Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(e) Modification to Compensatory Arrangement of Named Executive Officer

On June 19, 2009, the Board of Directors ("Board") of THQ Inc. ("THQ" or the "Company") promoted Ian Curran, a named executive officer of the Company, to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Publishing. Mr. Curran previously served as the Company's Executive Vice President, International Publishing.

In connection with Mr. Curran's promotion, his compensation arrangement with the Company was modified as follows:

Base salary: Increased approximately 27%, from £192,535 ($314,814*) to £243,902 ($398,804*) per year

Annual Cash

Bonus

Opportunity: Increased from 60% target bonus opportunity to 80% target bonus opportunity. The actual bonus payout will be based upon achievement of certain quantitative and qualitative performance measures, as further described in the Company's proxy statement dated July 1, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Company's 2008 annual stockholders' meeting.

Equity Grant: 75,000 stock options were granted to Mr. Curran on June 19, 2009. The options were priced at $7.16, which was the closing price of THQ's stock on the grant date.

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* Based upon conversion rate as of June 19, 2009, which was 1 GBP = 1.6351 USD

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