SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
Form 10-K
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997 Commission file number 1-6682
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Hasbro, Inc.
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(Name of Registrant)
Rhode Island 05-0155090
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(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(401) 431-8697
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of each exchange
Title of each class on which registered
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Common Stock American Stock Exchange
Preference Share Purchase Rights American Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 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] or No[ ].
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part II of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant computed by reference to the price at which the stock was sold on
March 20, 1998 was $4,489,943,387.
The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 20, 1998 was
133,122,242.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 1998 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this
Report.
Selected information contained in registrant's Annual Report to
Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997, is included as
Exhibit 13, and incorporated by reference into Parts I and II of this Report.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
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(a) General Development of Business
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The Company designs, manufactures and markets a diverse line of toy
products and related items throughout the world. Included in its offerings
are games, including traditional board and card, hand-held electronic and
interactive CD-ROM, and puzzles, preschool, boys' action and girls' toys,
dolls, plush products and infant products. The Company also licenses various
tradenames, characters and other property rights for use in connection with
the sale by others of noncompeting toys and non-toy products.
Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, as
used herein, the "Company" means Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation
organized on January 8, 1926, and its subsidiaries.
During 1996, the Company began to take steps to become more marketing and
brands driven and globally focused. The new focus is designed to allow the
development of brands and products globally, which will provide greater
coordination of key brands from a world-wide perspective, while still
recognizing regional differences in product requirements and the sales
process. It also will allow for the global coordination of production and
sourcing requirements.
During 1997, the Company operated through its existing units, Games, Toys
and International, while at the same time put into place a new organizational
structure. The new organizational structure includes three primary groups;
Global Brands and Product Development, which has the responsibility for
developing and managing the Company's global and regional brands, acquiring
new brands and licenses, developing products and determining strategies for
marketing those products; Global Operations, which is responsible for
manufacturing or otherwise sourcing products developed by the Brands Group;
and Regional Sales and Marketing, which is responsible for taking the
products developed by the Brands Group and manufactured or sourced by the
Operations Group and marketing them throughout the world. The Company's
interactive and emerging business units will not be operated within the
confines of the three primary groups but will rather operate as `stand alone'
units, utilizing the expertise of those groups.
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(b) Description of Business Products
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Within the United States, the Company's products sold by the Sales and
Marketing group are categorized for marketing purposes as follows:
(i) Boys' Toys
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Boys' toys are offered in a wide range of products, many of which are tied
to entertainment properties, including Star Wars(R), Batman(R) and Jurassic
Park(TM) action figures and accessories. It also offers such classic
properties as G.I. Joe(R), Action Man(TM), Starting Line-Up(R),
Transformers(R), the Tonka(R) line of trucks, and vehicles including the
XRC(R) radio-controlled vehicles and the Nerf(R) line of soft action play
equipment. The focus in 1998 for this category will be on the core brands,
with introductions of new action figures and accessories utilizing the Action
Man, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Batman, Jurassic Park and Starting Line-Up brands.
Additionally, the Company will offer a range of action figures and
accessories using characters associated with DreamWorks' forthcoming movie,
Small Soldiers(TM) and several new collectible figurines of NASCAR drivers
and additions to the Winner's Circle(TM) line of die cast vehicle
assortments.
(ii) Games
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The Company markets its games and puzzles under both the Milton Bradley(R)
and Parker Brothers(R) brands. Milton Bradley maintains a line of board,
strategy and word games, skill and action games, hand-held electronic games
and travel games with a diversified line of more than 200 games and puzzles
for children and adults. Its staple items include Battleship(R), The Game of
Life(R), Scrabble(R), Chutes and Ladders(R), Candy Land(R), Trouble(R),
Mousetrap(R), Operation(R), Hungry Hungry Hippos(R), Connect Four(R),
Twister(R) and Big Ben(R) Puzzles. The Company also provides games and
puzzles for the entire family, including such games as Yahtzee(R),
Parcheesi(R), Aggravation(R), Jenga(R) and Scattergories(R) and Puzz 3-D(R),
a series of three dimensional jigsaw puzzles. Items added within the Milton
Bradley brand for 1998 include Totally Twister(TM), TV Guide(R)-The Game and
Fishin' Around(TM), a game for younger players.
Under the Parker Brothers brand, the Company markets a full line of games
for families, children and adults. Its classic line of family board games
includes Monopoly(R), Clue(R), Sorry!(R), Risk(R), Boggle(R), Ouija(R) and
Trivial Pursuit(R), some of which have been in the Parker Brothers' line for
more than 50 years. The Company also markets traditional card games such as
Mille Bornes(R), Rook(R) and Rack-O(R), games for adults such as Outburst(R)
and Catch Phrase(R), a line of Playskool(R) Games for children, including
Kanga-Banga Roo(TM) and Mr. Potato Head Pals(TM), as well as a line of
puzzles. New under the Parker Brothers' brand in 1998 are the Electronic
Hand-Held Monopoly(R) game and Bamboozle(TM), a game for adult play.
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(iii) Girls' Toys
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Hasbro's girls' items include the Raggedy Ann(R) and Raggedy Andy(R) line
of rag dolls along with a large doll line which includes Baby Go Bye Bye(TM).
Included in its new introductions for 1998 are McDonaldland(R) Happy Meal(R)
Girl Doll and Dial-A-Doctor Baby(TM) Doll large dolls and figures and
accessories based on the soon to be released movie, Quest for Camelot(TM).
Also being reintroduced in 1998 is a line of My Little Pony(R) figures and
playsets.
(iv) Preschool
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The preschool line is focused on four key brands; Playskool(R); Barney(TM);
Arthur(TM); and, being launched this year, Teletubbies(TM). The Playskool
brand includes such well known products as Mr. Potato Head(R), 1-2-3 Bike(TM)
and the "Busy(R)" line of toys; electronic items including the new Real
Recordin' Message Center(TM) and Police Talk(TM) Radio; and sports toys such
as 1-2-3 Baseball(TM) and Flash `n Go In-Line Skates(TM). Other new items
within this brand for 1998 include Knock-Knock Mr. Potato Head(R), an
interactive soft toy which tells over 50 `knock-knock" jokes and the Musical
Ice Cream Cart(TM). The Barney brand includes a range of products including
Talking Barney(R) and other products featuring the purple dinosaur and his
friends. The PBS television show, Arthur, inspired a line of products
featuring this child-like aardvark and his sister D.W.(TM). Teletubbies are
based on the new PBS series featuring four lovable characters: Dipsy(TM);
Po(TM); Laa-Laa(TM); and Tinky Winky(TM).
(v) Creative Play
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Creative play items for both girls and boys include such classic lines as
Play-Doh(R), Easy-Bake(R) Oven, Tinkertoy(R), Lincoln Logs(R) and the
Spirograph(R) design toy. New offerings for 1998 include an Easy Bake
licensed bake set assortment using the M&M(R) and Oreo(R) brands, several new
Play-Doh playsets and several items featuring characters from Small Soldiers.
The Company also develops and markets certain products, both in the United
States and internationally, through two other organizations, Hasbro
Interactive and the Emerging Business Group.
(vi) Hasbro Interactive
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Hasbro Interactive, Inc. develops and markets interactive CD-ROM games
based on the Company's traditional games and brands, including Monopoly,
Risk, Sorry!, Battleship and, for younger children, Tonka Construction(TM).
It also produces games using licensed properties such as Frogger(R). Among
its 1998 introductions will be Wheel of Fortune(R) and Jeopardy(R), in both
CD-ROM and Sony(R) Playstation(TM) versions, and two interactive playsets. In
1998, Hasbro Interactive will also launch, Centipede(R), its first game
utilizing the recently acquired rights from Atari.
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(vii) Emerging Business Group
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The emerging business group develops and markets the Larami(R) Super
Soaker(TM) line of water products, the Koosh(R) range of soft play items and
a line of interactive candy. Included in this group's line of interactive
candy in 1998 will be Sound Bites(TM) which allows one to hear sounds inside
one's head while eating the candy.
The Company conducts its international operations through subsidiaries in
more than 25 countries which sell a representative range of the global brands
and products marketed in the United States together with some items which are
sold only internationally.
To further extend its range of products, the Company has Hong Kong units
which market directly to retailers, both in the United States and
internationally, a line of high quality, low priced toys, games and related
products, primarily on a direct import basis.
In addition, certain toy products are licensed to other toy companies to
manufacture and sell product in certain international markets where the
Company does not otherwise have a presence.
For all of the Company's units, the Operations group manufactures products
in the United States, Mexico, Ireland and Spain and sources products, largely
through a Hong Kong subsidiary working primarily through unrelated
manufacturers in various Far East countries. The Company has small
investments in joint ventures in India and the Peoples Republic of China
which manufacture and sell products both to the Company and unaffiliated
customers.
Working Capital Requirements
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Production has been financed historically by means of short-term borrowings
which reach peak levels during September through November of each year when
receivables also generally reach peak levels. The revenue pattern of the
Company continues to shift with the second half of the year growing in
significance to its overall business and, within that half, the fourth
quarter becoming more prominent. The Company expects that this trend will
continue. The toy business is also characterized by customer order patterns
which vary from year to year largely because of differences each year in the
degree of consumer acceptance of a product line, product availability,
marketing strategies and inventory levels of retailers and differences in
overall economic conditions. As a result, comparisons of unshipped orders on
any date with those at the same date in a prior year are not necessarily
indicative of sales for that entire given year. Also, quick response
inventory management practices now being used results in fewer orders being
placed in advance of shipment and more orders, when placed, for immediate
delivery. The Company's unshipped orders at March 1, 1998 and March 2, 1997
were approximately $155,000,000 and $215,000,000, respectively. Also, it is a
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general industry practice that orders are subject to amendment or
cancellation by customers prior to shipment. The backlog at any date in a
given year can be affected by programs the Company may employ to induce its
customers to place orders and accept shipments early in the year. This method
is a general industry practice. The programs the Company is employing to
promote sales in 1998 are not substantially different from those employed in
1997.
As part of the traditional marketing strategies of the toy industry, many
sales made early in the year are not due for payment until the fourth quarter
or early in the first quarter of the subsequent year, thus making it
necessary for the Company to borrow significant amounts pending these
collections. During the year, the Company relies on internally generated
funds and short-term borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, to
finance its working capital needs. Currently, the Company has available to it
unsecured lines of credit, which it believes are adequate, of approximately
$1,000,000,000 including a $440,000,000 revolving credit agreement with a
group of banks which is also used as a back-up to commercial paper issued by
the Company.
Royalties, Research and Development
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The Company's business is based to a substantial extent on the continuing
development of new products and the redesigning of existing items for
continuing market acceptance. In 1997, 1996 and 1995, approximately
$154,710,000, $152,487,000 and $148,057,000, respectively, were incurred on
activities relating to the development, design and engineering of new
products and their packaging (including items brought to the Company by
independent designers) and to the improvement or modification of ongoing
products. Much of this work is performed by the Company's staff of designers,
artists, model makers and engineers.
In addition to its own staff, the Company deals with a number of
independent toy designers for whose designs and ideas the Company competes
with other toy manufacturers. Rights to such designs and ideas, when acquired
by the Company, are usually exclusive under agreements requiring the Company
to pay the designer a royalty on the Company's net sales of the item. These
designer royalty agreements in some cases provide for advance royalties and
minimum guarantees.
The Company also produces a number of toys under trademarks and copyrights
utilizing the names or likenesses of familiar movie, television and comic
strip characters, for whose rights the Company competes with other toy
manufacturers. Licensing fees are generally paid as a royalty on the
Company's net sales of the item. Licenses for the use of characters are
generally exclusive for specific products or product lines in specified
territories. In many instances, advance royalties and minimum guarantees are
required by character license agreements. Under terms of currently existing
agreements, in certain circumstances the Company may be required to pay an
aggregate of up to $500,000,000 in guaranteed or minimum royalties between
1998 and 2005.
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Marketing and Sales
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The Company's products are sold nationally and internationally to a broad
spectrum of customers including wholesalers, distributors, chain stores,
discount stores, mail order houses, catalog stores, department stores and
other retailers, large and small. The Company and its subsidiaries employ
their own sales forces which account for nearly all of the sales of their
products. Remaining sales are generated by independent distributors who sell
the Company's products principally in areas of the world where the Company
does not otherwise maintain a presence. The Company maintains showrooms in
New York and selected other major cities world-wide as well as at most of its
subsidiary locations. Although the Company has more than 2,000 customers in
the United States and Canada, most of which are wholesalers, distributors or
large chain stores, there has been significant consolidation at the retail
level over the last several years. In other countries, the Company has in
excess of 20,000 customers, many of which are individual retail stores.
During 1997, sales to the Company's two largest customers, Toys R Us, Inc.
and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., represented 22% and 15%, respectively, of
consolidated net revenues.
The Company advertises many of its toy and game products extensively on
television. The Company generally advertises selected items in its product
groups in a manner designed to promote the sale of other specific items in
those product groups. Each year, the Company introduces its new products at
its New York City showrooms at the time of the American International Toy
Fair in February. It also introduces some of its products to major customers
during the prior year.
In 1997, the Company spent approximately $411,574,000 in advertising,
promotion and marketing programs compared to $418,003,000 in 1996 and
$417,886,000 in 1995.
Manufacturing and Importing
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The Company manufactures its products in facilities within the United
States and various other countries (see "Properties"). Most of its products
are manufactured from basic raw materials such as plastic and cardboard which
are readily available but which may be subject to significant fluctuations in
price. The Company's manufacturing process includes injection molding, blow
molding, metal stamping, spray painting, printing, box making, assembly and
wood processing. The Company purchases certain components and accessories
used in its toys and games and some finished items from United States
manufacturers as well as from manufacturers in the Far East, which is the
largest manufacturing center of toys in the world, and other countries. The
1996 implementation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade reduced or
eliminated customs duties on many products imported by the Company. The
Company believes that the manufacturing capacity of its facilities and the
supply of components, accessories and completed products which it purchases
from unaffiliated manufacturers is adequate to meet the foreseeable demand
for the products which it markets. The Company's reliance on external sources
of manufacturing can be shifted, over a period of time, to alternative
sources of supply for products it sells, should such changes be necessary.
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However, if the Company is prevented from obtaining products from a
substantial number of its current Far East suppliers due to political, labor
or other factors beyond its control, the Company's operations would be
disrupted while alternative sources of product were secured. The imposition
of trade sanctions by the United States or the European Union against a class
of products imported by the Company from, or the loss of "most favored
nation" trading status by, the People's Republic of China could significantly
increase the cost of the Company's products imported into the United States
or Europe from China.
The Company makes its own tools and fixtures but purchases dies and molds
principally from independent United States and international sources. Several
of the Company's North American production departments operate on a two-shift
basis and its molding departments operate on a continuous basis through most
of the year.
Competition
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The Company's business is highly competitive and it competes with several
large and many small United States and international manufacturers. The
Company is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of
toys and games.
Employees
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The Company employs approximately 12,000 persons worldwide, approximately
6,500 of whom are located in the United States.
Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
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The Company's products are protected, for the most part and in as many
countries as practical, by registered trademarks, copyrights and patents to
the extent that such protection is available and meaningful. The loss of such
rights concerning any particular product would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business, although the loss of such protection for a
number of significant items might have such an effect.
Government Regulation
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The Company's toy products sold in the United States are subject to the
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act (the "CPSA"), The Federal
Hazardous Substances Act (the "FHSA") and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. The CPSA empowers the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the
"CPSC") to take action against hazards presented by consumer products,
including the formulation and implementation of regulations and uniform
safety standards. The CPSC has the authority to seek to declare a product "a
banned hazardous substance" under the CPSA and to ban it from commerce. The
CPSC can file an action to seize and condemn an "imminently hazardous
consumer product" under the CPSA and may also order equitable remedies such
as recall, replacement, repair or refund for the product. The FHSA provides
for the repurchase by the manufacturer of articles which are banned. Similar
laws exist in some states and cities within the United States and in Canada,
Australia and Europe. The Company maintains laboratories which have testing
and other procedures intended to maintain compliance with the CPSA and FHSA.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that all of the
Company's products are or will be hazard free. While the Company neither has
had any material product recalls nor knows of any currently, should any such
problem arise, it could have an effect on the Company depending on the
product and could affect sales of other products.
The Children's Television Act of 1990 and the rules promulgated thereunder
by the United States Federal Communications Commission as well as the laws of
certain countries place certain limitations on television commercials during
children's programming.
The Company maintains programs to comply with various United States
federal, state, local and international requirements relating to the
environment, plant safety and other matters.
Toys "R" Us Litigation
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On September 25, 1997, an administrative law judge ("ALJ") of the Federal
Trade Commission (the "Commission") issued an Initial Decision against Toys
"R" Us, finding that Toys "R" Us had engaged in unfair business practices in
violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. In particular,
the ALJ found that Toys "R" Us entered into vertical agreements with, and
facilitated horizontal agreements among, various toy manufacturers, including
the Company, to restrict the supply of certain toys to warehouse club
retailers. Toys "R" Us' appeal of the ALJ's decision is currently pending
before the Commission. Although the Company voluntarily produced documents
and witnesses in the action, the Company was not named a defendant by the
Commission in the action.
In the wake of the ALJ's decision, numerous antitrust actions have been
filed naming Toys "R" Us, the Company, and certain other toy manufacturers as
defendants. All of these actions generally allege that Toys "R" Us
orchestrated an illegal conspiracy with various toy manufacturers to
improperly cut-off supplies of popular toys to the warehouse clubs and other
low margin retailers that compete with Toys "R" Us. The Company has been
named as a defendant in twenty-seven private antitrust class actions in
federal courts in California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and Vermont, all of which purport to represent nationwide
classes of customers. These actions allege, among other things, violations of
the Sherman and Clayton Acts. In addition, on October 2, 1997, the Attorney
General of the State of New York ("NYAG") filed an action against Toys "R"
Us, the Company, and several other toy manufacturers alleging violations of
federal and state antitrust law, on behalf of all persons in the State of New
York who purchased toy products from retailers from 1989 to the present. The
NYAG complaint has been amended to add as plaintiffs attorneys general from
an additional thirty-seven states, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
On February 11, 1998, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation
consolidated and transferred, for all pretrial proceedings, the NYAG action
and all of the pending private actions in the federal courts. The
consolidated cases are titled In Re Toys "R" Us Antitrust Litigation, MDL-
1211 and are pending in the Federal District Court in the Eastern District of
New York.
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In addition, the Company has been named as a defendant, along with Toys "R"
Us and certain other toy manufacturers, in an action titled Struthers v. Toys
"R" Us et al., No. H198813-6, filed in the Superior Court for the State of
California, Alameda County, alleging violations of state antitrust laws. On
February 9, 1998, the Superior Court ordered the Struthers case to be
coordinated with three pending state court actions previously filed against
Toys "R" Us in California. On March 2, 1998, the Superior Court entered an
order providing for six months hiatus in all of the California litigations to
encourage the parties to pursue settlement discussions and negotiations in
good faith. These discussions are to be coordinated with a mediation ordered
in a case titled Wilson v. Toys "R" Us, Case No. CV96-574, pending in
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court in Alabama. The Company is not a party to the
Alabama case.
All of the foregoing complaints seek injunctive relief, unspecified treble
damages, expenses or costs and attorneys fees. The Company has not responded
to the complaints in any of these actions, and there are no current dates for
responding to any of the complaints.
The Company intends to vigorously defend the actions in which it is named
as a defendant involving the Toys "R" Us matter. Due to the preliminary
nature of the various actions and proceedings against the Company, the
ultimate outcome and materiality of these matters cannot presently be
determined.
Forward-Looking Information
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From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking statements
relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business
prospects, technological developments, new products, research and development
activities and similar matters. Forward-looking statements are inherently
subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are known by, or self-
evident to, the investing public. The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order
to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety
of factors could cause its actual results and experience to differ materially
from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in its forward-
looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the
operations, performance, development and results of Hasbro's business include
the following:
1) The Company's dependence on its timely development and introduction of
new products and the acceptance, in a competitive product environment, by
both the customer and consumer, of new and continuing products;
2) The impact of competition on revenue, margins and other aspects of the
Company's business;
3) Economic conditions and currency fluctuations in the various markets
in which the Company operates throughout the world, including the effect of
currency fluctuations on reportable income;
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4) The continuing trend of increased concentration of Hasbro's revenues
in the second half and fourth quarter of the year, together with the
increased reliance by retailers on quick response inventory management
practices, which increases the risk of the Company's underproduction of
popular items, overproduction of less popular items and failure to achieve
tight and compressed shipping schedules;
5) Third party actions or approval that could delay, modify or increase
the cost of implementation of the Company's global integration and profit
enhancement program;
6) The risk that anticipated benefits of acquisitions may not occur or be
delayed or reduced in their realization; and
7) Other risks and uncertainties as are or may be detailed from time to
time in Hasbro's public announcements and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(c) Financial Information About International and United States
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Operations and Export Sales
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The information required by this item is included in note 16 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements in Exhibit 13 to this Report and is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
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Lease
Square Type of Expiration
Location Use Feet Possession Dates
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Rhode Island
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Pawtucket Executive, Sales &
Marketing Offices &
Product Development 343,000 Owned --
Pawtucket Administrative Office 23,000 Owned --
East Providence Administrative Office 120,000 Leased 1999
Central Falls Manufacturing 261,500 Owned (1) --
California
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Petaluma Warehouse 80,000 Leased 1998
Campbell Office 17,000 Leased 2002
Massachusetts
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East Longmeadow Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 1,147,500 Owned --
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East Longmeadow Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 254,400 Owned (1) --
East Longmeadow Warehouse 500,000 Leased 2000
Beverly Office 100,000 Owned --
New Jersey
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Northvale Warehouse 75,000 Leased 2002
Mt. Laurel Office 11,000 Leased 1999
New York
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New York Office & Showroom 70,300 Leased 2000
New York Offices & Showrooms 32,300 Leased 1999
Ohio
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Bedford Heights Office and warehouse 187,100 Leased 2000
Euclid Warehouse 29,300 Leased 1998
Cincinnati Office 174,000 Leased 2007
Cincinnati Warehouse 31,800 Leased 2008
Texas
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El Paso Manufacturing
& Warehouse 373,000 Owned (1) --
El Paso Warehouse 744,900 Leased 2008
El Paso Warehouses 111,000 Leased 1998
Vermont
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Fairfax Manufacturing 43,000 Owned (1) --
Washington
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Seattle Office & Warehouse 125,100 Leased(2) 1998
Australia
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Lidcombe Office & Warehouse 161,400 Leased 2002
Eastwood Office 16,900 Leased 2001
Argentina
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Buenos Aires Office and Warehouse 61,000 Leased 2000
Austria
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Vienna Office 2,500 Leased 1998
Belgium
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Brussels Office & Showroom 20,700 Leased 1998
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Canada
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Montreal Office, Manufacturing
& Showroom 133,900 Leased 2001
Mississauga Sales Office & Showroom 16,300 Leased 1998
Montreal Warehouse 88,100 Leased 1998
Chile
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Santiago Warehouse 23,800 Leased 1998
Santiago Office 3,500 Leased 1999
Denmark
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Glostrup Office 9,200 Leased 1999
England
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Uxbridge Office & Showroom 94,500 Leased 2013
Finland
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Helsinki Office 8,000 Leased 2001
France
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Le Bourget
du Lac Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 108,300 Owned --
Savoie Technolac Office 33,500 Owned --
Creutzwald Warehouse 92,900 Owned --
Gresy Warehouse 265,000 Leased 1998
Germany
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Dietzenbach Office 39,400 Leased 1998
Soest Office & Warehouse 156,300 Owned --
Greece
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Athens Office & Warehouse 84,700 Leased 1998
Hong Kong
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Kowloon Office 36,800 Leased 2000
Shatkin Office & Warehouse 17,800 Leased 1999
Hungary
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Budapest Office 6,300 Leased 1999
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Ireland
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Waterford Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 244,400 Owned --
Italy
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Milan Office & Showroom 12,100 Leased 2002
Japan
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Tokyo Office 7,200 Leased 1998
Malaysia
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Selangor
Darul Ehsan Office 4,900 Leased 2000
Mexico
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Tijuana Office & Manufacturing 143,800 Leased 1998
Tijuana Manufacturing 205,000 Leased 1998
Tijuana Warehouse 46,900 Leased 1998
Periferico Office 16,100 Leased 2001
Juarez Manufacturing 169,500 Owned (1) --
Venados Warehouses 118,100 Leased 1999
The Netherlands
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Ter Apel Office & Warehouse 139,300 Owned --
Ter Apel Warehouse 79,400 Leased 1998
Utrecht Office 17,000 Leased 1999
New Zealand
- - -----------
Auckland Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 110,900 Leased(1) 2005
Norway
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Asker Office 6,500 Leased 1999
Peru
- - ----
Lima Warehouse 32,400 Leased 1999
Lima Office 11,000 Leased 1998
Poland
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Warsaw Office 5,000 Leased 1998
Portugal
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Estoril-Lisboa Office 2,900 Leased 1998
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Singapore
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Singapore Office & Warehouse 9,300 Leased 2000
Spain
- - -----
Valencia Office, Manufacturing
& Warehouse 115,100 Leased 1998
Valencia Office 27,600 Leased 2011
Valencia Manufacturing
& Warehouse 201,900 Leased 2011
Valencia Warehouse 48,100 Leased 1998
Valencia Warehouse 161,700 Leased 2002
Sweden
- - ------
Vosby Office 7,400 Leased 1998
Switzerland
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Mutschellen Office & Warehouse 23,400 Leased 1998
Taiwan
- - ------
TPE County Warehouse 14,400 Leased 1998
Wales
- - -----
Newport Warehouse 76,000 Leased 2003
Newport Warehouse 52,000 Owned --
(1) As part of its global integration and profit enhancement program,
the Company has announced that it will cease manufacturing at this
location during 1998.
(2) In addition, at this location the Port of Seattle operates a
400,000 square foot distribution facility pursuant to an agreement
with the Company.
In addition to the above listed facilities, the Company either owns or
leases various other properties approximating 350,000 square feet which are
utilized in its operations. The Company also either owns or leases an
aggregate of approximately 250,000 square feet not currently being utilized
in its operations. Most of these properties are being leased, subleased or
offered for sublease or sale.
The foregoing properties consist, in general, of brick, cinder block or
concrete block buildings which the Company believes are in good condition and
well maintained.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
-----------------
The Company is party to certain legal proceedings, substantially involving
routine litigation incidental to the Company's business, none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, is deemed to be material to the financial
condition of the Company. For a description of the "Toys `R' Us litigation",
see Item 1.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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None.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
- - ------------------------------------
The following persons are the executive officers of the Company and its
subsidiaries and divisions. Such executive officers are elected annually. The
position and office listed below are the principal position(s) and office(s)
held by such person with the Company, subsidiary or divisions employing such
person. The persons listed below generally also serve as officers and
directors of the Company's various subsidiaries at the request and
convenience of the Company.
Period
Serving in
Current
Name Age Position and Office Held Position
- - ---- --- ------------------------ ----------
Alan G. Hassenfeld 49 Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive
Officer Since 1989
Harold P. Gordon (1) 60 Vice Chairman Since 1995
Adam Klein (2) 46 Executive Vice President,
Global Strategy and
Development Since 1996
John T. O'Neill 53 Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer Since 1989
Alfred J. Verrecchia(3) 55 Executive Vice President and
President, Global Operations Since 1996
Virginia H. Kent (4) 43 President, Global Brands and
Product Development Since 1996
E. David Wilson (5) 60 President, Hasbro Americas Since 1996
George B. Volanakis (6) 50 President, European Sales
and Marketing Since 1998
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Dan D. Owen (7) 49 President, Emerging Business
Group Since 1997
Donal A. Barksdale (8) 47 Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer Since 1997
Richard B. Holt 56 Senior Vice President and
Controller Since 1992
Cynthia S. Reed (9) 42 Senior Vice President and
General Counsel Since 1995
Martin R. Trueb (10) 46 Senior Vice President and
Treasurer Since 1997
Phillip H. Waldoks (11) 45 Senior Vice President -
Corporate Legal Affairs
and Secretary Since 1995
(1) Prior thereto, Partner, Stikeman, Elliott (law firm).
(2) Prior thereto, President, Klein & Co. (consulting firm specializing
in managing strategic change).
(3) Prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer, Domestic Toy Operations.
(4) Prior thereto, General Manager, Girls/Boys/Nerf, from 1994 to 1996;
prior thereto, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Kenner.
(5) Prior thereto, President Hasbro Games Group, from 1995 to 1996; prior
thereto, President, Milton Bradley.
(6) Prior thereto, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ertl
Company, Inc.
(7) Prior thereto, President, Hasbro USA, from 1996 to 1997; prior
thereto, President, Hasbro Toy Group, from 1994 to 1996; prior
thereto, President, Playskool.
(8) Prior thereto, Senior Director, Applications Development, Anheuser-
Busch Companies, Inc., from 1996 to 1997; prior thereto, Vice
President, Information Systems, General Electric Company.
(9) Prior thereto, Vice President - Legal.
(10) Prior thereto, Assistant Treasurer, Amway Corporation, from 1995
to 1997; prior thereto, Director, International Treasury,
RJR Nabisco, Inc.
(11) Prior thereto, Senior Vice President - Corporate Legal Affairs.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED
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STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
-------------------
On October 14, 1997, the Company issued an aggregate of 6,500,000 warrants
to purchase 6,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $.50 per share, of
the Company, at an exercise price of $28.00 per share, subject to anti-
dilution adjustment in certain events, to a motion picture studio and a
subsidiary thereof, in connection with, and as partial consideration for, the
acquisition of certain long-term rights. The warrants were issued without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") on the basis of
Section 4(2) of the Act in reliance upon the representations of each warrant
holder that it is an accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D under the Act, and that it is acquiring the warrants for
investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection
with, any "distribution" thereof for purposes of the Act. The warrants are
not exercisable prior to the occurrence of an event expected to take place in
1999, except that exercisability would be accelerated on a change in control
of the Company. The warrants would remain exercisable, with respect to
3,900,000 warrants until October 14, 2008 and with respect to 2,600,000
warrants until October 14, 2009.
The remainder of the information required by this item is included in
Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters in
Exhibit 13 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
-----------------------
The information required by this item is included in Selected Financial
Data in Exhibit 13 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
-----------------------------------------------------------
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
-------------------------
The information required by this item is included in Management's Review in
Exhibit 13 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
-------------------------------------------
The information required by this item is included in Financial Statements
and Supplementary Data in Exhibit 13 to this Report and is incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
-----------------------------------------------------------
AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
------------------------
None.
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PART III
ITEMS 10, 11, 12 and 13.
The information required by these items is included in registrant's
definitive proxy statement for the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is
incorporated herein by reference, except that the sections under the headings
(a) "Comparison of Five Year Cumulative Total Shareholder Return Among
Hasbro, S&P 500 and Russell 1000 Consumer Discretionary Economic Sector" and
accompanying material and (b) "Report of the Compensation and Stock Option
Committee of the Board of Directors" in the definitive proxy statement shall
not be deemed "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission or subject
to Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
---------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits
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(1) Financial Statements
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Included in PART II of this report:
Independent Auditors' Report
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 28, 1997 and
December 29, 1996
Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the Three Fiscal
Years Ended in December 1997, 1996 and 1995
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the
Three Fiscal Years Ended in December 1997, 1996 and 1995
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three
Fiscal Years Ended in December 1997, 1996 and 1995
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules
-----------------------------
Included in PART IV of this Report:
Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants
on Financial Statement Schedule
For the Three Fiscal Years Ended in December 1997, 1996
and 1995:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and
Reserves
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Schedules other than those listed above are omitted for the reason that
they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is
shown in the financial statements or notes thereto. Columns omitted from
schedules filed have been omitted because the information is not applicable.
(3) Exhibits
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The Company will furnish to any shareholder, upon written request, any
exhibit listed below upon payment by such shareholder to the Company of the
Company's reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibit.
Exhibit
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3. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (c)(2) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 15,
1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(b) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (3) to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated February 16, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures.
(a) Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1992, among
the Company, certain banks (the "Banks"), and The First
National Bank of Boston, as agent for the Banks (the
"Agent"). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(b) Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1992, among
the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, and the
Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(c) Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 1, 1994, to Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 27,
1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(d) Amendment No. 2, dated as of May 1, 1995, to the Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended April 2,
1995, File No. 1-6682.)
(e) Amendment No. 3, dated as of May 10, 1996, to the Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 31,
1996, File No. 1-6682.)
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(f) Amendment No. 4, dated as of May 14, 1997, to the Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended June 29,
1997, File No. 1-6682.)
10. Material Contracts
(a) Lease between Hasbro Canada Inc. (formerly named Hasbro
Industries (Canada) Ltd.) and Central Toy Manufacturing Co.
("Central Toy"), dated December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(b) Lease between Hasbro Canada Inc. and Central Toy, together
with an Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(c) Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro Canada
and Central Toy.
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(d) Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-78018.)
(e) Amendment No. 1 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(f) Amendment No. 2 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(g) Amendment No. 3 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(h) Amendment No. 4 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(i) Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for incentive stock
options. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
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(j) Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988,
File No. 1-6682.)
(k) Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(l) Amendment No. 1 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(m) Amendment No. 2 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1987 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(n) Amendment No. 3 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(o) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Employees) under the Non
Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(t) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No.
1-6682.)
(p) 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for
its 1992 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(q) Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1992 Stock Incentive
Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan and the Employee
Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(r) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long
Term Incentive Program) under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan
and the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File
No. 1-6682.)
(s) Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and nine
executive officers of the Company. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989,
File No. 1-6682.)
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(t) Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30,
1990, File No. 1-6682.)
(u) Form of Director's Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated
by reference to Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its 1988 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(v) Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors.(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 26, 1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(w) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(x) Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors
under the Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 25, 1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(y) Hasbro, Inc. Senior Management Annual Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(z) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated
by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(aa) Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
(bb) Hasbro, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
(cc) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996, between
the Company and Harold P. Gordon. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(aa) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1995, File No. 1-6682.)
(dd) Severance And Settlement Agreement And Release, dated as of
December 20, 1995, and addendum thereto, between the Company
and Dan D. Owen. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 1995, File No. 1-6682.)
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(ee) Amendment, effective as of January 1, 1997 to Severance and
Settlement Agreement and Release between the Company and
Dan D. Owen. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
(ff) Amendment, dated February 20, 1998, to Severance
And Settlement Agreement And Release between the Company and
Dan D. Owen.
(gg) Letter agreements, dated January 30, 1998, between the Company
and George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
(hh) Consulting Agreement, dated January 31, 1998, between the
Company and George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
(ii) Letter dated January 26, 1998 from the Company to George B.
Volanakis.
11. Statement re computation of per share earnings
12. Statement re computation of ratios
13. Selected information contained in Annual Report to Shareholders
22. Subsidiaries of the registrant
24. Consents of experts and counsel
(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
27. Financial data schedule
The Company agrees to furnish the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon
request, a copy of each agreement with respect to long-term debt of the
Company, the authorized principal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the
total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
-------------------
A Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 1998 was filed to
announce the Company's results for the quarter and year ended
December 28, 1997. Consolidated statements of earnings (without
notes) for the quarter and year ended December 28, 1997 and
December 29, 1996 and consolidated condensed balance sheets
(without notes) as of said dates were also filed.
A Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 1998 was filed to
announce the Company's definitive agreement with Tiger Electronics,
Inc. (Tiger), under which it will acquire the operating assets of
Tiger and its affiliates.
A Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 24, 1998 was filed to
announce the Company's revenue and earnings expectations for the
first quarter of 1998.
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(c) Exhibits
--------
See (a)(3) above
(d) Financial Statement Schedules
-----------------------------
See (a)(2) above
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Hasbro, Inc.:
Under date of February 4, 1998, we reported on the consolidated
balance sheets of Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 1997 and
December 29, 1996 and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the
three-year period ended December 28, 1997, as contained in the 1997 annual
report to shareholders. These consolidated financial statements and our
report thereon are incorporated by reference in the annual report on Form 10-
K for the year 1997. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned
consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related financial
statement schedule listed in Item 14 (a)(2). This financial statement
schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based on our audits.
In our opinion, such financial statement schedule when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Providence, Rhode Island
February 4, 1998
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SCHEDULE II
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
Provision
Balance at Charged to Write-Offs Balance
Beginning of Costs and Other And at End of
Year Expenses Additions Other (a) Year
------------ ---------- ------------ ----------- ---------
Valuation
accounts
deducted
from assets
to which
they apply -
for doubtful
accounts
receivable:
1997 $46,600 9,229 - (4,129) $51,700
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
1996 $48,800 5,834 - (8,034) $46,600
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
1995 $51,000 5,860 - (8,060) $48,800
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
(a) Includes write-offs, recoveries of previous write-offs and
translation adjustments.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HASBRO, INC. (Registrant)
By: /s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld Date: March 27, 1998
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Alan G. Hassenfeld
Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
- - --------- ----- ----
/s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld
- - ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board, March 27, 1998
Alan G. Hassenfeld President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John T. O'Neill
- - ---------------------------- Executive Vice President March 27, 1998
John T. O'Neill and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Alan R. Batkin
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Alan R. Batkin
/s/ Harold P. Gordon
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Harold P. Gordon
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- - ---------------------------- Director March , 1998
Alex Grass
- - ---------------------------- Director March , 1998
Sylvia K. Hassenfeld
/s/ Marie-Josee Kravis
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Marie-Josee Kravis
/s/ Claudine B. Malone
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Claudine B. Malone
/s/ Morris W. Offit
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Morris W. Offit
/s/ Norma T. Pace
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Norma T. Pace
/s/ E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
/s/ Carl Spielvogel
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Carl Spielvogel
/s/ Henry Taub
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Henry Taub
/s/ Preston Robert Tisch
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Preston Robert Tisch
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/s/ Paul Wolfowitz
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Paul Wolfowitz
/s/ Alfred J. Verrecchia
- - ---------------------------- Director March 27, 1998
Alfred J. Verrecchia
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HASBRO, INC.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Year Ended December 28, 1997
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
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3. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (c)(2) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 15,
1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(b) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (3) to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated February 16, 1996, File No. 1-6682.).
4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures
(a) Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1992, among
the Company, certain banks (the "Banks"), and The First
National Bank of Boston, as agent for the Banks (the
"Agent"). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(b) Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1992, among
the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, and the
Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(c) Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 1, 1994, to Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 27,
1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(d) Amendment No. 2, dated as of May 1, 1995, to Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended April 2,
1995, File No. 1-6682.)
(e) Amendment No. 3, dated as of May 10, 1996, to Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the Agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 31,
1996, File No. 1-6682.)
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(f) Amendment No. 4, dated as of May 14, 1997, to the Revolving
Credit Agreement among the Company, the Banks and the agent.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended June 29,
1997, File No. 1-6682.)
10. Material Contracts
(a) Lease between Hasbro Canada Inc. (formerly named Hasbro
Industries (Canada) Ltd.) and Central Toy Manufacturing Co.
("Central Toy"), dated December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(b) Lease between Hasbro Canada Inc. and Central Toy, together
with an Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(c) Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro Canada
and Central Toy.
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(d) Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-78018.)
(e) Amendment No. 1 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(f) Amendment No. 2 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(g) Amendment No. 3 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(h) Amendment No. 4 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(i) Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for incentive stock
options. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
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(j) Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988,
File No. 1-6682.)
(k) Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(l) Amendment No. 1 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(m) Amendment No. 2 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1987 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(n) Amendment No. 3 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(o) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Employees) under the Non
Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(t) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No.
1-6682.)
(p) 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for
its 1992 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(q) Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1992 Stock Incentive
Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan and the Employee
Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(r) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long
Term Incentive Program) under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan
and the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File
No. 1-6682.)
(s) Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and nine
executive officers of the Company. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989,
File No. 1-6682.)
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(t) Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30,
1990, File No. 1-6682.)
(u) Form of Director's Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated
by reference to Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its 1988 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(v) Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 26, 1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(w) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(x) Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors
under the Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended December 25, 1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(y) Hasbro, Inc. Senior Management Annual Performance Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's
definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(z) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated
by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File
No. 1-6682.)
(aa) Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
(bb) Hasbro, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
(cc) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996, between
the Company and Harold P. Gordon. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(aa) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1995, File No. 1-6682.)
(dd) Severance And Settlement Agreement And Release, dated as of
December 20, 1995, and addendum thereto, between the Company
and Dan D. Owen. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(bb)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 1995, File No. 1-6682.)
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(ee) Amendment, effective as of January 1, 1997 to Severance and
Settlement Agreement and Release between the Company and
Dan D. Owen. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
(ff) Amendment, dated February 20, 1998, to Severance
And Settlement Agreement And Release between the Company and
Dan D. Owen.
(gg) Letter agreements, dated January 30, 1998, between the Company
and George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
(hh) Consulting Agreement, dated January 31, 1998, between the
Company and George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
(ii) Letter dated January 26, 1998 from the Company to George B.
Volanakis.
11. Statement re computation of per share earnings
12. Statement re computation of ratios
13. Selected information contained in Annual Report to Shareholders
22. Subsidiaries of the registrant
24. Consents of experts and counsel
(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
27. Financial data schedule
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EXHIBIT 10(c)
This ADDENDUM TO LEASE made and entered into this 5th day of March, 1998,
BY AND BETWEEN:
CENTRAL TOY MANUFACTURING INC., a body politic and corporate, duly
incorporated under the laws of the Province of Quebec, having its head
office and principal place of business at 2350 de la Province, in the City
of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, herein represented by David Litner, its Vice
President, duly authorized as he so declares.
(hereinafter the "Lessor")
AND:
HASBRO CANADA INC., a body politic and corporate, duly incorporated under
the laws of Canada, having its head office and principal place of business
at 2350 de la Province, in the City of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, herein
represented by Harold P. Gordon, its Executive Vice President, duly
authorized as he so declares.
(hereinafter the "Lessee")
WHEREAS the Lessee (then known as Hasbro Industries (Canada) Ltd.) and the
Lessor have entered into an indenture and agreement of lease on December
23, 1976, as amended on October 30, 1977 and as renewed in accordance with
the terms thereof (the "1976 Lease"), with respect to a certain building
comprising an area of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
square feet (124,800 sq. ft.), consisting of an office area of THREE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY square feet (3,840 sq. ft.) and a
manufacturing area OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY square feet (120,960 sq. ft.), and the parcel of land on which the
said building is located, more specifically, that certain lot of land
situated at 2350 rue de la Province, in the City of Longueuil, District of
Montreal, Province of Quebec (the "124800 Building");
WHEREAS the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into an indenture and
agreement of lease on May 1, 1987 (the "1987 Lease"), with respect to a
certain building comprising an area of EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIFTY-FOUR
square feet (88,054 sq. ft.), located at 2350 de la Province, in the City
of Longueuil, District of Montreal, Province of Quebec (the "88054
Building");
WHEREAS the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into an addendum to the 1987
lease on May 1, 1987 (the "1987 Addendum") with respect to the rental of
certain undeveloped land adjacent and contiguous to the 88054 Building,
said land being comprised of two sections, the first section totaling ONE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE AND SEVENTY-FIVE
ONE HUNDREDTHS square feet (181,143.75 sq. ft.), and the second section
totaling THIRTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN AND SIXTY-EIGHT ONE
HUNDREDTHS square feet (30,737.68 sq. ft.), aggregating in the amount of
TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE AND FORTY-THREE ONE
HUNDREDTHS square feet (211,881.43 sq.ft.) (the "Land") (the 124800
Building, the 88054 Building and the Land being hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Leased Premises");
WHEREAS as of February 1, 1998, the Lessor's indebtedness secured by
hypothecs encumbering the Leased Premises was as follows:
Creditor Loan Number Amount Outstanding
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Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. 733086 $1,710,111.45
Standard Life Assurance Co. 12543 10,761.13
WHEREAS on or before April 1, 1998, Lessor will completely repay Loan #
12543;
WHEREAS on or before April 1, 1998, the amount outstanding under Loan #
733086 as hereinabove mentioned shall be repaid in part with all then
available cash of Lessor, which was estimated to be approximately $115,000
as of February 1, 1998, net of i) all costs, fees and expenses incurred by
the Lessor in relation to entering into a new loan with another third party
creditor, the whole in accordance with Section 6 hereof and ii) the amount
of the pay-out of Loan # 12543, and all associated costs, fees and
expenses, including those incurred with respect of the discharge and
release of all accessory hypothecs;
WHEREAS the Lessor and the Lessee wish to agree on financing of the Leased
Premises, as defined hereunder, from the date hereof up and until January
31, 2003;
AND WHEREAS the Lessor and the Lessee wish to amend and extend the 1976
Lease and the 1987 Lease, as amended by the 1987 Addendum (collectively,
the "Leases"), upon such terms and conditions as set forth below in this
Addendum to Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ADDENDUM WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS:
1. Preamble. The preamble hereinabove shall be deemed an integral part
of this Addendum as if recited herein at length.
2. Term. The term of the 1976 Lease is hereby extended for a period of
three (3) years and one (1) month commencing as of January 1, 1998
and ending on January 31, 2001, under the same terms and conditions
as set forth therein, save and except as provided for in this
Addendum. The term of the 1987 Lease is hereby extended for a period
of three (3) years and nine months commencing as of May 1, 1997 and
ending on January 31, 2001, under the same terms and conditions as
set forth therein, save and except as provided for in this Addendum.
3. Rent. Rent payable under the 1976 Lease shall continue to be
$213,408 year. Rent payable under the 1987 Lease shall continue to be
$323,598.48 per year. Rent payable under the 1987 Addendum shall
continue to be $42,376.29 per year.
4. Option to Extend. The Lessee shall have the right to further extend
the term hereinbefore stated of the Leases for the following three (3)
consecutive three-year terms: (i) February 1, 2001 to January 31,
2004, (ii) February 1, 2004 to January 31, 2007, and (iii) February
1, 2007 to January 31, 2010, all of which, up and until January 31,
2010, upon the same terms and conditions as those found in the
relevant Leases, mutatis mutandis, save for rent, which shall be at
fair market rental, determined in accordance with this Section 4.
(a) In order to exercise any said extension option, the Lessee shall
give written notice to the Lessor at least six (6) months prior
to the expiry of the then current term, of its intention to
extend the term for a further three (3) years. The date of the
giving of such notice shall be hereinafter referred to as the
"Exercise Date".
(b) Following the Exercise Date, Lessor and Lessee shall in good
faith attempt to agree on the fair market rental. If Lessee and
Lessor are unable to agree upon such fair market rental, then
within fifteen (15) days of the Exercise Date, Lessee and Lessor
shall jointly appoint a real estate appraisal firm based in
Montreal with at least five (5) years experience in appraising
commercial real estate (an "Appraiser") to determine such fair
market rental. Lessee and the Lessor agree that the Appraiser
in making its appraisal of the fair market rental shall take
into account the terms of the Leases, including the triple net
nature thereof, the condition of the Leased Premises, the rent
payable for premises similar to the Leased Premises having regard
to the nature, location and usage of the Leased Premises and all
other appropriate factors. The fair market rental shall be
determined by such Appraiser within ninety (90) days of the
Exercise Date.
(c) If Lessor and Lessee cannot jointly agree on an Appraiser, then
within twenty (20) days of the Exercise Date, each shall appoint
an Appraiser. Both appraisals shall be completed and delivered
simultaneously to Lessor and Lessee on the fiftieth (50th) day
following the Exercise Date. If the higher appraisal is less
than 5% greater than the lower appraisal, then the fair market
rental shall be the average of both appraisals. If the higher
appraisal is more than 5% greater than the lower appraisal, then
within sixty-five (65) days following the Exercise Date, the
Appraisers shall jointly select another Appraiser to make an
additional appraisal of the fair market rental, which shall be
completed and delivered to Lessor and Lessee within ninety (90)
days following the Exercise Date. In this last case, fair market
rental shall be the average of the two closest appraisals.
(d) Each party shall bear the cost of the Appraiser selected solely
by such party. All costs of any Appraisers jointly selected by
Lessor and Lessee shall be borne equally by Lessor and Lessee.
The fair market rental determined by (i) the sole jointly elected
Appraiser in accordance with Section 4(b) or (ii) by averaging
certain appraisals pursuant to Section 4(c) shall be final and
binding on Lessor and Lessee with respect to the three year
renewal term in question.
5. Sale of the Property. For the duration of the term or any extension
thereof, the Lessor shall be entitled to sell the land and the
buildings which together make up the Leased Premises only as a whole
and not separately, subject to the following:
(a) Right of First Refusal.
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If Lessor receives a genuine bona fide written offer (the "Third
Party Offer") from an unrelated bona fide third party (the
"Third Party") for the whole of the Leased Premises price, and
the Third Party Offer is acceptable to the Lessor, then the
Lessor shall first offer to sell (the "Offer") the Leased
Premises to the Lessee on the same terms and conditions as those
contained in the Third Party Offer. The Offer shall be sent to
the Lessee and shall be open for acceptance for ten (10) business
days (the "Offer Period") from the date of receipt of the Third
Party Offer by the Lessee. If the Lessee fails to accept the
Offer within the Offer Period, then the Lessor shall be free for
a period of sixty (60) days from the end of the Offer Period to
sell all (but not less than all) of the Leased Premises to the
Third Party on the same terms and conditions provided in the
Third Party Offer, it being understood, however, that, should the
ultimately negotiated sale price be lower than the one submitted
in the Offer (other than as a result of normal closing
adjustments), the Lessee shall be notified of such occurrence by
the Lessor at least five (5) business days before entering in the
deed of sale, and should the Lessee so notify the Lessor within
such period, the Lessor shall not sell the Leased Premises
without again following and being subject to the provisions of
this Section 5 by presenting a new Offer, taking into account the
said ultimately negotiated price. If no sale to the Third Party
takes place within the applicable sixty (60) day period, then the
Lessor shall not sell the Leased Premises without again following
and being subject to the provisions of this Section 5.
(b) Lapse of First Refusal Right.
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Should the Lessee fail to give written notice to the Lessor of
its intention to extend the term for a further three (3) years in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the above-
mentioned right of first refusal shall lapse concurrently with
the said option to extend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should
the procedure under the first refusal right hereunder have been
initiated prior to any such right lapsing or prior to the
termination of the Leases, the terms of subsection 5 a) shall
remain in full force and effect until said procedure has been
completed.
(c) Breach of First Refusal Right by Lessee.
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If the Lessee accepts the Offer during the Offer Period, but does
not complete the purchase transaction within 60 days from the
date when all of the conditions (other than conditions totally
within the control of Lessee) to the Third Party Offer are
satisfied as a result of a breach of Lessee's obligations under
the Third Party Offer as accepted by Lessee, the Lessor shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of the Lessee's obligations
under the Offer as accepted by Lessee and the Lessee shall be
liable to the Lessor for all losses, damages, and expenses
(including broker and legal fees) suffered or incurred by the
Lessor as a result of the Lessee's breach.
6. Financing of the Leased Premises. Lessee has obtained a binding
financing commitment from a third party creditor for anew loan on
commercially reasonable market terms, including market interest rate,
secured by a first-ranking hypothec on the Leased Premises, for a term
not exceeding five years and in an amount not greater than the then
outstanding balance of Loan # 733086 after reduction of the balance of
said loan by Lessor with all available cash as above provided. The
Lessor shall consent to enter into such deeds of loan and hypothecs
that shall be contemplated by said financing commitment in accordance
with the above. The Lessor shall be solely responsible to pay all
costs, fees and expenses customarily borne by a borrower in commercial
mortgage transactions. Lessee represents that it has not incurred
any costs, and Lessor shall not be responsible to pay Lessee for its
efforts, in arranging such new loan on behalf of Lessor.
Upon request by Lessor's third party creditor, Lessee shall
subordinate the Leases to such third party creditor's security;
provided, that, upon request by Lessee, such third party creditor
shall deliver to Lessee non-disturbance agreements such that if the
third party creditor becomes the owner and/or administrator of the
Leased Premises the Leases shall be respected so long as Lessee is not
in default (with the benefit of any grace or cure periods) pursuant to
the provisions of the Leases.
