Hewlett-Packard EDS Merger

    • 139,000 additional employees for HP
    • Additional $22.1 billion in revenue
  • According to the Electronic Data Systems website Hewlett-Packard and EDS have reached a $13.9 billion agreement to merge.

    The deal, which is HP's largest since acquiring Compaq for $20 billion in 2002, is set to close later in 2008 and will give EDS stockholders $25 per share. It will make HP the second-largest company of its kind, a close second to IBM.

  • Hewlett-Packard

    HP is headquartered in Palo Alto , California. The company first started in a garage, focusing on developing electronic test and measurement equipment. HP produced the first hand held scientific calculator and personal computers.
  • Electronic Data Systems

    EDS is headquartered in Plano, Texas. They're a business and technology services company and are listed on the Fortune 500 list as one of the largest service companies.

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