H&R BLOCK INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Oct 5, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: H&R BLOCK INC (HRB)
CIK: 0000012659
Period of Report: 2005-10-03

Reporting Person: SPAETH NICHOLAS J (SVP and Chief Legal Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-10-03	Common Stock, without par value	J	15.453	$23.8700	Acquired	61845.5045	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Call Option to Purchase	$28.8900	2014-02-02	Common Stock, without par value (400000.00)	400000.00	Direct
Call Option to Purchase	$23.8400	2014-06-30	Common Stock, without par value (70000.00)	70000.00	Direct
Call Option to Purchase	$29.1750	2015-06-30	Common Stock, without par value (50000.00)	50000.00	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Units acquired through dividend reinvestment under the H&R Block Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, as Amended and Restated. Each unit has the value of one share of Common Stock.