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Notice of 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
DATE: July 28, 2005
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: ELECTRONIC ARTS HEADQUARTERS
Milestone Auditorium
209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Building 250
Redwood City, CA 94065
MATTERS TO BE VOTED UPON:
1. The election of nine Directors to hold oÇce for a one-year term;
2. Amendments to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to (a) increase the number of shares authorized by
10 million, (b) authorize the issuance of awards of stock appreciation rights, (c) increase by 1 million
shares the limit on the total number of shares underlying awards of restricted stock and restricted stock
units that may be granted under the Equity Plan, (d) modify the payment alternatives under the
Equity Plan, (e) add Öexibility to grant performance-based stock options and stock appreciation rights
and modify the permissible performance factors currently contained in the Equity Plan, and (f) revise
the share-counting methodology used in the Equity Plan;
3. An amendment to the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase by 1,500,000 the number of
shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Purchase Plan;
4. RatiÑcation of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting Ñrm
Proxy Statement
for Ñscal 2006; and
5. Any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE FOR EACH OF THE NOMINEES
AND FOR EACH PROPOSAL.
Stockholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2005 are entitled to notice of the meeting and to
attend and vote at the meeting. A complete list of these stockholders will be available at Electronic Arts'
headquarters prior to the meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
S
TEPHEN
G. B
EN
π
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary