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) September 20, 2006

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

The shareholder derivative complaint, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local No. 572 Pension Fund v. Probst, et al., which Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 10, 2006, alleging purported improprieties in EA’s issuance of stock options, has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. On September 14, 2006, the court signed an order dismissing the complaint. No compensation was paid by EA to the plaintiff or its attorneys, and each side has agreed to bear its own attorneys’ fees.

On September 14, 2006, EA received an informal inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting certain documents and information relating to EA’s stock option grant practices from January 1, 1997 to the present. EA intends to cooperate with all matters related to this request.

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: September 20, 2006   By:  

/s/ Stephen G. Bené

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