In the event that (a) the closing of the financing contemplated by the
binding financing commitment received by the Lessor pursuant to this
Section does not occur by April 1, 1998 because of a default by the
third party creditor or by Lessee, then upon demand of payment issued
to the Lessor by the creditor under the terms of Loan #733086 or (b)
such new loan shall terminate prior to January 31, 2003 (and shall
not have been renewed to at least January 31, 2003), Lessee shall be
responsible to advance, on behalf of the shareholders of the Lessor
other than the Estate of Merrill Hassenfeld, which is a 25%
shareholder of Lessor, sufficient funds to the Lessor to provide for
the repayment of 75% of the then outstanding loan and, if the Leases
shall have terminated, the payment of 75% of all expenses incurred for
the operation and maintenance of the Leased Premises, including taxes,
but excluding any depreciation and/or amortization. It is understood
that the funds for the repayment of the remaining 25% of said then
outstanding loan and the payment of the remaining 25% of said expenses
shall be advanced to the Lessor by the Estate of Merrill Hassenfeld.
Lessee's obligation to advance sufficient funds to Lessor in
accordance with the above shall never extend further than five years
from February 1, 1998, and any and all funds so advanced by Lessee
shall be reimbursed to Lessee by Lessor on or before January 31, 2003,
which reimbursement shall be secured by a first ranking hypothec on
the Leased Premises in favour of Lessee, the whole on terms similar to
those found in the hypothec that shall then encumber the property
mutatis mutandis.
No shareholder on behalf of which the Lessee shall advance funds to
the Lessor in accordance with the above shall be liable personally for
reimbursements of funds so advanced by Lessee to the Lessor, Lessee's
sole security in respect thereto being the above-mentioned hypothec
granted to the Lessee.
Notwithstanding the fact that financing of the Leased Premises after
expiry of the term of Loan # 733086 be effected through renewal of the
existing loan, new third party loan or Lessee's advances, Lessor, in
all cases, shall bind and oblige itself to commit all funds received
as income from the Leased Premises, net of any expenses incurred by
the Lessor for the purpose of operation and maintenance of the Leased
Premises, including taxes but excluding any depreciation and/or
amortization, to repay said loan or Lessee's advances in respect
thereof, as the case may be.
If, by August 1, 2000, Lessee shall fail to give Lessor notice of
exercise of its option to extend the Lease pursuant to Section 4 of
this Addendum, Lessor shall promptly proceed to attempt to sell or
lease the Leased Premises to a third party. If Lessor shall enter
into a lease with a third party, Lessor shall promptly either renew or
extend the then existing loan or obtain a new loan with a third party
creditor. The proceeds of any sale or other alienation of, or any
loan obtained with respect to, the Leased Premises shall be applied
first to pay any and all outstanding advances made by Lessee to
Lessor. In addition, upon the closing of such sale or other
alienation or such new, renewed or extended loan, all of Lessee's
obligations to make advances hereunder shall terminate.
7. Counterparts. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which once executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
8. Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or
by registered mail to the offices of the other party at the address
hereinbefore mentioned or at any other address within the Province of
Quebec that either party may so notify to the other party hereto.
9. Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted
and construed in accordance with the laws in force of the Province of
Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein. All references to
dollars in this agreement are references to Canadian dollars.
10. Language. The parties have specifically requested that the present
agreement be written in the English language. Les parties aux
presentes ont exige que la presente soit ecrite en langue anglaise.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Addendum on the
date and at the place first hereinabove written.
CENTRAL TOY MANUFACTURING INC.
Per: /s/ David Litner
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David Litner
Vice President
HASBRO CANADA INC.
Per: /s/ Harold P. Gordon
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Harold P. Gordon
Executive Vice President
EXHIBIT 10(bb)
HASBRO, INC.
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective October 1, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Purpose
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
ARTICLE 2 - Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
2.1 Selection by Committee
2.2 Enrollment Requirements
2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation
2.4 Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals
ARTICLE 3 - Deferral Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes
3.1 Minimum Deferrals
3.2 Maximum Deferral
3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form
3.4 Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts
3.5 Annual Company Matching Amount
3.6 Investment of Trust Assets
3.7 Vesting
3.8 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances
3.9 FICA and Other Taxes
3.10 Distributions
3.11 Employer Deferral
ARTICLE 4 - Short-Term Payout; Unforeseeable Financial
Emergencies; Withdrawal Election
ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Benefit
ARTICLE 6 - Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
ARTICLE 7 - Termination Benefit
ARTICLE 8 - Disability Waiver and Benefit
8.1 Disability Waiver
8.2 Continued Eligibility; Disability Benefit
ARTICLE 9 - Beneficiary Designation
9.1 Beneficiary
9.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change
9.3 Acknowledgment
9.4 No Beneficiary Designation
9.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary
9.6 Discharge of Obligations
ARTICLE 10 - Leave of Absence
ARTICLE 11 - Termination, Amendment or Modification
11.1 Termination
11.2 Amendment
11.3 Plan Agreement
11.4 Effect of Payment
ARTICLE 12 - Administration
12.1 Committee Duties
12.2 Agents
12.3 Binding Effect of Decisions
12.4 Indemnity of Committee
12.5 Employer Information
ARTICLE 13 - Other Benefits and Agreements
13.1 Coordination with Other Benefits
ARTICLE 14 - Claims Procedures
14.1 Presentation of Claim
14.2 Notification of Decision
14.3 Review of a Denied Claim
14.4 Decision on Review
14.5 Legal Action
ARTICLE 15 - Trust
15.1 Establishment of the Trust
15.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust
15.3 Distributions From the Trust
ARTICLE 16 - Miscellaneous
16.1 Status of Plan
16.2 Unsecured General Creditor
16.3 Employer's Liability
16.4 Nonassignability
16.5 Not a Contract of Employment
16.6 Furnishing Information
16.7 Terms
16.8 Captions
16.9 Governing Law
16.10 Notice
16.11 Successors
16.12 Validity
16.13 Incompetent
16.14 Distribution in the Event of Taxation
16.15 Insurance
16.16 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control
HASBRO, INC.
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective October 1, 1997
Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group
of management and highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to
the continued growth, development and future business success of Hasbro,
Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that
sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for
purposes of Title I of ERISA.
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the
context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:
1.1 "Account Balance" shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a
credit on the records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral
Account balance and (ii) the Company Matching Account balance. The Account
Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a bookkeeping
entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and
determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her
designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
1.2 "Annual Bonus" shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base
Annual Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year,
whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income
Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a Participant as an
Employee under any Employer's annual bonus and cash incentive plans,
excluding stock options, holiday bonuses, retention bonuses, or any other
discretionary or special bonus or awards.
1.3 "Annual Company Matching Amount" for any one Plan Year shall be the
amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5.
1.4 "Annual Deferral Amount" shall mean that portion of a Participant's
Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and
is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the
event of a Participant's Retirement, Disability (if deferrals cease in
accordance with Section 8.1), death or a Termination of Employment prior to
the end of a Plan Year, such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the
actual amount withheld prior to such event.
1.5 "Base Annual Salary" shall mean the annual cash compensation
relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not
paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2
for such calendar year, excluding bonuses of every type, commissions,
overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, incentive
payments, non- monetary awards, directors fees and other fees, automobile
and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered
(whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee's gross
income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for
compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant
pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall
be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the
Participant's gross income under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or
403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however,
that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent
that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in
cash to the Employee.
1.6 "Annual Installment Method" shall be an annual installment payment
over the number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with
this Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant
shall be calculated as of the close of business three business days prior
to the last business day of the year. The annual installment shall be
calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of
which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining number of
annual payments due the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant
elects a 10 year Annual Installment Method, the first payment shall be 1/10
of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. The
following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the Account Balance, calculated
as described in this definition. Each annual installment shall be paid on
or as soon as practicable after the last business day of the applicable
year.
1.7 "Beneficiary" shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or
other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled
to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant.
1.8 "Beneficiary Designation Form" shall mean the form established from
time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and
returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.
1.9 "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
1.10 "Change in Control" shall mean the first to occur of any of the
following events:
(a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "1934 Act") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock of Hasbro, Inc. ("Hasbro") (the
"Outstanding Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of Hasbro entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the "Outstanding voting Securities"); provided,
however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in
Control: (i) any acquisition directly from Hasbro or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) any acquisition by Hasbro or any of its subsidiaries,
(iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
sponsored or maintained by Hasbro or any of its subsidiaries, (iv) any
acquisition by Alan or Sylvia Hassenfeld, members of their respective
immediate families, or heirs of Alan or Sylvia Hassenfeld or of any member
of their respective immediate families, the Sylvia Hassenfeld Trust, the
Merrill Hassenfeld Trust, the Alan Hassenfeld Trust, the Hassenfeld
Foundation, any trust or foundation established by or for the primary
benefit of any of the foregoing or controlled by one or more of any of the
foregoing, or any affiliates or associates (as such terms are defined in
Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of any of the foregoing or (v)
any acquisition by any corporation with respect to which, following such
acquisition, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of
common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities
who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Common
Stock and the Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such
acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately prior to such acquisition, of the Outstanding Common Stock and
Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be; or
(b) Individuals who, as the effective date of the Plan constitute
the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual
becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of the Plan whose
election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a
member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such
individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either
an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule
14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act) or other actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents; or
(c) Approval by the shareholders of Hasbro of a reorganization,
merger or consolidation, in each case, with respect to which all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial
owners, respectively of the Outstanding Common Stock and Outstanding Voting
Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or
consolidation do not, following such reorganization, merger or
consolidation, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to
such reorganization, merger or consolidation, of the outstanding Common
Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be; or
(d) Approval by the shareholders of Hasbro of (i) a complete
liquidation or dissolution of Hasbro or (ii) the sale or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of Hasbro, other than to a
corporation, with respect to which following such sale or other
disposition, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of
common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities
who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Common
Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or
other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership,
immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Outstanding
Common Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be.
1.11 "Claimant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.
1.12 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be
amended from time to time.
1.13 "Committee" shall mean the committee described in Article 12.
1.14 "Company" shall mean Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, and
any successor to all or substantially all of the Company's assets or
business.
1.15 "Company Matching Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
Participant's Annual Company Matching Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited
in accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan
that relate to the Participant's Company Matching Account, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to
this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company Matching Account.
1.16 "Deduction Limitation" shall mean the following described limitation
on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions
of this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be
applied to all distributions that are "subject to the Deduction Limitation"
under this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change
in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid
to a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible
by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section
162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that
the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this
Plan prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may defer
all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any amounts deferred
pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with
additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.8 below. The amounts so
deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the
Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant's
death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good
faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the
Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the
distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier,
the effective date of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Plan, the Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any
distributions made after a Change in Control.
1.17 "Deferral Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's
Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all
the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant's Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the
Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to
his or her Deferral Account.
1.18 "Disability" shall mean a period of disability during which a
Participant qualifies for disability benefits under the Participant's
Employer's long-term disability plan, or, if a Participant does not
participate in such a plan, a period of disability during which the
Participant would have qualified for permanent disability benefits under
such a plan had the Participant been a participant in such a plan, as
determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. If the Participant's
Employer does not sponsor such a plan, or discontinues to sponsor such a
plan, Disability shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.
1.19 "Disability Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.
1.20 "Election Form" shall mean the form established from time to time by
the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the
Committee to make an election under the Plan.
1.21 "Employee" shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.
1.22 "Employer(s)" shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries
(now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected
by the Board or any authorized committee thereof to participate in the Plan
and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.
1.23 "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as it may be amended from time to time.
1.24 "First Plan Year" shall mean the period beginning October 1, 1997
and ending December 31, 1997.
1.25 "401(k) Plan" shall mean that certain Hasbro, Inc. Retirement
Savings Plan adopted by the Company.
1.26 "Maximum 401(k) Amount" with respect to a Participant, shall be the
maximum amount of elective contributions that can be made by such
Participant, consistent with Code Section 402(g) and the limitations of
Code Section 401(k)(3), for a given plan year under the 401(k) Plan.
1.27 "Participant" shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to
participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan,
(iii) who signs a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary
Designation Form, (iv) whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and
Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, (v) who
commences participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan Agreement has not
terminated. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant shall not be
treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the
Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participant's benefits under
the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting
from legal separation or divorce.
1.28 "Plan" shall mean the Company's Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan
Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time.
1.29 "Plan Agreement" shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended
from time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a
Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the
Participant's Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such
Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan
Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the
Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and
shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be
different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide
additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits
otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such
additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the
Employer and the Participant.
1.30 "Plan Year" shall, except for the First Plan Year, mean a period
beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through
December 31 of such calendar year.
1.31 "Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth
in Article 6 for purposes of this Plan only.
1.32 "Retirement", "Retire(s)" or "Retired" shall mean, with respect to
an Employee, severance from employment from all Employers for any reason
other than a leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier
of the attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) age fifty-five (55)
with ten (10) Years of Service. The definition in this Section 1.32 shall
not have any effect on any other plan maintained by the Employer.
1.33 "Retirement Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5.
1.34 "Short-Term Payout" shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.
1.35 "Termination Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.
1.36 "Termination of Employment" shall mean the severing of employment
with all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than
Retirement, Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence.
1.37 "Trust" shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to one or
more trust agreements between the Company and the trustee named therein, as
amended from time to time.
1.38 "Unforeseeable Financial Emergency" shall mean an unanticipated
emergency that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant
that would result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting
from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or
a dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant's property
due to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
Participant, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
1.39 "Years of Plan Participation" shall mean the total number of full
Plan Years a Participant has been a Participant in the Plan prior to his or
her Termination of Employment (determined without regard to whether
deferral elections have been made by the Participant for any Plan Year).
Any partial year shall not be counted. Notwithstanding the previous
sentence, a Participant's first Plan Year of participation shall be treated
as a full Plan Year for purposes of this definition, even if it is only a
partial Plan Year of participation.
1.40 "Years of Service" shall mean the total number of full years in
which a Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For
purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period
(or 366 day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of
employment, commences on the Employee's date of hiring and that, for any
subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. Any
partial year of employment shall not be counted.
ARTICLE 2
Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
2.1 Selection by Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited
to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees of the
Employers, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. From
that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole discretion, Employees
to participate in the Plan.
2.2 Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation, each
selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a
Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all
within 30 days after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan. In
addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other
enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are
necessary.
2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation. Provided an Employee
selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set
forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including returning all
required documents to the Committee within the specified time period, that
Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the
month following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment
requirements. If an Employee fails to meet all such requirements within
the period required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Employee shall
not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan
Year following the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee of the
required documents.
2.4 Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals. If the Committee
determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member
of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as
membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2),
301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in
its sole discretion, to (i) terminate any deferral election the Participant
has made for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the Participant's
membership status changes, (ii) prevent the Participant from making future
deferral elections and/or (iii) immediately distribute the Participant's
then Account Balance as a Termination Benefit and terminate the
Participant's participation in the Plan.
ARTICLE 3
Deferral Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes
3.1 Minimum Deferrals.
(a) Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year, a
Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, part
or all of the Participant's Base Annual Salary, and/or Annual Bonus in the
following minimum amounts for each deferral elected:
Deferral Minimum Amount
Base Annual Salary $2,000
Annual Bonus $2,000
If an election is made for less than stated minimum amounts, or if no
election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.
3.2 Maximum Deferral
(a) Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year, a
Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, part
or all of the Participant's Base Annual Salary, and/or Annual Bonus up to
the following maximum percentages for each deferral elected:
Deferral Maximum Amount
Base Annual Salary 100%
Annual Bonus 100%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant
after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan Year
of the Plan itself, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount, with respect to
Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus shall be limited to the amount of
compensation not yet earned by the Participant as of the date the
Participant submits a Plan Agreement and Election Form to the Committee for
acceptance.
An election to defer Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus may be
expressed as an election to defer (i) a specific percentage, (ii) a
specific dollar amount or (iii) the excess over a specified dollar amount.
3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form.
(a) First Plan Year. If a Participant's commencement of
participation in the Plan is coincident with the Participant's commencement
of employment, the Participant shall, within 30 days after commencement of
participation, make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in
which the Participant commences participation in the Plan, along with such
other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the
Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed
and signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in
accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee. If a
Participant's commencement of participation begins after commencement of
employment, the Participant may not make a deferral election until the Plan
Year beginning after commencement of employment.
(b) Subsequent Plan Years. For each succeeding Plan Year, an
irrevocable deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections
as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, shall be made
by timely delivering to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and
procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for
which the election is made, a new Election Form. If no such Election Form
is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be
zero for that Plan Year.
3.4 Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the
Base Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld
from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in equal amounts,
as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Annual
Salary. The Annual Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be
withheld at the time the Annual Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the
Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself. No
withholding shall be permitted within twelve months after the Participant
has received a hardship distribution from the 401(k) Plan.
3.5 Annual Company Matching Amount. For each Plan Year, an Employer, in
its sole discretion, may, but is not required to, credit an Annual Company
Matching Amount to the Company Matching Contribution Account of any
Participant who makes a contribution to the 401(k) Plan of the Maximum
401(k) Amount. A Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount for any Plan
Year shall be equal to the matching contributions that would have been made
to the 401(k) Plan on his behalf for the plan year of the 401(k) Plan that
corresponds to the Plan Year if the Participant had made no deferral and
had made a contribution to the 401(k) Plan of the Maximum 401(k) Amount for
such plan year, reduced by the amount of any matching contributions that
were actually made to the 401(k) Plan on his or her behalf for such plan
year. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer as of the last day
of a Plan Year other than by reason of his or her Retirement or death, the
Annual Company Matching Amount for such Plan Year shall be zero. In the
event of Retirement or death, a Participant shall be credited with the
Annual Company Matching Amount for the Plan Year in which he or she Retires
or dies.
