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• Stockholder communications with the Board; and
• Access to management, CEO evaluation and management succession planning.
Global Code of Conduct
Our Global Code of Conduct (which includes code of ethics provisions applicable to our directors, principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and other senior financial officers) is
available in the Investor Relations section of our website at http://investor.ea.com. We will post amendments to
our Global Code of Conduct in the Investor Relations section of our website. Copies of our charters and
Global Code of Conduct are available without charge by contacting our Investor Relations department at
[phone].
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings
Our directors are expected to make every effort to attend our annual meeting of stockholders. Eight of the nine
directors who were elected at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders attended the meeting.
Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors
EA stockholders may communicate with the Board as a whole, with a committee of the Board, or with an
individual director by sending a letter to EA’s Corporate Secretary at Electronic Arts Inc., 209 Redwood
Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065, or by sending an email to [email protected].
All stockholder communications received will be handled in accordance with procedures approved by the
independent directors serving on the Board. For further information regarding the submission of stockholder
communications, please visit the Investor Relations portion of our website at http://investor.ea.com.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES
Our Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending to our Board the compensation
paid to our non-employee directors. Historically, our non-employee directors have been paid a mix of cash and
equity compensation for their service as directors. Mr. Riccitiello and Mr. Probst do not receive any additional
compensation for their services as directors. On July 27, 2006, our Board of Directors, upon a recommendation
of the Compensation Committee, modified the cash and equity compensation paid to our non-employee
directors. The table below reflects the annualized components of cash compensation for our non-employee
directors that were in place during fiscal 2007. Because our Board year does not correspond to our fiscal year,
actual amounts paid during fiscal 2007 were pro-rated based on the annualized figures in the following table
(for more information regarding the specific compensation received by each non-employee director during
fiscal 2007, see the “Fiscal 2007 Director Compensation Table” below).
Fiscal 2007 Annualized Components of Non-Employee Director Cash Compensation
Prior to
July 27, 2006
Following
July 27, 2006
Annual Retainer .................................................. $35,000 $50,000
Service on the Audit Committee . . .................................... $10,000 $10,000
Chair of the Audit Committee . . . .................................... $ 5,000 $10,000
Service on the Compensation Committee ............................... $ 7,500 $ 7,500
Chair of the Compensation Committee ................................. $ 2,500 $ 7,500
Service on the Nominating and Governance Committee .................... $ 7,500 $ 7,500
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee ...................... $ 2,500 $ 2,500
Service as Lead Director ........................................... $ 0 $25,000
In addition, individual directors were eligible to earn up to $1,000 per day, with the approval of the Board of
Directors, for special assignments, which may include providing advisory services to management in such
areas as sales, marketing, public relations and finance (provided, however, no independent director is eligible
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