1

68

(64)

(4)

3

—

3

—

(26)

(26)

—

30

65

—

—

—

17

—

— —

— (1)

(18)

— (1)

16

(4)

19

(2)

(1)

15

28

32

18

23

—

—

—

—

—

32

18

23

—

Ending balance at

October 31, 2011 .

.

.

. $1,356

$ 4

$1,360

$ 30

$ 3

$20

$300

$199

$ 89

$ (4) $19

$656

$227

$ 1

$228

Plan  Asset Valuations

The following is a description of the  valuation  methodologies used for pension  plan assets
measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used  during  the reporting
period.

Investments in securities are valued at the closing price  reported on the  stock exchange  in which
the individual securities are traded. For corporate,  government  and  asset-backed debt securities, fair
value is based upon observable inputs of  comparable market transactions.  For  corporate and
government debt securities traded on  active exchanges, fair value  is based  upon observable quoted
prices. Underlying assets for alternative investments such as limited partnerships,  joint ventures and
private  equities are determined by the general partner or the general partner’s designee on a  quarter  or
periodic basis. Common collective trusts,  interest in 103-12  entities and registered  investment
companies are valued at the net asset value established  by the  funds sponsor, based upon fair  value of
the assets underlying the funds. The valuation for some of these assets  requires judgment due to the
absence of quoted market prices, and these assets are therefore classified as Level 3. Cash  and cash
equivalents includes money market accounts, which  are valued based on  the net asset value of the
shares. Other assets were valued based upon the level  of input (e.g., quoted prices, observable inputs
(other than Level 1) or unobservable  inputs that  were significant to the fair value  measurement of the
assets).

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Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Plan Asset Allocations

The weighted-average target and actual asset allocations across  the  benefit plans at the  respective

measurement dates were as follows:

Asset  Category

Public equity securities . . . . . .
Private/other equity securities .
Real estate and other . . . . . . .

U. S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans

2012
Target
Allocation

Plan Assets

2012

2011

2012
Target
Allocation

Plan Assets

2012

2011

2012
Target
Allocation

Plan Assets

2012

2011

23.7% 23.0%
11.9% 12.8%
(3.3)% (1.7)%

41.5% 43.9%
11.7% 10.5%
10.2% 8.1%

8.6% 12.2%
59.6% 57.9%
(0.9)% (1.3)%

Equity related investments . . .
Public debt securities . . . . . . .
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40.0% 32.3% 34.1% 64.5% 63.4% 62.5% 68.0% 67.3% 68.8%
60.0% 61.5% 63.3% 34.6% 33.4% 33.2% 28.0% 27.9% 27.6%
6.2% 2.6% 0.9% 3.2% 4.3% 4.0% 4.8% 3.6%

—

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Investment Policy

HP’s investment strategy for worldwide plan  assets is to seek a competitive rate  of return relative
to an appropriate level of risk depending  on the funded status of each  plan. The majority of the plans’
investment managers employ active investment  management strategies with  the goal of outperforming
the broad markets in which they invest.  Risk  management practices include  diversification  across asset
classes and investment styles and periodic  rebalancing toward asset allocation  targets. A number of the
plans’ investment managers are authorized to utilize derivatives for investment or  liability  exposures,
and HP utilizes derivatives to effect asset allocation changes  or  to  hedge certain  investment or liability
exposures.

The target asset allocation selected for each  U.S. plan reflects  a  risk/return profile HP feels is
appropriate relative to each plan’s liability structure and  return goals.  HP conducts periodic asset-
liability studies for U.S. plan assets in  order to model various potential asset allocations in  comparison
to each plan’s forecasted liabilities and liquidity needs. HP invests a portion of  the U.S.  defined benefit
plan  assets and post-retirement benefit  plan assets in  private market securities such as venture capital
funds  to provide diversification and higher expected returns.

Outside the United States, asset allocation  decisions are typically made by an independent board
of trustees. As in the U.S., investment  objectives  are designed to generate  returns that will  enable the
plan  to meet its future obligations. In some countries, local  regulations require adjustments in  asset
allocation, typically leading to a higher percentage in fixed income than would otherwise be deployed.
HP’s investment subsidiary acts in a consulting and governance role in reviewing investment  strategy
and providing a recommended list of investment  managers for each  country plan, with final  decisions
on asset allocation and investment managers made  by  local trustees.

Basis for Expected Long-Term Rate of Return on  Plan Assets

The expected long-term rate of return on  assets for each U.S.  plan  reflects the expected returns
for each  major asset class in which the  plan invests and the weight of each asset class in the  target  mix.

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Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Expected asset class returns reflect the  current yield on U.S. government bonds and risk premiums  for
each asset class. Because HP’s investment policy is to employ primarily active investment managers who
seek to outperform the broader market,  the asset class expected returns  are adjusted  to  reflect  the
expected additional returns net of fees.

The approach used to arrive at the expected rate of return on  assets for the non-U.S. plans  reflects

the asset allocation policy of each plan and the expected country real  returns for  equity and  fixed
income investments. On an annual basis, HP  gathers empirical data from the  local country subsidiaries
to determine expected long-term rates of return  for equity and fixed income  securities. HP  then weights
these expected real rates of return based on country specific allocation mixes  adjusted for inflation.

Settlements

During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, HP completed the  transfer  of  the substitutional portion of

its Japan pension liability and obligation  to  the Japanese government. This transfer resulted  in
recognizing a net gain of $28 million, which is comprised of a net settlement  loss of $150 million  and a
gain on government subsidy of $178  million. The  government subsidy consisted  of the elimination of
$344 million of pension obligations and the  transfer of $166 million of pension  assets to the Japanese
government.

Retirement Incentive Program

As part of the 2012 restructuring plan, the company announced  a voluntary enhanced early

retirement program for its U.S employees. Participation in the  EER program was limited to those
employees whose combined age and  years  of service equaled 65 or more.  Approximately  8,500
employees elected to participate in the EER  program  and will leave the company  on dates designated
by the company with the majority of  the EER participants having  left the  company on  August 31, 2012
and  others exiting through August 31,  2013. The  U.S. defined benefit pension plan  was  amended to
provide that the EER benefit will be paid from the plan for electing EER participants who are current
participants in the pension plan. The retirement incentive benefit is calculated  as a lump sum and
ranges between five and fourteen months of pay  depending on years of service  at the time of
retirement under the program. As a result  of this retirement  incentive,  HP recognized  a STB expense
of $833 million, which reflected the present value of all  additional  benefits  that  HP will distribute from
the pension plan assets. HP recorded these expenses  as a restructuring charge.  In addition, a  U.S.
defined benefit plan re-measurement was also required, which resulted  in no material change  to  the
2012 net periodic pension expense.

HP extended to all employees participating  in the EER program the opportunity to continue
health care coverage at active employee contribution rates for up  to  24 months  following retirement. In
addition, for employees not grandfathered into certain employer-subsidized  retiree medical plans, HP is
providing up to $12,000 in employer credits under  the RMSA  program.  These items resulted  in an
additional STB expense of $227 million,  which was  offset  by net curtailment gains in those programs  of
$37 million, due primarily to the resulting accelerated recognition of  existing prior service cost/credits.
The entire STB and approximately $30  million in curtailment gains were  recognized in the  second half
of fiscal 2012. HP reported this net expense as a restructuring charge.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 16:  Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans  (Continued)

Future Contributions and Funding Policy

In fiscal 2013, HP expects to contribute approximately $674 million to its non-US  pension plans
and  approximately $33 million to cover benefit payments to  U.S. non-qualified plan participants. HP
expects to pay approximately $124 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 meets at least the
minimum contribution requirements, as  established  by local government, funding and taxing authorities.

Estimated Future Benefits Payable

HP estimates that  the future benefits payable for the retirement  and  post-retirement  plans in place

were as follows at October 31, 2012:

U.S. Defined
Benefit Plans

Non-U.S.
Defined
Benefit Plans

In millions

Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans(1)

Fiscal year ending October 31

2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Next five fiscal years to October 31, 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,324(2)
$ 594
$ 606
$ 643
$ 689
$3,674

$ 437
$ 461
$ 487
$ 529
$ 582
$3,645

$164(2)
$133(2)
$ 78
$ 72
$ 69
$307

(1) The estimated future benefits payable for the post-retirement plans  are  reflected  net of the

expected Medicare Part D subsidy.

(2)

Increase in future benefits payable primarily attributable to the 2012  EER program.

Note 17: Commitments

HP leases certain real and personal property under  non-cancelable operating leases. Certain leases
require HP to pay property taxes, insurance and routine maintenance and include renewal options and
escalation clauses. Rent expense was approximately $1,012 million in fiscal 2012,  $1,042 million in fiscal
2011 and $1,062 million in fiscal 2010. Sublease rental income was approximately $37 million in fiscal
2012, $38 million in fiscal 2011 and $46 million in fiscal 2010.

