H&R BLOCK, INC.

2003 LONG-TERM EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

AWARD AGREEMENT

     This Award Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between H&R
Block, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), and <<Associate>> (the
“Recipient”).

     WHEREAS, in accordance with the Company’s 2003 Long-Term Executive
Compensation Plan, as amended, (the “Plan”), the Recipient has been selected by
the Compensation Committee under the Plan (the “Committee”) or the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company as a key employee of one of the subsidiaries of
the Company and may be eligible from time to time to receive Awards under the
Plan;

     WHEREAS, the Recipient recognizes Awards made under the Plan are subject to
certain conditions, restrictions and risk of forfeiture;

     WHEREAS, the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer has determined that
the Recipient is eligible to receive an Award under the Plan;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing the parties hereby agree
to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms, conditions and mutual
covenants as set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The
parties understand and agree that said terms, conditions and mutual covenants
shall be binding as to future Awards under the Plan. However, nothing in this
Agreement shall prevent the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company from exercising authority under the Plan to change or modify the terms
and conditions of future Awards.

     The parties acknowledge that this Agreement does not confer on the
Recipient any right to continued employment for any period of time, is not an
employment contract, and shall not in any manner modify any effective contract
of employment between the Recipient and any subsidiary of the Company.

     The parties acknowledge that this Agreement does not confer on the
Recipient any right or guarantee to future Awards under the Plan. The Committee
or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall retain full authority and
discretion to make determinations regarding eligibility for Awards under the
Plan, including the types, sizes, terms and conditions of Awards granted under
the Plan.

     The parties hereto have executed this Agreement effective as of the Date of
Grant.

              H&R BLOCK, INC.
(Signature of Recipient)
       
 
       

  By:   (-s- MARK A. ERNST) [c95908c9590803.gif]
 
       
(Social Security Number)
      Mark A. Ernst
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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H&R BLOCK, INC.

2003 LONG-TERM EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

AWARD AGREEMENT – EXHIBIT 1

I. Restricted Shares

          (A) Issuance of Shares; Delivery of Shares.

          (1) Restricted Shares (the “Shares”) issued under the Plan shall be
held by the Company, or its transfer agent or other designee, and shall be
subject to forfeiture by or delivery to the Recipient as set forth in the Plan
and this Exhibit 1. Shares shall be considered to be held by the Company for
purposes of Section I(E) until such time as the Shares vest in accordance with
the terms of the vesting schedule as set forth in the Award letter.

          (2) Any Shares to be delivered to the Recipient by the Company in
accordance with the terms of the Plan shall be transferred directly into a
brokerage account established for the Recipient at a financial institution the
Committee shall select at its sole discretion (the “Financial Institution”) or
delivered in certificate form free of restrictions, such method to be selected
by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Recipient agrees to complete any
documentation with the Company or the Financial Institution that is necessary to
effect the transfer of Shares to the Financial Institution before the delivery
will occur.

          (3) If the Recipient is age 65 or older and retires from employment
with any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company after the first
anniversary of an Award under the Plan, and is not immediately thereafter and
continuously employed by any other direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company,
the Company shall deliver to the Recipient, promptly after termination of such
employment, all of the Shares then held by the Company and, for purposes of
Section I(E), as of said retirement date, such Shares shall no longer be
considered to be held by the Company. Upon completion of any such delivery, this
Agreement shall terminate and the Company and the Recipient shall, except as
provided in Section IV(L), have no further rights or obligations hereunder. For
purposes of this Agreement, “retires” shall mean the Recipient’s voluntary
termination of employment.

          (B) Dividends and Voting Rights. During the time that the Company, or
its transfer agent or other designee, continues to hold any Shares subject
hereunder to forfeiture by (and delivery to) the Recipient, the Recipient shall
be entitled to receive any dividends paid with respect to such Shares and to
vote such Shares on any matters submitted by the Company to its shareholders.
Dividends paid with respect to any Shares that have not been delivered to the
Recipient pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the vesting schedule and with
respect to which an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
(“83(b) Election”) has not been made, may not be reinvested under the H&R Block,
Inc. Dividend Reinvestment Plan, as amended.

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          (C) Transfer Restrictions.

          (1) During the period that Shares issued under the Plan are held by
the Company hereunder for delivery to the Recipient, such Shares and the rights
and privileges conferred shall not be transferred, assigned, pledged, or
hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and shall not
be subject to sale under execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any
attempt, contrary to the terms hereof, to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate,
or otherwise so dispose of such Shares or any right or privilege conferred
hereby, or upon any attempted sale under any execution, attachment, or similar
process upon such Shares or the rights and privileges hereby granted, then and
in any such event this Agreement and the rights and privileges hereby granted
shall, except as provided in Section IV(L), immediately terminate. Immediately
after such termination, such Shares shall be forfeited by the Recipient and the
Recipient hereby authorizes the Company and its stock transfer agent to cause
the delivery, transfer and conveyance of such Shares to the Company.

