eBay Inc.

2065 Hamilton Avenue

San Jose, California 95125

PROXY STATEMENT

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND OUR 2014 ANNUAL MEETING

At the time this proxy statement was mailed, our management and the Board were not aware of any other matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting other than those set forth in this proxy statement and in the notice accompanying this proxy statement.

“FOR ALL” four nominees to the Board named in this proxy statement (Proposal 1);

“FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers (Proposal 2);

“FOR” the approval of the amendment and restatement of our 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan (Proposal 3);

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 (Proposal 4);

“AGAINST” the stockholder proposal submitted by John Chevedden regarding stockholder action by written consent without a meeting (Proposal 5); and

“AGAINST” the Icahn Proposal (Proposal 6).

eBay’s Board strongly urges you not to sign or return any proxy card sent to you by the Icahn Group.

eBay’s Board does not endorse any Icahn Group nominee and opposes the Icahn Proposal and unanimously recommends that you disregard any proxy card or solicitation materials that may be sent to you by the Icahn Group. Voting to “WITHHOLD” with respect to any of the Icahn Group’s nominees on its proxy card is not the same as voting for the eBay Board’s nominees because a vote to “WITHHOLD” with respect to any of the Icahn Group’s nominees on its proxy card will revoke any proxy you previously submitted. If you have already voted using the gold proxy card, you have every right to change your vote by voting via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions on the WHITE proxy card, or by completing and mailing the enclosed WHITE proxy card in the enclosed pre-paid envelope. Only the latest validly executed proxy that you submit will be counted — any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by following the instructions under “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?” If you have any questions or require any assistance with voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., toll free at (800) 269-6427 or collect at (212) 269-5550.

If your shares are held in a brokerage account by a broker, bank, or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank, or other nominee.

If you have previously signed a proxy card sent to you by the Icahn Group, you may change your vote by voting via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions on your WHITE proxy card, or by completing and mailing the enclosed WHITE proxy card in the enclosed pre-paid envelope. Submitting a gold proxy card sent to you by the Icahn Group will revoke votes you have previously made via eBay’s WHITE proxy card.

Only the latest validly executed proxy that you submit will be counted.

You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” with respect to the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, the proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors, the stockholder proposal regarding stockholder action by written consent without a meeting, and the Icahn Proposal. If you elect to abstain from voting on any of these proposals, the abstention will have the same effect as an “AGAINST” vote with respect to such proposal.

If you sign and return your WHITE proxy card without giving specific voting instructions, your shares will be voted as recommended by our Board and in accordance with the discretion of the persons named on the WHITE proxy card the respect to any other matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting. If you are a beneficial holder and do not return a voting instruction form, your broker may not vote on any of the matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting.

However, the election will be uncontested in the event the Icahn Group withdraws its nominees and the Board rescinds its determination that the Annual Meeting is contested at least 20 days prior to the date of the 2014 Annual Meeting as initially announced. In an uncontested election, our Bylaws provide for majority voting in elections of directors. In such case, each director must be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to such director by the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. A “majority of votes cast” means that the number of votes “FOR” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes “AGAINST” that director nominee. In both contested and uncontested elections for directors, if you are a beneficial owner and do not provide the stockholder of record with voting instructions, your shares will constitute broker non-votes (see “What are broker non-votes and what effect do they have on the proposals?” below).

The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote is required to approve each of the following proposals: the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers, the amendment and restatement of our 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors, the stockholder proposal regarding stockholder action by written consent without a meeting, and the Icahn Proposal. Abstentions will be counted as present for purposes of this vote and will have the effect of a vote against these proposals. Broker non-votes will not be counted as present and are not entitled to vote on the proposals. Because your vote on the compensation of our named executive officers and the stockholder proposals are advisory, it will not be binding on the Company, the Board or any of the Board’s committees. However, the Board and appropriate Board committees will review the voting results and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding compensation of our named executive officers and the matters covered by the stockholder proposals.

In an uncontested situation, a broker is entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on “routine” matters without instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares. However, absent instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, a broker is not entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on “non-routine” matters, such as the election of our directors (Proposal 1), the vote, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers (Proposal 2), the amendment and restatement of our 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan (Proposal 3), the stockholder proposal regarding stockholder action by written consent without a meeting (Proposal 5), or the Icahn Proposal (Proposal 6).

Given the contested nature of the election, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange governing brokers’ discretionary authority — which apply to brokers’ authority with respect to companies listed on the NASDAQ — do not permit brokers to exercise discretionary authority regarding any of the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, whether “routine” or not.

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote and instruct your bank, broker, or other nominee on how to vote if you want your vote to count at the Annual Meeting. If you hold your shares in street name and you do not instruct your broker, bank, or other nominee how to vote on the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, no votes will be cast on your behalf.

Broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of shares represented and voted with respect to an individual proposal, and therefore will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on an individual proposal. Thus, if you do not give your broker specific voting instructions, your shares will not be voted on the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting and will not be counted in determining the number of shares necessary for approval.

If the Icahn Group proceeds with its previously announced alternative director nominations or the Icahn Proposal, you will likely receive multiple mailings from the Icahn Group, and we will likely conduct multiple mailings prior to the date of the Annual Meeting so that stockholders have our latest proxy information and materials to vote. We will send you a new WHITE proxy card with each mailing, regardless of whether you have previously voted. Only the latest validly executed proxy you submit will be counted. If you wish to vote as recommended by the eBay Board, you should only submit the WHITE proxy cards. Please see “What do I do if I receive a proxy card from the Icahn Group?” above for more information.

eBay will provide copies of these proxy materials to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries, and custodians holding in their names shares of our common stock beneficially owned by others so that they may forward these proxy materials to the beneficial owners. eBay has retained the services of D.F. King & Co., Inc., a professional proxy solicitation firm, to aid in the solicitation of proxies. This proxy solicitation firm estimates that approximately 150 of its employees will assist in this proxy solicitation, which they may conduct by personal interview, mail, telephone, facsimile, email, other electronic channels of communication, or otherwise. eBay expects that it will pay D.F. King its customary fees, estimated not to exceed approximately $2,000,000 in the aggregate, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the process of soliciting proxies. eBay’s aggregate expenses related to the solicitation, including those of D.F. King as well as for printing and mailing materials to eBay stockholders, in excess of those normally spent for an annual meeting as a result of the potential proxy contest and excluding salaries and wages of our officers and regular employees, are expected to be approximately $6,500,000, of which approximately $100,000 has been spent to date. eBay has agreed to indemnify D.F. King against certain liabilities relating to or arising out of their engagement. In addition, eBay may reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of shares for their expenses in forwarding solicitation materials to such beneficial owners.