At October 31, 2012 and October 31,  2011, property under capital lease, which was comprised

primarily of equipment and furniture, was approximately $882 million and $577 million, respectively,
and was included in property, plant and equipment in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Accumulated depreciation on the property under  capital lease was approximately $453  million and
$454 million, respectively, at October 31,  2012 and October 31, 2011.  The related  depreciation is
included in depreciation expense.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 17:  Commitments (Continued)

Future annual minimum lease payments,  sublease rental income  commitments and capital lease

commitments at October 31, 2012 were as follows:

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Thereafter

Total

Minimum lease payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: Sublease rental income . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$780
(28)

$665
(23)

$517
(18)

In millions
$351
(9)

$218
(4)

$752

$642

$499

$342

$214

Capital lease commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: Interest payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 59
(8)

$240
(6)

$ 11
(3)

$ 51

$234

$

8

$

$

7
(2)

5

$

$

4
(2)

2

$805
(12)

$793

$ 33
(12)

$ 21

$3,336
(94)

$3,242

$ 354
(33)

$ 321

At October 31, 2012, HP had unconditional purchase obligations of  approximately  $1.6 billion.
These unconditional purchase obligations  include  agreements  to  purchase goods or  services that are
enforceable and legally binding on HP and that  specify  all  significant terms, including  fixed  or
minimum quantities to be purchased,  fixed,  minimum or variable  price provisions and the approximate
timing of  the transaction. Unconditional purchase  obligations exclude agreements that are  cancelable
without penalty. These unconditional  purchase obligations are related principally to inventory and  other
items. Future unconditional purchase  obligations at  October 31, 2012 were as follows:

Unconditional purchase obligations . . . . . . . . .

$1,131

$230

In millions
$53

$218

$—

$—

$1,632

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Thereafter

Total

Note 18: 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 October 31, 2012,  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.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 18:  Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

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
the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘‘CJEU’’) and  therefore  revoked the  German Federal
Supreme Court decision and remitted  the matter  to  it. On July  21, 2011,  the German  Federal  Supreme
Court stayed the proceedings and referred several questions to the CJEU  with regard  to  the
interpretation of the European Copyright  Directive. The CJEU conducted  an oral hearing in  October
2012 and is expected to issue a decision approximately seven months  thereafter,  after which the  matter
will be remitted back to the German Federal Supreme Court.

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 A 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

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 18:  Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

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. On
July 21, 2011, the German Federal Supreme Court stayed the  proceedings and referred several
questions to the CJEU with regard to the interpretation of the European  Copyright Directive. The
CJEU conducted an oral hearing in October  2012 and is expected to issue  a decision approximately
seven months thereafter, after which the matter will  be  remitted  back  to the German Federal Supreme
Court.

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.  On
November 16, 2012, the court issued  a decision holding that  Belgium law is  not  in conformity  with EU
law in a number of respects and ordered that, by November  2013, Reprobel  substantiate that the
amounts claimed by Reprobel are commensurate with  the harm  resulting from legitimate  copying  under
the reprographic exception.

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 number of  units  impacted and  the amounts of
the 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 filed against HP on
June 14, 2004 that is pending in state court in Santa Clara County, California. The lawsuit alleges that
Intel Corporation (‘‘Intel’’) concealed performance problems related  to  the Intel Pentium  4 processor
by, among others things, the manipulation of performance benchmarks. The lawsuit alleges that HP
aided and abetted  Intel’s allegedly unlawful conduct. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages,
restitution, attorneys’ fees and costs. On November 23, 2011, plaintiffs  filed  a motion  seeking to certify
a nationwide class asserting claims under the California Unfair Competition  Law. On  April 19, 2012,
the court issued an order granting in part and denying  in part  the  plaintiffs’ motion.  As to Intel, the
court certified a nationwide class excluding  residents of Illinois.  As to HP, the court certified  a class
limited to California residents who purchased their computers  ‘‘from HP’’ for ‘‘personal, family or
household use.’’ As required by the same order,  the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint that limits
their claims against HP to a California class while reserving the right  to  seek  additional state-specific
subclasses as to HP.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

Note 18:  Litigation and Contingencies (Continued)

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.

(cid:129) A consolidated lawsuit captioned In re HP Inkjet  Printer Litigation was filed in the United States

District Court for the Northern District  of California seeking class  certification,  restitution,
damages (including enhanced damages), injunctive relief,  interest, costs, and  attorneys’  fees.

(cid:129) A lawsuit captioned Blennis v. HP was filed on  January 17, 2007  in the  United States District
Court for the Northern District of California  seeking  class  certification, restitution, damages
(including enhanced damages), injunctive relief, interest,  costs, and attorneys’ fees.

(cid:129) A lawsuit captioned Rich v. HP was  filed against HP on May  22, 2006 in the United States

District Court for the Northern District  of California alleging  that HP designed its color inkjet
printers to unnecessarily use color ink in addition to black  ink when printing black and white
images and text and seeking to certify a nationwide injunctive class and a  California-only
damages class.

(cid:129) Two class actions against HP and its subsidiary, Hewlett-Packard (Canada)  Co., are pending in

Canada, one commenced in British Columbia  in February 2006  and one commenced in  Ontario
in June  2006, where the plaintiffs are seeking class certification, restitution, declaratory relief,
injunctive relief and unspecified statutory, compensatory and punitive  damages.

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. Under
the terms of the settlement, the lawsuits were  consolidated, and eligible class members  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 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, the settlement  provides for  class counsel and the  class representatives to
be paid attorneys’ fees and expenses and stipends. On March 29, 2011, the court granted final approval
of the settlement.  On April 27, 2011,  certain class members who  objected  to  the settlement filed an
appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of the  court’s order granting final
approval of the settlement.

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:

(cid:129) Cunningham and Cunningham, et al. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation is a  purported

collective action filed on May 10, 2006 in the  United States District  Court  for the  Southern

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District of New York claiming that current and former EDS employees allegedly involved  in
installing and/or maintaining computer software  and hardware  were  misclassified as  exempt
employees. Another purported collective  action, Steavens, et al. v.  Electronic Data Systems
Corporation, which was filed on October 23,  2007, is also now pending in the  same court  alleging
similar facts. The Steavens case has been consolidated  for pretrial purposes with the Cunningham
case. On December 14, 2010, the court granted conditional certification of a class consisting  of
employees in 20 legacy EDS job codes  in the consolidated  Cunningham and Steavens matter.
Approximately 2,600 current and former EDS employees have filed  consents  to  opt-in to the
litigation. Plaintiffs had alleged separate ‘‘opt  out’’ classes based on  the overtime  laws  of  the
states of California, Washington, Massachusetts and New  York, but plaintiffs have  dismissed
those claims.

(cid:129) Salva v. Hewlett-Packard Company is a purported collective action  filed on June 15, 2012  in the

United States District Court for the Western District  of  New York  alleging that certain
information technology employees allegedly involved in installing and/or maintaining computer
software and hardware were misclassified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards
Act. On August 31, 2012, HP filed its answer  to  plaintiffs’ complaint and  counterclaims against
named two of the  three named plaintiffs.  Also  on August 31, 2012,  HP filed a motion to transfer
venue to the United States District Court  for the  Eastern  District of Texas. A  hearing on  HP’s
motion to transfer venue was scheduled for  November 21, 2012, but was postponed by the court.

(cid:129) Heffelfinger, et al. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation  is a class action filed  in November  2006

in California Superior Court claiming that  certain EDS  information technology workers in
California were misclassified as exempt employees. The case was  subsequently transferred  to  the
United States District Court for the Central  District of California, which,  on January  7, 2008,
certified a class of information technology workers  in California. On June 6, 2008, the court
granted the defendant’s motion for summary  judgment. The plaintiffs subsequently filed  an
appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for  the Ninth Circuit. On  June  7, 2012, the
Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment  for two of the named plaintiffs,  but reversed
summary judgment on the third named  plaintiff,  remanding  the case back  to  the trial court  and
inviting the trial court to revisit its prior  certification order. The defendant has  moved to
decertify the class, and, in November 2012, the  trial court issued a tentative  order granting  the
defendant’s motion. Another purported class action originally filed in California Superior Court,
Karlbom, et al. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation, which was  filed on March 16, 2009, alleges
similar facts and is pending in San Diego County  Superior Court.

(cid:129) Blake, et al. v. Hewlett-Packard Company  is a purported nationwide  collective  action filed  on

February 17, 2011 in the United States District Court for  the Southern  District of Texas claiming
that a class of information technology support personnel were misclassified as exempt employees
under the Fair Labor Standards Act. On February 10, 2012, plaintiffs  filed a motion requesting
that the court conditionally certify the case as  a  collective action. HP  has opposed plaintiffs’
motion for conditional certification, and the  court has taken the motion under advisement. Only
one opt-in plaintiff had joined the named  plaintiff  in the lawsuit  at the time that the motion was
filed.

