SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LAFOND CHRISTOPHER

(Last) (First) (Middle)
56 TOP GALLANT ROAD
P.O. BOX 10212

(Street)
STAMFORD CT 06904-2212

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GARTNER INC [ IT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
CFO & EVP
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2008
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/14/2008 M 3,000 A $18.601 25,538 D
Common Stock 05/14/2008 M 5,500 A $19.285 31,038 D
Common Stock 05/14/2008 S 8,500 D $23.6572 22,538 D
Common Stock 05/14/2008 S 20,932 D $23.747 1,606 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) $18.601 05/14/2008 M 3,000 (1) 10/13/2008 Common Stock 3,000 $0 0 D
Non Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) $19.285 05/14/2008 M 5,500 (1) 12/15/2008 Common Stock 5,500 $0 0 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option is fully exercisable.
/s/ Clare Kretzman for Christopher Lafond 05/15/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Lew Schwartz and Kevin Feeney,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an Executive Officer and/or
Director of Gartner, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 10 day of October, 2003.

					__/s/_Christopher J. Lafond____
					                  Signature

					___Christopher J. Lafond  ____
					                  Print Name
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