Electronic Arts 2007 Annual Report Download - page 12

PROXY STATEMENT
Our Board of Directors is soliciting proxies for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This proxy
statement contains important information for you to consider when deciding how to vote on the matters
brought before the meeting. Please read it carefully.
The Board has set June 1, 2007 as the record date for the meeting. Stockholders who owned common stock on
that date are entitled to notice of the meeting, and to attend and vote at the meeting, with each share entitled
to one vote. There were 311,621,350 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date.
Voting materials, which include the proxy statement, proxy card and our 2007 annual report, were first mailed
to stockholders on or about June 20, 2007.
In this proxy statement:
• “EA”, “we”, “our” and “the Company” mean Electronic Arts Inc.
• “2000 Equity Plan” and “Equity Plan” mean EA’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
• “2000 Purchase Plan” and “Purchase Plan” mean EA’s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• “Executive Bonus Plan” means the Electronic Arts Inc. Executive Bonus Plan.
• Holding shares in “street name” means your EA shares are held in an account at a bank, brokerage firm
or other nominee.
• “Common stock” means EA’s common stock, as described in EA’s current Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation.
• “Fiscal 2008”, “fiscal 2007”, “fiscal 2006”, “fiscal 2005”, “fiscal 2004” and “fiscal 2003” refer to EA’s
fiscal years ending or ended (as the case may be) on March 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and
2003, respectively.
• We use “independent auditors” to refer to an independent registered public accounting firm.
• Unless otherwise noted, all share and per-share information has been adjusted to reflect the September
2000 and November 2003 two-for-one splits of our common stock.
HOW TO VOTE YOUR SHARES
We are pleased to offer you three options for designating the proxies and indicating your voting preferences:
(1) You may follow the instructions found on the enclosed proxy card and vote via the Internet;
(2) You may follow the instructions found on the proxy card and vote by telephone; or
(3) You may complete, sign, date and return by mail the proxy card.
If you choose to vote via the Internet or telephone, you will have a PIN number assigned to you on the proxy
card that you will use to safeguard your vote.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF OUR STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
If you are a beneficial holder or your shares are held in “street name” (your shares are held by a bank,
brokerage firm, or other nominee) and you received your annual meeting materials by mail, we encourage you
to conserve natural resources, expedite the delivery of future communications, and help reduce our printing
and mailing costs, by signing up to receive future stockholder communications via e-mail. With electronic
delivery, you will be notified via e-mail as soon as EA’s next annual report and proxy statement are available
on the Internet, and you can easily submit your stockholder votes online. Electronic delivery can also help
reduce the number of bulky documents in your personal files and eliminate duplicate mailings. To sign up for
electronic delivery, please visit www.icsdelivery.com/erts to enroll.
Proxy Statement