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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008 |
Rhode Island | 05-0155090 | |
(State of Incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1027 Newport Avenue,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
02862
(Zip Code) |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Item 1.
Business
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Item 1A.
Risk
Factors
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Any of our current products or product lines will continue to be
popular;
Any property for which we have a significant license will
achieve or sustain popularity;
Any new products or product lines we introduce will be
considered interesting to consumers and achieve an adequate
market acceptance;
Any new products life cycle will be sufficient to permit
us to profitably recover development, manufacturing, marketing,
royalties (including royalty advances and guarantees) and other
costs of producing, marketing and selling the product; or
We will be able to manufacture, source and ship new or
continuing products in a timely and cost-effective basis to meet
constantly changing consumer demands, a risk that is heightened
by our customers compressed shipping schedules and the
seasonality of our business.
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Currency conversion risks and currency fluctuations;
Limitations, including taxes, on the repatriation of earnings;
Political instability, civil unrest and economic instability;
Greater difficulty enforcing intellectual property rights and
weaker laws protecting such rights;
Complications in complying with different laws in varying
jurisdictions and changes in governmental policies;
Natural disasters and the greater difficulty and expense in
recovering therefrom;
Difficulties in moving materials and products from one country
to another, including port congestion, strikes and other
transportation delays and interruptions;
Changes in international labor costs and other costs of doing
business internationally; and
The imposition of tariffs.
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Item 1B.
Unresolved
Staff Comments
Item 2.
Properties
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Item 3.
Legal
Proceedings
Item 4.
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Period
Serving in
Current
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Since 2008
56
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Since 2008
48
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Since 2008
50
Global Chief Development Officer
Since 2008
52
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Since 2008
45
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance
Since 2008
56
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Since 1997
(1)
Prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer from 2006 to 2008; prior
thereto, President, U.S. Toys Segment from 2003 to 2006; prior
thereto, President, U.S. Toys, from 2001 to 2003.
(2)
Prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Finance and Global
Operations and Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2008; prior
thereto, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from
2001 to 2007.
(3)
Mr. Frascotti joined the Company in January 2008. Prior
thereto he was employed by Reebok International, Ltd., serving
as Senior Vice President, New Business, Acquisitions and
Licensing from 2002 to 2005, and as Senior Vice President,
Sports Division from 2005 to 2008.
(4)
Prior thereto, Chief Marketing Officer, U.S. Toy Group since
2004; prior thereto, General Manager, Big Kids Division, since
2002.
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(5)
Prior thereto, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary since 2001.
(6)
Prior thereto, Senior Vice President and Controller from 2003 to
2008; prior thereto, Vice President and Assistant Controller
from 1998 to 2003.
Item 5.
Market
for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Sales Prices
Cash Dividends
High
Low
Declared
$
29.07
21.57
$
0.20
39.63
27.73
0.20
41.68
33.23
0.20
35.81
21.94
0.20
$
30.24
27.04
$
0.16
33.43
28.10
0.16
33.49
25.25
0.16
30.68
25.25
0.16
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Item 6.
Selected
Financial Data
Fiscal Year
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
$
4,021,520
3,837,557
3,151,481
3,087,627
2,997,510
$
306,766
333,003
230,055
212,075
195,977
$
2.18
2.13
1.38
1.19
1.11
$
2.00
1.97
1.29
1.09
0.96
$
0.80
0.64
0.48
0.36
0.24
$
3,168,797
3,237,063
3,096,905
3,301,143
3,240,660
$
709,723
845,071
494,917
528,389
626,822
8.15
10.86
9.74
8.33
6.93
140,877
156,054
167,100
178,303
176,540
155,230
171,205
181,043
197,436
196,048
(1)
For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges, fixed charges include interest expense and one-third of
rentals; earnings available for fixed charges represent earnings
before fixed charges and income taxes.
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Item 7.
Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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2008
2007
2006
100.0
%
100.0
%
100.0
%
42.1
41.1
41.4
57.9
58.9
58.6
1.9
1.8
2.5
7.8
8.2
5.4
4.8
4.4
5.4
11.3
11.3
11.7
19.8
19.7
21.7
12.3
13.5
11.9
1.2
0.9
0.9
(0.5
)
(0.8
)
(0.9
)
0.6
1.4
1.1
11.0
12.0
10.8
3.4
3.3
3.5
7.6
%
8.7
%
7.3
%
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%
%
2008
Change
2007
Change
2006
$
2,406,745
5
%
$
2,293,742
15
%
$
1,997,141
$
1,499,334
4
%
$
1,444,863
32
%
$
1,092,468
$
283,152
(2
)%
$
287,800
13
%
$
254,502
$
165,186
(13
)%
$
189,783
69
%
$
112,350
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2008
2007
2006
1.9
%
1.8
%
2.5
%
7.8
8.2
5.4
4.8
4.4
5.4
11.3
11.3
11.7
19.8
19.7
21.7
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Payments Due by Fiscal Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Thereafter
Total
$
709,723
709,723
36,173
36,173
36,173
36,173
36,173
251,956
432,821
30,921
22,118
16,559
11,923
9,527
10,522
101,570
16,041
5,605
36,172
57,818
227,673
227,673
$
310,808
63,896
88,904
48,096
45,700
972,201
1,529,605
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Item 7A.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Item 8.
Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007
(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Data)
2008
2007
2006
$
4,021,520
3,837,557
3,151,481
1,692,728
1,576,621
1,303,885
2,328,792
2,260,936
1,847,596
78,265
67,716
78,934
312,986
316,807
169,731
191,424
167,194
171,358
454,612
434,742
368,996
797,209
755,127
682,214
1,834,496
1,741,586
1,471,233
494,296
519,350
376,363
47,143
34,618
27,521
(17,654
)
(29,973
)
(27,609
)
23,752
52,323
34,977
53,241
56,968
34,889
441,055
462,382
341,474
134,289
129,379
111,419
$
306,766
333,003
230,055
$
2.18
2.13
1.38
$
2.00
1.97
1.29
$
0.80
0.64
0.48
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
2008
2007
2006
$
306,766
333,003
230,055
87,873
88,804
67,773
78,265
67,716
78,934
2,629
44,370
31,770
24,994
37,578
24,967
35,221
29,402
22,832
(14,220
)
(74,941
)
(10,708
)
(69,871
)
(44,267
)
(17,623
)
74,734
79,247
(35,174
)
56,143
64,936
(35,639
)
13,280
(24,054
)
(39,169
)
593,185
601,794
320,647
(117,143
)
(91,532
)
(82,103
)
(154,757
)
(18,000
)
(42,000
)
(43,700
)
(941,120
)
42,000
43,700
941,120
(20
)
(2,933
)
(1,501
)
(271,920
)
(112,465
)
(83,604
)
346,009
(135,092
)
(32,743
)
(645
)
(1,150
)
(3,726
)
(360,244
)
(584,349
)
(456,744
)
(200,000
)
120,895
82,661
86,257
24,760
17,009
14,959
(107,065
)
(94,097
)
(75,282
)
(457,391
)
(433,917
)
(467,279
)
(7,942
)
3,646
3,368
(144,068
)
59,058
(226,868
)
774,458
715,400
942,268
$
630,390
774,458
715,400
$
50,696
27,374
26,228
$
49,152
123,325
84,901
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Accumulated
Additional
Other
Total
Common
Paid-in
Deferred
Retained
Comprehensive
Treasury
Shareholders
Stock
Compensation