3.6 Investment of Trust Assets. The Trustee of the Trust shall be
authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or
investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the
assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement,
including the disposition of stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one
or more investment vehicles designated by the Committee.
3.7 Vesting.
(a) A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her
Deferral Account.
(b) A Participant's Company Matching Account shall vest on the
January 1 next following the Participant's completion of a Year of Service.
(c) otwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 3.7, in the event of a Change in Control, a Participant's Company
Matching Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is not already
vested in accordance with the above vesting schedule).
3.8 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances. In accordance with, and
subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time
by the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or
debited to a Participant's Account Balance in accordance with the following
rules:
(a) Election of Measurement Funds. A Participant, in connection
with his or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.2(a)
above, shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Measurement Fund(s)
(as described in Section 3.10(c) below) to be used to determine the
additional amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance for the
first calendar quarter or portion thereof in which the Participant
commences participation in the Plan and continuing thereafter for each
subsequent calendar quarter in which the Participant participates in the
Plan, unless changed in accordance with the next sentence. Commencing with
the first calendar quarter that follows the Participant's commencement of
participation in the Plan and continuing thereafter for each subsequent
calendar quarter in which the Participant participates in the Plan, no
later than the next to last business day of the calendar quarter, the
Participant may (but is not required to) elect, by submitting an Election
Form to the Committee that is accepted by the Committee, to add or delete
one or more Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the additional
amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance, or to change the
portion of his or her Account Balance allocated to each previously or newly
elected Measurement Fund. If an election is made in accordance with the
previous sentence, it shall apply to the next calendar quarter and continue
thereafter for each subsequent calendar quarter in which the Participant
participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance with the previous
sentence.
(b) Proportionate Allocation. In making any election described in
Section 3.8(a) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form,
in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of his or her
Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the
Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that
portion of his or her Account Balance).
(c) Measurement Funds. The Participant may elect one or more of
the following measurement funds set forth on Schedule A.
As necessary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue,
substitute or add a Measurement Fund. Each such action will take effect as
of the first day of the calendar quarter that follows by thirty (30) days
the day on which the Committee gives Participants advance written notice of
such change.
(d) Crediting or Debiting Method. Subject to charges for
administrative expenses as provided in Section 3.8(f), the performance of
each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, based on the
performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. A Participant's Account
Balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the
performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant, as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) a
Participant's Account Balance were invested in the Measurement Fund(s)
selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable to such calendar
quarter, as of the close of business on the first business day of such
calendar quarter, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of
the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any calendar
quarter were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the
Participant, in the percentages applicable to such calendar quarter, no
later than the close of business on the third business day after the day on
which such amounts are actually deferred from the Participant's Base Annual
Salary through reductions in his or her payroll, at the closing price on
such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a Participant that decreases
such Participant's Account Balance ceased being invested in the Measurement
Fund(s), in the percentages applicable to such calendar quarter, no earlier
than three business days prior to the distribution, at the closing price on
such date. The Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount shall be
credited to his or her Company Matching Account for purposes of this
Section 3.8(d) as of the close of business on the first business day in
March of the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which it relates.
(e) No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds
are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant's election
of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her Account Balance
thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or
debiting of such amounts to a Participant's Account Balance shall not be
considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her
Account Balance in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the
Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in the Trust), in its own
discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds,
no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant's Account Balance shall at
all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any
investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust; the
Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.
(f) Expenses. The Account Balance of each Participant shall be
debited by the amount of the reasonable administrative expenses of the Plan
in the same proportion that the Participant's Account Balance bears to the
total Account Balances of all Participants.
3.9 FICA and Other Taxes.
(a) Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year in which an Annual
Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant's
Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant's Base
Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined
by the Employer(s), the Participant's share of FICA and other employment
taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Committee may
reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.9.
(b) Company Matching Amounts. When a participant becomes vested in
a portion of his or her Company Matching Account, the Participant's
Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant's Base Annual Salary and/or
Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the
Participant's share of FICA and other employment taxes. If necessary, the
Committee may reduce the vested portion of the Participant's Company
Matching Account in order to comply with this Section 3.9.
3.10 Distributions. The Participant's Employer(s), or the trustee of the
Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this
Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes
required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, in
connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined
in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the trustee of the Trust.
3.11 Employer Deferral. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to
a Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any
compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year would not be
deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code
Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to
ensure that all of the compensation payable to the Participant prior to the
Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may reduce the Participant's
Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus and treat the amount of such
reduction as an amount deferred by the Participant. The amount so deferred
and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant (or
his or her Beneficiary in the event of the Participant's death) at the
earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on
which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant
for the taxable year of the Employer during which the distribution is made
will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier, the effective date of
a Change in Control. No deferrals may be made under this Section 3.11
after the effective date of a Change in Control. For purposes of this
Section 3.11 only, the term "Participant" shall mean any Employee who has
been selected to participate in the Plan.
ARTICLE 4
Short-Term Payout; Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies;
Withdrawal Election
4.1 Short-Term Payout. In connection with each election to defer an
Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a
future "Short-Term Payout" from the Plan with respect to such Annual
Deferral Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Short-Term
Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual
Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in
Section 3.8 above on that amount, determined at the time that the
Short-Term Payout becomes payable (rather than the date of a Termination of
Employment). Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the other terms and
conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be paid out
during a period beginning 1 day and ending 60 days after the last day of
any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least three Plan
Years after the Plan Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually
deferred. By way of example, if a three year Short-Term Payout is elected
for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing
January 1, 1998, the three year Short-Term Payout would become payable
during a 60 day period commencing January 1, 2002.
4.2 Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term. Should an event
occur that triggers a benefit under Article 5, 6, 7 or 8, any Annual
Deferral Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject
to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in
accordance with Section 4.1 but shall be paid in accordance with the other
applicable Article.
4.3 Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial
Emergencies. If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial
Emergency, the Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any
deferrals required to be made by a Participant and/or (ii) receive a
partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the
lesser of the Participant's Account Balance, calculated as if such
Participant were receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount reasonably
needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency as determined by
the Committee. If, subject to the sole discretion of the Committee, the
petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take
effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within
60 days of the date of approval. The payment of any amount under this
Section 4.3 shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation or any
withdrawal penalty.
4.4 Withdrawal Election. A Participant (or, after a Participant's
death, his or her Beneficiary) may elect, at any time, to withdraw all of
his or her Account Balance, calculated as if there had occurred a
Termination of Employment as of the day of the election, less a withdrawal
penalty equal to 10% of such amount (the net amount shall be referred to as
the "Withdrawal Amount"). This election can be made at any time, before or
after Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and
whether or not the Participant (or Beneficiary) is in the process of being
paid pursuant to an installment payment schedule. If made before
Retirement, Disability or death, a Participant's Withdrawal Amount shall be
his or her Account Balance calculated as if there had occurred a
Termination of Employment as of the day of the election. No partial
withdrawals of the Withdrawal Amount shall be allowed. The Participant (or
his or her Beneficiary) shall make this election by giving the Committee
advance written notice of the election in a form determined from time to
time by the Committee. The Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall
be paid the Withdrawal Amount within 60 days of his or her election. Once
the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participant's participation in the Plan
shall terminate and the Participant shall not be eligible to participate in
the Plan until the next enrollment period which is at least 12 months after
the date of withdrawal. The payment of this Withdrawal Amount shall not be
subject to the Deduction Limitation.
ARTICLE 5
Retirement Benefit
5.1 Retirement Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a
Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her
Account Balance.
5.2 Payment of Retirement Benefit. A Participant, in connection with
his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an
Election Form to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or pursuant
to an Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. The Participant may
annually change his or her election to an allowable alternative payout
period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that
any such Election Form is submitted at least one year prior to the
Participant's Retirement and is accepted by the Committee in its sole
discretion. The Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee
shall govern the payout of the Retirement Benefit. If a Participant does
not make any election with respect to the payment of the Retirement
Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum
payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no later
than 60 days after the date the Participant Retires. Any payment made
shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.
5.3 Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit. If a Participant
dies after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full,
the Participant's unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and
shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary (a) over the remaining
number of months and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been
paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a lump sum,
if requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole discretion of the
Committee, that is equal to the Participant's unpaid remaining Account
Balance.
ARTICLE 6
Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
6.1 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. Subject to the Deduction
Limitation, the Participant's Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement
Survivor Benefit equal to the Participant's Account Balance if the
Participant dies before he or she Retires, experiences a Termination of
Employment or suffers a Disability.
6.2 Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. A Participant, in
connection with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall
elect on an Election Form whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall
be received by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or pursuant to an
Annual Installment Method of 5, 10 or 15 years. The Participant may
annually change this election to an allowable alternative payout period by
submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, which form must be
accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Election Form most
recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant's death shall
govern the payout of the Participant's Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If
a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the
Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump
sum. Despite the foregoing, if the Participant's Account Balance at the
time of his or her death is less than $25,000, payment of the Pre-
Retirement Survivor Benefit may be made, in the sole discretion of the
Committee, in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of not
more than 5 years. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment
payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the date the Committee
is provided with proof that is satisfactory to the Committee of the
Participant's death. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction
Limitation.
ARTICLE 7
Termination Benefit
7.1 Termination Benefit. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the
Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to
the Participant's vested Account Balance if a Participant experiences a
Termination of Employment prior to his or her Retirement, death or
Disability.
7.2 Payment of Termination Benefit. If the Participant's vested Account
Balance at the time of his or her Termination of Employment is less than
$25,000, payment of his or her Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump
sum. If his or her vested Account Balance at such time is equal to or
greater than that amount, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may cause
the Termination Benefit to be paid in a lump sum or in substantially equal
annual installment payments over a period of time that does not exceed five
years in duration. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment
payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the date of the
Participant's Termination of Employment. Any payment made shall be subject
to the Deduction Limitation.
ARTICLE 8
Disability Waiver and Benefit
8.1 Disability Waiver.
(a) Waiver of Deferral. A Participant who is determined by the
Committee to be suffering from a Disability shall be excused from
fulfilling that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount commitment that would
otherwise have been withheld from a Participant's Base Annual Salary and
Annual Bonus for the Plan Year during which the Participant first suffers a
Disability. During the period of Disability, the Participant shall not be
allowed to make any additional deferral elections, but will continue to be
considered a Participant for all other purposes of this Plan.
(b) Return to Work. If a Participant returns to employment with an
Employer after a Disability ceases, the Participant may elect to defer an
Annual Deferral Amount for the Plan Year following his or her return to
employment or service and for every Plan Year thereafter while a
Participant in the Plan; provided such deferral elections are otherwise
allowed and an Election Form is delivered to and accepted by the Committee
for each such election in accordance with Section 3.3 above.
8.2 Continued Eligibility; Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering
a Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, continue to be
considered to be employed and shall be eligible for the benefits provided
for in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the provisions of those
Articles. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee shall have the right
to, in its sole and absolute discretion and for purposes of this Plan only,
and must in the case of a Participant who is otherwise eligible to Retire,
deem the Participant to have experienced a Termination of Employment, or in
the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, to have Retired, at
any time (or in the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire, as
soon as practicable) after such Participant is determined to be suffering a
Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a Disability
Benefit equal to his or her Account Balance at the time of the Committee's
determination; provided, however, that should the Participant otherwise
have been eligible to Retire, he or she shall be paid in accordance with
Article 5. The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within 60
days of the Committee's exercise of such right. Any payment made shall be
subject to the Deduction Limitation.
ARTICLE 9
Beneficiary Designation
9.1 Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to
designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent)
to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the
death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be
the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other
plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.
9.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change. A Participant shall designate his
or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation
Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated agent. A
Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing,
signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary
Designation Form and the Committee's rules and procedures, as in effect
from time to time. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new
Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed
shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last
Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the
Committee prior to his or her death.
9.3 Acknowledgment. No designation or change in designation of a
Beneficiary shall be effective until received in writing and acknowledged
in writing by the Committee or its designated agent.
9.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above or, if all
designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to
complete distribution of the Participant's benefits, then the Participant's
designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse.
If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under
the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the then living
issue of the Participant per stirpes and, if there is no such issue, to the
executor or personal representative of the Participant's estate.
9.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary. If the Committee has any doubt as to the
proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee
shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the
Participant's Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is
resolved to the Committee's satisfaction.
9.6 Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to
a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the
Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the
Participant, and that Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate upon
such full payment of benefits.
ARTICLE 10
Leave of Absence
10.1 Paid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the
Participant's Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from
the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be
considered employed by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall
continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance
with Section 3.4.
10.2 Unpaid Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the
Participant's Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence
from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be
considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused
from making deferrals until the earlier of the date the leave of absence
expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such
expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of
the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the
deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was
made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.
ARTICLE 11
Termination, Amendment or Modification
11.1 Termination. Although each Employer anticipates that it will
continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee
that any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at
any time in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to
discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at any
time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees, by action
of its board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof. Upon
the termination of the Plan with respect to any Employer, the Plan
Agreements of the affected Participants who are employed by that Employer
shall terminate and their Account Balances, determined as if they had
experienced a Termination of Employment on the date of Plan termination or,
if Plan termination occurs after the date upon which a Participant was
eligible to Retire, then with respect to that Participant as if he or she
had Retired on the date of Plan termination, shall be paid to the
Participants as follows: Prior to a Change in Control, if the Plan is
terminated with respect to all of its Participants, an Employer shall have
the right, in its sole discretion, and notwithstanding any elections made
by the Participant, to pay such benefits in a lump sum or pursuant to an
Annual Installment Method of up to 15 years, with amounts credited and
debited during the installment period as provided herein. If the Plan is
terminated with respect to less than all of its Participants, an Employer
shall be required to pay such benefits in a lump sum. After a Change in
Control, the Employer shall be required to pay such benefits in a lump sum.
The termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or
Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of any benefits under
the Plan as of the date of termination; provided however, that the Employer
shall have the right to accelerate installment payments without a premium
or prepayment penalty by paying the Account Balance in a lump sum or
pursuant to an Annual Installment Method using fewer years (provided that
the present value of all payments that will have been received by a
Participant at any given point of time under the different payment schedule
shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments that would have
been received at that point in time under the original payment schedule).
11.2 Amendment. Any Employer may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan
in whole or in part with respect to that Employer by the action of its
board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof; provided,
however, that no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease
or restrict the value of a Participant's Account Balance in existence at
the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if the
Participant had experienced a Termination of Employment as of the effective
date of the amendment or modification or, if the amendment or modification
occurs after the date upon which the Participant was eligible to Retire,
the Participant had Retired as of the effective date of the amendment or
modification. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect
any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of
benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification;
provided, however, that the Employer shall have the right to accelerate
installment payments by paying the Account Balance in a lump sum or
pursuant to an Annual Installment Method using fewer years (provided that
the present value of all payments that will have been received by a
Participant at any given point of time under the different payment schedule
shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments that would have
been received at that point in time under the original payment schedule).
11.3 Plan Agreement. Despite the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2
above, if a Participant's Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations
that are not in this Plan document, the Employer may only amend or
terminate such provisions with the consent of the Participant.
11.4 Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under
Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all
obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under
this Plan and the Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate.
ARTICLE 12
Administration
12.1 Committee Duties. This Plan shall be administered by a Committee
which shall consist of the Board, or such committee as the Board shall
appoint. Members of the Committee may be Participants under this Plan. The
Committee shall also have the complete discretion and authority to
(i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and
regulations for the administration of this Plan and (ii) decide or resolve
any and all questions including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise
in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Committee who
is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to
himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the
Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a
Participant or the Company.
12.2 Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from
time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties
as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative)
and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any
Employer.
12.3 Binding Effect of Decisions. The decision or action of the
Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with
the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the
rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive
and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.
12.4 Indemnity of Committee. All Employers shall indemnify and hold
harmless the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties
of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses,
damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act
with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the
Committee or any of its members or any such Employee.
12.5 Employer Information. To enable the Committee to perform its
functions, each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the
Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants,
the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or
Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent
information as the Committee may reasonably require.
12.6 Multiple Committees. The Board may divide the duties of the
Committee among more than one Committee. If more than one Committee is
established, the Board shall designate the scope of authority of each such
Committee. Each such Committee shall have all the powers and privileges
set forth above subject only to any limitations on the scope of its
authority imposed by the Board.
ARTICLE 13
Other Benefits and Agreements
13.1 Coordination with Other Benefits. The benefits provided for a
Participant and Participant's Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to
any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or
program for employees of the Participant's Employer. The Plan shall
supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or
program except as may otherwise be expressly provided.
ARTICLE 14
Claims Procedures
14.1 Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a
"Claimant") may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a
determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant
from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice
received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such
notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within
180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise
occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination
desired by the Claimant.
14.2 Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant's
claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:
(a) that the Claimant's requested determination has been made, and
that the claim has been allowed in full; or
(b) that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole
or in part, to the Claimant's requested determination, and such notice must
set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:
1. the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any
part of it;
2. specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan
upon which such denial was based;
3. a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary; and
4. an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in
Section 14.3 below.
14.3 Review of a Denied Claim. Within 60 days after receiving a notice
from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a
Claimant (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative) may file with
the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim.
Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began,
the Claimant (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative):
A. may review pertinent documents;
B. may submit written comments or other documents; and/or
C. may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may grant.
14.4 Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on
review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written
request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special
circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee's
decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision
must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant,
and it must contain:
A. specific reasons for the decision;
B. specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon
which the decision was based; and
C. such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.
14.5 Legal Action. A Claimant's compliance with the foregoing provisions
of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant's right to
commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this
Plan.
