Electronic Arts 2009 Annual Report Download - page 9

Proxy Statement
PROXY STATEMENT
Our Board of Directors is soliciting proxies for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The proxy materials,
including this proxy statement, proxy card and voting instructions, contain important information for you to
consider when deciding how to vote on the matters brought before the meeting. Please read them carefully.
The Board has set June 8, 2009 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 323,046,081 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date.
In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),
we are providing access to our proxy materials to our stockholders by providing such documents on the Internet.
The Notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement, our 2009 Annual Report and form of proxy were distributed
and/or made available via the Internet to stockholders on or about June 12, 2009. Stockholders will have the
ability to access the proxy materials on a website referred to in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy
Materials (the “Notice”) or request a printed set of the proxy materials be sent to them, by following the
instructions in the Notice.
The Notice will also provide instructions on how to inform us to send future proxy materials to you electronically
by email or in printed form by mail. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an
email next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your
election to receive proxy materials by email or printed form by mail will remain in effect until you terminate it.
We encourage you to choose to receive future proxy materials by email. Doing so will allow us to provide you
with the information you need in a more timely manner, will save us the cost of printing and mailing
documents to you, and will help conserve natural resources.
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.
• 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 2010”, “fiscal 2009”, “fiscal 2008”, and “fiscal 2007” refer to EA’s fiscal years ending or ended
(as the case may be) on March 31, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
• We use “independent auditors” to refer to an independent registered public accounting firm.
• “Annual Report” and “2009 Annual Report” refer to our annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2009.
• 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.
VOTING YOUR SHARES
Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read
this proxy statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. For specific instructions on
how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
you received in the mail, the section entitled Commonly Asked Questions and Answers set forth below in this
proxy statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.