SEC Form 4 · accession 0001454387-18-000125

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. · EA

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Patrick Soderlund

Officer — Chief Design Officer

Period of report

May 16, 2018

Accepted (ET)

May 18, 2018 · 6:26 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000712515

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I
Common Stock^F1	May 16, 2018	M	21,211	—	A	58,082	D
Common Stock^F2	May 16, 2018	M	35,846	—	A	93,928	D
Common Stock^F1	May 16, 2018	M	18,889	—	A	112,817	D
Common Stock^F2	May 16, 2018	M	27,955	—	A	140,772	D
Common Stock^F1	May 16, 2018	M	15,081	—	A	155,853	D
Common Stock^F2	May 16, 2018	M	13,874	—	A	169,727	D

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F3,F2	—	May 16, 2018	J	6,576	D	—	May 16, 2018	Common Stock	6,576	35,846	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F2,F4	—	May 16, 2018	M	35,846	D	—	May 16, 2018	Common Stock	35,846	0	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F3,F2	—	May 16, 2018	J	9,823	D	—	May 16, 2019	Common Stock	9,823	65,733	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F2,F6,F5	—	May 16, 2018	M	27,955	D	—	May 16, 2019	Common Stock	27,955	37,778	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F7,F2	—	May 16, 2018	J	15,081	D	—	May 16, 2020	Common Stock	15,081	75,407	D
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units^F2,F6,F8	—	May 16, 2018	M	13,874	D	—	May 16, 2020	Common Stock	13,874	61,533	D
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F9	—	May 16, 2018	M	21,211	D	—	May 16, 2018	Common Stock	21,211	0	D
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F10	—	May 16, 2018	M	18,889	D	—	May 16, 2019	Common Stock	18,889	18,889	D
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F10	—	May 16, 2018	M	15,081	D	—	May 16, 2020	Common Stock	15,081	30,163	D

Explanation of responses

F1Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of Electronic Arts Inc. common stock. This transaction represents the settlement of Restricted Stock Units in shares of common stock on their scheduled vesting date.
F10This award has vested or will vest as to one-third of the Restricted Stock Units on the 11-month, 23-month and 35-month anniversaries of the date of grant.
F2Each Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of common stock. This transaction represents the settlement of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units in shares of common stock on their scheduled vesting date.
F3Represents the portion of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units unearned and cancelled in accordance with their terms.
F4Vesting of this award depends on EA's relative total stockholder return. 169% of the target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units vested based on actual performance.
F5Vesting of this award depends on EA's relative total stockholder return. 148% of the target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units vested based on actual performance.
F6Represents the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that could vest based on the maximum level of achievement. The actual vesting of this award depends on EA's relative total stockholder return.
F7Represents the portion of unearned Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units cancelled in accordance with their terms. Pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement, 1,207 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units from this award were not cancelled and remain unearned as they can be earned in future periods.
F8Vesting of this award depends on EA's relative total stockholder return. 92% of the target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units vested based on actual performance.
F9This award was fully vested as of May 16, 2018.