India Directorate of Revenue Intelligence  Proceedings. On April 30 and May 10, 2010, the India

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (the ‘‘DRI’’) issued show  cause notices to Hewlett-Packard India

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Sales Private Ltd (‘‘HPI’’), a subsidiary  of HP, seven current  HP employees  and one former HP
employee alleging that HP underpaid customs duties while importing products and spare parts into
India and seeking to recover an aggregate of approximately  $370 million,  plus penalties. Prior to the
issuance of the show cause notices, HP  deposited approximately $16 million with the DRI and agreed
to post a provisional bond in exchange  for the  DRI’s agreement to not seize HP products  and spare
parts and to not interrupt the transaction  of business  by HP  in India.

On April 11, 2012, the Bangalore Commissioner  of  Customs  issued an order  on the  products show

cause notice affirming certain duties and  penalties against HPI and the named individuals of
approximately $386 million, of which HPI had  already deposited $9 million. On December 11, 2012,
HPI voluntarily deposited an additional $10 million  in connection with  the products  show cause notice.

On April 20, 2012, the Commissioner issued an  order on the  parts show cause notice affirming

certain duties and penalties against HPI  and  certain of  the named individuals of  approximately
$17 million, of which HPI had already deposited $7 million. After  the order, HPI  deposited an
additional $3 million in connection with  the parts show cause notice  so  as to avoid certain penalties.

HPI filed appeals of the Commissioner’s orders before the Customs Tribunal along with

applications for waiver of the pre-deposit of remaining demand amounts as  a condition for hearing the
appeals. The customs department has also filed  cross-appeals before the  Customs  Tribunal. A hearing
on the deposit waiver was expected to be held  in December 2012 but was postponed  at the  request  of
the Customs Tribunal. A new hearing  date is expected to be  set for February 2013. After that hearing,
the Customs Tribunal is expected to  set  the actual amount of the additional deposit  that  will be
required for HPI to proceed with the appeals. The amount of the additional deposit for the products
appeal is expected  to be between zero and  $367 million,  plus interest, and the amount of the additional
deposit for the spare parts appeal is  expected  to  be  between zero  and $3 million.

On March 12, 2012 the Chennai Additional  Commissioner of Customs issued  an order affirming
duties, interest and penalties of approximately $254,000 on one of the two June 17,  2010 software show
cause notices. HPI had deposited $108,000 during the investigation and after the order deposited  an
additional $21,500 against this software order  to  avoid certain  penalties.  HPI  has filed  an appeal before
the Commissioner (Appeals) along with  application  for waiver of pre-deposit  of  the remaining demand
amount as a condition for hearing the appeal. The amount of the additional deposit  for the  Chennai
software appeal is expected to be between zero and $80,000.

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 A35 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
German PPO has issued an indictment of  four  individuals,  including one current and  two former HP
employees, on charges including bribery,  breach of trust  and tax  evasion. The German PPO has  also
asked that HP be made an associated  party  to  the case, and, if the German PPO’s request is granted,
HP’s participation in the court proceedings  would be limited  to  any portion  of the proceedings that
could ultimately bear on the question of whether HP should be subject to potential disgorgement of
profits based on the conduct of the indicted current and former employees.

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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 information from HP relating to certain transactions in Russia and in the Commonwealth of
Independent States sub-region dating back to 2000.

HP is cooperating with these investigating agencies.

ECT Proceedings.

In January 2011, the postal service of Brazil,  Empresa Brasileira de Correios  e

Tel´egrafos  (‘‘ECT’’), notified HP that it had initiated administrative proceedings against an HP
subsidiary in Brazil (‘‘HP Brazil’’) to  consider whether to suspend HP Brazil’s  right to bid and contract
with ECT related to alleged improprieties  in  the bidding and contracting processes whereby  employees
of HP Brazil and employees of several  other  companies coordinated their  bids for  three ECT contracts
in 2007 and 2008.  In late July 2011, ECT  notified HP  it  had decided  to  apply the penalties against HP
Brazil, suspending HP Brazil’s right to bid  and  contract with ECT for five years, based upon the
evidence before it. In August 2011, HP  filed petitions with ECT requesting that the decision  be
revoked and seeking injunctive relief to have the application of the penalties suspended until a final,
non-appealable decision is made on the merits of the  case. HP  is currently awaiting a response from
ECT on both petitions. Because ECT  did not rule on  the substance of HP’s  petitions in  a timely
manner, HP filed a lawsuit seeking similar relief from the  court.  The  court of first instance has not
decided the merits of HP’s lawsuit, but has denied HP’s request  for injunctive relief suspending
application of the penalties pending a final, non-appealable decision on the merits  of  the case. HP
appealed the denial of its request for  injunctive relief to the intermediate appellate  court, which  issued
a preliminary ruling denying the request  for injunctive  relief but reducing the length of the  sanctions
from five to two years. HP appealed  that decision  and,  in December 2011, obtained a ruling staying
enforcement of ECT’s sanctions until HP  can be heard on the full merits of the case.  HP expects the
appeal on the merits to last several years.

Stockholder Litigation. As described below, HP is involved in various  stockholder litigation

commenced against certain current and  former HP  executive officers and/or  certain  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:

(cid:129) Saginaw Police & Fire Pension Fund v. Marc L.  Andreessen, et al. is a lawsuit filed  on October 19,
2010 in the United States District Court  for  the Northern District of  California  alleging, among
other things, that the defendants breached their fiduciary  duties and  were  unjustly enriched by
consciously disregarding HP’s alleged violations of the FCPA. On  August 15, 2011, the
defendants filed a motion to dismiss the  lawsuit. On March  21, 2012, the  court granted the
defendants’ motion to dismiss, and the court entered judgment in  the defendants’ favor and
closed the case on May 29, 2012. On  June  28, 2012, the  plaintiff  filed an appeal with the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth  Circuit.

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(cid:129) A.J. Copeland v. Raymond J. Lane, et al. is a lawsuit filed on  March 7, 2011 in the United States

District Court for the Northern District  of California  alleging,  among  other  things,  that  the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties  and wasted corporate assets in connection with HP’s
alleged violations of the FCPA, HP’s severance payments made to Mr. Hurd,  and HP’s
acquisition of 3PAR Inc. The lawsuit  also  alleges violations of Section  14(a) of the Exchange  Act
in connection with HP’s 2010 and 2011  proxy statements. On February  8, 2012,  the defendants
filed  a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. On October  10, 2012, the  Court granted the defendants’
motion to dismiss with leave to file an amended  complaint. On November 1, 2012,  plaintiff  filed
an amended complaint adding an unjust enrichment  claim  and claims  that  the defendants
violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and breached their fiduciary  duties in connection
with HP’s 2012 proxy statement.

(cid:129) Richard Gammel v. Hewlett-Packard Company, et al. is  a  putative securities class  action filed  on
September 13, 2011 in the United States  District Court for the  Central District of  California
alleging, among other things, that from  November 22, 2010 to August 18, 2011,  the defendants
violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act by concealing material information  and
making false statements about HP’s business model, the  future of the webOS  operating system,
and  HP’s commitment to developing and  integrating webOS products, including the TouchPad
tablet PC. On April 11, 2012, the defendants filed a motion  to  dismiss the lawsuit. On
September 4, 2012, the court granted  the defendants’  motion to dismiss and gave  plaintiff
30 days to file an amended complaint.  On  October 19, 2012,  plaintiff filed  an amended
complaint that asserts the same causes  of  action but drops one of the defendants  and shortens
the period that the alleged violations  of the  Exchange  Act occurred to February 9, 2011  to
August 18, 2011.

(cid:129) Ernesto Espinoza v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. and Larry Salat v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. are consolidated
lawsuits filed on September 21, 2011  in the United States District Court for  the Central District
of California alleging, among other things, that the defendants violated Section  10(b) and 20(a)
of the Exchange Act by concealing material information and making false statements about HP’s
business model and the future of webOS, the TouchPad and HP’s PC  business.  The  lawsuits also
allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties, wasted corporate assets and  were
unjustly enriched when they authorized  HP’s repurchase of its  own stock on August  29, 2010 and
July 21, 2011.

(cid:129) Luis Gonzalez v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. and Richard Tyner v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. are consolidated
lawsuits filed on September 29, 2011  and  October 5, 2011, respectively, in  California Superior
Court alleging, among other things, that  the defendants breached their fiduciary duties,  wasted
corporate assets and were unjustly enriched by concealing material  information  and making  false
statements about HP’s business model and the future  of webOS,  the TouchPad and  HP’s PC
business and by authorizing HP’s repurchase of its own stock on  August 29, 2010 and July  21,
2011. The lawsuits are currently stayed pending resolution of the Espinoza/Salat  consolidated
action in federal court.