Solicitations may also be made by personal interview, mail, telephone, facsimile, email, Twitter, other electronic channels of communication, in particular LinkedIn, eBay’s investor relations website, eBay’s Annual Meeting website, located at https://bettertogether.ebayinc.com, other eBay-hosted websites and blogs, or otherwise by directors, officers, and other employees of eBay, but eBay will not additionally compensate its directors, officers, or other employees for these services. Appendix B sets forth information relating to certain of our directors, officers, and employees who are considered “participants” in this proxy solicitation under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, by reason of their position or because they may be soliciting proxies on our behalf.

You may also contact our proxy solicitor D.F. King at (212) 269-5550 (Call Collect) or (800) 269-6427 (Toll Free).

        BACKGROUND OF THE SOLICITATION

On February 26, 2014, the Icahn Group submitted a demand to inspect the Company’s books and records pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Icahn Demand”) and on February 28, 2014 submitted a demand to inspect certain eBay stocklist materials. eBay subsequently offered by letter to provide the Icahn Group with documents responsive to their Section 220 demands. Representatives of the Icahn Group and eBay have engaged in discussions regarding the arrangements to provide such materials.

On March 1, 2014, Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Icahn spoke by telephone. Mr. Icahn indicated that he intended to release an “open letter” to eBay stockholders on the following Monday and had considered commencing litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery to seek access to the materials referenced in the Icahn Demand. Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Icahn subsequently had an in-person meeting on March 4 during which additional representatives of both parties were present. Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Icahn discussed the Icahn Group’s proposal to spin-off PayPal from the rest of eBay’s businesses.

In early March 2014, Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Icahn spoke by telephone and subsequently had an in-person meeting during which additional representatives of both parties were present.

Throughout January, February and March, the Icahn Group and the Company published various solicitation materials. The Company’s solicitation materials were filed under the cover of Schedule 14A on the date they were first sent to eBay stockholders.

OUR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

We believe that strong corporate governance practices that provide meaningful rights to our stockholders and ensure board accountability are key to our relationship with our stockholders. To help our stockholders understand our commitment to this relationship and our governance practices, the Board has adopted a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines to set a framework within which the Board will conduct its business. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines can be found on our investor relations website at http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm and are summarized below along with certain other of our governance practices.

Independence. The rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market require listed companies to have a board of directors with at least a majority of independent directors. These rules have both objective tests and a subjective test for determining who is an “independent director.” The objective tests state, for example, that a director is not considered independent if he or she is an employee of the Company, or is a partner in, or a controlling stockholder or executive officer of, an entity to which the Company made, or from which the Company received, payments in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year. The subjective test requires our Board to affirmatively determine that a director does not have a relationship that would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. On an annual basis, each member of our Board is required to complete a questionnaire designed to provide information to assist the Board in determining whether the director is independent under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Select Market and our Corporate Governance Guidelines (and for members of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, whether the director satisfies additional SEC and Nasdaq independence requirements). Our Board has adopted guidelines setting forth certain categories of transactions, relationships, and arrangements that it has deemed immaterial for purposes of making its determination regarding a director’s independence, and does not consider any such transactions, relationships, and arrangements in making its subjective determination.

Our Board has determined that each of the following directors is independent under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Select Market and under eBay’s Corporate Governance Guidelines: Mr. Anderson, Mr. Andreessen, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, Mr. Ford, Ms. Mitic, Mr. Moffett, Mr. Schlosberg, and Mr. Tierney.

The Board limits membership on the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee to independent directors. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director who has previously been determined to be independent to inform the Lead Independent Director and our Corporate Secretary of any change in his or her principal occupation or status as a member of the Board of any other public company, or any change in circumstance that may cause his or her status as an independent director to change.

Leadership Structure and Lead Independent Director. In accordance with our Bylaws, our Board elects our Chairman and our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that the roles of Chairman and CEO be held by separate individuals. Mr. Omidyar currently serves as our Chairman. The Board believes that the separation of the offices of the Chairman and CEO is appropriate as it aids in the Board’s oversight of management and it allows our CEO to focus primarily on his management responsibilities.

Our independent directors have also designated a Lead Independent Director. Mr. Tierney is currently the Lead Independent Director, having been appointed to a two-year term beginning at the conclusion of our 2012 Annual Meeting that will expire following our 2014 Annual Meeting. The Lead Independent Director’s roles and responsibilities are detailed in the Corporate Governance Guidelines and include:

In addition, the Lead Independent Director, together with the chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, conducts interviews to confirm the continued qualification and willingness to serve of each director whose term is expiring at an annual meeting prior to the time at which directors are nominated for re-election.

Committee Responsibilities. Board committees help the Board run effectively and efficiently, but do not replace the oversight of the Board as a whole. There are currently three principal Board committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Each committee meets regularly and has a written charter that has been approved by the Board. In addition, at each regularly scheduled Board meeting, a member of each committee reports on any significant matters addressed by the committee since the last Board meeting. Each committee performs an annual self-assessment to evaluate its effectiveness in fulfilling its obligations. In addition to our formal committee structure, directors with an interest and background in technology meet regularly with our senior technologists and report significant matters to the Board. The directors that do this regularly are Mr. Andreessen, Mr. Cook, Ms. Mitic, and Mr. Omidyar.

Role in Risk Oversight. Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. We face a number of risks, including economic, financial, legal and regulatory, operational, and other risks, such as the impact of competition. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks that we face, while the Board, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk oversight role, the Board is responsible for satisfying itself that the risk management framework and supporting processes as implemented by management are adequate and functioning as designed.

Audit Committee’s Role in Risk Oversight. While the Board is ultimately responsible for risk oversight at eBay, the Board has delegated to the Audit Committee the primary responsibility for the oversight of risks facing our businesses. The Audit Committee’s charter provides that it will discuss our major risk exposures, including financial, operational, privacy, security, competition, and legal and regulatory risks, and the steps we have taken to detect, monitor and actively manage such exposures. The Audit Committee reviews with our Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs significant legal, compliance, and regulatory matters that could have a material impact on our financial statements or our business, including material notices to or inquiries received from governmental agencies. We also have embedded an enterprise risk management, or ERM, program across our core businesses, which is aligned with our Company-wide initiative that involves the Audit Committee, management and other personnel. The ERM framework is designed to identify, assess, prioritize, and manage our major risk exposures which could affect our ability to execute on our

corporate strategy and fulfill our business objectives. The ERM program is designed to enable the Audit Committee to establish a mutual understanding with management of the effectiveness of the Company’s risk management practices and capabilities, to review the Company’s risk exposure and risk tolerance, and to elevate certain key risks for oversight at the Board level.