Earnings
Earnings
Stock
Equity
$
104,847
358,199
(24
)
1,869,007
15,348
(623,901
)
1,723,476
230,055
230,055
22,588
22,588
252,643
(26,750
)
(26,750
)
(58,498
)
159,645
101,147
(456,744
)
(456,744
)
22,553
24
255
22,832
(78,714
)
(78,714
)
104,847
322,254
2,020,348
11,186
(920,745
)
1,537,890
333,003
333,003
55,973
55,973
388,976
(2,143
)
7,779
5,636
8,358
8,358
32
136
168
17,579
82,092
99,671
(587,004
)
(587,004
)
29,227
175
29,402
(98,005
)
(98,005
)
104,847
369,092
2,261,561
74,938
(1,425,346
)
1,385,092
306,766
306,766
(12,682
)
(12,682
)
294,084
45,947
99,708
145,655
(357,589
)
(357,589
)
35,116
105
35,221
(111,677
)
(111,677
)
$
104,847
450,155
2,456,650
62,256
(1,683,122
)
1,390,786
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Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
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2008
2007
2006
Basic
Diluted
Basic
Diluted
Basic
Diluted
$
306,766
306,766
333,003
333,003
230,055
230,055
4,238
4,248
4,262
$
306,766
311,004
333,003
337,251
230,055
234,317
140,877
140,877
156,054
156,054
167,100
167,100
11,566
11,568
11,574
2,787
3,583
2,369
140,877
155,230
156,054
171,205
167,100
181,043
$
2.18
2.00
2.13
1.97
1.38
1.29
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(2)
Other
Comprehensive Earnings
2008
2007
2006
$
(33,555
)
35,888
26,429
(3,037
)
221
(2,497
)
73,184
(15,851
)
(7,412
)
(52,582
)
27,393
1,991
1,409
6,887
1,448
897
(664
)
2,629
1,002
2,099
$
(12,682
)
55,973
22,588
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2008
2007
$
71,317
104,872
(651
)
1,489
63,513
(11,080
)
(71,923
)
(20,343
)
$
62,256
74,938
(3)
Property,
Plant and Equipment
2008
2007
$
6,578
6,940
195,520
192,928
358,529
344,967
560,627
544,835
403,082
401,272
157,545
143,563
54,162
44,397
$
211,707
187,960
(4)
Goodwill
and Intangibles
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U.S. and Canada
International
Total
$
293,891
177,286
471,177
6,605
2,217
8,822
(5,502
)
(5,502
)
$
300,496
174,001
474,497
$
293,891
176,047
469,938
1,239
1,239
$
293,891
177,286
471,177
2008
2007
$
1,080,628
925,092
211,555
211,555
(799,509
)
(726,153
)
492,674
410,494
75,738
75,738
$
568,412
486,232
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$
77,000
52,300
51,900
52,700
48,300
(5)
Financing
Arrangements
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(6)
Accrued
Liabilities
2008
2007
$
144,566
98,767
92,852
100,883
65,171
78,809
305,264
277,461
$
607,853
555,920
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Long-Term
Debt
2008
2007
$
135,092
350,000
350,000
249,828
249,828
109,895
109,895
709,723
844,815
256
709,723
845,071
135,348
$
709,723
709,723
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(8)
Income
Taxes
2008
2007
2006
$
68,514
42,613
40,875
251
5,497
3,203
40,530
43,691
42,374
109,295
91,801
86,452
22,917
33,707
24,912
1,964
2,889
2,135
113
982
(2,080
)
24,994
37,578
24,967
$
134,289
129,379
111,419
2008
2007
2006
35.0
%
35.0
%
35.0
%
1.0
1.1
1.2
3.5
4.4
(7.9
)
(10.9
)
(9.7
)
3.4
3.3
0.8
(0.8
)
(6.5
)
1.5
(0.4
)
1.5
0.5
30.4
%
28.0
%
32.6
%
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2008
2007
2006
$
208,125
165,274
113,761
232,930
297,108
227,713
$
441,055
462,382
341,474
2008
2007
$
16,764
20,524
20,226
24,608
34,438
39,094
42,947
42,759
34,065
9,990
31,331
24,477
12,647
13,507
39,147
37,274
231,565
212,233
(11,755
)
(36,254
)
219,810
175,979
47,608
40,185
24,641
20,422
40,509
15,833
11,035
2,408
123,793
78,848
$
96,017
97,131
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2008
2007
$
58,855
72,878
803
1,980
(2,612
)
(889
)
25,101
12,840
(1,229
)
(633
)
(1,462
)
(27,321
)
$
79,456
58,855
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(10)
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
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$
8,580
(3,989
)
$
4,591
(11)
Stock
Options, Other Stock Awards and Warrants
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2008
2007
2006
1,194
738
696
537
762
(60
)
(81
)
(24
)
1,830
1,194
738
$
27.10
28.74
19.00
$
24.31
22.89
18.82
$
24.15
23.12
19.01
2008
2007
2006
$
471
374
306
2,551
1,937
1,436
30,278
25,918
19,942
33,300
28,229
21,684
11,794
9,359
7,399
$
21,506
18,870
14,285
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2008
2007
2006
14,495
17,309
20,443
3,177
2,243
3,126
(5,753
)
(4,586
)
(5,490
)
(268
)
(471
)
(770
)
11,651
14,495
17,309
6,345
9,731
11,016
$
27.10
32.42
18.83
$
21.02
18.04
16.00
$
27.49
26.60
24.38
$
23.76
22.01
19.73
$
21.01
20.48
19.94
2008
2007
2006
2.71
%
4.79
%
4.98
%
2.95
%
1.97
%
2.55
%
22
%
22
%
24
%
5 years
5 years
5 years
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Pension,
Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits
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Pension
Postretirement
2008
2007
2008
2007
$
288,045
308,133
33,726
37,463
1,597
9,437
570
597
17,714
17,435
2,065
2,105
9,253
(7,901
)
(1,668
)
(4,100
)
1,019
(18,499
)
(16,385
)
(19,781
)
(2,110
)
(2,339
)
(909
)
(779
)
$
300,334
288,045
32,583
33,726
$
300,334
288,045
32,583
33,726
$
283,478
270,926
(37,000
)
30,556
2,558
2,556
(16,385
)
(19,781
)
(909
)
(779
)
$
231,742
283,478
$
(300,334
)
(288,045
)
(32,583
)
(33,726
)
231,742
283,478
(68,592
)
(4,567
)
(32,583
)
(33,726
)
86,518
17,296
3,444
5,228
1,388
1,862
$
19,314
14,591
(29,139
)
(28,498
)
$
40,485
(14,431
)
(5,358
)
(2,400
)
(2,400
)
(54,161
)
(39,694
)
(30,183
)
(31,326
)
87,906
19,158
3,444
5,228
$
19,314
14,591
(29,139
)
(28,498
)
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2008
2007
6.20
%
6.34
%
4.00
%
4.00
%
8.75
%
8.75
%
RP-2000
RP-2000
2008
2007
4
%
5
%
6
8
7
14
9
17
54
40
18
16
2
100
%
100
%
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2008
2007
2006
Components of Net Periodic Cost
Pension
$
1,597
9,437
10,188
17,714
17,435
16,809
(23,961
)
(23,064
)
(19,112
)
282
634
596
993
1,768
3,399
1,213
908
$
(2,162
)
7,118
11,880
$
570
597
684
2,065
2,105
2,047
115
364
459
$
2,750
3,066
3,190
2008
2007
2006
6.34
%
5.83
%
5.50
%
4.00
%
4.00
%
4.00
%
8.75
%
8.75
%
8.75
%
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Postretirement
Gross
Benefit
Subsidy
Pension
Payments
Receipts
$
30,077
2,382
262
18,398
2,311
267
18,916
2,406
268
19,613
2,463
267
19,608
2,525
261
103,916
12,651
1,123
2008
2007
2006
9.00
%
9.00
%
10.00
%
5.00
%
5.00
%
5.00
%
2016
2016
2012
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(13)
Leases
(14)
Derivative
Financial Instruments
(15)
Commitments
and Contingencies
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(16)
Segment
Reporting
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Revenues
from
Operating
Depreciation
External
Affiliate
Profit
and
Capital
Total
Revenue
(Loss)
Amortization
Additions
Assets
$
2,406,745
15,759
283,152
58,306
7,826
3,796,373
1,499,334
332
165,186
24,854
4,797
1,449,572
7,512
1,619,072
19,450
63,940
80,618
1,409,427
107,929
51,035
7,938
139
255,737
(1,635,163
)
(24,527
)
11,100
23,763
(3,742,312
)
$
4,021,520
494,296
166,138
117,143
3,168,797
$
2,293,742
13,360
287,800
48,858
8,147
3,621,754
1,444,863
189,783
23,019
4,096
1,342,933
11,707
1,493,750
19,483
67,519
61,678
1,337,321
87,245
38,881
3,515
371
179,095
(1,507,110
)
(16,597
)
13,609
17,240
(3,244,040
)
$
3,837,557
519,350
156,520
91,532
3,237,063
$
1,997,141
11,458
254,502
50,528
2,046
3,071,693
1,092,468
112,350
26,079
5,235
1,015,012
13,185
1,242,354
27,158
46,584
57,487
1,073,871
48,687
15,729
2,002
105
134,970
(1,253,812
)
(33,376
)
21,514
17,230
(2,198,641
)
$
3,151,481
376,363
146,707
82,103
3,096,905
(a)
The Global Operations segment derives substantially all of its
revenues, and thus its operating results, from intersegment
activities. Operating profit of the Global Operations segment
for the fiscal year 2006 includes a charge of approximately
$11,200, primarily related to severance costs, in connection
with the reduction of manufacturing activity at the
Companys facility in Ireland.
