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[Attached is the text of an advertisement that ran in various newspapers on 2/27/02.]
* Permission to use quotations neither sought nor obtained. 1 Based on stock prices and First Call consensus estimates as of February 15, 2002
and the mean of the following precedent transactions: HP/Apollo in April 1989, AT&T/NCR in December 1990, Gateway/Advanced Logic Research in June 1997, Compaq/Tandem in June 1997 and
Compaq/DEC in January 1998. 2 Corvallis survey results are based on a random sample of 445 current and 226 former HP employees living in Benton County or Linn County, Oregon; Boise survey results
are based on a random sample of 235 current and 237 former HP employees living in Ada County, Idaho by Field Research Corporation.
3 Dell Computer Corporation Q4 FY 02 earnings call 2/14/02. 4 Based on assumptions outlined in a report titled “HP Has Higher Value, Lower Risk Strategic Alternatives
to the Proposed Merger” filed with the SEC on 2/19/02. 5 “H-P names Carly Fiorina, A Lucent Star, to be CEO,” 7/20/99.
Forward-Looking Statements. The views expressed in this advertisement contain judgments, which are subjective in nature and in certain cases forward-looking in
nature. This advertisement also contains estimates made without the benefit of actual measurement. Forward-looking statements and estimates by their nature involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Forward-looking statements and estimates are inherently speculative in nature and are not guarantees of actual measurements or of future
developments. Actual measurements and future developments may and should be expected to differ materially from those expressed or implied by estimates and
forward-looking statements. The information contained in this advertisement does not purport to be an appraisal of any business or business unit or to necessarily reflect the prices at which
any business or business unit or any securities actually may be bought or sold.
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