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To: Lynn who wrote (96467)	3/22/2002 9:06:54 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

NY Times: What Price Merger by: bobkw2 03/22/02 12:50 am Msg: 111961 of 111999 nytimes.com " There is an immediate bold step Ms. Fiorina and her board of directors could take to reduce the acrimony and encourage investor confidence in the combined entity's prospects. That is to abandon any plans of turning the deal's closing into a financial windfall for top executives at H.-P. and Compaq. A huge merger payoff would look like an insurance policy to cover Compaq and H.-P. executives in case their merger does not work out as well as they have promised. Shareholders who backed Ms. Fiorina's vision and approved the merger have no such insurance ? they've put their money where her mouth is. So should she."