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Deferred Compensation Plan
We maintain a Deferred Compensation Plan (“DCP”) that allows our directors and certain employees, including
our Named Executive Officers, to defer receipt of their salary into cash accounts that mirror the gains and/or
losses of several different investment funds which correspond to the funds we have selected for our 401(k) plan.
Director participants may defer up to 100% of their director fees until the date(s) they have specified. We are not
required to make any contributions to the DCP and did not do so in fiscal 2009.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
Each non-employee director is required, within three years of becoming a director, to own shares of EA common
stock or vested restricted stock units having a value of at least 3 years’ annual retainer for service on the Board.
As of May 15, 2009, each of our directors had either fulfilled their ownership requirements or had not yet
reached three years of service.
FISCAL 2009 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table shows compensation information for each of our directors during fiscal 2009 (other than
Mr. Riccitiello).
Name
Fees Earned
or Paid in Cash
($)(1)
Stock
Awards
($)(2)
Options
Awards
($)(3)
All Other
Compensation
($)(4)
Total
($)
Leonard S. Coleman ...................... — 54,479 100,840 71,524 226,843
Gary M. Kusin ........................... 85,000 54,479 100,840 — 240,319
Geraldine B. Laybourne ................... 21,563 5,474 14,705 7,906 49,648
Gregory B. Maffei ........................ 70,000 54,479 100,840 — 225,319
Timothy Mott(5) .......................... 14,375 20,315 38,545 — 73,235
Vivek Paul .............................. — 54,479 144,682 66,027 265,188
Lawrence F. Probst III ..................... 59,315 23,447 5,512,312(6) 230,409(7) 5,825,483
Richard A. Simonson ..................... 56,250 54,479 202,927 8,247 321,903
Linda J. Srere ............................ — 54,479 100,840 79,742 235,061
(1) The amounts presented in this column represent compensation that was earned and paid as cash. As described
above and in footnote 4 below, our non-employee directors may elect to receive all or part of their cash
compensation in the form of EA common stock. The value of the EA common stock received in lieu of cash
payments during fiscal 2009 by our non-employees directors is reflected in the “All Other Compensation”
column above.
(2) Represents the expense recognized by EA in fiscal 2009 for financial statement reporting purposes in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004) (“SFAS No. 123(R)”)
Share-Based Payment, as modified to exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based
vesting conditions, for awards of restricted stock units granted to the non-employee directors. No stock awards
were forfeited by any of the non-employee directors in fiscal 2009. The amounts reflected above represent the
fair value determined by EA for reporting purposes only and do not reflect whether the recipient has actually
realized a financial benefit from the awards (such as by vesting in a restricted stock unit award). For additional
information regarding the valuation methodology used by EA, see Note 13, “Stock-Based Compensation and
Employee Benefit Plans”, of the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. In fiscal 2009, each non-employee director standing for re-election
received a restricted stock unit grant of 1,200 shares of EA common stock, which vests in its entirety on the
date of the 2009 Annual Meeting. In the case of Mr. Probst, he ceased being an employee of EA on
September 27, 2008. Therefore, he received a pro rata portion of the restricted stock unit grant of 1,100 shares
of EA common stock on September 29, 2008.
(3) Represents the expense recognized by EA in fiscal 2009 for financial statement reporting purposes in
accordance with SFAS No. 123(R), as modified to exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions, for awards of stock options granted to the non-employee directors. No stock
options were forfeited by any of the non-employee directors in fiscal 2009. The amounts reflected above
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