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Exhibit 10.1

 

Summary of the Amended and Restated

Hewlett-Packard Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan(1)

 

The principal features of the Amended Plan are summarized below. The following summary of the Amended Plan does not purport to be a complete description of all of the provisions of the Amended Plan. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Plan, which has been filed with the SEC as Annex A to this proxy statement. Any HP stockholder who wishes to obtain a copy of the Amended Plan may do so upon written request to the Secretary at HP’s principal executive offices.

 

General.  The purpose of the Amended Plan is to encourage ownership in HP by key personnel whose long-term employment is considered essential to HP’s continued progress, thereby aligning participants’ and stockholders’ interests. Stock options and stock awards, including stock units, and cash awards may be granted under the Amended Plan. Options granted under the Amended Plan may be either “incentive stock options,” as defined in Section 422 of the Code, or non-statutory stock options.

 

Administration.  The Amended Plan may be administered by the Board, a committee appointed by the Board or its delegate (as applicable, the “Administrator”).

 

Eligibility.  Awards may be granted under the Amended Plan to employees of HP and its affiliates and to non-employee directors. Incentive stock options may be granted only to employees of HP or its subsidiaries. There are approximately 304,000 employees and ten non-employee directors eligible to receive awards under the Amended Plan. The Administrator, in its discretion, selects the employees to whom awards may be granted, the time or times at which such awards are granted, and the terms of such awards.

 

Section 162(m) Limitations.  Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a tax deduction to public companies for compensation in excess of $1 million paid to the chief executive officer and the three other most highly compensated officers. Certain performance-based compensation is specifically exempt from the deduction limit if it otherwise meets the requirements of Section 162(m). One of the requirements for equity compensation plans is that there must be a limit to the number of shares granted to any one individual under the plan. Accordingly, the Amended Plan provides that no employee may be granted more than 1,500,000 shares in any calendar year, except that an employee may be granted awards covering up to an additional 1,500,000 shares in connection with his or her initial employment with HP. The maximum amount payable pursuant to that portion of a cash award granted under the Amended Plan for any fiscal year to any employee that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code is $15,000,000. Stockholder approval of this proposal will constitute stockholder approval of these limitations for Section 162(m) purposes.

 


(1) The contents of this document appear on pages 29-33 of HP’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2010 and are incorporated by reference into HP’s Current Report on Form 8-K to which this document is attached as Exhibit 10.1.

 

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Terms and Conditions of Options.  Each option is evidenced by a stock option agreement between HP and the optionee and is subject to the following additional terms and conditions.

 

Exercise Price.  The Administrator determines the exercise price of options at the time the options are granted. The exercise price of a stock option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date such option is granted, although certain replacement options with lower exercise prices may be granted to service providers of entities acquired by HP. The fair market value of the common stock is determined as the closing quoted sales price for the common stock on the date the option is granted (or if no sales were reported that day, the last preceding day a sale occurred). On January 25, 2010, the closing price of HP common stock on the NYSE was $50.06 per share. No option may be repriced to reduce the exercise price of such option without stockholder approval (except in connection with a change in HP’s capitalization).

 

Exercise of Option; Form of Consideration.  The Administrator determines when options become exercisable and in its discretion may accelerate the vesting of any outstanding option. The method of payment for shares issued upon exercise of an option is specified in each option agreement or by the Administrator at the time of exercise of the option. The Amended Plan permits payment to be made by cash, check, wire transfer, other shares of common stock of HP (with some restrictions), broker assisted cashless exercises, any other form of consideration permitted by applicable law, or any combination thereof.

 

Term of Option.  The term of an option may be no more than ten years from the date of grant or 101/2 years in certain jurisdictions outside of the United States. No option may be exercised after the expiration of its term.

 

Termination of Employment.  If an optionee’s employment terminates for any reason, then all options held by the optionee under the Amended Plan generally will terminate immediately upon the optionee’s termination unless determined otherwise by the Plan Administrator.

 

Other Provisions.  The stock option agreement may contain other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent with the Amended Plan, as may be determined by the Administrator.

 

Terms and Conditions of Stock Awards.  Each stock award agreement will contain provisions regarding (1) the number of shares subject to such stock award or a formula for determining such number, (2) the purchase price of the shares, if any, and the means of payment for the shares, (3) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that will determine the number of shares granted, issued, retainable and vested, as applicable, (4) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and forfeiture of the shares, as applicable, as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, (5) restrictions on the transferability of the stock award, and (6) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Amended Plan, as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator.

 

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Termination of Employment.  In the case of stock awards, including stock units, unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreement will provide that the unvested stock or stock units will be forfeited upon the awardee’s termination of employment for any reason.

 

Vesting.  The vesting of a stock award may be subject to performance criteria, continued service of the awardee, or both.

 

Non-Employee Director Awards.  Non-employee directors are eligible only for annual retainer awards and are not eligible for any other type of award that is authorized under the Amended Plan. Annual retainer awards paid in the form of equity are granted in the form of non-statutory stock options or restricted stock units. The non-employee directors can elect to receive the annual equity retainer and the annual cash retainer in the form of stock options or restricted stock units, provided that such election is made within 25 days after the annual meeting at which they are elected. If no election is made within this period, the annual equity retainer will be in the form of restricted stock units and the annual cash retainer will be paid in cash. The awards are granted automatically one month after the beginning of the director’s year of service. The exercise price of director stock options cannot be less that 100% of the fair market value of a share of HP common stock on the grant date.

