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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-05647

 

 

MATTEL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   95-1567322
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

333 Continental Blvd.

El Segundo, CA 90245-5012

(Address of principal executive offices)

(310) 252-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

NONE

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer   x     Accelerated filer   ¨     Non-accelerated filer   ¨     Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   x

Number of shares outstanding of registrant’s common stock, $1.00 par value, as of April 27, 2009:

358,534,844 shares

 

 

 


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MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

            Page
   PART I   

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements

   3
  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

   3
  

Consolidated Statements of Operations

   4
  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

   5
  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   6

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   26

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   37

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   38
   PART II   

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

   39

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

   40

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   40

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   40

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   40

Item 5.

  

Other Information

   40

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

   41
  

Signature

   42

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     March 31,
2009
    March 31,
2008
    December 31,
2008
 
    

(Unaudited; in thousands,

except share data)

 

ASSETS

      

Current Assets

      

Cash and equivalents

   $ 404,872     $ 624,863     $ 617,694  

Accounts receivable, net

     565,314       728,229       873,542  

Inventories

     487,886       534,158       485,925  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     375,561       314,503       409,689  
                        

Total current assets

     1,833,633       2,201,753       2,386,850  
                        

Noncurrent Assets

      

Property, plant, and equipment, net

     516,424       514,747       536,162  

Goodwill

     812,233       846,264       815,803  

Other noncurrent assets

     943,659       878,728       936,224  
                        

Total Assets

   $ 4,105,949     $ 4,441,492     $ 4,675,039  
                        

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

      

Current Liabilities

      

Current portion of long-term debt

     150,000       10,000       150,000  

Accounts payable

     198,584       307,591       421,736  

Accrued liabilities

     401,545       505,709       649,383  

Income taxes payable

     20,838       3,214       38,855  
                        

Total current liabilities

     770,967       826,514       1,259,974  
                        

Noncurrent Liabilities

      

Long-term debt

     750,000       900,000       750,000  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     538,939       375,704       547,930  
                        

Total noncurrent liabilities

     1,288,939       1,275,704       1,297,930  
                        

Stockholders’ Equity

      

Common stock $1.00 par value, 1.0 billion shares authorized; 441.4 million shares issued

     441,369       441,369       441,369  

Additional paid-in capital

     1,650,966       1,632,945       1,642,092  

Treasury stock at cost; 82.9 million shares, 78.9 million shares and 82.9 million shares, respectively

     (1,620,062 )     (1,548,725 )     (1,621,264 )

Retained earnings

     2,034,654       1,930,838       2,085,573  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (460,884 )     (117,153 )     (430,635 )
                        

Total stockholders’ equity

     2,046,043       2,339,274       2,117,135  
                        

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 4,105,949     $ 4,441,492     $ 4,675,039  
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
       March 31,  
2009
      March 31,  
2008
 
     (Unaudited; in thousands,
except per share amounts)
 

Net Sales

   $   785,646     $   919,299  

Cost of sales

     439,774       522,463  
                

Gross Profit

     345,872       396,836  

Advertising and promotion expenses

     84,064       102,961  

Other selling and administrative expenses

     317,017       330,410  
                

Operating Loss

     (55,209 )     (36,535 )

Interest expense

     15,917       16,049  

Interest (income)

     (3,478 )     (8,547 )

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

     (2,198 )     15,765  
                

Loss Before Income Taxes

     (65,450 )     (59,802 )

Benefit for income taxes

     (14,464 )     (13,156 )
                

Net Loss

   $ (50,986 )   $ (46,646 )
                

Net Loss Per Common Share—Basic

   $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                

Weighted average number of common shares

     358,891       361,751  
                

Net Loss Per Common Share—Diluted

   $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                

Weighted average number of common and potential common shares

     358,891       361,751  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (Unaudited; in thousands)  

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (50,986 )   $ (46,646 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows used for operating activities:

    

Net gain on disposal of property, plant, and equipment

     —         (100 )

Depreciation

     38,388       40,315  

Amortization

     5,977       2,911  

Deferred income taxes

     (8,169 )     (25,668 )

Share-based compensation

     9,438       7,050  

Increase (decrease) from changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     291,386       289,525  

Inventories

     (4,539 )     (89,921 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (27,528 )     (31,404 )

Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and income taxes payable

     (477,021 )     (365,647 )

Other, net

     8,247       (44,850 )
                

Net cash flows used for operating activities

     (214,807 )     (264,435 )
                

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

    

Purchases of tools, dies, and molds

     (9,366 )     (16,544 )

Purchases of other property, plant, and equipment

     (10,766 )     (16,153 )

Proceeds from sale of investments

     55,400       —    

Proceeds from sale of other property, plant, and equipment

     135       1,388  

(Payments) proceeds from foreign currency forward exchange contracts

     (12,112 )     34,256  
                

Net cash flows provided by investing activities

     23,291       2,947  
                

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

    

Payments of short-term borrowings

     —         (349,003 )

Payments of long-term borrowings

     —         (40,000 )

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     —         347,182  

Payment of credit facility renewal costs

     (10,208 )     —    

Share repurchases

     —         (129 )

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     206       13,320  

Other, net

     499       373  
                

Net cash flows used for financing activities

     (9,503 )     (28,257 )
                

Effect of Currency Exchange Rate Changes on Cash

     (11,803 )     13,460  
                

Decrease in Cash and Equivalents

     (212,822 )     (276,285 )

Cash and Equivalents at Beginning of Period

     617,694       901,148  
                

Cash and Equivalents at End of Period

   $       404,872     $       624,863  
                

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

    

Cash paid during the period for:

    

Income taxes, gross

   $ 24,935     $ 22,369  

Interest

     12,093       9,301  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of only those of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and interim results of Mattel, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Mattel”) as of and for the periods presented, have been included. Because Mattel’s business is seasonal, results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of those that may be expected for a full year.

The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, however, the accompanying interim notes to the consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The financial information included herein should be read in conjunction with Mattel’s consolidated financial statements and related notes in its 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

2. Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $23.2 million as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and $25.9 million as of December 31, 2008.

 

3. Inventories

Inventories include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Raw materials and work in process

   $ 63,996    $ 58,350    $ 57,311

Finished goods

     423,890      475,808      428,614
                    
   $      487,886    $       534,158    $            485,925
                    

 

4. Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment, net include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008     December 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Land

   $ 26,694     $ 26,940     $ 26,499  

Buildings

     237,040       241,078       237,561  

Machinery and equipment

     754,302       814,624       758,656  

Tools, dies, and molds

     553,565       600,486       544,789  

Capital leases

     23,271       23,271       23,271  

Leasehold improvements

     168,272       152,072       162,288  
                        
     1,763,144       1,858,471       1,753,064  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (1,246,720 )     (1,343,724 )     (1,216,902 )
                        
   $       516,424     $        514,747     $           536,162  
                        

 

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5. Goodwill

Goodwill is allocated to various reporting units, which are either at the operating segment level or one reporting level below the operating segment level, for purposes of evaluating whether goodwill is impaired. Mattel’s reporting units are: Mattel Girls Brands US, Mattel Boys Brands US, Fisher-Price Brands US, American Girl Brands, and International. Mattel tests its goodwill for impairment annually in the third quarter, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable, based on the fair value of the cash flows that the reporting units can be expected to generate in the future.

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting unit for the three months ended March 31, 2009 is shown below. Brand-specific goodwill held by foreign subsidiaries is allocated to the US reporting units selling those brands, thereby causing foreign currency translation impact for the US reporting units.

 

     December 31, 2008    Impact of Currency
Exchange Rate
Changes
    March 31, 2009
     (In thousands)

Mattel Girls Brands US

   $ 29,224    $ (489 )   $ 28,735

Mattel Boys Brands US

     130,883      (407 )     130,476

Fisher-Price Brands US

     215,520      (96 )     215,424

American Girl Brands

     207,571      —         207,571

International

     232,605      (2,578 )     230,027
                     
   $            815,803    $               (3,570 )   $        812,233
                     

 

6. Other Noncurrent Assets

Other noncurrent assets include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Deferred income taxes

   $ 533,807    $ 492,862    $ 524,451

Nonamortizable identifiable intangibles

     128,382      128,382      128,382

Identifiable intangibles (net of amortization of $63.2 million, $54.5 million, and $61.8 million, respectively)

     102,355      68,140      107,447

Other

     179,115      189,344      175,944
                    
   $        943,659    $        878,728    $             936,224
                    

In October 2008, Mattel acquired Sekkoia SAS, which owns the Blokus ® trademark and trade name rights, for $35.1 million in cash, including acquisition costs. In connection with the acquisition, Mattel recorded goodwill and amortizable identifiable intangible assets totaling $18.1 million and $22.9 million, respectively.

In August 2008, Mattel acquired the intellectual property rights related to Whac-a-Mole ® for $23.5 million, including acquisition costs, which is included within amortizable identifiable intangibles.

 

7. Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents information about Mattel’s assets and liabilities measured and reported in the financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2009 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized to determine such fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access.

 

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Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

   

Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Mattel does not have any significant financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value using Level 1 or Level 3 inputs as of March 31, 2009, March 31, 2008, or December 31, 2008. Mattel’s financial assets and liabilities measured using Level 2 inputs include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Assets:

        

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)

   $ 30,594    $ 13,531    $ 24,714
                    

Liabilities:

        

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)

   $ 19,516    $ 44,772    $ 12,326

Interest rate swaps (b)

     2,495      5,304      1,934
                    

Total liabilities

   $          22,011    $          50,076    $               14,260
                    

 

(a) The fair value of the foreign currency forward exchange contracts is based on dealer quotes of market forward rates and reflects the amount that Mattel would receive or pay at their maturity dates for contracts involving the same currencies and maturity dates.
(b) The fair value of the interest rate swaps is based on dealer quotes using cash flows discounted at relevant market interest rates.

Effective January 1, 2009, Mattel adopted SFAS No. 157, for all nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, such as goodwill and identifiable intangible assets. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis did not impact Mattel’s financial position or results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009, and Mattel does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the amounts reported in the financial statements in future periods.

 

8. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Royalties

   $ 35,781    $ 51,444    $ 86,152

Advertising and promotion

     32,612      51,478      56,941

Derivatives payable

     21,797      44,680      11,757

Receivable collections due bank

     2,009      24,523      82,245

Other

     309,346      333,584      412,288
                    
   $        401,545    $        505,709    $             649,383
                    

 

9. Product Recalls and Withdrawals

During 2007, Mattel recalled products with high-powered magnets that may become dislodged and other products, some of which were produced using non-approved paint containing lead in excess of applicable regulatory and Mattel standards. During the second half of 2007, additional products were recalled, withdrawn from retail stores, or replaced at the request of consumers as a result of safety or quality issues (collectively, the

 

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“2007 Product Recalls”). In the second quarter of 2008, Mattel determined that certain products had been shipped into foreign markets in which the products did not meet all applicable regulatory standards for those markets. None of these deficiencies related to lead or magnets. Mattel withdrew these products from retail stores in these markets and, although not required to do so, also withdrew the products from the US and other markets because they did not meet Mattel’s internal standards (the “2008 Product Withdrawal”).

The following table summarizes Mattel’s reserves and reserve activity for the 2007 Product Recalls and the 2008 Product Withdrawal for the three months ended March 31, 2009:

 

     Reserves at
December 31,
2008
   Reserves
Used
    Changes in
Estimates
    Impact of Currency
Exchange Rate
Changes
    Reserves at
March 31,
2009
     (In thousands)

Product returns/redemption

   $ 3,605    $ (423 )   $ (576 )   $ (8 )   $ 2,598

Other

     1,338      (61 )     (12 )     (10 )     1,255
                                     
   $       4,943    $   (484 )   $       (588 )   $                     (18 )   $     3,853
                                     

The following table summarizes Mattel’s reserves and reserve activity for the 2007 Product Recalls for the three months ended March 31, 2008:

 

     Reserves at
December 31,
2007
   Reserves
Used
    Changes in
Estimates
   Impact of Currency
Exchange Rate
Changes
   Reserves at
March 31,
2008
     (In thousands)

Product returns/redemption

   $ 12,612    $ (7,932 )   $ 2,460    $ 399    $ 7,539

Other

     2,360      (879 )     768      —        2,249
                                   
   $      14,972    $  (8,811 )   $     3,228    $                     399    $      9,788
                                   

Following the announcement of the 2007 Product Recalls and 2008 Product Withdrawal, a number of lawsuits were filed against Mattel with respect to the recalled and withdrawn products, which are more fully described in Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Mattel’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 21, “Contingencies,” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel recorded charges of $20.9 million, which are included in other selling and administrative expenses to reserve for the settlement of a portion of the above-described product liability related litigation.

Although management is not aware of any additional quality or safety issues that are likely to result in material recalls or withdrawals, there can be no assurance that additional issues will not be identified in the future.

 

10. Restructuring Charges

During the second quarter of 2008, Mattel initiated the Global Cost Leadership program, which is designed to improve operating efficiencies and leverage Mattel’s global scale to improve profitability and operating cash flows. The major initiatives of Mattel’s Global Cost Leadership program include:

 

   

A global reduction in Mattel’s professional workforce of approximately 1,000 employees that was implemented in November 2008.

 

   

A coordinated efficiency strategic plan that includes structural changes designed to lower costs and improve efficiencies; for example, offshoring and outsourcing certain back office functions, and more clustering of management for international markets.

 

   

Additional procurement initiatives designed to fully leverage Mattel’s global scale in areas such as creative agency partnerships, legal services, and distribution, including ocean carriers and over-the-road freight vendors.

 

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In connection with the Global Cost Leadership program, during the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel recorded severance and other termination-related charges of approximately $5 million, which are included in other selling and administrative expenses. The following table summarizes Mattel’s severance and other termination costs activity for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (in thousands):

 

     Reserves at
December 31,
2008
   Additional
Expenses
Incurred
   Payments     Reserves at
March 31,
2009

Severance

   $ 17,115    $ 4,686    $ (9,760 )   $ 12,041

Other termination costs

     881      13      (54 )     840
                            
   $       17,996    $     4,699    $   (9,814 )   $    12,881
                            

 

11. Seasonal Financing

Mattel maintains and periodically amends or replaces its domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility with a commercial bank group that is used as the primary source of financing for the seasonal working capital requirements of its domestic subsidiaries. The agreement in effect was amended and restated on March 23, 2009 to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the credit facility to March 23, 2012, (ii) reduce aggregate commitments under the credit facility from $1.3 billion to $880.0 million, with an “accordion feature,” which would allow Mattel to increase the availability under the credit facility to $1.08 billion under certain circumstances, (iii) add an interest rate floor equal to 30 day LIBOR plus 1.00% for base rate loans under the credit facility, (iv) increase the applicable interest rate margins to a range of 2.00% to 3.00% above the applicable base rate for base rate loans, and 2.5% to 3.5% above the applicable LIBOR rate for Eurodollar rate loans, depending on Mattel’s senior unsecured long term debt rating, (v) increase commitment fees to a range of 0.25% to 0.75% of the unused commitments under the credit facility, and (vi) replace the consolidated debt-to-capital ratio with a consolidated debt-to-earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ratio. In addition, on April 29, 2009, Mattel utilized the accordion feature under the credit facility to increase aggregate commitments under the credit facility from $880.0 million to $940.0 million, while reducing availability under the accordion feature from $200.0 million to $140.0 million.

Mattel has a $300.0 million domestic receivables sales facility that is a sub-facility of Mattel’s domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility, which was also amended in connection with the amendment of the credit facility. The amendment to the receivables sales facility, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date of the receivables sales facility to March 23, 2012, and (ii) incorporated the credit facility’s increased applicable interest rate margins described above.

 

12. Long-term Debt

Long-term debt includes the following:

 

     March 31,
2009
    March 31,
2008
    December 31,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Medium-term notes due April 2009 to November 2013

   $ 250,000     $ 260,000     $ 250,000  

2006 Senior Notes due June 2009 to June 2011

     300,000       300,000       300,000  

2008 Senior Notes due March 2013

     350,000       350,000       350,000  
                        
     900,000       910,000       900,000  

Less: current portion

     (150,000 )     (10,000 )     (150,000 )
                        
   $ 750,000     $ 900,000     $     750,000  
                        

 

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13. Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other noncurrent liabilities include the following:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Benefit plan liabilities

   $ 283,844    $ 144,874    $ 286,557

Noncurrent tax liabilities

     132,667      119,182      132,744

Other

     122,428      111,648      128,629
                    
   $       538,939    $        375,704    $             547,930
                    

 

14. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in the components of comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, are as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Net loss

   $ (50,986 )   $ (46,646 )

Currency translation adjustments

     (39,125 )     72,823  

Defined benefit pension plans, net prior service cost and net actuarial loss

     (5,985 )     304  

Net unrealized gains/losses on derivative instruments:

    

Unrealized holding gains/losses

     16,522       (18,580 )

Reclassification adjustment for realized gains/losses included in net loss

     (1,661 )     4,110  
                
              14,861       (14,470 )
                
   $ (81,235 )   $         12,011  
                

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:

 

     March 31,
2009
    March 31,
2008
    December 31,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Currency translation adjustments

   $ (313,976 )   $ (9,451 )   $ (274,851 )

Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans, net of tax

     (166,698 )     (72,773 )     (160,713 )

Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net of tax

     19,790       (34,929 )     4,929  
                        
   $ (460,884 )   $ (117,153 )   $   (430,635 )
                        

Currency Translation Adjustments

Mattel’s reporting currency is the US dollar. The translation of its results of operations and financial position of subsidiaries with non-US dollar functional currencies subjects Mattel to currency exchange rate fluctuations in its results of operations and financial position. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries with non-US dollar functional currencies are translated into US dollars at fiscal period-end exchange rates. Income, expense, and cash flow items are translated at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal period. The resulting currency translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within stockholders’ equity. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, currency translation adjustments resulted in a net loss of $39.1 million, with losses primarily from the weakening of the Euro, British pound sterling, and Mexican peso against the US dollar. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, currency translation adjustments resulted in a net gain of $72.8 million, with gains from the strengthening of the Euro, Chilean peso, and Mexican peso against the US dollar.

 

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15. Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses

Currency exchange rate fluctuations may impact Mattel’s results of operations and cash flows. Mattel’s currency transaction exposures include gains and losses realized on unhedged inventory purchases and unhedged receivables and payables balances that are denominated in a currency other than the applicable functional currency. Gains and losses on unhedged inventory purchases and other transactions associated with operating activities are recorded in the components of operating income to which they relate in the consolidated statements of operations. For hedges of intercompany loans and advances, which do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses on the hedges resulting from changes in fair value as well as the offsetting transaction gains or losses on the related hedged items, along with unhedged items, are recognized in non-operating (income) expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Inventory purchase and sale transactions denominated in the Euro, British pound sterling, Mexican peso, and Venezuelan bolivar fuerte are the primary transactions that cause foreign currency transaction exposure for Mattel.

Currency transaction (gains) losses included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Operating loss

   $        (14,394 )   $        (14,997 )

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

     (2,378 )     16,758  
                

Net transaction (gains) loss

   $ (16,772 )   $ 1,761  
                

 

16. Derivative Instruments

Effective January 1, 2009 and as required, Mattel adopted SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. SFAS No. 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, to provide users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of (i) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (ii) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and its related interpretations, and (iii) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The adoption of SFAS No. 161 had no impact on Mattel’s financial statements.

Mattel seeks to mitigate its exposure to foreign currency transaction risk by monitoring its foreign currency transaction exposure for the year and partially hedging such exposure using foreign currency forward exchange contracts. Mattel uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts as cash flow hedges primarily to hedge its purchases and sales of inventory denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts generally have maturity dates up to 18 months. These cash flow hedges are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 , whereby the unsettled hedges are reported in Mattel’s consolidated balance sheets at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the hedges reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”). Realized gains and losses for these contracts are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the inventory is sold to customers. Additionally, Mattel uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge intercompany loans and advances denominated in foreign currencies. Due to the short-term nature of the contracts involved, Mattel does not use hedge accounting for these contracts, and as such, changes in fair value are recorded in the period of change in the consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2009, Mattel held foreign currency forward exchange contracts with notional amounts of approximately $1.16 billion, which was equal to the exposure hedged.

In connection with the issuance of its $100.0 million of unsecured floating rate senior notes (“Floating Rate Senior Notes”), Mattel entered into two interest rate swap agreements, each in a notional amount of $50.0 million, for the purpose of hedging the variability of cash flows in the interest payments due to fluctuations of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate. These cash flow hedges are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 , whereby

 

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the hedges are reported in Mattel’s consolidated balance sheets at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the hedges reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Under the terms of the agreements, Mattel receives quarterly interest payments from the swap counterparties based on the three-month LIBOR plus 40 basis points and makes semi-annual interest payments to the swap counterparties based on a fixed rate of 5.871%. The three-month LIBOR used to determine interest payments under the interest rate swap agreements resets every three months, matching the variable interest on the Floating Rate Senior Notes. The agreements expire in June 2009, which corresponds with the maturity of the Floating Rate Senior Notes.

The following table presents Mattel’s derivative assets and liabilities at March 31, 2009 (in thousands):

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Balance Sheet Location

   Fair Value   

Balance Sheet Location

   Fair Value

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133

           

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

  

Prepaid expenses and other

current assets

 

   $

 

28,214

 

  

Accrued liabilities

 

   $

 

10,126

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

   Other noncurrent assets      2,380    Other noncurrent liabilities      214

Interest rate swaps

        —      Accrued liabilities      2,495
                   

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133

      $   30,594       $   12,835
                   

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133

           

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

      $ —      Accrued liabilities    $ 9,176
                   

The following table presents the location and amount of gains and losses, net of taxes, from derivatives reported in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009:

 

     Amount of (Gain)
Loss Recognized
in AOCL
    Amount of (Gain)
Reclassified from
AOCL to
Statements of
Operations
    Statements of
Operations
Location
     (in thousands)

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133

      

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

   $ 16,871     $ (1,661 )   Cost of sales

Interest rate swaps

     (349 )     —      
                  

Total

   $             16,522     $             (1,661 )  
                  

The $1.7 million net gain reclassified from AOCL to the statements of operations is offset by the changes in cash flows associated with the underlying hedged transactions.

 

     Amount of Loss
Recognized in the
Statements of
Operations
   Statements of Operations
Location
     (in thousands)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under SFAS
No. 133

     

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

   $           22,060    Other non-operating
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The $22.1 million net loss recognized in the statements of operations is offset by transaction net gains on the related hedged items.

 

17. Other Selling and Administrative Expenses

Other selling and administrative expenses include the following:

 

     For the Three Months Ended
     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Design and development

   $          40,120    $          42,612

Identifiable intangible asset amortization

     2,724      2,488

 

18. Loss Per Share

Effective January 1, 2009, Mattel adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Staff Position (“FSP”) Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities . Under FSP EITF No. 03-6-1, unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method as described in SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share .

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing reported net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period.

Diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing reported net income by the weighted average number of common shares and potential common shares outstanding during each period. The calculation of potential common shares assumes the exercise of dilutive stock options, net of assumed treasury share repurchases at average market prices. All potential common shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 because they were anti-dilutive due to Mattel’s net loss position.

 

19. Employee Benefit Plans

Mattel and certain of its subsidiaries have qualified and nonqualified retirement plans covering substantially all employees of these companies, which are more fully described in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in its 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s defined benefit pension plans is as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Service cost

   $ 3,382     $ 3,324  

Interest cost

     7,500       6,585  

Expected return on plan assets

     (7,348 )     (6,734 )

Amortization of prior service cost

     385       478  

Recognized actuarial loss

     3,025       1,462  
                
   $            6,944     $            5,115  
                

 

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A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s postretirement benefit plans is as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended
     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Service cost

   $ 26    $ 24

Interest cost

     664      717

Recognized actuarial loss

     177      129
             
   $              867    $              870
             

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel made cash contributions totaling approximately $5 million and $1 million, respectively, to its defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans.

 

20. Share-Based Payments

Mattel has various stock compensation plans, which are more fully described in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in its 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the Mattel, Inc. 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”), Mattel has the ability to grant nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), dividend equivalent rights, and shares of common stock to officers, employees, and other persons providing services to Mattel. Stock options expire no later than ten years from the date of grant and both stock options and RSUs generally provide for vesting over a period of three years from the date of grant. Such stock options under the 2005 Plan were granted with exercise prices at or above the fair market value of Mattel’s common stock on the applicable measurement dates.

Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expense, related to stock options and RSUs is as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended
     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Stock option compensation expense

   $ 2,462    $ 1,786

RSU compensation expense

     6,976      5,264
             
   $            9,438    $            7,050
             

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel recognized compensation expense of $0.5 million, which is included in the RSU compensation expense amounts noted above, for performance RSUs granted in connection with its January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan, as more fully described in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in its 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

As of March 31, 2009, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based payments totaled $62.4 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

Mattel uses treasury shares purchased under its share repurchase program to satisfy stock option exercises and the vesting of RSUs. Cash received for stock option exercises for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $0.2 million and $13.3 million, respectively.

 

21. Contingencies

With regard to the claims against Mattel described below, Mattel intends to defend itself vigorously. Except as described in Note 9, “Product Recalls and Withdrawals,” management cannot reasonably determine the scope or amount of possible liabilities that could result from an unfavorable settlement or resolution of these claims,

 

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and no reserves for these claims have been established as of March 31, 2009. However, it is possible that an unfavorable resolution of these claims could have a material adverse effect on Mattel’s financial condition and results of operations, and there can be no assurance that Mattel will be able to achieve a favorable settlement or resolution of these claims.

Litigation Related to Carter Bryant and MGA Entertainment, Inc.

In April 2004, Mattel filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Carter Bryant (“Bryant”), a former Mattel design employee. The suit alleges that Bryant aided and assisted a Mattel competitor, MGA Entertainment, Inc. (“MGA”), during the time he was employed by Mattel, in violation of his contractual and other duties to Mattel. In September 2004, Bryant asserted counterclaims against Mattel, including counterclaims in which Bryant sought, as a putative class action representative, to invalidate Mattel’s Confidential Information and Proprietary Inventions Agreements with its employees. Bryant also removed Mattel’s suit to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In December 2004, MGA intervened as a party-defendant in Mattel’s action against Bryant, asserting that its rights to Bratz properties are at stake in the litigation.

Separately, in November 2004, Bryant filed an action against Mattel in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The action sought a judicial declaration that Bryant’s purported conveyance of rights in Bratz was proper and that he did not misappropriate Mattel property in creating Bratz.

In April 2005, MGA filed suit against Mattel in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. MGA’s action alleges claims of trade dress infringement, trade dress dilution, false designation of origin, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. The suit alleges, among other things, that certain products, themes, packaging, and/or television commercials in various Mattel product lines have infringed upon products, themes, packaging, and/or television commercials for various MGA product lines, including Bratz. The complaint also asserts that various alleged Mattel acts with respect to unidentified retailers, distributors, and licensees have damaged MGA and that various alleged acts by industry organizations, purportedly induced by Mattel, have damaged MGA. MGA’s suit alleges that MGA has been damaged in an amount “believed to reach or exceed tens of millions of dollars” and further seeks punitive damages, disgorgement of Mattel’s profits and injunctive relief.

In June 2006, the three cases were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On July 17, 2006, the Court issued an order dismissing all claims that Bryant had asserted against Mattel, including Bryant’s purported counterclaims to invalidate Mattel’s Confidential Information and Proprietary Inventions Agreements with its employees, and Bryant’s claims for declaratory relief. Mattel believes the remaining MGA claims against it are without merit and intends to continue to vigorously defend against them.

In November 2006, Mattel asked the Court for leave to file an Amended Complaint that included not only additional claims against Bryant, but also included claims for copyright infringement, RICO violations, misappropriation of trade secrets, intentional interference with contract, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and breach of duty of loyalty, and unfair competition, among others, against MGA, its CEO Isaac Larian, certain MGA affiliates and an MGA employee. The basis for the Amended Complaint was the MGA defendants’ infringement of Mattel’s copyrights and their pattern of misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition in violation of the applicable statutes. On January 12, 2007, the Court granted Mattel leave to file these claims as counterclaims in the consolidated cases, which Mattel did that same day.

In February 2007, the Court decided that the consolidated cases would be tried in two phases, with the first trial to determine claims and defenses related to Mattel’s ownership of Bratz works and whether MGA infringed those works. The second trial, which is currently scheduled to commence in spring 2010, will consider both Mattel’s separate claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and violations of the RICO statute and MGA’s claims for unfair competition.

 

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On May 19, 2008, Bryant reached a confidential settlement agreement with Mattel and is no longer a defendant in the litigation. In the public stipulation entered by Mattel and Bryant in connection with the resolution, Bryant agreed that he was and would continue to be bound by all prior and future Court Orders relating to Bratz ownership and infringement, including the Court’s summary judgment rulings.

The first phase of the first trial, which began on May 27, 2008, resulted in a unanimous jury verdict on July 17, 2008 in favor of Mattel, finding that almost all of the Bratz design drawings and other works in question were created by Bryant while he was employed at Mattel. Among other things, the jury determined that MGA and Isaac Larian intentionally interfered with the contractual duties owed by Bryant to Mattel, aided and abetted Bryant’s breaches of his duty of loyalty to Mattel, aided and abetted Bryant’s breaches of the fiduciary duties he owed to Mattel, and converted Mattel property for their own use.

In the second phase of the first trial, which began on July 23, 2008, the same jury determined the amount of damages to award to Mattel for MGA’s and Isaac Larian’s conversion, intentional interference with Bryant’s contractual duties, and aiding and abetting Bryant’s breaches of his fiduciary duties and duty of loyalty to Mattel. In addition, the jury determined if Bratz dolls and related products infringe on the Bratz drawings and other works owned by Mattel, what damages to assess for such infringement, and whether certain defenses asserted by MGA have merit. The jury was instructed that if it found infringement, it was to determine the amount of damages to be awarded to Mattel due to the infringement. On August 26, 2008, the jury rendered a unanimous verdict for Mattel in the second phase of the trial. The jury found that defendants MGA, Larian, and MGA Entertainment (HK) Limited infringed Mattel’s copyrights in the Bratz design drawings and other Bratz works. The jury awarded Mattel total damages of approximately $100 million against the defendants for the copyright infringement claim and the claims that the defendants intentionally interfered with Bryant’s contract, aided and abetted Bryant’s breach of his fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty to Mattel, and converted Mattel’s property for their own use.

Post-trial, Mattel moved the Court to enjoin MGA from producing infringing products in the future. Mattel also asked the Court to award to Mattel certain rights in the term “Bratz”, which the jury found Bryant had conceived and created while a Mattel employee. Mattel also moved the Court to enter declaratory relief confirming, among other things, Mattel’s rights in the Bratz works found by the jury to have been created by Bryant during his Mattel employment. MGA filed motions as well, including a motion that asserted the Court should rule for MGA on equitable affirmative defenses such as laches, waiver and estoppel against Mattel’s claims. On December 3, 2008, the Court issued a series of orders rejecting MGA’s equitable defenses and granting Mattel’s motions, including an order enjoining the MGA party defendants from manufacturing, marketing, or selling certain Bratz fashion dolls or from using the “Bratz” name. The Court stayed the effect of the December 3, 2008 injunctive orders until further order of the Court and entered a further specified stay of the injunctive orders on January 7, 2009.

The parties filed and argued additional motions for post-trial relief, including a request by MGA to enter judgment as a matter of law on Mattel’s claims in MGA’s favor and to reduce the jury’s damages award to Mattel. Mattel additionally moved for the appointment of a receiver. On April 27, 2009, the Court entered an order confirming that Bratz works found by the jury to have been created by Bryant during his Mattel employment are and were Mattel’s property and that hundreds of Bratz female fashion dolls infringe Mattel’s copyrights. The Court also upheld the jury’s award of damages in the amount of $100 million and ordered an accounting of post-trial Bratz sales. The Court further vacated the stay of the December 3, 2008 orders, except to the extent specified by the Court’s January 7, 2009 modification. Finally, the Court appointed a temporary receiver with powers to manage, supervise and oversee the Bratz brand and assets of the MGA entities.

 

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Litigation Related to Product Recalls and Withdrawals

Product Liability Litigation in the United States

Twenty-two lawsuits have been filed in the United States asserting claims arising out of the August 2, August 14, September 4, and/or October 25, 2007 voluntary product recalls by Mattel and Fisher-Price, as well as the withdrawal of red and green toy blood pressure cuffs from retail stores or their replacement at the request of consumers.

Eighteen of those cases were commenced in the following United States District Courts: ten in the Central District of California (Mayhew v. Mattel, filed August 7, 2007; White v. Mattel, filed August 16, 2007; Luttenberger v. Mattel, filed August 23, 2007; Puerzer v. Mattel, filed August 29, 2007; Shah v. Fisher-Price, filed September 13, 2007; Rusterholtz v. Mattel, filed September 27, 2007; Jimenez v. Mattel, filed October 12, 2007; Probst v. Mattel, filed November 5, 2007; Entsminger v. Mattel, filed November 9, 2007; and White v. Mattel, filed November 26, 2007, hereinafter, “White II”); three in the Southern District of New York (Shoukry v. Fisher-Price, filed August 10, 2007; Goldman v. Fisher-Price, filed August 31, 2007; and Allen v. Fisher-Price, filed November 16, 2007); two in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Monroe v. Mattel, filed August 17, 2007, and Chow v. Mattel, filed September 7, 2007); one in the Southern District of Indiana (Sarjent v. Fisher-Price, filed August 16, 2007); one in the District of South Carolina (Hughey v. Fisher-Price, filed August 24, 2007); and one in the Eastern District of Louisiana (Sanders v. Mattel, filed November 14, 2007). Two other actions originally filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court were removed to federal court in the Central District of California (Healy v. Mattel, filed August 21, 2007, and Powell v. Mattel, filed August 20, 2007). Another lawsuit commenced in San Francisco County Superior Court was removed to the federal court in the Northern District of California (Harrington v. Mattel, filed August 20, 2007). One other action was commenced in District of Columbia Superior Court and removed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (DiGiacinto v. Mattel, filed August 29, 2007). Mattel was named as a defendant in all of the actions, while Fisher-Price was named as a defendant in nineteen of the cases.

Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)

On September 5, 2007, Mattel and Fisher-Price filed a motion before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) asking that all federal actions related to the recalls be coordinated and transferred to the Central District of California (In re Mattel Inc. Toy Lead Paint Products Liability Litigation). On December 18, 2007, the JPML issued a transfer order, transferring six actions pending outside the Central District of California (Sarjent, Shoukry, Goldman, Monroe, Chow and Hughey) to the Central District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with five actions pending in the Central District (Mayhew, White, Luttenberger, Puerzer and Shah). The remaining cases (Healy, Powell, Rusterholtz, Jiminez, Probst, Harrington, DiGiacinto, Allen, Sanders, Entsminger, and White II ), so-called “potential tag-along actions,” are either already pending in the Central District of California or have been transferred there pursuant to January 3 and January 17, 2008 conditional transfer orders issued by the JPML. These matters are all currently pending in In re Mattel, Inc. Toy Lead Paint Products Liability Litigation, No. 2:07-ML-01897-DSF-AJW, MDL 1897 (C. D. Ca.) (the “MDL proceeding”).

On March 31, 2008, plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint in the MDL proceeding, which was followed with a Second Consolidated Amended Complaint (the “Consolidated Complaint”), filed on May 16, 2008. Plaintiffs seek certification of a class of all persons who, from May 2003 through the present, purchased and/or acquired certain allegedly hazardous toys. The Consolidated Complaint defines hazardous toys as those toys recalled between August 2, 2007 and October 25, 2007, due to the presence of lead in excess of applicable standards in the paint on some parts of some of the toys; those toys recalled on November 21, 2006 and August 14, 2007, related to magnets; and the red and green toy blood pressure cuffs voluntarily withdrawn from retail stores or replaced at the request of consumers. Defendants named in the Consolidated Complaint are Mattel, Fisher-Price, Target Corporation, Toys “R” Us, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., KB Toys, Inc., and Kmart Corporation. Mattel has assumed the defense of Target Corporation, Toys “R” Us, Inc., KB Toys, Inc., and Kmart Corporation,

 

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and agreed to indemnify all of the retailer defendants, for the specific claims raised in the Consolidated Complaint, which claims relate to the sale of Mattel and Fisher-Price toys.

In the Consolidated Complaint, plaintiffs assert claims for breach of implied and express warranties, negligence, strict liability, violation of the United States Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”) and related Consumer Product Safety Rules, various California consumer protection statutes, and unjust enrichment. Plaintiffs seek (i) declaratory and injunctive relief enjoining defendants from continuing the allegedly unlawful practices raised in the Consolidated Complaint; (ii) restitution and disgorgement of monies acquired by defendants from the allegedly unlawful practices; (iii) costs of initial diagnostic blood lead level testing to detect possible injury to plaintiffs and members of the class; (iv) costs of treatment for those who test positive to the initial diagnostic blood lead level testing; (v) reimbursement of the purchase price for the allegedly hazardous toys; and (vi) costs and attorneys’ fees. On June 24, 2008, defendants filed motions to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. On November 24, 2008, the Court granted defendants’ motion with respect to plaintiffs’ claims under the CPSA related to the magnet toys and the toy blood pressure cuffs and denied defendants’ motions in all other respects. Discovery has commenced and is ongoing, but is in the very early stages.

California Proposition 65 Claims and State Attorneys General Inquiries

On September 24 and September 26, 2007, respectively, the Environmental Law Foundation and the Center for Environmental Health, each of which is a non-profit environmental group, issued pre-litigation notices of intent to sue (the “Notices”) against Mattel for allegedly failing to issue clear and reasonable warnings in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 25249.6 (“Proposition 65”) with regard to potential exposures to lead and lead compounds from certain toys distributed for sale in California. Pursuant to Proposition 65, the pre-litigation Notices had to be served on the California Attorney General, the district attorneys in California, and certain city attorneys, at least sixty days before the Noticing Parties could proceed with a formal lawsuit.

On November 19, 2007, the California Attorney General, joined by the Los Angeles City Attorney, brought suit against Mattel and Fisher-Price, along with a number of other entities alleged to have manufactured and/or sold children’s products that exposed children to lead, in Alameda County Superior Court in California. The complaint asserted claims for violation of Proposition 65 (California Health & Safety Code § 25249.6 et seq.) and the California Unfair Competition Act (California Business & Professions Code § 17200 et seq.) and sought civil penalties up to $2,500 per day for each violation of each statute, restitution pursuant to Business & Professions Code § 17203, and injunctive relief. The filing of this action by the Attorney General precluded several environmental non-profit groups that had issued pre-suit notices of intent to bring Proposition 65 claims from proceeding with such claims of their own. The California Attorney General’s lawsuit was served on Mattel and Fisher-Price on January 23, 2008. The Alameda County Superior Court designated the case as complex. On November 12, 2008, Mattel reached a settlement of the lawsuit in which it did not admit liability, but agreed to make certain payments totaling $1 million, to implement certain quality assurance measures, and to comply as of the effective date of the settlement with certain federal lead standards scheduled to become effective at various times in the future. On December 31, 2008, the Court approved a consent judgment among Mattel, Fisher-Price, and Plaintiffs reflecting the terms of the settlement.

In addition, Mattel has responded to formal and informal inquiries from, and produced certain information and documents to, a number of state attorneys general. In December 2008 and January 2009, Mattel and Fisher-Price entered into consent judgments with Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Under the terms of the consent judgments, Mattel and Fisher-Price agreed to pay a total of $12 million to be divided among the various states and to comply as of the effective date of the settlements with certain federal lead standards scheduled to become effective at

 

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various times in the future. The consent judgments have been approved by the respective courts in each of these states, except in Illinois where approval remains pending.

Product Liability Litigation in Canada

Since September 26, 2007, eight proposed class actions have been filed in the provincial superior courts of the following Canadian provinces: British Columbia (Trainor v. Fisher-Price, filed September 26, 2007); Alberta (Cairns v. Fisher-Price, filed September 26, 2007); Saskatchewan (Sharp v. Mattel Canada, filed September 26, 2007); Quebec (El-Mousfi v. Mattel Canada, filed September 27, 2007, and Fortier v. Mattel Canada, filed October 10, 2007); Ontario (Wiggins v. Mattel Canada, filed September 28, 2007); New Brunswick (Travis v. Fisher-Price, filed September 28, 2007); and Manitoba (Close v. Fisher-Price, filed October 3, 2007). Mattel, Fisher-Price, and Mattel Canada are defendants in all of the actions, and Fisher-Price Canada is a defendant in two of the actions (El-Mousfi and Wiggins). All but one of the cases seek certification of both a class of residents of that province and a class of all other residents of Canada outside the province where the action was filed. The classes are generally defined similarly in all of the actions to include both purchasers of the toys recalled by Mattel and Fisher-Price in August and September 2007 and children, either directly or through their parents as “next friends,” who have had contact with those toys.

The actions in Canada generally allege that defendants were negligent in allowing their products to be manufactured and sold with lead paint on the toys and negligent in the design of the toys with small magnets, which led to the sale of defective products. The cases typically state claims in four categories: (i) production of a defective product; (ii) misrepresentations; (iii) negligence; and (iv) violations of consumer protection statutes. Plaintiffs generally seek general and special damages, damages in the amount of monies paid for testing of children based on alleged exposure to lead, restitution of any amount of monies paid for replacing recalled toys, disgorgement of benefits resulting from recalled toys, aggravated and punitive damages, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, and an award of litigation costs and attorneys’ fees. Plaintiffs in all of the actions except one do not specify the amount of damages sought. In the Ontario action (Wiggins), plaintiff demands general damages of CDN$75 million and special damages of CDN$150 million, in addition to the other remedies. In November 2007, the class action suit commenced by Mr. Fortier was voluntarily discontinued. In October 2008, counsel in the Quebec class action (El-Mousfi) sought permission from the Court to discontinue that action, and that request remains pending.

After the discontinuance of his class action suit, Mr. Fortier filed an individual action in Quebec (Fortier v. Mattel Canada, Inc., filed on November 22, 2007). In his individual action, Mr. Fortier alleges that he purchased recalled toys and, as a result, suffered damages, including consequential and incidental damages such as worry, concern, and costs of the products and replacement products, medicines, diagnosis, and treatment. Mr. Fortier alleges damages of CDN$5 million. Mattel moved to stay Mr. Fortier’s individual action pending resolution of the request to proceed as a class action filed in the El-Mousfi action also pending in Quebec, and that motion to stay was denied.

All of the actions in Canada are at a preliminary stage.

Product Liability and Related Claims in Brazil

Three consumer protection associations and agencies have filed claims against Mattel’s subsidiary Mattel do Brasil Ltda. in the following courts in Brazil: (a) the Public Treasury Court in the State of Santa Catarina (Associacao Catarinense de Defesa dos Cidadaos, dos Consumidores e dos Contribuintes (“ACC/SC”)—ACC/SC v. Mattel do Brasil Ltda., filed on February 2, 2007); (b) the Second Commercial Court in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Consumer Protection Committee of the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Body (“CPLeg/RJ”)—CPLeg/RJ v. Mattel do Brasil Ltda., filed on August 17, 2007); and (c) the Sixth Civil Court of the Federal District (Brazilian Institute for the Study and Defense of Consumer Relationships (“IBEDEC”)—IBEDEC v. Mattel do Brasil Ltda., filed on September 13, 2007). The ACC/SC case is related to the recall of

 

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magnetic products in November 2006; the CPLeg/RJ case is related to the August 2007 recall of magnetic products; and the IBEDEC case is related to the August and September 2007 recalls of magnetic products and products with non-approved paint containing lead exceeding the limits established by applicable regulations and Mattel standards. The cases generally state claims in four categories: (i) production of a defective product; (ii) misrepresentations; (iii) negligence; and (iv) violations of consumer protection statutes. Plaintiffs generally seek general and special damages; restitution of monies paid by consumers to replace recalled toys; disgorgement of benefits resulting from recalled toys; aggravated and punitive damages; pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; injunctive relief; and litigation costs and attorneys’ fees. The amount of damages sought by plaintiffs is not generally specified, except that in the Public Treasury Court in the State of Santa Catarina action, ACC/SC demands general damages of approximately $1 million, in addition to other remedies, and in the Sixth Civil Court of the Federal District action, IBEDEC estimated the amount of approximately $21 million, as a basis for calculating court fees, in addition to requesting other remedies.

On June 18, 2008, the court held that the action brought by IBEDEC was without merit, and on July 1, 2008, IBEDEC filed an appeal. On July 23, 2008, Mattel do Brasil submitted its appellate brief. On September 15, 2008, the Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted its opinion to the court, which supported upholding the original decision, given that no reason had been cited for ordering the company to pay pain and suffering damages. Moreover, just as the judge had done, the Public Prosecutor’s Office determined that the mere recall of products does not trigger any obligation to indemnify any party. On November 4, 2008, the panel of three appellate judges unanimously upheld the lower court’s decision. On November 18, 2008, IBEDEC filed a special appeal and on January 5, 2009 Mattel do Brasil filed its response. On February 2, 2009, the special appeal lodged by IBEDEC was rejected. In February, 2009, IBEDEC filed a new interlocutory appeal, and on March, 16, 2009, Mattel do Brasil presented its counter arguments to the IBEDEC interlocutory appeal. Currently, Mattel do Brasil is awaiting the judgment of this new appeal.

On July 9, 2008, the court also rendered a decision concerning the action brought by CPLeg/RJ. The judge rejected the claim for general damages, but Mattel do Brasil was ordered to provide product-exchange outlets in certain locations for replacement of the recalled products, to publish in newspapers the provisions of the court decision, and to make available on its website the addresses of the outlets for replacement of recalled products and the provisions of the court’s decision. The decision also allowed the consumers who were affected by the recall to submit information to the court, so that the applicability of pecuniary damages can be analyzed later, on a case by case basis. It finally ordered Mattel do Brasil to pay attorneys’ fees in an amount equal to 10% of the value placed on the claim (with a value placed on the claim of approximately $12,500). Mattel do Brasil filed a motion seeking to resolve apparent discrepancies in the court’s decision, but the judge sustained the decision, as rendered, and Mattel do Brasil filed its appeal of such decision. On September 19, 2008, the appellate court accepted Mattel’s appeal for purposes of remand, only, and not to stay the proceedings. Seeking to prevent execution on the judgment, Mattel do Brasil filed an interlocutory appeal and requested the court grant a preliminary injunction. On October 14, 2008 the injunction was granted. On February 5, 2009, the court heard the interlocutory appeal and confirmed the injunction. The court date to hear the appeal for purposes of remand is still pending.

Since August 20, 2007, the Department of Consumer Protection and Defense (“DPDC”), the Consumer Protection Office (“PROCON”) of São Paulo, Mato Grosso and Rio de Janeiro, and public prosecutors from the States of Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, and Rio de Janeiro have brought eight administrative proceedings against Mattel do Brasil, alleging that the company offered products whose risks to consumers’ health and safety should have been known by Mattel. The proceedings have been filed with the following administrative courts: (a) DPDC (DPDC v. Mattel do Brasil Ltda., filed on August 20, 2007, and DPDC v. Mattel do Brasil Ltda., filed on September 14, 2007); (b) PROCON (PROCON/MT v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on August 29, 2007, PROCON/SP v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on September 4, 2007, and PROCON/RJ v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on August 27, 2007); and (c) the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP/RJ v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on September 27, 2007, MP/PE v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on September 28, 2007, and MP/RN v. Mattel do Brasil, filed on October 10, 2007). The administrative proceedings generally state claims based on the alleged

 

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negligence of Mattel do Brasil regarding recalled products. In the PROCON/SP proceeding, plaintiff estimated a fine equivalent to approximately $400,000. None of the other administrative proceedings listed above specify the amount of the penalties that could be applied if the claims against Mattel do Brasil are successful. On December 21, 2007, PROCON/SP rendered a decision and decided to impose a fine on Mattel do Brasil in the approximate amount of $200,000. On January 9, 2008, Mattel do Brasil filed an administrative appeal regarding the decision of December 21, 2007. On January 29, 2009, the administrative appeal was not granted and as a consequence Mattel do Brasil decided to pursue further adjudication of this matter in the Brazilian courts.

In addition to the matters discussed above, a few individual consumers in Brazil have brought individual lawsuits against Mattel do Brasil. These lawsuits have been brought in special courts that provide expedited judgments on cases involving amounts below $7,000 and in consumer defense agencies (PROCONs). Generally, these claims focus on alleged failures by Mattel to make refunds in cash or replace recalled products with new toys in the proper time and manner. At present there are 19 individual lawsuits; none of these lawsuits states a claim for damages exceeding $7,000. The special courts that provide expedited judgments have issued decisions in eleven lawsuits brought by individual consumers; in three of these cases, the court decisions order Mattel do Brasil to refund only the amounts paid by the consumers for the recalled toys; in six cases, Mattel do Brasil was also ordered to pay general damages (“danos morais”) to the consumers, which range from approximately $250 to $450. Two of the lawsuits were dismissed in their entirety.

