Mark Hurd is new HP CEO

HP has named Mark Hurd to serve as the company's CEO and President. He
served as President and CEO of NCR Corp since March 2003, where he spent his
25-year career in a range of general management, operations and sales and
marketing positions. Previously, Mark served for three years as President and
COO of the company's Teradata division, which he built, to be a global leader
in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing
services.

HP's Non-executive Chairman, Patricia Dunn said that the board unanimously
selected Mark based on his track record of leading a complex organization. He
also has strong executive and personal qualities.

He will take up his duties on April 1, 2005 and join the board. The new CEO
succeeds Robert Wayman, a 36-year company veteran who has been CFO since 1984.

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