(b)
Certain intangible assets, primarily goodwill, which benefit
multiple operating segments are reflected as Corporate assets
for segment reporting purposes. For application of
SFAS 142, these amounts have been allocated to the
reporting unit which benefits from their use. In addition,
allocations of certain expenses related to these assets to the
individual operating segments are done at the beginning of the
year based on budgeted amounts. Any differences between actual
and budgeted amounts are reflected in the Corporate segment.
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2008
2007
2006
$
1,315,423
1,323,641
1,294,110
1,083,342
1,024,023
575,841
790,503
697,304
540,298
480,694
434,893
406,663
270,160
252,055
266,844
81,398
105,641
67,725
$
4,021,520
3,837,557
3,151,481
2008
2007
2006
$
2,339,171
2,210,840
1,898,865
1,682,349
1,626,717
1,252,616
$
4,021,520
3,837,557
3,151,481
$
1,079,908
1,011,660
1,051,124
174,708
133,709
132,797
$
1,254,616
1,145,369
1,183,921
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Quarterly
Financial Data (Unaudited)
Quarter
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Full Year
$
704,220
784,286
1,301,961
1,231,053
4,021,520
433,059
476,064
728,126
691,543
2,328,792
55,670
55,285
201,520
128,580
441,055
37,470
37,486
138,229
93,581
306,766
$
0.26
0.27
0.98
0.67
2.18
0.25
0.25
0.89
0.62
2.00
$
29.07
39.63
41.68
35.81
41.68
21.57
27.73
33.23
21.94
21.57
$
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.80
Quarter
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Full Year
$
625,267
691,408
1,223,038
1,297,844
3,837,557
381,815
418,196
702,016
758,909
2,260,936
49,600
21,961
203,921
186,900
462,382
32,890
4,801
161,580
133,732
333,003
$
0.20
0.03
1.04
0.91
2.13
0.19
0.03
0.95
0.84
1.97
$
30.24
33.43
33.49
30.68
33.49
27.04
28.10
25.25
25.25
25.25
$
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.64
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Item 9.
Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
Item 9A.
Controls
and Procedures
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Item 9B.
Other
Information
Item 10.
Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 11.
Executive
Compensation
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Item 12.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13.
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
Item 14.
Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
Item 15.
Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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Exhibit
3
.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a)
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(b)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 28,
2000. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(c)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2003.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(d)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Certificate of Designations of Series C Junior
Participating Preference Stock of Hasbro, Inc. dated
June 29, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Certificate of Vote(s) authorizing a decrease of class or series
of any class of shares. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
4
.
Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures.
(a)
Indenture, dated as of July 17, 1998, by and between the
Company and Citibank, N.A. as Trustee. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated July 14, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(b)
Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, by and between the
Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)(i) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999, File Number
1-6682.)
(c)
Indenture, dated as of November 30, 2001, between the
Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Companys Registration Statement on
Form S-3,
File
No. 333-83250,
filed February 22, 2002.)
(d)
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17,
2007, between the Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia
Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed September 17, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, by
and among Hasbro, Inc., Hasbro SA, Bank of America, N.A.,
Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Commerzbank AG, New York and
Grand Cayman Branches, BNP Paribas, Banc of America Securities
LLC and the other banks party thereto. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated June 23, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 1999, between the
Company and the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated as of June 16, 1999.)
(g)
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
December 4, 2000, between the Company and the Rights Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(h)
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
February 13, 2007, between the Company and Computershare
Trust Company N.A. as the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(g) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Exhibit
10
.
Material Contracts
(a)
Lease between Hasbro Canada Corporation (formerly named Hasbro
Industries (Canada) Ltd.)(Hasbro Canada) and Central
Toy Manufacturing Co. (Central Toy), dated
December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to the Companys Registration Statement
on
Form S-14,
File
No. 2-92550.)
(b)
Lease between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy, together with an
Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File
No. 1-6682.)
(c)
Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro
Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(c) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File
No. 1-6682.)
(d)
Letter agreement, dated December 13, 2000, between Hasbro
Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(d) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Indenture and Agreement of Lease between Hasbro Canada and
Central Toy, dated November 11, 2003. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the
Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this
agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(g)
First Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing
Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998.
(Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(h)
Seventeenth Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas
Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of January 30,
2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2002, File
No. 1-6682.)
(i)
Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and
the Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of
this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(j)
First Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between
Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25,
1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(k)
Second Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between
Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of January 30,
2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2002, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Exhibit
(l)
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 10,
2003 among Hasbro Receivables Funding, LLC, as the Seller, CAFCO
LLC and Starbird Funding Corporation, as Investors, Citibank,
N.A. and BNP Paribas, as Banks, Citicorp North America, Inc., as
Program Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc. and BNP Paribas, as
Investor Agents, Hasbro, Inc., as Collection Agent and
Originator, and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and Oddzon, Inc., as
Originators. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(m)
Amendment No. 8 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as
of December 18, 2006, among Hasbro Receivables Funding,
LLC, as the Seller, CAFCO LLC and Starbird Funding Corporation,
as Investors, Citibank, N.A. and BNP Paribas, as Banks, Citicorp
North America, Inc., as Program Agent, Citicorp North
America, Inc. and BNP Paribas, as Investor Agents, Hasbro, Inc.,
as Collection Agent and Originator, and Wizards of the Coast,
Inc. as Originator. (Portions of this agreement have been
omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10(r) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, file
No. 1-6682.)
(n)
License Agreement, dated January 6, 2006, by and between
Hasbro, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc., and Spider-Man
Merchandising L.P. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended April 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(o)
First Amendment to License Agreement, dated February 8,
2006, by and between Hasbro, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc. and
Spider-Man Merchandising L.P. (Portions of this agreement have
been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment
under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended April 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(p)
Hasbro, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 1995 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(q)
First Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(r)
Second Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2000 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(s)
Third Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(t)
1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File
No. 1-6682.)
(u)
First Amendment to the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 28, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(v)
Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long
Term Incentive Program) under the 1995 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan, and the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Exhibit
(w)
Third Amendment to the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(x)
Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and three
Company executives (Brian Goldner, David D.R. Hargreaves and
Barry Nagler). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v)
to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File
No. 1-6682.)
(y)
Form of Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2000, to Form of
Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(x) above.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ff) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(z)
Form of Amendment, dated December 12, 2007, to Form of
Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(x) above.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ee) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(aa)
Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 1990, File
No. 1-6682.)
(bb)
First Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors,
dated April 15, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(cc)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 2004, File
No. 1-6682.)
(dd)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors,
dated October 3, 2007. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ee)
Form of Directors Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(jj) to the Companys Annual
Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ff)
Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to
the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1993, File
No. 1-6682.)
(gg)
First Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated April 15, 2003. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(hh)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated July 17, 2003. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended September 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ii)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated December 15, 2005.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(nn) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(jj)
Fourth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated October 3, 2007.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(oo) to the
Companys Annual Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(kk)
Hasbro, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ll)
First Amendment to the 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Exhibit
(mm)
Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under
the Hasbro, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to
the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1994, File
No. 1-6682.)
(nn)
Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(oo)
Hasbro, Inc. 2004 Senior Management Annual Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2004 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(pp)
Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(qq)
First Amendment to the Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B
to the Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2005
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(rr)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(vv) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ss)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(tt)
Fourth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended October 1, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(uu)
Fifth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the
definitive proxy statement for its 2007 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(vv)
Sixth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(aaa) to the
Companys Annual Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ww)
Form of Fair Market Value Stock Option Agreement under the 2003
Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by Reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(xx)
Form of Premium-Priced Stock Option Agreement under the 2003
Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by Reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended September 26, 2004, File
No. 1-6682.)
