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• After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, the Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee selects, or recommends to the full Board of Directors for selection, the director
nominees.
As a result of Mary Alice Taylor’s and Steven Scheid’s resignation from the Board of Directors effective
July 6, 2007 (the date of our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders), and at the recommendation of the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors appointed Charles J. Robel and Steven M. West
to the Board of Directors on September 27, 2007. In addition, the Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee reviewed the board size and composition during fiscal 2008 and determined that the Board of
Directors size should be increased from ten members to 12 members. Consequently, on December 6, 2007, at the
recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors amended the
Company’s bylaws to increase the size of the board from ten to 12 members, and appointed Sean Maloney and
Elizabeth A. Nelson as members.
The Board of Directors (which includes our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman) utilized the
services of a third party search firm to help it identify, screen, conduct background investigations of, and
interview potential director candidates. This process resulted in the appointment of our four new directors during
our 2008 fiscal year.
Attendance at Annual Stockholders Meetings by the Board of Directors
The Company does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of the Board of Directors at
the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders. The Company encourages, but does not require, directors to
attend. Five of our directors attended the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Contacting the Board of Directors
Communications from stockholders to the non-employee directors should be addressed to the Lead Director
as follows: Autodesk Inc., c/o General Counsel, 111 McInnis Parkway, San Rafael, California 94903, Attention:
Lead Director.
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