ARTICLE 15
Trust
15.1 Establishment of the Trust. The Company shall establish the Trust,
and each Employer shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such
assets as the Employer determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to
provide, on a present value basis, for its respective future liabilities
created with respect to the Annual Deferral Amounts and Company Matching
Amounts for such Employer's Participants for all periods prior to the
transfer, as well as any debits and credits to the Participants' Account
Balances for all periods prior to the transfer, taking into consideration
the value of the assets in the trust at the time of the transfer.
15.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the
Plan and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to
receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust
shall govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of
the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall
at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.
15.3 Distributions From the Trust. Each Employer's obligations under the
Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms
of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer's
obligations under this Plan.
ARTICLE 16
Miscellaneous
16.1 Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not
qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that "is unfunded
and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employee" within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2),
301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to
the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.
16.2 Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries,
heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights,
interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes
of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer's
assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of
the Employer. An Employer's obligation under the Plan shall be merely that
of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.
16.3 Employer's Liability. An Employer's liability for the payment of
benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as
entered into between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall
have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly
provided in the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement.
16.4 Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall
have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate,
mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey
in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or
any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared
to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable
shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment,
garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments,
alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person,
be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any
other person's bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a
result of a property settlement or otherwise.
16.5 Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan
shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any
Employer and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be
an "at will" employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for
any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without
notice, unless otherwise expressly provided in a written employment
agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the
right to be retained in the service of any Employer or to interfere with
the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any
time.
16.6 Furnishing Information. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary
will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information
requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested
in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of
benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical
examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.
16.7 Terms. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they
shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where
they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular
or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the
plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would
so apply.
16.8 Captions. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of
this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the
meaning or construction of any of its provisions.
16.9 Governing Law. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall
be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of
Rhode Island without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
16.10 Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to
the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-
delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:
Deferred Compensation Committee
c/o Benefits Dept., A-951
Hasbro, Inc.
1027 Newport Avenue
P.O. Box 1059
Pawtucket, RI 02862-1059
Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if
delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the
receipt for registration or certification.
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant
under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or
sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.
16.11 Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the
benefit of the Participant's Employer and its successors and assigns and
the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiaries.
16.12 Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or
invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if
such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.
16.13 Incompetent. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a
benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared
incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that
person's property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the
guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of
such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require
proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem
appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit
shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant's
Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any
liability under the Plan for such payment amount.
16.14 Distribution in the Event of Taxation.
(a) In General. If, for any reason, all or any portion of a
Participant's benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant
prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change
in Control, or the trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a
distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become taxable.
Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably
withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be granted), a
Participant's Employer shall distribute to the Participant immediately
available funds in an amount equal to the taxable portion of his or her
benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant's unpaid Account
Balance under the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability
distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the
Participant's petition is granted. Such a distribution shall affect and
reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.
(b) Trust. If the Trust terminates in accordance with Section
3.6(e) of the Trust and benefits are distributed from the Trust to a
Participant in accordance with that Section, the Participant's benefits
under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions.
16.15 Insurance. The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the
trustee of the Trust, and, in their sole discretion, may apply for and
procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and in
such forms as the Trust may choose. The Employers or the trustee of the
Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any
such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any
such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit
to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such
documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom
the Employers have applied for insurance.
16.16 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control. The Company
and each Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,
the Board or the board of directors of a Participant's Employer (which
might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or
the Participant's Employer, or of any successor corporation might then
cause or attempt to cause the Company, the Participant's Employer or such
successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and might
cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant's Employer to
institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the
benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose of
the Plan could be frustrated. Accordingly, if, following a Change in
Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the
Participant's Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply
with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or,
if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to
declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or
other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any
Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company and the
Participant's Employer irrevocably authorize such Participant to retain
counsel of his or her choice at the expense of the Company and the
Participant's Employer (who shall be jointly and severally liable) to
represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of
any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company,
the Participant's Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or other
person affiliated with the Company, the Participant's Employer or any
successor thereto in any jurisdiction. The Company may recover any legal
fees paid if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the retention of
counsel by the Participant was frivolous. If the Participant prevails to
any extent, the retention of counsel shall be conclusively determined not
to be frivolous.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of this
14th day of November, 1997.
"Company"
Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation
By: /s/ Alfred J. Verrecchia
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Title: Executive Vice President and President, Global Operations
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EXHIBIT 10(ff)
Amendment No. 2, dated as of February 20, 1998, to
Severance and Settlement Agreement and Release,
dated December 20, 1995
Amendment No. 2, dated as of the 20th day of February, 1998
("Amendment No. 2"), to Severance and Settlement Agreement and Release,
dated December 20, 1995, as clarified by letter agreement dated March 28,
1996 and amended by Amendment, effective January 1, 1997 (collectively, the
"Agreement") between Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company") and Dan D. Owen (the
"Employee").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee wish to further amend the terms
of the Employee's severance arrangements as set forth in the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and conditions set
forth herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company
and the Employee agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. The eighth sentence of paragraph 1 of the Agreement, after
reflecting the additional sentence added by the Amendment, effective
January 1, 1997, is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"For purposes of this Agreement, constructive
termination of the Employee's employment shall
occur if the Employee voluntarily terminates
employment on or prior to June 30, 1999."
2. Paragraph 15 of the Agreement is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"15. Termination.
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This Agreement and the obligations of the Company
and the Employee under this Agreement (other than
the obligations of the Employee under paragraph 4
of this Agreement, which shall survive the
termination of this Agreement) shall terminate if
an involuntary termination by the Company without
cause of the Employee's employment or a
constructive termination of the Employee's
employment shall not have occurred by June 30,
1999."
3. The Employee acknowledges that he has been given twenty-one (21)
days to consider this Amendment No. 2 and that the Company advised him to
consult with an attorney of his own choosing prior to signing this
Amendment No. 2. The Employee may revoke this Amendment for a period of
seven (7) days after the execution of this Amendment No. 2, and this
Amendment No. 2 shall not be effective or enforceable until the expiration
of this seven (7) day revocation period.
4. The Employee affirms that no other promises or agreements of any
kind have been made to or with him by any person or entity whatsoever to
cause him to sign this Amendment No. 2, and that he fully understands the
meaning and intent of this Amendment No. 2. The Employee states and
represents that he has had an opportunity to fully discuss and review the
terms of this Amendment No. 2 with an attorney. The Employee further
states and represents that he has carefully read this Amendment No. 2;
understands the contents herein, freely and voluntarily assents to all of
the terms and conditions hereof, and signs his name of his own free act.
5. Except for the changes made herein, the Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 2 on
the dates written below.
HASBRO, INC.
By: /s/ Harold P. Gordon Date: March 11, 1998
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Harold P. Gordon
Vice Chairman
By: /s/ Dan D. Owen Date: March 9, 1998
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Dan D. Owen
Employee
EXHIBIT 10(gg)
January 30, 1998
Mr. George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
152 Tennyson Drive
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Dear George:
In connection with the termination of your employment with Hasbro, Inc.
(the "Company") and your resignation as an officer of the Company and as an
officer and director of various divisions and subsidiaries of the Company,
on January 31, 1998 the "Company" will pay you the basic severance
benefits described in Section 2 of the attached "Description of Severance
Benefits" if you do not sign and return this letter by February 20, 1998.
If you timely sign and return this letter, the Company will pay and provide
you the enhanced severance benefits subject to the terms and conditions
outlined in Section 1 of the attached "Description of Severance Benefits".
By signing and returning this letter you will be agreeing to the terms and
conditions set forth in the numbered paragraphs below, including the
release of claims set forth in paragraph 2. You should consult with your
own attorney before signing this letter and may take up to twenty-one (21)
days to do so.
If after reviewing this letter with your attorney, you find the terms and
conditions are satisfactory to you, you should sign and return this letter
to Bob Carniaux, Vice President, Human Resources in the enclosed envelope
by February 20, 1998. If you sign this letter, you may change your mind
and revoke your agreement during the seven (7) day period after you have
signed it. If you do not so revoke, this letter will become a binding
agreement between you and the Company upon the expiration of the seven (7)
day revocation period.
The following numbered paragraphs set forth the terms and conditions which
will apply if you timely sign and return this letter and do not revoke it
within the seven (7) day revocation period:
1. Description of Severance Benefits.
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The severance benefits to be paid to you if you timely sign and return
this letter are as described in Section 1 of the attached "Description of
Severance Benefits". The payment of these benefits is subject to the terms
of this letter and the terms of the Company's Severance Benefits Plan for
Salaried Employees (the "Severance Plan").
2. Releases.
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(a). You hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally
release, remise and discharge the Company, and any subsidiary or affiliated
organization of the Company or their current or former officers, directors,
stockholders, corporate affiliates, attorneys, agents and employees (the
"Released Parties") from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands,
actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs,
accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, doings,
omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities, and expenses
(including attorneys' fees and costs), of every kind and nature, known or
unknown, which you ever had or now have against the Released Parties,
including, but not limited to, all claims arising out of your employment,
all claims arising out of the termination of your employment, all claims
arising from any failure to re-employ you, all claims of race, sex,
national origin, handicap, religious, sexual preference, benefit and age
discrimination, all employment discrimination claims under Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000 et seq., the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 621 et seq., the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 29 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001
et seq., and similar state or local statutes, wrongful discharge claims,
common law tort, defamation, breach of contract and other common law
claims, and any claims under any other federal, state or local statutes or
ordinances not expressly referenced above.
(b). The Company hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally
releases. remises and discharges you from any and all claims, charges,
complaints, demands, actions, causes of actions, suits, rights, debts, sums
of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements,
promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities
and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs), of every kind and
nature, known or unknown, which the Company ever had or now has against
you, provided that this release will not extend to any intentional or
criminal wrongs, any contractual obligation you have to the Company, and
any matter relating to any violation of any statute, regulation or other
public law except to the extent you would otherwise be indemnified by the
Company. This release shall not extend to any shareholder derivative suits.
3. Covenant Not To Sue.
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(a). You represent and warrant that you have not filed any complaints,
charges, or claims for relief against the Released Parties. You further
agree not to bring any complaints, charges or claims against the Released
Parties with respect to any matters arising out of your employment with or
termination from employment with the Company.
(b). The Company represents and warrants that it has not filed any
complaints, charges, or claims against you. The Company further agrees not
to bring any complaints, claims or charges against you with respect to any
matters arising out of your employment or termination from employment with
the Company provided that this covenant by the Company will not extend to
any intentional or criminal wrongs, any contractual obligation you have to
the Company, and any matter relating to any violation of any statute,
regulation or other public law. This covenant shall not extend to any
shareholder derivative suits.
4. Proprietary Information.
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You acknowledge and reaffirm your representations and obligations as set
forth in the Invention Assignment and Proprietary Information Agreement
which you previously signed in connection with your employment with the
Company.
5. Nature of Agreement.
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You and the Company understand and agree that this letter agreement is a
severance and settlement agreement and does not constitute an admission of
liability or wrongdoing on the part of you, the Company, or any other
person.
6. Amendment.
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This letter agreement shall be binding upon the parties and may not be
modified in any manner, except by an instrument in writing of concurrent or
subsequent date signed by a duly authorized representative of the parties
hereto. This agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective agents, assigns, heirs, executors,
successors and administrators. No delay or omission by the Company in
exercising any right under this agreement shall operate as a waiver of that
or any other right. A waiver or consent given by the Company on any one
occasion shall be effective only in that instance and shall not be
construed as a bar or waiver of any right on any other occasion.
7. Validity.
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Should any provision of this letter agreement be declared or be
determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or invalid,
the validity of the remaining parts, terms, or provisions shall not be
affected thereby and said illegal and invalid part, term or provision shall
be deemed not to be a part of this agreement.
8. Confidentiality.
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You and the Company acknowledge, understand and agree that the terms and
contents of this letter agreement, and the contents of the negotiations and
discussions resulting in this agreement, shall be maintained as
confidential by you and your agents and representatives and the Company,
and any dispute resolved by this agreement shall also remain confidential,
and none of the above shall be disclosed except to the extent required by
federal or state law or as otherwise agreed to in writing by you and an
officer of theCompany.
9. Entire Agreement and Applicable Law.
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This letter agreement contains and constitutes the entire understanding
and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to your severance
benefits and settlement of claims against the Company and cancels all
previous oral and written negotiations, agreements, commitments, and
writings in connection therewith. This agreement shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Rhode Island to the extent not preempted by federal
law.
10. Acknowledgments.
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You acknowledge that you have been given at least twenty-one (21) days to
consider this letter agreement and that the Company advised you to consult
with any attorney of your own choosing prior to signing this letter. You
may revoke this agreement for a period of seven (7) days after signing
this letter, and the agreement shall not be effective or enforceable until
the expiration of this seven (7) day revocation period.
11. Voluntary Assent.
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You affirm that no other promises or agreements of any kind have been
made to or with you by any person or entity whatsoever to cause you to sign
this letter agreement, and that you fully understand the meaning and intent
of this agreement. You state and represent that you have had an opportunity
to fully discuss and review the terms of this agreement with an attorney.
You further state and represent that you have carefully read this letter,
understand the contents herein, freely and voluntarily assent to all of the
terms and conditions hereof, and sign your name of your own free act.
12. Covenant Not to Compete.
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(a). You agree that you will not, without written consent of the
Company, at any time during which Severance Benefits are payable under this
letter agreement and for a period of one year from the date Severance
Benefits cease under this letter agreement, directly or indirectly, own,
manage, operate, join, control or participate in the ownership, management,
operation or control of, render services or advice to, or be connected
with, as partner, stockholder, director, officer, agent, employee,
consultant or otherwise, any business, firm or corporation which competes
with the Company in any country or line of business in which the Company is
engaged.
(b). You agree that during the period in which Severance Benefits are
paid and thereafter for a period of one year, you will not interfere with
any relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any
other party, including; without limitation, any employee, customer,
supplier, distributor, lessor or lessee, licensor or licensee, commercial
or investment banker.
(c). You understand, acknowledge and agree that the provisions of this
Section 12 shall survive the termination of this letter agreement.
13. Legal Expenses.
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The Company agrees to pay reasonable and documented legal expenses
incurred by you in connection with drafting this letter agreement and
related documents.
If you have any questions about the matters covered in this letter, please
call Bob Carniaux, Vice President, Human Resources at (401) 727-5654.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Harold Gordon
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Harold Gordon
Vice Chairman
Hasbro, Inc.
I hereby agree to the terms and conditions set forth above and in the
attached Description of Severance Benefits. I intend that this letter will
become a binding agreement between me and the Company if I do not revoke my
acceptance within seven (7) days.
Signature /s/ George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
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(Employee's Name)
Date: January 31, 1998
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To be returned in the enclosed envelope by February 20, 1998
HASBRO, INC.
DESCRIPTION OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS
Name of Employee: GEORGE R. DITOMASSI
Date of Offer: January 30, 1998
Termination Date: January 31, 1998
If you timely sign and return the attached letter and it becomes a binding
contract between you and the Company, the Company will pay you the enhanced
severance subject to the terms and conditions outlined in Section 1 below,
the terms and conditions contained in the attached letter, this
description, and the Company's Severance Benefits Plan for Salaried
Employees.
If you do not timely sign and return the attached letter, the Company will
pay you the basic severance benefits described in Section 2 below, subject
to the terms and conditions contained in this description and the Company's
Severance Benefits Plan for Salaried Employees.
Section 1. Enhanced Severance Benefits.
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If you timely sign and return the attached letter and it becomes a
binding contract between you and the Company, you will be entitled to an
enhanced program of severance benefits consisting of:
(a) severance pay at the base rate of $41,979.17 per month for 23
months commencing with February 1998 and payable monthly thereafter.
Severance pay will be prorated for partial months eligible;
(b) continuance of your current level of basic life insurance with the
Company and you sharing the cost for this coverage on the same basis as the
cost is shared between the Company and similarly situated active employees
during the period of severance pay;
(c) payment by the Company of premiums associated with maintaining up
to $800,000 in supplemental term life insurance coverage for the period of
severance pay and subject to your filing the appropriate application
including a statement of health or other required documentation for such
coverage with the Company's group life insurance carrier and subject to the
carrier's approval of such coverage.
(d) continuance of your current medical and dental coverage during the
period of severance pay, with the Company and you sharing the cost for this
coverage on the same basis as the cost is shared between the Company and
similarly situated active employees during the same period, and with your
right to continued coverage (or conversion to an individual policy) at your
own expense where available beginning when the extended coverage under this
item(d) ends;
(e) continuance of your leased company executive automobile or
allowance benefit during the period of severance pay;
(f) continuance of reimbursement for reasonable expenses for executive
income tax filing preparation and advising services during the severance
pay period;
(g) subject to the approval of the Compensation and Stock Option
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, any previously granted
stock options will continue to vest during the severance pay period as if
you continued to be an employee of the Company. Subject to the approval of
the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company, at the conclusion of the severance pay period all previously
granted options will vest and be exercisable for a period of one year
thereafter except that premium priced options granted on February 12, 1993,
February 17, 1995 and September 17, 1997 will vest and be exercisable for
three years thereafter;
(h) if you begin full time regular non-temporary employment with an
employer other than the Company during the period of severance pay your
right to severance pay will end but the following benefits will be
continued for the remainder severance period but only to the extent that
they are not provided by your new employer: reimbursement for income tax
service expenses, executive automobile, continuance of basic and
supplemental life insurance coverage at Company expense, continuance of
medical and dental coverage partially at Company expense and continued
vesting of stock options.
