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|F O R M 3| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: September 30,1998|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |Estimated ave. burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement | |
|Wells Ben K | (Month/Day/Year) | Compaq Computer Corporation (CPQ) |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)| 04/18/1999 |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) | Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
| 20555 SH 249 | | | |
| M/C 110701 |-----------------------| Director 10% Owner | |
| |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |--- --- |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| of Reporting Person | |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| (Street) | (Voluntary) | X Officer Other | Group Filing |
| | |---(give title below)---(Specify below)| (Check Applicable Line)|
| | | | X Form filed by One |
|Houston TX 77070 | | Vice President, Corporate |--- Reporting Person |
| | | Treasurer & Acting CFO | Form filed by More |
| | | |--- than Reporting Person|
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | |
| | | or Indirect | |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
| Common Stock | 12,481.438 | I | 401(k) |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of |2.Date Exercisable and |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion or |5. |6.Nature of |
| Derivative | Expiration Date | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | Exercise Price |Own. | Indirect |
| Security | (Month/Day/Year) | | of Derivative |Form | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | | | Security |of | Ownership |
| | | | |Deri.| (Instr. 5) |
| | | | |Sec. | |
| | | | |Dir. | |
| | | | |(D) | |
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| |Date |Expiration | |Amount or Number | |Ind. | |
| |Exercisable |Date | Title |of Shares | |(I) | |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Stock Option | 01/04/1993 | 12/03/2002 |Common Stock | 8,000 | $2.8300 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option | 01/09/1994 | 12/09/2003 |Common Stock | 15,000 | $4.8000 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 01/08/1995 | 12/08/2004 |Common Stock | 27,000 | $7.8000 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 01/08/1996 | 12/07/2005 |Common Stock | 44,000 | $9.6800 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 01/12/1997 | 12/11/2006 |Common Stock | 60,000 | $15.9300 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 01/11/1998 | 12/10/2007 |Common Stock | 50,000 | $28.0000 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 02/28/1999 | 01/27/2009 |Common Stock | 30,000 | $47.1900 | D | |
|(Right to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Ben K. Wells 04/26/99
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 1473 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number.
Wells, Ben Compaq Computer Corporation 04/18/1999 PAGE: 2 OF 2
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