Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common and capital stock. Other than the risk factors set forth below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that could, if not remediated, result in material misstatements in our financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations.

As more fully disclosed in Item 4, “Controls and Procedures,” under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, we have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of July 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022 due to material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in our internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

We identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting due to design deficiencies involving (i) recognition of revenue for a Personal Systems customer’s transactions involving third-party financing and (ii) undue reliance on a payment application for certain sales incentive programs in EMEA, associated with variable consideration of approximately 4% of total consolidated revenues, for which management did not receive the System and Organization Controls Type 1 (SOC-1) Report timely and did not have effective complementary user entity controls. The material weakness described in clause (i) resulted in an error related to a revenue contract in our Personal Systems segment that comprises less than 1% of total consolidated revenues for the impacted periods. As a result, we revised our prior period financial statements for this error and other previously identified errors, the impact of which was not material to our previously filed financial statements. The error was identified by management as part of the financial statement close process for the period ended July 31, 2023. The material weakness described in clause (ii) above did not result in any errors. While these material weaknesses did not result in a material misstatement of our previously filed financial statements, there is a reasonable possibility that these control deficiencies could have resulted in a material misstatement in the Company's annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be detected. Accordingly, we have determined that these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses.

The Company’s management, under the oversight of the Audit Committee, is in the process of designing prevent and detect controls specific to the impacted business activity. The Company’s management is also enhancing its processes and controls to help ensure the timely review of the SOC-1 report in conjunction with designing and implementing related, effective complementary user entity controls associated with the sales incentive payment processing application. However, we can give no assurance that the measures we take will remediate the material weaknesses or that additional material weaknesses will not arise in the future. Any failure to remediate the material weaknesses, or the development of new material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations, which in turn could have a negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, restrict our ability to access the capital markets, require significant resources to correct the material weaknesses or deficiencies, subject us to fines, penalties or judgments, harm our reputation or otherwise cause a decline in investor confidence and cause a decline in the market price of our stock.

Ineffective internal controls could impact our business and operating results.

Our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error, failure or interruption of information technology systems, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. Even effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, including any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or if we experience difficulties in their implementation, our business and operating results could be harmed and the company could fail to meet its financial reporting obligations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by this report.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The table below provides information regarding the Company’s share repurchases during the three months ended July 31, 2023.

The Company’s share repurchase program, which does not have a specific expiration date, authorizes repurchases in the open market or in private transactions. On February 22, 2020, HP’s Board of Directors increased HP’s remaining share repurchase authorization to $15.0 billion in total. As of July 31, 2023, HP had approximately $2.0 billion remaining under the share repurchase authorizations. From time-to-time HP may repurchase shares opportunistically and to offset the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.