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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, HP’s effective tax rate,
earnings, net earnings per share, cash flows, benefit plan funding, share repurchases, currency exchange rates
or 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 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 and plans for future
operations; 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 effectively; 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, clients 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 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.
PART I
ITEM 1. Business.
We are 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 the following:
• personal computing and other access devices;
• imaging and printing-related products and services;
• enterprise information technology (‘‘IT’’) infrastructure, including enterprise server and storage
technology, networking products and solutions, technology support and maintenance;
• multi-vendor customer services, including infrastructure technology and business process
outsourcing, application development and support services, and consulting and integration
services; and
• IT management software, information management solutions and security intelligence/risk
management solutions.
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