John S. Riccitiello

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Sector: TECHNOLOGY  /  Multimedia & Graphics Software

Forbes Rankings

456th on the Forbes Executive Pay in 2009

Electronic Arts - 1,577th on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2009

457th on the Forbes Executive Pay in 2008

Electronic Arts - 1,537th on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2008

Electronic Arts - 1,493rd on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2007

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Salary	$800,000.00
Bonus	$0.00
Restricted stock awards	$7,294,950.00
All other compensation	$1,308.00
Option awards $	$1,002,287.00
Non-equity incentive plan compensation	$746,667.00
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings	$0.00
Total Compensation	$9,845,212.00

Grant Date	All other stock awards (# of shares of stocks or units)	Number of securities underlying options	Exercise or base price	Percent of total options granted in fiscal year	Grant date fair value of stock and option awards	See More
09/16/2009	-	-	$18.85	0%	$1,002,287.00
09/16/2009	387,000	-	$ -	0%	$7,294,950.00
05/16/2008	-	-	$ -	0%	$9,920,000.00
Expiration date -     Value of options potential value 5% $ -     Value of options potential value 10% $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) 200,000     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
05/10/2007	-	-	$49.90	0%	$16,002,578.00
-	-	-	$ -	0%	$ -
Expiration date -     Value of options potential value 5% $ -     Value of options potential value 10% $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $1,200,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $2,400,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	-	$ -	0%	$ -
Expiration date -     Value of options potential value 5% $ -     Value of options potential value 10% $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $750,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $2,250,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	-	$ -	0%	$ -
Expiration date -     Value of options potential value 5% $ -     Value of options potential value 10% $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $800,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $2,400,000.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	175,000	$49.31	3.03%	$ -
Expiration date 09/29/2010     Value of options potential value 5% $5,427,164.00     Value of options potential value 10% $13,753,499.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	25,000	$9.00	0.44%	$ -
Expiration date 05/25/2010     Value of options potential value 5% $141,501.00     Value of options potential value 10% $358,592.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	115,000	$9.00	2.01%	$ -
Expiration date 05/03/2010     Value of options potential value 5% $650,906.00     Value of options potential value 10% $1,649,523.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	150,000	$58.96	2.18%	$ -
Expiration date 05/09/2012     Value of options potential value 5% $5,561,944.00     Value of options potential value 10% $14,095,058.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	100,000	$62.63	1.45%	$ -
Expiration date 10/07/2012     Value of options potential value 5% $3,938,767.00     Value of options potential value 10% $9,981,609.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	150,000	$62.63	2.18%	$ -
Expiration date 10/07/2012     Value of options potential value 5% $5,908,151.00     Value of options potential value 10% $14,972,414.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	150,000	$46.54	2.38%	$ -
Expiration date 10/05/2011     Value of options potential value 5% $4,390,313.00     Value of options potential value 10% $11,125,916.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close
-	-	160,000	$48.78	1.75%	$ -
Expiration date 10/24/2013     Value of options potential value 5% $4,908,900.00     Value of options potential value 10% $12,440,116.00     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $) $ -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #) -     Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #) -       Close

Number of securities underlying options exercisable	359,400
Number of securities underlying options unexercisable	1,057,000
Value of unexercised options, currently exercisable	$9,277,149.00
Value of unexercised options, currently unexercisable	$20,678,481.00
Shares acquired on exercise	286,400
Value Realized	$7,094,316.00

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