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For EDS Alumni (Electronic Data Systems Corporation) (Updated Sep 29, 2025) Not officially endorsed or supported. Click to join the HPAA Question? Email us: info@hpalumni.org Information from EDS alumni for EDS alumni -- whether or not you ever worked for HP... Legal successors and company names. EDS sale to Hewlett-Packard. Due to declining growth and profits, EDS stock was down to $19 -- from $72 in 2001. EDS management and board negotiated the sale for $25/share, a 32% premium. Completed Aug 26, 2008. EDS was temporarily structured as a subsidiary, "EDS, an HP Company." On Sep 23, 2009, it was renamed "HP Enterprise Services." Hewlett-Packard breakup. On Nov 1, 2015, the legal name of the Hewlett-Packard Company was changed to HP Inc. ("hp" logo, HPQ stock symbol) and a new, completely separate company – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (no hyphen, singular, "HPE" logo and stock symbol) – was spun off. Portions of HPE were later spun off into DXC and Micro Focus, which have spun off other companies. 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 For employees of HP -- and predecessor companies -- who left before the HPInc/HPE separation, responsibility for any health or retirement benefits varies from country to country. For the US, HP Inc has responsibility. For Canada and UK, HPE has responsibility. In many countries, plans were split between HP Inc and HPE. See: Where are my benefits? Contacts at HP Inc -- the successor company: HP contacts Financial issues. Received a "Potential Private Retirement Benefit" letter from U.S. Social Security? How to decode and who to contact: "Potential Benefit" letter If the Plan Name refers to stock. EDS stock was retired when, due to declining growth and profits, EDS management and board sold the company to HP in 2008. Details: EDS Stock EDS pension. If you were employed by EDS or "EDS, an HP Company" before Jan 1, 2009 -- you may have an EDS pension, which has been merged with an HPInc pension plan: https://www.hpalumni.org/edsPension
U.S. pension change. In 2020, HP Inc irrevocably
transferred pension administration and $5.2 billion in
payment obligations for 41,000 U.S. HP, DEC, and EDS
retirees to Prudential Insurance Company UK Pension -- HP, DEC, EDS. HP Limited Retirement Benefits Plan, administered by Equiniti. https://hprbp.com Second Equiniti site: https://edspensions.co.uk
HP Inc
worldwide former-employee contacts: https://content.ext.hp.com/sites/CountrySupport/CountrySelector.page
HP Inc worldwide office directory:
https://www.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp/ww-office-locs.html HP Inc headquarters: 10300 Energy
Drive, Spring, TX 77389. (At a US Post Office window, you can specify Certified Mail combined with Return Receipt.) Stock.
If you were ever an HP shareholder, you may now have shares of HPQ, HPE, Keysight, and/or Agilent – in different accounts. If ever an HPE shareholder, you may now have shares of DXC – and may not have received cash payouts for MFGP and PRSP.
Find it all – and estimate your current cost basis:
HP/HPE-Related Stocks 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.
Stock issues specifically for former EDS employees.
https://www.hpalumni.org/StockEDS Which HP-related companies have me classified as a retiree or former employee? Due to acquisitions and spinoffs, may not be obvious: Which Company Make sure that the overall legal successor to every company you ever worked for has your current postal address. Even if not classified by the company as a "Retiree" or if long gone -- in case of pension plan changes, employment lawsuits, settlements, or other issues. Update address at former company Current status of major HP and HPE Employment Lawsuits Benefits issues for EDS alumni -- including 401(k), HP and HPE retiree benefits, vehicle discounts. Death or disability of a former employee. https://www.hpalumni.org/edsBenefits Trade info on pension and benefits issues. Reconnect, celebrate the good times, and appreciate those who have passed. There are several active EDS-related Facebook groups -- which you can join without disclosing personal info: https://www.hpalumni.org/facebook Career. Worldwide employment verification and experience letters for Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and related companies. Employment and Experience Verification EDS alumni report that their original EDS hire date is mentioned in their HR records at HP Inc, HPE, DXC, and Peraton. Career and employment issues for EDS alumni. Openings posted by recruiters searching for EDS background. Employment verification. Leaving HP. Untangling and strengthening your LinkedIn profile. Networking with other EDS alumni. https://www.hpalumni.org/edsCareer HPAA's unofficial list of EDS Acquisitions EDS history and culture. Classic EDS ads. "The lost legacy of EDS." Books about EDS. Sale to HP. Corporate names. Perot. https://www.hpalumni.org/edsHistoryCulture Operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported. More about the HPAA |
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