secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. (EA)
CIK:        0000712515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712515-22-000047
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

EA authorizes $2.6B stock buyback, adds 16M shares to equity plan
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- Board authorized new $2.6B share repurchase program; will begin after current program completes (late Sept/early Oct 2022), expires Nov 4, 2024.
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, adding 16M shares; total reserved shares now 29.5M.
- Shareholders approved reduction in threshold to call special meetings from 25% to 15%.
- All eight director nominees elected; advisory vote on executive pay passed with 92% support.
- Stockholder proposal on termination pay failed, with 47% for and 53% against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251522000047/0000712515-22-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251522000047/ea-20220811.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-22-000047

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