All of the actions in Brazil are progressing and are at various stages of adjudication as described above.

 

22. Segment Information

Mattel’s operating segments are separately managed business units and are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. Mattel’s domestic operating segments include:

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands —including Barbie ® fashion dolls and accessories (“Barbie ® ”), Polly Pocket ® , Little Mommy ® , Disney Classics, and High School Musical (collectively “Other Girls Brands”), Hot Wheels ® , Matchbox ® , Speed Racer ® , and Tyco R/C ® vehicles and playsets (collectively “Wheels”), and CARS , Radica ® , Speed Racer ® , Batman ® , and Kung Fu Panda ® products, and games and puzzles (collectively “Entertainment”).

Fisher-Price Brands —including Fisher-Price ® , Little People ® , BabyGear , and View-Master ® (collectively “Core Fisher-Price ® ”), Sesame Street ® , Dora the Explorer ® , Winnie the Pooh , Go-Diego-Go! ® , and See ‘N Say ® (collectively “Fisher-Price ® Friends”), and Power Wheels ® .

American Girl Brands —including Just Like You ® , the historical collection, and Bitty Baby ® . American Girl Brands products are sold directly to consumers via its catalogue, website, and proprietary retail stores. Its children’s publications are also sold to certain retailers.

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The following tables present information about revenues, income (loss), and assets by segment. Mattel does not include sales adjustments such as trade discounts and other allowances in the calculation of segment revenues (referred to as “gross sales”). Mattel records these adjustments in its financial accounting systems at the time of sale to each customer, but the adjustments are not allocated to individual products. For this reason, Mattel’s chief operating decision maker uses gross sales by segment as one of the metrics to measure segment performance. Such sales adjustments are included in the determination of segment income from operations based on the adjustments recorded in the financial accounting systems. Segment income (loss) from operations represents operating income (loss), while consolidated loss from operations represents loss from operations before income taxes as reported in the consolidated statements of operations. The corporate and other category includes costs not allocated to individual segments, including charges related to incentive compensation, share-based payments, and corporate headquarters functions managed on a worldwide basis, and the impact of changes in foreign currency rates on intercompany transactions.

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Revenues

    

Domestic:

    

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US

   $ 220,933     $ 225,545  

Fisher-Price Brands US

     170,272       189,853  

American Girl Brands

     66,430       69,277  
                

Total Domestic

     457,635       484,675  

International

     399,504       521,992  
                

Gross sales

     857,139       1,006,667  

Sales adjustments

     (71,493 )     (87,368 )
                
   $        785,646     $         919,299  
                

Segment Income (Loss)

    

Domestic:

    

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US

   $ 14,086     $ 2,651  

Fisher-Price Brands US

     (4,016 )     (1,438 )

American Girl Brands

     (2,753 )     (1,663 )
                

Total Domestic

     7,317       (450 )

International

     9,298       23,864  
                
     16,615       23,414  

Corporate and other expense (a)

     (71,824 )     (59,949 )
                

Operating loss

     (55,209 )     (36,535 )

Interest expense

     15,917       16,049  

Interest (income)

     (3,478 )     (8,547 )

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

     (2,198 )     15,765  
                

Loss before income taxes

   $        (65,450 )   $         (59,802 )
                

 

(a) Corporate and other expense includes (i) stock compensation expense of $9.4 million and $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, (ii) accrued incentive compensation liabilities, (iii) $20.9 million legal settlement reserve for product liability related litigation, (iv) legal fees associated with the product recall-related litigation, and (v) legal fees associated with MGA litigation matters.

 

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     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In thousands)

Assets

        

Domestic:

        

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US

   $ 159,727    $ 208,483    $ 249,013

Fisher-Price Brands US

     172,156      192,436      198,241

American Girl Brands

     70,198      65,786      62,718
                    

Total Domestic

     402,081      466,705      509,972

International

     579,288      748,653      755,735
                    
     981,369      1,215,358      1,265,707

Corporate and other

     71,831      47,029      93,760
                    

Accounts receivable and inventories, net

   $      1,053,200    $     1,262,387    $         1,359,467
                    

Mattel sells a broad variety of toy products, which are grouped into three major categories: Mattel Girls & Boys Brands, Fisher-Price Brands, and American Girl Brands. The table below presents worldwide revenues by category:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Worldwide Revenues

    

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands

   $ 504,024     $ 592,780  

Fisher-Price Brands

     283,735       341,308  

American Girl Brands

     66,430       69,086  

Other

     2,950       3,493  
                

Gross sales

     857,139       1,006,667  

Sales adjustments

     (71,493 )     (87,368 )
                

Net sales

   $        785,646     $         919,299  
                

 

23. New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1, Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets . FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1 amends SFAS No. 132(R), Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits , to require additional disclosures about plan assets held in an employer’s defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan, to provide users of financial statements with an understanding of (i) how investment allocation decisions are made, including the factors that are pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies, (ii) the major categories of plan assets, (iii) the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets including the level within the fair value hierarchy, using the guidance in SFAS No. 157, and (iv) significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009. Mattel does not expect the adoption of FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1 to have a material effect on its financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or the Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly . FSP No. FAS 157-4 amends SFAS No. 157 to provide additional guidance on (i) estimating fair value when the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability have significantly decreased in relation to normal market activity for the asset or liability, and (ii) circumstances that may indicate that a transaction is not orderly. FSP No. FAS 157-4 also requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements in interim and annual reporting periods. FSP No. FAS 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. Mattel does not expect the adoption of FSP No. FAS 157-4 to have a material effect on its financial statements.

 

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In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairme nts (“FSP No. FAS 115-2”). FSP No. FAS 115-2 provides additional guidance on the timing of impairment recognition and greater clarity about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. FSP No. FAS 115-2 also requires additional disclosures about impairments in interim and annual reporting periods. FSP No. FAS 115-2 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. Mattel does not expect the adoption of FSP No. FAS 115-2 to have a material effect on its financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments. FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 amends SFAS No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim as well as in annual financial statements. This FSP also amends Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting , to require those disclosures in all interim financial statements. FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. Mattel does not expect the adoption of FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 to have a material effect on its financial statements.

 

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Item  2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial information and related notes that appear in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report. Mattel’s business is seasonal; therefore, results of operations are comparable only with corresponding periods.

Factors That May Affect Future Results

(Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)

Mattel is including this cautionary statement to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) for forward-looking statements. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “aims,” “intends,” or “projects.” A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events or circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur. Investors should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements are all based on currently available operating, financial, economic and competitive information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual future results and trends may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties detailed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in Mattel’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

Mattel designs, manufactures, and markets a broad variety of toy products worldwide through sales to its customers and directly to consumers. Mattel’s business is dependent in great part on its ability each year to redesign, restyle, and extend existing core products and product lines, to design and develop innovative new products and product lines, and to successfully market those products and product lines. Mattel plans to continue to focus on its portfolio of traditional brands that have historically had worldwide appeal, to create new brands utilizing its knowledge of children’s play patterns, and to target customer and consumer preferences around the world.

Mattel’s portfolio of brands and products are grouped in the following categories:

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands —including Barbie ® fashion dolls and accessories (“Barbie ® ”), Polly Pocket ® , Little Mommy ® , Disney Classics, and High School Musical (collectively “Other Girls Brands”), Hot Wheels ® , Matchbox ® , Speed Racer ® , and Tyco R/C ® vehicles and playsets (collectively “Wheels”), and CARS , Radica ® , Speed Racer ® , Batman ® , and Kung Fu Panda ® products, and games and puzzles (collectively “Entertainment”).

Fisher-Price Brands —including Fisher-Price ® , Little People ® , BabyGear , and View-Master ® (collectively “Core Fisher-Price ® ”), Sesame Street ® , Dora the Explorer ® , Winnie the Pooh , Go-Diego-Go! ® , and See ‘N Say ® (collectively “Fisher-Price ® Friends”), and Power Wheels ® .

American Girl Brands —including Just Like You ® , the historical collection, and Bitty Baby ® . American Girl Brands products are sold directly to consumers via its catalogue, website, and proprietary retail stores. Its children’s publications are also sold to certain retailers.

Mattel’s objective is to continue to create long-term shareholder value by generating strong cash flow and deploying it in a disciplined and opportunistic manner as outlined in Mattel’s capital and investment framework (see “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital and Investment Framework”). To achieve this objective, management has established three overarching goals.

 

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The first goal is to enhance innovation in order to reinvigorate the Barbie ® brand, while maintaining growth in other core brands, by continuing to develop popular toys. Additionally, Mattel plans to pursue additional licensing arrangements and strategic partnerships to extend its portfolio of brands into areas outside of traditional toys.

The second goal is to improve execution in areas including manufacturing, distribution, and selling. Mattel continues to focus on improving the efficiency of its supply chain using Lean supply chain initiatives. The objective of the Lean program is to improve the flow of processes, do more with less, and focus on the value chain from beginning to end.

The third goal is to further capitalize on Mattel’s scale advantage. For example, as the world’s largest toy company, Mattel believes it can realize cost savings when making purchasing decisions based on a One Mattel philosophy.

First Quarter 2009 Overview

First quarter 2009 operating results were as expected as Mattel continues to manage through the challenges of the global economic and retail environments. Mattel expected revenues to be under pressure, with net sales declining 15% in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to the first quarter of 2008, as a result of weakening foreign exchange in international markets, retail softness including retailers reducing inventory levels, and fewer entertainment-related products in 2009. Despite the pressures in revenue, Mattel has made progress with aligning prices and input costs, controlling other selling and administrative expenses, executing its Global Cost Leadership program, and tightly managing its cash and capital expenditures. More specifically:

 

   

Gross profit, as a percentage of net sales, increased from 43.2% in the first quarter of 2008 to 44.0% in the first quarter of 2009, primarily due to the benefit of price increases that were effective January 1, 2009, partially offset by input cost pressures and unfavorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

   

Other selling and administrative expenses decreased from $330.3 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $317.0 million in the first quarter of 2009, primarily due to net cost savings related to the Global Cost Leadership program, the impact of foreign currency exchange benefit, and lower MGA and recall litigation expenses, partially offset by a $20.9 million legal settlement reserve for product liability related litigation.

 

   

Capital expenditures decreased from $32.7 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $20.1 million in the first quarter of 2009.

2009 and Beyond

Management expects the unfavorable economic conditions experienced in 2008 to continue through the remainder of 2009. Management also expects Mattel’s revenues to continue to be under pressure as a result of retail softness driven by a continued pull-back in consumers’ willingness to spend and retailers’ desire to reduce inventories, weakening foreign exchange in international markets, and fewer entertainment-related products in 2009. As a result, Mattel is managing its business based on realistic revenue assumptions and taking actions intended to improve profitability and strengthen its balance sheet:

 

   

A modest price increase for Mattel’s spring 2009 product line which was initiated in 2008;

 

   

Mattel continues to renegotiate product costs with vendors;

 

   

Mattel is evaluating reductions to the number of stock keeping units (“SKUs”) it offers;

 

   

Mattel is reassessing its advertising spending and strategy with the expectation that 2009 advertising expense will be at the low end of its historical range of 11 to 13 percent of net sales; and

 

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Mattel initiated its Global Cost Leadership Program in 2008, which includes a global reduction in its professional workforce of approximately 1,000 employees implemented in November 2008, a coordinated efficiency strategic plan that includes structural changes designed to lower costs and improve efficiencies, and additional procurement initiatives designed to fully leverage Mattel’s global scale. This program is expected to generate approximately $90 million to $100 million of net cost savings in 2009, and approximately $180 million to $200 million of cumulative net cost savings by the end of 2010.

Management expects to focus on profitability and margins and conserve cash in 2009. As a result, Mattel is planning to tightly manage its capital expenditures to a level that is more consistent with its levels of capital expenditures in 2003 through 2007. In addition, given the current volatile global economic environment, Mattel is prioritizing protecting Mattel’s dividend to shareholders and minimizing strategic acquisitions and share repurchases in 2009.

Results of Operations

Consolidated Results

Net sales for the first quarter of 2009 were $785.6 million, down 15% as compared to $919.3 million in 2008, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 7 percentage points. Net loss for the first quarter of 2009 was $51.0 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $46.6 million, or $0.13 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008. Net loss for the first quarter of 2009 was negatively impacted by lower sales and a legal settlement reserve for product liability related litigation of $20.9 million, partially offset by improved gross profit and lower advertising and promotion expenses and other selling and administrative expenses.

The following table provides a summary of Mattel’s consolidated results for the first quarter of 2009 and 2008 (in millions, except percentage and basis point information):

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,     Year/Year Change  
     2009     2008    
     Amount     % of Net
Sales
    Amount     % of Net
Sales
    %     Basis Points
of Net Sales
 

Net sales

   $ 785.6     100.0 %   $ 919.3     100.0 %   –15 %  
                        

Gross profit

   $ 345.9     44.0 %   $ 396.8     43.2 %   –13 %   80  

Advertising and promotion expenses

     84.1     10.7       103.0     11.2     –18 %   (50 )

Other selling and administrative expenses

     317.0     40.4       330.3     35.9     –4 %   450  
                        

Operating loss

     (55.2 )   –7.0       (36.5 )   –4.0     51 %   (300 )

Interest expense

     15.9     2.0       16.0     1.7     –1 %   30  

Interest (income)

     (3.5 )   –0.4       (8.5 )   –0.9     –59 %   50  

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

     (2.1 )       15.8        
                        

Loss before income taxes

   $ (65.5 )   –8.3 %   $ (59.8 )   –6.5 %   10 %   (180 )
                        

Sales

Net sales for the first quarter of 2009 were $785.6 million, down 15% as compared to $919.3 million in 2008, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 7 percentage points. Gross sales within the US decreased 6% in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to 2008, and accounted for 53.4% of consolidated gross sales in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to 48.1% of consolidated gross sales in 2008. Gross sales in international markets decreased 23% in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to 2008, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 13 percentage points.

 

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Worldwide gross sales of Mattel Girls & Boys Brands decreased 15% in the first quarter of 2009 to $504.0 million, with unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 9 percentage points. Domestic gross sales of Mattel Girls & Boys Brands decreased 2% as compared to the first quarter of 2008 and international gross sales of Mattel Girls & Boys Brands decreased 23%, with unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 14 percentage points. Worldwide gross sales of Barbie ® decreased 5% as compared to the first quarter of 2008, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 10 percentage points. Domestic gross sales of Barbie ® increased 18% as compared to the first quarter of 2008, driven primarily by both core lines and products supporting Barbie ® ’s 50 th anniversary. International gross sales of Barbie ® decreased 15%, but were essentially flat excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange. Worldwide gross sales of Other Girls products decreased 27%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 9 percentage points, driven primarily by declines in Polly Pocket ® and High School Musical ® products, partially offset by growth in Little Mommy ® and Disney Princess products. Worldwide gross sales of Wheels products decreased 14%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 7 percentage points, driven primarily by sales declines in last year’s Speed Racer ® property. Worldwide gross sales of Entertainment products decreased 21%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 9 percentage points, driven primarily by lower sales of CARS and last year’s Speed Racer ® property.

Worldwide gross sales of Fisher-Price Brands were $283.7 million, down 17% in the first quarter of 2009, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 5 percentage points. International gross sales of Fisher-Price Brands decreased 25%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 12 percentage points and domestic gross sales decreased 10%. Worldwide gross sales of Core Fisher-Price ® decreased 17%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 6 percentage points. International gross sales of Core Fisher-Price ® decreased 26%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 12 percentage points and domestic gross sales of Core Fisher-Price ® decreased 9%. Worldwide gross sales of Fisher-Price ® Friends decreased 7%, with unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 5 percentage points. Domestic gross sales of Fisher-Price ® Friends increased 5%, as compared to 2008, due to strong sales of Disney products.

American Girl Brands gross sales were $66.4 million, down 4% in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to $69.1 million in the first quarter of 2008, primarily due to lower sales from the direct channel business reflecting the timing of the Easter holiday, partially offset by increased sales in the retail channel due to the November 2008 opening of the American Girl Boutique and Bistros ® in Boston and Minneapolis.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales was 56.0% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to 56.8% in the first quarter of 2008. Cost of sales decreased by $82.8 million, or 16%, from $522.5 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $439.7 million in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to a 15% decrease in net sales. Cost of sales decreased primarily due to lower sales as compared to the first quarter of 2008. Within cost of sales, product costs decreased by $57.5 million, or 14%, from $412.9 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $355.4 million in the first quarter of 2009. Royalty expense decreased $10.0 million, or 30%, from $33.7 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $23.7 million in the first quarter of 2009. Freight and logistics expenses decreased by $15.3 million, or 20%, from $75.9 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $60.6 million in the first quarter of 2009.

Gross Profit

Gross profit, as a percentage of net sales, was 44.0% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to 43.2% in the first quarter of 2008. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to the benefit of price increases that were effective January 1, 2009, partially offset by input cost pressures and unfavorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

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Advertising and Promotion Expenses

Advertising and promotion expenses, as a percentage of net sales, were 10.7% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to 11.2% in the first quarter of 2008.

Other Selling and Administrative Expenses

Other selling and administrative expenses were $317.0 million, or 40.4% of net sales, in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to $330.3 million, or 35.9% of net sales, in the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in other selling and administrative expenses is primarily due to net cost savings related to Mattel’s Global Cost Leadership program of approximately $15 million, the impact of foreign currency exchange benefit of approximately $13 million, and lower MGA and recall litigation expenses of approximately $11 million, partially offset by a legal settlement reserve for product liability related litigation of $20.9 million.

Non-Operating Income (Expense)

Interest expense decreased from $16.0 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $15.9 million in the first quarter of 2009, due to lower average interest rates, which were partially offset by higher average borrowings. Interest income decreased from $8.5 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2009, due to lower average interest rates and lower average invested cash balances. Other non-operating income was $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 and primarily related to foreign currency exchange gains caused by local currency revaluation of US dollar cash balances held by a Latin American subsidiary. Other non-operating expense was $15.8 million in the first quarter of 2008 and primarily related to foreign currency exchange losses caused by local currency revaluation of US dollar cash balances held by a Latin American subsidiary.

Provision for Income Taxes

Mattel’s income tax benefit for the first quarter of 2009 was $14.5 million, or an effective rate of 22.1%, compared to an income tax benefit of $13.2 million, or an effective rate of 22.0%, for the first quarter of 2008.

Business Segment Results

Mattel’s reportable segments are separately managed business units and are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. The Domestic segment is further divided into Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US, Fisher-Price Brands US, and American Girl Brands.

Domestic Segment

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US gross sales were $220.9 million in the first quarter of 2009, down $4.6 million or 2%, as compared to $225.5 million in the first quarter of 2008. Within this segment, gross sales of Barbie ® products increased 18%, primarily driven by both core lines and products supporting Barbie ® ’s 50 th anniversary. Gross sales of Other Girls products decreased 14%, primarily due to sales declines in High School Musical ® and Polly Pocket ® products, partially offset by growth in Disney Princess and Little Mommy ® products. Gross sales of Wheels products decreased 10%, primarily due to sales declines in last year’s Speed Racer ® property. Gross sales of Entertainment products decreased 5%, primarily driven by sales declines in last year’s Speed Racer ® property. Mattel Girls & Boys Brands US segment income increased $11.4 million to $14.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 from $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2008, primarily due to higher gross profit and lower other selling and administrative expenses.

Fisher-Price Brands US gross sales decreased 10% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008, reflecting sales declines of Core Fisher-Price ® products of 9%. The decrease is partially offset by increased sales of Fisher-Price ® Friends products of 5%, primarily due to growth in Disney products. Fisher-Price Brands US segment loss increased from a loss of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2008 to a loss of

 

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$4.0 million in the first quarter of 2009, primarily driven by lower sales volume and lower gross profit, partially offset by lower other selling and administrative expenses.

American Girl Brands gross sales decreased by 4% in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to the first quarter of 2008, primarily due to lower sales from the direct channel business reflecting the timing of the Easter holiday, partially offset by increased sales in the retail channel due to the November 2008 opening of the American Girl Boutique and Bistros ® in Boston and Minneapolis. American Girl Brands segment loss increased from a loss of $1.7 million in the first quarter of 2008 to a loss of $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2009, primarily driven by lower sales volume.

International Segment

The following table provides a summary of percentage changes in gross sales within the International segment for the first quarter of 2009 versus 2008:

 

Non-US Regions:

   % Change in
Gross Sales
    Impact of Change
in Currency

(in % pts)
 

Total International

   (23 )   (13 )

Europe

   (26 )   (12 )

Latin America

   (21 )   (17 )

Asia Pacific

   (15 )   (13 )

Other

   (17 )   (14 )

International gross sales decreased by 23% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 13 percentage points. Gross sales of Barbie ® decreased 15% in the first quarter of 2009, but were essentially flat excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange. Gross sales of Other Girls products decreased 33% in the first quarter of 2009, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 13 percentage points. Gross sales of Wheels products decreased 18%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 14 percentage points. Gross sales of Entertainment products decreased 32%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 14 percentage points, primarily driven by lower sales of CARS products. Gross sales of Fisher-Price Brands decreased 25%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 12 percentage points. Gross sales of Core Fisher-Price ® decreased 26%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 12 percentage points. Gross sales of Fisher-Price ® Friends decreased 20%, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates of 9 percentage points. International segment income decreased by $14.6 million from $23.9 million in the first quarter of 2008 to $9.3 million in the first quarter of 2009, primarily driven by lower sales volume, partially offset by lower advertising and promotion expenses and other selling and administrative expenses.

Global Cost Leadership Program

During the middle of 2008, Mattel initiated its Global Cost Leadership program, which is designed to improve operating efficiencies and leverage Mattel’s global scale to improve profitability and operating cash flows. The major initiatives of Mattel’s Global Cost Leadership program include:

 

   

A global reduction in Mattel’s professional workforce of approximately 1,000 employees that was implemented in November 2008, which is expected to generate approximately $60 million in annualized compensation-related savings during 2009.

 

   

A coordinated efficiency strategic plan that includes structural changes designed to lower costs and improve efficiencies; for example, offshoring and outsourcing certain back office functions, and more clustering of management for international markets.

 

   

Additional procurement initiatives designed to fully leverage Mattel’s global scale in areas such as creative agency partnerships, legal services, and distribution, including ocean carriers and over-the-road freight vendors.

 

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In connection with the Global Cost Leadership program, during the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel recorded severance and other termination-related charges of approximately $5 million, which is included in other selling and administrative expenses.

Mattel’s Global Cost Leadership program is intended to generate approximately $90 million to $100 million of net cost savings during 2009, and approximately $180 million to $200 million of cumulative net cost savings by the end of 2010. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, Mattel has realized approximately $18 million in net cost savings. Based on current projections, Mattel expects the net cost savings targeted for 2009 will be met. However, there is no assurance that Mattel will be able to successfully implement all initiatives of the Global Cost Leadership program or that it will realize the anticipated net cost savings.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Mattel’s primary sources of liquidity are its cash and equivalents balances, access to short-term borrowing facilities, and issuances of long term debt securities. Cash flows from operating activities could be negatively impacted by decreased demand for Mattel’s products, which could result from factors such as adverse economic conditions and changes in public and consumer preferences, or by increased costs associated with manufacturing and distribution of products or shortages in raw materials or component parts. Additionally, Mattel’s ability to issue long-term debt and obtain seasonal financing could be adversely affected by factors such as the current global economic crisis and tight credit environment, an inability to meet its debt covenant requirements, which include maintaining consolidated debt-to-earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and interest coverage ratios, or a deterioration of Mattel’s credit ratings. Mattel’s ability to conduct its operations could be negatively impacted should these or other adverse conditions affect its primary sources of liquidity.

Current Market Conditions

Mattel is exposed to financial market risk resulting from changes in interest and foreign currency rates, and recent developments in the financial markets have increased Mattel’s exposure to the possible liquidity and credit risks of its counterparties. Mattel believes that it has ample liquidity to fund its business needs, including beginning of the year cash and equivalents, cash flows from operations, and access to its $940.0 million domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility, which it uses for seasonal working capital requirements. Mattel’s domestic credit facility was amended and restated effective March 23, 2009 and expires on March 23, 2012, as more fully described below. As of March 31, 2009, Mattel had available incremental borrowing resources totaling approximately $777 million under this unsecured committed revolving credit facility, and Mattel has not experienced any limitations on its ability to access this source of liquidity. Market conditions could affect certain terms of other debt instruments that Mattel enters into from time to time.

