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EDS Board of Directors Approves Contingent 5-Cent Dividend on EDS Common Stock

Wednesday 16. July 2008 - The EDS Board of Directors today declared a dividend on the common stock of EDS of $0.05 per share, payable September 10, 2008, to shareholders of record as of the close of business August 15, 2008.

Payment of the dividend is contingent on the closing of the proposed merger of EDS into a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company not occurring prior to the close of business on the August 15 record date.