Management’s Role in Risk Oversight. Our Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, or CAE, is responsible for our internal audit function and our risk governance framework, which includes risk assessment, monitoring, and reporting. The CAE reports directly to the Audit Committee, and the Audit Committee reviews and evaluates the CAE’s appointment, compensation, and performance and provides the CAE with direct access to the Audit Committee. The CAE facilitates the Audit Committee’s review and approval of the internal audit plan and provides regular reporting on audit activities. In addition, through consultation with management, the CAE periodically assesses the major risks facing eBay and coordinates with the executives responsible for such risks through the risk governance process. The CAE periodically reviews with the Audit Committee the major risks facing eBay and the steps management has taken to detect, monitor, and manage those risks within the agreed risk tolerance. The executive responsible for managing a particular risk may also report to the Audit Committee on how the risk is being managed and progress towards agreed mitigation goals.

In addition to the general oversight responsibility that has been delegated to the Audit Committee, other committees review the risks within their areas of responsibility and expertise. For example, the Compensation Committee reviews the risks associated with our compensation policies and practices and our succession planning process and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee reviews the risks associated with our overall corporate governance.

Risk Assessment of Compensation Policies and Practices. We have assessed the compensation policies and practices for our employees and concluded that they do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. This analysis was presented to the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, both of which agreed with this conclusion.

Corporate Hotline. We have established a corporate hotline (operated by a third party) to allow any employee to confidentially and anonymously (where legally permissible) lodge a complaint about any accounting, internal control, auditing, or other matters of concern.

Stockholder Communication. eBay has a practice of regularly engaging with stockholders to seek their feedback.

Stockholders may also communicate with the Board or individual directors care of the Corporate Secretary, eBay Inc., 2065 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, California 95125. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has delegated responsibility for initial review of stockholder communications to our Corporate Secretary. This process assists the Board in reviewing and responding to stockholder communications in an appropriate manner. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has instructed our Corporate Secretary to review correspondence directed to the Board and its principal committees and, at his discretion, not to forward items solely related to complaints by users with respect to ordinary course of business customer service and satisfaction issues, or that he deems to be of a commercial or frivolous nature or otherwise inappropriate for the Board’s or its committees’ consideration.

Attendance at Annual Meetings. Absent exigent circumstances, all directors are expected to attend eBay’s annual meeting of stockholders in person or by telephone or video call. Except for Mr. Andreessen, all of our directors serving on our Board at the time of our last annual meeting of stockholders, which was held in April 2013, attended that meeting.

Formal Closed Sessions of Outside Directors. As part of each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the outside directors have the opportunity to meet without our management or the other directors. The Lead Independent Director leads such discussions.

Board Compensation. Board compensation is determined by the Compensation Committee, and consists of a mixture of equity compensation and cash compensation. Board compensation is reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee. A more detailed description of current Board compensation can be found under the heading “Compensation of Directors” below.

Stock Ownership Guidelines. Our Board has adopted stock ownership guidelines to better align the interests of our directors and executive officers with the interests of our stockholders and further promote our commitment to sound corporate governance. Under these guidelines, our executive officers are required to achieve ownership of eBay common stock valued at three times their annual base salary (five times in the case of our CEO). Our non-employee directors are required to achieve ownership of eBay common stock valued at three times the amount of the annual retainer payable to such director within three years of joining the Board, or in the case of directors serving at the time the guidelines were initially adopted, within three years of the date of adoption of the guidelines. Shares of eBay common stock pledged as collateral for a loan do not count towards satisfaction of the stock ownership guidelines. Our stock ownership guidelines can be found on our investor relations website at http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm.

The ownership levels of our executive officers and directors as of March 3, 2014 are set forth in the section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” below.

Hedging Policy. The Company’s insider trading policy prohibits directors, officers, and other employees from entering into any hedging or monetization transactions relating to our securities or otherwise trading in any instrument relating to the future price of our securities, such as a put or call option, futures contract, short sale, collar, or other derivative security.

The Compensation Committee annually reviews the extent to which each executive officer and director of the Company has pledged shares of eBay common stock as collateral for any loans. In conducting such review, the Compensation Committee considers the magnitude of the aggregate number of shares of eBay common stock that are pledged by such executive officer or director of the Company in terms of total shares of eBay common stock outstanding, market value, and/or trading volume; the executive officer’s or director’s pledged shares as a percentage of his/her total ownership of eBay common stock and in relation to such executive officer’s or director’s net worth; the fact that the Company’s stock ownership guidelines do not include pledged Company stock; and any other relevant factors.

Clawbacks. In 2012, we implemented changes to the eBay Incentive Plan and the Company’s equity incentive plans to provide that awards made under those plans are subject to a clawback provision. In January 2014, the terms of the clawback were adopted by the Compensation Committee subject to amendment to comply with the SEC rules to be issued in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act.

Outside Advisors. The Board and each of its principal committees may retain outside advisors of their choosing at the Company’s expense. The Board need not obtain management’s consent to retain outside advisors. In addition, the principal committees need not obtain either the Board’s or management’s consent to retain outside advisors.

Conflicts of Interest. We expect our directors, executive officers, and other employees to conduct themselves with the highest degree of integrity, ethics, and honesty. Our credibility and reputation depend upon the good judgment, ethical standards, and personal integrity of each director, executive officer, and other employee. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines prohibit directors from serving on the board, or in a senior executive role, of another company that would create a significant conflict of interest. Our Code of Business Conduct requires that directors, executive officers, and other employees disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from related decisions. In order to better protect us and our stockholders, we regularly review our Code of Business Conduct and related policies to ensure that they provide clear guidance to our directors, executive officers, and other employees.

