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annual meeting of shareholders in 2007. Thomas M. Bloch, Common Stock beneficially owned by each director is listed
Mark A. Ernst, David Baker Lewis and Tom D. Seip serve as under the heading ‘‘Security Ownership of Directors and
Class I directors with terms scheduled to expire at the annual Management’’ on page 29 of this proxy statement.
meeting of shareholders in 2008. The number of shares of
NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AT THIS MEETING TO A TERM EXPIRING IN 2009 (CLASS II DIRECTORS):
Jerry D. Choate
Director since 2006
Age 67
Mr. Choate retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate Corporation at year-end 1998.
Prior to becoming Chairman, Mr. Choate was President and Chief Executive Officer and held numerous
other executive positions during his 36 years with Allstate. Mr. Choate also serves on the Board of
Directors of Amgen, Valero Energy Corporation and Van Kampen Mutual Funds. Mr. Choate serves on
the Audit Committee.
Henry F. Frigon
Director since 1992
Age 71
Mr. Frigon has served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of CARSTAR, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, since
May 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Frigon served as Chairman of the Board of CARSTAR, Inc. from July 1998
until May 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of CARSTAR, Inc. from July 1998 until February
2001. Mr. Frigon retired from Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri in 1994 where he served as
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy, and Chief Financial Officer, as well as
being a member of its Board of Directors from 1990 until December 1994. Prior to joining Hallmark,
Mr. Frigon served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of BATUS, Inc., where he was responsible
for the company’s extensive U.S. holdings in retailing, financial services, tobacco and paper. His previous
business experience covers a variety of operating, management and board positions with companies
such as Masco Corporation, General Housewares, General Foods Corporation and Chase Manhattan
Bank. Mr. Frigon received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tufts University in 1957 and a Master
of Business Administration from New York University in 1961. He also attended Wharton Graduate
School at the University of Pennsylvania and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard
Business School. Mr. Frigon is also a director of Buckeye Technologies, Inc., Packaging Corporation of
America, and Tuesday Morning Corporation. Mr. Frigon is Chairman of the Finance Committee of the
Board of Directors and a member of the Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees.
Roger W. Hale
Director since 1991
Age 63
Mr. Hale served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LG&E Energy Corporation, a diversified
energy services company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, from August 1990 until retiring in April
2001. Prior to joining LG&E, he was Executive Vice President of BellSouth Corporation, a
communications services company in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1966 to 1986, Mr. Hale held several
executive positions with AT&T Co., a communications services company, including Vice President,
Southern Region from 1983 to 1986. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of
Maryland in 1965 and a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Sloan School of Management in 1979. Mr. Hale is also a director of Ashland, Inc., where he
serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Public Policy and Environmental
Committees. He has served as the Presiding Director of the Board of Directors since September 8, 2004
and is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit,
Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees.
Len J. Lauer
Director since 2005
Age 49
Mr. Lauer is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel Corp. He was President from
September 2003 until the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. Prior to that, he was President-Sprint
PCS from October 2002 until October 2004, and was President-Long Distance (formerly the Global
Markets Group) from September 2000 until October 2002. Mr. Lauer also served in several executive
positions at Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1992 to 1998. Prior to this, Mr. Lauer spent the first 13 years of his
H&R BLOCK 2006 Proxy Statement
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