Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

NOTE 3:  ACCOUNTING CHANGE

The Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, for its financial assets and liabilities effective January 1, 2008. This standard defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The Company elected to defer the provisions of Statement No. 157 for its nonfinancial assets and liabilities. Such assets and liabilities, which include the Company’s noncurrent assets, long-term debt, minority interest and other long-term liabilities, will be subject to the provisions of Statement No. 157 effective January 1, 2009.

Statement No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability. Such inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, or inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Such inputs are used to measure fair value when observable inputs are not available.

Following is a summary of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2008 (in millions):