Zynga Sows Sweet Seeds

Popular FarmVille Game Raises $487,500 for Children in Haiti
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Zynga (www.zynga.com), the largest developer of social games, today announced
that its FarmVille users have contributed $487,500 towards the welfare of
children in Haiti. The "Sweet Seeds for Haiti" program, which has been running
for the last three weeks, is an early step in Zynga`s efforts to promote "social
goods" where Zynga players purchase virtual items as part of their game play
while benefiting the greater global community.

With more than 56 million monthly users, FarmVille is the largest online game.
Players tend to their farm plots by harvesting crops from strawberries to
eggplants, purchasing items like tractors and combines, and engaging with their
neighbors. Under the "Sweet Seeds" initiative, users purchase special sweet
potato seeds, of which 50 percent of the proceeds are donated to two non-profit
organizations in Haiti that support the health and education of children and
their families - FATEM.org and FONKOZE.org. This social goods program builds on
an earlier Zynga initiative where players of its YoVille game, a virtual town
with 140 million inhabitants, raised donations for the San Francisco SPCA by
purchasing bulldogs and tabby cats from the in-game shelter as pets.

"The sheer scope and reach of social gaming to affect people`s lives in a
positive way wasn`t even a reality a few years ago," said Mark Pincus, founder
and CEO of Zynga. "Today, with `social goods,` we are enabling players to unlock
their power to change the world and impact the lives of children. `Sweet Seeds
for Haiti` is an early step for Zynga with more to come."

"Zynga has taken `networking` to a whole new level, connecting tens of millions
of people to some of the most isolated people in our hemisphere, the women and
families of rural Haiti," said Leigh Carter, executive director, Fonkoze USA.
"Thanks to Zynga`s new social strategy, not only can we connect, we can act to
eliminate extreme poverty in Haiti."

"At FATEM, Zynga`s contribution will help make local residents of the town of
Mirebalais become self-sufficient by providing one of the most important tools
against poverty: education," said Jacky Poteau, president, FATEM. "Zynga has
made it possible for over 500 children to have full access to quality education,
and uplift them and their families from poverty."

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and the 7th poorest in
the world. Zynga's mission of connecting the world through games is enhanced by
the opportunity to support Haiti`s children and their families. For additional
information on the recipient organizations, please see www.FATEM.org and
www.FONKOZE.org. To contribute, go to www.facebook.com/farmville and play!

About FATEM

FATEM is a non-profit organization based in Mirebalais, Haiti, and originally
organized to bring information technology to the people in the region, thus
helping with the economic advancement of the area. More recently, however, FATEM
recognized the need for a sustainable means by which to support the general
education of Haitian children and to ensure that these children have the
necessary meals that will permit their young bodies and brains to learn and
grow.

About FONKOZE

FONKOZE, based in Port-au-Prince, is an alternative bank for the poor. It is
Haiti's largest micro-finance institution and is committed to the economic and
social improvement of the people and communities of Haiti and to the reduction
of poverty in the country.

About Zynga

Zynga is the largest social gaming company with 150 million monthly users.
Zynga`s games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Tagged,
Yahoo! and the iPhone, and include FarmVille, Café World,Zynga Poker, Mafia
Wars, YoVille, Vampires, Street Racing, and Scramble. The company is funded by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group,
Avalon Ventures, Pilot Group, Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel. Zynga is
headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, please visit
www.zynga.com.

Zynga
Lisa Chan, 415.706.1834
lchan@zynga.com

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