See all of
HPAA's information for EDS alumni -- whether or not you ever worked for HP:
https://www.hpalumni.org/eds
Key: Legal successor and corporate names.
- HPInc is the legal successor to EDS. Responsibility was
not transferred to successor companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise or DXC. HPInc has
responsibility for any
commitments to former EDS employees. This includes
any retiree health coverage, pension, 401(k), etc. plans.
(Does not depend on whether the employee's last business unit ended up in HPInc or Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the
HP Breakup.)
- When EDS was acquired by HP on Aug 26, 2008, it was
temporarily structured as a wholly-owned subsidiary called "EDS,
an HP Company."
On Sep 23, 2009, it was
renamed "HP Enterprise
Services."
- On Oct 21, 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company spun off
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (no hyphen; singular.)
Make sure that 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 from the company -- in case of class-action
settlements, pension, or stock issues. Update
address at former company
You may have an EDS pension. If you were employed by EDS or "EDS, an HP Company" before
January 1, 2009 you may have an EDS pension that you have
forgotten about.
https://www.hpalumni.org/edsPension
If you received a "Potential Private Retirement Benefit Information"
notice from Social Security, it is usually based on outdated information
about a retirement plan or an employee stock fund. Note the "Year Reported" date on the form included in the
body of the notice. Here's how to decode it:
https://www.hpalumni.org/PotentialBenefitLetter
EDS 401(k):
- The HPInc Retirement Service Center manages pension and 401(k) accounts
for HPInc (formerly named Hewlett-Packard Company.)
Also manages any pension or 401(k) accounts that
Hewlett-Packard predecessor companies (such as Digital and
EDS)
may have had. Operated by Fidelity Investments.
1-800-457-4015, M-F 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM Central
Time. Outside the U.S., call 1-508-787-9902 collect. Website:
https://nb.fidelity.com/public/nb/hp/home
- Members indicate
that the EDS 401(k) was administered by Vanguard Before EDS
was sold to HP.
Stock issues for former EDS employees.
https://www.hpalumni.org/StockEDS
Service at predecessor companies. Of HP's many
predecessor companies, only HP and DEC had retiree healthcare programs.
Only HP,
Digital,
and
EDS
had pension plans. Over the years, HP, DEC, and EDS set aside money in
dedicated trust funds to pay for those programs. Compaq, Tandem,
Autonomy, Palm, etc. did not have retiree healthcare or pensions among
their benefits programs. Their employees did not have those expectations
and there were no corresponding trust funds to pass on to an acquiring
company. Therefore, employees of those companies do not get credit under
HP's retiree healthcare or pension programs for service at the
predecessor company. (Predecessor service does count for FTO.)
Other
HPInc and HPE retiree benefits... Not always obvious: Which HP-related companies am I a retiree or former employee of?
Given HP's complex history of acquisitions, divestitures, and spinoffs, the company or companies that you are legally a former employee of may
not be obvious. If any doubt, check here:
Which Company
Report disability or a
death to the
company:
https://www.hpalumni.org/report
Vehicle discounts.
GM owned EDS from
1984 to 1996. Current eligibility
and sponsorship rules for GM retirees, former GM employees,
widows and widowers of former GM employees, and GM Family Legacy Program:
https://www.gmfamilyfirst.com/about-the-discount/
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