---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712515-23-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EA"
cik: "0000712515"
company_name: "ELECTRONIC ARTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T13:20:49.781433+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EA shareholders reject termination pay proposal, reelect all directors at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected, including CEO Andrew Wilson with 209.8M votes for and 18.4M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 211.7M for vs 17.5M against.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 with 223.1M votes for, 20.8M against.
- Stockholder proposal on termination pay (golden parachutes) rejected: 208.2M against, 20.9M for.
- Shareholders selected one-year frequency for future advisory compensation votes (227.3M votes for 1 year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712515-23-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EA
- cik: 0000712515
- company_name: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/ea-20230810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-23-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-23-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-23-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. shareholders rejected Consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal on termination pay at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: Consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal on termination pay.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: The individuals listed below were elected to serve on the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote regarding the frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: Advisory vote regarding the frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251523000040/0000712515-23-000040-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.