Mattel monitors the third-party depository institutions that hold the company’s cash and equivalents. Mattel’s emphasis is primarily on safety and liquidity of principal and secondarily on maximizing the yield on those funds. Mattel diversifies its cash and equivalents among counterparties and securities to minimize exposure. In January 2009, Mattel received proceeds of approximately $55 million relating to a money market investment fund held as of December 31, 2008, which was classified as other current assets as a result of the money market investment fund halting redemption requests during 2008. Mattel expects to receive the remaining proceeds of approximately $26 million by the end of 2009, when the underlying securities will have matured. As of March 31, 2009, March 31, 2008, and December 31, 2008, Mattel also had additional long-term investments of $35.0 million.

Mattel is subject to credit risks relating to the ability of counterparties of hedging transactions to meet their contractual payment obligations. The risks related to creditworthiness and nonperformance have been considered in the fair value measurements of Mattel’s foreign currency forward exchange contracts and interest rate swaps. Mattel continues to closely monitor its counterparties and will take action, as appropriate, to further manage its counterparty credit risk.

 

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Mattel expects that some of its customers and vendors may experience difficulty in obtaining the liquidity required to buy inventory or raw materials. Mattel monitors its customers’ financial condition and their liquidity in order to mitigate Mattel’s accounts receivable collectibility risks and customer terms and credit limits are adjusted, if necessary. Additionally, Mattel uses a variety of financial arrangements to ensure collectibility of accounts receivable of customers deemed to be a credit risk, including requiring letters of credit, factoring or purchasing various forms of credit insurance with unrelated third parties, or requiring cash in advance of shipment.

Mattel sponsors defined benefit pension plans and postretirement benefit plans for employees of the company. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, actual returns for Mattel’s defined benefit pension plans were below the expected rate of return due to adverse conditions in the equity and debt markets. Continued actual returns below the expected rate of return, along with changes in interest rates that affect the measurement of the liability, would impact the amount and timing of Mattel’s future contributions to these plans.

Capital and Investment Framework

To guide future capital deployment decisions, with a goal of maximizing shareholder value, Mattel’s Board of Directors in 2003 established the following capital and investment framework:

 

   

To maintain approximately $800 million to $1 billion in year-end cash available to fund a substantial portion of seasonal working capital;

 

   

To maintain a year-end debt-to-capital ratio of about 25%;

 

   

To invest approximately $180 million to $200 million in capital expenditures annually to maintain and grow the business;

 

   

To make strategic acquisitions consistent with Mattel’s vision of providing “the world’s premier toy brands—today and tomorrow”; and

 

   

To return excess funds to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

Mattel’s focus for 2009 is on strengthening its balance sheet and managing costs in line with realistic revenues with the goal of improving the profitability and cash flows generated by its business. As a result, management expects to conserve cash and lower debt, including tightly managing its capital expenditures to a level that is more consistent with its levels of capital expenditures in 2003 through 2007. In addition, given the current volatile global economic environment, Mattel is prioritizing protecting its dividend to shareholders and minimizing strategic acquisitions and share repurchases in 2009.

Over the long-term, after the full impact of the current economic and financial crisis is understood and assuming cash flows from operating activities remain strong, Mattel plans to use its free cash flows to invest in strategic acquisitions and to return funds to shareholders through cash dividends and share repurchases. Mattel’s share repurchase program has no expiration date and repurchases will take place from time to time, depending on market conditions. The ability to implement successfully the capital deployment plan is directly dependent on Mattel’s ability to generate strong cash flows from operating activities. There is no assurance that Mattel will continue to generate strong cash flows from operating activities or achieve its targeted goals for investing activities.

Operating Activities

Cash flows used for operating activities were $214.8 million in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to $264.4 million used in the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in cash flows used for operating activities was primarily due to changes in working capital in 2009.

 

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Investing Activities

Cash flows provided by investing activities in the first quarter of 2009 were $23.3 million, as compared to $2.9 million used in the first quarter of 2008. The increase in cash flows provided by investing activities was primarily due to proceeds received from the redemption of a money market investment fund and lower purchases of tools, dies, and molds, and other property, plant, and equipment, partially offset by higher net payments relating to settled foreign currency forward exchange contracts.

Financing Activities

Cash flows used for financing activities in the first quarter of 2009 were $9.5 million, as compared to $28.3 million in the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in cash used for financing activities is primarily due to lower net payments for borrowings, partially offset by payments relating to the credit facility renewal and lower proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

Seasonal Financing

Mattel maintains and periodically amends or replaces its domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility with a commercial bank group that is used as the primary source of financing for the seasonal working capital requirements of its domestic subsidiaries. The agreement in effect was amended and restated on March 23, 2009 to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the credit facility to March 23, 2012, (ii) reduce aggregate commitments under the credit facility from $1.3 billion to $880 million, with an “accordion feature,” which would allow Mattel to increase the availability under the credit facility to $1.08 billion under certain circumstances, (iii) add an interest rate floor equal to 30 day LIBOR plus 1.00% for base rate loans under the credit facility, (iv) increase the applicable interest rate margins to a range of 2.00% to 3.00% above the applicable base rate for base rate loans, and 2.5% to 3.5% above the applicable LIBOR rate for Eurodollar rate loans, depending on Mattel’s senior unsecured long term debt rating, (v) increase commitment fees to a range of 0.25% to 0.75% of the unused commitments under the credit facility (treating purchases of receivables under the receivables sales facility, as described below, as uses of commitments), and (vi) replace the consolidated debt-to-capital ratio with a consolidated debt-to-EBITDA ratio. In addition, on April 29, 2009, Mattel utilized the accordion feature under the credit facility to increase aggregate commitments under the credit facility from $880.0 million to $940.0 million, while reducing availability under the accordion feature from $200.0 million to $140.0 million.

The credit facility contains a variety of covenants, including financial covenants that Mattel is required to meet at the end of each fiscal quarter and fiscal year, using the formulae specified in the credit agreement to calculate the ratios. Mattel was in compliance with such covenants at the end of the first quarter of 2009. As of March 31, 2009, Mattel’s consolidated debt-to-EBITDA ratio, as calculated per the terms of the credit agreement, was 1.4 to 1 (compared to a maximum allowed of 3.0 to 1) and Mattel’s interest coverage ratio was 9.0 to 1 (compared to a minimum required of 3.50 to 1).

The domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility is a material agreement and failure to comply with the financial covenant ratios may result in an event of default under the terms of the facility. If Mattel defaulted under the terms of the domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility, its ability to meet its seasonal financing requirements could be adversely affected.

To finance seasonal working capital requirements of certain foreign subsidiaries, Mattel avails itself of individual short-term credit lines with a number of banks. Mattel expects to extend the majority of these credit lines throughout 2009.

In September 2007, a major credit rating agency reaffirmed Mattel’s long-term credit rating at BBB-, but changed the outlook from positive to stable. In August 2007, another major credit rating agency maintained its long-term credit rating at BBB, but changed its outlook to positive. In May 2007, an additional credit rating

 

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agency maintained its long-term rating for Mattel at Baa2, but changed its long-term outlook from negative to stable. Management does not expect these actions to have a significant impact on Mattel’s ability to obtain financing or to have a significant negative impact on Mattel’s liquidity or results of operations.

Mattel believes its cash on hand, amounts available under its domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility, and its foreign credit lines will be adequate to meet its seasonal financing requirements in 2009.

Mattel has a $300.0 million domestic receivables sales facility that is a sub-facility of Mattel’s domestic unsecured committed revolving credit facility, which was also amended in connection with the amendment of the credit facility. The amendment to the receivables sales facility, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date of the receivables sales facility to March 23, 2012, and (ii) incorporated the credit facility’s increased applicable interest rate margins described above. The outstanding amount of receivables sold under the domestic receivables facility may not exceed $300.0 million at any given time, and the amount available to be borrowed under the credit facility is reduced to the extent of any such outstanding receivables sold. Under the domestic receivables facility, certain trade receivables are sold to a group of banks, which currently include, among others, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Societe Generale, as co-syndication agents, and Citicorp USA, Inc., Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, as co-managing agents. Pursuant to the domestic receivables facility, Mattel Sales Corp. and Fisher-Price, Inc. (which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Mattel) can sell eligible trade receivables from Wal-Mart and Target to Mattel Factoring, Inc. (“Mattel Factoring”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned, consolidated subsidiary of Mattel. Mattel Factoring is a special purpose entity whose activities are limited to purchasing and selling receivables under this facility. Pursuant to the terms of the domestic receivables facility and simultaneous with each receivables purchase, Mattel Factoring sells those receivables to the bank group. Mattel records the transaction, reflecting cash proceeds and sale of accounts receivable in its consolidated balance sheet, at the time of the sale of the receivables to the bank group.

The outstanding amounts of accounts receivable that have been sold under these facilities and other factoring arrangements, net of collections from customers, have been excluded from Mattel’s consolidated balance sheets and are summarized as follows:

 

     March 31, 2009    March 31, 2008    December 31, 2008
     (In millions)

Receivables sold pursuant to the:

        

Domestic receivables facility

   $ 101.5    $ 86.5    $ 217.8

Other factoring arrangements

     —        —        35.5
                    
   $           101.5    $             86.5    $               253.3
                    

Financial Position

Mattel’s cash and equivalents at March 31, 2009 decreased by $212.8 million to $404.9 million, as compared to year-end 2008. The decrease was primarily driven by the timing of accrued liabilities and accounts payable payments, and $20.1 million of purchases of tools, dies, and molds, and other property, plant, and equipment, partially offset by accounts receivable collections and proceeds received from the redemption of a money market investment fund.

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities decreased by $471.0 million from year-end 2008 to $600.1 million at March 31, 2009, mainly due to the timing of payments of various accrued liability balances, including incentive compensation, royalties, and advertising obligations, and a decrease in receivable collections due bank related to the domestic receivables facility.

The current portion of long-term debt increased $140.0 million to $150.0 million at March 31, 2009, as compared to $10.0 million at March 31, 2008, primarily due to the reclassification of $100.0 million of 2006

 

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Senior Notes and $50.0 million of Medium-term notes to current, partially offset by Medium-term notes repayments of $10.0 million.

A summary of Mattel’s capitalization is as follows:

 

     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008     December 31, 2008  
     (In millions, except percentage information)  

Medium-term notes

   $ 200.0    6 %   $ 250.0    7 %   $ 200.0    6 %

2006 Senior Notes

     200.0    6       300.0    8       200.0    6  

2008 Senior Notes

     350.0    11       350.0    10       350.0    10  
                                       

Total noncurrent long-term debt

     750.0    23       900.0    25       750.0    22  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     538.9    16       375.7    10       547.9    16  

Stockholders’ equity

     2,046.0    61       2,339.3    65       2,117.1    62  
                                       
   $ 3,334.9    100 %   $ 3,615.0    100 %   $ 3,415.0    100 %
                                       

Total noncurrent long-term debt decreased by $150.0 million at March 31, 2009, as compared to March 31, 2008, due to the reclassification of $100.0 million of the 2006 Senior Notes and $50.0 million of Medium-term notes to current. Mattel expects to satisfy its future long-term capital needs through the generation of corporate earnings and issuance of long-term debt instruments, as needed. Other noncurrent liabilities increased $163.2 million at March 31, 2009, as compared to March 31, 2008, due primarily to increases in long-term defined benefit pension plan obligations. Stockholders’ equity of $2.05 billion decreased $293.3 million from March 31, 2008, primarily as a result of unfavorable currency translation adjustments, payment of the annual dividend in the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase in Mattel’s net defined benefit pension plan obligations, and share repurchases, partially offset by net income.

Mattel’s debt-to-capital ratio, including short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt, increased from 28.0% at March 31, 2008 to 30.5% at March 31, 2009 due to the aforementioned decrease in stockholder’s equity. Mattel’s objective is to continue to maintain a year-end debt-to-capital ratio of approximately 25%.

Litigation

See Part II, Item 1 “Legal Proceedings.”

Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Mattel’s critical accounting policies and estimates are included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and did not change during the first quarter of 2009.

New Accounting Pronouncements

See Item 1 “Financial Statements Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements New Accounting Pronouncements.”

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Mattel includes a non-GAAP financial measure, gross sales, which it uses to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. Net sales, as reported in the consolidated statements of operations, include the impact of sales adjustments, such as trade discounts and other allowances. Gross sales represent sales to customers, excluding the impact of sales adjustments, the 2007 Product Recalls, and the 2008 Product Withdrawal.

 

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Consistent with its segment reporting, Mattel presents changes in gross sales as a metric for comparing its aggregate, business unit, brand and geographic results to highlight significant trends in Mattel’s business. Changes in gross sales are discussed because, while Mattel records the detail of such sales adjustments in its financial accounting systems at the time of sale, such sales adjustments are generally not associated with individual products, making net sales less meaningful. A reconciliation of gross sales to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net sales, is as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31, 2009     March 31, 2008  
     (In thousands)  

Worldwide Revenues

    

Mattel Girls & Boys Brands

   $ 504,024     $ 592,780  

Fisher-Price Brands

     283,735       341,308  

American Girl Brands

     66,430       69,086  

Other

     2,950       3,493  
                

Gross sales

     857,139       1,006,667  

Sales adjustments

     (71,493 )     (87,368 )
                

Net sales

   $       785,646     $       919,299  
                

 

Item  3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Currency exchange rate fluctuations may impact Mattel’s results of operations and cash flows. Inventory purchase and sale transactions denominated in the Euro, British pound sterling, Mexican peso, and Venezuelan bolivar fuerte were the primary transactions that caused foreign currency transaction exposure for Mattel. Mattel seeks to mitigate its exposure to market risk by monitoring its currency transaction exposure for the year and partially hedging such exposure using foreign currency forward exchange contracts primarily to hedge its purchase and sale of inventory, and other intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts generally have maturity dates of up to 18 months. For those intercompany receivables and payables that are not hedged along with US dollar cash balances held by certain international subsidiaries, the transaction gains or losses are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in the period in which the exchange rate changes as part of operating loss or other non-operating (income) expense, net based on the nature of the underlying transaction. Transaction gains or losses on hedged intercompany inventory transactions are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in the period in which the inventory is sold to customers. In addition, Mattel manages its exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations through the selection of currencies used for international borrowings. Mattel does not trade in financial instruments for speculative purposes.

Mattel’s financial position is also impacted by currency exchange rate fluctuations on translation of its net investment in subsidiaries with non-US dollar functional currencies. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries with non-US dollar functional currencies are translated into US dollars at fiscal period-end exchange rates. Income, expense, and cash flow items are translated at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal year. The resulting currency translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within stockholders’ equity. Mattel’s primary currency translation exposures for the first quarter of 2009 were related to its net investment in entities having functional currencies denominated in the Euro, British pound sterling, and Mexican peso.

There are numerous factors impacting the amount by which Mattel’s financial results are affected by foreign currency translation and transaction gains and losses resulting from changes in currency exchange rates, including but not limited to the level of foreign currency forward exchange contracts in place at a given time and the volume of foreign currency denominated transactions in a given period. However, assuming that such factors were held constant, Mattel estimates that a 1 percent change in the U.S. dollar Trade-Weighted Index would

 

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impact Mattel’s net sales by approximately 0.5% and its full year earnings per share by approximately $0.01 to $0.02.

Interest Rate Risk

In June 2006, Mattel issued $100.0 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes due June 15, 2009 and $200.0 million of 6.125% Senior Notes due June 15, 2011. Interest on the Floating Rate Senior Notes is based on the three-month US Dollar LIBOR plus 40 basis points with interest payable quarterly beginning September 15, 2006. Interest on the 6.125% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually beginning December 15, 2006. The 6.125% Senior Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of Mattel at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, or (ii) a “make whole” amount based on the yield of a comparable US Treasury security plus 20 basis points.

In June 2006, Mattel entered into two interest rate swap agreements on the $100.0 million Floating Rate Senior Notes, each in a notional amount of $50.0 million, for the purpose of hedging the variability of cash flows in the interest payments due to fluctuations of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate. These cash flow hedges are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 whereby the hedges are reported in Mattel’s consolidated balance sheets at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the hedges reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Under the terms of the agreements, Mattel receives quarterly interest payments from the swap counterparties based on the three-month LIBOR plus 40 basis points and makes semi-annual interest payments to the swap counterparties based on a fixed rate of 5.871%. The three-month LIBOR used to determine interest payments under the interest rate swap agreements resets every three months, matching the variable interest on the Floating Rate Senior Notes. The agreements expire in June 2009, which corresponds with the maturity of the Floating Rate Senior Notes.

 

Item  4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of March 31, 2009, Mattel’s disclosure controls and procedures were evaluated to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by Mattel in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, as appropriate, in a timely manner that would alert them to material information relating to Mattel that would be required to be included in Mattel’s periodic reports and to provide reasonable assurance that such information was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms. Based on this evaluation, Robert A. Eckert, Mattel’s principal executive officer, and Kevin M. Farr, Mattel’s principal financial officer, concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2009.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Mattel made no changes to its internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to have materially affected, its internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item  1. Legal Proceedings.

The content of Note 21, “Contingencies” to the Consolidated Financial Statements of Mattel in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety in this Item 1.

Derivative Litigation

A consolidated stockholder derivative action is pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court in California, captioned In re Mattel, Inc. Derivative Litigation, consolidating three derivative actions filed in September 2007 (the “Superior Court Action”), asserting claims ostensibly on behalf and for the benefit of Mattel. A second consolidated derivative action in US District Court, Central District of California, captioned In re Mattel, Inc. Derivative Litigation, consolidating three federal derivative actions filed in October 2007, asserting claims ostensibly on behalf and for the benefit of Mattel, was dismissed with prejudice by the federal court in August 2008. Another derivative action, filed in the Court of Chancery of Delaware in October 2007, has been voluntarily dismissed.

The Superior Court Action alleges that past and present members of Mattel’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties in connection with product safety and reporting practices allegedly related to Mattel’s product recalls during August and September 2007. Plaintiffs also sue certain executive officers of Mattel, and allege that certain officers and current and former directors who sold stock during the first half of 2007 breached their fiduciary duties by selling while allegedly in possession of non-public information relating to alleged product defects and seek disgorgement of unspecified amounts of profits from such sales. Defendants filed a demurrer to the entire complaint on August 27, 2008, which was sustained with leave to amend on December 22, 2008. Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Consolidated Complaint on January 20, 2009 (and a corrected version on February 13, 2009), and defendants filed a demurrer on March 6, 2009, which is set for hearing on May 15, 2009.

 

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Item  1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in Mattel’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Item  2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During the first quarter of 2009, Mattel did not sell any unregistered securities.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

This table provides certain information with respect to Mattel’s purchases of its common stock during the first quarter of 2009:

 

Period

  Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased
  Average Price Paid
per Share (or Unit)
  Total Number of Shares
(or Units) Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
  Maximum Number (or
Approximate Dollar Value)
of Shares (or Units) that
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs

January 1—31

       

Repurchase program (1)

  —     $                   —     —     $                 410,324,916

Employee transactions (2)

  554     16.02   N/A     N/A

February 1—28

       

Repurchase program (1)

  —     $ —     —     $ 410,324,916

Employee transactions (2)

  —       —     N/A     N/A

March 1—31

       

Repurchase program (1)

  —     $ —     —     $ 410,324,916

Employee transactions (2)

  1,772     11.88   N/A     N/A
               

Total

       

Repurchase program (1)

  —     $ —     —     $ 410,324,916

Employee transactions (2)

  2,326     12.87   N/A     N/A
               

 

(1) During the first quarter of 2009, Mattel did not repurchase any shares of its common stock in the open market. Repurchases will take place from time to time, depending on market conditions. Mattel’s share repurchase program has no expiration date .
(2) Includes the sale of restricted shares for employee tax withholding obligations that occur upon vesting .

N/A Not applicable.

 

Item  3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

 

Item  4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

 

Item  5. Other Information.

None.

 

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Item  6. Exhibits.

 

        

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

10.1*    Amendment No.2 to the Mattel, Inc. 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”)        
10.2*    Form of Grant Agreement for May 13, 2009 Annual Grants to Outside Directors of RSUs under the 2005 Plan        
10.3    Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2009, by and among Mattel, Inc., as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Banc of America Securities LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Plc, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Société Générale, as Co-Syndication agents, Citicorp USA, Inc., Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and Merchants & Traders Trust Company, as Co-Managing Agents, and the other financial institutions party thereto.   8-K   001-05647   10.1   March 27, 2009
10.4*    Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 23, 2009, by and among Mattel Factoring, Inc., as Transferor, Mattel, Inc., as Servicer,
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the financial institutions party thereto.
       
11.0*    Computation of Income per Common and Potential Common Share        
12.0*    Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges        
31.0*    Certification of Principal Executive Officer dated April 29, 2009 pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002        
31.1*    Certification of Principal Financial Officer dated April 29, 2009 pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002        
32.0**    Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer dated April 29, 2009 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (1)        

 

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.

 

(1) This exhibit should not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

MATTEL, INC.

Registrant

By:

 

LOGO

  H. Scott Topham
 

Senior Vice President and Corporate

Controller (Duly authorized officer and

chief accounting officer)

Date: April 29, 2009

 

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Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO THE

MATTEL, INC. 2005 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

WHEREAS, Mattel, Inc. (“ Mattel ”) maintains the Mattel, Inc. 2005 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “ Plan ”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22 of the Plan, Mattel reserved the right to amend the Plan in whole or in part from time to time by action of the Board of Directors of Mattel (the “ Board ”); and

WHEREAS, the Board desires to amend certain provisions of the Plan related to equity grants to be made to outside directors of Mattel and to the restrictive covenants that will apply to new equity grants.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 22 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of January 30, 2009, as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Amendment No. 2 shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.

2. Section 2(bb) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Reserved.”

3. Section 2(x) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“ ‘Grant’ means an award of an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Right, Dividend Equivalents or unrestricted shares of Common Stock under the Plan. All Grants shall be evidenced by, and subject to the terms of, a written agreement, which agreement may (i) include, in the Company’s discretion, restrictive covenants, where lawful, and (ii) define additional Activities Against the Company’s Interest (within the meaning of Section 18(c)). Any reference herein to an agreement in writing shall be deemed to include an electronic writing to the extent permitted by applicable law.”

4. Section 13 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“13. Outside Directors . Grants may be made to Outside Directors only in accordance with this Section 13 and Section 14(b). The terms and conditions of Grants to Outside Directors


shall be the same as those provided for elsewhere in the Plan, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Section 13.

(a) Effective on the date of each Annual Meeting, beginning with the Annual Meeting that occurs in 2009, each Outside Director shall receive a Grant (the ‘Annual Grant’) of (i) Non-Qualified Stock Options and/or (ii) Restricted Stock, and/or (iii) Restricted Stock Units as determined by the Committee or the Board; provided, however , that if an individual first becomes an Outside Director after the date of an Annual Meeting but prior to the end of the calendar year in which such Annual Meeting occurs, such Outside Director shall receive an Annual Grant equal to the most recent Annual Grant made to Outside Directors (for any such Annual Grant denominated as a dollar amount, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Annual Grant shall be determined using the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant).

(b) Each Option granted to an Outside Director pursuant to this Section 13 shall have a per-share exercise price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, Annual Grants of Options shall vest and become exercisable in four equal installments on each of the next four quarterly anniversaries of the date of grant, unless, in each case, the Outside Director has experienced a Severance before any such vesting date. Section 10 shall govern the treatment of Annual Grants of Options upon an Outside Director’s Severance.

(c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, Annual Grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest in four equal installments on each of the next four quarterly anniversaries of the date of grant, unless, in each case, the Outside Director has experienced a Severance before any such vesting date. Sections 11(c) and 11(e) shall govern the treatment of Annual Grants Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, respectively, upon an Outside Director’s Severance.”