          (2) If at any time counsel for the Company determines that
qualification of the Shares under any state or federal securities law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental regulatory authority, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of the transfer of such Shares (including a sale,
assignment, pledge, grant of a security interest in respect of, attachment, or
disposal of the Shares in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise) or offer
to transfer such Shares, the Recipient shall not transfer or offer to transfer
such Shares, in whole or in part, and any such attempted transfer or offer to
transfer will be void and of no effect, unless and until such qualification,
consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
such counsel deems unacceptable.

          (D) Legend. While any Shares are held by the Company or its transfer
agent or other designee and subject to forfeiture by or delivery to the
Recipient, the certificate or certificates representing such Shares shall
contain the following restrictive transfer legend:

“THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED
HEREBY
ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE 2003
LONG-TERM
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN OF H&R BLOCK, INC. AND AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO
BETWEEN
THE REGISTERED OWNER AND H&R BLOCK, INC. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE
ON
FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF H&R BLOCK, INC.”

          (E) Forfeiture and Return of Shares.

          (1) On the date the Recipient ceases for whatever reason to be an
Employee and is not immediately thereafter and continuously employed as a
regular active employee by any other direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Company (“Last Day of Employment”), all Shares held on such date of cessation by
the Company, or its transfer agent or other designee, shall be forfeited by the
Recipient and the Recipient hereby authorizes the Company and its stock transfer
agent to cause the delivery, transfer and conveyance of such Shares to the
Company. Thereafter, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company and the
Recipient shall, except as provided in Section IV(L), have no further rights or
obligations hereunder.

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          (2) If the Recipient engages in any conduct described in
Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(2), III(A)(3), or III(A)(4) , as the same may be
limited pursuant to Section III(B), on the date the Recipient engages in such
conduct, all Shares held on such date by the Company, or its transfer agent or
other designee, if any, shall be forfeited by the Recipient and the Recipient
authorizes the Company and its stock transfer agent to cause the delivery,
transfer and conveyance of such Shares to the Company. In addition, upon
Recipient’s engagement in any such conduct, the Recipient shall become obligated
to pay to the Company the aggregate Amount of Income Recognized (as defined
below) by Recipient during the 12-consecutive-month period immediately prior to
the Recipient’s Last Day of Employment (regardless of whether such engagement
took place prior to, on or after such Last Day of Employment). The “Amount of
Income Recognized” by the Recipient shall be equal to the number of Shares
delivered to the Recipient during such 12-month period multiplied by the fair
market value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (“Common Stock”) on the
date the Shares were no longer considered to be held by the Company. The fair
market value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of this Section I(E) shall
be equal to the average of the high and low reported sales prices for such
Common Stock, regular way, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successor exchange or stock market on which such high and low sales prices are
reported) on the date specified in this Section I(E). The Recipient shall pay
the Amount of Income Recognized as follows: (x) if, as of the Valuation Date (as
defined below), the Recipient owns Common Stock received as a result of the
delivery of the Shares by the Company to the Recipient (the “Unrestricted Common
Stock”) with a fair market value as of the Valuation Date equal to or greater
than the Amount of Income Recognized, the Recipient shall transfer and assign to
the Company the number of shares of Unrestricted Common Stock with a fair market
value as of the Valuation Date equal to the Amount of Income Recognized, (y) if
the fair market value (as of the Valuation Date) of the Unrestricted Common
Stock, if any, owned by the Recipient is less than the Amount of Income
Recognized, the Recipient owns Common Stock other than Unrestricted Common Stock
(the “Other Common Stock”) as of the Valuation Date, and the aggregate fair
market value of the Unrestricted Common Stock, if any, and the Other Common
Stock, if any, as of the Valuation Date is equal to or greater than the Amount
of Income Recognized, the Recipient shall transfer and assign to the Company the
number of shares of Unrestricted Common Stock and Other Common Stock with an
aggregate fair market value as of the Valuation Date equal to the Amount of
Income Recognized (such number of shares to consist first of all shares of the
Recipient’s Unrestricted Common Stock, if any, and the remainder to consist of
shares of Other Common Stock), or (z) if the Recipient does not own Common Stock
as of the Valuation Date with a fair market value at least equal to the Amount
of Income Recognized, the Recipient shall either (1) acquire additional Common
Stock such that the fair market value of Common Stock owned by Recipient (valued
as of the Valuation Date) is at least equal to the Amount of Income Recognized
and transfer and assign the number of shares of Common Stock with such fair
market value to the Company (such number of shares to consist first of all
shares of the Recipient’s Unrestricted Common Stock, if any, and the remainder
to consist of shares of Other Common Stock), or (2) transfer and assign such
Common Stock as is owned by the Recipient as of the Valuation Date and pay to
the Company in cash the difference between the Amount of In come Recognized and
the fair market value (as of the Valuation Date) of the Common Stock so
transferred and assigned. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be
delivered to the Company; rather, the number of shares transferred shall be
reduced to the nearest whole number. The Recipient agrees to pay the aggregate
Amount of Income Recognized within the aforementioned 12-consecutive-month
period in either Common Stock or cash, as set forth above, within five (5) days
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the Valuation Date and the Company shall be entitled to set-off against such
aggregate Amount of Income Recognized any amount owed to Recipient by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries. “Valuation Date” means three (3) business
days after the date of any written demand by the Company to Recipient for the
Amount of Income Recognized pursuant to this section. The remedy provided in
this Section 2 shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Company and/or
any one or more of its subsidiaries to recover any losses resulting from the
applicable conduct of the Recipient and shall be in addition to any other
remedies the Company and/or any one or more of its subsidiaries may have, at law
or in equity, resulting from such conduct.