The Company also has practices that address potential conflicts in circumstances where a non-employee director is a control person of an investment fund that desires to make an investment in or acquire a company that competes with one of the Company’s businesses. Under those circumstances, the director is required to notify the Company’s CEO and General Counsel of the proposed transaction, and the Company’s senior management then assesses the nature and degree to which the investee company is competitive with the Company’s businesses, as well as the potential overlaps between the Company and the investee company. If the Company’s senior management determines that the competitive situation and potential overlaps between eBay and the investee company are acceptable, approval of the transaction by the Company would be conditioned upon the director agreeing to certain limitations (including refraining from joining the board of directors of the investee company or conveying any confidential or proprietary material between the Company and the investee company, abstaining from being the primary decision-maker for the investment fund with respect to the investee company, and recusing himself/herself from portions of Company board meetings that contain competitive information reasonably pertinent to the investee company). All transactions by investment funds in which a non-employee director is a control person also remain subject in all respects to the Board’s written policy for the review of related person transactions, discussed under the section entitled “Certain Transactions with Directors and Officers” below.

Board Effectiveness; Director Assessment; Board Education. It is important that the Board and its committees are performing effectively and in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. The Board performs an annual self-assessment, led by the Lead Independent Director, to evaluate its effectiveness in fulfilling its obligations. As part of this annual self-assessment, directors are able to provide feedback on the performance of other directors. The Lead Independent Director then follows up on this feedback and takes such further action with directors receiving comments and other directors as he or she deems appropriate. In addition, the Company provides membership in the National Association of Corporate Directors to all Board members to assist them in remaining current with exemplary board and committee practices and developments in corporate governance.

Succession Planning. The Board recognizes the importance of effective executive leadership to eBay’s success. We conduct an annual review process that includes succession plans for our senior leadership positions. These succession plans are reviewed and approved by our CEO, and details on these succession plans, including potential successors for members of our executive staff (including the CEO), are presented to the Board. In addition, the Board reviews and updates our CEO succession plan, which includes formal criteria for the CEO position used to evaluate potential successors and addresses the possibility of an emergency situation. In conducting this review, the Board considers, among other factors, organizational and operational needs, competitive challenges, leadership/management potential and development, and emergency situations.

The Board has also developed a set of guiding principles relating to Board membership. The Board believes that as the Company’s businesses and industries change, the Board must add members with highly relevant professional experience. In addition, the Board believes that a certain amount of director turnover is to be expected and desirable, and while it does not have term limits, the Board believes that at least nine to twelve years will generally be the expected time commitment from any individual director.

Auditor Independence. We have taken a number of steps to ensure continued independence of our outside auditors. Our independent auditors report directly to the Audit Committee, and we limit the use of our auditors for non-audit services. The fees for services provided by our auditors in 2013 and 2012 and our policy on pre-approval of non-audit services are described under “Proposal 4 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors” below.

BOARD COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS

During 2013, our Board held five meetings, and each Board member attended at least 75% of the aggregate of all of our Board meetings and committee meetings for committees on which such director served. The Board has three principal committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Audit Committee

Our Board has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Our Audit Committee consists of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Moffett, and Mr. Schlosberg, each of whom is independent in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the SEC. Mr. Anderson is the chairman of the committee. The Audit Committee met eight times during 2013. Dawn Lepore was a member of the committee until she resigned from the Board in January 2013. The primary responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to meet with our independent auditors to review the results of the annual audit and to discuss our financial statements, including the independent auditors’ judgment about the quality of accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, the clarity of the disclosures in our financial statements, our internal control over financial reporting, and management’s report with respect to internal control over financial reporting. Additionally, the Audit Committee meets with our independent auditors to review the interim financial statements prior to the filing of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recommends to the Board the independent auditors to be retained by us, oversees the independence of the independent auditors, evaluates the independent auditors’ performance, reviews and approves the fees of the independent auditors, and receives and considers the independent auditors’ comments as to controls, adequacy of staff, and management performance and procedures in connection with audit and financial controls, including our system to monitor and manage business risks and legal and ethical compliance programs. The Audit Committee approves the compensation of our Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, who meets with the committee regularly without other members of management present.

The Audit Committee also prepares the Audit Committee Report for inclusion in our proxy statement, approves audit and non-audit services provided to us by our independent auditors, considers conflicts of interest and reviews all transactions with related persons involving executive officers or Board members that are reasonably expected to exceed specified thresholds, and meets with our Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, to discuss our major risk exposures, including financial, operational, privacy, security, competition, and legal and regulatory risks, and review significant legal, compliance, and regulatory matters that could have a material impact on our financial statements or our business, including material notices to or inquiries received from governmental agencies. Our Board has determined that Mr. Anderson is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC. You can view our Audit Committee Charter on the corporate governance section of our investor relations website at http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee consists of Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Ford, Ms. Mitic, and Mr. Tierney, each of whom is independent in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, including the new Nasdaq rules relating to compensation committee independence. Mr. Barnholt is the chairman of the committee. Ms. Mitic joined the committee in June 2013. The committee met seven times during 2013. The primary responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are to:

Additionally, the Compensation Committee assesses on an annual basis the independence of its compensation consultants, outside legal counsel, and other compensation advisers. The Compensation Committee Charter permits the committee to, in its discretion, delegate all or a portion of its duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee of the committee. You can view our Compensation Committee Charter on the corporate governance section of our investor relations website at http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm. Additional disclosure regarding the role of the Compensation Committee in compensation matters, including the role of executive officers and consultants in compensation decisions, can be found under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Role of the Compensation Committee” and “— Role of Executive Officers and Consultants in Compensation Decisions” below.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation. All members of the Compensation Committee during 2013 were independent directors, and no member was an employee or former employee of eBay. No Compensation Committee member had any relationship requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. During 2013, none of our executive officers served on the compensation committee (or its equivalent) or board of directors of another entity whose executive officer served on our Compensation Committee or Board.

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consists of Mr. Cook, Ms. Mitic, Mr. Schlosberg, and Mr. Tierney. Mr. Schlosberg is the chairman of the committee. Ms. Lepore was a member of the committee prior to her resignation from the Board in January 2013. The committee met four times during 2013. All members of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are independent under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

The primary responsibilities of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee include:

The committee considers nominee recommendations from a variety of sources, including nominees recommended by stockholders. The committee has from time to time retained an executive search firm to help facilitate the screening and interview process of director nominees. The committee expects that qualified candidates will have high-level managerial experience in a relatively complex organization or be accustomed to dealing with complex problems, and will be able to represent the interests of the stockholders as a whole rather than special interest groups or constituencies.

Among other factors, the committee considers each candidate relative to the following attributes:

Character;

Integrity;

Judgment;

Skills;

Background;

Experience of particular relevance to the Company;

Ability to work with others to solve complex problems; and

Time available to devote to Board activities.