 

The number of shares subject to non-statutory stock option awards granted to non-employee directors is determined as follows:

 

Amount of annual retainer to be paid as options

 

  ×  Multiplier (as defined below)

 

  =  Number of shares

Fair market value of a share of HP common stock on the grant date

 

 

 

The Administrator determines the Multiplier prior to the grant date using a modified Black-Scholes option valuation method that takes into account the following factors: (1) the fair market value of HP common stock on the date the Multiplier is determined; (2) the average length of time that HP stock options are held by optionees prior to exercise; (3) the risk-free rate of return based on the term determined in (2) and on the interest rates of U.S. government securities; (4) the annual dividend yield for HP common stock; and (5) the volatility of HP common stock over the ten-year period preceding the date that the Multiplier is determined.

 

The number of shares subject to restricted stock unit awards granted to non-employee directors is determined as follows:

 

Amount of annual retainer to be paid as restricted stock units

 

  =  Number of shares

 

 

Fair market value of a share of HP common stock on the grant date

 

 

 

 

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Cash Awards.  Each cash award agreement will contain provisions regarding (1) the target and maximum amount payable to the awardee as a cash award, (2) the performance criteria and level of achievement versus the criteria that will determine the amount of such payment, (3) the period as to which performance shall be measured for establishing the amount of any payment, (4) the timing of any payment earned by virtue of performance, (5) restrictions on the alienation or transfer of the cash award prior to actual payment, (6) forfeiture provisions, and (7) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Amended Plan, as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator. The maximum amount payable as a cash award that is settled for cash may be a multiple of the target amount payable, but the maximum amount payable pursuant to that portion of a cash award granted under the Amended Plan for any fiscal year to any awardee that is intended to satisfy the requirement for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall not exceed $15,000,000.

 

Nontransferability.  Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, awards granted under the Amended Plan are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and options may be exercised during the optionee’s lifetime only by the optionee. The Administrator will have the sole discretion to permit the transfer of an award.

 

Qualifying Performance Criteria.  Qualifying Performance Criteria means any one of more of the performance criteria listed below, either individually, alternatively or in combination, applied to either HP as a whole or to a business unit, affiliate or business segment, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis, or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Administrator in the award agreement. The performance criteria may be (1) cash flow or cash conversion cycle, (2) earnings (including gross margin, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, and net earnings), (3) earnings per share, (4) growth in earnings or earnings per share, cash flow, revenue, gross margin, operating expense or operating expense as a percentage of revenue, (5) stock price, (6) return on equity or average stockholders’ equity, (7) total stockholder return, (8) return on capital, (9) return on assets or net assets, (10) return on investment, (11) revenue, (12) income or net income, (13) operating income or net operating income, (14) operating profit, net operating profit, or controllable operating profit, (15) operating margin or operating expense or operating expense as a percentage of revenue, (16) return on operating revenue, (17) market share or customer indicators, (18) contract awards or backlog, (19) overhead or other expense reduction, (20) growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or HP’s peer group index, (21) credit rating, (22) strategic plan development and implementation, attainment of research and development milestones or new product invention or innovation, (23) succession plan development and implementation, (24) improvement in productivity or workforce diversity, (25) attainment of objective operating goals and employee metrics, (26) economic value added, and (27) such other similar criteria as may be determined by the Administrator.

 

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To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (A) asset write-downs; (B) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (C) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; (D) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; and (E) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in HP’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year.

 

Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Merger or Sale of Assets.  Subject to any required action by HP’s stockholders, (1) the number and kind of shares available for issuance under the Amended Plan and/or covered by each outstanding award, (2) the price per share subject to each outstanding award and (3) the share limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Amended Plan will be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number or kind of issued shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities or property (other than regular cash dividends)) combination or reclassification of HP’s stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of HP’s stock effected without receipt of consideration by HP; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of HP shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided in the Amended Plan, no issuance by HP of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of common stock subject to an award.

 

In the event of a liquidation or dissolution, any unexercised options or stock awards will terminate. The Administrator, in its discretion, may provide that each optionee shall have the right to exercise all of the optionee’s options, including those not otherwise exercisable, until the date ten days prior to the consummation of the liquidation or dissolution and be fully vested in any stock awards.

 

In the event of a change of control of HP, as defined in the Amended Plan and determined by the Board, the Board, in its discretion, may provide for the assumption, substitution or adjustment of each outstanding award, accelerate the vesting of options and terminate any restrictions on stock awards or cash awards, or cancel awards for a cash payment to the awardee.

 

Amendment and Termination of the Plan.  The Administrator may amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Amended Plan or any award agreement, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. However, HP will obtain stockholder approval for any amendment to the Amended Plan to the extent required by applicable laws or stock exchange rules. In addition, without limiting the foregoing, unless approved by HP stockholders, no such amendment shall be made that would: (1) increase the maximum number of shares for which awards may be granted under the Amended Plan, other than

 

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an increase pursuant to a change in HP’s capitalization, (2) reduce the minimum exercise price for options granted under the Amended Plan, (3) reduce the exercise price of outstanding options, or (4) materially expand the class of persons eligible to receive awards under the Amended Plan. No such action by the Administrator or stockholders may alter or impair any award previously granted under the Amended Plan without the written consent of the awardee. Unless terminated earlier, the Amended Plan shall terminate on March 16, 2020.

 

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