Resignation not on the agenda, says HP board

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd has the full support of the board and there have been no discussions about whether he might resign amid the controversy over the company's investigation into boardroom leaks, says a director.

"Mark has just got tremendous support from the board," said Robert Ryan, an HP director since 2004 and former chief financial officer of medical device maker Medtronic.

"There have been absolutely no discussions about Mark's resignation."

Ryan's comments came a day before expected testimony from Hurd, former chairwoman Patricia Dunn, and Ann Baskins, HP's general counsel, before a US House of Representatives subcommittee investigating HP's use of private phone records and other tactics to ferret out the source of board leaks.

- REUTERS