MATTEL, INC. (NASDAQ:MAT) Files An 8-K Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit PlansItem 5.04.
Mattel, Inc. (the “Company”) has elected to change the trustee for the Mattel, Inc. Personal Investment Plan (the “Plan”). As a result of this change, there will be a blackout period in which Plan participants and beneficiaries temporarily will be unable to (i)direct or diversify investments in their individual accounts or (2)obtain a distribution from the Plan. The blackout period will begin on December29, 2017 and end no later than January5, 2018 (the “Blackout Period”).
On December8, 2017, the Company sent a notice of the Blackout Period (the “Blackout Period Notice”) to the members of its Board of Directors and executive officers to Section306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, informing them that they would be prohibited during the Blackout Period from purchasing and selling shares of the Company’s common stock (including derivative securities pertaining to such shares) they acquire or have previously acquired in connection with their service or employment as a director or executive officer of the Company.
A copy of the Blackout Period Notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. During the Blackout Period and for a period of two years after the ending date of the Blackout Period, security holders or other interested persons may obtain, without charge, information about the actual beginning and ending dates of the Blackout Period and other information regarding the Blackout Period by contacting Bill Whitman, Director Global Benefits, by telephone at (310) 252-3156, or in writing, at 333 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245.
Section9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Item 5.04 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)Exhibits:
MATTEL INC /DE/ ExhibitEX-99.1 2 d476074dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 December 8,…To view the full exhibit click here
About MATTEL, INC. (NASDAQ:MAT)
Mattel, Inc. manufactures and markets a range of toy products around the world. The Company’s segments are North America; International and American Girl. Its portfolio of brands and products are grouped into approximately four major brand categories, including Mattel Girls & Boys Brands, Fisher-Price Brands, American Girl Brands and Construction and Arts & Crafts Brands. The Mattel Girls & Boys Brands category includes Barbie fashion dolls, Monster High, Disney Classics, Ever After High, Little Mommy, and Polly Pocket, Hot Wheels and Matchbox vehicles and play sets, and CARS, Disney Planes, BOOMco, Toy Story, Max Steel, WWE Wrestling and DC Comics. The Fisher-Price Brands category includes Fisher-Price, Little People, BabyGear, Laugh & Learn, Imaginext, Thomas & Friends, Blaze and The Monster Machines, Shimmer and Shine, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Minnie Mouse, Octonauts, and Power Wheels. The Construction and Arts & Crafts Brands category includes MEGA BLOKS, RoseArt and Board Dudes.
