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Forward-Looking Statements
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Packard Company and its consolidated subsidiaries may dier 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 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 protability
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 nancial
performance; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any
of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the need to address the many challenges
facing HP’s businesses; the competitive pressures faced by HP’s businesses; risks associated with executing
HP’s strategy; the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the need to manage
third-party suppliers and the distribution of HP’s products and services eectively; the protection of HP’s
intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; risks associated
with HP’s international operations; 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 hiring and retention of key employees; integration and other risks associated with business
combination and investment transactions; the execution, timing and results of restructuring plans,
including estimates and assumptions related to the cost and the anticipated benets of implementing
those plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are
described in HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the scal year ended October 31, 2012 and HP’s other
lings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to
update these forward-looking statements.
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