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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 16, 2011

 

   

 

Meeting Information

  AUTODESK, INC.  

 

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

    For holders as of: April 19, 2011
    Date: June 16, 2011                        Time: 3:00 PM PDT
    Location: The Landmark
   

        One Market Street,

   

        2nd Floor

   

        San Francisco, CA 94105

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AUTODESK, INC.

111 MCINNIS PARKWAY

SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903

 

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  Voting items       
  The Board of Directors recommends you

vote FOR the following proposal (s):

      
  1.    Election of Directors         
     Nominees          The Board of Directors recommends you vote ONE YEAR for the following proposal(s):
  1a    Carl Bass       4         Approve the frequency with which stockholders are provided an advisory
(non-binding) vote on the compensation of Autodesk, Inc.’s named executive officers.
  1b    Crawford W. Beveridge         
  1c    J. Hallam Dawson      
 
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  1d    Per-Kristian Halvorsen         
  1e    Sean M. Maloney         
  1f    Mary T. McDowell         
  1g    Lorrie M. Norrington         
  1h    Charles J. Robel         
  1i    Steven M. West         

 

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  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal (s):   
  2           Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Autodesk, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2012.   
  3          

Approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of Autodesk, Inc.’s named executive officers.

  


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