          (F) Withholding Taxes.

          (1) Except with respect to those Shares for which an 83(b) Election
has been made by Recipient, on the date any federal, state, local or foreign
taxes are required to be withheld by the Company or the Recipient’s employer in
connection with Shares awarded pursuant to the Plan (except dividends paid with
respect to the Shares), the Recipient shall make an irrevocable election to
(a) pay to the Company in cash the amount of any such tax withholding
obligations or (b) have the Company withhold a portion of such Shares to satisfy
all or part of any such tax withholding obligations, with the value of each such
withheld Share equal to the fair market value of Common Stock on the date the
tax withholding is required to be made. The Recipient must make and deliver such
irrevocable election to the Company in writing within five business days after
the date the tax withholding obligations arise, or such shorter time period as
the Company may require (the “Delivery Deadline”). Any such election to make a
payment to the Company in the amount of the tax withholding obligations must
include payment. If the election is not made on or before the Delivery Deadline
or if the election to make a payment to the Company in the amount of all or part
of the tax withholding obligations is timely made but does not include payment,
the Company will withhold Shares to satisfy all of any such tax withholding
obligations, with the value of each such withheld Share equal to the fair market
value of Common Stock on the date the tax withholding is required to be made. If
only whole Shares may be withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligations,
the Company will round up to the closest whole share necessary to completely
satisfy the tax obligations. The dollar amount of any difference between the
amount required to be withheld and the amount actually withheld will be credited
as additional federal tax withholdings on the Recipient’s Form W-2 for the year
in which the obligations arise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, in
its sole discretion, may require the Recipient to pay to the Company in cash the
amount of tax required to be withheld in lieu of permitting or causing the
Company to withhold Shares to satisfy the tax withholding obligation, if the
Company determines that withholding of Shares will result in the violation of
any state or federal securities law by the Recipient or by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or require the Recipient to disgorge any profits associated
with an acquisition or disposition of Common Stock.

          (2) With respect to those Shares for which an 83(b) Election has been
made by the Recipient, the Recipient shall pay to the Company the amount of any
federal, state, local or foreign taxes required to be withheld by the Company or
the Recipient’s employer as a result of making the 83(b) Election promptly after
such election has been made.

          (3) On the date any federal, state, local or foreign taxes are
required to be withheld by the Company or the Recipient’s employer in connection
with dividends paid with respect to any Shares that have not been delivered to
the Recipient pursuant to Sections I(A)(2), I(A)(3), I(A)(4) and I(A)(5) and
with respect to which an 83(b) Election has not been made, the Company shall
withhold the amount of such tax obligations from such dividend

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payment or instruct the Recipient’s employer to withhold such amount from the
Recipient’s next payment(s) of wages. The Recipient authorizes the Company to so
instruct the Recipient’s employer and authorizes the Recipient’s employer to
make such withholdings from payment(s) of wages if the Company does not withhold
the tax obligations from the dividend payments.

II. Stock Options

          (A) Grant of Stock Option. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the
Company may award the Recipient the right and option to purchase shares of
Common Stock identified as subject to an Incentive Stock Option, or shares of
Common Stock identified as subject to Nonqualified Stock Option (hereinafter
collectively referred to as “Stock Options”). Any such award shall state the
Grant Date of the award (“Grant Date”) and the Option Price Per Share. The right
and option to purchase shares of Common Stock identified as subject to
Nonqualified Stock Option shall not constitute and shall not be treated for any
purpose as an “incentive stock option,” as such term is defined in the Plan
and/or in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (B) Term of Option. Stock Options shall expire as to all of its
unexercised shares 10 years after the Grant Date, and, except as provided in
Sections II(C)(2) and II(D), shall terminate when the Recipient ceases for
whatever reason to be an employee of any of the subsidiaries of the Company.

