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Lawrence F. Probst III
Director since 1991
Mr. Probst, age 56, has been employed by EA since 1984. He has served as Chairman of the Board since
July 1994, and Chief Executive OÇcer since May 1991. Previously Mr. Probst served as President from
1991 until 1998 and Senior Vice President of EA Distribution from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Probst holds a
B.S. degree from the University of Delaware.
Richard A. Simonson
Candidate for Director
Mr. Simonson, age 47, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OÇcer of Nokia
Corporation, a manufacturer of mobile devices and a leader in mobile network equipment, solutions and
services since 2004. From 2001 until 2003, Mr. Simonson served as Vice President & Head of Customer
Finance of Nokia. In 2001, Mr. Simonson was Managing Director of the Telecom & Media Investment
Banking Group of Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Mr. Simonson spent 16 years at
Bank of America Securities where he held various positions, including Managing Director & Head of
Global Project Finance, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, San Francisco and Chicago. Mr. Simonson
holds a B.S. degree from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.B.A. from Wharton School of Business
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Linda J. Srere
Director since 2001
Ms. Srere, age 50, is currently a marketing and advertising consultant. Previously, Ms. Srere was President
of Young & Rubicam Advertising. Since 1994, Ms. Srere held many positions with Young & Rubicam
Inc. (""Y&R''), including Vice Chairman and Chief Client OÇcer, Executive Vice President and Director
of Business Development, Group Managing Director, and in 1997, was named Chief Executive OÇcer of
Y&R's New York oÇce, becoming the Ñrst female CEO in the company's 75-year history. Ms. Srere also
serves on the Board of Directors of aQuantive, Inc., a digital marketing services and technology company,
and Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a technical education provider.
BOARD, BOARD MEETINGS, AND COMMITTEES
Our Board of Directors consists of nine directors. The Board has determined that Mr. Simonson and all of
our current directors, other than Mr. Probst, are ""independent'' as that term is used in the NASDAQ
Marketplace Rules.
The Board meets on a Ñxed schedule four times each year and also occasionally holds special meetings
and acts by written consent. At each regularly scheduled meeting, the independent members of the Board
meet in executive session separately without management present. A Lead Director, elected by the
independent directors and serving a two-year term, is responsible for chairing executive sessions of the
Board and other meetings of the Board in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, serving as a liaison
between the Chairman of the Board and the other independent directors, and overseeing the Board's
stockholder communication policies and procedures (including, under appropriate circumstances, meeting
with stockholders). Our Lead Director may also call meetings of the independent directors. The term of
our current Lead Director, Linda Srere, is set to expire at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The
independent directors of the Board have elected Gary Kusin to replace Ms. Srere as Lead Director for a
two-year term beginning with our 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The Board currently has three committees, each of which operates under a charter approved by the Board:
the Audit Committee; the Compensation Committee; and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
The Board of Directors amended and restated the Audit Committee's charter in May 2006, amended the
Compensation Committee's charter in July 2005, and adopted the Nominating and Governance
Committee's charter in May 2003. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter may be found in Appendix C
to this proxy statement. In addition, copies of the charters of each Committee may be found in the
Investor Relations portion of our website at http://investor.ea.com. In accordance with the charters for
each, and with current regulatory requirements, all members of these Committees are independent
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