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DEC Stock Decoder.
(Related HPAA stock decoders:
Compaq
HP
Tandem )
(Updated
Aug 14,
2025) Not officially endorsed or supported.
This page gives details for only one aspect of the many HP/HPE-related stocks. If you were ever an HP shareholder, you may now have shares of HPQ, HPE, DXC, Keysight, and/or Agilent – in different accounts – and may not have received cash payouts for MFGP and PRSP.
Only you – not the company, plan administrators, transfer
agents, brokers, or the IRS – can reconstruct your full stock
history. Transactions were often tracked and reported
differently – or not at all.
When finished here, go to: HP/HPE-Related Stocks
If you ever worked
for DEC:
Info for DEC alumni
If you have paper stock certificates. What to do:
Stock Certificates
Keep your postal address current on every financial
account. And run an "unclaimed property" search every year.
Employer does not update your address. Financial institutions are required to turn over inactive accounts to the state. Neither
cashing dividend checks, receiving direct deposits, accessing accounts online,
nor receiving statements prevents this – only a
personally-initiated transaction, postal response, or call. Difficult to retrieve funds
– and
stock is sold. Easy to check:
Unclaimed Property
To be sure, also check for
unclaimed stock or dividends in the original state of incorporation: Massachusetts
State Treasurer
DEC sale to Compaq. Due to declining growth and
profits -- including losses starting in 1990 and a $2.8
billion loss in 1992 -- DEC stock was down to $45 -- from
$199 four years earlier.
HP merger with Compaq. Before the deal was announced, Compaq
stock was down to $12 -- from $33 in 1999. Compaq management and
board negotiated a merger at 18% over market price. (90% of Compaq
shares
were voted in favor; 51% of HP shares
were voted in favor.)
Deal closed on May 3, 2002. HWP stock symbol was changed to HPQ.
Compaq shareholders received 0.6325 share of HPQ in exchange for
each CPQ share. CPQ stock was retired. (Compaq had bought Tandem on
Sep 2, 1997 and bought DEC on Jun 12, 1998.)
HP Inc is the overall legal successor to Hewlett-Packard and to companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard before Nov 1, 2015 – Compaq, EDS, etc. – regardless of whether a business unit ended up in HP Inc or HPE.
Unofficial directory of HP/HPE acquisitions Stockholder information and contact instructions: HP Inc Investor Relations Site https://investor.hp.com/resources/contact-ir/default.aspx (scroll down) Compare the date when you first acquired DEC stock with the dates in the left-hand column. If you later acquired Compaq shares while a Compaq employee, those batches of stock should be tracked separately -- see HPAA's Complete Stock Decoder Table for: Compaq For links and more detail on HP stock history, see HPAA's Complete Stock Decoder Table
This table is from the online system available to customers of one broker, Charles Schwab & Co. The HPAA member who contributed this table did not hold this stock before 1976. Notes: Due to the many complex HP-related stock events, only you – not the company, plan administrators, transfer agents, brokers, or the IRS – can reconstruct your full stock history. Transactions were often tracked and reported differently – or not at all. Retain your documents and tax calculations indefinitely. Admin and Broker Issues Stock splits or other corporate actions may have taken place before the first date in this table.
This table only covers stock HP/HPE events through
04/30/2019. See
HP Stock Decoder
for subsequent HP/HPE-related stock events.
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