          (C) Exercise of Stock Options. Stock Options granted under the Plan
shall be exercisable from time to time by the Recipient by the giving of written
notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of whole shares to be
purchased, and accompanied by full payment of the purchase price therefor,
subject, however, to Section II (D) and the following restrictions:

          (1) Stock Options may only be exercised pursuant to the terms of the
Plan and the vesting schedule as stated in the Award Letter delivered to the
Recipient on the Grant Date. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock
identified as subject to Incentive Stock Option and the maximum number of shares
of Common Stock identified as subject to Nonqualified Stock Option which may be
purchased pursuant to the Stock Options shall be as set forth in the statement
prepared by the Company that lists all awards granted to Recipient under the
Plan. The right to purchase shall be cumulative, so that the full number of
shares of Common Stock that become purchasable at any time need not be purchased
at such time, but may be purchased at any time or from time to time thereafter
(but prior to the termination of such Stock Option). Notwithstanding the above,
(a) in the event of a “Change of Control” (as hereinafter defined) after the
Grant Date, Recipient may purchase 100% of the total number of shares to which
such Stock Options then relate, provided that such Change of Control occurs at
least six months after the Grant Date, (b) Stock Options shall become fully
exercisable at any time after the Recipient reaches “Retirement Age,” retires
and more than one year has elapsed since the Grant Date, (c) in the event that
Recipient becomes a Participant (as defined below) in the H&R Block Severance
Plan (“Block Severance Plan”), the RSM McGladrey Severance Plan (“RSM Severance
Plan”), or the RSM McGladrey Severance Plan for Managing Directors (“RSM MD
Severance Plan”), or any successor severance plans thereto (collectively, the
“Severance Plan”), Stock Options granted under the Plan shall become exercisable
to the extent provided in Section 6(a) of the Severance Plan as of the
applicable date specified in Section 6(a) of the Severance Plan (or the
comparable section to Section 6(a) in any successor severance plan), and (iv) in
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event Recipient is a party to an employment agreement as of Recipient’s last day
of employment by any subsidiary of the Company (“Last Day of Employment”) that
contains a provision that, upon the occurrence of a certain event or certain
events causes all or a portion of such Stock Options to become exercisable (an
“Employment Agreement”), such Stock Options shall become exercisable upon the
occurrence of any such event to the extent provided in such Employment
Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement Age” shall mean the
attainment of age 65, the term “Participant” shall be as defined in the
Severance Plan, as the case may be, and references to each severance plan shall
mean such severance plan as it exists at the time Recipient becomes a
Participant therein. If the application of any provision of this
Section II(C)(1) results in the acceleration of vesting of all or any portion of
Stock Options granted under the Plan, shares of Common Stock then subject to
such Stock Options shall be allocated such that the number of shares subject to
Incentive Stock Option shall be the maximum number of shares that may be subject
to Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code, as amended (or any
successor Code provision pertaining to “incentive stock option”), for the
calendar year in which the acceleration of vesting results from (i) Recipient’s
participation in the Severance Plan or (ii) pursuant to Recipient’s Employment
Agreement, and Recipient makes an irrevocable election to extend the expiration
period of such options pursuant to and consistent with the terms of the
severance plan in which Recipient participates or, if applicable, the Employment
Agreement, as the case may be, Section II(C)(2) of this Agreement shall apply.
In application of the immediately preceding sentence, in no event shall a share
of Common Stock subject to a Nonqualified Stock Option become a share of Common
Stock subject to an Incentive Stock Option.

