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PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
A board of ten directors is to be elected at the Annual Meeting, all of whom have been recommended for
nomination by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors and all of whom
are presently directors of Autodesk. All nominees were elected by the stockholders at last year’s annual meeting
with the exception of Carl Bass, who became a director in January 2006. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy
holders will vote the proxies received by them for the ten nominees named below.
In the event that any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting,
the proxies will be voted for any nominee who shall be designated by the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy.
The term of office of each person elected as a director will continue until the next annual meeting ofstockholders
or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified.
The name, age and principal occupation of each nominee as of April 17, 2006, are set forth in the table below.
Except as described below, each of the nominees has been engaged in his or her principal occupation during
the past five years. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
Name of Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
Carol A. Bartz ........... 57 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President 1992
Carl Bass ................ 48 Chief Operating Officer 2006
Mark A. Bertelsen ....... 62 Senior Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, attorneys at law
1992
Crawford W. Beveridge . . 60 Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer,
Sun Microsystems
1993
J. Hallam Dawson ........ 69 Chairman of the Board, IDI Associates 1988
Michael J. Fister ......... 51 Chief Executive Officer and President,
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
2003
Per-Kristian Halvorsen . . . 54 Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Intuit, Inc. 2000
Steven L. Scheid ......... 52 Chairman of Janus Capital Group Inc. 2002
Mary Alice Taylor ........ 56 Independent Business Consultant 1995
Larry W. Wangberg ...... 63 Independent Business Consultant 2000
Carol A. Bartz joined Autodesk in April 1992 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President. Effective April 30, 2006, Ms. Bartz will step down from her position as Chief Executive
Officer and President and as of May 1, 2006 will be Executive Chairman. Ms. Bartz is a director of Cisco Systems,
Inc. and Network Appliance, Inc. Prior to joining Autodesk, Ms. Bartz held various positions at Sun Microsystems,
Inc., including Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations from July 1990 to April 1992.
Carl Bass joined Autodesk in September 1993 and has served as Chief Operating Officer since June 2004.
As of May 1, 2006, Mr. Bass will become President and Chief Executive Officer. From February 2002 to June 2004,
Mr. Bass served as Senior Executive Vice President, Design Solutions Group. From August 2001 to February 2002,
Mr. Bass served as Executive Vice President, Emerging Business and Chief Strategy Officer. From August 1999
to July 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Buzzsaw.com, Inc., a spin-off from Autodesk.
He has also held other executive positions within Autodesk. Mr. Bass was a director of Serena Software, Inc.
through February 2006.
Mark A. Bertelsen joined the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in 1972, was the firm’s managing
partner from 1991 to 1996 and is currently a member of the firm’s Policy Committee of Senior Partners.
Mr. Bertelsen is a director of Informatica Corporation and Taleo Corporation.
Crawford W. Beveridge serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Beveridge served as Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Enterprise, an economic
development company, from January 1991 until March 2000. From March 1985 to December 1990, Mr. Beveridge
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