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|F O R M 5| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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Check this box if ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0362|
[ ] no longer Subject |Expires: September 30,1998|
to Section 16. |Estimated ave. burden |
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[ ] Form 3 Holdings Rep. Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, ----------------------------
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
[ ] Form 4 Trans. Rep. Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
|Lay Kenneth L |Compaq Computer Corporation (CPQ ) | |
| | | X Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| 1400 Smith Street - 50th Floor | (Voluntary) | | |
| | | 12/31/1996 | |
| | | | Director |
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| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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|Houston TX 77002 | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | | | | Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
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| | | | |(A) | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Stock Opti| $36.2500|12/31| J | | 12000|04/21|04/20|Common Sto| 12000| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1995| 2004|ck | | | | | |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | (01) | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $39.0000|12/31| J | | 12000|04/26|04/25|Common Sto| 12000| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1996| 2005|ck | | | | | |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | (01) | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $47.1300|12/31| J | | 10000|04/25|04/24|Common Sto| 10000| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1997| 2006|ck | | | | | |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | (01) | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $36.2500|12/31| J | 12000| |04/21|04/20|Common Sto| 12000| | 12000| I |Limited Pa|
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1995| 2004|ck | | | | |rtnership |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | (01) | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $39.0000|12/31| J | 12000| |04/26|04/25|Common Sto| 12000| | 12000| I |Limited Pa|
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1996| 2005|ck | | | | |rtnership |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | (01) | | | | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Opti| $47.1300|12/31| J | 10000| |04/25|04/24|Common Sto| 10000| | 10000| I |Limited Pa|
|on (Righ| | 1996| | | | 1997| 2006|ck | | | | |rtnership |
|t to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Contribution to a family limited partnership in which the reporting person is a general partner.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/Kenneth L. Lay 02/13/1997
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collections of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
Lay, Kenneth Compaq Computer Corporation 12/31/1996 PAGE: 2 OF 2
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