4:14PM  H-P files definitive proxy with SEC (HWP) by Leticia Williams
Hewlett-Packard (HWP) filed proxy materials for the company's April 26
annual shareholder meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Thursday. According to the filing, the company paid auditor Ernst & Young
$23 million for services rendered in fiscal 2001. Ernst & Young billed $3.7
million in auditor fees, and $19.3 million in other fees, which included
statutory audits, services related to business acquisitions, consultations
and tax services, the filing said. The proxy also detailed compensation
previously released in the H-P annual report. CEO Carly Fiorina received a
grant for 1 million stock options, valued at $13 million, along with a $1
million salary and no bonus for fiscal 2001. H-P's shares closed at $17.25,
down 12 cents.

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