5. Sections 18(c) and (d) of the Plan are hereby amended in their entirety for equity grants to be made on or after January 30, 2009 to read as follows:

“(c) A Participant will be acting contrary to the long-term interests of the Company if, during the restricted period set forth below, a Participant engages in any of following activities in, or directed into, any State, possession or territory of the United States

 

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of America or any country in which the Company operates, sells products or does business:

(i) while employed by the Company, the Participant renders services to or otherwise directly or indirectly engages in or assists, any organization or business that is or is working to become competitive with the Company;

(ii) while employed by the Company or at any time thereafter, the Participant (A) uses any confidential information or trade secrets of the Company to render services to or otherwise engage in or assist any organization or business that is or is working to become competitive with the Company or (B) solicits away or attempts to solicit away any customer or supplier of the Company if in doing so, the Participant uses or discloses any of the Company’s confidential information or trade secrets; or

(iii) while employed by the Company or during a period of one year thereafter, the Participant solicits or attempts to solicit any non-administrative employee of the Company to terminate employment with the Company or to perform services for any organization or business that is or is working to become competitive with the Company.

The activities described in this Section 18(c) (and any additional activities as may be set forth in a Participant’s Grant or Individual Agreement) are collectively referred to as ‘Activities Against the Company’s Interest.’

(d) If Mattel determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that: (i) a Participant has violated any of the requirements set forth in Section 18(b) above or (ii) a Participant has engaged in any Activities Against the Company’s Interest (the date on which such violation or activity first occurred being referred to as the ‘Trigger Date’), then Mattel may, in its sole and absolute discretion, impose a Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture of any or all of the Participant’s Grants or the Proceeds thereof, provided that such Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture shall not apply to a Full-Value Grant to the extent that both of the following occurred earlier than six months prior to the Trigger Date: (A) such Full-Value Grant vested and (B) Common Stock was delivered and/or cash was paid pursuant to such Full-Value Grant; and provided, further, that such Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture shall not apply to an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right to the extent that such Option or Stock Appreciation Right was exercised earlier than six months prior to the Trigger Date. Within ten days after

 

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receiving notice from Mattel that Rescission or Recapture is being imposed on any Grant, the Participant shall deliver to Mattel the cash or shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to such Grant, or, if Participant has sold such Common Stock, the gain realized, or payment received as a result of the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery; provided, that if the Participant returns Common Stock that the Participant purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option (or the gains realized from the sale of such Common Stock), Mattel shall promptly refund the exercise price, without earnings, that the Participant paid for the Common Stock. Any payment by the Participant to Mattel pursuant to this Section 18(d) shall be made either in cash or by returning to Mattel the number of shares of Common Stock that the Participant received in connection with the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery. It shall not be a basis for Termination, Rescission or Recapture if after a Participant’s Severance, the Participant purchases, as an investment or otherwise, stock or other securities of such an organization or business, so long as (i) such stock or other securities are listed upon a recognized securities exchange or traded over-the-counter, and (ii) such investment does not represent more than a five percent equity interest in the organization or business.”

6. Ratification and Confirmation . Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and remains in full force and effect.

7. Governing Law . This Amendment No. 2 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

8. Headings . Section headings are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of this Amendment No. 2.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mattel has caused this Amendment No. 2 to be executed, effective as of January 30, 2009.

 

MATTEL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Alan Kaye

Name:   Alan Kaye
Title:   Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Dated:   February 4th, 2009

 

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Exhibit 10.2

GRANT AGREEMENT

FOR MAY 13, 2009 GRANT OF RESTRICTED

STOCK UNITS TO NON-EMPLOYEE

DIRECTORS


Grant Agreement for

Restricted Stock Units

under the Mattel, Inc. 2005 Equity Compensation Plan

This is a Grant Agreement between Mattel, Inc. (“ Mattel ”) and the individual (the “ Holder ”) named in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units (the “ Notice ”) attached hereto as the cover page of this Grant Agreement.

Recitals

Mattel has adopted the 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”) for the granting to selected service providers of awards based upon shares of Common Stock of Mattel. This Grant Agreement is being executed pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.

Restricted Stock Units

 

1. Grant . Mattel grants to the Holder the number of restricted stock units based on shares of Common Stock set forth in the Notice (the “ Units ”), subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below, as of the effective date of the grant (the “ Grant Date ”) specified in the Notice. Mattel and the Holder acknowledge that the Units (i) are being granted hereunder in exchange for the Holder’s agreement to provide services to Mattel after the Grant Date, for which the Holder will otherwise not be fully compensated, and which Mattel deems to have a value at least equal to the aggregate par value of the shares, if any, that the Holder may become entitled to receive under this Grant Agreement, and (ii) will, except as provided in Section 4 hereof, be forfeited by the Holder if the Holder’s Severance occurs before they vest, as more fully set forth in this Grant Agreement and the Plan.

 

2.

Dividend Equivalent Rights . The Units are granted with Dividend Equivalent rights, as set forth in this Section 2. Subject to any deferral election made by the Holder in accordance with Section 6, as of the payment date for any cash dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock with a record date on or after the Grant Date and before all of the Units are settled or forfeited as set forth below, the Holder shall receive a cash payment with respect to the outstanding Units held by the Holder that have not yet been settled or forfeited on such record date (the “ Then-Outstanding Units ”), in an amount equal to the cash dividend or distribution that would have been paid or distributed to the Holder had the Then-Outstanding Units been actual shares of Common Stock outstanding on the applicable record date; provided, that the Committee shall determine whether a payment shall be made with respect to a dividend or distribution made in connection with an event described in Section 16 of the Plan (whether or not an

 

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adjustment under Section 16 of the Plan is made to the Units in connection with that event), and the amount of any such payment; and the Committee shall determine whether a payment shall be made with respect to a dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock in the form of Common Stock or other property other than cash, and the amount of any such payment.

 

3. Normal Vesting . The Units shall vest in four equal installments (rounded down to the nearest whole number, if one-quarter is not a whole number), as follows : (i) 25% on August 13, 2009, (ii) 25% on November 13, 2009, (iii) 25% on February 13, 2010 and (iv) the remaining 25% on the earlier of May 13, 2010 or the date immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting of Mattel’s stockholders that occurs after the Grant Date, in each case unless the Holder’s Severance has occurred before any vesting date and subject to Section 4. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Holder’s Severance, all unvested Units shall vest in full.

 

4. Consequences of Severance . The consequences of the Holder’s Severance shall be as follows:

 

  i. In the case of a Severance for Cause prior to the Settlement Date (as specified in subsection 5.ii but without regard to any deferral of the Settlement Date in accordance with Section 6), all of the Units (whether vested or unvested, or deferred pursuant to a deferral election made by the Holder in accordance with Section 6) shall be forfeited immediately;

 

  ii. In the case of the Holder’s Retirement, Disability or death, the Units that have not yet vested shall vest as of the date of the Holder’s Severance; and

 

  iii. In all other cases, the Units that have not yet vested shall be forfeited as of the date of the Holder’s Severance.

 

5. Payout of Units .

 

  i.

Subject to any deferral election made by the Holder in accordance with Section 6, upon the applicable Settlement Date (as specified in subsection 5.ii) of a vested Unit, Mattel shall settle each Unit by delivering to the Holder one share of Common Stock. Mattel shall (A) issue or cause to be delivered to the Holder (or the Holder’s Heir, as defined below, if applicable) one or more unlegended stock certificates representing such shares, or (B) cause a book entry for such shares to be made in the name of the Holder (or the Holder’s Heir, if applicable). In the case of the Holder’s death, the Common Stock to be delivered in settlement of vested Units shall be delivered to the Holder’s beneficiary or beneficiaries (as designated in the manner determined by the Committee), or if no beneficiary is so designated or if no beneficiary survives the Holder, then

 

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the Holder’s administrator, executor, personal representative, or other person to whom the Units are transferred by means of the Holder’s will or the laws of descent and distribution (such beneficiary, beneficiaries or other person(s), the “ Holder’s Heir ”).

 

  ii. Mattel believes that the Units constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (“ Section 409A ”). To the extent that the Units are not exempt from the provisions of Section 409A, this Grant Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with complying with such provisions. If Mattel determines after the Grant Date that an amendment to this Grant Agreement is necessary or advisable so that the Units comply with Section 409A, it may make such amendment, effective as of the Grant Date or at any later date, without the consent of the Holder. Consistent with the intent to comply with Section 409A to the extent applicable, the following shall apply:

 

  A. Subject to any deferral election made by the Holder in accordance with Section 6, the “ Settlement Date ” with respect to any vested Unit shall be the first to occur of:

 

  (i) the third anniversary of the Grant Date;

 

  (ii) the date of the Holder’s Severance (other than a Severance for Cause); provided that if the Holder is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) (a “ Specified Employee ”) as of the date of the Holder’s Severance, the Settlement Date shall be the earlier of (a) the date that is six calendar months following the Holder’s Severance or (b) the date of the Holder’s death;

 

  (iii) the date of the Holder’s death;

 

  (iv) the date of the Holder’s Disability, if such Disability qualifies the Holder as “disabled” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Code, and

 

  (v) the date of a Change in Control that qualifies as an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code.

The determination of whether the Holder is a Specified Employee shall be made by Mattel pursuant to the methodology adopted by Mattel in accordance with Section 409A, which methodology may be amended or replaced at any time and from time to time by Mattel, as and to the extent permitted by Section 409A.

 

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  B. If a Change in Control occurs that does not qualify as an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, the amount that shall be provided on the applicable Settlement Date (if such Settlement Date occurs following such Change in Control) in settlement of any Unit that vested as a result of such Change in Control shall be a cash amount that equals the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of such Change in Control, plus interest thereon through the Settlement Date at the federal funds rate (as reported in the Wall Street Journal or any other information source reasonably selected by the Committee), compounded daily.

 

  C. Under no circumstances may this Grant Agreement be amended or terminated in a manner that violates Section 409A.

 

6. Deferral Election . The Holder may elect to defer the Settlement Date (and, therefore, the receipt of any shares of Common Stock that otherwise would have been delivered to the Holder on the Settlement Date specified in subsection 5.ii.A in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Mattel, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “ Deferred Compensation Plan ”) and Section 409A. If the Holder makes such an election, settlement of each deferred Unit and any dividend equivalent paid with respect to such Unit shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

7. Compliance with Law .

 

  i. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a vested Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.

 

  ii.

If any provision of this Grant Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Grant Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with

 

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applicable law, but the other provisions of this Grant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

8. Assignability . Except as may be effected by designation of a beneficiary or beneficiaries in such manner as may be determined by the Committee, or as may be effected by will or other testamentary disposition or by the laws of descent and distribution, any attempt to assign the Units before they are settled shall be of no effect.

 

9. Certain Corporate Transactions . In the event of certain corporate transactions, the Units shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 of the Plan.

 

10. No Additional Rights .

 

  i. Neither the granting of the Units nor their vesting or settlement shall (A) affect or restrict in any way the power of Mattel to undertake any corporate action otherwise permitted under applicable law, (B) confer upon the Holder the right to continue performing services for Mattel, or (C) interfere in any way with the right of Mattel to terminate the services of the Holder at any time, with or without Cause.

 

  ii. The Holder acknowledges that (A) the making of this grant does not mean that the Holder will receive any similar grant or grants in the future, or any future grants at all, and (B) this grant does not in any way entitle the Holder to future grants under the Plan.

 

  iii. Without limiting the generality of subsections i. and ii. immediately above and subject to Section 4, if the Holder’s service to Mattel terminates, the Holder shall not be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit or prospective right or benefit relating to the Units or under the Plan which he or she might otherwise have enjoyed, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful termination of services or other breach of contract or by way of compensation for loss of office or otherwise.

 

11. Rights as a Stockholder . Neither the Holder nor the Holder’s Heir shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares represented by the Units unless and until shares of Common Stock have been issued in settlement thereof.

 

12. Data Privacy Waiver. By accepting the grant of the Units, the Holder hereby agrees and consents to:

 

  i. the collection, use, processing and transfer by the Company of certain personal information about the Holder (the “ Data ”);

 

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  ii. any members of the Company transferring Data amongst themselves for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan;

 

  iii. the use of such Data by any such person for such purposes; and

 

  iv. the transfer to and retention of such Data by third parties in connection with such purposes.

For the purposes of subsection i. above, “ Data ” means the Holder’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, any tax or other identification number, details of all rights to acquire Common Stock granted to the Holder and of Common Stock issued or transferred to the Holder pursuant to the Plan.

 

13. Compliance with Plan . The Units and this Grant Agreement are subject to, and Mattel and the Holder agree to be bound by, the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it shall be amended from time to time, and the rules, regulations and interpretations relating to the Plan as may be adopted by the Committee, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. No amendment to the Plan shall adversely affect the Units or this Grant Agreement without the consent of the Holder. In the case of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Grant Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern and this Grant Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly.

 

14. Governing Law . The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Grant Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.4

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (this “ Amendment ”) dated as of March 23, 2009 is made by and among MATTEL FACTORING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as transferor (the “ Transferor ”), MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Mattel ”), as servicer (the “ Servicer ”), THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SIGNATORY HERETO as purchasers (together with any successors and assigns, the “ Purchasers ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, together with any successors and assigns, the “ Administrative Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , the Transferor, the Servicer, the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 20, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 19, 2004 and Amendment No. 2 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of Mach 23, 2005 (as the same has been and may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS , the Transferor, the Servicer, the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent desire to and have agreed to amend the Receivables Purchase Agreement, in order to, among other things, extend the Facility Termination Date, and to make certain other amendments on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Administrative Agent and Purchasers are agreeable to such amendments, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Amendment;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1 . Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreement . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including all exhibits thereto, is hereby amended such that, after giving effect to all such amendments, it shall read in its entirety as attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Section 2 . Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent . The effectiveness of this Amendment and the amendments to the Receivables Purchase Agreement herein provided are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, instruments or deliverables in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent:

(i) four (4) original counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the Transferor, the Servicer, the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto duly completed;


(ii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Transferor and the Servicer authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Transferor and the Servicer, respectively;

(iii) a favorable opinion of a Senior Counsel of the Servicer and Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Transferor and Servicer, relating to the Transferor and Servicer and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers may reasonably request; and

(iv) such other documents, instruments, opinions, certifications, undertakings, further assurances and other matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and

(b) all actual and reasonable fees and expenses payable to the Administrative Agent (including the actual and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) estimated to date shall have been paid in full (without prejudice to final settling of accounts for such fees and expenses).

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2 , the effectiveness of this Amendment and the effectiveness of the Mattel Credit Agreement (as defined in Exhibit A ) shall be deemed to occur simultaneously, such that the Purchasers party hereto shall be deemed to be “Purchasers” party to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as amended hereby).

Section 3 . Representations and Warranties . In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers to enter into this Amendment, the Transferor and the Servicer represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers as follows:

(a) The representations and warranties made by each Seller Party in Section 5 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and in each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Seller Party is a party are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date;

(b) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such parties, except as may be limited by general principles of equity or by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally; and

(c) No Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

Section 4 . Entire Agreement . This Amendment, together with all the Transaction Documents (collectively, the “ Relevant Documents ”), sets forth the entire understanding and

 

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agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter. No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to the other. None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

Section 5 . Full Force and Effect of Agreement . Except as hereby specifically amended, modified or supplemented, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and all other Transaction Documents are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms.

Section 6 . Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 7 . Governing Law . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, AND SHALL BE FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.13 OF THE RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

Section 8 . Enforceability . Should any one or more of the provisions of this Amendment be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and binding on the parties hereto.

Section 9 . References . All references in any of the Transaction Documents to the “Receivables Purchase Agreement” or in the Receivables Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement” shall mean the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby.

Section 10 . Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Transferor, the Servicer, each of the Purchasers, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents, and their respective successors, legal representatives, and assignees to the extent such assignees are permitted assignees as provided in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

TRANSFEROR:

MATTEL FACTORING, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Dianne Douglas

Name:

 

Dianne Douglas

Title:

 

SVP and Treasurer

SERVICER:

MATTEL, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Dianne Douglas

Name:

 

Dianne Douglas

Title:

 

SVP and Treasurer

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

By:

 

/s/ Liliana Claar

Name:

  Liliana Claar

Title:

  Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ J. Casey Cosgrove

Name:

 

J. Casey Cosgrove

Title:

 

Vice President


THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ William McGinty

Name:

 

William McGinty

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Julius Young

Name:  

Julius Young

Title:  

Senior Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Nigel Elvey

Name:

 

Nigel Elvey

Title:

 

Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


CITICORP USA, INC., as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Henry H. Schwake

Name:

 

Henry H. Schwake

Title:

 

Managing Director

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Raymond Ventura

Name:

 

Raymond Ventura

Title:

 

Deputy General Manager

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Penelope J. Beckwith

Name:

 

Penelope J. Beckwith

Title:

 

Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


UNION BANK, N.A., as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Peter Thompson

Name:

 

Peter Thompson

Title:

 

Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Marianne T. Meil

Name:

 

Marianne T. Meil

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Annabella Guo

Name:

 

Annabella Guo

Title:

 

Director

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Conan Schleicher

Name:

 

Conan Schleicher

Title:

 

Vice President


COMERICA BANK, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Fatima Arshad

Name:

 

Fatima Arshad

Title:

 

Assistant Vice President

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, LOS

ANGELES BRANCH, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Wen-Han Wu

Name:

 

Wen-Han Wu

Title:

 

Deputy General Manager

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, LOS

ANGELES BRANCH, as a Purchaser

By:

 

/s/ Simon Keung

Name:

 

Simon Keung

Title:

 

EVP & CFO

By:

 

/s/ David Loh

Name:

 

David Loh

Title:

 

Chief Lending Officer

Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

Signature Page


 

 

First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

(Receivables Purchase Subfacility)

Dated as of March 20, 2002

among

Mattel Factoring, Inc.,

as Transferor

Mattel, Inc.,

as Servicer

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

The Financial Institutions Party Hereto,

as Purchasers

and

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

CITICORP USA, INC., and FLEET NATIONAL BANK,

as Syndication Agents

SOCIETE GENERALE and BNP PARIBAS,

as Documentation Agents

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

SECTION 1.

  

DEFINITIONS

   1

1.01

   Certain Defined Terms    1

1.02

   Other Terms    10

SECTION 2.

  

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

   10

2.01

   Purchase Facility    10

2.02

   Making Purchases    11

2.03

   Payments and Computation, Etc    12

2.04

   Collection Account    13

2.05

   Reduction or Termination of Purchasers’ Investment Limit    13

2.06

   Deficiency Advances    14

SECTION 3.

  

CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

   14

3.01

   Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase    14

3.02

   Conditions Precedent to All Purchases    15

SECTION 4.

  

SERVICING AND SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

   16

4.01

   Appointment of Servicer    16

4.02

   Duties of Servicer    17

4.03

   Servicer Default    17

4.04

   Servicer Default Remedies    18

4.05

   Responsibilities of the Transferor    18

4.06

   Servicing Fees    18

SECTION 5.

  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   18

5.01

   Representations and Warranties    18

SECTION 6.

  

COVENANTS

   21

6.01

   Covenants    21

6.02

   Characterization for Tax Purposes    24

SECTION 7.

  

TERMINATION EVENTS AND TERMINATION EVENT REMEDIES

   24

7.01

   Termination Events Defined    24

7.02

   Termination Event Remedies    25

7.03

   Rights Not Exclusive    25

SECTION 8.

  

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

   26

8.01

   Appointment and Authorization    26

 

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8.02

   Delegation of Duties    26

8.03

   Liability of Administrative Agent    26

8.04

   Reliance by Administrative Agent    27

8.05

   Notice of Termination Event or Servicer Default    27

8.06

   Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent    28

8.07

   Indemnification    28

8.08

   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity    29

8.09

   Successor Administrative Agent    29

8.10

   Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim    30

8.11

   Sharing of Payments, Etc    31

8.12

   Other Administrative Agents; Arrangers and Managers    31

8.13

   Independent Agreements    31
SECTION 9.   

INDEMNIFICATION

   31

9.01

   Indemnification Generally    31

9.02

   Taxes; Capital Adequacy, Etc    35
SECTION 10.   

MISCELLANEOUS

   36

10.01

   Waivers; Amendments; Etc    36

10.02

   Notices and other Communications, Facsimile Copies    37

10.03

   Governing Law; Integration    39

10.04

   Severability, Counterparts    39

10.05

   Successors and Assigns    39

10.06

   Amendment and Restatement    43

10.07

   Set Off    43

10.08

   Attorney Costs; Expenses and Taxes    43

10.09

   Payments Set Aside    44

10.10

   Survival of Representations and Warranties    44

10.11

   Confidentiality    44

10.12

   Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury    45

10.13

   California Judicial Reference    45

10.14

   USA PATRIOT Act Notice    45

10.15

   Defaulting Purchasers    45

 

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          Page

10.16

   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility    48

EXHIBITS

  
A   Form of Purchase Notice
B   Form of Opinion
C   Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

(Receivables Purchase Subfacility)

This FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of March 20 2002, among MATTEL FACTORING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as transferor (the “ Transferor ”), MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Mattel ”), as servicer (the “ Servicer ”), THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME as purchasers (together with any successors and assigns, the “ Purchasers ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, together with any successors and assigns, the “ Administrative Agent ”), BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as sole lead arranger and sole book manager (in such capacity, the “ Arranger ”), CITICORP USA, INC., and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agents ”) and SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, and BNP PARIBAS as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “ Documentation Agents ”), and amends and restates the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 11, 1998 (the “ Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement ”).

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.01 Certain Defined Terms . The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

Administrative Agent ” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Transaction Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account set forth on Schedule 10.02 to the Mattel Credit Agreement, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Purchasers, the Servicer and the Transferor.

Administrative Agent-Related Persons ” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Adverse Claim ” means a lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of right or claim (other than a lien or other interest in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement).

Applicable Rate ” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating (determined in accordance with “Applicable Rate” as set forth in the

 

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Mattel Credit Agreement) as set forth below:

 

Pricing Level

  

Debt Rating

S&P/Moody’s/Fitch

   Applicable Rate

1

   ³ A- / A3 / A    2.500%

2

   BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+    2.750%

3

   BBB / Baa2 / BBB    3.000%

4

   BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-    3.250%

5

   < BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-    3.500%

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Purchaser, (b) an Affiliate of a Purchaser or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Purchaser.

Arranger ” means Banc of America Securities LLC.

Assignee Group ” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attorney Costs ” means and includes all actual and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and, without duplication, the actual and reasonable expenses and disbursements of internal counsel.

Bank of America ” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

Bankruptcy Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq .), as amended from time to time.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, California or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located (which, as of the date hereof, is California) and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Collection Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 .

Collections ” means, with respect to any Listed Receivable, (a) all funds which are received by the Transferor, any Seller or the Servicer (or any sub-servicer) in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Listed Receivable (including, without limitation, purchase price, finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in respect of such Listed Receivable (including, without limitation, insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the applicable

 

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Obligor or any other person directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Listed Receivable and available to be applied thereon), and (b) all other proceeds of such Listed Receivable.

Contract ” means, with respect to any Listed Receivable, any and all contracts, understandings, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes, or other writings pursuant to which such Listed Receivable arises or which evidences such Listed Receivable or under which the applicable Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Listed Receivable.

Credit and Collection Policy ” means those receivables credit and collection polices and practices of the Sellers in effect on the date of this Agreement, as amended from time to time to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement or the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Debt Rating ” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P, Moody’s or Fitch (collectively, the “ Debt Ratings ”) of the Company’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt.

Default Rate ” means an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus 2% per annum; provided , however , that with respect to the Purchasers’ Investment prior to the end of the Yield Period therefor, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable thereto plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.

Defaulting Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(b) .

Deficiency Advance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06 .

Dilution ” means any adjustment in the outstanding principal balance of a Listed Receivable attributable to any credits, rebates, billing errors, discounts, setoffs, disputes, chargebacks, returns, allowances or similar items.

Distressed Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(b) .

Dividend ” means in respect of the Transferor, (i) cash distributions or any other distributions on, or in respect of, any class of capital stock of the Transferor, and (ii) any and all funds, cash or other payments made in respect of the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of such stock.

Due Date ” means, with respect to any Purchase Date, a date selected by the Transferor which shall not be later than ninety days thereafter, excluding the Purchase Date and including such Due Date.

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.05(b)(iii) and (v)  (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.05(b)(iii) ).

Eligible Receivables ” means, on an applicable Purchase Date, any Receivable: (i) which has a stated maturity and which stated maturity is not later than the related Due Date; (ii)

 

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which is an “ account ” or “ payment intangible ” as defined in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction; (iii) which is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United States; (iv) which, together with the Contract related thereto, is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the applicable Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms and subject to no offset, counterclaim or other defense; (v) which, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene in any material respect any Laws applicable thereto and with respect to which no part of the Contract related thereto is in violation of any such Law in any material respect; (vi) which satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection Policy, including that the Receivable not be delinquent or defaulted; and (vii) which was generated in the ordinary course of the related Seller’s business and which was purchased by the Transferor from such Seller in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Eurodollar Rate ” means with respect to any Yield Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Yield Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Yield Period) with a term equivalent to such Yield Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Yield Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Yield Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of Bank of America’s Percentage of the purchase price of the Purchased Interest being purchased on such date and with a term equivalent to such Yield Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Yield Period.

Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning given to such term in the recitals hereto.

Facility Termination Date ” means the earliest to occur of (a) March 23, 2012, (b) the date upon which the Purchaser Commitments are terminated in accordance with the terms hereof, and (c) the Maturity Date under and as defined in the Mattel Credit Agreement.

Fisher-Price ” means Fisher-Price, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Fitch ” means Fitch ICBA or any successor thereto.

Foreign Purchaser ” means any Purchaser that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Transferor is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

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Governmental Person ” means the government of the United States or any foreign government or the government of any state or locality therein, any political subdivision or any governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body or entity, or other regulatory bureau, authority, body or entity of the United States, any foreign government or any state or locality therein, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board.

Guarantor ” means Mattel as guarantor under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Indemnified Amounts ” means any and all obligations, claims, damages, costs, expenses, losses, liabilities, penalties, demands, actions, judgments, suits and disbursements (including Attorney Costs).

Indemnified Parties ” means the Administrative Agent, each Administrative Agent-Related Person, each Purchaser and their respective Affiliates, together with each of their respective employees, directors, employees, counsel, attorneys-in-fact, agents, successors, transferees and assigns.

Insolvency Proceeding ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) (i) a court having jurisdiction in the premises entering a decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed, or (ii) any other similar relief being granted under any applicable federal or state or applicable foreign law; a petition for an involuntary case being filed against such Person under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over such Person, or over all or substantially all of its property, being entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of such Person for all or substantially all of the property of such Person being appointed involuntarily; and the continuance of any such events in clause (ii) for 45 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or (b) such Person having an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consenting to the entry of an order for relief in any involuntary case, or to the conversion from an involuntary case, under any such law, or consenting to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other custodian for all or substantially all of its property; the making by such Person of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the inability or failure of such Person, or the admission by such Person in writing of its inability, to generally pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of such Person adopting any resolution or otherwise takes action to approve any of the foregoing.

Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Law ” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial

 

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precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Person charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Person, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Lending Office ” means, as to any Purchaser, the office or offices of such Purchaser described as such in such Purchaser’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Purchaser may from time to time notify the Transferor and the Administrative Agent in writing.

Listed Receivables ” means the Receivables the outstanding principal balances of which were reflected in the applicable Purchase Notice and subsequently identified pursuant to Section 2.02(a)(iii) .

Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, properties, liabilities, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Transferor or Mattel and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) a material impairment of the ability of any Seller Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement or of the Purchasers to enforce the performance of such obligations.

Mattel ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Mattel Credit Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2009, among Mattel, the financial institutions parties thereto, and Bank of America, as Administrative Agent, as such agreement may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time. In the event that any term of or section number in the Mattel Credit Agreement that is incorporated by reference in this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Agreement) is changed by any amendment or amendment and restatement of the Mattel Credit Agreement (e.g. an amendment and restatement that renumbers Section 9.14 of the Mattel Credit Agreement as Section 9.16 of the amended and restated agreement), the parties hereto shall cooperate in good faith to amend this Agreement in order to correct the references herein to the applicable terms and section numbers of the Mattel Credit Agreement incorporated by reference in this Agreement. In the event that the Mattel Credit Agreement shall cease to be in effect, then all references herein to the Mattel Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Mattel Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to such cessation.

Mattel Sales ” means Mattel Sales Corp., a California corporation.

Obligors ” means Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Target Corporation, a Minnesota corporation.

Other Permitted Accounts Receivable Financing Facility ” has the meaning given to such term in the Mattel Credit Agreement.

Participant ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05(d) .

Percentage ” means with respect to each Purchaser the percentage set forth opposite such

 

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Purchaser’s name on Schedule 2.01 to the Mattel Credit Agreement. Each Purchaser’s Percentage shall at all times be equal to its Applicable Percentage as a Lender under and as defined in the Mattel Credit Agreement.

Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, joint venture, trust, bank, trust company, unincorporated association or other entity or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Proofs of Claim ” means collectively, proofs of claim under the Bankruptcy Code or any analogous or similar item or items which may or shall be filed by or on behalf of a creditor of any party to an Insolvency Proceeding.

Purchase and Sale Agreement ” means the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of March 20, 2002 (as has been and may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Sellers, Mattel, as servicer and Guarantor thereunder, and the Transferor, as buyer thereunder.

Purchase Date ” means the proposed date on which the Transferor proposes to sell to the Purchasers an undivided percentage ownership interest in the Listed Receivables identified on the related Purchase Notice.

Purchase Notice ” means a notice from the Servicer to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Purchase Rate ” means a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate, plus the Applicable Rate. The Purchase Rate for a Yield Period shall be established on the applicable day contemplated by the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

Purchasers ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Purchaser Commitment ” means, for each Purchaser, an amount equal to such Purchaser’s Percentage of the Purchasers’ Investment Limit.

Purchased Interest ” means, at any time, the undivided percentage ownership interest of the Purchasers acquired pursuant to this Agreement from the Transferor in (a) the Listed Receivables reflected on the applicable Purchase Notice, (b) the Related Security with respect to such Receivables, (c) Collections with respect to such Receivables, and (d) proceeds of, and amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing. Such undivided percentage ownership interest shall be computed as

PI + YR

  LRB

where:

 

  PI = the Purchasers’ Investment with respect to such Purchased Interest at the related Purchase Date;

 

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  YR = the Yield Reserve of such Purchased Interest at the related Purchase Date; and

 

  LRB = the outstanding principal balance of the related Listed Receivables as of the date the related Purchase Notice is sent to the Administrative Agent;

provided , however , that the Purchased Interest shall never be more than 1.0.

Purchasers’ Investment ” means the amount paid or to be paid by the Purchasers for the account of the Transferor with respect to a Purchased Interest.

Purchasers’ Investment Limit ” means the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Commitments and (b) Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) as such amount may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or otherwise pursuant to the terms hereof.

Receivable ” means any indebtedness and other obligations owed to a Seller, or any right of a Seller to payment, from or on behalf of either Obligor (determined prior to giving effect to any purchase by the Transferor under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or to any purchase hereunder by the Purchasers) whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services by such Seller, and includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto.

Related Security ” means with respect to any Listed Receivable: (i) all of the Transferor’s interest in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), relating to any sale giving rise to such Receivable; (ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings signed by any Obligor relating thereto; and (iii) all guarantees, indemnities, insurance and other agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, including, without limitation, all of the Transferor’s rights with respect to such Receivables under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Requisite Purchasers ” means, as of any date of determination, Purchasers having more than 50% of the Purchasers’ Investment Limit or, if the Purchaser Commitments have been terminated, Purchasers holding in the aggregate more than 50% of all Loans and Purchasers’ Investment; provided that the Purchaser Commitment of, and the outstanding principal amount of any Loans and portion of Purchasers’ Investment held by, any Defaulting Purchaser shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Requisite Purchasers.

Restricted Payments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(k) ).

Seller Party ” means each of the Transferor and the Servicer.

Sellers ” means, collectively, each Person party to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as a “Seller” (including pursuant to a Seller Joinder Agreement, as defined therein). A reference to

 

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the “ related ” Seller means with respect to a Receivable, that such Receivable by its original terms was owed to such Seller.

Servicer ” has, the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement; provided that following the appointment of a successor Servicer in accordance with this Agreement, all references herein to the Servicer shall be references to such successor Servicer.

Servicer Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 .

Servicing Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06 .

Solvent ” means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code and, in the alternative, for purposes of applicable state fraudulent conveyance law; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person is not less than the amount that shall be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it shall, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital.

Specified Assets ” means, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (A) Listed Receivables, (B) all Related Security with respect to such Receivables, (C) all Collections with respect to such Receivables (including Collections received on and after the date that the related Purchase Notice is sent to the Administrative Agent and prior to the related Purchase Date), and (D) all proceeds of, and all amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing.

Subordinated Note ” has the meaning given to such term in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Termination Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01 .

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement (including any Seller Joinder Agreement (as defined therein)), the Subordinated Notes and all certificates, amendments, instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices, letters, agreements and documents executed or delivered by any Seller Party or a Seller under or in connection with this Agreement, in each case as any such Transaction Documents may be amended, amended and restated, extended or otherwise modified from time to time. The Loan Documents will not be Transaction Documents for purposes of this Agreement. The Demand Note dated March 11, 1998 made by Mattel to the Buyer in the amount of approximately $9,000,000 will not be a Transaction Document for purposes of this Agreement.

Transferor ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

UCC Filing Date ” means the first date on which any UCC financing statement is filed pursuant hereto.

Unmatured Termination Event ” means an event that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be a Termination Event.

Yield ” for any Purchased Interest for the related Yield Period, means an amount determined as follows:

PR x YP x 1/360

where:

PR = the Purchase Rate for such Yield Period; and

YP = the number of days in such Yield Period.

Yield Period ” means each period from and including a Purchase Date to but excluding the related Due Date.

Yield Reserve ” means the Yield with respect to an applicable Purchased Interest, times the applicable Purchasers’ Investment; provided that no provision in this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Yield Reserve in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law.

1.02 Other Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time (subject to Section 1.04 of the Mattel Credit Agreement) and applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.08 of the Mattel Credit Agreement. All terms used in Division 9 of the UCC in the State of California, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Division 9. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) “or” means “and/or,” (ii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include” and “includes”) means including, without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term, (iii) the meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such defined terms, and (iv) all other terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Mattel Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

2.01 Purchase Facility . On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, each Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from time to time from the Transferor until the Facility Termination Date, without recourse (except as expressly provided herein), undivided percentage ownership interests in the Listed Receivables and other items included in the related Purchased Interest; provided , however , that: (a) the aggregate outstanding Purchasers’ Investments shall not exceed the Purchasers’ Investment Limit; (b) no Purchaser shall be obligated to make a purchase

 

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in excess of its Purchaser Commitment; (c) the aggregate outstanding Purchasers’ Investment plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans outstanding under the Mattel Credit Agreement shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments; and (d) the amount equal to each Purchaser’s Percentage of the aggregate outstanding Purchasers’ Investment plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of each Purchaser in its capacity as a Lender under the Mattel Credit Agreement shall not exceed its Commitment thereunder.

2.02 Making Purchases.

(a) (i) Each purchase of undivided percentage ownership interests hereunder shall be made upon the Servicer’s delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Purchase Notice, which notice shall be irrevocable. Each Purchase Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the third Business Day prior to the related Purchase Date. A Purchase Notice shall specify for each Obligor (A) the aggregate amount of the Listed Receivables, (B) the Purchase Date (which must be a Business Day), (C) the related Due Date, and (D) the proposed amount of the Purchasers’ Investment.

(ii) Not later than 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the second Business Day prior to the related Purchase Date, the Administrative Agent shall send to the Servicer a notice setting forth a calculation of the related Purchased Interest, including a description of the related Purchasers’ Investment and the Yield Reserve. The Administrative Agent shall calculate the Purchasers’ Investment with respect to a Purchased Interest as an amount which, when added to the related Yield Reserve, is as close as reasonably practicable to (but not in excess of) the aggregate outstanding principal balances of the related Eligible Receivables set forth in the related Purchase Notice.

(iii) The Transferor shall send to the Administrative Agent for receipt by the Administrative Agent not later than the Business Day prior to the related Purchase Date, a schedule of the Listed Receivables, identifying the invoice number, outstanding principal balance and maturity date of each such Receivable (in each case as of the date of the related Purchase Notice). None of such Listed Receivables shall have been the subject of a prior Purchase Notice.

(b) Promptly after receipt of a Purchase Notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Purchaser of the proposed purchase (such notice to normally be given within two hours of receipt by the Administrative Agent). Each Purchaser shall make available to the Administrative Agent its Percentage of the purchase price by remitting such funds to the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 12:00 Noon (California time) on the Purchase Date. On each Purchase Date, the Administrative Agent shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3 hereto, pay to the Servicer, for the account of the Transferor, in same day funds, an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts so made available by the Purchasers. The Administrative Agent shall cause an amount of same-day funds equal to such aggregate amount received by the Administrative Agent to be credited to the Transferor’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office.

(c) On each Purchase Date, effective upon the payment contemplated by Section 2.02(b) (and without the necessity of any formal or other instrument of assignment or other

 

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further action), the Transferor hereby sells and assigns to the Purchasers an undivided percentage ownership interest equal to the Purchased Interest in each related Listed Receivable reflected on the applicable Purchase Notice (and subsequently identified pursuant to Section 2.02(a)(iii) ) and the other Specified Assets related thereto.

(d) To secure all of the obligations (monetary or otherwise) of the Transferor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, the Transferor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers a security interest in, to and under all of the Transferor’s right, title and interest (including any undivided interest of the Transferor) in all of the Specified Assets and Transferor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file a financing statement to perfect such interest. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Purchasers, shall have, with respect to the Specified Assets, and in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC.

(e) The purchase price of the Listed Receivables shall be increased by, and the Transferor shall pay to each Purchaser, as long as such Purchaser shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), an additional amount equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to the Yield on such Purchased Interest by such Purchaser (as determined by such Purchaser in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which additional purchase price amount shall be due and payable on the Due Date applicable to such purchase, provided the Transferor shall have received at least 15 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional amount of the Listed Receivables purchase price from such Purchaser. If a Purchaser fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Due Date, such additional amount of the Listed Receivables purchase price shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.

2.03 Payments and Computation, Etc . All amounts to be paid or deposited by a Seller Party hereunder shall be paid or deposited, without setoff, counterclaim or reduction of any kind, no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the day when due in same day funds to the Administrative Agent’s Office. All amounts received after noon (California time) shall be deemed to have been received on the immediately succeeding Business Day. The Transferor shall, to the extent permitted by Law, pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, upon demand, interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due to the Purchasers hereunder at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest shall not commence accruing at the Default Rate until the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Requisite Purchasers, has notified the Transferor thereof; provided , however , that upon the occurrence of a Termination Event specified in Section 7.01(d) or (k) , the Default Rate shall thereupon automatically commence accruing and be due and payable without further act of or demand by the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser. All computations of Yield shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of such payment or deposit. All payments received by the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser hereunder on account of a

 

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Purchased Interest shall be applied by the Administrative Agent, first to pay due and payable Yield Reserve with respect to the related Purchasers’ Investment, second to pay all due and payable fees and expenses and other amounts due to the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent hereunder, and third , to repay any such Purchasers’ Investment. The amount of each Purchasers’ Investment shall be reduced by payments received by the Administrative Agent and applied on account of such Purchasers’ Investment pursuant to this Agreement.

2.04 Collection Account.

(a) At any time the second highest long-term unsecured debt rating issued to the Servicer by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch is lower than BBB-, Baa3 or BBB-, respectively, there shall be established and maintained, in the name of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, a segregated account (the “ Collection Account ”), at Administrative Agent’s Office, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Purchasers. Any interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be retained in the Collection Account and be available to make any payments required to be made hereunder to the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers. Upon the earlier of (i) the Servicer’s second highest long-term unsecured debt rating issued to the Servicer by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch is BBB-, Baa3 or BBB-, respectively, or higher or (ii) the date on which the Purchasers’ Investment is zero, any funds remaining on deposit in the Collection Account shall be released to the Transferor in same-day funds.

(b) During such time that the second highest long-term unsecured debt rating issued to the Servicer by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch is lower than BBB-, Baa 3 or BBB-, respectively, the Servicer shall deposit within two Business Days all Collections it receives into the Collection Account. Such Collections shall be retained in the Collection Account by the Administrative Agent until the next succeeding Due Date, at which time such amounts shall be applied pursuant to the terms hereof.

2.05 Reduction or Termination of Purchasers’ Investment Limit.

(a) The Transferor shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part, without premium or penalty, the Purchasers’ Investment Limit; provided that the Purchasers’ Investment Limit, as reduced, shall equal or exceed the total outstanding Purchasers’ Investment as of the date of such reduction.

(b) The Transferor shall give not less than three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent designating the date (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount of such termination or reduction. Any partial reduction shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Promptly after receipt of a notice of such termination or partial reduction, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Purchaser and the administrative agent under the Mattel Credit Agreement of the proposed termination or reduction. Such termination or reduction shall be effective on the date specified in the Transferor’s notice and shall terminate or ratably reduce the dollar amount of each Purchaser’s Purchaser Commitment.

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Credit Agreement to an amount less than the Purchasers’ Investment Limit at such time shall automatically and concurrently reduce the Purchasers’ Investment Limit to an amount equal to such Aggregate Commitments amount, as so reduced, or terminate the Purchasers’ Investment Limit, as the case may be. Any such reduction shall be applied ratably to each Purchaser’s Purchaser Commitment.

2.06 Deficiency Advances . No Purchaser shall be responsible for any default of any other Purchaser in respect of such other Purchaser’s obligation to fund any portion of a purchase hereunder, nor shall the commitment of any Purchaser hereunder be increased as a result of such default by any other Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event any Purchaser shall fail to advance funds as provided herein, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion but shall not be obligated to, advance as a Purchaser all or any portion of such amount (the “ Deficiency Advance ”) and shall thereafter be entitled to payments on such Deficiency Advance in the same manner and at the same rate(s) to which such other Purchaser would have been entitled had it made such advance itself; provided that, upon payment to the Administrative Agent from such other Purchaser of the entire outstanding amount of such Deficiency Advance, together with interest thereon, at the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate applicable to the related Purchase, then such payment shall be credited against the Administrative Agent’s share of the total outstanding Purchasers’ Investment in full payment of such Deficiency Advance. Acceptance by the Transferor of a Deficiency Advance from the Administrative Agent shall in no way limit the rights of the Transferor against the Purchaser failing to fund its pro rata portion (based on its Percentage) of the purchase price of any purchase hereunder.

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

3.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase . The initial purchase of an undivided interest pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the related Purchase Date the following, each in form and substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a) a counterpart of this Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement duly executed by the Seller Parties and the Sellers, as the case may be;

(b) favorable opinions of (x) the General Counsel or an Assistant General Counsel of Mattel, relating to the Seller Parties and (y) Latham & Watkins, special counsel to the Seller Parties, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B ;

(c) a certificate of the Assistant Secretary of each Seller Party certifying in each case (i) the names and signatures of its applicable officers that shall execute and deliver the Transaction Documents (on which certificate the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely until such time as the Administrative Agent shall receive a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this clause), (ii) that attached thereto is a true and correct copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certified by the secretary of state of the state of its incorporation or formation as of a recent date, and the by-laws of such Seller Party, in each case as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii) that attached thereto are true and complete copies of excerpts of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of such Seller Party, approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents to which such

 

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Seller Party is a party; and (iv) that attached thereto are good standing certificates issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware with respect to Mattel and the Transferor;

(d) good standing certificates dated as of a recent date for each Seller Party from the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware and California;

(e) an assignment of the Transferor’s rights, title and interest in, to and under the obligations of the Transferor as “Buyer” under Section 9 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(f) each other item to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(g) evidence that all conditions to the effectiveness of the Mattel Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently herewith are being, satisfied or waived thereunder; and

(h) UCC-1 financing statements (a) signed by Mattel Sales as debtor and the Transferor as the secured party in form for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of California, (b) signed by Fisher-Price as debtor and the Transferor as the secured party in form for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York, and (c) signed by the Transferor as debtor and the Administrative Agent as secured party in form for filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

3.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases . Each purchase (including the initial purchase) of undivided interests pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:

(a) on the Purchase Date applicable to such purchase the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Transferor that such statements are then true):

(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 are true and correct on and as of such Purchase Date as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent any representation and warranty is expressly made as of an earlier date);

(ii) the representations and warranties of Mattel contained in any Loan Document (except the representation and warranty contained in Section 5.09 of the Mattel Credit Agreement and, in the case of a purchase where the aggregate Purchasers’ Investment being made on that date equals or is less than the aggregate Purchasers’ Investment maturing on that date, the representation and warranty contained in Section 5.11 of the Mattel Credit Agreement), shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of that Purchase Date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) to the same extent as though made on and as of that Purchase Date; and

(iii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such purchase, that constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event or that would constitute a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event with

 

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respect to the Obligor in each case, other than a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event as described in Sections 7.01(e) or (i)  hereof with respect to an Obligor whose Receivables are not included in the Listed Receivables being purchased on such Purchase Date;

(b) after giving effect to the payment contemplated by Section 2.02 on the date of such purchase, the aggregate outstanding Purchaser’s Investments shall not exceed the Purchasers’ Investment Limit;

(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a list of Eligible Receivables in accordance with Section 2.02 ;

(d) such Purchase Date is also a “Purchase Date” as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(e) the related Due Date is prior to the Facility Termination Date;

(f) after giving effect to the Yield Period in connection with such purchase, there are no other Yield Periods in effect; and

(g) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agert that (i) UCC financing statements naming each Seller as “debtor” and the Transferor as “secured party” have been properly filed with the secretary of state of each such Seller’s state of incorporation, organization or formation (as applicable) and (ii) UCC financing statements naming the Transferor as “debtor” and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, as “secured party” have been properly filed with the secretary of state of the Transferor’s state of incorporation.

SECTION 4. SERVICING AND SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

4.01 Appointment of Servicer . Until the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Transferor of the designation of a new Servicer in accordance with the last sentence of this Section, Mattel is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that, with respect to any group of Listed Receivables, Mattel (solely in its capacity as Servicer) may, at any time, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, designate any Affiliate of Mattel as sub-servicer hereunder; provided , however , that such Affiliate shall not become the Servicer and, notwithstanding any such delegation, Mattel shall remain liable for the performance of the duties and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without diminution of such liability by virtue of such delegation and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if Mattel alone were performing such duties and obligations. Subject to the foregoing, Mattel hereby delegates to Fisher-Price all of Mattel’s duties and obligations under Section 4.02 below with respect to the Listed Receivables originated by Fisher-Price, and Fisher-Price hereby accepts such delegation. Mattel acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers have relied on the agreement of Mattel to act as the Servicer hereunder in making their decision to execute and deliver this Agreement. Accordingly, Mattel agrees that it shall not voluntarily resign as the Servicer. In the event that a new “Servicer” has been designated pursuant to the

 

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Purchase and Sale Agreement or upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default as contemplated by Section 4.04 , the Administrative Agent may designate as Servicer any Person (including the Administrative Agent) to succeed Mattel or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

4.02 Duties of Servicer . The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable to collect each Listed Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy; provided , however , that the Servicer shall not extend the maturity of any Listed Receivable. The Transferor shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold for the benefit of the Transferor and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers in accordance with their respective interests, all records and documents (including computer tapes or disks) with respect to such Listed Receivables. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Administrative Agent, with the consent or direction of the Requisite Purchasers, may direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Listed Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security; provided , however , that no such direction may be given unless (x) a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (other than a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(e) or (i)  hereof), and (y) the Requisite Purchasers believe in good faith that failure to commence, settle, or effect such legal action, foreclosure or repossession could materially and adversely affect a material portion of the Listed Receivables. Subject to Section 2.04 , the Servicer shall hold (and shall cause each sub-servicer to hold) in trust (and, during the continuance of a Termination Event (other than a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(e) or (i)  hereof), at the request of the Administrative Agent, segregate) for the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, from Collections received by the Transferor, any Seller or the Servicer (or any sub-servicer) with respect to the Listed Receivables, the percentage of such Collections represented by the related Purchased Interest. On each Due Date, the Servicer shall deposit into the account at Administrative Agent’s Office the amount of Collections required to be held for the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers pursuant to the preceding sentence.

