UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

December 2, 2008

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(650) 857-1501

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On December 2, 2008, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among HP, Banc of America Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, for the issuance and sale by HP of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% Global Notes due March 1, 2014 (the “Notes”). The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to HP’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-134327) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2006 (the “Registration Statement”).  On December 5, 2008, HP closed its public offering of the Notes.

 

The Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1. A form of the Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1. HP’s officers’ certificate (the “301 Officer’s Certificate”), dated December 5, 2008, authorizing the terms of the Notes pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture (as defined below) governing the Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2. Also attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 are the legal opinions of HP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (“WSGR”), respectively, relating to the enforceability of the Notes, pursuant to Exhibit 5 of the Registration Statement.

 

The purpose of this Current Report is to incorporate by reference the form of the Notes, the Underwriting Agreement, the 301 Officers’ Certificate and each of the opinions of HP and WSGR (attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 99.1 and 99.2, respectively) into the Registration Statement.  By filing this Current Report, such exhibits and this Current Report are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

 

Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit 1.1		Underwriting Agreement among HP, Banc of America Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Exhibit 4.1		Form of 6.125% Global Note due March 1, 2014
Exhibit 4.2		Officers’ Certificate (exhibits omitted) dated December 5, 2008, delivered pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2000 (the “Indenture”) entered into by and between Hewlett-Packard Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as successor to Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National Association) as Trustee.
Exhibit 99.1		Opinion of Paul T. Porrini
Exhibit 99.2		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
DATE: December 8, 2008	By:	/s/ Paul T. Porrini
	Name:	Paul T. Porrini
	Title:	Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
Exhibit 1.1		Underwriting Agreement among HP, Banc of America Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Exhibit 4.1		Form of 6.125% Global Note due March 1, 2014
Exhibit 4.2		Officers’ Certificate (exhibits omitted) dated December 5, 2008, delivered pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2000 (the “Indenture”) entered into by and between Hewlett-Packard Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as successor to Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National Association) as Trustee.
Exhibit 99.1		Opinion of Paul T. Porrini
Exhibit 99.2		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

 

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