GARTNER INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 9, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GARTNER INC (IT)
CIK: 0000749251
Period of Report: 2012-08-07

Reporting Person: SCHWARTZ LEWIS G (SVP, Gen Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-07	Common Stock	M	17784	$18.10	Acquired	40522	Direct
2012-08-07	Common Stock	D	6707	$48.00	Disposed	33815	Direct
2012-08-07	Common Stock	F	4780	$48.00	Disposed	29035	Direct
2012-08-08	Common Stock	S	6297	$47.80	Disposed	22738	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-07	Stock Appreciation Rights	$18.10	M	17784	Disposed	2015-02-15	Common Stock (17784)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents the simultaneous sale back to the issuer of this number of shares having an aggregrate value, based on the market price on the date of exercise, substantially equal to the aggregrate exercise price of the SARs.

F2: Represents shares withheld from the settlement of SARs for the payment of applicable income and payroll tax withholding due upon exercise.

F3: The SARs became exercisable in four substantially equal annual installments commencing on 2/15/2009 and are fully exercisable.