(yy)
Form of Contingent Stock Performance Award under the Hasbro,
Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Peformance Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(zz)
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Hasbro, Inc.
2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(aaa)
Hasbro, Inc. Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan.
(bbb)
Hasbro, Inc. 2008 Management Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ccc)
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated May 22,
2008, between the Company and Brian Goldner. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated as of May 27, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
Provision
Balance at
Charged to
Balance
Beginning of
Cost and
Other
Write-Offs
at End of
Year
Expenses
Additions
and Other(a)
Year
$
30,600
4,680
(2,880
)
$
32,400
$
27,700
2,296
604
$
30,600
$
29,800
(1,020
)
(1,080
)
$
27,700
(a)
Includes write-offs, recoveries of previous write-offs, and
translation adjustments.
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 25, 2009
Chairman of the Board
February 25, 2009
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
February 25, 2009
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
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Director
February 25, 2009
Director
February 25, 2009
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Exhibit
3
.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a)
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(b)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 28,
2000. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(c)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2003.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(d)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Certificate of Designations of Series C Junior
Participating Preference Stock of Hasbro, Inc. dated
June 29, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Certificate of Vote(s) authorizing a decrease of class or series
of any class of shares. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
4
.
Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures.
(a)
Indenture, dated as of July 17, 1998, by and between the
Company and Citibank, N.A. as Trustee. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated July 14, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(b)
Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, by and between the
Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)(i) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999, File Number
1-6682.)
(c)
Indenture, dated as of November 30, 2001, between the
Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Companys Registration Statement on
Form S-3,
File
No. 333-83250,
filed February 22, 2002.)
(d)
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17,
2007, between the Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia
Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed September 17, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, by
and among Hasbro, Inc., Hasbro SA, Bank of America, N.A.,
Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Commerzbank AG, New York and
Grand Cayman Branches, BNP Paribas, Banc of America Securities
LLC and the other banks party thereto. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated June 23, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 1999, between the
Company and the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated as of June 16, 1999.)
(g)
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
December 4, 2000, between the Company and the Rights Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
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(h)
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
February 13, 2007, between the Company and Computershare
Trust Company N.A. as the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(g) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
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.
Material Contracts
(a)
Lease between Hasbro Canada Corporation (formerly named Hasbro
Industries (Canada) Ltd.)(Hasbro Canada) and Central
Toy Manufacturing Co. (Central Toy), dated
December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to the Companys Registration Statement
on
Form S-14,
File
No. 2-92550.)
(b)
Lease between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy, together with an
Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File
No. 1-6682.)
(c)
Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro
Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(c) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File
No. 1-6682.)
(d)
Letter agreement, dated December 13, 2000, between Hasbro
Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(d) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File
No. 1-6682.)
(e)
Indenture and Agreement of Lease between Hasbro Canada and
Central Toy, dated November 11, 2003. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(f)
Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the
Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this
agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(g)
First Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing
Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998.
(Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(h)
Seventeenth Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas
Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of January 30,
2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2002, File
No. 1-6682.)
(i)
Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and
the Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of
this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(j)
First Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between
Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25,
1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File
No. 1-6682.)
(k)
Second Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between
Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of January 30,
2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2002, File
No. 1-6682.)
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Exhibit
(l)
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 10,
2003 among Hasbro Receivables Funding, LLC, as the Seller, CAFCO
LLC and Starbird Funding Corporation, as Investors, Citibank,
N.A. and BNP Paribas, as Banks, Citicorp North America, Inc., as
Program Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc. and BNP Paribas, as
Investor Agents, Hasbro, Inc., as Collection Agent and
Originator, and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and Oddzon, Inc., as
Originators. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(m)
Amendment No. 8 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as
of December 18, 2006, among Hasbro Receivables Funding,
LLC, as the Seller, CAFCO LLC and Starbird Funding Corporation,
as Investors, Citibank, N.A. and BNP Paribas, as Banks, Citicorp
North America, Inc., as Program Agent, Citicorp North
America, Inc. and BNP Paribas, as Investor Agents, Hasbro, Inc.,
as Collection Agent and Originator, and Wizards of the Coast,
Inc. as Originator. (Portions of this agreement have been
omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10(r) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, file
No. 1-6682.)
(n)
License Agreement, dated January 6, 2006, by and between
Hasbro, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc., and Spider-Man
Merchandising L.P. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended April 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(o)
First Amendment to License Agreement, dated February 8,
2006, by and between Hasbro, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc. and
Spider-Man Merchandising L.P. (Portions of this agreement have
been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment
under
Rule 24b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended April 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(p)
Hasbro, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 1995 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(q)
First Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(r)
Second Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2000 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(s)
Third Amendment to the 1995 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(t)
1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File
No. 1-6682.)
(u)
First Amendment to the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 28, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(v)
Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long
Term Incentive Program) under the 1995 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan, and the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File
No. 1-6682.)
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(w)
Third Amendment to the 1997 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(x)
Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and three
Company executives (Brian Goldner, David D.R. Hargreaves and
Barry Nagler). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v)
to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File
No. 1-6682.)
(y)
Form of Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2000, to Form of
Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(x) above.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ff) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
(z)
Form of Amendment, dated December 12, 2007, to Form of
Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(x) above.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ee) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(aa)
Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 1990, File
No. 1-6682.)
(bb)
First Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors,
dated April 15, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(cc)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 2004, File
No. 1-6682.)
(dd)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors,
dated October 3, 2007. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(ii) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ee)
Form of Directors Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(jj) to the Companys Annual
Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ff)
Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to
the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1993, File
No. 1-6682.)
(gg)
First Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated April 15, 2003. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 29, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(hh)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated July 17, 2003. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended September 28, 2003, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ii)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated December 15, 2005.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(nn) to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(jj)
Fourth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, dated October 3, 2007.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(oo) to the
Companys Annual Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(kk)
Hasbro, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ll)
First Amendment to the 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended June 27, 1999, File
No. 1-6682.)
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(mm)
Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under
the Hasbro, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to
the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1994, File
No. 1-6682.)
(nn)
Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(oo)
Hasbro, Inc. 2004 Senior Management Annual Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2004 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(pp)
Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the
Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(qq)
First Amendment to the Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B
to the Companys definitive proxy statement for its 2005
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(rr)
Second Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(vv) to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ss)
Third Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended July 2, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(tt)
Fourth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended October 1, 2006, File
No. 1-6682.)
(uu)
Fifth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the
definitive proxy statement for its 2007 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(vv)
Sixth Amendment to Hasbro, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Performance
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(aaa) to the
Companys Annual Report of
Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2007, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ww)
Form of Fair Market Value Stock Option Agreement under the 2003
Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by Reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(xx)
Form of Premium-Priced Stock Option Agreement under the 2003
Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by Reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended September 26, 2004, File
No. 1-6682.)
(yy)
Form of Contingent Stock Performance Award under the Hasbro,
Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Peformance Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(zz)
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Hasbro, Inc.
2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.
(aaa)
Hasbro, Inc. Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan.
(bbb)
Hasbro, Inc. 2008 Management Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 30, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
(ccc)
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated May 22,
2008, between the Company and Brian Goldner. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current
Report on
Form 8-K
dated as of May 27, 2008, File
No. 1-6682.)