          (2) Stock Options granted under the Plan may not be exercised in whole
or in part if the Recipient is not, at the time of the exercise of such Stock
Options, in the employ of any of the subsidiaries of the Company, and further
has not been continuously so employed from the date hereof to and including the
date of such exercise of such Stock Options, except that if, prior to the
Expiration Date of such Stock Options, the Recipient shall cease to be employed
by any of the subsidiaries of the Company because of death, retirement,
“disability” (as defined below), or termination of Recipient’s employment by
such subsidiary without “cause” (as defined below), such Stock Options shall
continue and shall terminate: (a) twelve months after the date of death, but
only if such death occurred while the Recipient was in the employ of a
subsidiary of the Company; (b) or three months after the date Recipient’s
employment ceases due to retirement; or (c) three months after the date
Recipient’s employment ceases due to disability; or (d) three months after the
date of termination of Recipient’s employment by a subsidiary of the Company
without “cause,” provided that, in the event that Recipient becomes a
Participant in the Severance Plan or is a party to an Employment Agreement, and
Recipient makes an irrevocable election to extend the exercise period of such
Stock Options pursuant to and consistent with the terms of the applicable
severance plan or, if applicable, the Employment Agreement, as the case may be,
the shares of Common Stock identified in this Agreement as subject to an
Incentive Stock Option shall, upon such election, become subject to a
Nonqualified Stock Option in lieu of subject to an Incentive Stock Option, and
such Stock Options shall continue and Recipient shall have the right to exercise
such Stock Options during the applicable time period determined in accordance
with and to the extent specified in the applicable severance plan or Employment
Agreement, as the case may be. Stock Options may be exercised through the date
of termination of such Stock Options only to the extent that the Recipient was
entitled to exercise such Stock Options at the date of his or her retirement,
death, disability or termination of employment without cause, as the case may
be. Stock Options shall, in no event, be exercisable after the Expiration Date.
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Options shall be exercisable only by the Recipient or, in the event of the death
of the Recipient while in the employ of a subsidiary of the Company (or within
three months after employment ceases due to retirement or disability, or within
three months or any longer applicable time period determined in accordance with
the Severance Plan or, if applicable, the Employment Agreement after termination
of employment without cause), by the person or persons to whom the Recipient’s
rights under such Stock Options shall pass by the Recipient’s will or by laws of
descent and distribution. For purposes hereof, the terms “disabled” or
“disability” shall be as defined in the employment practices or policies of the
applicable subsidiary of the Company in effect from time to time during the term
hereof or, absent such definition, then as defined in the H&R Block Retirement
Savings Plan or any successor plan thereto. Also, for purposes hereof, the term
“cause,” in connection with termination by a subsidiary of the Company of
Recipient’s employment, shall be as defined in any effective Agreement of
employment between the Recipient and the applicable subsidiary, or in the
absence thereof, then as defined in current employment practices or policies of
the applicable subsidiary in effect from time to time during the term hereof.
With respect to a Recipient who becomes a Participant in the Severance Plan, a
termination of employment without cause for purposes of this Agreement shall
include a “Qualifying Termination,” as such term is defined in the severance
plan in which Recipient participates. With respect to a Recipient who is a party
to an Employment Agreement, a termination of employment without cause for
purposes of this Agreement shall include a “Qualifying Termination,” as such
term is defined in the Employment Agreement.

          (3) Stock Options granted under the Plan may not be exercised at any
time when its exercise or the delivery of shares of Common Stock or other
securities thereunder would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be in
violation of any state or federal securities laws or any regulation or ruling of
the Securities and Exchange Commission. If at any time counsel for the Company
shall determine that qualification or registration of the Common Stock under any
state or federal securities law, or the consent or approval of any governmental
regulatory authority, is necessary or desirable as a condition of the exercise
of the Stock Options, then it may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless
and until such qualification, registration, consent or approval shall have been
effected or obtained free of any conditions such counsel deems unacceptable.
Further, the Recipient agrees that upon exercise of any Stock Options granted
under the Plan he or she will take the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise for investment and not with a view toward the distribution thereof,
provided that this representation shall be of no force and effect at any time
when an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, shall be in effect with respect to the Common Stock optioned hereunder.

          (4)(a) Full payment of the aggregate option price (defined below) for
shares purchased shall be made at the time of exercising any Stock Options in
whole or in part. Full payment shall be made (i) in cash, or (ii) by delivery of
Common Stock with a fair market value equal to the aggregate option price, or
(iii) by a combination of payment of cash and delivery of Common Stock in
amounts so that the sum of the amount of cash plus the fair market value of the
Common Stock equals the aggregate option price, provided that payment shall be
made only in cash unless at least six months have elapsed between the date of
Recipient’s acquisition of each share of Common Stock delivered by Recipient in
full or partial payment of the aggregate option price and the date on which such
Stock Option is exercised.

          (b) The “aggregate option price” shall be the product of (i) the
Option Price Per Share as determined on the Grant Date and (ii) the number of
shares purchased.

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          (c) The fair market value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of
Section II(C)(4)(a), above, shall be the Closing Price of Common Stock on the
last trading date preceding the date on which the Stock Option is exercised.
“Closing Price” shall mean the last reported market price for one share of H&R
Block, Inc. Common Stock, regular way, on the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successor exchange or stock market on which such last reported market price is
reported) on the day in question. No fractional shares of Common Stock may be
delivered upon the exercise of any Stock Option.