(cid:129) Cement & Concrete Workers District Council Pension Fund  v. Hewlett-Packard Company, et al.  is a

putative securities class action filed  on August 3,  2012 in the United States  District Court for  the
Northern District of California alleging,  among  other  things, that from  November 13, 2007 to
August  6, 2010 the defendants violated Sections 10(b)  and 20(a)  of  the Exchange Act by making

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statements regarding HP’s Standards of Business Conduct (‘‘SBC’’) that  were  false and
misleading because Mr. Hurd, who was serving as HP’s Chairman  and  Chief Executive  Officer
during that period, had been violating the SBC and  concealing his misbehavior  in a manner that
jeopardized his continued employment  with HP.

Autonomy-Related Legal Matters

Investigations. As a result of the findings of an ongoing  investigation, HP has provided

information to the U.K. Serious Fraud  Office,  the U.S.  Department of Justice and the SEC  related to
the accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and  misrepresentations at Autonomy that occurred
prior to and in connection with HP’s  acquisition  of Autonomy. On November 21, 2012, representatives
of the U.S. Department of Justice advised HP that  they had opened an investigation relating to
Autonomy. HP is cooperating with the three  investigating agencies.

Litigation. As described below, HP is involved in  various stockholder litigation relating to, among

other  things, its November 20, 2012 announcement that  it recorded a non-cash  charge for the
impairment of goodwill and intangible assets  within its Software  segment of approximately $8.8 billion
in the  fourth quarter of its 2012 fiscal  year and HP’s statements that, based  on HP’s findings from an
ongoing investigation, the majority of this impairment charge related to accounting improprieties,
misrepresentations to the market and disclosure failures at Autonomy that occurred prior to and  in
connection with HP’s acquisition of Autonomy and the impact  of those improprieties, failures and
misrepresentations on the expected future financial  performance of the Autonomy business over  the
long term. This stockholder litigation was commenced against, among others, certain  current and
former HP executive officers, certain  current and former members of the  HP Board  of  Directors, and
certain advisors to HP. The plaintiffs in these litigation matters are  seeking  to  recover certain
compensation paid by HP to the defendants and/or other damages. These matters  include the
following:

(cid:129) Allan J. Nicolow v. Hewlett-Packard Company, et al. is a  putative  securities class  action filed  on
November 26, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of  California
alleging, among other things, that from  August 19, 2011 to November 20, 2012,  the defendants
violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act by concealing material information  and
making false statements related to HP’s acquisition  of Autonomy and the financial performance
of HP’s enterprise services business.

(cid:129) Philip Ricciardi v. Michael R. Lynch, et al. is  a  lawsuit filed on November 26, 2012 in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging, among other things, that
the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and  20(a)  of the  Exchange Act by  concealing material
information and making false statements related to HP’s  acquisition of Autonomy.  The lawsuit
also alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary  duties,  wasted corporate assets and were
unjustly enriched in connection with HP’s acquisition  of Autonomy and by causing  HP to
repurchase its own stock at allegedly  inflated prices  between August 2011  and October 2012.

(cid:129) Ernesto Espinoza v. Michael R. Lynch, et al. is a lawsuit filed on November 27,  2012 in the

United States District Court for the Northern District  of  California  alleging, among other  things,
that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of  the Exchange Act by concealing
material information and making false statements related to HP’s acquisition of Autonomy  and

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the financial performance of HP’s enterprise services business. The lawsuit also alleges that the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties,  wasted  corporate  assets and were unjustly enriched in
connection with HP’s acquisition of Autonomy and by causing HP  to  repurchase its own  stock at
allegedly inflated prices between August  2011 and October 2012.

(cid:129) Andrea Bascheri, et al. v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. is a lawsuit filed on November 30, 2012 in the

United States District Court for the Northern District  of  California  alleging, among other  things,
that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of  the Exchange Act by concealing
material information and making false statements related to HP’s acquisition of Autonomy  and
the financial performance of HP’s enterprise services business. The lawsuit also alleges that the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties,  wasted  corporate  assets and were unjustly enriched
by causing HP to misrepresent its business and financial prospects and by causing HP to
repurchase its own stock at allegedly  inflated prices  between August 2011  and October 2012.
The lawsuit further alleges that certain individual  defendants  engaged in  or assisted insider
trading and thereby breached their fiduciary duties, were unjustly enriched and violated
Sections 25402 and 25403 of the California Corporations Code.

(cid:129) Davin Pokoik v. Hewlett-Packard Company, et al. is a  putative  securities class  action filed  on

November 30, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of  California
alleging, among other things, that from  August 19, 2011 to November 19, 2012,  the defendants
violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act by concealing material information  and
making false statements related to HP’s acquisition  of Autonomy and the financial performance
of HP’s enterprise services business.

(cid:129) Martin Bertisch v. L´eo Apotheker, et al. is a lawsuit filed on December 3, 2012 in the United

States District Court for the Northern District of  California alleging, among other things, that
the defendants violated Sections 10(b)  and 20(a) of the Exchange Act by  concealing material
information and making false statements related to HP’s acquisition of Autonomy  and the
financial performance of HP’s enterprise services  business. The lawsuit also  alleges that the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties, wasted corporate  assets and were unjustly enriched in
connection with HP’s hiring of Leo Apotheker as  Chief Executive Officer and HP’s acquisition
of Autonomy and by causing  HP to repurchase its own  stock  at  allegedly inflated prices  between
August 2011 and October 2012.

(cid:129) Mike Laffen v. Hewlett-Packard Co., et al. is a  putative class action filed on December 6, 2012 in
the United States District Court for the Northern District  of California alleging, among other
things, that, from December 12, 2011 to November 22, 2012, HP’s 401(k) Plan Committee and
HP’s Investment Review Committee breached  their  fiduciary obligations to  HP’s  401(k) plan  and
its participants and thereby violated Sections 404(a)(1)  and  405(a)  of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘ERISA’’).

(cid:129) Miriam Birinkrant v. Michael R. Lynch,  et  al. is a lawsuit  filed on December 14, 2012  in

California Superior Court alleging, among other things, that the defendants  breached  their
fiduciary duties, wasted corporate assets and were  unjustly enriched in  connection with  HP’s
acquisition of Autonomy and by causing  HP to repurchase its own stock  at allegedly inflated
prices between August 2011 and October 2012.

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(cid:129) City of Birmingham Retirement & Relief  System v.  L´eo Apotheker, et al. is a lawsuit filed on

December 18, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
alleging, among other things, that the defendants violated  Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the
Exchange Act by concealing material information  and  making false statements related to HP’s
acquisition of Autonomy and the financial performance of HP’s enterprise services business. The
lawsuit also alleges that the defendants  breached  their  fiduciary duties,  wasted corporate assets
and were unjustly enriched in connection with HP’s acquisition of  Autonomy and the financial
performance of HP’s enterprise services business.

(cid:129) Karyn Lustig v. Margaret C. Whitman, et al. is a putative  class action filed on December 18,  2012
in the United States District Court for the  Northern District of California  alleging, among other
things, that from August 19, 2011 to  November 20, 2012, the defendants  breached their fiduciary
obligations to HP’s 401(k) plan and its  participants  and thereby  violated Sections 404(a)(1) and
405(a) of ERISA by concealing negative information regarding the financial performance of
Autonomy and HP’s enterprise services business and failing to restrict  participants from  investing
in HP  stock.

Environmental

HP’s operations and 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  HP’s products  and  the recycling, treatment and disposal  of those
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, and the energy consumption associated  with those products,
including requirements relating to climate  change. HP is also subject to legislation in an  increasing
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 and may become a party to, or
otherwise involved in, proceedings brought by private parties for  contribution towards clean-up  costs.
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.

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Description of Segments

HP is a  leading global provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to
individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (‘‘SMBs’’), and large enterprises,  including
customers in the government, health  and education  sectors.  HP’s  offerings  span  personal  computing
and  other access devices; 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; imaging  and  printing-related products and
services; and enterprise information technology (‘‘IT’’) infrastructure,  including enterprise  storage  and
server technology, networking products and solutions,  IT management software,  information
management solutions and security intelligence/risk management  solutions.

HP’s operations are organized into seven reportable business segments for financial reporting

purposes: Personal Systems (formerly known as the  Personal Systems Group or ‘‘PSG’’), Printing
(formerly known as the Imaging and Printing Group or  ‘‘IPG’’),  Services, ESSN,  Software, 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 reportable
business segments are based on this organizational structure and information reviewed by HP’s
management to evaluate the business segment  results.

As part of a realignment of the structure of HP’s business in fiscal 2012, HP has structured the
Personal Systems segment and the Printing segment  beneath  a  newly formed Printing and  Personal
Systems Group (‘‘PPS’’). While PPS is  not  a  financial reporting segment, HP  sometimes provides
financial data aggregating the segments within  it in order to provide a supplementary view of its
business.