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9.3
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Unsecured General Creditor | 33 | ||||
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Notice | 34 | ||||
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Successors | 35 | ||||
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Distribution in the Event of Taxation | 35 | ||||
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Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control | 36 | ||||
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Schedule A | 37 |
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1.1 | Account Balance shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral Account balance and (ii) the Company Matching and Discretionary Account balance. The Account Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan. | |
1.2 | Annual Bonus shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employers annual bonus and cash incentive plans, excluding stock options, holiday bonuses, retention bonuses, or any other discretionary or special bonus or awards. | |
1.3 | Annual Company Matching Amount for any one Plan Year shall be the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5. |
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1.4 | Annual Deferral Amount shall mean that portion of a Participants Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a Participants Retirement, Disability (if deferrals cease in accordance with Section 8.1), death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such years Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event. |
1.5 | Annual Installment Method shall be an annual installment payment over the number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant shall be calculated as of the close of business three business days prior to the last business day of the year. The annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining number of annual payments due the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant elects a 10-year Annual Installment Method, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. The following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. Each annual installment shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after the last business day of the applicable year. |
1.6 | Base Annual Salary shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding bonuses of every type, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, directors fees and other fees, automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employees gross income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the Participants gross income under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Employee. |
1.7 | Beneficiary shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant. |
1.8 | Beneficiary Designation Form shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries. |
1.9 | Board shall mean the board of directors of the Company. |
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1.10 | Change in Control shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the rules and regulations issued hereunder. | |
1.11 | Claimant shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1. | |
1.12 | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time. | |
1.13 | Committee shall mean the committee described in Article 12. | |
1.14 | Company shall mean Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, and any successor to all or substantially all of the Companys assets or business. |
1.15 | Company Matching and Discretionary Account shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participants Annual Company Matching Amounts and Annual Company Discretionary Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participants Company Matching and Discretionary Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participants Company Matching and Discretionary Account. |
1.16 | Deduction Limitation shall mean the following described limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied to all distributions that are subject to the Deduction Limitation under this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.8 below. The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participants death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made after a Change in Control. |
1.17 | Deferral Account shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participants Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting |
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provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participants Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account. | ||
1.18 | Disability shall mean a period of disability during which a Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participants Employer. |
1.19 | Disability Benefit shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8. |
1.20 | Election Form shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to make an election under the Plan. |
1.21 | Employee shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer. |
1.22 | Employer(s) shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Board or any authorized committee thereof to participate in the Plan. |
1.23 | ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time. |
1.24 | First Plan Year shall mean the period beginning October 1, 1997 and ending December 31, 1997. |
1.25 | 401(k) Plan shall mean that certain Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan adopted by the Company. |
1.26 | Maximum 401(k) Amount with respect to a Participant, shall be the maximum amount of elective contributions that can be made by such Participant, consistent with Code Section 402(g) and the limitations of Code Section 401(k)(3), for a given plan year under the 401(k) Plan. |
1.27 | Participant shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, (iv) whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, (v) who commences participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participants benefits under the Plan |
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as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce. | ||
1.28 | Plan shall mean the Companys Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time. |
1.29 | Plan Agreement shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the Participants Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the Employer and the Participant. |
1.30 | Plan Year shall, except for the First Plan Year, mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year. |
1.31 | Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts shall mean the portion of the Participants Account Balance, if any, that was deferred, earned and vested before January 1, 2005 and earnings (whether actual or notational) thereon that are credited both before or after January 1, 2005. |
1.32 | Post-2004 Deferral Amounts shall mean the portion of the Participants Account Balance, if any, that was deferred, earned or became vested on or after January 1, 2005 and the earnings (whether actual or notational) thereon. |
1.33 | Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 6 for purposes of this Plan only. |
1.34 | Retirement, Retire(s) or Retired shall mean, with respect to an Employee, severance from employment from all Employers for any reason other than a leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier of the attainment of age sixty-five (65) or age fifty-five (55) with ten (10) years of Credited Service (as defined in the Hasbro, Inc. Pension Plan). The definition in this Section 1.34 shall not have any effect on any other plan maintained by the Employer. |
1.35 | Retirement Benefit shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5. | |
1.36 | Short-Term Payout shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1. | |
1.37 | Termination Benefit shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7. |
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1.38 | Termination of Employment shall mean the severing of employment with all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence. |
1.39 | Trust shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to one or more trust agreements between the Company and the trustee named therein, as amended from time to time. |
1.40 | Unforeseeable Financial Emergency shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) illness or accident of the Participant, the Participants spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, (ii) loss of the participants property due to casualty, or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. |
1.41 | Years of Plan Participation shall mean the total number of full Plan Years a Participant has been a Participant in the Plan prior to his or her Termination of Employment (determined without regard to whether deferral elections have been made by the Participant for any Plan Year). Any partial year shall not be counted. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a Participants first Plan Year of participation shall be treated as a full Plan Year for purposes of this definition, even if it is only a partial Plan Year of participation. |
1.42 | Year of Service shall mean a 365 day period (or 366 days in a leap year) that, for the first year of employment commences on the Employees date of hire and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. A partial year of employment shall not be counted. |
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2.1 | Selection by Committee . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees of the Employers, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. From that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole discretion, Employees to participate in the Plan. |
2.2 | Enrollment Requirements . As a condition to participation, each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all within 30 days after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan. In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary. |
2.3 | Eligibility; Commencement of Participation . Provided an Employee selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including returning all required documents to the Committee within the specified time period, that Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the month following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment requirements. If an Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the period required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee of the required documents. |
2.4 | Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals . If the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to (i) terminate any deferral election the Participant has made for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the Participants membership status changes, and (ii) prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections. |
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3.1 | Minimum Deferrals . |
(a) | Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, part or all of the Participants Base Annual Salary, and/or Annual Bonus in the following minimum amounts for each deferral elected: |
Deferral | Minimum Amount | |||
Base Annual Salary
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1 | % | ||
Annual Bonus
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1 | % |
If an election is made for less than stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero. |
3.2 | Maximum Deferral . |
(a) | Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, part of the Participants Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral elected: |
Deferral | Maximum Amount | |||
Base Annual Salary
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Annual Bonus
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85 | % |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount, with respect to Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus shall be limited to the amount of compensation not yet earned by the Participant as of the date the Participant submits a Plan Agreement and Election Form to the Committee for acceptance. | |||
An election to defer Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus must be expressed as an election to defer a specific percentage. |
3.3 | Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form . |
(a) | First Plan Year . If a Participants commencement of participation in the Plan is coincident with the Participants commencement of employment, the Participant shall, within 30 days after commencement of participation, make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the |
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Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee. If a Participants commencement of participation begins after commencement of employment, the Participant may not make a deferral election until the Plan Year beginning after commencement of employment. | |||
(b) | Subsequent Plan Years . For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable election to defer Base Annual Salary shall be made by timely delivery to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made, a new Election Form. An Election Form to defer an Annual Bonus, other than a bonus paid under a performance based compensation plan that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, which is to be paid in a Plan Year shall be delivered to the Committee in accordance with the procedures described above, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the bonus is earned. An Election Form to defer an Annual Bonus paid under a performance based compensation plan that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, shall be delivered to the Committee at least six months before the end of the Plan Year in which the bonus is earned. If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year. Any other elections as the Committee deems necessary or advisable shall be made at such times as the Committee may designate. |
3.4 | Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year, the Base Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Annual Salary. The Annual Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself. No withholding shall be permitted within six months after the Participant has received a hardship distribution from the 401(k) Plan. |
3.5 | Annual Company Matching Amount; Annual Company Discretionary Amount . |
(a) | Annual Company Matching Amount . For each Plan Year, an Employer, in its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit an Annual Company Matching Amount to the Hasbro, Inc. Supplemental Benefit Retirement Plan account or to the Company Matching and Discretionary Account of any Participant who makes a contribution to the 401(k) Plan of the Maximum 401(k) Amount. A Participants Annual Company Matching Amount to this Plan for any Plan Year shall be equal to the matching contributions that would have been made to the 401(k) Plan on his behalf for the plan year of |
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the 401(k) Plan that corresponds to the Plan Year if the Participant had made no deferral and had made a contribution to the 401(k) Plan of the Maximum 401(k) Amount for such plan year, reduced by the amount of any matching contributions that were actually made to the 401(k) Plan on his or her behalf for such plan year. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the last day of a Plan Year other than by reason of his or her Retirement or death, the Annual Company Matching Amount for such Plan Year shall be zero. In the event of Retirement or death, a Participant shall be credited with the Annual Company Matching Amount for the Plan Year in which he or she Retires or dies. | |||
