There is no possibility of effectively writing in Walter Hewlett's name on
the proxy to elect him as a director.  Walter will have to deal with this
problem on his own and is well capable of doing so.

There are 2 slates of directors: A group of 8 to be elected, if the merger
is not completed by the time of the annual meeting; and an alternative
group of 12, consisting of 7 HP and 5 Compaq directors, if the merger has
been completed by the time of the annual meeting.  Only one of these slates
will be elected, based on the merger status.  But shareholders will need to
vote on both sets separately because the status of the merger is unknown.

The best plan is to vote AGAINST both slates of directors  --  ALL of
them.  This is the only way to protest the disgusting failure to re-
nominate Walter Hewlett.

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