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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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H&R BLOCK, INC.
(Name
of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the
Registrant)
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August 16, 2007
Dear H&R Block Shareholder:
Shareholders have expressed their annoyance and confusion about a pre-recorded message sent to
their home
phones stating that the so-called “Blue H&R Block voting instruction form” they originally
received is no longer
valid due to a printing error.
Don’t be misled! This message is not from your Company and the blue voting instruction form is not
soliciting
votes for your Board’s nominees.
Rest assured — there is no error in the WHITE voting instruction form soliciting votes for your
Board’s highly
qualified and dedicated nominees, Donna R. Ecton, Louis W. Smith and Rayford Wilkins, Jr.
IF YOU SUPPORT THE BOARD’S NOMINEES, DO NOT RETURN ANY BLUE VOTING
INSTRUCTION FORM — doing so could invalidate your vote for your Board’s nominees.
The original blue voting instruction form erroneously stated that H&R Block’s Board recommends Mr.
Breeden
and Breeden Partners’ other nominees for election to your Board. Nothing could be further from the
TRUTH.
We asked Breeden Partners to explain this serious error to our shareholders. Instead, they chose to
reject our
request and send shareholders a misleading and confusing pre-recorded phone message.
There is still time for you to vote FOR your Board’s nominees. We urge you to discard all blue
voting
instruction forms and to vote the WHITE card in favor of our nominees TODAY — by telephone,
Internet or
by signing, dating and returning the WHITE card in the postage-paid envelope provided.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mark Ernst
Chairman, President and CEO
Chairman, President and CEO
Your Vote Is Important, No Matter How Many Or How Few Shares You Own.
If you have questions about how to vote your shares, or need additional assistance, please contact
the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies:
the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies:
INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED
Shareholders call Toll-Free: (877) 456-3463
Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 750-5833
Shareholders call Toll-Free: (877) 456-3463
Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 750-5833
IMPORTANT
We urge you NOT to sign any blue proxy card sent to you by Breeden Partners.
If you have already done so, you have every legal right to change your vote by using the enclosed
WHITE proxy card to vote TODAY—by telephone, by Internet, or by signing, dating and
returning the WHITE proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.
We urge you NOT to sign any blue proxy card sent to you by Breeden Partners.
If you have already done so, you have every legal right to change your vote by using the enclosed
WHITE proxy card to vote TODAY—by telephone, by Internet, or by signing, dating and
returning the WHITE proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.