York County on Behalf of the County of York Retirement Fund v. HP Inc. et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
YORK COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY OF YORK RETIREMENT FUND,

Individually and on Behalf of All Others
Similarly Situated,

Case No. 4:20-cv-07835-JSW (LJC)
CLASS ACTION

[ FINAL JUDGMENT AND
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

Plaintiff,
VS.
HP INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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This matter came before the Court for hearing pursuant to the Order of this Court, dated
September 22, 2025, on the application of the Settling Parties for approval of the Settlement set forth
in the Stipulation of Settlement dated August 18, 2025 (the “Stipulation”). Due and adequate notice
having been given to the Class as required in the Order, the Court having considered all papers filed
and proceedings held herein and otherwise being fully informed in the premises and good cause
appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:
1. 	This Judgment incorporates by reference the definitions in the Stipulation, and all
terms used herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Stipulation, unless otherwise
stated herein.
2. 	This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Litigation and over all
parties to the Litigation, including all Members of the Class.
3. 	Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court hereby affirms
its determinations in the Preliminary Approval Order, which certified, for purposes of effectuating
the Settlement, a Class defined as all Persons who purchased or otherwise acquired HP common
stock between November 5, 2015, and June 21, 2016, inclusive, and were allegedly damaged
thereby. Excluded from the Class are: Defendants and their families, the officers and directors of the
Company, at all relevant times, members of their immediate families and their legal representatives,
heirs, successors or assigns, and any entity in which Defendants have or had a controlling interest.
Also excluded from the Class is any Person who timely and validly sought exclusion from the Class,
as identified in Exhibit A hereto.
4. 	With respect to the Class, this Court finds solely for the purposes of effectuating the
Settlement that: (a) the Members of the Class are so numerous that joinder of all Class Members in
the Litigation is impracticable; (b) there are questions of law and fact common to the Class; (c) the
claims of the Lead Plaintiff are typical of the claims of the Class; (d) Lead Plaintiff and Lead
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Counsel have fairly and adequately represented and protected the interests of the Class Members;
(e) the questions of law and fact common to the Class predominate over any questions affecting only
individual Members of the Class; and (f) a class action is superior to other available methods for the
fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy, considering: (i) the interests of the Members of the
Class in individually controlling the prosecution of the separate actions; (ii) the extent and nature of
any litigation concerning the controversy already commenced by Members of the Class; (iii) the
desirability or undesirability of concentrating the litigation of these claims in this particular forum;
and (iv) the difficulties likely to be encountered in the management of the Litigation.
5. 	Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court certifies
Maryland Electrical Industry Pension Fund as the representative of the Class. Lead Counsel Robbins
Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is also certified as counsel to the class representative and the Class in
the Litigation.
6. 	Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court hereby
approves the Settlement set forth in the Stipulation and finds that:
(a) 	in light of the benefits to the Class and the complexity, expense, and risks
associated with further litigation, the Stipulation and the Settlement contained therein are, in all
respects, fair, reasonable, and adequate;
(b) 	there was no collusion in connection with the Stipulation;
(c) 	Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel have adequately represented the Class;
(d) 	the Stipulation was the product of informed, arm’s-length negotiations among
competent, able counsel;
(e) 	the relief provided for the Class is adequate, having taken into account: (i) the
costs, risks, and delay of trial and appeal; (ii) the effectiveness of any proposed method of
distributing relief to the Class, including the method of processing Class Members’ claims; (iii) the
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terms of any proposed award of attorneys’ fees, including timing of payment; and (iv) any agreement
required to be identified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(3);
(f) 	the proposed Plan of Allocation treats Class Members equitably relative to
each other; and
(g) 	the record is sufficiently developed and complete to have enabled Lead
Plaintiff and Defendants to have adequately evaluated and considered their positions.
7. 	Accordingly, the Court authorizes and directs implementation and performance of all
the terms and provisions of the Stipulation, as well as the terms and provisions hereof. Except as to
any individual claim of those Persons who have validly and timely requested exclusion from the
Class (identified in Exhibit A hereto), the Litigation and all claims contained therein are dismissed
with prejudice as to the Lead Plaintiff, the other Class Members, and as against each and all of the
Released Defendant Parties. The Settling Parties are to bear their own costs except as otherwise
provided in the Stipulation.
8. 	No Person shall have any claim against the Lead Plaintiff, Lead Counsel, or the
Claims Administrator, or any other Person designated by Lead Counsel based on determinations or
distributions made substantially in accordance with the Stipulation and the Settlement contained
therein, the Plan of Allocation, or further order(s) of the Court.
9. 	Upon the Effective Date, Lead Plaintiff shall have, and each and every Releasing
Plaintiff Party shall be deemed to have, and by operation of law and of this Judgment shall have, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, resolved,
waived, released, relinquished, discharged, and dismissed each and every one of the Released
Plaintiff’s Claims (including, without limitation, Unknown Claims) against each and every one of
the Released Defendant Parties with prejudice on the merits, whether or not the Lead Plaintiff, or
such Releasing Plaintiff Party: (a) executes and delivers the Proof of Claim; (b) receives the Notice;
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(c) participated in the Settlement Fund; (d) filed an objection to the Settlement, the proposed Plan of
Allocation, or any application by Plaintiffs’ Counsel for attorneys’ fees and expenses; or (e) had
their Claims approved or allowed. Claims to enforce the terms of the Stipulation or this Judgment
are not released.