(b) | Annual Company Discretionary Amount . For each Plan year, an Employer, in its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit any amount it desires to any Participants Matching and Discretionary Account, which amount shall be for that Participant the Annual Company Discretionary Amount for that Plan Year. The amount so credited to a Participant may be smaller or larger that the amount credited to any other Participant, and the amount credited to any Participant for a Plan Year may be zero, even though one or more other Participants receive an Annual Company Discretionary Amount for that Plan Year. The Annual Company Discretionary Amount, if any, shall be credited to the Participants Annual Company Matching and Discretionary Account at any time during the Plan Year as determined by the Company. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the day within the Plan Year the Annual Company Discretionary Amount is to be credited to the Participants Matching and Discretionary Account, other than by reason of his or her Retirement or death while employed, the Annual Company Discretionary Amount for that Plan Year for that Participant shall be zero. In the event of Retirement or death, a Participant shall be credited with the Annual Company Discretionary Amount for the Plan Year in which he or she Retires or dies. |
3.6 | Investment of Trust Assets . The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement, including the disposition of stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one or more investment vehicles designated by the Committee. | ||
3.7 | Vesting . |
(a) | A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Account. | ||
(b) | A Participants Company Matching and Discretionary Account shall vest on the January 1 next following the Participants completion of a Year of Service. A Participants Discretionary Account shall vest on the January 1 next following the Participants completion of a Year of Service, or on such |
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other date or dates that may be set forth or incorporated in the specific corporate authorization, grant or award that provides for such Discretionary Amount. | |||
(c) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.7, in the event of a Change in Control, a Participants Company Matching and Discretionary Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is not already vested in accordance with the above vesting schedule). |
3.8 | Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances . In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participants Account Balance in accordance with the following rules: |
(a) | Election of Measurement Funds . A Participant, in connection with his or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.2(a) above, shall elect, on the Election form, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.8(c) below) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance while the Participant participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance with the next sentence. Commencing on April 1, 2002, the Participant may (but is not required to) elect on a daily basis, pursuant to such procedures as may be established by the Committee from time to time, to add or delete one or more Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance, or to change the portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund. If an election is made in accordance with the previous sentence, it shall apply while the Participant participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance with the previous sentence. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Participant may only allocate a portion of his or her Account Balance to a Measurement Fund which reflects the performance of the Common Stock of the Company (the Company Stock Fund); additions to the Account Balance during a Plan Year may not be allocated to the Company Stock Fund during that Plan Year. An election by a Participant to allocate a portion of his or her Account to the Company Stock Fund may be made only once during the period beginning on October 25 and ending on November 5 of each Plan Year, such election to be effective as of January 1 of the next Plan Year. For the year the Company Stock Fund comes into effect, 1998, the reallocation period is from March 16 through March 25 and will be effective as of April 1, 1998. The Committee may in its sole discretion impose such additional restrictions on allocations to or from the Company Stock Fund as it deems necessary or advisable. | ||
(b) | Proportionate Allocation . In making any election described in Section 3.8(a) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of his or her Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the |
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Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his or her Account Balance). | |||
(c) | Measurement Funds . The Participant may elect one or more of the following measurement funds set forth on Schedule A. Such election may be changed by the Participant on a daily basis pursuant to such procedures as may be established by the Committee from time to time. As necessary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund. Each such action will take effect as of the first day of the calendar quarter that follows by thirty (30) days the day on which the Committee gives Participants advance written notice of such change. | ||
(d) | Crediting or Debiting Method . Subject to charges for administrative expenses as provided in Section 3.8(f), the performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. A Participants Account Balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) a Participants Account Balance were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages then applicable, (ii) the portion for the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any calendar quarter were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages then applicable, no later than the close of business on the third business day after the day on which such amounts are actually deferred from the Participants Base Annual Salary through reductions in his or her payroll, at the closing price on such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a Participant that decreases such Participants Account Balance ceased being invested in the Measurement Fund(s), in the percentages then applicable, no earlier than ten business days prior to the distribution, at the closing price on such date. The Participants Annual Company Matching Amount shall be credited to his or her Company Matching and Discretionary Account under this Plan for purposes of this Section 3.8(d) as of the close of business on the first business day in March of the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which it relates. In the case of an account for which the Company Stock Fund is a Measurement Fund, the equivalent of such cash dividends paid with respect to the Common Stock shall be credited to such account on the last day of the calendar quarter during which the cash dividend was paid. In the event the Company pays a stock dividend or reclassifies or divides or combines its outstanding Common Stock, then an appropriate adjustment shall be made in the Company Stock Fund. | ||
(e) | No Actual Investment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participants election of any |
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such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participants Account Balance shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in the Trust), in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participants Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company. | |||
(f) | Expenses . The Account Balance of each Participant shall be debited by the amount of the reasonable administrative expenses of the Plan in the same proportion that the Participants Account Balance bears to the total Account Balances of all Participants. |
3.9 | FICA and Other Taxes . |
(a) | Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participants Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participants Base Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participants share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.9. | ||
(b) | Company Matching Amounts . When a participant becomes vested in a portion of his or her Company Matching and Discretionary Account, the Participants Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participants Base Annual Salary and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participants share of FICA and other employment taxes. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the vested portion of the Participants Company Matching and Discretionary Account in order to comply with this Section 3.9. |
3.10 | Distributions . The Participants Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the trustee of the Trust. | ||
3.11 | Employer Deferral . If an Employer determines in good faith that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable |
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year would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that all of the compensation payable to the Participant is deductible, the Employer may reduce the Participants Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus and treat the amount of such reduction as an amount deferred by the Participant. The amount so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary in the event of the Participants death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control. No deferrals may be made under this Section 3.11 after the effective date of a Change in Control. For purposes of this Section 3.11 only, the term Participant shall mean any Employee who has been selected to participate in the Plan. |
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4.1 | Short-Term Payout . In connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future Short-Term Payout from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.8 above on that amount, determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout becomes payable (rather than the date of a Termination of Employment). Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the other terms and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be paid out during a period beginning 1 day and ending 60 days after the last day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least three Plan Years after the Plan Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually deferred. By way of example, if a three year Short-Term Payout is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 1998, the three year Short-Term Payout would become payable during a 60 day period commencing January 1, 2002. |
4.2 | Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term . Should an event occur that triggers a benefit under Article 5, 6, 7 or 8, any Annual Deferral Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in accordance with Section 4.1 but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Article. |
4.3 | Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies . If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals required to be made by a Participant and/or (ii) receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participants Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency as determined by the Committee. The amount distributed may include the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency, plus the amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which the hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participants assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). If, subject to the sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of approval. The payment of any amount under this Section 4.3 shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation or any withdrawal penalty. |
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4.4 | Withdrawal Election . A Participant (or, after a Participants death, his or her Beneficiary) may elect, at any time, to withdraw all of his or her Account Balance calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of Employment as of the day of the election, less a withdrawal penalty equal to 10% of such amount, provided that such withdrawal shall not exceed his or her Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts (the net amount shall be referred to as the Withdrawal Amount). This election can be made at any time, before or after Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and whether or not the Participant (or Beneficiary) is in the process of being paid pursuant to an installment payment schedule. If made before Retirement, Disability or death, a Participants Withdrawal Amount shall be his or her Account Balance calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of Employment as of the day of the election. No partial withdrawals of the Withdrawal Amount shall be allowed. The Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall make this election by giving the Committee advance written notice of the election in a form determined from time to time by the Committee. The Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall be paid the Withdrawal Amount within 60 days of his or her election. Once the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participants participation in the Plan shall terminate and the Participant shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the next enrollment period which is at least six months after the date of withdrawal. The payment of this Withdrawal Amount shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation. |
4.5 | 2005 Opt-out Election . At any time before December 31, 2005 a Participant may elect to receive a payout of 100% of his or her 2005 Salary Deferral amount, to stop further Salary Deferrals for 2005, and/or to cancel his or her Bonus Deferral election for the bonus paid in 2005 or 2006. |
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5.1 | Retirement Benefit . Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her Account Balance. | ||
5.2 | Payment of Retirement Benefit . |
(a) | Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts . A Participant, in connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. The Participant may annually change his or her election to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that any such Election Form is submitted at least one year prior to the Participants Retirement and is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of the Retirement Benefit. For Retirements on or after January 1, 2002, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may cause the Retirement Benefit to be paid in a lump sum or pursuant to the Annual Installment Method of not more than 5 years irrespective of the Election Form most recently accepted. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, in the month of January following the Participants Retirement. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the commencement of the Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. | ||