Effective November 1, 2012, HP created the Enterprise Group segment consisting  of the business

units within its ESSN segment and the TS  business unit,  which is a part  of its existing Services segment.
The remaining business units in HP’s Services segment, ITO and ABS, will combine to comprise  a new
Enterprise Services segment.

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

Printing and Personal Systems Group’s mission is  to  leverage the respective  strengths of the Personal

Systems business and the Printing business  in creating a single, unified business that is
customer-focused and poised to capitalize on rapidly shifting  industry  trends. Each of the business
segments within PPS is described in detail below.

(cid:129) Personal  Systems provides commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations,  calculators and other

related  accessories, software and services for the commercial and consumer markets.
Commercial PCs are optimized for commercial uses, including enterprise and SMB customers,
and  for connectivity and manageability in networked  environments. Commercial PCs  include the
HP ProBook and HP EliteBook lines of  notebooks and the Compaq Pro, Compaq Elite, HP Pro
and  HP Elite lines of business desktops,  as well  as the  All-in-One Touchsmart and  Omni PCs,
HP Mini-Note PCs, retail POS systems, HP Thin Clients and  HP Slate Tablet PCs. Consumer
PCs include the HP Pavilion, HP Elite,  Envy  and  Compaq Presario series of multi-media
consumer notebooks, desktops and mini notebooks,  including the  TouchSmart line  of  touch-
enabled all-in-one notebooks and desktops.  HP’s  workstations are designed  for users  demanding

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

enhanced performance, such as computer animation, engineering  design and  other programs
requiring high-resolution graphics, and run on  both Windows and  Linux-based operating systems.

(cid:129) Printing provides consumer and commercial  printer hardware,  supplies, media and  scanning

devices. Printing is also focused on imaging  solutions in the commercial  markets.  These solutions
range  from managed print services to capturing high-value pages  in areas such as  industrial
applications, outdoor signage, and the graphic arts business. Inkjet and Web  Solutions delivers
HP’s consumer and SMB inkjet solutions  (hardware, supplies, media, web-connected hardware
and  services). It includes single-function and all-in-one  inkjet  printers  targeted toward  consumers
and  SMBs, as well as Snapfish and ePrintCenter. LaserJet and  Enterprise  Solutions delivers
products, services and solutions to the SMB and enterprise segments, including LaserJet  printers
and  supplies, multi-function devices, scanners, web-connected hardware and services and
enterprise software solutions, such as Exstream  Software and  Web  Jetadmin. Managed
Enterprise Solutions include managed print service products, support and solutions delivered to
enterprise customers partnering with third-party software providers to offer workflow solutions in
the enterprise environment. Graphics Solutions  include large format printing (Designjet and
Scitex) and supplies, Indigo digital presses and supplies, inkjet high-speed production solutions
and  supplies, speciality printing systems  and graphics services. Graphic Solutions  targets print
service providers, architects, engineers, designers, photofinishers and industrial solution
providers.

(cid:129) Services provides technology consulting, outsourcing  and  support services  across infrastructure,

applications and business process domains. Services is divided  into  three main  areas:
Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing,  Technology Services  and Application and Business
Services. Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing  delivers  comprehensive services  that  encompass
the data center, IT security, Cloud-based computing, workplace technology,  network, unified
communications, and enterprise service management. Technology Services provides technology
consulting and support services for transforming IT, and converging and supporting IT
infrastructure. The technology consulting  portfolio includes  strategic IT  advisory services, cloud
consulting services, unified communications  solutions, data center transformation  services and
education consulting services. In addition to warranty support across HP’s product  lines, support
services includes HP Foundation Care, the  portfolio of reactive hardware  and software support
services; HP Proactive Care, which includes advanced remote system-monitoring tools,
continuous onsite rapid response and direct  access to HP’s  technical  experts and resources;  HP
Datacenter Care for flexible customer support for HP and multivendor systems;  and Lifecycle
Event services, which are event-based services offering HP’s technology expertise and consulting
for each phase of the technology life cycle. Application and  Business Services helps clients
develop, revitalize and manage their applications and information  assets. This  full application life
cycle approach encompasses application development, testing, modernization, system  integration,
maintenance and management for both packaged and custom-built applications. The Application
and  Business Services portfolio also includes intellectual property-based industry solutions,
services and technologies to help clients  better manage critical business processes. HP also offer
services for customer relationship management, finance and administration, human resources,
payroll and document processing.

(cid:129) Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking provides server, storage, networking and,  when
combined with HP’s Cloud Service Automation software suite, the  HP CloudSystem.  The

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

CloudSystem enables infrastructure, platform and software-as-a-service in  private, public or
hybrid environments. Industry Standard Servers offers ProLiant servers, running primarily
Windows, Linux and virtualization platforms from Microsoft Corporation, VMware,  Inc. and
other  major vendors and leveraging Intel  Corporation and Advanced  Micro  Devices, Inc. x86
processors. The business spans a range of server product lines, including pedestal-tower,
traditional rack, density-optimized rack, HP’s BladeSystem family of server  blades and  solutions
for large distributed computing companies (Hyperscale class) who buy  and  deploy compute
nodes at a massive scale. Business Critical Systems offers HP Integrity  servers based on the Intel
Itanium-based processor, HP Integrity NonStop solutions and scale-up x86  ProLiant Servers for
scalability of systems with more than  four  industry  standard processors.  HP’s storage offerings
include storage area networks, network attached storage, storage management software and
virtualization technologies, StoreOnce data  deduplication  solutions, tape drives and tape
libraries. HP’s networking portfolio includes switches and routers that span the data center,
campus and branch environments and deliver network  management and  unified communications.
HP’s wireless networking offerings include wireless  LAN access points and controllers/switches.

(cid:129) Software provides enterprise information management solutions for  both structured and

unstructured data, IT management software  and  security intelligence/risk  management solutions.
Solutions are delivered in the form of traditional software licenses, software-as-a-service, hybrid
or appliance deployment models. Augmented  by support  and professional services,  HP software
solutions allow IT organizations to gain customer  insight and optimize infrastructure, operations,
application life cycles, application quality,  security, IT services and business processes. In
addition, these solutions help businesses  proactively safeguard digital assets, comply  with
corporate and regulatory policies, and control internal and  external security risks.

(cid:129) HP Financial Services supports and enhances HP’s global product and services  solutions,

providing a broad range of value-added  financial life cycle management services.  HPFS  enables
HP’s worldwide customers to acquire  complete IT solutions,  including hardware, software  and
services. HPFS offers leasing, financing, utility programs, and asset recovery services, as  well as
financial asset management services for large global and enterprise customers. HPFS also
provides an array of specialized financial services to SMBs  and educational and governmental
entities. HPFS offers innovative, customized  and flexible  alternatives  to  balance unique customer
cash flow, technology obsolescence and capacity needs.

(cid:129) Corporate Investments includes business  intelligence solutions,  HP Labs, the  webOS business and

certain business incubation projects. Business intelligence solutions enable business to
standardize on consistent data management  schemes, connect and share  data  across the
enterprise and apply analytics.

Segment Data

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

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

the corporate level. These unallocated costs include primarily restructuring  charges  and any associated
adjustments related to restructuring actions, impairment and amortization  of  purchased intangible
assets, impairment of goodwill, stock-based compensation expense  related  to  HP-granted  employee
stock options, PRUs, restricted stock awards and the  employee stock purchase plan, certain acquisition-
related charges and charges for purchased IPR&D, as well  as certain  corporate governance costs.

Segment revenue includes revenues from sales to external customers  and  intersegment revenues
that reflect transactions between the segments that are carried out  at an arm’s-length transfer price.
Intersegment revenues primarily consist of sales of hardware and software that are  sourced internally
and, in the majority of the cases, are structured through HPFS  as operating leases.  HP’s Consolidated
Net Revenue is derived and reported  after elimination of intersegment revenues for  such arrangements
in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

To provide improved visibility and comparability, HP has reclassified segment operating results  for

fiscal 2011 and 2010 to conform to certain  fiscal 2012 organizational realignments.  The  realignment
resulted in transfer of revenue and operating profit among  Services, Printing,  ESSN, Software and
Corporate Investments. In addition, revenue was transferred among the business units within Services.
These realignments include:

(cid:129) The transfer of Indigo and Scitex support and the  LaserJet and  enterprise  solutions  trade
support business from the TS business unit within Services to the Commercial Hardware
business unit within Printing;

(cid:129) The transfer of the TippingPoint business  from  the Networking  business  unit within  ESSN to

Software;

(cid:129) The transfer of the business intelligence services business from Corporate Investments to a newly

formed ABS business unit within Services;

(cid:129) The consolidation of the Application Services, Business Process Outsourcing  and Other Services

business units within Services into the  new ABS business unit; and

(cid:129) The transfer of the information management services  business from  Software to the new ABS

business unit within Services.

