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2021 Proxy Statement Message from the Chairman To our Stockholders: We are pleased to invite you to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of HP Inc. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time. This year’s annual meeting will again be a virtual meeting of stockholders, conducted via live audio webcast. You will be able to attend the annual We are embracing the latest technology including stockholders who have previously meeting of stockholders online and submit to provide expanded access, improved requested to receive paper copies of proxy questions before and during the meeting communication and cost savings for our materials, will receive a paper copy by mail by visiting www.hpannualmeeting.com or stockholders and the Company. As we unless they have previously requested delivery www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HPQ2021. have learned, hosting a virtual meeting of materials electronically. This distribution You will also be able to vote your shares enables increased stockholder attendance process is more resource- and cost-efficient. electronically at the annual meeting (other than and participation from locations around shares held through our 401(k) Plan, which must the world. In addition, the online format Your vote is important. Regardless of whether be voted prior to the meeting). allows us to communicate more effectively you participate in the annual meeting, we via a pre-meeting forum that you can enter hope you vote as soon as possible. You may Join by internet at either www.hpannualmeeting. by visiting www.hpannualmeeting.com or vote by proxy online or by phone, or, if you com or www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ www.proxyvote.com/HP. received paper copies of the proxy materials HPQ2021. by mail, you may also vote by mail by following Further details about how to attend the meeting the instructions on the proxy card or voting online, submit questions before or during the instruction card. Voting online or by phone, meeting, and information on the business to be written proxy or voting instruction card conducted at the annual meeting are included in ensures your representation at the annual the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and meeting regardless of whether you attend the Proxy Statement. virtual meeting. We welcome all our We are providing access to our proxy materials Thank you for your ongoing support of, and stockholders to join and online under the U.S. Securities and Exchange continued interest in, HP Inc. Commission’s “notice and access” rules. participate in the meeting, As a result, we are mailing to many of our Sincerely, regardless of location, by stockholders a notice instead of a paper copy accessing the virtual meeting. of this proxy statement and our 2020 Annual We look forward to hearing Report. The notice contains instructions on how to access proxy materials online. The notice also from you and responding to contains instructions on how stockholders can Charles “Chip” V. Bergh receive a paper copy of our materials, including your questions.” Chairman of the Board this proxy statement, our 2020 Annual Report, and a form of proxy card or voting instruction card. Those who do not receive a notice, 2 www.hpannualmeeting.com Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders Items of Business This notice of annual meeting, proxy statement and Management Proposals form of proxy for HP Inc. (“HP” or the “Company”) (1) To elect 11 Directors are being distributed and made available on or about (2) To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered February 22, 2021. public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021 Time and Date (3) To approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation (“say on pay” vote) 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time, Stockholder Proposal on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (4) To consider and vote on a stockholder proposal described in this proxy statement, if properly Place presented at the meeting Online at www.hpannualmeeting.com or (5) Such other business as may properly come before the meeting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HPQ2021 Virtual Meeting Admission Record Date Stockholders of record as of February 16, 2021, will be able to participate in the annual meeting by February 16, 2021 visiting our annual meeting website www.hpannualmeeting.com or www.virtualshareholdermeeting. Voting com/HPQ2021. To participate in the annual meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number included on your notice of Internet availability of the proxy materials, proxy card or on the instructions Internet that accompanied your proxy materials. If you have any questions about your control number, please www.hpannualmeeting.com or contact the bank, broker, or other nominee that holds your shares. www.proxyvote.com/HP prior to the meeting The annual meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time. Online check-in will begin at DURING THE MEETING PLEASE VISIT 1:30 p.m., Pacific Time, and