(b) | Post-2004 Deferral Amounts . Commencing January 1, 2005 a Participant shall make an individual election for each years Salary Deferral and Bonus Deferral relating to the time and manner of the payment of that years deferral. The Participant may annually change his or her election for any year to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that any such Election Form is submitted at least one year prior to the Participants Retirement and is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion and, with respect to the for any year that is attributable to Post-2004 Deferral Amount, the first payment with respect to such election must be deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date the payment would have otherwise been made. Subject to the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence, the Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout for any year that is a Post-2004 Deferral Amount. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, in the month of |
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January following the Participants Retirement, except that the portion of the Retirement Benefit that is attributable to Post-2004 Deferral Amounts may not be distributed to a Participant who is a key employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of Code) before the date that is 6 months after the date of his or her Retirement. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. |
5.3 | Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit . If a Participant dies after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the Participants unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participants Beneficiary (a) over the remaining number of months and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a lump sum, if requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole discretion of the Committee, but only with respect to the portion of Participants unpaid remaining Account Balance that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts. |
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6.1 | Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit . Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participants Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit equal to the Participants Account Balance if the Participant dies before he or she Retires, experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers a Disability. |
6.2 | Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit . |
(a) | Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts . A Participant, in connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election Form whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall be received by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. The Participant may annually change this election to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, which form must be accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participants death shall govern the payout of the Participants Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. Despite the foregoing, if the Participants Account Balance at the time of his or her death is less than $25,000, payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall be made in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made within ninety (90) days after termination of employment. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate commencement of the portion of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. In no event will payments commence prior to such time as the Committee is provided with proof satisfactory to the Committee of the Participants Death. | ||
(b) | Post-2004 Deferral Amounts . Commencing January 1, 2005 a Participant shall make an individual election for each years Salary Deferral and Bonus Deferral relating to the time and manner of the payment of that years deferral. A Participant may elect whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit for any year shall be received by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. The Participant may annually change this election for any year to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form for such year to the Committee, which form must be accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion, and with respect to the payment of the portion of the Benefit that is attributable to a Post-2004 Deferral Amount, the first payment with respect to such election must be deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date the payment would have otherwise been made. The Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the |
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Participants death shall govern the payout for that year of the Participants Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit for any year, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. Despite the foregoing, if the Participants Account Balance at the time of his or her death is less than $25,000, payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit for all years that are Post-2004 Deferral Amounts shall be made in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made within ninety (90) days after termination of employment. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. In no event will payments commence prior to such time as the Committee is provided with proof satisfactory to the Committee of the Participants Death. |
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7.1 | Termination Benefit . Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the Participants vested Account Balance if a Participant experiences a Termination of Employment prior to his or her Retirement, death or Disability. |
7.2 | Payment of Termination Benefit . |
(a) | Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts . If the vested portion of the Termination Benefit that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts at the time of his or her Termination of Employment is less than $25,000, payment of that portion of his or her Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. If the vested portion of the Termination Benefit that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts at such time is equal to or greater than that amount, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may cause the Termination Benefit to be paid in a lump sum or in substantially equal annual installment payments over a period of time that does not exceed five years in duration. The payment of the Termination Benefit shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, during the month of January following Termination of Employment. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate commencement of the portion of the Termination Benefit that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. | ||
(b) | Post-2004 Deferral Amounts . The portion of the Termination Benefit that is attributable to Post-2004 Deferral Amounts shall be paid in a lump sum, during the month of January following Termination of Employment, except that the portion of the Termination Benefit that is attributable to Post-2004 Deferral Amounts may not be distributed to a Participant who is a key employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of Code) before the date that is six months after the date of his or her Termination of Employment. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. |
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8.1 | Disability Waiver . |
(a) | Waiver of Deferral . A Participant who is determined by the Committee to be suffering from a Disability shall be excused from fulfilling that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount commitment that would otherwise have been withheld from a Participants Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus for the Plan Year during which the Participant first suffers a Disability. During the period of Disability, the Participant shall not be allowed to make any additional deferral elections, but will continue to be considered a Participant for all other purposes of this Plan. | ||
(b) | Return to Work . If a Participant returns to employment with an Employer after a Disability ceases, the Participant may elect to defer an Annual Deferral Amount for the Plan Year following his or her return to employment or service and for every Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan; provided such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and an Election Form is delivered to and accepted by the Committee for each such election in accordance with Section 3.3 above. |
8.2 | Continued Eligibility; Disability Benefit . A Participant suffering a Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, continue to be considered to be employed and shall be eligible for the benefits provided for in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the provisions of those Articles. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to the portion of the benefit that is attributable to Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts, the Committee shall have the right to, in its sole and absolute discretion and for purposes of this Plan only, and must in the case of a Participant who is otherwise eligible to Retire, deem the Participant to have experienced a Termination of Employment, or in the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, to have Retired, at any time (or in the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, as soon as practicable) after such Participant is determined to be suffering a Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a Disability Benefit equal to his or her Account Balance at the time of the Committees determination; provided, however, that should the Participant otherwise have been eligible to Retire, he or she shall be paid in accordance with Article 5. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within 60 days of the Committees exercise of such right. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation. |
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9.1 | Beneficiary . Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates. |
9.2 | Beneficiary Designation; Change . A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committees rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to his or her death. |
9.3 | Acknowledgment . No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent. |
9.4 | No Beneficiary Designation . If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participants benefits, then the Participants designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the then living issue of the Participant per stirpes and, if there is no such issue, to the Participants estate. |
9.5 | Doubt as to Beneficiary . If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participants Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committees satisfaction. |
9.6 | Discharge of Obligations . The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant, and that Participants Plan Agreement shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits. |
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10.1 | Paid Leave of Absence . If a Participant is authorized by the Participants Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.4. |
10.2 | Unpaid Leave of Absence . If a Participant is authorized by the Participants Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused from making deferrals until the earlier of the date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld. |
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11.1 | Termination . Although the Company anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that the Company will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time in the future. Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees, by action of its board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof. Upon the termination of the Plan, the Plan Agreements of the affected Participants shall terminate and their Account Balances, determined as if they had experienced a Termination of Employment on the date of Plan termination or, if Plan termination occurs after the date upon which a Participant was eligible to Retire, then with respect to that Participant as if he or she had Retired on the date of Plan termination, shall be paid to the Participants as follows: |
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11.2 | Amendment . The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part by the action of its board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof; provided, however, that no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a Participants Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced a Termination of Employment as of the effective date of the amendment or modification or, if the amendment or modification occurs after the date upon which the Participant was eligible to Retire, the Participant had Retired as of the effective date of the amendment or modification. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to accelerate installment payments by paying the Account Balance in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method using fewer years (provided that the present value of all payments that will have been received by a Participant at any given point of time under the different payment schedule shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments that would have been received at that point in time under the original payment schedule), except that any such acceleration that relates to the Post-2005 Deferral Amounts shall comply with the limitations under Section 409A of the Code. |
11.3 | Plan Agreement . Despite the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2 above, if a Participants Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not in this |
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Plan document, the Company may only amend or terminate such provisions with the consent of the Participant. |
11.4 | Effect of Payment . The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under this Plan and the Participants Plan Agreement shall terminate. |
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12.1 | Committee Duties . This Plan shall be administered by a Committee, which shall consist of the Board, or such committee as the Board shall appoint. Members of the Committee may be Participants under this Plan. The Committee shall also have the complete discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company. |
12.2 | Agents . In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to the Company.. |
12.3 | Binding Effect of Decisions . The decision or action of the Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan. |
12.4 | Indemnity of Committee . All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Committee or any of its members or any such Employee. |
12.5 | Employer Information . To enable the Committee to perform its functions, each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may reasonably require. |
12.6 | Multiple Committees . The Board may divide the duties of the Committee among more than one Committee. If more than one Committee is established, the Board shall designate the scope of authority of each such Committee. Each such Committee shall have all the powers and privileges set forth above subject only to any limitations on the scope of its authority imposed by the Board. |
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13.1 | Coordination with Other Benefits . The benefits provided for a Participant and Participants Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participants Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided. |
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14.1 | Presentation of Claim . Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a Claimant) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant. |
14.2 | Notification of Decision . The Committee shall consider a Claimants claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing: |
(a) | that the Claimants requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or | ||
