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the Board of Directors of Insight Communications, Symantec Corporation, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and
Move.com and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Vassar College. Ms. Laybourne holds a B.A. degree from
Vassar College and a M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Laybourne has extensive executive experience in the entertainment industry; including a deep understanding
of the unique and valuable women’s and children’s markets. Based on these experiences, qualifications and
attributes, the Board has concluded that Ms. Laybourne is qualified to serve as a director.
Gregory B. Maffei
Director since 2003
Mr. Maffei, age 50, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, which
owns ecommerce, media, communications and entertainment businesses and investments, since February 2006.
He joined Liberty Media in November 2005 as CEO-Elect. From June 2005 until November 2005, Mr. Maffei
served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation. From 2000 until June 2005, Mr. Maffei
served as Chief Executive Officer of 360networks Corporation, a broadband telecom service provider, and also
became Chairman of the Board of 360networks in 2002. Previously, Mr. Maffei was with Microsoft Corporation
from 1993 to 2000, in several positions, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Maffei also served as Chairman of Expedia, Inc. from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Maffei currently
serves on the Board of Directors of Liberty Media and the DIRECTV Group, Inc, and Sirius XM Radio Inc.
Mr. Maffei also served as a director of Starbucks Corporation during the past five years. Mr. Maffei received an
A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
Mr. Maffei has extensive operating, financial and investment experience in the technology, media and telecom
sectors with some of the largest and most successful companies in their relevant industries. Mr. Maffei serves
on our Audit Committee, and he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert (as defined in the applicable
rules of the SEC) and is financially sophisticated within the meaning of the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules.
Based on these experiences, qualifications and attributes, the Board has concluded that Mr. Maffei is qualified
to serve as a director.
Vivek Paul
Director since 2005
Mr. Paul, age 51, was a partner at TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) from October 2005 to August 2008. From
July 1999 to September 2005, Mr. Paul served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wipro, Ltd., a
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.
Mr. Paul brings to the Board his past experience as the Vice Chairman of a large public company and Chief
Executive Officer of its dominant business. He has extensive international business knowledge, particularly
emerging markets, and expertise in financial evaluation of business plans and risk scenarios. Based on these
experiences, qualifications and attributes, the Board has concluded that Mr. Paul is qualified to serve as a
director.
Lawrence F. Probst III
Director since 1991, Chairman since 1994
Mr. Probst, age 60, was employed by EA from 1984 to September 2008. 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 serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Mr. Probst
holds a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware.
Mr. Probst served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for more than fifteen years and has served as the
Chairman of the Board for nearly sixteen years. Mr. Probst contributes to the Board his deep understanding of the
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