---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001645590-24-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HPE"
cik: "0001645590"
company_name: "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T08:44:36.707313+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HPE restructures H3C sale: $2.1B for 30% stake, option for $1.4B on 19%

## Summary
- Sale of 30% of H3C to UNIS for ~$2.1B due by Aug 31, 2024 (grace to Oct 21, 2024).
- Put/call option for remaining 19% for ~$1.4B, exercisable 16-36 months after Sale Transaction closes.
- Conditions include PRC regulatory approvals, UNIS stockholder approval, and no adverse law.
- If Sale Transaction not closed by Oct 21, 2024, HPE can sell all Shares to a third party.
- UNIS to pay 5% termination fee on consideration if Sale or Option Transaction fails post-grace.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001645590-24-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HPE
- cik: 0001645590
- company_name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559024000081/0001645590-24-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559024000081/hpe-20240524.htm

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