ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On January 26, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Gartner, Inc. (“Gartner”) set 2006 annual base salaries for Eugene A. Hall, C, Robert C. Patton, Christopher Lafond and Lewis G. Schwartz, each of whom is a Gartner named executive officer for 2005, at $669,500, $463,500 $391,400 and $350,200, respectively.

The Compensation Committee also approved the Gartner 2006 Corporate Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) and established aggregate annualized target bonus amounts that may be earned for fiscal year 2006 under the Bonus Plan by Messrs. Hall, Patton, Lafond and Schwartz of $669,500, $370,800, $234,840 and $210,120, respectively. The 2006 bonus awards for these executives are annual bonuses. The establishment of the 2006 bonus awards involved setting the target amounts of such bonuses and certain of the goals upon which such bonuses will be paid. 2006 bonuses will be paid based on the achievement of certain company-wide goals. The actual bonus payments under such awards may be less than or greater than the target amounts depending on whether and the extent to which the goals upon which such bonuses are based are achieved. The goals for these 2006 bonus awards generally will be based on the following performance criteria: EBITDA, Core Research Contract Value and Total Sales Bookings.

SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.