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NOTICE OF 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Time and Date Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 3:00 p.m., Pacific Time.
Place Autodesk’s San Francisco office, located at: The Landmark, One Market
Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94105.
Items of Business (1) To elect the nine directors listed in the accompanying Proxy
Statement to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors
are duly elected and qualified.
(2) To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending January 31, 2013.
(3) To hold a non-binding vote to approve named executive officer
compensation.
(4) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Annual Meeting.
These items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement
accompanying this Notice of 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Adjournments and Postponements Any action on the items of business described above may be considered
at the Annual Meeting at the time and on the date specified above or
at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly
adjourned or postponed.
Record Date You are entitled to vote if you were a stockholder of record as of the
close of business on April 10, 2012.
Voti ng Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read the Proxy Statement and
vote on the Internet or by telephone or request, sign and return your
proxy card as soon as possible. For specific instructions on how to
vote your shares, please refer to the section entitled “Questions and
Answers About the 2012 Annual Meeting and Procedural Matters”
beginning on page 1 of the Proxy Statement and the instructions on
the enclosed notice of Internet availability of proxy materials.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting in
person. Any stockholder attending the Annual Meeting may vote in
person even if such stockholder previously signed and returned a proxy
card or voted on the Internet or by telephone.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Pascal W. Di Fronzo
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
This notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement and accompanying form of proxy card are being distributed and
made available on or about April 24, 2012.
Proxy Materials