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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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Joint Request for Dismissal of Action

Case No. 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar No. 118356

sschatz@wsgr.com

KATHERINE L. HENDERSON, State Bar No. 242676

khenderson@wsgr.com

JESSICA L. SNORGRASS, State Bar No. 259962

jsnorgrass@wsgr.com

BENJAMIN J. TOLMAN, State Bar No. 302942

btolman@wsgr.com

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050

Telephone: (650) 493-9300

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100

MARK J. SONNENFELD (Pro Hac Vice)

msonnenfeld@morganlewis.com

KAREN A. PIESLAK POHLMANN (Pro Hac Vice)

kpohlmann@morganlewis.com

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

Telephone: (215) 963-5000

Facsimile: (215) 963-5001

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant

HP Inc. (formerly known as Hewlett-Packard

Company)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

A.J. COPELAND,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEO APOTHEKER, MARGARET C.

WHITMAN, RAYMOND J. LANE, MARC L.

ANDREESEN, SHUMEET BANERJI, RAJIV L.

GUPTA, JOHN H. HAMMERGREN, ANN M.

LIVERMORE, GARY M. REINER, PATRICIA

F. RUSSO, G. KENNEDY THOMPSON,

RAYMOND E. OZZIE, JAMES A. SKINNER,

ROBERT R. BENNETT, RALPH V.

WHITWORTH, and MICHAEL R. LYNCH,

Defendants.

– and –

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a

Delaware corporation,

Nominal Defendant.

CASE NO.: 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

JOINT REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL

OF ACTION

Courtroom 1, 5th Floor

Before: Hon. Edward J. Davila

Date Action Filed: Feb. 10, 2014

Trial Date: None Set

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-2- Joint Request for Dismissal of Action

Case No. 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

Plaintiff A.J. Copeland, Martha J. Copeland, and Nominal Defendant HP Inc. (“HP” or

the “Company”),1by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby jointly request as follows:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Parties’ Joint Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal, on March

4, 2016, the Court issued an Order requiring the Parties to provide notice of the proposed

voluntary dismissal of the above-captioned action (the “Action”) by filing a Form 8-K with the

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for both Defendant Entities, which will also

be accessible on the Defendant Entities’ respective websites;

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order also provided that, in the event no shareholder sought to

intervene within thirty (30) days of issuance of the notice, this Action shall be dismissed on the

terms provided for in the Stipulation and Order, with prejudice as to Plaintiff and Martha J.

Copeland, except for this prejudicial bar shall not extend to the claims raised and released in In

re Hewlett-Packard Company Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Case No. 3:12-cv-06003-CRB

(“In re HP”), as to which Plaintiff, as Objector – Appellant, is litigating a Ninth Circuit appeal

(Case No. 15-16688);

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order also provided that the Defendant Entities agree that the

dismissal of this Action will have no affect upon the standing of Plaintiff to pursue his objections

in In re HP or his appeal, Case No. 15-16688;

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order also provided that the voluntary dismissal shall otherwise

be without prejudice and that the Parties shall bear their own fees and costs in connection with

the Action;

WHEREAS, on March 8, 2016, the Defendant Entities filed Forms 8-K with the SEC,

copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B, and which were also made

available on the Defendant Entities’ respective websites;

1 Hewlett-Packard Company completed a separation into two independent companies on

October 31, 2015. As part of the separation, Hewlett-Packard Company was renamed HP Inc.,

and the enterprise technology business, including Autonomy, was transferred to Hewlett Packard

Enterprise Company. The nominal defendant is still HP Inc. The dismissal addressed herein

applies to both HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (collectively the “Defendant

Entities”).

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-3- Joint Request for Dismissal of Action

Case No. 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

WHEREAS, no shareholder has sought to intervene in the Action since the issuance of

the aforementioned notices,

THEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that the Court issue an order dismissing

the entire Action, on the terms provided for in the Court’s March 4, 2016 Order, with prejudice

as to Plaintiff and Martha J. Copeland, except for this prejudicial bar shall not extend to the

claims raised and released in In re Hewlett-Packard Company Shareholder Derivative Litigation,

Case No. 3:12-cv-06003-CRB as to which Plaintiff, as Objector – Appellant, is litigating a Ninth

Circuit appeal (Case No. 15-16688). The Parties respectfully request that this order regarding

dismissal shall otherwise be without prejudice and with the Parties bearing their own fees and

costs in connection with the Action.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 8, 2016 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

STEVEN M. SCHATZ

KATHERINE L. HENDERSON

JESSICA L. SNORGRASS

BENJAMIN J. TOLMAN

By: /s/ Steven M. Schatz

Steven M. Schatz

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050

Telephone: (650) 493-9300

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

MARC J. SONNENFELD

KAREN A. PIESLAK POHLMANN

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

Telephone: (215) 963-5000

Facsimile: (215) 963-5001

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant

HP Inc. (formerly known as Hewlett-Packard

Company)

Dated: April 8, 2016 SHEPHERD FINKELMAN MILLER &

SHAH LLP

KOLIN TANG (SBN 279834)

ROSE F. LUZON (SBN 221544)

By: Rose F. Luzon

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-4- Joint Request for Dismissal of Action

Case No. 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

Rose F. Luzon

401 West A Street, Suite 2550

San Diego, California 92101

Telephone: (619) 235-2416

Facsimile: (619) 234-7334

SHEPHERD FINKELMAN MILLER &

SHAH LLP

SCOTT R. SHEPHERD

35 East State Street

Media, PA 19063

Telephone: (610) 891-9880

Facsimile: (610) 891-9883

GREENFIELD & GOODMAN, LLC

RICHARD. D. GREENFIELD

MARGUERITE R. GOODMAN

ILENE F. BROOKLER

ANN M. CALDWELL

250 Hudson Street, 8th Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Telephone: (917) 495-4446

Facsimile: (410) 745-4149

Attorneys for Plaintiff A. J. Copeland and for

Martha J. Copeland

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

I, Katherine L. Henderson, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being

used to file the JOINT REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF ACTION. In compliance with

General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that each of the signatories above has concurred in this

filing.

Dated: April 8, 2016 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Katherine L. Henderson

Katherine L. Henderson

Counsel for Nominal Defendant

HP Inc. (formerly known as Hewlett-Packard

Company)

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-5- Joint Request for Dismissal of Action

Case No. 5:14-cv-00622-EJD

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: , 2016

Hon. Edward J. Davila

United States District Judge

Northern District of California

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