Propaganda.  Whether or not they actually believe the deal has been
approved, I would have expected an announcement like this to attempt to
persuade some fence sitters.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Penney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:30 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Merger et al

03/19 14:11
Hewlett-Packard Believes It Won Investor Vote on Compaq Deal
By Cesca Antonelli


Cupertino, California, March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said it
believes it has won investor approval for the $21 billion purchase of Compaq
Computer Corp., a victory for Chief Executive Carly Fiorina after more than
six months of fighting dissident director Walter Hewlett.

Based on a preliminary estimate of shareowner proxies, the company said it
has received sufficient votes to approve the deal, Hewlett-Packard said in a
news release distributed by Business Wire. Official certification of the
results is expected in the next few weeks, the computer maker said.

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