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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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No. 3:12-cv-06003-CRB

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ORDER DENYING PENDING

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
FILE UNDER SEAL

IN RE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE
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THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

ALL ACTIONS
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This litigation now having been resolved, the Court must determine which documents,

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or portions thereof, should remain permanently shielded from public view. The Court has

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received numerous motions to seal certain portions of documents which number in the

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thousands of pages, most of which are heavily or entirely redacted. Specifically, the Court

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now has before it the following pending motions: Hewlett Packards Administrative Motion

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to File Under Seal (dkt. 337); Hewlett Packards Administrative Motion to File Under Seal

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(dkt. 367); Objector A.J. Copelands Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 378);

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Objector Harriet Steinbergs Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 380); Objectors

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A.J. Copelands and Harriet Steinbergs Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 390);

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Hewlett Packards Objection re Unsealing in Part of Consolidated Shareholder Derivative

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Complaint; Hewlett Packards Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 398);

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Directors Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 401); and Objector Harriet
Steinbergs Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (dkt. 404).

For the following reasons, all pending motions to seal are hereby DENIED. As an

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