          (5) Recipient shall pay to the Company any federal, state, local, or
other taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to the exercise of any
Stock Options, such payment to be made by Recipient on or before the earliest
date that the tax withholdings are required to be paid by the Company to the
applicable taxation authority or authorities.

          (6) For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” means:

          (a) The purchase or other acquisition (other than from the Company) by
any person, entity or group of persons, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
(excluding, for this purpose, the Company or its subsidiaries or any employee
benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries), of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or
more of either the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock or the combined
voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors; or

          (b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board” and, as of the date hereof, the “Incumbent
Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board,
provided that any person who becomes a director subsequent to the date hereof
whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the
Incumbent Board (other than an individual whose initial assumption of office is
in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the
election of directors of the Company, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of
this section, considered as though such person was a member of the Incumbent
Board; or

          (c) The completion of a reorganization or consolidation approved by
the shareholders of the Company, in each case with respect to which persons who
were the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization or
consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of,
respectively, the Common Stock and the combined voting power entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of the reorganized or consolidated
corporation’s then-outstanding voting securities, or the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company as approved by the shareholders
of the Company, or approval by the shareholders of the Company of a liquidation
or dissolution of the Company.

          (D) Forfeiture and Return of Common Stock. (a) If the Recipient
engages in any conduct described in Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(2), III(A)(3), or
III(A)(4), below, as the same may be limited pursuant to Section III(B), below,
any Stock Options granted under the Plan, if not already terminated, shall
immediately terminate and the Recipient shall pay to the Company the aggregate
Amount of Gain Realized (as defined below) by the Recipient (as of the date(s)
of the applicable exercise(s) of the Stock Options) on all or any portion of
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Stock Options exercised by the Recipient during the 12-consecutive-month period
immediately prior to the termination of Recipient’s employment with one or more
subsidiaries of the Company or at any time thereafter (regardless of whether
such engagement took place prior to, on or after such termination of
employment). The “Amount of Gain Realized” by the Recipient with respect to any
exercise of all or any portion of the Stock Options shall be equal to the number
of shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to such exercise multiplied by the
difference between the fair market value of one share of Common Stock on the
date of exercise and the Option Price Per Share. The fair market value of a
share of Common Stock for purposes of this Section shall be equal to the average
of the high and low reported sales prices for such Common Stock, regular way, as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange (or any successor exchange or stock
market on which such high and low sales prices are reported) on the date
specified in this Section 4. Recipient shall pay the Amount of Gain Realized as
follows: (x) if, as of the Valuation Date (as defined below), the Recipient owns
Common Stock received as a result of the exercise of the Stock Options granted
under the Plan (the “Option Common Stock”) with a fair market value as of the
Valuation Date equal to or greater than the Amount of Gain Realized, Recipient
shall transfer and assign to the Company the number of shares of Option Common
Stock with a fair market value as of the Valuation Date equal to the Amount of
Gain Realized, (y) if the fair market value (as of the Valuation Date) of the
Option Common Stock, if any, owned by the Recipient is less than the Amount of
Gain Realized, Recipient owns Common Stock other than Option Common Stock (the
“Other Common Stock”) as of the Valuation Date, and the aggregate fair market
value of the Option Common Stock, if any, and the Other Common Stock, if any, as
of the Valuation Date is equal to or greater than the Amount of Gain Realized,
Recipient shall transfer and assign to the Company the number of shares of
Option Common Stock and Other Common Stock with an aggregate fair market value
as of the Valuation Date equal to the Amount of Gain Realized (such number of
shares to consist first of all shares of Recipient’s Option Common Stock, if
any, and the remainder to consist of shares of Other Common Stock), or (z) if
the Recipient does not own Common Stock as of the Valuation Date with a fair
market value at least equal to the Amount of Gain Realized, Recipient shall
either (1) acquire additional Common Stock such that the fair market value of
Common Stock owned by Recipient (valued as of the Valuation Date) is at least
equal to the Amount of Gain Realized and transfer and assign the number of
shares of Common Stock with such fair market value to the Company (such number
of shares to consist first of all shares of Recipient’s Option Common Stock, if
any, and the remainder to consist of shares of Other Common Stock), or (2)
transfer and assign such Common Sto ck as is owned by the Recipient as of the
Valuation Date and pay to the Company in cash the difference between the Amount
of Gain Realized and the fair market value (as of the Valuation Date) of the
Common Stock so transferred and assigned. No fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be delivered to the Company; rather, the number of shares transferred
shall be reduced to the nearest whole number. Recipient agrees to pay the
aggregate Amount of Gain Realized on all exercises within the aforementioned
12-consecutive-month period in either Common Stock or cash, as set forth above,
within five (5) days after the Valuation Date and the Company shall be entitled
to set-off against such aggregate Amount of Gain Realized any amount owed to the
Recipient by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. “Valuation Date” means
three (3) business days after the date of any written demand by the Company to
the Recipient for the Amount of Gain Realized pursuant to this section. The
remedy provided in this Section shall be without prejudice to the rights of the
Company and/or any one or more of its subsidiaries to recover any losses
resulting from the applicable conduct of the Recipient and shall be in addition
to any other remedies the Company and/or any one or more of its subsidiaries may
have, at law or in equity, resulting from such conduct.

