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Mr. Barker has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer since April 2006. From June 2003
to April 2006, Mr. Barker held the position of Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining
Electronic Arts, Mr. Barker was employed at Sun Microsystems, Inc., as Vice President and Corporate
Controller from October 2002 to June 2003 and Assistant Corporate Controller from April 2000 to September
2002. Prior to that, he was an audit partner at Deloitte. Mr. Barker graduated from the University of Notre
Dame with a B.A. degree in Accounting.
Mr. Bené has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since October 2004.
From April 2004 to October 2004, Mr. Bené held the position of Vice President, Acting General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary, and from June 2003 to April 2004, he held the position of Vice President and Associate
General Counsel. Prior to June 2003, Mr. Bené had served as internal legal counsel since joining EA in March
1995. Mr. Bené earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from Rice University. Mr. Bené is a member of the Bar of the State of California.
Investor Information
We file or furnish various reports, such as registration statements, periodic and current reports, proxy
statements, and other materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You may read and
copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by
calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy
and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC,
including our filings. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on
Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act, as amended, are available free of charge on the Investor Relations section of our website at
http://investor.ea.com as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to
the SEC. Except as expressly set forth in this Form 10-K annual report, the contents of our website are not
incorporated into, or otherwise to be regarded as part of this report.
The charters of our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance committees of our Board of
Directors, as well as our Global Code of Conduct (which includes code of ethics provisions applicable to our
directors, principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and other senior
financial officers), are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at http://investor.ea.com. We
will post amendments to our Global Code of Conduct in the Investor Relations section of our website. Copies
of our charters and Global Code of Conduct are available without charge by contacting our Investor Relations
department at (650) 628-1500.
Stockholders of record may hold their shares of our common stock in book-entry form. This eliminates costs
related to safekeeping or replacing paper stock certificates. In addition, stockholders of record may request
electronic movement of book-entry shares between their account with our stock transfer agent and their broker.
Stock certificates may be converted to book-entry shares at any time. Questions regarding this service may be
directed to our stock transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, at 1-800-468-9716 (or 1-651-450-4064
for international callers) or visit their website at www.wellsfargo.com/shareownerservices.
Item 1A: Risk Factors
Our business is subject to many risks and uncertainties, which may affect our future financial performance. If
any of the events or circumstances described below occurs, our business and financial performance could be
harmed, our actual results could differ materially from our expectations and the market value of our stock
could decline. The risks and uncertainties discussed below are not the only ones we face. There may be
additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material
that may harm our business and financial performance.
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