These changes had no impact on the  previously reported financial results for  Personal  Systems  or

HPFS. In addition, none of these changes  impacted HP’s previously  reported consolidated net revenue,
earnings from operations, net earnings or  net earnings  per share.

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

Selected operating results information for each  business segment was as  follows for  the following

fiscal years ended October 31:

Printing and
Personal Systems

Personal
Systems Printing Services

Enterprise
Servers, Storage
and Networking(1)

Software(2)

HP Financial
Services

Corporate
Investments(3)

Total

2012
Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,699
951
Intersegment net revenue and other .

$24,266 $34,365
557

221

Total segment net revenue . . . . . . $35,650

$24,487 $34,922

$19,379
1,112

$20,491

Earnings (loss) from operations

. . $ 1,706

$ 3,585 $ 4,095

$ 2,132

2011
Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,368
1,206
Intersegment net revenue and other .

$25,874 $35,333
369

302

Total segment net revenue . . . . . . $39,574

$26,176 $35,702

$20,778
1,286

$22,064

Earnings (loss) from operations

. . $ 2,350

$ 3,927 $ 5,203

$ 2,997

2010
Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,003
738
Intersegment net revenue and other .

$25,941 $35,169
107

235

Total segment net revenue . . . . . . $40,741

$26,176 $35,276

$19,068
1,178

$20,246

Earnings (loss) from operations

. . $ 2,032

$ 4,357 $ 5,714

$ 2,814

$3,757
303

$4,060

$ 827

$3,128
239

$3,367

$ 722

$2,602
210

$2,812

$ 787

$3,784
35

$3,819

$ 388

$3,568
28

$3,596

$ 348

$3,037
10

$3,047

$ 281

$

$

107
1

108

$120,357
3,180

$123,537

$ (238)

$ 12,495

$

$

196
12

208

$127,245
3,442

$130,687

$(1,619)

$ 13,928

$

$

214
—

214

$126,033
2,479

$128,512

$ (358)

$ 15,627

(1)

(2)

(3)

Includes the results of 3Com and 3PAR from the dates of acquisition in April  2010 and  September 2010,  respectively.

Includes the results of ArcSight and Autonomy  from the dates of acquisition in October  2010 and  October 2011, respectively.

Includes the results of Palm from the date of acquisition in July 2010 and  the impact of the  decision to wind down the webOS
device business during the quarter ended  October 31,  2011.

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

follows for the following fiscal years ended October 31:

Earnings before taxes:
Total segment earnings from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate and unallocated costs and  eliminations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unallocated costs related to certain stock-based compensation

expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of purchased intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill and purchased  intangible assets . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest and other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012

2011

2010

In millions

$ 12,495
(790)

$ 13,928
(314)

$ 15,627
(614)

(632)
(1,784)
(18,035)
(45)
(2,266)
(876)

(618)
(1,607)
(885)
(182)
(645)
(695)

(613)
(1,484)
—
(293)
(1,144)
(505)

Total HP consolidated (loss) earnings before taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ (11,933) $ 8,982

$ 10,974

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

HP allocates its assets to its business segments  based on the primary segments  benefiting from the
assets. Total assets by segment and the reconciliation of segment assets to HP  consolidated  total assets
were as follows at October 31:

2012

2011

2010

Personal Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 12,752
11,169

Printing and Personal Systems Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HP Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate Investments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate and unallocated assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23,921

31,234
16,000
12,264
12,924
248
12,177

In millions
$ 15,781
11,939

$ 16,548
12,514

27,720

40,614
17,539
21,028
13,543
517
8,556

29,062

41,989
18,262
9,979
12,123
1,619
11,469

Total HP consolidated assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$108,768

$129,517

$124,503

Assets  allocated to the Personal Systems segment  decreased  19%  in fiscal 2012  driven largely  by

the recording of an impairment charge to purchased intangible  assets related to a change in  the
branding strategy impacting the ‘‘Compaq’’ trade name  as described  further in  Note 7.  Assets allocated
to the Services segment decreased 23% due primarily  to  the recording of an  impairment charge  to
goodwill related to the ES reporting  unit as described further in Note  7. In addition, assets allocated to
the Software segment decreased 42%  due  primarily to the recording  of  an impairment charge to
goodwill and purchased intangible assets  related to the Autonomy  reporting unit as described further in
Note 7.

The total assets allocated to the Corporate  Investments segment  decreased  68% in fiscal 2011
mostly due to an impairment charge to goodwill  and  certain purchased intangible assets associated with
the Palm acquisition following the decision to wind down the webOS  device business. Assets allocated
to the Software segment increased by 111% in  fiscal 2011 due to the acquisition of  Autonomy. In
addition, 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 Software to Services. There have  been no  other material changes to
the total assets of HP’s segments since October  31, 2010.

Major Customers

No single customer represented 10% or  more of HP’s total net revenue  in any  fiscal year

presented.

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

Geographic Information

Net revenue, classified by the major geographic areas in  which HP operates, was  as follows for  the

following fiscal years ended October  31:

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Net revenue:
U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-U.S.

$ 42,140
78,217

$ 44,111
83,134

$ 44,542
81,491

Total HP consolidated net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$120,357

$127,245

$126,033

Net revenue by geographic area is based upon the sales location  that predominately represents the
customer location. For each of the years ended October  31, 2012, 2011 and  2010, other than the United
States, no country represented more than  10% of HP’s total  consolidated net  revenue. HP  reports
revenue net of sales taxes, use taxes  and  value-added taxes directly  imposed by governmental
authorities on HP’s revenue producing transactions with its customers.

At October 31, 2012, the United States, the Cayman Islands and Ireland each had 10% or more of

HP’s total consolidated net assets. At October  31, 2011, the  United States and the Netherlands each
had 10% or more of HP’s total consolidated net assets.  At October 31,  2010, no single country other
than the United States had 10% or more of HP’s  total  consolidated  net assets.

Net property, plant and equipment, classified by major geographic  areas in which HP operates, was

as follows for the following fiscal years ended  October 31:

Net property, plant and equipment:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
U.S.
U.K.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 5,894
1,195
4,865

$ 6,126
1,195
4,971

$ 6,479
1,085
4,199

Total HP consolidated net property, plant and  equipment . . . . . . . . . . . .

$11,954

$12,292

$11,763

2012

2011

2010

In millions

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Note 19:  Segment Information (Continued)

Net revenue by segment and business unit

The following table provides net revenue by segment and business unit  for the  following  fiscal

years ended October 31:

Net revenue:

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Notebooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 18,830
13,888
2,148
784

$ 21,319
15,260
2,216
779

$ 22,602
15,519
1,786
834

Personal Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Printing and Personal Systems Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application and Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Industry Standard Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Storage(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Critical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Networking(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software(3)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HP Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate Investments(4)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35,650

16,151
5,895
2,441

24,487

60,137

14,692
10,463
9,767

34,922

12,582
3,815
1,612
2,482

20,491

4,060
3,819
108

39,574

17,154
6,183
2,839

26,176

65,750

15,224
10,542
9,936

35,702

13,521
4,056
2,095
2,392

22,064

3,367
3,596
208

40,741

17,249
5,981
2,946

26,176

66,917

14,974
10,270
10,032

35,276

12,574
3,785
2,292
1,595

20,246

2,812
3,047
214

Total segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

123,537

130,687

128,512

Eliminations of inter-segment net revenue and  other . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3,180)

(3,442)

(2,479)

Total HP consolidated net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$120,357

$127,245

$126,033

(1)

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

(2) The networking business was  added to ESSN in  fiscal  2011. Also includes the results of 3Com

from the date of acquisition in April  2010.

(3)

(4)

Includes  the results of ArcSight and  Autonomy  from the dates  of  acquisition  in October  2010 and
October 2011, respectively.

Includes  the results of Palm from the  date of acquisition in July  2010 and the impact of the
decision to wind down the webOS device business during the quarter ended October 31, 2011.

