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June 30, 2006
DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDERS:
You are cordially invited to join us at our 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 27, 2006 at
2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the headquarters campus of Electronic Arts in Building 250 (please
note that the street address for Building 250 is 250 Shoreline Drive, Redwood City, California). At this
meeting, we are asking the stockholders to:
‚ Elect nine directors;
‚ Approve a program to permit eligible employees to voluntarily exchange signiÑcantly ""underwater''
stock options for a lesser number of shares of restricted stock or restricted stock units to be granted
under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan;
‚ Approve amendments to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan; and
‚ Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting Ñrm for
Ñscal 2007.
Proxy Statement
After the meeting, we will report on our performance in the last year and answer your questions.
Enclosed with this proxy statement are your proxy card and voting instructions and our 2006 annual report.
We encourage you to conserve natural resources, expedite the delivery of future communications, and
help us reduce our printing and mailing costs, by signing up for electronic delivery of our stockholder
communications. For more information, see Electronic Delivery of Our Stockholder Communications in
the attached proxy statement.
We know that it is not practical for most stockholders to attend the Annual Meeting in person. If you
would like to listen to the Annual Meeting via webcast, please visit our website at investor.ea.com.
Whether or not you are able to attend in person, your vote is important. In addition to using the enclosed
proxy card to vote your shares, you may also vote your shares via the Internet or a toll-free telephone
number. Instructions for using these services are provided on your proxy card.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
Sincerely,
L
AWRENCE
F. P
ROBST
III
Chairman and Chief Executive OÇcer
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DESIGNATE THE PROXIES SHOWN ON THE ENCLOSED CARD SO
THAT YOUR SHARES WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.