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REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Autodesk, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Autodesk, Inc., as of January 31,
2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for
eachof the threeyears in theperiod ended January31, 2004. Ouraudits also includedthe financial statement
schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility
of Autodesk’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of Autodesk, Inc. at January 31, 2004 and 2003, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
January 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also, in
our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Note 1 in the consolidated financial statements, in 2002 Autodesk, Inc. changed its
method of accounting for goodwill and other purchased intangible assets.
/s/ERNST &YOUNG LLP
Palo Alto, California
February 24, 2004
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