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Quarterly Summary
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share amounts)

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost  of  sales(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selling, general and  administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization  of  purchased  intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment  of goodwill  and  purchased  intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total costs and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings  (loss) from  operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest  and other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings  (loss) before taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Provision) benefit  for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net earnings (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net earnings (loss) per share:(2)

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash  dividends paid  per  share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Range  of per share stock prices on the New York  Stock Exchange

Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost  of  sales(1)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selling, general and  administrative(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization  of  purchased  intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment  of goodwill  and  purchased  intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquisition-related charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total costs and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings  from  operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest  and other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings  before taxes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for  taxes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net earnings per share:(2)

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash  dividends paid  per  share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Range  of per share stock prices on the New York  Stock Exchange

Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Three-month periods ended in fiscal  2012

January 31

April 30

July 31

October 31

$30,036
23,313
786
3,367
466
—
40
22
27,994
2,042
(221)
1,821
(353)
$ 1,468

$
$
$

0.74
0.73
0.12

$ 25.02
$ 28.88

$30,693
23,541
850
3,540
470
—
53
17
28,471
2,222
(243)
1,979
(386)
$ 1,593

$
$
$

0.80
0.80
0.12

$29,669
22,820
854
3,366
476
9,188
1,795
3
38,502
(8,833)
(224)
(9,057)
200
$ (8,857)

$ (4.49)
$ (4.49)
0.13
$

$29,959
22,711
909
3,227
372
8,847
378
3
36,447
(6,488)
(188)
(6,676)
(178)
$ (6,854)

$ (3.49)
$ (3.49)
0.13
$

$ 22.85
$ 30.00

$ 17.73
$ 25.40

$ 13.80
$ 20.26

Three-month periods ended in fiscal  2011

January 31

April 30

July 31

October 31

$32,302
24,381
798
3,117
425
—
158
29
28,908
3,394
(97)
3,297
(692)
$ 2,605

$
$
$

1.19
1.17
0.08

$ 40.77
$ 47.83

$31,632
23,832
815
3,425
413
—
158
21
28,664
2,968
(76)
2,892
(588)
$ 2,304

$31,189
23,901
812
3,430
358
—
150
18
28,669
2,520
(121)
2,399
(473)
$ 1,926

$
$
$

1.07
1.05
0.08

$
$
$

0.94
0.93
0.12

$ 37.60
$ 49.39

$ 33.95
$ 41.74

$32,122
25,304
829
3,605
411
885
179
114
31,327
795
(401)
394
(155)
239

$

$
$
$

0.12
0.12
0.12

$ 21.50
$ 35.50

(1)

(2)

(3)

Cost of products,  cost of services and  financing interest.

EPS  for  each quarter is computed using  the  weighted-average number of shares outstanding during that quarter,
while  EPS for the fiscal year is computed  using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the year.
Thus, the sum  of the EPS for  each of the  four quarters may not equal the EPS for the fiscal year.

In connection  with  organizational  realignments implemented in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, 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.

168

ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements  with Accountants on Accounting and  Financial Disclosure.

None.

ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures.

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, 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 Securities and  Exchange Commission (‘‘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.

See Management’s Report on Internal Control over  Financial  Reporting and  the Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on our internal  control over financial reporting  in
Item 8, which are incorporated herein  by reference.

ITEM 9B. Other Information.

None.

169

ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

PART III

The names of the  executive officers of HP  and  their  ages,  titles and biographies as  of  the date

hereof are incorporated by reference from Part I, Item 1, above.

The following information is included in HP’s  Proxy Statement related to  its 2013 Annual  Meeting

of Stockholders to be filed within 120  days after  HP’s fiscal year end  of  October 31,  2012 (the ‘‘Proxy
Statement’’) and is incorporated herein by reference:

(cid:129) Information regarding directors of  HP who are standing for reelection  and any persons

nominated to become directors of HP is  set forth under ‘‘Election  of  Directors.’’

(cid:129) Information regarding HP’s Audit Committee and designated  ‘‘audit committee financial

experts’’ is set forth under ‘‘Board Structure and Committee Composition—Audit Committee.’’

(cid:129) Information on HP’s code of business conduct and ethics  for directors, officers and employees,

also known as the ‘‘Standards of Business Conduct,’’ and on HP’s Corporate Governance
Guidelines is set forth under ‘‘Corporate  Governance Principles and Board Matters.’’

(cid:129) Information regarding Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance is  set forth under

‘‘Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership  Reporting Compliance.’’

ITEM 11. Executive Compensation.

The following information is included in the  Proxy  Statement and is incorporated herein by

reference:

(cid:129) Information regarding HP’s compensation of its named  executive officers is set  forth under

‘‘Executive Compensation.’’

(cid:129) Information regarding HP’s compensation of its directors  is set forth  under ‘‘Director

Compensation and Stock Ownership Guidelines.’’

(cid:129) The report of HP’s HR and Compensation Committee is  set  forth under  ‘‘HR and

Compensation Committee Report on  Executive Compensation.’’

ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain  Beneficial Owners  and  Management  and Related  Stockholder

Matters.

The following information is included in the  Proxy  Statement and is incorporated herein by

reference:

(cid:129) Information regarding security ownership of certain  beneficial owners,  directors and executive

officers is set forth under ‘‘Common Stock  Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners  and
Management.’’

(cid:129) Information regarding HP’s equity  compensation plans,  including  both  stockholder  approved

plans and non-stockholder approved plans, is set forth in the section entitled  ‘‘Equity
Compensation Plan Information.’’

ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and  Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The following information is included in the  Proxy  Statement and is incorporated herein by

reference:

(cid:129) Information regarding transactions  with  related persons  is set forth under ‘‘Transactions with

Related Persons.’’

170

(cid:129) Information regarding director independence  is set forth  under ‘‘Corporate Governance

Principles and Board Matters—Director  Independence.’’

ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees  and  Services.

Information regarding principal auditor fees and services is set forth under ‘‘Principal  Accountant

Fees and Services’’ in the Proxy Statement, which  information  is incorporated herein by reference.

171

PART IV

ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

1. All Financial Statements:

The following financial statements are filed as  part of  this  report  under Item  8—‘‘Financial

Statements and Supplementary Data.’’

Reports of Independent Registered Public  Accounting  Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management’s Report on Internal Control  Over  Financial  Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’  Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quarterly Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
168

2.

Financial Statement Schedules:

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2012.

All other schedules are omitted as the required  information is  inapplicable or the information is

presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto  in Item  8 above.

3. Exhibits:

A list of exhibits filed or furnished with  this report  on Form 10-K (or incorporated by reference to

exhibits previously  filed or furnished by HP)  is provided in the accompanying Exhibit Index. HP will
furnish copies of exhibits for a reasonable fee (covering the expense of furnishing copies) upon  request.
Stockholders may request exhibits copies by contacting:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Attn: Investor Relations
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II

For the fiscal years ended
October 31

2012

2011

2010

In millions

Allowance for doubtful accounts—accounts receivable:

Balance, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Increase in allowance from acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Addition of bad debt provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deductions, net of recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 470
—
100
(106)

$ 525
27
23
(105)

$ 629
7
80
(191)

Balance, end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 464

$ 470

$ 525

Allowance for doubtful accounts—financing  receivables:

Balance, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions to allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deductions, net of recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 130
42
(23)

$ 140
58
(68)

$ 108
76
(44)

Balance, end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 149

$ 130

$ 140

173

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section  13  or 15(d) 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.

Date: December 27, 2012

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

By:

/s/ CATHERINE A. LESJAK

Catherine A. Lesjak
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS, that each person whose  signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Catherine  A.  Lesjak, John F.  Schultz and David K. Ritenour, or any of
them, his or her attorneys-in-fact, for such person in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to
this  report and to file the same, with  exhibits thereto, and other  documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said
attorneys-in-fact, or substitute or substitutes, may do or  cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act of 1934, this report has  been signed

below by the following persons on behalf of  the registrant and in the capacities  and on the dates
indicated.

Signature

Title(s)

Date

/s/ MARGARET C. WHITMAN

Margaret C. Whitman

/s/ CATHERINE A. LESJAK

Catherine A. Lesjak

/s/ MARC A. LEVINE

Marc A. Levine

/s/ MARC L.  ANDREESSEN

Marc L. Andreessen

/s/ SHUMEET BANERJI

Shumeet Banerji

/s/ RAJIV L.  GUPTA

Rajiv L. Gupta

/s/ JOHN H. HAMMERGREN

John H. Hammergren

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

December 27, 2012

Director

Director

Director

Director

174

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

Signature

Title(s)

Date

/s/ RAYMOND J.  LANE

Raymond J. Lane

/s/ ANN M. LIVERMORE

Ann M. Livermore

/s/ GARY M. REINER

Gary M. Reiner

/s/ PATRICIA F. RUSSO

Patricia F. Russo

/s/ G. KENNEDY THOMPSON

G. Kennedy Thompson

/s/ RALPH W. WHITWORTH

Ralph W. Whitworth

Executive Chairman

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

175

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

3(a) Registrant’s Certificate of

10-Q 001-04423

3(a)

June 12, 1998

Incorporation.

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
Bylaws effective March 21, 2012.

8-K 001-04423

4(a) Senior Indenture between HP and

S-3 333-134327

3.1

4.9

March 23, 2012

June  7, 2006

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, National Association, as
successor in interest to J.P. Morgan
Trust Company, National Association
(formerly known as Chase Manhattan
Bank and Trust Company, National
Association), as Trustee, dated
June 1, 2000.

