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Proxy Statement
June 8, 2012
DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDERS:
You are cordially invited to join us at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the headquarters campus of Electronic Arts in Building 250 (please note that the
street address for Building 250 is 250 Shoreline Drive, Redwood City, California). For your convenience, we are
also pleased to offer a live audio webcast of our Annual Meeting on the Investor Relations section of our web site
at http://investor.ea.com. At this meeting, we are asking the stockholders to:
• Elect Leonard S. Coleman, Jay C. Hoag, Jeffrey T. Huber, Geraldine B. Laybourne, Gregory B. Maffei,
Vivek Paul, Lawrence F. Probst III, John S. Riccitiello, Richard A. Simonson, and Luis A. Ubiñas to the
Board of Directors to hold office for a one-year term;
• Approve amendments to our 2000 Equity Incentive Plan;
• Approve our Executive Bonus Plan;
• Cast an advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers; and
• Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
year ending March 31, 2013.
After the meeting, we will report on our recent performance and answer your questions.
Details regarding admission to the meeting and the business to be conducted are described in the Notice of
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”) you received in the mail and in this Proxy Statement. We
have also made available a copy of our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 with this Proxy
Statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and
provides information about our business.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as
possible. You may vote over the internet, by telephone or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by
mailing a proxy or voting instruction card. Please review the instructions on each of your voting options
described in this Proxy Statement, as well as in the Notice you received in the mail.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Electronic Arts.
Sincerely,
John S. Riccitiello
Chief Executive Officer