-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, L356pnFvL5QHu90uNgVkeY3C/OgytVv1LE2e0yc/EOYUI/u+9eLodwldBSIDbC2v g0RmwAc46LzfR0RGX9c1AA== 0000950134-07-015987.txt : 20070727 0000950134-07-015987.hdr.sgml : 20070727 20070726204903 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-07-015987 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070727 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070726 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070727 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: H&R BLOCK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000012659 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 440607856 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06089 FILM NUMBER: 071004531 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE H&R BLOCK WAY CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64105 BUSINESS PHONE: 8168543000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE H&R BLOCK WAY CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64105 DEFA14A 1 c16547dadefa14a.htm SOLICITING MATERIALS defa14a
 

         
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.     )

  Filed by the Registrant   þ
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  Check the appropriate box:

  o   Preliminary Proxy Statement
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  o   Definitive Proxy Statement
  o   Definitive Additional Materials
  þ   Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12

H&R BLOCK, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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On July 26, 2007, a spokesperson for H&R Block, Inc. made the following statement:
“When PWC ceased being H&R Block’s independent auditor in 2003, the transition was planned in advance and was timed so that KPMG came on at the beginning of the fiscal year. There is no comparison with a forced, sudden change of auditors in mid-year which would be very expensive, extremely disruptive and not in our shareholders’ best interest. In light of these facts, we are very surprised that Mr. Breeden failed to disclose his relationship with KPMG.”
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
H&R Block has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a revised preliminary proxy statement in connection with H&R Block’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and will file with the SEC and furnish to its shareholders a definitive proxy statement in connection with the annual meeting. H&R Block urges its security holders to read the preliminary proxy statement, and to read the definitive proxy statement (as well as any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement) and other documents relating to the 2007 Annual Meeting when they become available, because the preliminary proxy statement contains, and the definitive proxy statement and other documents will contain, important information. Security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the preliminary and definitive proxy statements (as well as any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement) and other relevant documents (including any additional proxy solicitation materials filed with the SEC), when available, at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). In addition, copies of the definitive proxy statement and other documents may be obtained for free by directing a request to: H&R Block, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 1 H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, (816) 854-3000 or from our website (www.hrblock.com). Copies of the proxy materials also may be requested by contacting our proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at 877-456-3463 toll-free.
H&R Block and its directors, named executive officers and certain other officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from H&R Block’s security holders with respect to the election of directors and other actions to be taken at H&R Block’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of these individuals in H&R Block’s revised preliminary proxy statement for H&R Block’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed on July 26, 2007, as such information may be supplemented or amended by H&R Block’s definitive proxy statement when it is filed with the SEC.

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