4(b) Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2000,

S-3 333-134327

4.9

June 7, 2006

between the Registrant and
J.P.  Morgan Trust Company, National
Association (formerly Chase
Manhattan Bank), as Trustee.

4(c) Form of Registrant’s Floating Rate

Global  Note due March 1, 2012,
5.25% Global Note due March 1,
2012 and 5.40% Global Note due
March 1, 2017.

4(d) 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.

4(e) Form of Registrant’s 6.125% Global
Note due March 1, 2014 and form of
related Officers’ Certificate.

4(f) 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 and February 28, 2007
4.3

8-K 001-04423 4.1, 4.2 and February 29,  2008
4.3

8-K 001-04423

4.1 and 4.2 December 8, 2008

8-K 001-04423

4.1, 4.2,  4.3 February 27, 2009

and 4.4

176

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

4(g) Form of Registrant’s Floating Rate

8-K 001-04423

4.1, 4.2, 4.3 September 13, 2010

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.

4(h) 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.

4(i) 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.

and 4.4

8-K 001-04423 4.1,  4.2 and December 2,  2010
4.3

8-K 001-04423 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
4.4, 4.5 and
4.6

June 1, 2011

4(j) Form of Registrant’s Floating Rate

8-K 001-04423 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, September 19,  2011

Global  Note due September 19, 2014,
2.350% Global Note due March 15,
2015, 3.000% Global Note due
September 15, 2016, 4.375% Global
Note due September 15, 2021 and
6.000% Global Note due
September 15, 2041 and form of
related Officers’ Certificate.

4(k) Form of Registrant’s 2.625% Global
Note due December 9, 2014, 3.300%
Global  Note due December 9, 2016,
4.650% Global Note due
December 9, 2021 and related
Officers’ Certificate.

4(l) Form of Registrant’s 2.600% Global

Note due September 15, 2017 and
4.050% Global Note due
September 15, 2022 and related
Officers’ Certificate.

4.4, 4.5 and
4.6

8-K 001-04423

4.1, 4.2,  4.3 December 12, 2011

and 4.4

8-K 001-04423 4.1, 4.2 and March 12, 2012
4.3

4(m) Specimen certificate for the
Registrant’s common stock.

8-A/A 001-04423

10(a) Registrant’s 2004 Stock Incentive

S-8 333-114253

4.1

4.1

June  23, 2006

April 7,  2004

Plan.*

10(b) Registrant’s 2000 Stock Plan,

10-K 001-04423

10(b)

December 18, 2008

amended and restated effective
September 17, 2008.*

177

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

10(c) Registrant’s Excess Benefit

8-K 001-04423

10.2

September 21, 2006

Retirement Plan, amended and
restated as of January 1, 2006.*

10(d) Hewlett-Packard Company Cash

8-K 001-04423

99.3

November 23, 2005

Account Restoration Plan, amended
and restated as of January 1, 2005.*

10(e) Registrant’s 2005 Pay-for-Results

10-K 001-04423

10(h)

December 14, 2011

Plan, as amended.*

10(f) Registrant’s 2005 Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended and
restated effective October 1, 2006.*

8-K 001-04423

10.1

September  21, 2006

10(g) First Amendment to the Registrant’s

10-Q 001-04423

10(q)

June 8, 2007

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

10(h) Employment Agreement, dated

10-Q 001-04423

10(x)

September 8, 2005

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

10(i) Registrant’s Executive Severance

10-Q 001-04423

10(u)(u)

June 13,  2002

Agreement.*

10(j) Registrant’s Executive Officers
Severance Agreement.*

10-Q 001-04423

10(v)(v)

June  13, 2002

10(k) Form letter  regarding severance

8-K 001-04423

10.2

March 22,  2005

offset for restricted stock and
restricted units.*

10(l) 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(m) Form of Restricted Stock Unit

10-Q 001-04423

10(c)(c)

June 8, 2007

Agreement for Registrant’s 2004
Stock Incentive Plan.*

10(n) Second Amendment to the

10-K 001-04423

10(l)(l)

December 18,  2007

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

10(o) Form of Agreement Regarding

8-K 001-04423

10.2

January 24, 2008

Confidential Information and
Proprietary Developments
(California).*

10(p) Form of Agreement Regarding

10-Q 001-04423

10(o)(o) March 10,  2008

Confidential Information and
Proprietary Developments (Texas).*

178

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

10(q) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement
for Registrant’s 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan.*

10-Q 001-04423

10(p)(p) March 10, 2008

10(r) Form of Restricted Stock Unit

10-Q 001-04423

10(q)(q) March  10, 2008

Agreement for Registrant’s 2004
Stock Incentive Plan.*

10(s) Form of Stock Option Agreement  for
Registrant’s 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan.*

10-Q 001-04423

10(r)(r) March  10, 2008

10(t) Form of Option Agreement for

10-Q 001-04423

10(t)(t)

June  6, 2008

Registrant’s 2000 Stock Plan.*

10(u) Form of Common Stock Payment
Agreement for Registrant’s 2000
Stock Plan.*

10-Q 001-04423

10(u)(u)

June 6,  2008

10(v) Third Amendment to the Registrant’s

10-K 001-04423

10(v)(v)

December 18, 2008

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

10(w) Form of Stock Notification and
Award Agreement for awards of
restricted stock units.*

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

10(y) Form of Stock Notification and
Award Agreement for awards of
restricted stock.*

10-K 001-04423

10(w)(w) December 18, 2008

10-K 001-04423

10(y)(y)

December 18,  2008

10-K 001-04423

10(z)(z)

December  18, 2008

10(z) Form of Restricted Stock Unit

10-Q 001-04423

10(a)(a)(a) March 10, 2009

Agreement for Registrant’s 2004
Stock Incentive Plan.*

10(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) Fourth Amendment to the

10-Q 001-04423

10(c)(c)(c)

June 5, 2009

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

10(c)(c) Fifth Amendment to the Registrant’s

10-Q 001-04423

10(d)(d)(d) September 4, 2009

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

10(d)(d) Amended and Restated Hewlett-

8-K 001-04423

10.2

March 23, 2010

Packard Company 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan.*

179

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

10(e)(e) Form of Stock Notification  and
Award Agreement for awards of
restricted stock units.*

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

10(g)(g) Form of Stock Notification  and
Award Agreement for awards of
restricted stock.*

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

10-K 001-04423

10(f)(f)(f) December 15, 2010

10-K 001-04423

10(g)(g)(g) December 15, 2010

10-K 001-04423

10(h)(h)(h) December 15,  2010

10-K 001-04423

10(i)(i)(i) December 15, 2010

10(i)(i) Form of Agreement Regarding

10-K 001-04423

10(j)(j)(j) December 15,  2010

Confidential Information and
Proprietary Developments
(California—new hires).*

10(j)(j) Form of Agreement Regarding

10-K 001-04423

10(k)(k)(k) December 15, 2010

Confidential Information and
Proprietary Developments
(California—current employees).*

10(k)(k) Letter Agreement, dated

10-K 001-04423

10(l)(l)(l) December 15,  2010

December 15, 2010, between the
Registrant and Catherine A. Lesjak.*

10(l)(l) First Amendment to the Registrant’s

10-Q 001-04423

10(o)(o)(o) September  9, 2011

Executive Deferred Compensation
Plan, as amended  and restated
effective October 1, 2004.*

10(m)(m) Sixth Amendment to the Registrant’s
2005 Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended and
restated effective October 1, 2006.*

10-Q 001-04423

10(p)(p)(p) September 9, 2011

10(n)(n) Employment offer letter, dated

8-K 001-04423

10.2

September 29,  2011

September 27, 2011, between the
Registrant and Margaret C.
Whitman.*

10(o)(o) Letter Agreement, dated

8-K 001-04423

99.1

November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011, among the
Registrant, Relational Investors LLC
and the other parties named therein.*

10(p)(p) Seventh Amendment to the

10-K 001-04423

10(e)(e)(e) December 14, 2011

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

180

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

10(q)(q) Registrant’s Severance Plan for

10-K 001-04423

10(f)(f)(f) December 14, 2011

Executive Officers, as amended and
restated.*

10(r)(r) Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement,
dated March 16, 2012, between the
Registrant and Margaret C.
Whitman.*

11 None.

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

13-14 None.

16 None.

18 None.

21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant as of

October  31, 2012.‡

22 None.

23 Consent of Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm.‡

24 Power of Attorney (included on the

signature page).

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.†

33-35 None.

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.‡

10-Q 001-04423

10(h)(h)(h)

June  8, 2012

181

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit(s)

Filing Date

Incorporated by Reference

101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension  Label

Linkbase Document.‡

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension

Presentation Linkbase Document.‡

*

‡

†

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan,  contract or arrangement.

Filed herewith.

Furnished herewith.

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.

182

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