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          (E) No Shareholder Privileges or Employment Agreement. Neither the
Recipient nor any person claiming under or through him or her shall be or have
any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company in respect of
any of the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Stock Options, unless and
until certificates evidencing such shares of Common Stock shall have been duly
issued and delivered. This Agreement does not confer on Recipient any right of
continued employment for any period of time, is not an employment Agreement, and
shall not in any manner modify any effective Agreement of employment between the
Recipient and any subsidiary of the Company.

          (F) Non-Transferability of Option. Stock Options granted under the
Plan shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution (as specified above) and shall be exercisable during the lifetime
of the Recipient only by him or her. Except as otherwise herein provided, Stock
Options granted under the Plan and the rights and privileges conferred thereby
shall not be transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in any way (whether
by operation of law or otherwise) and shall not be subject to sale under
execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer, assign,
pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of Stock Options granted under the
Plan, or of any right or privilege conferred hereby, contrary to the provisions
of the Plan or this Agreement, or upon any attempted sale under any execution,
attachment, or similar process upon the rights and privileges granted, then and
in any such event Stock Options and the rights and privileges granted shall
immediately become null and void.

III. Forfeiture of Award

          (A) The conduct giving rise to the rights of the Company and
Recipient’s obligations under this Agreement and as set forth in Sections I(D)
and II(E) are agreed to be the following:

          (1) During Recipient’s employment, or within one year after
Recipient’s Last Day of Employment, Recipient’s engagement in, ownership of, or
control of any interest in (except as a passive investor in less than one
percent of the outstanding securities of publicly held companies), or acting as
an officer, director or employee of, or consultant, advisor or lender to, any
firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, institution,
business, government agency, or entity that engages in any line of business that
is competitive with any Line of Business of the Company (as defined below),
provided that this Section III(A)(1) shall not apply to Recipient if Recipient’s
primary place of employment by a subsidiary of the Company as of the Date of
Grant is in either the State of California or the State of North Dakota. “Line
of Business of the Company” means any line of business of the subsidiary of the
Company by which Recipient was employed as of the Last Day of Employment, as
well as any one or more lines of business of any other subsidiary of the Company
by which Recipient was employed during the two-year period preceding the Last
Day of Employment, provided that, if Recipient’s employment was, as of the Last
Day of Employment or during the two-year period immediately prior to the Last
Day of Employment, with HRB Management, Inc. or any successor entity thereto,
“Line of Business of the Company” shall mean any lines of business of the
Company and all of its subsidiaries; or

          (2) During Recipient’s employment, or within one year after the Last
Day of Employment, Recipient employs or solicits for employment by any employer
other than a subsidiary of the Company any employee of any subsidiary of the
Company, or recommends any such employee for employment to any employer (other
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Company) at which Recipient is or intends to be (a) employed, (b) a member of
the Board of Directors, (c) a partner, (d) providing consulting services, or
(e) an owner, regardless of Recipient’s percentage of ownership interest in such
employer (except if such employer is a publicly traded company and Recipient is
a passive investor in less than one percent of its outstanding securities); or

          (3) During Recipient’s employment, or within one year after the Last
Day of Employment, Recipient directly or indirectly solicits or enters into any
arrangement with any person or entity which is, at the time of the solicitation,
a significant customer of a subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of
engaging in any business transaction of the nature performed by such subsidiary,
or contemplated to be performed by such subsidiary, for such customer, provided
that this Section III(A)(3) shall only apply to customers for whom Recipient
personally provided services while employed by a subsidiary of the Company or
customers about whom or which Recipient acquired material information while
employed by a subsidiary of the Company; or

          (4) During Recipient’s employment or within one year after the Last
Day of Employment, Recipient misappropriates or improperly uses or discloses
confidential information of the Company and/or its subsidiaries.