The committee also considers the interplay of a candidate’s background and expertise with that of other Board members, and the extent to which a candidate may be a desirable addition to any committee of the Board. The committee also values diversity as a factor in selecting nominees to serve on the Board. Although the committee does not have a specific policy on diversity, the committee considers the criteria noted above in selecting nominees for directors, including members from diverse backgrounds and perspectives who combine a broad spectrum of experience and expertise. Finally, the Committee also takes into account the set of guiding principles relating to Board membership described in “Our Corporate Governance Practices — Succession Planning” above.

In addition to recommending director candidates, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee establishes procedures for the oversight and evaluation of the Board and management, reviews correspondence received from stockholders, and reviews on an annual basis our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Stockholders wishing to submit recommendations or director nominations for our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders should submit their proposals to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee in care of our Corporate Secretary in accordance with the time limitations, procedures, and requirements described under the heading “May I propose actions for consideration at next year’s Annual Meeting or nominate individuals to serve as directors?” in the section entitled “Questions and Answers about the Proxy Materials and Our 2014 Annual Meeting” above. You can view our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Charter on the corporate governance section of our investor relations website at http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm.

SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers, and holders of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports regarding their ownership and changes in ownership of our securities with the SEC, and to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they file.

We believe that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, our directors, executive officers, and greater than 10% stockholders complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements.

In making this statement, we have relied upon a review of the copies of Section 16(a) reports furnished to us and the written representations of our directors, executive officers, and greater than 10% stockholders.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements require us to indemnify such individuals, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for certain liabilities to which they may become subject as a result of their affiliation with eBay. Since the beginning of 2013, there were no other related person transactions, and there are not currently any proposed related person transactions, that would require disclosure under SEC rules.

Vote Standard for Election of Directors. The Icahn Group has notified us of its intent to nominate two Icahn Group employees for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. The election of directors is therefore considered a contested election, as defined in our Bylaws, unless the Icahn Group withdraws its nominees and the Board rescinds its determination that the Annual Meeting is contested at least 20 days prior to the date of the 2014 Annual Meeting as initially announced. Accordingly, the four nominees receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected. Withholdings will be counted as present for purposes of this vote but are not counted as votes cast. Broker non-votes will not be counted as present and are not entitled to vote on the proposal.

The Annual Meeting will become uncontested in the event the Icahn Group withdraws its nominees and the Board rescinds its determination that the Annual Meeting is contested at least 20 days prior to May 13, 2014. Our Bylaws provide that in the event of an uncontested election, each director shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to such director—i.e., the numbers of shares voted “FOR” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes case “AGAINST” that nominee.

eBay’s Board does not endorse any Icahn Group nominees and urges you not to sign or return any proxy card that may be sent to you by the Icahn Group. Voting to “WITHHOLD” with respect to any of the Icahn Group’s nominees on its proxy card is not the same as voting for the eBay Board’s nominees because a vote to “WITHHOLD” with respect to any of the Icahn Group’s nominees on its proxy card will revoke any proxy you previously submitted. If you have already voted using the gold proxy card, you have every right to change your vote by voting via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions on the WHITE proxy card, or by completing and mailing the enclosed WHITE proxy card in the enclosed pre-paid envelope. Only the latest validly executed proxy that you submit will be counted—any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by following the instructions under “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?” If you have any questions or require any assistance with voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., toll free at (800) 269-6427 or collect at (212) 269-5550.

Set forth below is biographical information as of March 3, 2014 for each of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Donahoe as well as for each director whose term of office will continue after the upcoming Annual Meeting. In addition to the information set forth below, Appendix B sets forth information relating to certain of our directors, officers, and employees who are considered “participants” in this proxy solicitation under the rules of the SEC by reason of their position as eBay directors or because they may be soliciting proxies on our behalf.

The persons named as proxies intend to vote the proxies “FOR” the election of each of the four nominees set forth above unless you indicate on the WHITE proxy card a vote to “WITHHOLD” your vote with respect to any of the nominees. It is expected that all nominees will be able to serve. If before the election one or more are unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the proxy holders will vote the proxies for the remaining nominees and substitute nominees chosen by the eBay Board unless it reduces the number of directors to be elected. If any substitute nominees are designated, we will file an amended Proxy Statement and proxy card that, as applicable, identifies the substitute nominees, discloses that such nominees have consented to being named in the revised Proxy Statement and to serve if elected, and includes biographical and other information about such nominees required by the rules of the SEC.

Background to the Board’s Recommendation in Favor of eBay’s Nominees.

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers a number of factors and principles in determining the slate of director nominees for election to the Company’s Board, as discussed in the section titled “Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee,” above. In particular, the Board considers the following factors and principles to evaluate and select nominees:

eBay’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Board have evaluated each of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Donahoe and each of the Icahn Group’s proposed nominees against the factors and principles eBay uses to select nominees for director. Based on this evaluation, our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board have concluded that it is in the best interests of eBay and its stockholders for each of the proposed nominees listed below to continue to serve as a director of eBay.

The eBay Board recommends that you vote on the WHITE proxy card or voting instruction form “FOR ALL” in order to elect each of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Donahoe. The board believes that these four nominees have a strong track record of being responsible stewards of stockholders’ interests and bring extraordinarily valuable insight, perspective and expertise to the board. Additional reasons that the board recommends supporting the election of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Donahoe include:

In addition to these attributes, in each individual’s biography set forth below, we have highlighted specific experience, qualifications, and skills that led the Board to conclude that each individual should continue to serve as a director of eBay.

eBay’s Board recommends that you vote on the WHITE proxy card or voting instruction form “FOR ALL” of the Company’s nominees (Mr. Anderson, Mr. Barnholt, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Donahoe) to be elected and to serve as directors of eBay until our 2015 Annual Meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Director Resignation Policy for Uncontested Elections. If a nominee who is serving as a director is not elected at the annual meeting, under Delaware law the director would continue to serve on the Board as a “holdover director” until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation or removal pursuant to our Bylaws. In the case of an uncontested election, in accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Board expects each incumbent director who is nominated for re-election to resign from the Board effective upon the Board’s acceptance of such resignation, in accordance with the procedure set forth in our Bylaws, if he or she fails to receive the required number of votes for re-election in accordance with our Bylaws. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that, in considering whether to nominate any incumbent director for re-election, the Board will take into account whether the director has tendered an irrevocable resignation that will be effective upon the Board’s acceptance of such resignation in the event the director fails to receive the required vote to be re-elected. In the case of a proposed nominee who is not an incumbent director, the Board will take into account whether the individual has agreed to tender such a resignation prior to being nominated for re-election. In the case of an uncontested election, if a nominee who is an incumbent director does not receive the required vote for re-election, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee or another committee of the Board will decide whether to accept or reject such director’s resignation (if the director has tendered such a resignation), or whether to take other action, within 90 days after the date of the certification of the election results (subject to an additional 90-day period in certain circumstances). In reaching its decision, the committee will review factors it deems relevant, which may include any stated reasons for “AGAINST” votes, whether the underlying cause or causes of the “AGAINST” votes are curable, criteria considered by the committee in evaluating potential candidates for the Board, the length of service of the director, the size and holding period of such director’s stock ownership in the Company, and the director’s contributions to the Company. The committee’s decision will be publicly disclosed in a filing with the SEC. If a nominee who was not already serving as a director fails to receive the required votes to be elected at the annual meeting, he or she will not become a member of the Board. Each director nominee is currently serving on the Board and has submitted an irrevocable resignation of the type described above.

