---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001645590-22-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HPE"
cik: "0001645590"
company_name: "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co"
filed_at: "2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:26:19.638051+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hewlett Packard Enterprise appoints Jeremy Cox as Principal Accounting Officer and adjusts compensation for John Schultz

## Summary
- Jeff T. Ricci resigns as SVP, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, effective July 1, 2022; he will become Strategic Initiatives Leader for Finance & Strategy.
- Jeremy Cox appointed as HPE Corporate Controller, Chief Tax Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer, effective July 1, 2022.
- HR and Compensation Committee approved increase in John Schultz's target annual incentive from 125% to 150% of base salary, effective May 1, 2022.
- John Schultz granted 32,510 restricted stock units vesting over three years and 32,510 performance-adjusted RSUs linked to non-GAAP net income and relative TSR vs S&P 500.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001645590-22-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HPE
- cik: 0001645590
- company_name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
- filed_at: 2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559022000041/0001645590-22-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559022000041/hpe-20220617.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeremy Cox was appointed as HPE Corporate Controller, Chief Tax Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: HPE Corporate Controller, Chief Tax Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 17, 2022, Jeremy Cox, 45, the Company's current Senior Vice President, Global Tax and Head of Products and Services Finance, was appointed as HPE Corporate Controller and Chief Tax Officer, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559022000041/0001645590-22-000041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff T. Ricci resigned as Strategic Initiatives Leader for Finance & Strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Strategic Initiatives Leader for Finance & Strategy
  source text: On June 17, 2022, Jeff T. Ricci notified Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (the "Company") of his intention to resign as the Company's Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559022000041/0001645590-22-000041-index.htm

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