HP Pays $100 Million to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Autonomy Acquisition Hewlett-Packard agreed on Tuesday to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from its ill-fated 2011 acquisition of British software company Autonomy. Dutch pension fund PGGM was the lead plaintiff June 10, 2015 Business/IT Magazine/Magazine Advertisement india/New Feature/News/Product Launch/Tech Hardware/Technology News