Section 2. Basic Benefits.
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If you do not timely sign and return the attached letter , you will be
entitled to a program of severance benefits consisting of:
(a) severance pay at your base rate of pay (as in effect immediately
before termination and exclusive of any bonuses, commissions, overtime pay,
or other extra forms of compensation) for three (3) weeks;
(b) a lump sum payment to be made at the end of the period of severance
pay for your unused vacation that has been granted for use in the current
year;
(c) continuance of your current level of basic, supplemental and
dependent life insurance with the company and you sharing the cost for this
coverage on the same basis as the cost is shared between the company and
similarly situated active employees during the period of severance pay;
(d) continuance of your current medical and dental coverage during the
period of severance pay, with the Company and you sharing the cost for this
coverage on the same basis as the cost is shared between the Company and
similarly situated active employees during the same period, and with your
right to continued coverage (or conversion to an individual policy) at your
own expense where available beginning when the extended coverage under this
item (d) ends;
If you begin new employment during the period of severance pay, your
right to severance pay and continuance of basic, supplemental and dependent
life insurance coverage and of medical and dental coverage partially at
Company expense shall end when the new employment begins and you shall be
obligated to repay to the Company any severance pay paid to you and any
premiums paid by the Company for basic life insurance coverage and the
Company's share of the cost for medical and dental coverage paid after you
begin the new employment.
Section 3. Other Provisions.
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(a) You will be entitled to any benefits payable after or on account of
termination of employment under any employee pension or welfare benefit
plans, stock option plans, or other plans or programs or policies of the
Company in accordance with their terms and conditions, unless otherwise
stated above in Section 1.
(b) The Company may withhold from any payment described herein:
(1) any federal, state, or local income or payroll taxes required by
law to be withheld with respect to such payment;
(2) such sum as the Company may reasonably estimate is necessary to
cover any taxes for which the Company may be liable and which may be
assessed with regard to such payment; and
(3) such other amounts as appropriately may be withheld under the
Company's payroll policies and procedures from time to time in effect.
(c) The severance benefits described herein are the maximum benefits
that the Company will pay. To the extent that the Company owes you any
amounts in the nature of severance benefits under any other program, policy
or plan of the Company, or to the extent that any federal, state or local
law, including, without limitation, so-called "plant closing" laws,
requires the Company to give advance notice or make a payment of any kind
to you because of your involuntary termination due to a layoff, reduction
in force, plant or facility closing, sale of business, or similar event,
the benefits provided hereunder or under the other arrangement shall either
be reduced or eliminated to avoid any duplication of payment;
(d) In the event of your death during the period of severance pay, the
severance pay shall cease at death.
SUMMARY OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS
APPENDIX A
GEORGE R. DITOMASSI
ENHANCED BENEFITS
Severance Pay: You will receive 23 months of severance
pay
Medical Coverage: * You have Blue Choice POS - family coverage
Dental Coverage: * You have Delta Dental Basic Plan - family
coverage
Basic Life Insurance: * You have $769,000 at no cost to you
Supplemental Life Insurance: * $800,000 in coverage at no cost to you,
subject to your submission to the
insurance carrier of the insurance
application, statement of health and other
required documentation and subject to the
approval of such coverage by the insurance
carrier.
Dependent Life Insurance: * You have waived coverage
* These benefit programs will remain in effect during the "Severance Pay"
period and are based upon your current elections for 1998.
BASIC BENEFITS
Severance Pay: You will receive 3 weeks of severance pay
Medical Coverage: * You have Blue Choice POS - family coverage
Dental Coverage: * You have Delta Dental Basic Plan - family
coverage
Basic Life Insurance: * You have $769,000 at no cost to you
Supplemental Life Insurance: * You have waived additional life insurance
coverage
Dependent Life Insurance: * You have waived coverage
* These benefit programs will remain in effect during the "Severance Pay"
period and are based upon your current elections for 1998.
The above description of severance benefits is intended to assist you as a
summary. The actual description of severance benefits and the terms and
conditions which affect these benefits is contained in the Severance
Description and Agreement letter which you received along with this
summary. To the extent there may be any inconsistencies or difference
between the summary and the terms of the letter, the terms of the letter
are controlling.
January 30, 1998
Mr. George Ditomassi
152 Tennyson Drive
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Dear George:
In connection with the termination of your employment with Hasbro (the
"Company") and your resignation as an officer of the Company, and as an
officer and director of various divisions and subsidiaries of the Company
as of January 31, 1998 and in consideration of the covenants contained in a
Severance Agreement dated January 30, 1998 between you and the Company, the
Company agrees to indemnify and hold you harmless as more particularly set
forth in this letter agreement.
Subsequent to the termination of your employment, you shall be entitled to
the same rights of indemnity for actions taken while an officer, director
or employee of the Company as you currently have as an officer, director,
former director or consultant of Hasbro or any of its various divisions or
subsidiaries. In the event that the rights of indemnity of officers or
directors of the Company are enhanced hereafter, you shall also be entitled
to such enhanced rights of indemnity as they relate to action taken while
you were an officer, director or employee of the Company.
The foregoing rights shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which
you may be entitled under any agreement, vote, statute, by-law or
otherwise. The provisions of this Agreement are separable and if any
provisions or portion hereof shall for any reason be held inapplicable,
illegal or ineffective, such result shall not affect any other right of
indemnification or reimbursement whether provided herein or in any other
document or form.
This Agreement shall be binding upon each of the parties and their
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of their heirs and
legal representatives.
If the foregoing is acceptable to you, please sign the enclosed copy of
this letter agreement and return it to me as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
Hasbro, Inc.
/s/ Harold Gordon
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Harold Gordon
Vice Chairman, Duly Authorized
Accepted and agreed to:
/s/ George Ditomassi
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George Ditomassi
EXHIBIT 10(hh)
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
Consulting Agreement, entered into as of this 31st day of January, 1998,
by and between Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (the
"Corporation"), and George R. Ditomassi, Jr., an individual residing at 152
Tennyson Drive, Longmeadow, MA 01106 (the "Consultant")
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Corporation is primarily engaged in the manufacturing,
merchandising, marketing, distribution, developing and licensing of toys,
games, puzzles and related products (the "Business"); and
WHEREAS, the Consultant is a skilled and experienced businessman who
served from 1960 through the date hereof as an employee and senior
executive officer of the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to retain the Consultant to render
the consulting services set forth herein to the Corporation for a period
commencing on the date hereof, and continuing through October 31, 1999,
subject to extension by mutual agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Consultant and the Corporation are willing to enter into
this consulting agreement (the "Agreement") on the terms and conditions as
provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties
agree as follows:
1. Term.
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The term of the Agreement shall commence as of February 1, 1998 and,
unless otherwise terminated as hereinafter provided, shall continue through
October 31, 1999 (the period from the date hereof through termination or
expiration, whichever occurs first, to be hereinafter referred to as the
"Term"), provided that the Term may be extended for such additional periods
as may be agreeable to the Consultant and the Corporation.
2. Services.
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2.1 The Consultant shall provide the following services:
(a) to provide business advice and project coordination for the
Corporation's implementation of SAP integrated enterprise system;
(b) to provide counsel on corporate charitable contributions by the
Corporation in the Springfield, MA community consistent with the
Corporation's established practice and procedure for granting such
contributions;
(c) to provide such services as determined and reasonably requested
by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; and
(d) to provide such other business advice and counsel as the
Corporation may reasonably request of the Consultant from time to time.
2.2 The Consultant shall provide his services hereunder at such
places and at such times as he shall determine, provided that the
Consultant shall reasonably make himself available for meetings with senior
management of the Corporation as may be scheduled from time to time. The
Corporation shall have no right to direct or control the manner in which
the services by Consultant are performed hereunder.
2.3 The Corporation acknowledges that Consultant may provide
consulting services to non-competitors of the Corporation, sits on a number
of boards of directors of publicly and privately held companies who are
non-competitors of the Corporation and devote considerable time to
charitable and community work.
3. Remuneration.
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3.1 As basic compensation for the Consultant's services, the
Corporation hereby agrees to pay the Consultant a monthly fee of $5,000.00
subject to the terms hereof, less such deductions or amounts to be withheld
as shall be required by applicable law and regulations.
3.2 A lump sum payment in March 1999 and March 2000 comparable to a
management incentive award for the previous fiscal year had the Consultant
been employed as an executive officer of the company will be paid to the
Consultant. The determination of this payment will be made by the Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The minimum amount of the lump
sum payment made in March 1999 shall be $150,000 and in March 2000 shall be
$125,000. The lump sum payment for any year shall be prorated based upon
the number of months fees for consulting or other services were paid in the
previous calendar year. This provision shall survive the termination of
this agreement.
3.3 The Corporation agrees to reimburse the Consultant for reasonable
travel expenses actually incurred by the Consultant in the performance of
the Consultant's duties hereunder upon the submission of appropriate
receipts, expense statement or vouchers.
3.4 Nothing in this Agreement shall reduce the benefits or amounts to
which the Consultant is entitled by virtue of his prior employment with the
Corporation, including without limitation, pension, profit-sharing and
savings plan distributions and life, health care and dental benefits.
4. Confidentiality and Other Terms and Conditions.
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4.1 The Consultant agrees that all ideas, suggestions, discoveries,
inventions, copyrights, copyrightable materials, secret processes,
formulae, trademarks, trade secrets, and the like (the "Intellectual
Property") created, discovered or developed by the Consultant during the
performance of activities pursuant to this Agreement shall be the exclusive
property of and are hereby assigned to the Corporation, and the Consultant
agrees to execute such instruments of transfer, assignment, conveyance and
confirmation and such other documents as may reasonably be requested by the
Corporation to transfer, assign, convey, confirm and perfect in the
Corporation all legally protectable rights in such Intellectual Property.
4.2 The Consultant will regard and preserve as confidential all
information pertaining to the Corporation that may be obtained by the
Consultant as a result of the Consultant's services hereunder and will not
disclose such information to any person, or use it for the Consultant's own
benefit, during the term hereof or thereafter, except as may be necessary
in connection with the performance of the Consultant's services hereunder.
References to the "Corporation" in this Agreement, and particularly in this
Section 4.2 and in Section 6.1, shall include all divisions of the
Corporation, all corporations that are affiliates or subsidiaries of the
Corporation, and any divisions of such subsidiaries and affiliates.
Information covered hereby shall include, without limitation, information
relating to the Corporation's products, processes, services, inventions,
research, development, manufacturing or subcontracting methods, financial
matters, future plans or other materials conceived, designed, created or
heretofore or hereafter used or developed by the Corporation, any customer
lists, pricing and pricing methods, marketing, merchandising or
distribution methods, sourcing or other supplier or purchaser related
information or other information that is the property of the Corporation or
otherwise marked "Confidential". Moreover, during the Term and thereafter
for a period of one year, the consultant will not solicit or in any manner
encourage employees of the Corporation to leave the employ of the
Corporation. Any and all documentation containing such information in the
possession or under the control of the Consultant at the end of the Term
shall be returned to the Corporation. This Section 4.2 shall not apply to
any information which is or becomes part of the public domain other than as
a result of a breach of this Agreement by the Consultant or that may be
required to be disclosed by a duly authorized order requiring such
disclosure by any judicial or administrative proceeding.
4.3 This Section 4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
5. Termination of Consulting Arrangement.
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5.1 Death.
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In the event of the death of the Consultant, this Agreement shall
thereupon be terminated and the Term shall end and the Corporation shall
only be obligated to pay the fee set forth in Section 3.1 above to the
Consultant for the month in which death occurs.
5.2 Consultant Initiation.
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The Consultant has the right to terminate this Agreement with effect at
any time after June 30, 1998 upon 30 days advance written notice.
5.3 Inability to Perform.
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In the event that, during the Term, the Consultant is unable to furnish
the services described in Section 2.1, the Corporation shall have the
option to terminate the Consultant's services and thereby terminate this
Agreement, as follows: A termination as a result of the inability of the
Consultant to provide the services described in Section 2.1 shall occur
upon delivery by the Corporation of a termination notice in writing to the
Consultant following a period of (a) 45 consecutive days, or (b) 90 days
(irrespective of whether such days are consecutive) occurring during any
period of 365 consecutive days during which the Consultant has been
requested to but has been unable to provide such services. The
Consultant's vacation periods shall not be included within the foregoing
computation. The Consultant shall continue to receive the remuneration
provided for in Section 3.1 only for the period ending with the date of
such termination as provided in this paragraph 5.3.
5.4 Termination by the Corporation for Due Cause.
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Nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation from terminating the
Consultant's services and this Agreement for Due Cause. The Consultant
shall continue to receive remuneration provided for in Section 3.1 only for
the period ending with the date of such termination as provided in this
Section 5.3. "Due Cause" , as used herein, shall be deemed to exist in the
event (a) the Consultant is convicted of a felony or of fraud or, (b) in
connection with the Business, commits acts of gross negligence, willful
misconduct or dishonesty or (c) the Consultant neglects to perform the
services required to be performed hereunder for a period of 30 days after
written notice by the Corporation to the Consultant of such neglect.
6. Covenant Not to Compete and Other Covenants.
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6.1 The Consultant agrees that, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 6, the Consultant will not, without the prior written consent of
the Corporation, at any time during the Term and thereafter for a period of
one year, in any country in which the Corporation (as defined in Section
4.2 hereof ) is engaged in business, directly or indirectly, own, manage,
operate, join, control or participate in the ownership, management,
operation or control of, render services or advice to, or be connected
with, as partner, stockholder, director, officer, agent, employee,
consultant or otherwise, any business, firm or corporation which competes
with the Business as conducted during the Term or on the date of such
termination, as the case may be. The Consultant shall not be deemed under
this Section 6 to be competing with the Business solely by reason of
ownership of less than one percent of the outstanding amount of any
securities of any corporation regularly traded on a national stock exchange
or over-the-counter.
6.2 The Consultant agrees that during the Term and thereafter for a
period of one year, he will not interfere with any relationship,
contractual or otherwise, between the Corporation and any other party,
including, without limitation, any employee, customer, supplier,
distributor, lessor or lessee, licensor or licensee, commercial or
investment banker.
6.3 The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.
7. Remedies.
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The Consultant acknowledges that the services to be rendered hereunder
are of a special and unique character and recognizes that, in the event of
any breach or threatened breach by the Consultant of the provisions of
Sections 4 or 6 hereof, damages would be difficult, if not impossible, to
ascertain; and it is therefore agreed that the Corporation, in addition to
and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have under this
Agreement or al law or in equity, shall be entitled to injunctive relief
against the Consultant issued by any court of competent jurisdiction
enjoining any such breach or threatened breach. This Section 7 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
8. Indemnification.
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The Corporation shall indemnify and hold the Consultant harmless from and
against all liabilities, losses, costs, judgments and expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable disbursements) to which the
Consultant may become subject as a result of the performance of his
obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the performance of his
obligations under this Agreement or as a result of his connection with the
business and affairs of the Corporation, except for acts or omissions
constituting negligence, willful misconduct or acts beyond the scope of the
consulting arrangement,. This indemnification provision shall bind the
Corporation only if the Consultant gives the Corporation prompt notice of
any claims with respect to which it may seek indemnification and permits
the Corporation to defend such claim with counsel of its own selection,
reasonably satisfactory to the Consultant. The Consultant agrees to
cooperate with the Corporation in connection with the defense of any such
action.
9. Relationship of the Parties.
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9.1 In all activities hereunder the Consultant shall be an
independent contractor and the Corporation shall, unless otherwise required
by law, have no liability whatsoever for withholding, collection or payment
of income taxes or for taxes of any other nature on behalf of the
Consultant.
9.2 Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to (i) make either party
the agent, employee, joint venturer or partner of the other party or (ii)
provide either party or any employee of such party with the power or
authority to act on behalf of the other party or to bind the other party to
any contract, agreement or arrangement with any other person.
9.3 All personnel employed or otherwise engaged by either party shall
be the agents, servants and employees of such party only, and their other
party shall incur no obligations or liabilities, express or implied, by
reason of, or with respect to, the conduct of such personnel.
10. Representation and Warranty of Consultant.
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Consultant represents and warrants that he has full legal right and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to fully perform the
Consultant's obligation hereunder without breach by the Consultant of any
legal obligations to any other persons, firm or entity, and there is no
agreement to which the Consultant is a party or to which the Consultant is
otherwise bound, or any order, arbitration award or injunction of any
court, arbitrator or governmental agency to which the Consultant is
subject, which would prevent or limit Consultant from fully performing the
Consultant's obligations under this Agreement. Consultant hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold the Corporation harmless from and against all
liabilities, losses, costs, claims, judgments and expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable disbursements) to which the
Corporation may become subject as a result of a breach of this
representation and warranty.
11. Notices.
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Any notice to be given hereunder shall be given in writing and delivered
personally or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, addressed to the party concerned at the address indicated below
or to such other address as such party may subsequently give written notice
pursuant hereto:
If to the Corporation:
To: Hasbro, Inc.
1027 Newport Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02862
Attn: Harold P. Gordon
Vice Chairman
With a copy to: Hasbro, Inc.
32 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Attn: Phillip Waldoks
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Legal Affairs
and Secretary
If to the Consultant:
To: George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
152 Tennyson Drive
Longmeadow, MA 01106
With a copy to: Paul S. Doherty
Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, P.C.
One Monarch Place
1414 Main Street, 19th Floor
Springfield, MA 01144-1002
12. Miscellaneous.
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12.1 If any section, subsection or other provision of this Agreement
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for
any reason, such section, subsection or provision shall be deemed to be
severable and this Agreement shall otherwise continue in full force and
effect.