10. 	Upon the Effective Date, the Defendants and each and every Released Defendant
Party shall be deemed to have, and by operation of law and of this Judgment shall have, to the fullest
extent permitted by the law, fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, resolved, waived,
released, relinquished, and discharged each and every one of Released Defendants’ Claims
(including, without limitation, Unknown Claims) against the Releasing Plaintiff Parties, and shall be
deemed to have covenanted not to sue any Releasing Plaintiff Parties on the basis of the Released
Defendants’ Claims against any of the Releasing Plaintiff Parties. Claims to enforce the terms of the
Stipulation or this Judgment are not released.
11. 	Upon the Effective Date, the Lead Plaintiff, all Releasing Plaintiff Parties, including
all Class Members, and anyone claiming through or on behalf of any of them are forever barred and
enjoined from commencing, instituting, asserting, prosecuting, continuing to prosecute, or
maintaining in any court of law or equity, arbitration tribunal, or administration forum any and all of
the Released Plaintiff’s Claims against any and all of the Released Defendant Parties.
12. 	The distribution of the Summary Notice, Notice, and Proof of Claim, and publication
of the Summary Notice as provided for in the Preliminary Approval Order constituted the best notice
practicable under the circumstances, including individual notice to Class Members who could be
identified through reasonable effort. The notice provided was the best notice practicable under the
circumstances of those proceedings and of the matters set forth therein, including the proposed
Settlement set forth in the Stipulation, to all Persons entitled to such notice, and said notice fully
satisfied the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, due process, and any other
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applicable law, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. No Class Member is
relieved from the terms of the Settlement, including the releases provided for therein, based upon the
contention or proof that such Class Member failed to receive actual or adequate notice. 	A full
opportunity has been offered to the Class Members to object to the proposed Settlement and to
participate in the hearing thereon. The Court further finds that the notice provisions of the Class
Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. §1715, were fully discharged and that the statutory waiting period
has elapsed. 	Thus, it is hereby determined that all Members of the Class are bound by this
Judgment, except those persons listed on Exhibit A to this Judgment.
13. 	Any Plan of Allocation submitted by Lead Counsel or any order entered regarding
any attorneys’ fee and expense application shall in no way disturb or affect this Judgment and shall
be considered separate from this Judgment. 	Any order or proceeding relating to the Plan of
Allocation or any order entered regarding any attorneys’ fee and expense application, or any appeal
from any order relating thereto or reversal or modification thereof, shall not affect or delay the
finality of the Final Judgment in this Litigation.
14. 	Neither this Judgment, the Stipulation nor the Settlement contained therein, nor any
act performed or any acts, proceedings, communications, drafts, documents, or agreements executed
pursuant to or in furtherance of the Stipulation or the Settlement: (a) is or may be deemed to be or
may be used as an admission of, or evidence of, the validity of any Released Plaintiff’s Claim or of
any wrongdoing or liability of the Released Defendant Parties; or (b) is or may be deemed to be or
may be used as an admission of, or evidence of, any fault or omission of any of the Released
Defendant Parties; or (c) is or may be deemed to be or may be used as an admission or evidence that
any claims asserted by Lead Plaintiff were not valid or that the amount recoverable was not greater
than the Settlement Amount in any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding in any court,
administrative agency, or other tribunal. The Released Defendant Parties may file the Stipulation
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and/or this Judgment in any other action that may be brought against them in order to support a
defense or counterclaim based on principles of res judicata, collateral estoppel, release, good faith
settlement, judgment bar or reduction, or any other theory of claim preclusion or issue preclusion or
similar defense or counterclaim, or to effectuate any liability protection under any applicable
insurance policy. The Settling Parties may file the Stipulation and/or the Judgment in any action that
may be brought to enforce the terms of the Stipulation and/or the Judgment.
15. 	The Court finds that Defendants have satisfied their financial obligation under the
Stipulation by paying or causing to be paid $39,000,000.00 to the Settlement Fund, in accordance
with ¶2.2 of the Stipulation.
16. 	Without affecting the finality of this Judgment in any way, this Court hereby retains
continuing jurisdiction over: (a) implementation of the Settlement and any award or distribution of
the Settlement Fund, including interest earned thereon; (b) disposition of the Settlement Fund; (c)
hearing and determining applications for attorneys’ fees and expenses in the Litigation; and (d) all
parties hereto for the purpose of construing, enforcing, and administering the Settlement.
17. 	The Court finds that during the course of the Litigation, all parties and their counsel
complied with the provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 throughout the course of the
Litigation.
18. 	In the event that the Settlement does not become effective in accordance with the
terms of the Stipulation, or the Effective Date does not occur, or in the event that the Settlement
Fund, or any portion thereof, is returned to the Defendants or their insurers, then this Judgment shall
be rendered null and void to the extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation and shall
be vacated; and in such event, all orders entered and releases delivered in connection herewith shall
be null and void to the extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation.
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19. 	The Settling Parties shall bear their own costs and expenses except as otherwise
provided in the Stipulation or in this Judgment.
20. 	Without further order of the Court, the Settling Parties may agree to reasonable
extensions of time to carry out any of the provisions of the Stipulation.
21. 	The Court directs immediate entry of this Judgment by the Clerk of the Court.
22. 	The Court’s orders entered during this Litigation relating to the confidentiality of
information shall survive this Settlement.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: _________________________ 	________________________________________
THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
February 13, 2026
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EXHIBIT A