Directors Continuing in Office Until Our 2015 Annual Meeting

In addition, the 2008 Plan counts awards against the available plan reserve based on ratios tied to the expected value of the award, with full value awards counting as one (1) share for each share subject to the award, and options and stock appreciation rights counting as 0.5587 shares for each share subject to the award. “Full value awards” are defined as awards denominated in shares of eBay’s common stock other than stock options and stock appreciation rights. This 0.5587 ratio, which has been used in respect of awards granted as stock options and stock appreciation rights under the 2008 Plan since April 26, 2012, equates to approximately one (1) full value award equaling 1.79 options and will not change in connection with the proposed amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan.

Discontinuation of Future Grants Under the GSI Plan

If stockholders approve the proposed amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan, no future grants will be made under the GSI Plan. Shares available for grant under the GSI plan will no longer be available for future grants, and will not be assumed under the 2008 Plan. Where an award previously made under the GSI Plan terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason, or is settled in cash without delivery of shares to the participant, shares subject to that award will again be available for grant under the 2008 Plan, pursuant to the terms of the 2008 Plan.

Our Equity Plans

The following table sets forth information regarding our outstanding equity awards as of March 3, 2014 under our existing equity compensation plans, including our 2008 Plan and the GSI Plan (under which we will cease future grants effective upon stockholder approval of the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan), as well as shares of our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options under our terminated equity compensation plans, or the terminated plans. Awards assumed in connection with our prior acquisitions of other businesses are also included in this table. We collectively refer to all of the foregoing plans as our Equity Compensation Plans. No warrants are outstanding under any of our Equity Compensation Plans.

As of March 3, 2014, our overhang, calculated as the number of shares subject to equity awards outstanding but not vested (and, in the case of options, exercised), plus the number of shares available to be granted, divided by the total number of common shares outstanding as of March 3, 2014, was 7.01%. If the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan is approved by stockholders, the maximum overhang from outstanding and available awards as a percentage of common stock outstanding would be 8.63% as of March 3, 2014.

The following table sets forth information regarding our run rate for 2011-2013 and our overhang at fiscal year-end for each of those periods.

Run Rate and Overhang

The following table sets forth information regarding shares of our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options and rights under our Equity Compensation Plans as of December 31, 2013.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

Summary of Plan Terms

The following is a summary of the key provisions of the 2008 Plan, as amended and restated subject to stockholder approval. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the proposed amended and restated 2008 Plan, which is attached to this proxy statement as Appendix A.

Administration

The Compensation Committee has the exclusive authority to administer the 2008 Plan, including the power to determine eligibility, the types and sizes of awards, the price and timing of awards, the acceleration or waiver of any vesting restriction, and the authority to delegate such administrative responsibilities.

The Compensation Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more of our directors or one or more of our officers the authority to grant or amend awards to participants other than our senior executives who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or employees who are “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Pursuant to this provision, our Compensation Committee’s current practice is to delegate to our Chief Executive Officer the authority to determine and make most of the individual grants to our employees below the level of Senior Vice President within guidelines approved by the Compensation Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Compensation Committee shall consist solely of two or more members of the Board, each of whom is an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, a non-employee director, and an “independent director” under the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or other principal securities market on which shares of our common stock are traded).

Eligibility

Employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates (approximately 33,500 individuals) as determined by the Compensation Committee, all non-employee members of our Board (10 individuals), and consultants are eligible to participate in the 2008 Plan. Mr. Omidyar has not received any grants under the 2008 Plan. As of March 3, 2014, the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $58.31 per share.

Limitation on Awards and Shares Available

Subject to stockholder approval of the proposed amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan, an aggregate of 143.1 million shares of common stock are authorized for issuance pursuant to the 2008 Plan, of which 65.35 million shares remain eligible for future issuance as of March 3, 2014. The shares of common stock covered by the 2008 Plan may be treasury shares, authorized but unissued shares, or shares purchased in the open market.

The 2008 Plan counts awards against the available plan reserve based on ratios tied to the expected value of the award, with full value awards counting as one (1) share for each share granted, and options and stock appreciation rights counting as 0.5587 shares for each option granted. “Full value awards” are defined as awards denominated in shares of our common stock other than stock options and stock appreciation rights. This 0.5587 ratio, which has been used in respect of awards granted under the 2008 Plan since April 26, 2012, equates to approximately one full value award equaling 1.79 options, and will not change in connection with the proposed amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan.

To the extent an award granted under the 2008 Plan or the GSI Plan terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason or is settled in cash without delivery of shares to the participant, any shares subject to that award may be used again for new grants under the 2008 Plan, pursuant to the terms of the 2008 Plan. However, any shares that are tendered or withheld to satisfy the grant, exercise price, or tax withholding obligation pursuant to any award may not be used again for new grants under the 2008 Plan. To the extent permitted by applicable law or any exchange rule, shares issued in the assumption of, or in the substitution for, any outstanding awards of any entity acquired in any form of combination by us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates will not be counted against shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan. The payment of cash dividend equivalents in conjunction with outstanding awards will not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan.

The maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be subject to one or more awards granted to any one participant pursuant to the 2008 Plan during any calendar year is two million

shares, and the maximum amount that may be paid in cash to a “covered employee” during any calendar year with respect to any performance bonus award is $3 million.

Awards

The 2008 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, PBRSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance stock units, dividend equivalents, stock payments, DSUs, other stock-based awards, and performance-bonus awards. No determination has been made as to the types or amounts of awards that will be granted in the future to specific individuals pursuant to the 2008 Plan. See the description under the “Prior Grants Under the 2008 Plan” heading below and the Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below for information on prior awards to our named executive officers identified in those tables.

