8-K

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: November 4, 2009
(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	13-2857434
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One CA Plaza Islandia, New York	11749
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

                                (800) 225-5224                                
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

                                        Not applicable                                        
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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.

On November 4, 2009, the Board of Directors of CA, Inc. elected Richard Sulpizio as a member of the Board. Mr. Sulpizio will serve as a member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. 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 November 4, 2009 relating to the election of Richard Sulpizio as a member of the Board of Directors 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: November 4, 2009	By:	/s/ C.H.R. DuPree C.H.R. DuPree Senior Vice President, Corporate Governance and Corporate Secretary

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Richard Sulpizio Joins CA’s Board of Directors

Former Qualcomm Executive Brings More Than 35 Years of International Business
Expertise

ISLANDIA, N.Y., November 4, 2009 — CA (NASDAQ:CA), the world’s leading independent IT management software company, today announced that Richard Sulpizio has been elected to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Sulpizio also has been named to the Board’s Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee.

“Rich brings extensive international business experience and leadership as well as considerable operational expertise,” said CA Executive Chairman Bill McCracken. “We are delighted to welcome him to the CA Board and look forward to his active participation.”

Sulpizio’s appointment increases the Board membership to 10, eight of whom are independent.

Sulpizio retired in July 2001 as president and chief operating officer of Qualcomm Inc., a leading mobile technologies company. After his retirement, Sulpizio returned to Qualcomm to serve in several successive high-level executive positions including, president of Qualcomm China, president of Qualcomm Europe and president and chief executive officer of MediaFLO, USA, Inc., a Qualcomm subsidiary chartered with bringing multimedia services to the wireless industry. Sulpizio was a member of Qualcomm’s Board of Directors from 2000 until 2007.

Sulpizio, 59, has been serving as a director of ResMed, Inc., a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical products, since August 2005. He also currently serves on the advisory board of the University of California San Diego’s Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and the Board of Directors of the Danny Thompson Memorial Leukemia Foundation.

Sulpizio holds a bachelor of arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.

About CA

CA (NASDAQ: CA), the world’s leading independent IT management software company, helps customers optimize IT for better business results. CA’s Enterprise IT Management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable Lean IT—empowering organizations to more effectively govern, manage and secure their IT operations. For more information, visit www.ca.com.

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