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Furthermore, we expect that if anyone in the Company or among the Directors acquiesced in, condoned or was complicit in this conduct, they are not being retained by the Company. These are standards commonly expected to be abided by under federal law. See, e.g., USAM 9-28.700, 9-28.900, 9-28.1000, 9-28.1100. I remind you that not only are Mr. Singer and Elliott potential victims, we are shareholders as well, and we do not want to see these issues proliferate for us or for the Company. While I recognize that you may have concerns about maintaining the privilege and confidentiality of any investigation, there are ways that you or your counsel could assure us that Mr. Singer, as the target of Dr. Kleinfeld's conduct, can be satisfied that the concerns I mention above are all being dealt with and are under control. This is not difficult to do, as your counsel will inform you, especially since facts are not privileged, and I would appreciate speaking to a representative of your choosing or your counsel regarding these issues. Please have someone contact me no later than April 18 to discuss this.", "attrs": null, "canon": { "kind": { "name": "Paragraph", "slug": "paragraph", "status": "active", "canonId": "5f2affc0-941d-4d07-959d-4bfc1930cea4", "version": 1, "description": "Single prose block in the body of a slide." }, "tool": null, "subkind": { "name": "Paragraph", "slug": "paragraph", "status": "active", "canonId": "019de52c-fb80-75af-aa5c-a7a4bfac2433", "version": 1, "description": null }, "framework": null }, "subkind": "paragraph", "groupRole": null, "confidence": null, "extraction": { "at": "2026-05-02 21:01:12.096+00", "model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview-20260303", "runId": null, "seconds": null, "promptVersion": null }, "componentId": "451822fd-949c-4795-ac9a-8b2d966bd7fa", "parentComponentId": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.1, "w": 0.3, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.7 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Yours truly, Richard B. Zabel, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer", "attrs": null, "canon": { "kind": { "name": "Paragraph", "slug": "paragraph", "status": "active", "canonId": "5f2affc0-941d-4d07-959d-4bfc1930cea4", "version": 1, "description": "Single prose block in the body of a slide." }, "tool": null, "subkind": { "name": "Paragraph", "slug": "paragraph", "status": "active", "canonId": "019de52c-fb80-75af-aa5c-a7a4bfac2433", "version": 1, "description": null }, "framework": null }, "subkind": "paragraph", "groupRole": null, "confidence": null, "extraction": { "at": "2026-05-02 21:01:12.096+00", "model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview-20260303", "runId": null, "seconds": null, "promptVersion": null }, "componentId": "7ac4256b-1f57-45a7-9c8b-cce750c6cf77", "parentComponentId": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.08 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "compensation and governance responsibilities at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (\"HPE\") by virtue of his specific role on HPE's Board of Directors. That conflict should never have been the case for a supposed independent director in the first place but certainly cannot be present in a proper independent internal investigation, which it would not be if she is or has been involved. 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