Stock Options. Stock options, including incentive stock options as defined under Section 422 of the Code and nonqualified stock options, may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan. The option exercise price of all stock options granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Stock options may be exercised as determined by the Compensation Committee, but in no event may a stock option have a term extending beyond ten years from the date of grant.

Although we do not currently grant any incentive stock options and do not currently intend to do so, to preserve maximum flexibility, the 2008 Plan allows us to grant incentive stock options. Incentive stock options granted to any person who owns, as of the date of grant, stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, however, shall have an exercise price that is not less than 110% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and may not have a term extending beyond the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. The aggregate fair market value of the shares with respect to which options intended to be incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by an employee in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000, or such other amount as the Code provides.

The Compensation Committee determines the methods by which an option holder may pay the exercise price of an option or the related taxes, including, without limitation: (1) cash, (2) shares of common stock (including, in the case of payment of the exercise price of an award, shares of stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of the award) having a fair market value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate payments required, or (3) other property acceptable to the Compensation Committee (including through the delivery of a notice that the award holder has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to shares of common stock then issuable upon exercise or vesting of an award, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to us in satisfaction of the aggregate payments required; provided that payment of such proceeds is then made to us upon settlement of that sale). However, no participant who is a member of the Board or an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act will be permitted to pay the exercise price of an option in any method which would violate the prohibitions on loans made or arranged by us as set forth in Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units. RSUs may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan. An RSU award provides for the issuance of common stock at a future date subject to continuing employment as set forth in the applicable award agreement. The vesting and maturity dates will be established at the time of grant and may provide for the deferral of receipt of the common stock beyond the vesting date. On the maturity date, we will transfer to the participant one unrestricted, fully transferable share of common stock for each RSU scheduled to be paid out on such date and not previously forfeited (subject to applicable tax withholding requirements).

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. PBRSUs may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan. A PBRSU award provides for the issuance of common stock at a future date upon the satisfaction of specific performance conditions as set forth in the applicable award agreement. The vesting and maturity dates will be established at the time of grant and may provide for the deferral of receipt of the common stock beyond the vesting date. On the maturity date, we will transfer to the participant one unrestricted, fully transferable share of common stock for each PBRSU scheduled to be paid out on such date and not previously forfeited (subject to applicable tax withholding requirements).

Restricted Stock. Restricted stock may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan. A restricted stock award is the grant of shares of common stock at a price determined by the Compensation Committee (including zero), that is nontransferable and may be subject to substantial risk of forfeiture until specific conditions are met. Conditions may be based on continuing employment or achieving performance goals. During the period of restriction, participants holding shares of restricted stock may have full voting and dividend rights with respect to such shares. The restrictions will lapse in accordance with a schedule or other conditions determined by the Compensation Committee.

Additional Awards. The other types of equity awards that may be granted under the 2008 Plan include performance share units, performance shares, DSUs, dividend equivalents, stock appreciation rights (with a term of up to ten years from the date of grant), and other stock-based awards.

Performance Bonus Awards. Performance bonus awards may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan. Performance bonus awards are cash bonuses payable upon the attainment of pre-established performance goals based on established performance criteria and are intended to be performance-based awards within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. The goals are established and evaluated by the Compensation Committee and may relate to performance over any periods as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Performance-Based Awards. The following is a brief discussion of the requirements for awards, including performance bonus awards, to be treated as performance-based awards within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

The Compensation Committee may grant awards to employees who are or may be “covered employees,” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code, that are intended to be performance-based awards within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code in order to preserve the deductibility of these awards for federal income tax purposes. Under the 2008 Plan, these performance-based awards may be either equity awards or performance bonus awards. Participants are entitled to receive payment for a performance-based award for any given performance period only to the extent that pre-established performance goals set by the Compensation Committee for the period are satisfied.

These pre-established performance goals are based on one or more of the following types of performance criteria:

volume criteria (including trading volume, gross merchandise volume, and total payment volume)

users

revenue

income criteria (including operating income, EBITDA, net earnings (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), net income (either before or after taxes), earnings per share, and earnings using a non-GAAP measurement)

multiples of price-to-earnings

multiples of price-to-earnings to growth

return criteria (including return on net assets, return on gross assets, return on equity, return on invested capital, stock price appreciation, and total shareholder return)

stock price

margin criteria (including net margins and operating margins)

economic profit

employee productivity

customer satisfaction metrics

market share

employee engagement/satisfaction metrics

Any of the above criteria may be measured with respect to us, or any subsidiary, affiliate, or other business unit of ours, either in absolute terms, terms of growth, or as compared to any incremental increase, as compared to results of a peer group and either in accordance with, or not in accordance with, GAAP. The Compensation Committee defines in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the performance criteria it selects to use for such awards. With regard to a particular performance period, the Compensation Committee will have the discretion to select the length of the performance period, the type of performance-based awards to be granted, and the goals that will be used to measure the performance for the period. In determining the actual size of an individual performance-based award for a performance period, the Compensation Committee may reduce or eliminate (but not increase) the initial award. Performance-based awards are subject to the annual per-person limits described above in “Limitation on Awards and Shares Available.” Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, a participant will have to be employed by or providing services to the Company on the date the performance-based award is paid to be eligible for a performance-based award for any period. Stockholder approval of the proposed amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan will also be considered approval of the material terms of the performance measures under the 2008 Plan, as described above.

Prohibition on Repricing

Except for adjustments described below in “Adjustment Provisions,” the Committee will not, without stockholder approval, authorize the amendment of any outstanding award to reduce its purchase price per share, the replacement or substitution of any award for an award having a lesser purchase price per share, or an offer to purchase any previously granted option or stock appreciation right for a payment in cash.

Vesting Limitations on Full Value Awards

Subject to the acceleration of vesting as permitted under the terms of the 2008 Plan or the applicable award agreement, including upon a change in control, full value awards (i.e. stock awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights) that are granted to employees or consultants will become vested on one or more vesting dates over a period of at least three years (or, in the case of performance-based awards, a performance period of at least one year), except that the following awards may be granted without regard to this minimum vesting requirement: (i) awards that result in the issuance to one or more participants of up to 5% of the aggregate number of shares available under the 2008 Plan; (ii) awards granted to independent directors in lieu of cash retainers; and (iii) awards granted to participants who are subject to laws or regulations imposing certain requirements or restrictions on the compensation of such participants.

