Hewlett Packard: Offer For Autonomy Open For Acceptances Until Oct. 3

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), said Wednesday that the recommended cash offer by Hewlett-Packard Vision B.V. to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Autonomy Corporation PLC (AU.LN), will remain open for acceptance until 0900 GMT on Oct. 3, adding that it is not currently aware of any impediment to the Offer being declared unconditional in all respects.

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-HP Vision, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company now confirms that decisions authorizing the Offer have been made by the Irish Competition Authority and the German Bundeskartellamt and that the Austrian Federal Competition Authority has withdrawn its application for an in-depth examination of the Offer, and, as a consequence, that the condition in relation to the Non-U.S. Filings set out in paragraph 1(C) of Part A of Appendix I to the Offer Document has also been satisfied.

-By Razak Musah Baba, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9275; razak.baba@dowjones.com