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provider of integrated business, technology and process solutions, and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro
Technologies, Wipro’s global information technology, product engineering, and business process services
segments. From January 1996 to July 1999, Mr. Paul was General Manager of Global CT Business at General
Electric, Medical Systems Division. From March 1993 to December 1995, he served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited. Mr. Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Lawrence F. Probst III
Director since 1991
Mr. Probst, age 58, has been employed by EA since 1984. He has served as Chairman of the Board since July
1994 and, from May 1991 until April 2007, also served as our Chief Executive Officer. 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.
John S. Riccitiello
Director since 2007
Mr. Riccitiello, age 48, has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of EA since April 2007. Prior to
re-joining EA, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner at Elevation Partners, a private equity fund. From
October 1997 to April 2004, Mr. Riccitiello served as President and Chief Operating Officer of EA. Prior to
joining EA, Mr. Riccitiello served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the worldwide bakery division
at Sara Lee Corporation. Before joining Sara Lee, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Wilson Sporting Goods Co. and has also held executive management positions at Haagen-Dazs, PepsiCo, Inc.
and The Clorox Company. Mr. Riccitiello holds a B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Richard A. Simonson
Director since 2006
Mr. Simonson, age 48, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 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 52, 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 Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of
Business Development, Group Managing Director, and in 1997, was named Chief Executive Officer of Y&R’s
New York office, becoming the first female CEO in the company’s 75-year history. Ms. Srere also serves on
the Board of Directors of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a technical education provider.
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Our Board has determined that each of our non-employee directors qualifies as an “independent director” as
that term is used in the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules. Mr. Probst, who served as our CEO through the end of
fiscal 2007, and Mr. Riccitiello, our current CEO, do not qualify as independent. The NASDAQ Marketplace
Rules have both objective tests and a subjective test for determining who is an “independent director”. The
objective tests state, for example and among other things, that a director is not considered independent if he or
she is an employee of the Company or is a partner in or executive officer of an entity to which the Company
made, or from which the Company received, payments in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that
exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year. The subjective test states that an
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