UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report: January 28, 2010
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
CA, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
1-9247
(Commission File Number)
  
13-2857434
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
One CA Plaza
Islandia, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
11749
(Zip Code)
 
(800) 225-5224
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective January 28, 2010, the Board of Directors of CA, Inc. (the “Company”) elected William E. McCracken as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  Mr. McCracken has been a director of the Company since 2005.  He was non-executive Chairman of the Board from June 2007 to September 2009 and had been interim Executive Chairman of the Board since September 2009.  He has been President of Executive Consulting Group, LLC since 2002.

A copy of a press release announcing the election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
99.1
  
Press release dated January 28, 2010 relating to the election of William E. McCracken as Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
     
CA, INC.
         
Date:
January 28, 2010
  
By:
 /s/  C.H.R. DuPree
       
C.H.R. DuPree
       
Senior Vice President, Corporate
Governance, and
Corporate Secretary