          (B) Recipient and the Company agree that, if Recipient is a party to
an effective Agreement of employment with a subsidiary of the Company that
contains a covenant or covenants relating to Recipient’s engagement in conduct
that is the same as or substantially similar to the conduct described in any of
Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(2), III(A)(3), or III(A)(4) above, and any specific
conduct regulated in such covenant or covenants in such Agreement of employment
is more limited in scope geographically or otherwise than the corresponding
specific conduct described in any of such Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(2),
III(A)(3), or III(A)(4), then the corresponding specific conduct addressed in
the applicable Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(2), III(A)(3), or III(A)(4) shall be
limited to the same extent as such conduct is limited in the Agreement of
employment and the Company’s rights and remedy with respect to such conduct
under this Section III shall apply only to such conduct as so limited.

IV. Miscellaneous

          (A) No Employment Contract. This Agreement does not confer on the
Recipient any right to continued employment for any period of time, is not an
employment contract, and shall not in any manner modify any effective contract
of employment between the Recipient and any subsidiary of the Company.

          (B) Adjustment of Shares. If there shall be any change in the capital
structure of the Company, including but not limited to a change in the number or
kind of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock resulting from a stock
dividend or split-up, or combination or reclassification of such shares (or of
any stock or other securities into which shares shall have been changed, or for
which they shall have been exchanged), then the Board of Directors of the
Company shall make such equitable adjustments with respect to the Stock Option,
or any other provisions of the Plan, as it deems necessary or appropriate to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the Stock Option rights hereunder or of the
shares subject to this Stock Option.

          (C) Merger, Consolidation, Reorganization, Liquidation, etc. If the
Company shall become a party to any corporate merger, consolidation, major
acquisition of

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property for stock, reorganization, or liquidation, the Board of Directors
shall, acting in its absolute and sole discretion, make such arrangements, which
shall be binding upon the Recipient of unexpired Stock Option rights or Shares
not yet delivered, for the substitution of a new award or other contractual
rights with regard to this award.

          (D) Interpretation and Regulations. The Board of Directors of the
Company shall have the power to provide regulations for administration of the
Plan by the Committee and to make any changes in such guidelines as from time to
time the Board may deem necessary. The Committee shall have the sole power to
determine, solely for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, the date of and
circumstances which shall constitute a cessation or termination of employment
and whether such cessation or termination is the result of retirement, death,
disability or termination without cause or any other reason, and further to
determine, solely for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, what constitutes
continuous employment with respect to the exercise of Stock Option or delivery
of Shares under the Plan (except that absence on leave approved by the Committee
or transfers of employment among the subsidiaries of the Company shall not be
considered an interruption of continuous employment for any purpose under the
Plan).

          (E) Reasonableness of Restrictions, Severability and Court
Modification. Recipient and the Company agree that, the restrictions contained
in this Agreement are reasonable, but, should any provision of this Agreement be
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or
otherwise unenforceable or unreasonable in scope, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement will not be affected
thereby, and the provision found invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable or
unreasonable will be considered by the Company and Recipient to be amended as to
scope of protection, time or geographic area (or any one of them, as the case
may be) in whatever manner is considered reasonable by that court, and, as so
amended will be enforced.

          (F) Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any
terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a
waiver of such terms, covenants or conditions or of any other provision. Any
waiver or modification of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
shall only be effective if reduced to writing and signed by both Recipient and
an officer of the Company.

          (G) Notices. Any notice to be given to the Company or election to be
made under the terms of this Agreement shall be addressed to the Company
(Attention: Long-Term Incentive Department) at 4400 Main Street, Kansas City,
Missouri 64111, or at such other address as the Company may hereafter designate
in writing to the Recipient. Any notice to be given to the Recipient shall be
addressed to the Recipient at the address set forth on the cover sheet to this
Award Agreement or at such other address as the Recipient may hereafter
designate in writing to the Company. Any such notice shall be deemed to have
been duly given when deposited in the United States mails via regular or
certified mail, addressed as aforesaid, postage prepaid.

          (H) Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri without
reference to principles of conflicts of laws.

          (I) Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not be considered in construing this Agreement.

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          (J) Amendment. No amendment, supplement, or waiver to this Agreement
is valid or binding unless in writing and signed by both parties.

          (K) Reservation of Rights. The Company expressly reserves the right to
change, modify or amend the terms and conditions of any future awards of grants
under the Plan.

          (L) Survival. Sections I(C), I(E), I(F), III, IV(D), IV(E), IV(F),
IV(G), IV(H), and IV(J) shall survive any termination of this Agreement and
shall be applicable to any Shares delivered to the Recipient pursuant to the
terms of the Plan.

          (M) Execution of Agreement. This Agreement shall not be enforceable by
either party, and Recipient shall have no rights with respect to the Long Term
Incentive Award, unless and until (1) the Award Agreement is signed by Recipient
and on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company, provided that the
signature by such officer of the Company on behalf of the Company may be a
facsimile or stamped signature, and (2) returned to the Company.

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