SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bado George M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
111 MCINNIS PARKWAY

(Street)
SAN RAFAEL CA 94903

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/17/2004
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AUTODESK INC [ ADSK ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP, Worldwide Sales
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 10,978 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 11/11/2003(1) 11/11/2012 Common Stock 23,289 12.88 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 11/11/2003(2) 11/11/2012 Common Stock 51,711 12.88 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 05/23/2007(3) 05/23/2013 Common Stock 6,734 14.85 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 05/23/2004(4) 05/23/2013 Common Stock 19,516 14.85 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 11/20/2004(5) 11/20/2013 Common Stock 25,000 19.4 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 04/05/2008(6) 04/05/2014 Common Stock 3,045 32.84 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 04/05/2005(7) 04/05/2014 Common Stock 56,955 32.84 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments of 7763 shares beginning on November 11, 2003.
2. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments of 17237 shares beginning on November 11, 2003.
3. The option vests over a 4-year period, such that 100% of the shares subject to option will vest and become exercisable on May 23, 2007.
4. The option vests over a 4-year period at the rate of 8750 shares each year for three years beginning on May 23, 2004, while the remaining 2016 shares subject to the option become exercisable on May 23, 2007.
5. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments of 6250 shares beginning on November 20, 2004.
6. The option vests over a 4-year period, such that 100% of the shares subject to option will vest and become exercisable on April 5, 2008.
7. The option vests over a 4-year period at the rate of 15000 shares each year for three years beginning on April 5, 2005, while the remaining 11955 shares subject to the option become exercisable on April 5, 2008.
Nancy Thiel, Attorney-in-fact for George M. Bado 06/24/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Autodesk, Inc. (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy Thiel and Kent Heinzman and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.        complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto
as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as
amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor
laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or
disposition of securities of the Company; and

2.        do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company a nd such
other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

      The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
      
& nbsp;     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of June, 2004.


Signature: /s/ George M Bado

Print Name: George M Bado