you should allow ample time for the online check-in procedures. www.hpannualmeeting.com or www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HPQ2021 Annual Meeting Website and Pre-Meeting Forum Telephone The online format used by HP Inc. for the annual meeting also allows us to communicate 1-800-690-6903 more effectively with you. Stockholders can access our pre-meeting forum, where you can Mail submit questions in advance of the annual meeting, by visiting our annual meeting website at You can vote by mail by requesting a paper www.hpannualmeeting.com or www.proxyvote.com/HP. Stockholders can also access copies of copy of the materials, which will include a our proxy statement and annual report at the annual meeting website. proxy card. Return the card to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, Adjournments and Postponements NY 11717. Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the annual meeting at the time and on the date specified above or at any time and date to which the annual meeting Your vote is very important. Regardless of whether you may be properly adjourned or postponed. plan to virtually attend the annual meeting, we hope By order of the Board of Directors, you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote your shares over the Internet or via a toll-free telephone Harvey Anderson number. If you received a paper copy of a proxy or Chief Legal Officer and Secretary voting instruction card by mail, you may submit your Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of proxy or voting instruction card for the annual meeting Stockholders to Be Held on April 13, 2021. The definitive proxy statement and HP Inc.’s 2020 by completing, signing, dating and returning your Annual Report are available electronically at www.proxyvote.com/HP. proxy or voting instruction card in the pre-addressed envelope provided. Stockholders of record and beneficial owners will be able to vote their shares electronically at the annual meeting (other than shares held through the HP Inc. 401(k) Plan, which must be voted prior to the meeting). For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the section 1501 Page Mill Road entitled Questions and Answers—Voting Information Palo Alto, California 94304 beginning on page 76 of the proxy statement. (650) 857-1501 Proxy Statement 3 T1Proxy Statement Summary The following is a summary of certain key disclosures in our proxy statement. This is only a summary, and it may not contain all the information that is important to you. For more complete information, please review the proxy statement as well as our 2020 Annual Report, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K. References to “HP,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to HP Inc. (formerly known as Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP Co.”)). MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL NO. 1 Election of Directors The Board recommends a — Our Board is committed to independent oversight of HP. vote FOR each Director nominee — 10 of our 11 Director nominees are independent. Further information — Our Board is led by an independent Chairman. beginning on page 12. — Key information regarding all our 11 Board nominees is summarized in the table below. Our Director Nominees HP Director Committees Other Current Public Company/ Name Principal Occupation Age Since A F H N Public Registrant Boards Aida M. Alvarez INDEPENDENT Stride, Inc. Former Administrator, U.S. Small Business 71 2016 Fastly, Inc. Administration & Cabinet Member Oportun Financial Corporation Shumeet Banerji INDEPENDENT 61 2011 Reliance Industries Ltd. Co-Founder and Partner, Condorcet, LP Robert R. Bennett INDEPENDENT Discovery Inc. 62 2013 Managing Director, Hilltop Investments, LLC Liberty Media Corporation Charles “Chip” V. Bergh (CHAIRMAN) INDEPENDENT 63 2015 Levi Strauss & Co. President and Chief Executive Officer, Levi Strauss & Co. Stacy Brown-Philpot INDEPENDENT 45 2015 Nordstrom, Inc. Member of Investment Committee, SB Opportunity Fund Stephanie A. Burns INDEPENDENT Corning Incorporated 66 2015 Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Dow Corning Kellogg Company Mary Anne Citrino INDEPENDENT Ahold Delhaize 61 2015 Senior Advisor and former Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Alcoa Corporation Richard L. Clemmer INDEPENDENT 69 2020 Aptiv PLC Chairman, Privafy, Inc. Enrique Lores 55 2019 None President and Chief Executive Officer, HP Inc. Judith (“Jami”) Miscik INDEPENDENT General Motors Company 62 2021 Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. Morgan Stanley Subra Suresh INDEPENDENT 64 2015 Singapore Exchange Limited President, Nanyang Technological University Committees A Audit Committee H Human Resources and Compensation Committee Chair F Finance, Investment and Technology Committee N Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee 4 www.hpannualmeeting.com Proxy Statement Summary Nominee Governance Highlights Composition Independent Board Leadership Independence — Strong board oversight and leadership by an independent Chairman (more details beginning INDEPENDENT NOMINEES OUR CEO on page 28).