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RECEIVED
December 11, 2025
Claims Center
Exclusion Cover Page
Case Name: HP Securities Settlement
Case Code: HPSS
Exclusion Deadline: December 22, 2025 (Postmarked, Received or
Before)
Name of Person Filing Exclusion: Jean-Marie Fierling
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From:
M. JMARIE FIERLING
to
HP Securities Settlement
Claims Administrator
c/o Verita Global
ATTN.: EXCLUSIONS
P.O. Box 5100
LARKSPUR, CA 94977-5100
November 12, 2025
RE: Request for Exclusion from the Class in the HP Securities Settlement (Case N° 4:20-cv-07835-
JSW.)
Dear Sir,
This letter is to request my exclusion from the Class in the HP Securities
Settlement (Case N° 4:20-cv-07835-JSW).
With this request for exclusion, I understand that I will not be legally bound by
anything that happens in this lawsuit.
Here the other requested informations:
a/ Number of shares of HP common stock on November 05, 2015: 	1888
b/ Number of shares purchased, acquired and/or sold during Class Period: O (none)
With best regards,
Jean-Macie Fierling
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RECEIVED
December 15, 2025
Claims Center
Exclusion Cover Page
Case Name: HP Securities Settlement
Case Code: HPSS
Exclusion Deadline: December 22, 2025 (Postmarked, Received or
Before)
Name of Person Filing Exclusion: Nyra Ann Payne
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December 2, 2025
HP Securities Settlement
Claims Administrator
c/o Verita Global
ATTN: EXCLUSIONS
P.O. Box 5100
Larkspur, CA 94977-5100
Ladies and Gentlemen:
NYRAANN PAYNE
I request exclusion from the Class in the HP Securities Settlement.
On November 5, 2015, I owned 249 shares of HPQ.
On January 22, 2016, I purchased 305 shares of HPQ for $9.8062/share . Principal amount
was $2,990.89.
On June 21, 2016 , I owned 554 shares of HPQ .
Sincerely,
Nyra Ann Payne
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HP Securities Settlement
Claims Administrator
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ATTN:EXCLUSIONS
P.O. Box5100
Larkspur, CA 94977-5100
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