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[FORM OF PROXY]
BLUESTONE SOFTWARE, INC.
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
JANUARY 17, 2001
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned stockholder of BLUESTONE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware
corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting of
Stockholders and Proxy Statement/Prospectus, each dated , 2000, and
hereby appoints Paul T. Porrini and S. Craig Huke each as proxy and
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, on behalf and in the name of
the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the Special Meeting of
Stockholders of BLUESTONE SOFTWARE, INC. to be held on Wednesday, January 17,
2001 at 10:00 A.M. local time, at the Sheraton Rittenhouse Square, 18th and
Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 and at any adjournments or
postponements thereof, and to vote all shares of common stock which the
undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally present, on
the matters set forth below.
/X/ Please mark votes as in this example.
1. Adoption and approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
October 24, 2000, by and among Hewlett-Packard Company, Beta Acquisition
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard, and Bluestone,
pursuant to which Bluestone will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Hewlett-Packard and may be merged upstream into Hewlett-Packard, and each
outstanding share of Bluestone common stock will be converted into the right
to receive 0.4866 shares of Hewlett-Packard common stock, and approval of
the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
2. Grant the Bluestone Board of Directors the discretionary authority to act
upon other matters relating to the conduct of the special meeting and at any
adjournment or postponement thereto.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
SEE REVERSE SIDE (CONTINUED, AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE OTHER SIDE) SEE REVERSE
SIDE
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL NOS. 1 AND 2. THIS
PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED ABOVE. THIS PROXY WILL
BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL NOS. 1 AND 2 IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE AND WILL BE VOTED
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY
COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING.
MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE AND NOTE AT LEFT / /
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Signature
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Signature
This proxy should be marked, dated and
signed by the stockholder(s) exactly as
his or her name appears herein, and
returned promptly in the enclosed
envelope. Persons signing in a fiduciary
capacity should so indicate. If shares
are held by joint tenants or as
community property, both should sign. If
the stockholder is a corporation, please
sign full corporate name by an
authorized officer. If the stockholder
is a partnership, please sign full
partnership name by an authorized
person.
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