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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-028145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADSK"
cik: "0000769397"
company_name: "Autodesk, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T00:10:23.542922+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Autodesk director Betsy Rafael not seeking re-election at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Betsy Rafael, Board member since 2013, will not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- She served as Audit Committee chair from March 2016 to May 2024 and as Interim CFO from May to December 2024.
- Her advisory role concludes on April 30, 2025; CEO thanked her for contributions over more than a decade.
- She cited Autodesk's bright future and positioned for continued success.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-028145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADSK
- cik: 0000769397
- company_name: Autodesk, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000121390025028145/0001213900-25-028145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000121390025028145/ea0236951-8k_autodesk.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-028145
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-028145.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-028145.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth "Betsy" Rafael departed as Director at Autodesk, Inc..
  - Action: intention not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Elizabeth "Betsy" Rafael informed the Board of her intention not to stand for re-election at Autodesk’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000121390025028145/0001213900-25-028145-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.