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EA · Current Report (Form 8-K) · Filed August 4, 2026

Electronic Arts Inc — 8-K exhibit

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Electronic Arts Inc on Boardroom Alpha
Exhibit 3.1

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
 
FIRST:  The name of the corporation is Electronic Arts Inc. (the “Corporation”).
 
SECOND:  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle 19801.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
 
THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “DGCL”).
 
FOURTH:  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, and the par value of each such share is $0.01, amounting in the aggregate to $10.00.
 
FIFTH:  The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.
 
SIXTH:  Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so provide.
 
SEVENTH:  The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
 
EIGHTH: (1) A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, as applicable, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for directors, under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (iv) for any transactions from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (v) for officers, in any action by or in right of the Corporation.
 
(2) If the Delaware General Corporation Law is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director or officer, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
 
(3) Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VIII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this ARTICLE EIGHTH, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
 
NINTH:  The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by the DGCL and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers, if any, are subject to this reserved power.
 
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