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Proxy Statement
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
Scott Probst
Scott Probst, the son of our Chairman, has been employed by the Company since 2003. In fiscal 2015, Mr. Probst
was promoted to executive producer and the aggregate value of his total compensation in fiscal 2015, including
base salary, bonus award, and grant-date value of equity awards, was an amount consistent with the total
compensation provided to other EA employees in similar positions and less than $500,000. The Compensation
Committee, on behalf of the Nominating and Governance Committee, reviews the compensation decisions
involving Scott Probst in accordance with our Related Person Transactions Policy.
Commercial Agreements with Google
We enter into commercial dealings with Google Inc. that we consider to be arms-length, including arrangements
to provide Android applications on the Google Play platform and utilizing a variety of Google’s advertising and
analytics services. Mr. Huber, one of our directors, is a Senior Vice President at Google, working on projects in
the Google X division. Mr. Huber has no involvement in Google’s commercial dealings with EA and has no
material direct or indirect interest in these transactions. Therefore, we do not consider these dealings to be
“related person transactions”. Our Board of Directors considered our dealings with Google in reaching its
determination that Mr. Huber is an independent director.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
We have adopted procedures to assist EA’s directors and officers in complying with the requirements of
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, which include assisting officers and directors in preparing forms for filing.
To EA’s knowledge, based solely upon review of such reports furnished to us and written representations that no
other reports were required, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our officers and
directors were timely met during fiscal 2015.
DIRECTOR ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL MEETING
Our directors are expected to make every effort to attend our annual meeting of stockholders. Eight of the nine
directors who were elected at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders attended the meeting.
STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EA stockholders may communicate with the Board of Directors as a whole, with a committee of the Board of
Directors, or with an individual director by sending a letter to EA’s Corporate Secretary at Electronic Arts Inc.,
209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065, or by sending an email to
[email protected]. Our Corporate Secretary will forward to the Board of Directors all
communications that are not of a commercial or frivolous nature or otherwise inappropriate for their
consideration. For further information regarding the submission of stockholder communications, please visit the
Investor Relations section of our website at http://investor.ea.com.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2016 ANNUAL MEETING
If you would like us to consider a proposal to be included in our 2016 proxy statement and proxy card, you must
deliver it to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office no later than February 26, 2016.
Stockholders who otherwise wish to present a proposal at the 2016 Annual Meeting must deliver written notice
of the proposal to our Corporate Secretary at Electronic Arts Inc., 209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City,
CA 94065, by the close of business no earlier than April 16, 2016 and no later than May 16, 2016 (provided,
however, that if the 2016 Annual Meeting is held earlier than July 15, 2016 or later than September 13, 2016,
proposals must be received no later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the 2016
Annual Meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the 2016 Annual Meeting is
first made). The submission must include certain information concerning the stockholder and the proposal, as
specified in the Company’s amended and restated bylaws. Our amended and restated bylaws are included as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K we filed with the SEC on August 1, 2013, which you may access
through the SEC’s electronic data system called EDGAR at www.sec.gov. You may also request a copy of our
amended and restated bylaws by contacting our Corporate Secretary at the address above.
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