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    Hewlett-Packard Settles with SEC

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    Scott Ferguson
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    May 23, 2007
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      Hewlett-Packard announced May 23 that it has agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning its handling of Tom Perkins resignation from its Board of Directors.

      Under the agreement, the Palo Alto, Calif., company agreed to a cease-and-desist order by the SEC in regards to the federal investigation of Perkins resignation from the board in 2006.

      In the SEC order, the federal agency found that HP should not have limited its disclosure to the fact that Perkins had resigned, as it did, but also should have reported that he resigned because of a disagreement with its practices and the company should have “provided a brief description of the circumstances around the disagreement.”

      It was Perkins resignation from HPs board in May 2006 that led to the disclosure that the company had engaged in a spying operation against other board members and reporters. Perkins, who claims to have disagreed with the board about how the investigation was handled, later requested an investigation of the tactics used in the investigation.

      /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read more about the charges against Dunn.

      The resulting investigation of Perkins claim by HP brought the companys use of pretexting—a process of obtaining an individuals personal data such as phone records by pretending to be that person—to light and prompted the Sept. 6, 2006 SEC filing, which led to the public disclosure of the companys tactics.

      The scandal eventually led to the California Attorney Generals Office charging former Board Chairman Patricia Dunn and four other people with fraudulent wire communications and several other criminal counts.

      On May 14, Dunn and several others involved settled with California prosecutors, although the federal authorities have yet to determine if they will pursue a case.

      In a statement, HP executives said they believe Perkins resignation was handled properly.

      “HP acted in what it believed to be a proper manner,” said Michael Holston, HPs executive vice president and general counsel. “However, we understand and accept the SECs views and are pleased to put this investigation behind us.”

      The agreement also means that the SEC will not fine Hewlett-Packard.

      /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read more about 10 lessons from the HP pretexting scandal.

      “The company viewed this as a personal dispute between a director and the chairman and opted to stay silent about the disagreement,” Marc Fagel, the associate regional director of the SECs San Francisco Office, said in a statement.

      “But the failure to make the required disclosures deprived investors of important information about the management of the company by its Board of Directors.”

      /zimages/4/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest news in desktop and notebook computing.

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