Autodesk 2010 Annual Report Download - page 53

Salary—Named Executive Officers are paid a salary which reflects the dollar value of cash base salary
earned by each executive during the relevant fiscal year. We did not provide equity or other non-cash items to
our Named Executive Officers as salary compensation during fiscal 2010, 2009 or 2008.
Stock Awards and Option Awards—The value of restricted stock unit awards and option awards included in
the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns of the following table represents the grant date fair value of
stock and option awards granted during the fiscal year. The assumptions used in the valuation of these awards are
set forth in Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements in our fiscal year 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 19, 2010. These
amounts do not correspond to the actual value that will be realized by the Named Executive Officers upon the
vesting of restricted stock units, the exercise of stock options, or the sale of the Common Stock underlying such
awards.
Equity and Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation—Non-equity incentive plan compensation
represents (1) amounts earned for services performed during the relevant fiscal year pursuant to our EIP for all
executive officers shown except for Mr. Bado, and (2) amounts earned for services performed by Mr. Bado
pursuant to Autodesk’s EIP and for sales commissions earned, as shown below. Amounts earned under our EIP
are paid in cash unless a participant elects to defer a portion of the earned amount as restricted stock; see note
(e) below and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Equity Granting Practices and Policies,” above for
more information on these deferrals. The amounts shown in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
column below reflect the total cash amounts awarded and the amounts shown in the Equity Incentive Plan
Compensation column reflect the grant date fair value of restricted stock units granted in lieu of cash due to the
participant’s decision to defer into restricted stock units a portion of the total EIP amount awarded. Cash amounts
awarded under the EIP are awarded and payable in the first quarter of the following fiscal year.
All Other Compensation—This column represents all other compensation for the relevant fiscal year not
reported in the previous columns, such as payment of relocation and temporary housing expenses, reimbursement
of certain tax expenses, Autodesk’s matching contributions to pre-tax savings plans, insurance premiums,
personal gifts and related tax gross ups. In addition, this column includes reimbursement for tax issues arising
from our voluntary stock option review during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. Generally, unless the items included
in this category exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10 percent of the total amount of perquisites received by such
Named Executive Officer, each individual perquisite is not separately identified and quantified.
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