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Transition

▪ ASAP Checklist. What to do before losing access to HP internal systems and in the following few weeks.

▪ Questions to ask if you are offered the "Golden Boot" -- Jane Bryant Quinn.

Moving from HP to the real Internet

▪ Personal business on company systems. No matter where you work, what your job situation, or how aboveboard your activities -- there are serious legal and privacy issues connected with using your employer's IT facilities for your personal business. There are also identity-theft and data-loss risks.

▪ Setting up professional email. Advice from HPAA members on getting a private email account on Yahoo Mail, Google Gmail, or Microsoft Hotmail -- and choosing a professional email username.

Flexible Spending Account "Your Spending Account"

▪ Dependent Care Claim Form. http://www.hpalumni.org/YSA-DependentClaimForm.pdf 0.5MB pdf file. Includes instructions, fax number, and "Little Einstein Academy" example claim. (Form created by "Hewitt Admin" on 8/8/2012 9:13:34 AM. Sent to HPAA by HP U.S. Benefits on 3/20/13.)

▪ Health Care Claim Form. http://www.hpalumni.org/YSA-HealthCareClaimForm.pdf 0.3MB pdf file. Includes instructions, fax number, and "Associates of Dermatology" example claim. (Form created by "Hewitt Admin" on 8/8/2012 9:13:19 AM. Sent to HPAA by HP U.S. Benefits on 3/20/13.)

Employment Verification

▪ Employment and Salary Verification. How to provide your employment status and salary to potential employers, financial institutions, and government aid agencies.

HP Stock

▪ Where are my stock records? They are different administrators depending on how you acquired the stock.
Link: http://h30261.www3.hp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71087&p=irol-contact -- scroll down to "General and contact information for current or former HP employees" (As of 5/23/13)
(If the direct link doesn't work, start down this path: http://www.hp.com > click "Investor Relations" > scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Contact Us" ... )

▪ HP employee purchase cost basis:
HPAA's HP Employee Stock Purchase Spreadsheet. Employee Stock Purchase Plan FMV's and Prices – 6/59 through 1/01. Includes the exact amounts that employees paid taxes on -- for employee stock purchase and service awards. Includes stock splits and the Agilent and Verigy spinoffs. Developed by a team of HPAA members.

▪ HP investor purchase cost basis:
Historical prices that investors paid -- and stock splits: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Stock Information."
HP has a link to a third-party site: "For a fee [$20 as of 2/17/13], you may use NetBasis to calculate the cost basis for your HP stock. To use the system, you will need your purchase/acquisition/sales dates and the number of shares acquired and/or sold on those dates." http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Stock Information" > "Cost basis calculator"

Stock of predecessor and spinoff companies

▪ Agilent:
Spinoff FAQ: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Financial Information" > "Mergers & acquisitions" -- scroll down.

▪ Compaq:
Stock splits and historical prices through May 2002: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Stock Information."
FAQ: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Financial Information" > "Mergers & acquisitions" -- scroll down.

▪ EDS:
Historical prices through Aug. 2008: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Stock Information" > "Historical lookup."
FAQ: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Financial Information" > "Mergers & acquisitions" -- scroll down.

▪ Indigo:
Acquisition documents: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Financial Information" > "Mergers & acquisitions" -- scroll down.

▪ Mercury:
Acquisition FAQ: http://www.hp.com > "Investor Relations" > "Financial Information" > "Mergers & acquisitions" -- scroll down.

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