(b) | that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimants requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant: |
(i) | the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it; | ||
(ii) | specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based; | ||
(iii) | a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and | ||
(iv) | an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 14.3 below. |
14.3 | Review of a Denied Claim . Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimants duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimants duly authorized representative): |
(a) | may review pertinent documents; | ||
(b) | may submit written comments or other documents; and/or | ||
(c) | may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant. |
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14.4 | Decision on Review . The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committees decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain: |
(a) | specific reasons for the decision; | ||
(b) | specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based; and | ||
(c) | such other matters as the Committee deems relevant. |
14.5 | Legal Action . A Claimants compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimants right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan. |
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15.1 | Establishment of the Trust . The Company shall establish the Trust, and the Company shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such assets as the Company determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to provide, on a present value basis, for its respective future liabilities created with respect to the Annual Deferral Amounts and Company Matching Amounts for such Participants for all periods prior to the transfer, as well as any debits and credits to the Participants Account Balances for all periods prior to the transfer, taking into consideration the value of the assets in the trust at the time of the transfer. |
15.2 | Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust . The provisions of the Plan and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Company, Participants and the creditors of the Company to the assets transferred to the Trust. The Company shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan. |
15.3 | Distributions from the Trust . The Companys obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Companys obligations under this Plan. |
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16.1 | Status of Plan . The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employee within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a) (3) and 401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent. |
16.2 | Unsecured General Creditor . Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the Company or the Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of the Companys assets or the Employers assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Company and the Employer. The Company and each Employers obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. |
16.3 | Employers Liability . The Company and the Employers liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into between the Company, and/or the Employer and a Participant. The Company and the Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement. |
16.4 | Nonassignability . Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participants or any other persons bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a property settlement or otherwise. |
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16.5 | Not a Contract of Employment . The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company and/ or any Employer and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an at will employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer, either as an Employee or a Director, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time. |
16.6 | Furnishing Information . A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary. |
16.7 | Terms . Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. |
16.8 | Captions . The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions. |
16.9 | Governing Law . Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Rhode Island without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. |
16.10 | Notice . Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below: |
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16.11 | Successors . The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and each Participants Employer and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participants designated Beneficiaries. |
16.12 | Validity . In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein. |
16.13 | Incompetent . If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that persons property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participants Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount. |
16.14 | Distribution in the Event of Taxation . |
(a) | In General . If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participants benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change in Control, or the trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become taxable. Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be granted), the Company shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable portion of his or her benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participants unpaid Account Balance under the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the Participants petition is granted. Such a distribution shall affect and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan. However, on or after January 1, 2005 no amount shall be distributed upon an event of taxation, from the Pre-2005 Deferral Amounts, except for amounts that are required to be included in income as a result of the failure of the Plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. | ||
(b) | Trust . If the Trust terminates in accordance with Section 3.6(e) of the Trust and benefits are distributed from the Trust to a Participant in accordance with that Section, the Participants benefits under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions. |
16.15 | Insurance . The Company, on its own behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in their sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life |
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16.16 | Legal Fees to Enforce Rights After Change in Control . The Company and each Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board or the board of directors of a Participants Employer (which might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or the Participants Employer, or of any successor corporation might then cause or attempt to cause the Company, the Participants Employer or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and might cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participants Employer to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose of the Plan could be frustrated. Accordingly, if, following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the Participants Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company and the Participants Employer irrevocably authorize such Participant to retain counsel of his or her choice at the expense of the Company and the Participants Employer (who shall be jointly and severally liable) to represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company, the Participants Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company, the Participants Employer or any successor thereto in any jurisdiction. |
Company
Hasbro, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Brian Goldner | |||
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Measurement Fund
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Money Market
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Income
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Growth & Income
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Index 500
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Growth I
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Growth II
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International
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Hasbro Phantom Stock
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Measurement Funds
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Money Market
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Intermediate Bond
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Balanced
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Large Cap Value
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S&P 500 Index
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Large Cap Core
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Large Cap Growth
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Mid-Cap Core Index
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Small-Cap Core Index
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International Equity
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Real Return
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Hasbro Phantom Stock
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HASBRO, INC. | ||||||
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By:
Name: |
/s/ Brian Goldner
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Title: | President and CEO | ||||
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ALAN G. HASSENFELD | ||||||
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/s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld | ||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings available for
fixed charges:
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Net earnings
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$ | 306,766 | 333,003 | 230,055 | 212,075 | 195,977 | ||||||||||||||
Add:
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Fixed charges
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61,688 | 46,917 | 39,055 | 42,394 | 43,890 | |||||||||||||||
Taxes on income
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134,289 | 129,379 | 111,419 | 98,838 | 64,111 | |||||||||||||||
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Total
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$ | 502,743 | 509,299 | 380,529 | 353,307 | 303,978 | ||||||||||||||
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Fixed charges:
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Interest expense
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$ | 47,143 | 34,618 | 27,521 | 30,537 | 31,698 | ||||||||||||||
Rental expense representative
of interest factor
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14,545 | 12,299 | 11,534 | 11,857 | 12,192 | |||||||||||||||
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Total
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$ | 61,688 | 46,917 | 39,055 | 42,394 | 43,890 | ||||||||||||||
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Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges
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8.15 | 10.86 | 9.74 | 8.33 | 6.93 | |||||||||||||||
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Name Under Which Subsidiary | State or Other Jurisdiction of | |
Does Business | Incorporation or Organization | |
Hasbro Receivables Funding, LLC.
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Delaware | |
Hasbro International, Inc.
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Delaware | |
Hasbro Latin America Inc.
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Delaware | |
Hasbro Chile LTDA
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Chile | |
Hasbro International Holdings, B.V.
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The Netherlands | |
Hasbro Ireland Limited
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Ireland | |
Hasbro
Investments Netherlands, B.V.
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The Netherlands | |
Hasbro France S.A.S.
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France | |
Hasbro Deutschland GmbH
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Germany | |
Hasbro Italy S.r.l.
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Italy | |
Hasbro S.A.
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Switzerland | |
Hasbro Holdings S.A.
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Switzerland | |
Hasbro Canada Corporation
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Nova Scotia | |
Hasbro Asia-Pacific Marketing Ltd.
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Hong Kong | |
Hasbro de Mexico S.R.L. de C.V.
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Mexico | |
Hasbro (Schweiz) AG
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Switzerland | |
Hasbro U.K. Limited
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United Kingdom | |
MB International B.V.
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The Netherlands | |
Hasbro B.V.
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The Netherlands | |
Hasbro Hellas Industrial & Commercial
Company S.A.
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Greece | |
Hasbro Toys & Games Holdings, S.L.
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Spain | |
Hasbro Iberia SL
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Spain | |
S.A. Hasbro N.V.
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Belgium | |
Hasbro InterToy Eqitim Araclari Sanayi Ve
Ticaret A.S.
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Turkey | |
Hasbro Far East LTD
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Hong Kong | |
Hasbro Australia Pty Ltd
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Australia | |
Hasbro Australia Limited
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Australia | |
Sobral Ltd.
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Bermuda | |
Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc.
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Rhode Island | |
Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
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Washington |
(a) | Inactive subsidiaries and subsidiaries with minimal operations have been omitted. Such subsidiaries, if taken as a whole, would not constitute a significant subsidiary. |
1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hasbro, Inc.; | |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |
4. | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ Brian Goldner | ||||
Brian Goldner | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hasbro, Inc.; | |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |
4. | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ David D.R. Hargreaves | ||||
David D.R. Hargreaves | ||||
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
1) | the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 10-K Report), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and | ||
2) | the information contained in the Companys 10-K Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Brian Goldner | ||||
Brian Goldner | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc. | ||||
1) | the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 10-K Report), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and | ||
2) | the information contained in the Companys 10-K Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ David D.R. Hargreaves | ||||
David D.R. Hargreaves | ||||
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Hasbro, Inc. | ||||