Adjustment Provisions

Certain transactions with our stockholders not involving our receipt of consideration, such as a stock split, spin-off, stock dividend, or certain recapitalizations, may affect the share price of our common stock (which transactions are referred to collectively as “equity restructurings”). In the event that an equity restructuring occurs, the Board will equitably adjust the class of shares issuable and the maximum number of shares of our stock subject to the 2008 Plan, as well as the maximum number of shares that may be issued to an employee during any calendar year, and will equitably adjust outstanding awards as to the class, number of shares, and price per share of our stock. Other types of transactions may also affect our common stock, such as a dividend or other distribution, reorganization, merger, or other changes in corporate structure. In the event that there is such a transaction, which is not an equity restructuring, and the Board determines that an adjustment to the plan and any outstanding awards would be appropriate to prevent any dilution or enlargement of benefits under the 2008 Plan, the Board will equitably adjust the 2008 Plan as to the class of shares issuable and the maximum number of shares of our stock subject to the 2008 Plan, as well as the maximum number of shares that may be issued to an employee during any calendar year, and will adjust any outstanding awards as to the class, number of shares, and price per share of our stock in such manner as it may deem equitable.

Effect of Certain Corporate Transactions

Outstanding awards do not automatically terminate in the event of a change in control. A “change in control” generally means a transaction in which any person or group acquires more than 50% of our voting securities, a change in a majority of the Board over a two-year period that is not approved by at least two-thirds of the incumbent Board members, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets, a merger or consolidation in which we are not the surviving corporation, or a reverse merger in which we are the surviving corporation but the shares of our stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company. In the event of a change in control, any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation must either assume or continue outstanding awards or substitute similar awards. If it does not do so, then with respect to awards held by participants whose service has not terminated, the vesting of such awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such awards may be exercised) will be accelerated in full and all forfeiture restrictions on such awards shall lapse. The unexercised portion of all outstanding awards may terminate upon the change in control.

Amendment and Termination

The Compensation Committee, subject to approval of the Board, may terminate, amend, or modify the 2008 Plan at any time; however, stockholder approval will be obtained for any amendment (1) to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with any applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule, (2) to increase the number of shares available under the 2008 Plan, (3) to permit the Compensation Committee or the Board to grant options with a price below fair market value on the date of grant, or (4) to extend the exercise period for an option or stock appreciation right beyond ten years from the date of grant. In addition, absent stockholder approval, no option may be amended to reduce the per share exercise price of the shares subject to such option below the per share exercise price as of the date the option was granted and, except to the extent permitted by the 2008 Plan in connection with certain changes in capital structure, no option may be granted in exchange for, or in connection with, the cancellation or surrender of an option having a higher per share exercise price.

In no event may an award be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the date the stockholders approve the amended and restated 2008 Plan.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general summary under current law of the material federal income tax consequences to participants in the 2008 Plan. This summary deals with the general tax principles that apply and is provided only for general information. Certain types of taxes, such as state and local income taxes, are not discussed. Tax laws are complex and subject to change and may vary depending on individual circumstances and from locality to locality. The summary does not discuss all aspects of income taxation that may be relevant to a participant in light of his or her personal investment circumstances. This summarized tax information is not tax advice.

With respect to nonqualified stock options, we are generally entitled to deduct and the optionee recognizes taxable income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares at the time of exercise over the option exercise price. A participant receiving incentive stock options will not recognize taxable income upon grant or at the time of exercise. However, the excess of the fair market value of the common stock received over the option price is an item of tax preference income potentially subject to the alternative minimum tax. If stock acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock option is held for a minimum of two years from the date of grant and one year from the date of exercise, the gain or loss (in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value on the date of sale and the exercise price) upon disposition of the stock will be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss, and we will not be entitled to any deduction. If the holding period requirements are not met, the incentive stock option will be treated as one that does not meet the requirements of the Code for incentive stock options, and in the year of the disposition the participant will recognize compensation taxable as ordinary income in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the actual gain realized upon the disposition (i.e., the sale price minus the exercise price) or (2) the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price, and we generally will be entitled to a corresponding deduction.

The current U.S. federal income tax consequences of other awards authorized under the 2008 Plan generally follow certain basic patterns: stock appreciation rights are taxed and deductible in substantially the same manner as nonqualified stock options; nontransferable restricted stock subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture results in income recognition equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares over the price paid, if any, only at the time the restrictions lapse (unless the recipient elects to accelerate recognition as of the date of grant); and RSUs, stock-based performance awards, dividend equivalents and other types of awards are generally subject to tax at the time of payment. Compensation otherwise effectively deferred is taxed when paid. In each of the foregoing cases, we will generally have a corresponding deduction at the time the participant recognizes income, subject to Section 162(m) of the Code with respect to covered employees.

Section 162(m) of the Code denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation for compensation paid to certain “covered employees” in a taxable year to the extent that compensation to such covered employee exceeds $1 million. It is possible that compensation attributable to awards under the 2008 Plan, when combined with all other types of compensation received by a covered employee from us, may cause this limitation to be exceeded in any particular year.

Certain kinds of compensation, including qualified “performance-based compensation,” are disregarded for purposes of the deduction limitation. In accordance with U.S. Treasury Regulations issued under Section 162(m), compensation attributable to stock awards will generally qualify as performance-based compensation if (1) the award is granted by a compensation committee composed solely of two or more “outside directors,” (2) the plan contains a per-employee limitation on the number of awards that may be granted during a specified period, (3) the plan is approved by the stockholders, and (4) under the terms of the award, the amount of compensation an employee could receive is based solely on an increase in the value of the stock after the date of the grant (which requires that the exercise price of the option is not less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant), and for awards other than options and stock appreciation rights, established performance criteria that must be met before the award actually will vest or be paid.

The 2008 Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 162(m); however, full value awards granted under the 2008 Plan will be treated as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) only if the full value awards and the procedures associated with them comply with all other requirements of Section 162(m). We cannot assure you that compensation attributable to options and full value awards granted under the 2008 Plan will be treated as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) and thus be deductible to us.

The tax consequences for equity awards outside of the U.S. may differ from the U.S. federal income tax consequences described above.

Prior Grants Under the 2008 Plan

Awards are subject to the discretion of the Compensation Committee. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the benefits that will be received in the future by participants in the 2008 Plan. The following table sets forth information with respect to equity awards previously granted under the 2008 Plan as of March 3, 2014:

*Represents grants of RSUs, DSUs, and PSUs.

Vote Required

The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal at the Annual Meeting is required for approval of the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan.