Voting Results: HP 2013 Annual Meeting

HP - Press Releases - March 21, 2013 

Voting Results: HP 2013 Annual Meeting 

PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP held its 2013 annual meeting of stockholders on March 20, 2013, in Mountain View, Calif. 

At the meeting, HP stockholders voted on eight proposals and cast their votes as described below:

Proposal 1 HP stockholders elected 11 individuals to the Board of Directors:

                                                                                                                                          Votes For as a % 
Name                                           Votes For                      Votes Against              of Votes Cast Marc L. Andreessen              933,351,616                    404,324,818                      70%
Shumeet Banerji                   1,309,861,770                 27,102,190                        98% 
Rajiv L. Gupta                        1,072,974,459                 264,076,776                      80% 
John H. Hammergren          823,262,475                     703,853,332                      54% 
Raymond J. Lane                  787,009,172                    549,695,771                      59%
Ann M. Livermore                 1,316,390,039                 21,721,490                        98% 
Gary M. Reiner                       1,310,963,472                 25,890,073                        98% 
Patricia F. Russo                   1,203,722,444                 133,256,828                      90% 
G. Kennedy Thompson        832,972,223                    677,403,916                      55% 
Margaret C. Whitman           1,311,178,545                 26,236,419                        98% 
Ralph V. Whitworth              1,282,286,066                 52,982,748                        96%

Proposal 2 HP stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year: 

                                                                                                                  Votes For as a %
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 1,386,583,663          241,236,765           8,045,944                            85%

Proposal 3 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote on executive compensation: 

                                                                                                                  Votes For as a %
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 1,037,480,022          322,755,804           8,093,320                            75%

Proposal 4 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the proposal to amend HP’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to permit stockholder proxy access: 

                                                                                                                   Votes For as a % 
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions             of Outstanding Shares 1,331,436,243          40,260,140             6,632,763                                68%

Proposal 5 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the Second Amended and Restated Hewlett-Packard Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan: 

                                                                                                                  Votes For as a %
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 1,202,371,676          168,578,234           7,379,236                                87%

Proposal 6 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal related to the formation of a human rights committee: 

                                                                                                                    Votes For as a % 
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 46,672,316             1,161,172,857        170,483,973                             3%

Proposal 7 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal entitled “2013 Hewlett-Packard Resolution on Human Rights Policy”: 

                                                                                                                  Votes For as a %
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 85,618,924             1,086,427,756        206,282,465                             6%

Proposal 8 HP stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal entitled “Executives to Retain Significant Stock”: 

                                                                                                                  Votes For as a %
Votes For                   Votes Against          Abstentions         of Shares Entitled to Vote 380,741,218             987,489,010           10,098,917                           28%

(Source: www.hp.com)