Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 10, 2007

 

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-17948   94-2838567
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, California 94065-1175

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 628-1500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 10, 2007, at a regularly-scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts Inc. (the “Company”), M. Richard Asher, age 75, declared his intention to retire. Mr. Asher has served as a Director of the Company since 1984 and his retirement will become effective at the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is scheduled for July 26, 2007. Effective immediately upon Mr. Asher’s retirement, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors will be reduced to nine directors.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
Dated: May 15, 2007   By:  

/s/ Stephen G. Bené

    Stephen G. Bené
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary