<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000769397-19-000019.txt : 20190424
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000769397-19-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190418
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190424
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190424

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUTODESK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000769397
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				942819853
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14338
		FILM NUMBER:		19763913

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 MCINNIS PKWY
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155075000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 MCINNIS PKWY
		CITY:			SAN RAFAEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94903
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-K - ITEMS 5.02 AND 9.01
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report)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-19px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-19px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-19px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div><div style="line-height:279%;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-19px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:279%;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></div><div 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Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(d) Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="crawfordbeveridgepressrele.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Press release, dated as of April 24, 2019, entitled &#8220;Crawford W. 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Di Fronzo</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Pascal W. Di Fronzo</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">SVP, Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer &amp; Secretary</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:20px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Date: April 24, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:20px;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:174%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="crawfordbeveridgepressrele.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Press release, dated as of April 24, 2019, entitled &#8220;Crawford W. 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<div><a name="s69260404557C30CBD4BE4AE756F3DDBF"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Autodesk Press Release</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Investors: Abhey Lamba, (415) 547-3502</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">abhey.lamba@autodesk.com</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Press:&#160;Taylor Long, (541) 231-9695</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">taylor.long@autodesk.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Crawford W. Beveridge to Retire from Autodesk Board of Directors </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">SAN RAFAEL, CA, April 24, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">-- </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">Autodesk, Inc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;(NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that Crawford Beveridge will not stand for reelection to the Board at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Beveridge has decided to retire after serving 26 years on the Autodesk Board.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Beveridge is a technology industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience, having worked at Sun Microsystems, Scottish Enterprise, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Beveridge said, &#8220;It&#8217;s been my privilege to serve our shareholders and the company over the past 26 years, which has allowed me to witness the company&#8217;s growth from a 2D CAD company to a global leader in design for the AEC, manufacturing and media &amp; entertainment industries. Autodesk is well positioned for its next stage of growth, and I look forward to following the company&#8217;s future success from retirement.&#8221; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;Crawford has made immeasurable contributions during his tenure on the Autodesk Board and provided critical leadership during pivotal periods in our company&#8217;s history,&#8221; said Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk president and CEO. &#8220;On behalf of the entire Board, I thank Crawford for his service and wish him well in retirement.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;Crawford has led an exceptional career in the technology industry and his dedication to the Board has contributed substantially to our success,&#8221; said Stacy Smith, chairman of the board of Autodesk. &#8220;We are forever grateful for his years of service as a director and wish him the best in retirement.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Board currently consists of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;">10 members</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">. If all the Board&#8217;s nominees are elected, the Board will consist of nine members immediately following the Annual Meeting and Beveridge&#8217;s retirement.</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">About Autodesk</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you&#8217;ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you&#8217;ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;">Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.&#160;All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.&#160;Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;">&#169; 2019 Autodesk, Inc. 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