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H&R BLOCK DISCLOSES SEC INVESTIGATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, DECEMBER 12, 2003
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) announced that, on December 11, 2003, its outside counsel was informed by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission enforcement staff that the Commission has issued a Formal Order of Investigation concerning the Company’s disclosures, in and before November 2002, about refund anticipation loan litigation to which the Company was and is a party. The Company intends to cooperate fully with the Commission’s investigation.
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