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BYLAWS
OF
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation shall be
fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time establish branch
or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified
to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place
within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the board of directors. In
the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the
registered office of the corporation.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date
and at a time designated by the board of directors. At the meeting, directors
shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.
(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be
conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly
brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (i) specified in the notice
of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board
of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the board of directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before
the meeting by a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for
in these Bylaws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.2. For business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To
be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the corporation (A) not later than the close
of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business
on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's
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meeting, or (B) not less than the later of the close of business on the
forty-fifth (45th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the
seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the
corporation first sent or gave its proxy statement to stockholders for the
preceding year's annual meeting, whichever period described in clause (A) or (B)
of this sentence first occurs; provided, however, that in the event that no
annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting
is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after the
anniversary date of the previous year's meeting, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such meeting and not later than the close
of business on the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such meeting
and (y) the tenth (10) day following the date on which public announcement of
the date of such meeting is first made. For purposes of this Section 2.2, a
"public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the
Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service
or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment
of a stockholders meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above. A stockholder's notice to the secretary
shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the
annual meeting: (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual meeting, (2 )the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's
books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (3) the class and number of
shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (4)
any material interest of the stockholder in such business, and (5) any other
information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder
proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting,
stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated
under the 1934 Act. In addition, with respect to a stockholder proposal, if the
stockholder has provided the corporation a notice as described above, the
stockholder must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders
of a sufficient number of shares to carry such proposal in order for such
proposal to be properly presented. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to
the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of
the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the
meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so
determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(c) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors.
Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation
may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the board of
directors or by any stockholder of record of the corporation at the time of
giving notice provided for in these Bylaws, who is entitled to vote in the
election of directors at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or
at the direction of the board of directors, shall be made pursuant to timely
notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation in
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accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2. Such
stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the
stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A)
the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the
principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of
shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and
each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any
other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without
limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement,
if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to such
stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2; and (iii) a written statement executed by
such nominee acknowledging that, as a director of such corporation, such person
will owe a fiduciary duty, under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware , exclusively to the corporation and its stockholders. In addition, if
the stockholder has provided the corporation a notice as described above, the
stockholder must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders
of a sufficient number of shares to elect such nominee in order for the proposal
to be properly nominated. At the request of the board of directors, any person
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