4.03 Servicer Default . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Servicer Default hereunder:

(a) (i) the Servicer shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in this Section) and such failure shall remain unremedied for ten (10) Business Days or (ii) the Servicer shall fail to make any payment or deposit to be made by it hereunder when due; or

(b) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Servicer in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(c) an Insolvency Proceeding shall have commenced and be continuing with respect to the Servicer; or

 

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(d) an Event of Default under and as defined in the Mattel Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.04 Servicer Default Remedies . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during the continuation of a Servicer Default, the Administrative Agent, upon the written request of the Requisite Purchasers, shall, by written notice to the Transferor and the Servicer:

(i) direct the Obligors that payment of all amounts payable under any Listed Receivable be made directly to the Administrative Agent or its designee;

(ii) instruct the Transferor to give notice of the Purchasers’ Interest in the Listed Receivables to the Obligors, which notice shall be given at the Transferor’s expense and shall direct that payments be made directly to the Administrative Agent or its designee; or

(iii) terminate and replace the Servicer.

4.05 Responsibilities of the Transferor . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Transferor shall (x) perform all of its obligations (if any) under the Contracts related to Listed Receivables to the same extent as if interests in such Listed Receivables had not been transferred hereunder and the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights hereunder shall not relieve any Seller or Seller Party from such obligations and (y) pay when due any taxes payable by the Transferor under applicable law, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Listed Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Transferor shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all information needed for such servicing, administration and collection, including notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Purchaser shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any Listed Receivable, any Related Security or any related Contract, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser be obligated to perform any of the obligations of any Seller or Seller Party under any of the foregoing.

4.06 Servicing Fees . In consideration of Mattel’s agreement to act as Servicer hereunder, the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that, so long as Mattel shall perform as Servicer hereunder, the Transferor shall pay over to Mattel a fee (the “ Servicing Fee ”), payable quarterly in arrears on or before the tenth day of the following quarter, equal to 1.0% per annum times the face amount of the Listed Receivables, as compensation for its servicing activities.

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

5.01 Representations and Warranties . Each Seller Party severally represents and warrants, as to itself alone, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers as follows:

(a) Such Seller Party is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business

 

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requires it to be so qualified, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be qualified or in good standing has or will have no Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by such Seller Party of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including such Seller Party’s use of the proceeds of purchases, (i) are within such Seller Party’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with (1) such Seller Party’s charter or by-laws, (2) any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Seller Party, the violation of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (3) any Contractual Obligation of such Seller Party the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect or (4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting such Seller Party or its property, the violation of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any material Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its material properties or upon or with respect to the Listed Receivables (other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents). This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Seller Party.

(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with any or other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by such Seller Party of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than UCC financing statements related hereto or to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

(d) This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller Party enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.

(e) There is no pending or, to the knowledge of such Seller Party, threatened action or proceeding affecting such Seller Party or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Person or arbitrator which, in the reasonable opinion of such Seller Party and its executive officers, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which affects or purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

(f) With respect to the Transferor, the Transferor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Listed Receivables and all other Specified Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claim; upon each purchase, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Purchasers, shall have a valid and enforceable first priority, perfected undivided percentage ownership interest to the extent of the Purchased Interest or a valid and enforceable first priority, perfected security interest in each such Listed Receivable and other Specified Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim. No effective UCC financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any of the Specified Assets is on file in any recording office other than any UCC financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent.

(g) No representation or warranty of any Seller Party contained in this Agreement or any other document, certificate or written statement furnished to the Purchasers by any Seller

 

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Party since January 1, 2002 for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to the officers of any Seller Party in the case of any document or fact not furnished by it) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading except to the extent that any such statement or omission that was untrue or misleading at the time made or that subsequently became untrue or misleading has been superseded or corrected by information provided to the Purchasers prior to the date of this Agreement. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in such written materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by any Seller Party to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. There is no fact known to the officers of any Seller Party as of the date of this Agreement (other than matters of a general economic nature) which materially adversely affects the business, operations, property, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Seller Party and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which has not been disclosed herein or in the written materials referred to in Section 5.08 of the Mattel Credit Agreement other than as disclosed in writing to the Purchasers on or before the date hereof.

(h) With respect to the Transferor, the principal place of business, chief executive office and state of organization (as such terms are used in the UCC) of the Transferor and the office where the Transferor keeps its records concerning the Listed Receivables are located at the address referred to in Section 6.01(b) .

(i) Each Seller Party is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Person, which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) With respect to the Transferor, no proceeds of any purchase from the Transferor shall be used for any purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.

(k) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from a purchase in respect of the related Purchased Interest or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Termination Event ( excluding a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(e) or (i) ).

(l) With respect to the Transferor, the Transferor has accounted for each sale of undivided percentage ownership interests in its Listed Receivables in its books and financial statements as sales, consistent with generally accepted accounting practices.

(m) With respect to each Seller Party, such Seller Party has complied with all of the material terms, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and applicable to it, except, in any such case, where the consequences, direct or indirect, of any such noncompliance, if any, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) With respect to the Transferor, the Transferor’s complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. The Transferor (i) does not use, and has not during the

 

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last five years changed its name or used, any other corporate name, trade name, doing business name or fictitious name, except for names first used after the date of this Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to of Section 6.01(b) , (ii) has never merged with or into or consolidated with any other Person and (iii) has not during the last five years changed its jurisdiction of incorporation from the jurisdiction set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

SECTION 6. COVENANTS

6.01 Covenants . Until the latest of (i) the date on which no Purchasers’ Investment or Yield Reserve in respect of any Purchased Interest shall be outstanding and the Purchasers shall have no further obligation hereunder to purchase interests in Listed Receivables, (ii) the date all other amounts owed by the Transferor or the Servicer under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, any Purchasers and any other Indemnified Party shall be paid in full and the Purchasers shall have no further obligation hereunder to purchase interests in Listed Receivables, and (iii) the date on which this Agreement has been terminated:

(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Seller Party shall comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges except to the extent that the failure so to comply with such laws, rules and regulations or the failure so to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and not result in any Adverse Claim on the Listed Receivables.

(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account; Etc. The Transferor (i) shall keep its state of organization, principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Listed Receivables at the address of the Transferor set forth under its name on the signature page hereto or, upon at least 15 days’ prior written notice of a proposed change to the Administrative Agent, at any other locations, so long as, prior to making such a change, the Transferor shall have taken all actions in any applicable jurisdiction that may be requested by the Administrative Agent to further assure and perfect the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers in the Listed Receivables; and (ii) shall provide the Administrative Agent with at least 15 days’ written notice prior to making any change in the Transferor’s name or making any other change in the Transferor’s identity or corporate structure (including a merger) which could render any UCC financing statement theretofore filed with respect to such Person by any other Person (including, if applicable, any UCC financing statements filed in connection with this Agreement) “seriously misleading” as such term is used in the UCC, so long as, prior to making such a change, the Transferor shall have taken all actions in any applicable jurisdiction that may be requested by the Administrative Agent to further assure and perfect the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers in the Listed Receivables; each notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall set forth the applicable change and the effective date thereof. The Transferor also will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Listed Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Listed Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification

 

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of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Listed Receivable).

(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy . Each Seller Party shall, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Listed Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each such Listed Receivable and the related Contract.

(d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Transferor shall, at its expense take all action necessary or reasonably desirable to maintain a valid, enforceable and first priority, perfected security interest in the Specified Assets in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Purchasers, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, including taking such action to protect and perfect or more fully evidence the interest of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers under this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent may request.

(e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Transferor shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title or interest in, to or under the Specified Assets or upon or with respect to any account to which any Collections of any Listed Receivables are deposited (except as required by this Agreement or the rights of the depository institution that maintains such account), or assign any right to receive income in respect of any items contemplated by this Section.

(f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Seller Party shall adjust the outstanding principal balance of, or otherwise modify the terms of, any of the Listed Receivables, or amend, modify or waive any term or condition of any related Contract; provided that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Seller Party shall extend the maturity of any Listed Receivable.

(g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy . No Seller Party shall make any change in the character of its business, or in the Credit and Collection Policy, that would result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Seller Party shall make any other change in the Credit and Collection Policy without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

(h) Audits . Each Seller Party shall, from time to time during regular business hours (and with reasonable advance notice) as requested by the Administrative Agent, permit the Administrative Agent, or its agents or representatives, (x) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of such Seller Party relating to Listed Receivables and the Related Security, including the related Contracts, and (y) to visit the offices and properties of such Seller Party for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (x)  above, and to discuss matters relating to Listed Receivables and the Related Security or such Seller Party’s performance hereunder or under the Contracts with any of the officers, employees, agents or contractors of such Seller Party having knowledge of such matters. Without limiting the foregoing, such examinations, copies, abstracts, visits and discussions may cover, among other things, maturity dates, agings, past dues, charge-offs, and offsets with respect to the Listed

 

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Receivables.

(i) Status of Listed Receivables . In the event that any third party and any Seller Party enter into negotiations or discussions regarding the provision of financing (whether in the form of a loan, purchase or otherwise) with respect to any Listed Receivable, such Seller Party shall inform such third party that the Transferor has sold an undivided percentage ownership interest in such Listed Receivable to the Purchasers.

(j) Reporting Requirements .

(i) If a Purchasers’ Investment with respect to an undivided interest purchased by the Purchasers remains outstanding on the applicable Due Date, then the Transferor or the Servicer shall provide to the Administrative Agent on a weekly basis a report, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to the related Listed Receivables (including with respect to collection efforts pertaining thereto).

(ii) Each Seller Party shall provide to the Administrative Agent as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after the occurrence of each Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event a statement of the chief financial officer of such Seller Party setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event and the action that such Seller Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

(iii) The Servicer shall provide to the Administrative Agent the financial statements described in Section 6.01(a) and (b)  of the Mattel Credit Agreement, pursuant to the terms of such Sections, including Section 10.02 permitting facsimiles or email.

(iv) Each Seller Party shall provide to the Administrative Agent such other information respecting Listed Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Transferor or any of its Affiliates as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request (including listings identifying the outstanding principal balance of each Listed Receivable).

(k) General Restrictions . The Transferor shall not (i) pay or declare any Dividend, (ii) lend or advance any funds; or (iii) repay any loans or advances to, for or from any Seller or other Affiliate of the Transferor (actions of the type described in clauses (i) , (ii)  and (iii)  are herein collectively called “ Restricted Payments ”), unless (A) in the case of Dividends, such Dividends comply with applicable law, and (B) in the case of any Restricted Payment, the Transferor would be Solvent after giving effect to such Restricted Payment.

(l) Mergers, Acquisitions. Sales, Investments . The Transferor shall not:

(i) be a party to any merger or consolidation, or directly or indirectly purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person;

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expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement or any Other Permitted Accounts Receivable Financing Facility; or

(iii) make, incur or suffer to exist any investment in, equity contribution to, loan or advance to, or payment obligation in respect of the deferred purchase price of property from, any other Person, (x) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement or any Other Permitted Accounts Receivable Financing Facility and (y) except, in the case of loans, under the Demand Note dated March 11, 1998 made by Mattel to the Buyer in the amount of approximately $9,000,000 (or other similar demand notes delivered in connection with this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement or any Other Permitted Accounts Receivable Financing Facility).

(m) No Modification of the Purchase and Sale Agreement . The Transferor will not agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver, alternation or other modification of the Purchase and Sale Agreement which may have a material adverse effect on the Administrative Agent’s right, title and interest in the Receivables or which may have a material adverse effect on the collectibility of the Receivables or which may limit or adversely affect Mattel’s obligations as Guarantor thereunder.

(n) Claim under Section 7.01 of Purchase and Sale Agreement . If the Administrative Agent or the Purchasers makes a claim under Section 9.01 , the Transferor agrees to promptly make a corresponding claim against the Sellers under Section 7.01 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. If the Transferor fails to make such claim, the Transferor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Purchasers, to make such claim thereunder in the name of the Transferor.

6.02 Characterization for Tax Purposes . Each party hereto intends that the transfers of Specified Assets hereunder shall be treated as indebtedness of the Transferor for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes.

SECTION 7. TERMINATION EVENTS AND

TERMINATION EVENT REMEDIES

7.01 Termination Events Defined . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Termination Event hereunder:

(a) any Seller Party shall fail (i) to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under this Agreement with respect to any Purchased Interest (including, in the case of the Servicer, failing to deliver to the Administrative Agent on any Due Date an amount equal to the Purchasers’ Investments plus accrued Yield Reserve thereon) or (ii) to perform or observe in any material respect, within 15 days after written notice thereof, any other material term, covenant or agreement contained in any Transaction Document on its part to be performed or observed;

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Seller Party or Seller (or any of its officers) under or in connection with any Transaction Document or any material information or report delivered by any Seller Party or Seller pursuant to any Transaction

 

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Document shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered;

(c) an Event of Default or any Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(d) an Insolvency Proceeding shall have been commenced and be continuing in which any Seller Party or Seller is the debtor;

(e) an Insolvency Proceeding shall have been commenced and is continuing in which either Obligor is the debtor;

(f) the Transferor shall fail to have a valid and enforceable first priority, perfected (i) ownership interest in, or (ii) security interest in, each Listed Receivable and the other Specified Assets, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than a lien or other interest in favor of the Transferor pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement);

(g) the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall fail to have a valid and enforceable first priority, perfected (i) undivided percentage ownership interest in, or (ii) security interest in, each Listed Receivable and the other Specified Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

(h) a Seller Party shall merge with or into any other entity whereby it is not the surviving entity;

(i) any short-term unsecured debt rating assigned to an Obligor by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch falls below “A-2,” “P-2” or “F-2,” respectively, or the second highest long-term unsecured debt rating assigned to an Obligor by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch falls below “A-,” “A3” or “A-,” respectively;

(j) there shall have occurred any event not otherwise covered by this definition which has or will have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(k) the Commitments of the Lenders under the Mattel Credit Agreement shall have been terminated.

7.02 Termination Event Remedies . Any time during a Termination Event, the Administrative Agent, upon the written request of the Requisite Purchasers, shall, by written notice to the Transferor, the Servicer and the Purchasers, terminate the Purchaser Commitments; provided , however , that with respect to a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(e) or (i) , only the commitment of the Purchasers to purchase undivided interests in the Receivables of the affected Obligor may be terminated as aforesaid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(d) or (k) , the Purchaser Commitments shall terminate automatically.

7.03 Rights Not Exclusive . The rights provided for in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document or

 

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agreement now existing or hereafter arising, including without limitation, under the Transaction Documents.

SECTION 8. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

8.01 Appointment and Authorization . Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any of the Purchasers or participants, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “ agent ” herein and in the other Transaction Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

8.02 Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

8.03 Liability of Administrative Agent . None of the Administrative Agent-Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers or participants for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by the Transferor or the Guarantor, or any officer thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for any failure of the Transferor or the Guarantor or any other to any Transaction Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Purchaser or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

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8.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent .

(a) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Requisite Purchasers as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Purchasers against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Requisite Purchasers and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Purchasers.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 , each Purchaser that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Purchaser, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Purchaser prior to any purchase specifying its objection thereto.

8.05 Notice of Termination Event or Servicer Default . The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event or Servicer Default unless the Administrative Agent has failed to receive on account of any Purchaser such Purchaser’s Purchasers’ Investment, plus Yield Reserve, on the applicable Due Date, or unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Purchaser, the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor referring to this Agreement, describing such Termination Event or Servicer Default and stating that such notice is a “ notice of termination event and/or servicer default. ” The Administrative Agent will notify the Purchasers of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Termination Event or Servicer Default as may be directed by the Requisite Purchasers in accordance with Section 7 ; provided , however , that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Termination Event or Servicer Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Purchasers. In the event that any remedy is exercised pursuant to Sections 4.02 , 4.04 or 7.02 of this Agreement, each Purchaser and the Administrative Agent shall pursue remedies designated by the Requisite Purchasers to the same extent as though such demand was caused by the action of all Purchasers, and each Purchaser agrees to act as expeditiously as possible so as to maximize recovery. Each Purchaser agrees that no Purchaser shall have any right individually to take action with respect to the Purchased Interest, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies with respect to any portion of the Purchased Interest may be exercised by the Administrative Agent as directed by the

 

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Requisite Purchasers for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers.

8.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent . Each Purchaser acknowledges that no Administrative Agent Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Administrative-Agent Related Person to any Purchaser as to any matter, including whether Administrative-Agent Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Purchaser represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and extend credit to the Transferor hereunder. Each Purchaser also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Purchasers by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Transferor, Servicer or the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Administrative Agent-Related Person.

8.07 Indemnification . Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Purchasers shall indemnify upon demand each Administrative Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Transferor or the Guarantor and without limiting the obligation of the Transferor or the Guarantor to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Administrative Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the repayment of the Purchased Interests and the termination or resignation of the related Administrative Agent) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Person in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any document contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by any such Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided , however , that no Purchaser shall be liable for the payment to any Administrative Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Administrative Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, provided , however , that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Requisite Purchasers shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Purchaser shall reimburse the Administrative Agent

 

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upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Transferor or the Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Purchaser (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Purchaser failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Purchaser shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, together with all costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel and the allocated cost of in-house counsel). The obligation of the Purchasers and the undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

8.08 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity . Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with any Obligor, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Guarantor as though Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Purchasers. The Purchasers acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Transferor, the Servicer or the Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Transferor, Servicer or Guarantor) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its purchases hereunder, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Purchaser and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “ Purchaser ” and “ Purchasers ” shall include Bank of America in its individual capacity.

8.09 Successor Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Purchasers; provided that any such resignation by Bank of America shall also constitute its resignation as Administrative Agent under the Mattel Credit Agreement. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement, then the Requisite Purchasers shall appoint from the Purchasers a successor administrative agent for the Purchasers, which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by the Transferor, the Servicer and the Guarantor at all times other than during the existence of a Termination Event or a Servicer Default (which consent of the Transferor, the Servicer and the Guarantor shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the

 

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Purchasers and the Transferor, the Servicer and the Guarantor, a successor administrative agent from among the Purchasers. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers, obligations and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8 and Sections 9.01 and 10.08 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Purchasers shall perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Requisite Purchasers appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

8.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Transferor, Servicer or Guarantor, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the Purchasers’ Investments and accrued Yield Reserve shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Transferor, Servicer or Guarantor) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Purchasers’ Investments and accrued Yield Reserve owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent under Section 10.08 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Purchaser to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Purchasers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 10.08 .

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or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Purchaser in any such proceeding.

8.11 Sharing of Payments, Etc. The Purchasers agree that (i) with respect to all amounts received by each of them hereunder, whether in the nature of a return of any investment or discount, or amounts due to a particular Purchaser in respect of any fees hereunder, equitable adjustment will be made so that, in effect, all such amounts will be shared among the Purchasers in proportion to the portion of the obligations due each Purchaser hereunder shall be shared by the Purchasers in proportion to the amounts due them hereunder, whether received by voluntary payment, or by the exercise of the right of set-off or Purchaser’s lien or secured claims under the Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter amended, altered, modified or replaced, by counterclaim or cross-action or by the enforcement of this Agreement; (ii) if any of them shall exercise any right of counterclaim, set-off, Purchaser’s lien or otherwise or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receives payment or reduction of any amounts due to such Purchaser hereunder, which is greater than the proportion received by any other Purchaser in respect of the amounts due hereunder to such other Purchaser, then the Purchaser receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (x) notify each other Purchaser and the Administrative Agent of such receipt and (y) purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have done simultaneously upon the receipt of such payment) in the amounts due hereunder to the other Purchasers so that all such recoveries of amounts due hereunder. If all or any portion of such payment is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

8.12 Other Administrative Agents; Arrangers and Managers . None of the Purchasers identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “ co-syndication agent, ” “ co-documentation agent, ” “ co-agent ” “ lead arranger ” or “ book manager ” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Purchasers as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Purchasers so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Purchasers so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

8.13 Independent Agreements. The provisions contained in Sections 8.01 through 8.08 and 8.12 constitute independent obligations and agreements of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers, and the Transferor shall not be deemed parties thereto nor bound thereby. The Transferor acknowledges the rights of the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent under Section 8.08 .

SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION

9.01 Indemnification Generally.

(a) Without limiting any other rights that the Indemnified Parties may have hereunder or under applicable law, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Transferor hereby agrees (x) to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any

 

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time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnified Party, and (y) to pay within ten days of demand to each Indemnified Party any and all amounts necessary to indemnify such Indemnified Party from and against such Indemnified Amounts, including Indemnified Amounts of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnified Party, which Indemnified Amount may be relating to or resulting from any of the following:

(i) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Transaction Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby;

(ii) any Purchased Interest or the use or proposed use of the proceeds of the purchase or ownership therefrom or in respect of any Listed Receivable or any related Contract;

(iii) the failure of any information provided to the Administrative Agent with respect to Listed Receivables or the other Specified Assets;

(iv) the failure of any representation or warranty or statement made or deemed made by the Transferor or the Servicer under or in connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct in all respects when made (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section, in determining whether any such representation or warranty or statement was true and correct in all respects when made, any qualification in Section 5 as to materiality or to a Material Adverse Effect or to limitations on enforcement shall be disregarded);

(v) the failure by the Transferor or the Servicer to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Listed Receivable or the related Contract, or the failure of any Listed Receivable or the related Contract to conform to any applicable law, rule or regulation;

(vi) the failure to vest in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers a valid and enforceable first priority perfected (A) undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the related Purchased Interest, in the Specified Assets, and (B) security interest in the Specified Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

(vii) any dispute, claim, counterclaim, offset or defense (other than discharge in an Insolvency Proceeding in which an Obligor is a debtor, which Insolvency Proceeding was commenced prior to the Due Date for the applicable Listed Receivable) of such Obligor to the payment of such any Listed Receivable (including a defense based on such Listed Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), any Dilution or other adjustment with respect to a Listed Receivable (excluding, however, adjustments required as a matter of law because an Obligor is a debtor in any such Insolvency Proceeding), or any claim resulting from the sale of the goods or services related to such Listed

 

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Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such goods or services or relating to collection activities with respect to such Listed Receivable;

(viii) any failure of the Transferor or the Servicer to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the failure to make any payment when due hereunder), or to perform its duties or obligations (if any) under any Contract (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section, in determining whether the Transferor or the Servicer has performed its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or has performed its duties or obligations (if any) under any Contract, any qualification in Section 5 or Section 6 as to materiality or to a Material Adverse Effect or to the rights of any depository institution that maintains any account to which any Collections of Listed Receivables are sent shall be disregarded);

(ix) any breach of warranty, products liability or other claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of or in connection with goods or services which are the subject of any Listed Receivables;

(x) the commingling of Collections of Listed Receivables at any time with other funds;

(xi) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use of proceeds of purchases or the ownership of the related Purchased Interest or in respect of any Listed Receivable or any related Specified Asset in respect thereof;

(xii) subject to Section 9.01(b) , the occurrence of any Termination Event;

(xiii) in the event any Purchased Interest is greater than 1.0;

(xiv) the failure of any Listed Receivables to be Eligible Receivables;

(xv) the failure of the Transferor or the Servicer to comply with the terms of the Credit and Collection Policy;

(xvi) the failure of any Contract relating to Listed Receivables to have terms that are consistent with customary terms for the related Seller’s industry and type of Receivable;

(xvii) the failure of any Seller to complete the sale and delivery of the goods (or the performance of the services, if any) which are the subject of any Listed Receivables;

(xviii) the existence of any contingent performance requirements of any Seller in respect of any Listed Receivables;

(xix) subject to Section 9.01(b) , the failure of an Obligor to make payment on the Listed Receivables prior to or as of the Due Date;

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interest of the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser in any Listed Receivables or other Specified Assets; or

(xxi) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based in contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation, litigation or proceeding and regardless of whether any Indemnified Party is a party thereto).

(b) Notwithstanding Section 9.01(a) , the Transferor shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party at any time for (x) Receivables which are uncollectible, or amounts paid over or repaid to any Person with respect to any Receivable, as a result of the applicable Obligor being a debtor in an Insolvency Proceeding commenced as of or prior to the Due Date, it being understood and agreed that this clause shall not limit the Transferor’s obligations under this Section arising out of or relating to any other event, occurrence or circumstance which would give rise to an obligation of the Transferor pursuant to this Section (to the extent that such event, occurrence or circumstance adversely affects repayment of the Purchasers’ Investments, plus accrued Yield Reserve thereon during or in connection with any such Insolvency Proceeding), or (y) Taxes (which indemnification by the Transferor of any and all Taxes shall be governed by the applicable provisions of Article III of the Mattel Credit Agreement, as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof), or (z) Indemnified Amounts resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party proposed to be indemnified. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that an Obligor becomes a debtor in an Insolvency Proceeding that was commenced prior to an applicable Due Date for any Listed Receivables: (i) each Seller Party shall promptly (and in any event not later than thirty days) after receipt provide to the Administrative Agent a copy of any document, pleading, report, notice, information or other writing provided to such Seller Party, during or in connection with such Insolvency Proceeding, by or on behalf of such Obligor, any committee, court, other Governmental Person, trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official in such Insolvency Proceeding, relating to the forms, procedures, bar date or other timing issues with respect to the filing of a Proof of Claim in such Insolvency Proceeding; provided , however , that this clause (i)  shall not become effective until the Administrative Agent shall have sent a notice to the Servicer to the effect that the Administrative Agent desires that the Seller Parties comply with this clause (i) ; (ii) the Servicer, as agent for the Transferor, shall file Proofs of Claim, at the request and direction of the Administrative Agent, with respect to the Listed Receivables with such court, other Governmental Person, trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official, which Proofs of Claim shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers shall jointly and severally be liable for, and shall reimburse the Servicer for, the Servicer’s reasonable expenses in making such filing to the extent that such expenses relate to the Listed Receivables; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Transferor, shall have the right but not the obligation to file Proofs of Claim with respect to the Listed Receivables with such court, other Governmental Person, trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not file such a Proof of Claim until the earlier to occur of (x) the sixtieth day following the date on which the Administrative Agent has sent a written request to the Transferor requesting the Transferor to file such a Proof of Claim and (y) the thirtieth day prior to the bar date or equivalent last day on which such a Proof of Claim may be filed in such Insolvency Proceeding.

 

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(c) If and to the extent the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser shall be required for any reason to pay over to the Transferor, any Seller, the Servicer or an Obligor (or any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency Proceeding) any amount received by such Person hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have been so received and, the Administrative Agent shall have a claim against the Transferor to the extent provided herein.

(d) No Indemnified Party shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement; provided , that the Transferor shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party with respect to such damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. No Indemnified Party shall have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the date hereof).

(e) The agreements of this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Purchaser, the termination of the Purchaser Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations owing by any Seller Party hereunder.

9.02 Taxes; Capital Adequacy, Etc . Article III of the Mattel Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in full herein, except that for purposes of such incorporation by reference, unless expressly stated otherwise herein, Section references therein shall refer to such Sections in the Mattel Credit Agreement, and, in all cases as incorporated herein from the Mattel Credit Agreement, (i) all references to “ the Company ” shall be deemed to be references to the Transferor; (ii) all references to “ Lender ” or “ Lenders ” shall be deemed to be references to Purchaser or Purchasers, respectively; (iii) all references to “ Lending Office ” shall be deemed to be a reference to the lending office of the applicable Purchaser described as such in such Purchaser’s Administrative Questionnaire; (iv) all references to “ this Agreement ” or “ Loan Documents ” shall be deemed to be references to this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents; (v) all references to “ Loans ” shall be deemed to be references to the Purchasers’ Investments; (vi)(A) all references to “ Eurodollar Rate Loans ” shall be deemed to be references to Purchasers’ Investments with respect to which the Yield Reserve would then be calculated based on the Eurodollar Rate, (B) all references to the “ Base Rate ” shall be deemed to be references to Purchasers’ Investments with respect to which the Yield Reserve would then be calculated based on the Base Rate (as defined and used in the Mattel Credit Agreement), and (C) all references to “ Base Rate Loans ” shall be deemed to be references to Purchasers’ Investments with respect to which the Yield Reserve would then be calculated based on the Base Rate; (vii) all references to “ interest ” shall be deemed to be references to Yield and to any “ Interest Period ” shall be deemed to be references to a Yield Period; (viii) the following words in Section 3.02 of the Mattel Credit Agreement, “either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if the Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans,” shall be deemed to be replaced by the word “promptly”; (ix)  Section 3.05(a) of the Mattel Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be replaced by the following: “(a) any payment or prepayment of any Purchasers’ Investments on a day other than the last day of the Yield Period for such Purchasers’ Investments (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise)”; (x)  Section 3.05(b) of the Mattel Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be replaced by the following: “(b)

 

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the failure of the Transferor to sell Listed Receivables after the Transferor has delivered the related Purchase Notice pursuant to this Agreement”; (xi) all references to a “ Foreign Lender ” shall be deemed to be references to a Foreign Purchaser; (xii) all references to a “ Borrowing ” shall be deemed to be references to a “purchase” hereunder; (xiii) all references to “ Required Lenders ” shall be deemed to be references to the Requisite Purchasers; (xiv) all references to “ Commitments ” shall be deemed to be references to the Purchaser Commitments; and (xv) all references to an “ Interest Payment Date ” shall be deemed to be references to a Due Date.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.01 Waivers; Amendments; Etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and no consent to any departure by the Transferor, the Servicer or any other party to any Transaction Document therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Requisite Purchasers and the Transferor, the Servicer or the applicable party to such Transaction Document, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided , however , that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) increase or extend any Purchaser’s Purchaser Commitment or subject any Purchaser to additional obligations without the written consent of such Purchaser;

(b) postpone or extend any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document for any payment of fees or any other amounts due to any Purchaser hereunder without the written consent of each Purchaser directly affected thereby;

(c) reduce any fees or other amounts payable to any Purchaser hereunder (including without limitation the Purchasers’ Investment and Yield Reserve owing thereto) without the written consent of each Purchaser directly affected thereby; provided , however , that only the consent of the Requisite Purchasers shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or (ii) to waive any obligation of the Transferor, Servicer or Guarantor to pay interest at the Default Rate;

(d) change any Purchaser’s Percentage without the written consent of such Purchaser;

(e) amend this Section or Section 8.10 without the written consent of each Purchaser;

(f) release the Guarantor from any obligation undertaken by it pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement without the written consent of each Purchaser;

(g) substitute or add Obligors without the written consent of each Purchaser;

(h) amend Section 7.01(i) of the Agreement to reduce the minimum debt ratings required as to any Obligor set forth therein without the written consent of each Purchaser; or

(i) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “ Requisite Purchasers ” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Purchasers required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder without the written consent of each Purchaser;

 

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provided further , that no amendment, waiver or consent shall (i), unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Requisite Purchasers or all the Purchasers, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under any Transaction Document, or (ii) have the effect of making any Purchaser’s Percentage hereunder a different percentage than its Applicable Percentage under the Mattel Credit Agreement. No notice to or demand on any Seller Party in any case shall entitle any Seller Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.01 shall be binding upon each Purchaser at the time outstanding, each future Purchaser and, if signed by the Seller Parties, on the Seller Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Purchaser shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Purchasers may be effected with the consent of all Purchasers other than Defaulting Purchasers), except that (i) the Purchaser Commitment of a Defaulting Purchaser may not be increased or extended, the Purchasers’ Investment or (except as provided in the proviso in clause (c)  above) the Yield Reserve owing to such Defaulting Purchaser or fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Transaction Document to such Defaulting Purchaser may not be reduced, nor the Percentage of Purchasers’ Investment of such Defaulting Purchaser be reduced without, in each case, the consent of such Defaulting Purchaser and (ii) any amendment, waiver or consent may not postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document for any payment of Purchasers’ Investment, Yield Reserve, fees or other amounts due to the Defaulting Purchaser without the consent of such Defaulting Purchaser, (iii) any amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of all Purchasers or each affected Purchaser that by its terms affects any Defaulting Purchaser more adversely than other affected Purchasers shall require the consent of such Defaulting Purchaser, (iv) no amendment to the exception of which this clause (iv) is a part shall be effective without the consent of each Defaulting Purchaser, and (v) any amendment of, or consent waiver with respect to, Section 10.15 shall require the consent of the Requisite Purchasers and each Defaulting Purchaser.

10.02 Notices and other Communications, Facsimile Copies .

(a) General . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed certified or registered mail, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c)  below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Transferor or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 to the Mattel Credit Agreement or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

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designated by such party in a notice to the Transferor or the Administrative Agent.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Purchasers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Purchaser pursuant to Section 2 if such Purchaser has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or any Seller Party may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures . Transaction Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Seller Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided , however , that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Purchasers . The Administrative Agent and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Seller Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Transferor shall indemnify each Administrative Agent-Related Person and each Purchaser from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of any Seller Party. All telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.02 and all other telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent intended by the either Seller Party or the Guarantor to satisfy the notice requirements set forth in Section 6.01 may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

(e) Change of Address, Etc . Each of the Transferor and the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Purchaser may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Transferor and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Purchaser agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail

 

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address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Purchaser.

10.03 Governing Law; Integration .

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws principals. This Agreement contains the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire Agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereto superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

(b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of California sitting in the county of Los Angeles or of the United States for the Central District of such State, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Transferor, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers consents, for itself and in respect of its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts. Each of the Transferor, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of forum non conveniens , which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any action or proceeding in such jurisdiction in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Transferor, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers each waive personal service of any summons, complaint or other process, which may be made by any other means permitted by California law.

10.04 Severability, Counterparts . If any provision of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The obligation of each Purchaser hereunder is several, and no Purchaser shall be responsible for any obligation or commitment of any other Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by Purchasers pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute Purchasers to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or another entity. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

10.05 Successors and Assigns .

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Seller Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and

 

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each Purchaser, and no Purchaser may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)  of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d)  of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f)  of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d)  of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnified Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Purchasers . Any Purchaser may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Purchaser Commitment and its Purchased Interest; provided that such Purchaser concurrently assigns a ratable portion of its Commitment and its Loans under the Mattel Credit Agreement; and provided further that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts .

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Purchaser’s Purchaser Commitment and its Purchased Interest at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Purchaser, an Affiliate of a Purchaser or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Purchaser Commitment (which for this purpose includes the Percentage of the Purchasers’ Investment outstanding thereunder) or, if the Purchaser Commitment is not then in effect, the outstanding amount of the Percentage of the Purchasers’ Investment of the assigning Purchaser subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Transferor otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided , however , that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

(ii) Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Purchaser’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the amount of its Percentage of Purchasers’ Investment, Purchased Interest or Purchaser Commitment assigned.

 

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(iii) Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Transferor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Purchaser, an Affiliate of a Purchaser or an Approved Fund; and

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to be a Person that is not a Purchaser, an Affiliate of such Purchaser or an Approved Fund with respect to such Purchaser.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500 (which fee includes any assignment fees in connection with the concurrent assignment of interests under the Mattel Credit Agreement); provided , however , that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Purchaser, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons . No such assignment shall be made to (A) any Selling Party or any of a Selling Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Purchaser or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that are Distressed Persons, or (C) a natural person.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c)  of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement, and the assigning Purchaser thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Purchaser’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Purchaser shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 , 3.04 , 3.05 of the Mattel Credit Agreement (as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof), and Section 9.01 or Section 10.08 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Purchaser of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Purchaser of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d)  of this Section.

(c) Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Transferor, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Purchasers, and the Purchaser Commitments and Purchased Interests of, and principal

 

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amounts of the Percentage of Purchasers’ Investments owing to, each Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Transferor, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Purchaser hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register the designation, and revocation or designation, of any Purchaser as a Defaulting Purchaser of which it has received notice. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Transferor and any Purchaser, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations . Any Purchaser may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Transferor or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Transferor or any of the Transferor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Purchaser’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Purchaser Commitment and/or its Percentage of Purchasers’ Investment owing to itt; provided that (i) such Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Purchaser shall concurrently with any sale of a participation herein sell a ratable participation in its Commitment and Loans under the Mattel Credit Agreement and thereafter cause any such participation to remain ratable with its participation as a Lender under the Mattel Credit Agreement, (iii) such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iv) the Seller Parties, the Administrative Agent and the other Purchasers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with such Purchaser’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Purchaser sells such a participation shall provide that such Purchaser shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Purchaser will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (d) of this Section, the Transferor agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 , 3.04 , 3.05 of the Mattel Credit Agreement (as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof) to the same extent as if it were a Purchaser and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.07 as though it were a Purchaser, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 8.11 as though it were a Purchaser.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 , 3.04 or 3.05 of the Mattel Credit Agreement (as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof) than the applicable Purchaser would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Transferor’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Purchaser if it were a Purchaser shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 of the Mattel Credit Agreement (as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof) unless the Transferor is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Transferor, to comply with Section 3.01(e) of the

 

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Mattel Credit Agreement (as incorporated by reference in Section 9.02 hereof) as though it were a Purchaser.

(f) Certain Pledges . Any Purchaser may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Purchaser, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Purchaser from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Purchaser as a party hereto.

10.06 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement and, subject to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Purchasers’ Investment outstanding thereunder shall be deemed continuing outstanding hereunder.

10.07 Set Off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Termination Event (other than a Termination Event described in Section 7.01(e) or (i)  hereof and after the giving of any notice and the expiration of any grace period contained in the definition thereof), each Purchaser is hereby authorized by each Seller Party at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Seller Parties, or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate any and all deposits (including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured but not including trust accounts) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by that Purchaser or any Affiliate thereof to or for the credit or the account of a Seller Party and whether or not such deposits or other indebtedness are otherwise fully secured and to apply any such amounts in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.10 irrespective of whether or not that shall have made any demand hereunder, and each such Purchaser or Affiliate is hereby irrevocably authorized to permit such set-off and appropriation. Each Purchaser agrees promptly to notify the Transferor and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Purchaser; provided , however , that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

10.08 Attorney Costs; Expenses and Taxes . The Transferor agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all actual and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) after the occurrence of an Unmatured Termination Event or a Termination Event, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “ workout ” or restructuring in respect of any obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all actual search, filing, recording, title

 

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insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent. All amounts due under this Section 10.08 shall be payable within 30 days after submission of an invoice therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Purchaser Commitments and repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations owing by any Seller Party hereunder.

10.09 Payments Set Aside . To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Transferor is made to the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser, or the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Purchaser in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Purchaser severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

10.10 Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Transaction Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.

10.11 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, provided that the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser, as the case may be, shall disclose only the information required by such request and shall notify the applicable Seller Party in advance of such disclosure so that such Seller Party may seek an appropriate protective order, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Transaction Document or any Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement in writing containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Transferor and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Transferor or (h) to the

 

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extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Transferor. For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from any Seller Party or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Seller Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Seller Party or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Transferor or Mattel, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

10.12 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury . EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

10.13 California Judicial Reference . If any action or proceeding is filed in a court of the State of California by or against any party hereto in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (a) the court shall, and is hereby directed to, make a general reference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 to a referee (who shall be a single active or retired judge) to hear and determine all of the issues in such action or proceeding (whether of fact or of law) and to report a statement of decision, provided that at the option of any party to such proceeding, any such issues pertaining to a “provisional remedy” as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.8 shall be heard and determined by the court, and (b) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.08 hereof, all fees and expenses of any referee appointed in such action or proceeding shall be shared equally among the parties hereto.

10.14 USA PATRIOT Act Notice . Each Purchaser and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Purchaser) hereby notifies each Seller Party that pursuant to the

 

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requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Seller Party, which information includes the name and address of such Seller Party and other information that will allow such Purchaser or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Seller Party in accordance with the Act.

10.15 Defaulting Purchasers .

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if any Purchaser becomes a Defaulting Purchaser (defined below), then, to the extent permitted by applicable Law,

(i) during any Default Period (defined below) with respect to such Defaulting Purchaser, such Defaulting Purchaser’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01 ;

(ii) until such time as the Default Excess (defined below) with respect to such Defaulting Purchaser shall have been reduced to zero, any payment of the Purchasers’ Investment shall, if the Transferor so directs at the time of making such payment, be applied to the payment of other Purchasers as if the amount of such Defaulting Purchaser’s Percentage of Purchasers’ Investment outstanding was zero;

(iii) until such time as all Defaulted Payments (defined below) with respect to such Defaulting Purchaser shall have been paid, the Administrative Agent may (in its discretion) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Purchaser to satisfy such Defaulting Purchaser’s obligations to make such Defaulted Payments until such Defaulted Payments have been fully paid;

(iv) any Defaulting Purchaser shall be replaced when such Defaulting Purchaser, in its capacity as a Defaulting Lender under the Mattel Credit Agreement, is replaced under Section 10.13 of the Mattel Credit Agreement; and

(v) no assignments otherwise permitted by Section 10.05 shall be made to a Defaulting Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that are Distressed Persons (as defined below).

(b) As used in this Agreement:

Default Excess ” means, with respect to any Defaulting Purchaser, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Purchaser’s Percentage of all Purchasers’ Investments (calculated as if all Defaulting Purchasers had funded all of their respective Defaulted Purchaser Obligations) over the aggregate amount of all Purchasers’ Investments actually advanced by such Defaulting Purchaser.

Default Period ” means, with respect to any Defaulting Purchaser,

(i) in the case of any Defaulted Purchaser Obligation, the period commencing on the date the applicable Defaulted Purchaser Obligation was required to be extended to

 

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the Transferor under this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the date on which (A) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Purchaser has been reduced to zero (whether by the funding of any Defaulted Purchaser Obligation by such Defaulting Purchaser or by the non-pro-rata application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 10.15(a)(ii) ) and (B) such Defaulting Purchaser shall have delivered to the Transferor and the Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Purchaser Commitment; and (y) the date on which the Transferor, the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Purchasers (and not including such Defaulting Purchaser in any such determination, in accordance with Section 10.15(a)(i) ) waive the application of this Section 10.15 with respect to such Defaulted Purchaser Obligations of such Defaulting Purchaser in writing;

(ii) in the case of any Defaulted Payment, the period commencing on the date the applicable Defaulted Payment was required to have been paid to the Administrative Agent or other Purchaser under this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the date on which (A) such Defaulted Payment has been paid to the Administrative Agent or other Purchaser, as applicable, together with (to the extent that such Person has not otherwise been compensated by the Transferor for such Defaulted Payment) interest thereon for each day from and including the date such amount is paid but excluding the date of payment, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate (as defined in the Mattel Credit Agreement) and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with its then-applicable policies regarding interbank compensation (whether by the funding of any Defaulted Payment by such Defaulting Purchaser or by the application of any amount pursuant to Section 10.15(a)(iii) ) and (B) such Defaulting Purchaser shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent or other Purchaser, as applicable, a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to such payments; and (y) the date on which the Administrative Agent and any such other Purchaser waive the application of this Section 10.15 with respect to such Defaulted Payments of such Defaulting Purchaser in writing; and

(iii) in the case of any Distress Event determined by the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Requisite Purchasers (in their respective good faith judgment) to exist, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Distress Event was so determined to exist and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the date on which (A) such Distress Event is determined by the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Requisite Purchasers (in their respective good faith judgment) to no longer exist and (B) such Defaulting Purchaser shall have delivered to the Transferor and the Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Purchaser Commitment; and (y) such date as the Transferor and the Administrative Agent mutually agree, in their sole discretion, to waive the application of this Section 10.15 with respect to Distress Event of such Defaulting Purchaser.

Defaulted Payment ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Defaulting Purchaser”.

Defaulted Purchaser Obligation ” has the meaning specified in the definition of

 

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“Defaulting Purchaser”.

Defaulting Purchaser ” means any Purchaser that (a) has failed to fund any portion of its Percentage of the Purchasers’ Investment required to be funded by it hereunder (each such Percentage of the Purchasers’ Investment, a “ Defaulted Purchaser Obligation ”) within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to Administrative Agent or any other Purchaser any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (each such payment, a “ Defaulted Payment ”) within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) as to which a Distress Event has occurred, in each case for so long as the applicable Default Period is in effect.

Distress Event ” means, with respect to any Person (each, a “ Distressed Person ”), (i) a voluntary or involuntary case (or comparable proceeding) has been commenced with respect to such Person under any Debtor Relief Law (as defined in the Mattel Credit Agreement), (ii) a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official has been appointed for such Person or for any substantial part of such Person’s assets, (iii) both (a) after the date hereof, such Person has consummated a forced (in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent) liquidation, merger, sale of assets or other transaction resulting, in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, in a change of ownership or operating control of such Person supported in whole or in part by guaranties, assumption of liabilities or other comparable credit support of (including without limitation the nationalization or assumption of ownership or operating control by) any Governmental Person and (b) the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Requisite Purchasers determine (in their respective good faith judgment) that such event materially increases the risk that such Person could reasonably be expected to default in performing its obligations hereunder for so long as the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Requisite Purchasers (in their respective good faith judgment) so determine, or (iv) such Person has made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or has otherwise been adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Person having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets to be, (a) insolvent or bankrupt or (b) deficient in meeting any capital adequacy or liquidity requirement of any Governmental Person applicable to such Person and as a result of such deficiency either (x) is no longer permitted by such Governmental Person to continue operations or (y) the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Requisite Purchasers determine (in their respective good faith judgment) that such Person could reasonably be expected to no longer be able to continue operations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Purchaser which as of the date hereof is already majority owned by a Governmental Person or instrumentality, if such Governmental Person increases its ownership interest in such Purchaser, such even alone will not trigger clause (iii)(a) above and for purposes of clarity clause (iii)(a) is not intended to cover such event.

Distressed Person ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Distress Event”.

10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Transaction Document), each Seller Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Purchasers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between each Seller Party

 

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and its respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand, (B) each Seller Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Seller Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Purchasers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for each Seller Party or any of its respective Affiliates or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Purchaser has any obligation to any Seller Party or any of its respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each Seller Party and its respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Purchaser has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Seller Party or any of its respective Affiliates or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Seller Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Purchaser with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

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EXHIBIT 11.0

MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF INCOME PER COMMON AND POTENTIAL COMMON SHARE

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

       For the Three Months Ended    
     March 31,
2009
    March 31,
2008
 
     (Unaudited)  

BASIC

    

Net loss

   $ (50,986)     $ (46,646 )
                

Applicable Shares for Computation of Net Loss per Share:

    

Weighted average common shares outstanding

     358,891       361,751  
                

Net Loss Per Common Share—Basic:

    

Net loss per common share

   $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                

DILUTED

    

Net loss

   $      (50,986 )   $       (46,646 )
                

Applicable Shares for Computation of Net Loss Per Share:

    

Weighted average common shares outstanding

     358,891       361,751  

Weighted average potential common shares arising from:

    

Dilutive stock options and restricted stock units

     —         —    
                

Weighted average number of common and potential common shares

     358,891       361,751  
                

Net Loss Per Common Share—Diluted:

    

Net loss per common share

   $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                

EXHIBIT 12.0

MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

(Unaudited; in thousands, except ratios)

  For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2009
    For the Years Ended December 31,  
    2008   2007   2006   2005   2004  

Earnings Available for Fixed Charges:

           

(Loss) Income from continuing operations before income taxes

  $ (65,450 )   $ 487,964   $ 703,398   $ 683,756   $ 652,049   $ 696,254  

Add: Minority interest losses (income) in consolidated subsidiaries

    108       262     255     271     142     (93 )

Add:

           

Interest expense

    15,917       81,944     70,974     79,853     76,490     77,764  

Appropriate portion of rents (a)

    8,517       29,833     28,245     25,724     20,475     18,831  
                                       

Earnings available for fixed charges

  $ (40,908 )   $ 600,003   $ 802,872   $ 789,604   $ 749,156   $ 792,756  
                                       

Fixed Charges:

           

Interest expense

  $ 15,917     $ 81,944   $ 70,974   $ 79,853   $ 76,490   $ 77,764  

Appropriate portion of rents (a)

    8,517       29,833     28,245     25,724     20,475     18,831  
                                       

Fixed charges

  $ 24,434     $ 111,777   $ 99,219   $ 105,577   $ 96,965   $ 96,595  
                                       

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

    (b )     5.37 X     8.09 X     7.48 X     7.73 X     8.21 X  
                                       

 

(a) Portion of rental expenses that is deemed representative of an interest factor, which is one-third of total rental expense.
(b) Earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2009 were inadequate to cover fixed charges by approximately $65 million.

EXHIBIT 31.0

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert A. Eckert, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mattel, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly 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 registrant’s other certifying officer 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: As of April 29, 2009

  By:  

LOGO

    Robert A. Eckert
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal executive officer)

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Kevin M. Farr, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mattel, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly 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 registrant’s other certifying officer 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: As of April 29, 2009

  By:  

LOGO

    Kevin M. Farr
    Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal financial officer)

EXHIBIT 32.0

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Each of the undersigned officers of Mattel, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009 (the “Periodic Report”), which this statement accompanies, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

 

  (2) Information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

This certificate is being furnished solely for purposes of Section 906 and is not being filed as part of the Periodic Report.

 

Date: As of April 29, 2009

  By:  

LOGO

        Robert A. Eckert
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mattel, Inc.
   

LOGO

    Kevin M. Farr
    Chief Financial Officer, Mattel, Inc.