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Q: What happens if I decide to attend the Annual Meeting but I have already voted or submitted a proxy
card covering my shares?
A: Subject to any rules your broker may have, you may attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person even
if you have already voted or submitted a proxy card. Any previous votes that were submitted by you will
be superseded by the vote that you cast at the Annual Meeting. Please be aware that attendance at the
Annual Meeting will not, by itself, revoke a proxy.
If a broker, bank or other nominee holds your shares and you wish to attend the Annual Meeting and vote
in person, you must obtain a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares
giving you the right to vote the shares.
Q: What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?
A: You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement
and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one
brokerage account, you may receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which
you hold shares. If you are a stockholder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name,
you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each Autodesk proxy card
and voting instruction card that you receive to ensure that all your shares are voted.
Q: Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?
A: We intend to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and will provide final results in
our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2007. In addition, the results will be posted
on our website at www.autodesk.com under “About Us — Investors.”
Q: Who pays for the proxy solicitation process?
A: Autodesk will bear all expenses of this solicitation, including the cost of preparing and mailing this proxy
material. Autodesk may reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, nominees, fiduciaries and other persons
representing beneficial owners of Common Stock for their reasonable expenses in forwarding solicitation
material to such beneficial owners. Directors, officers and employees of Autodesk may also solicit proxies
in person or by other means of communication. Such directors, officers and employees will not be
additionally compensated but may be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with
such solicitation.
Q: What is the deadline to propose actions for consideration at next year’s annual meeting of
stockholders or to nominate individuals to serve as directors?
A: You may submit proposals, including director nominations, for consideration at future meetings.
Requirements for stockholder proposals to be considered for inclusion in Autodesk’s proxy material —
Stockholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in Autodesk’s proxy statement and for
consideration at the next annual meeting of its stockholders by submitting their proposals in writing to
Autodesk’s General Counsel in a timely manner. In order to be included in the proxy statement for the 2007
annual meeting of stockholders, stockholder proposals must be received by Autodesk’s General Counsel
no later than December 29, 2006, and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Requirements for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting — In addition, Autodesk’s
bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders who wish to present certain matters before
an annual meeting of stockholders. In general, nominations for the election of directors may be made by
(1) the Board of Directors, (2) the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee or (3) any stockholder
entitled to vote who has delivered written notice to Autodesk’s General Counsel no later than the Notice
Deadline (as defined below), which notice must contain specified information concerning the nominees and
concerning the stockholder proposing such nominations. However, if a stockholder wishes only to
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