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Under the Equity Plan, non-employee directors may elect to receive all or part of their cash compensation in the
form of common stock. As an incentive for our non-employee directors to increase their stock ownership in EA,
non-employee directors making such an election receive shares of common stock valued at 110 percent of the
cash compensation they would have otherwise received. Such shares are awarded via the grant and immediate
exercise of a stock option having an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the
date of grant, which is the first trading day of each quarter of the Board year.
Other Benefits
Non-employee directors, who are not employed with any other company, are offered an opportunity to purchase
certain EA health, dental and vision insurance while serving as a Board member with the option for the
continuation of benefits upon the expiration of their Board term. Participating directors pay 100 percent of their
own insurance premiums.
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 director fees or base salary, as the case may be, 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 percent 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 2011.
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 three years’ annual retainer for service on the
Board. As of May 20, 2011, each of our directors had either fulfilled their ownership requirements or had not yet
reached three years of service.
FISCAL 2011 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table shows compensation information for each of our directors during fiscal 2011 (other than
Mr. Riccitiello):
Name
Fees Earned
or Paid in Cash
($)(1)
Stock
Awards
($)(2)
Options
Awards
($)(3)
Total
($)
Leonard S. Coleman ................................ 65,000 172,300 — 237,300
Jeffrey T. Huber .................................... — 172,300 61,204(4) 233,504
Geraldine B. Laybourne .............................. 56,883 172,300 8,933(4) 238,116
Gregory B. Maffei .................................. 52,500 172,300 19,244(4) 244,044
Vivek Paul ........................................ — 172,300 66,002(4) 238,302
Lawrence F. Probst III ............................... 100,000 172,300 — 272,300
Richard A. Simonson ................................ 31,875 172,300 58,433(4) 262,608
Linda J. Srere ...................................... 43,142 172,300 17,866(4) 233,308
Luis A. Ubiñas ..................................... 30,000 115,425 — 145,425
Gary M. Kusin(5) ................................... 45,000 172,300 — 217,300
(1) The amounts presented in this column represent compensation that was earned and paid as cash, including
cash compensation of $65,000, $52,500 and $31,875 that was deferred by Messrs. Coleman, Maffei and
Simonson, respectively, into cash accounts pursuant to the terms of our Deferred Compensation Plan,
described above.
(2) Represents the aggregate grant-date fair value of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) granted in fiscal 2011. Grant-
date fair value for RSUs is calculated using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. For
additional information regarding the valuation methodology for RSUs, see Note 13, “Stock-Based
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