12.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon the Consultant, the
Corporation, its successors and any corporation which acquires, by merger
or otherwise, all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation,
and shall inure to the benefit of (a) the Consultant and the Consultant's
legal representatives and (b) the Corporation and its successors and
permitted assigns. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, neither
this Agreement nor any rights or obligations thereunder shall be assignable
by either party without the prior written consent of the other party.
12.3 No modification, amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by bother
parties hereto.
12.4 The failure to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this
Agreement or the failure to require at any time performance of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of
such provisions or to affect either the validity of this Agreement or any
part hereof, or the right thereafter to enforce each and every such
provision in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
12.5 This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the
parties hereto with respect to the Consultant's consulting services and the
Consultant's remuneration therefor.
12.6 Whenever a provision of this Agreement governs periods following
the termination or conclusion of this Agreement, such provisions shall
survive such termination or conclusion whether or not such survival is
otherwise specifically provided for herein.
12.7 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be considered an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same document.\
12.8 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
12.9 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Rhode Island applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely within such state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
HASBRO, INC.
By: /s/ Harold P. Gordon
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Harold P. Gordon
Vice Chairma
/s/ George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
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George R. Ditomassi, Jr.
EXHIBIT 10(ii)
January 26, 1998
Mr. George Volanakis
2604 Hacienda Drive
Dubuque, IA 52002
Re: Pension Benefits
Dear George:
I am writing to confirm the issue of minimum pension benefits under the
Hasbro, Inc. retirement benefit programs as they would apply to you should
you be re-employed by Hasbro, Inc. after termination of your current
employment.
In the event your employment with Hasbro would involuntarily be terminated
for a reason other than for Cause (as defined below), then Hasbro would
provide an aggregate life annuity benefit under Company-sponsored
retirement programs of no less than $100,000 per annum commencing no
earlier than the first day of the calendar month after your attainment of
age 55 years. You would be able to elect receiving this benefit in an
actuarial equivalent amount in accordance with the provisions of the plans.
For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the term "Cause" means your (1)
conviction of or confession to a felony or fraud or a criminal act of
misappropriation, embezzlement, or the like, or (2) committing any acts of
gross negligence, willful misconduct or dishonesty, or (3) divulging trade
secrets or confidential information of Hasbro, directly or indirectly, to a
competitor of Hasbro, or (4) breach of any material fiduciary duty owed by
you to Hasbro, or (5) refusal to perform reasonable duties required in
performance of your employment with Hasbro.
I hope this information will be useful.
Sincerely,
/s/ Harold Gordon
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Harold Gordon
Vice Chairman
Hasbro, Inc.
EXHIBIT 11
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation of Earnings Per Share
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data)
1997 1996 1995
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Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted
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Net earnings $134,986 134,986 199,912 199,912 155,571 155,571
Interest and amortization
on convertible notes,
net of taxes - 4,782 - 5,757 - 5,763
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Net earnings applicable
to common shares $134,986 139,768 199,912 205,669 155,571 161,334
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Weighted average number
of shares outstanding:
Outstanding at
beginning of period 128,863 128,863 131,017 131,017 131,293 131,293
Exercise of stock
options and warrants:
Actual 912 912 502 502 306 306
Assumed - 2,557 - 1,815 - 864
Conversion of convertible
notes:
Actual 1,355 1,355 6 6 - -
Assumed - 6,286 - 7,666 - 7,671
Purchase of common stock (2,404) (2,404) (1,484) (1,484) (84) (84)
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Equivalent Shares 128,726 137,569 130,041 139,522 131,515 140,050
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Earnings per share $ 1.05 1.02 1.54 1.47 1.18 1.15
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EXHIBIT 12
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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Earnings available for
fixed charges:
Net earnings $134,986 199,912 155,571 175,033 200,004
Add:
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principles - - - 4,282 -
Fixed charges 43,893 47,174 52,422 44,280 42,839
Taxes on income 69,539 106,981 96,979 112,254 125,206
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Total $248,418 354,067 304,972 335,849 368,049
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Fixed charges:
Interest on long-term
debt $ 7,348 9,258 9,267 11,179 10,178
Other interest charges 20,138 22,207 28,321 19,610 19,636
Amortization of debt
expense 377 339 339 429 386
Rental expense representa-
tive of interest factor 16,030 15,370 14,495 13,062 12,639
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Total $ 43,893 47,174 52,422 44,280 42,839
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Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges 5.66 7.51 5.82 7.58 8.59
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EXHIBIT 13
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Selected Information Contained in
Annual Report to Shareholders
for the Year Ended December 28, 1997
MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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The Company's Common Stock, Par Value $.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), is
traded on the American and London Stock Exchanges. The following table sets
forth the high and low sales prices as reported on the Composite Tape of the
American Stock Exchange and the cash dividends declared per share of Common
Stock, each as adjusted to reflect the three-for-two stock split declared on
February 19, 1997 and paid on March 21, 1997, for the periods listed.
Sales Prices
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Period High Low Declared
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1996
1st Quarter $31 1/4 19 1/4 $.07
2nd Quarter 25 3/4 23 1/2 .07
3rd Quarter 25 1/2 21 1/4 .07
4th Quarter 29 3/8 24 5/8 .07
1997
1st Quarter $29 5/8 24 1/8 $.08
2nd Quarter 29 1/2 22 7/8 .08
3rd Quarter 31 1/8 26 7/16 .08
4th Quarter 36 1/2 25 3/4 .08
The approximate number of holders of record of the Company's Common Stock as
of February 27, 1998 was 4,600.
Dividends
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Declaration of dividends is at the discretion of the Company's Board of
Directors and will depend upon the earnings, financial condition of the
Company and such other factors as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
Payment of dividends is further subject to restrictions contained in
agreements relating to the Company's outstanding long-term debt. At December
28, 1997, under the most restrictive agreement the full amount of retained
earnings is free of restrictions.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except per share Data and Ratios)
Fiscal Year
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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Statement of
Earnings Data:
Net revenues $3,188,559 3,002,370 2,858,210 2,670,262 2,747,176
Net earnings(1) $ 134,986 199,912 155,571 175,033 200,004
Per Common Share
Data:
Earnings(1)
Basic $ 1.05 1.54 1.18 1.33 1.52
Diluted $ 1.02 1.47 1.15 1.28 1.44
Cash dividends
declared $ .32 .27 .21 .19 .16
Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets $2 899 717 2,701,509 2,616,388 2,378,375 2,293,018
Long-term debt $ - 149,382 149,991 150,000 200,510
Ratio of Earnings to
Fixed Charges(1)(2) 5.66 7.51 5.82 7.58 8.59
Weighted Average
Number of Common
Shares
Basic 128,726 130,041 131,515 131,703 131,219
Diluted 137,569 139,522 140,050 141,667 142,717
(1) In 1997, net earnings, basic and diluted earnings per share and ratio
of earnings to fixed charges, each excluding $140,000 of pretax
charges relating to the global integration and profit enhancement
program, were $227,386, $1.77, $1.69 and 8.85, respectively.
(2) For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
fixed charges include interest, amortization of debt expense and
one-third of rentals, and earnings available for fixed charges
represent earnings before fixed charges and income taxes.
MANAGEMENT'S REVIEW
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Summary
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A percentage analysis of results of operations follows:
1997 1996 1995
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Net revenues 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of sales 42.6 44.3 43.3
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Gross profit 57.4 55.7 56.7
Amortization 1.7 1.3 1.4
Royalties, research and development 12.1 10.6 10.7
Advertising 12.9 13.9 14.6
Selling, distribution and administration 19.4 18.8 19.4
Restructuring charge and discontinued
development project 3.9 - 1.1
Interest expense .9 1.1 1.3
Other income, net .1 (.2) (.6)
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Earnings before income taxes 6.4 10.2 8.8
Income taxes 2.2 3.5 3.4
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Net earnings 4.2% 6.7% 5.4%
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(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
Results of Operations
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Net revenues for 1997 were $3,188,559 compared to $3,002,370 and $2,858,210
for 1996 and 1995, respectively. Within the United States market, boys' toys
and the CD-ROM interactive games enjoyed substantial growth while traditional
games and puzzles remained essentially flat and creative play, girls' and
preschool lines decreased. The theatrical re-release of the Star Wars(R)
trilogy coupled with new Batman(R) and Jurassic Park(R) movies provided the
Company with a strong base from which to build its boys' toys product
offerings. In the interactive family entertainment arena, during December,
the Company's line included the top four and for the year, six of the ten
best selling items, allowing it to more than double its 1996 volume. Games
and puzzles, while remaining flat, had an excellent fourth quarter with the
classic brands, such as Monopoly(R) and Scrabble(R), continuing to appeal to
consumers. Bop It(R), a 1997 introduction from Parker Brothers, ended the
year as one of the best selling new products in the industry. Both the
creative play range, in spite of a strong showing by such favorites as Play
Doh(R) and Easy Bake(R) Oven, and the girls' area experienced decreased
volume, reflecting both the refocusing of their product offerings and the
strength of large dolls in 1996. Preschool also experienced a decrease in
revenues, primarily due to a significant planned reduction in the number of
SKUs offered, as part of the Company's strategy to restore the profitability
of this line. Licensed products, however, including Barney(R) and the newly
introduced Arthur(TM), performed well during 1997.
In the international markets, absent the impact of the strengthened U.S.
dollar, revenues increased in all geographic areas, although only marginally
in Europe. Significant growth took place in the Americas with both Canada and
Mexico experiencing double digit growth which was then further augmented by
the Company's new operations in Chile, Peru and Argentina. The strengthened
U.S. dollar, primarily in Europe, eroded much of these gains, enabling Hasbro
to report international growth of less than 2%. In the aggregate, changed
foreign currency rates had a negative impact of approximately $91,000 in 1997
and $29,000 in 1996.
The Company's gross profit margin increased to 57.4% from 55.7% in 1996 which
had decreased from 56.7% in 1995. The increase in 1997 results primarily from
the mix of products sold with a larger proportion of sales arising from
promotional items which generally return higher gross margins. Had the U.S.
dollar not strengthened to the extent that it did, the growth in margins
would have been even greater. Also negatively impacting margins by $15,000,
or .5%, in 1997 was the impact of the Company's global integration and profit
enhancement program. The change between 1995 and 1996 results from a
combination of factors including a greater volume of products sold at less
than normal margins, higher tooling costs, unfavorable foreign exchange rates
and increased unabsorbed overheads in the Company's manufacturing facilities
resulting from reduced production levels, all partially offset by reduced raw
material commodity costs, specifically paper board and plastic resin.
Amortization expense, which includes amortization of both property rights and
cost in excess of net assets acquired, of $53,767 compares with $40,064 in
1996 and $38,471 in 1995. These increases were attributable to the
acquisitions during the respective years.
Expenditures for royalties, research and development increased to $386,912
from $319,494 in 1996 and $304,704 in 1995. Included in these amounts are
expenditures for research and development of $154,710 in 1997, $152,487 in
1996 and $148,057 in 1995. As percentages of net revenues, research and
development was 4.9% in 1997, down from 5.1% in 1996 and 5.2% in 1995. The
increased royalties in 1997 and 1996, both in amount and as a percentage of
net revenues, when compared with 1995, were attributable to the higher
proportion of the Company's revenues arising from licensed products as well
as the higher rates generally paid on these items.
Advertising expenses, at 12.9% of net revenues, declined a full point from
the 1996 level which had decreased to 13.9% from 14.6% in 1995. The decreases
in both years reflect the reduced proportion of the Company's revenues
attributable to sales made into the international marketplace, which
traditionally have higher advertising to sales ratios than do the United
States units, as well as the reduced overall level of advertising
expenditures stemming in part from the mix of products sold.
During 1997, selling, distribution and administration costs increased by
approximately 9% to $617,140 or 19.4% of revenues after decreasing in 1996 to
18.8% of revenues from 19.4% in 1995. In addition to normal inflationary
trends, the 1997 growth reflects the impact of the Company's 1997
acquisitions, new operations begun in Latin America and costs associated with
business consolidations which took place early in 1997. The decrease in the
1996 percentage reflected a year without any significant investment spending
in newly organized or acquired units.
On December 9, 1997, Hasbro announced a global integration and profit
enhancement program. This program, which will be substantially completed by
the end of 1998 and which anticipates the redundancy of approximately 2,500
employees, principally in manufacturing, provides for actions in three
principal areas: a continued consolidation of the Company's manufacturing
operations; the streamlining of marketing and sales, while exiting from
certain underperforming markets and product lines; and the further leveraging
of overheads. Of the $140,000 estimated costs related to these actions,
$125,000 is reported as a nonrecurring charge and $15,000 is reflected in
cost of sales. Of the nonrecurring amount, approximately $54,000 relates to
severance and people costs, $52,000 to property, plant and equipment and
leases and $19,000 to product line related costs.
During the second quarter of 1995, Hasbro discontinued its efforts, begun in
1992, related to the development of a mass-market virtual reality game
system. The impact of this decision was a charge of $31,100 for the costs
associated with such action.
Interest expense was $27,486 in 1997 compared to $31,465 during 1996 and
$37,588 during 1995. The decrease during the current year reflected the
impact of lower interest rates and the availability of funds generated from
operations during 1996. The same reasons are primarily responsible for the
decrease in 1996 from 1995.
Other expense of $3,097 in 1997 compares with income of $6,091 and $16,566 in
1996 and 1995, respectively. The change between 1997 and 1996 primarily
reflects an increase in foreign currency transactional losses and larger
amounts attributable to Hasbro's minority partners in various units. The
decrease of approximately $10,000 in 1996 is largely the result of decreased
earnings from available funds, principally in the international units, which
are invested on a short-term basis locally.
Income tax expense as a percentage of pretax earnings in 1997 decreased to
34.0% from 34.9% and 38.4% in 1996 and 1995, respectively. The decrease in
both 1997 and 1996 resulted primarily from the continued reorganization of
the Company's global business, which reduced the tax on international
earnings and helped to reduce state income taxes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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The Company continued to have a strong and highly liquid balance sheet with
cash and cash equivalents of $361,785 at December 28, 1997. Cash and cash
equivalents were $218,971 and $161,030 at December 29, 1996 and December 31,
1995, respectively.
Hasbro generated almost $550,000 of net cash from its operating activities in
1997, and more than $225,000 in each of 1996 and 1995. Included in the 1997
amount was $273,344 provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities.
Contributing to this were reductions in accounts receivable, which were
approximately 3% less than in 1996, in spite of an approximate $25,000
increase in 1997 fourth quarter sales and the non-recourse sale of certain
receivables totaling $65,000 in 1996. Inventories decreased by 11% in the
current year, following a 13% decrease in 1996. Also providing funds were
prepaid expenses and other current assets, which decreased, and accounts
payable and accrued liabilities, which increased significantly, reflecting
the unpaid portion of the costs associated with the Company's global
integration and profit enhancement program as well as timing differences on
certain payments. In 1996, changes in operating assets and liabilities
utilized $52,347 with receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets
and trade payables and accrued liabilities all contributing. Receivable
growth reflected the $83,000 increase in fourth quarter sales, much of which,
under Hasbro's normal trading terms, became due after the end of the
Company's fiscal year, partially offset by the aforementioned non-recourse
sale of certain receivables. The utilization of funds through prepaid
expenses and other current assets and accounts payable and accrued
liabilities was largely attributable to timing differences on certain
payments. Partially offsetting these utilizations was approximately $43,000
provided through the reduction of inventory levels. During 1995, operating
assets and liabilities utilized $67,117, primarily in accounts receivable and
inventories. Receivables were approximately 10% greater in 1995 than in 1994,
reflecting both the increased level of fourth quarter sales and the impact of
new operations. Inventories, up more than 25%, also reflected the impact of
new operations and expanded product lines as well as a planned increase to
allow faster and more complete shipment of customer orders. Partially
offsetting these utilizations was the increase in trade payables and other
accrued liabilities which reflected the increased and expanded levels of
operations.
Cash flows from investing activities were a net utilization of funds during
all three reported years; $269,277, $127,286 and $209,331 in 1997, 1996 and
1995, respectively. During each of the three years, the Company expended an
average of approximately $100,000 in additions to its property, plant and
equipment. Of these amounts, 51% in 1997, 57% in 1996 and 56% in 1995 were
for purchases of tools, dies and molds related to the Company's products.
During those three years, depreciation and amortization expenses were
$112,817, $98,201 and $91,437, respectively. During 1997, Hasbro acquired
certain assets of OddzOn Products, Inc. and Cap Toys, Inc., wholly owned
subsidiaries of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc., for $167,379. In 1996, the
Company made several small acquisitions and investments, none of which were
significant. In 1995, Hasbro purchased certain products, primarily the Super
Soaker(TM) line, and other assets from the Larami group of companies for
$88,135 and made several other smaller investments.
As part of the traditional marketing strategies of the toy industry, many
sales made early in the year are not due for payment until the fourth quarter
or early in the first quarter of the subsequent year, thus making it
necessary for the Company to borrow significant amounts pending these
collections. During the year, the Company borrowed through the issuance of
commercial paper and short-term lines of credit to fund its seasonal working
capital requirements in excess of funds available from operations. During
1998, the Company expects to fund these needs in a similar manner and
believes that the funds available to it are adequate to meet its needs. At
March 1, 1998, the Company's unused committed and uncommitted lines of
credit, including a $440,000 revolving credit agreement, were in excess of
$1,000,000. Additionally, Hasbro has an unused public debt shelf registration
in the amount of an additional $550,000.
During 1997 and 1996, net financing activities utilized approximately
$125,000 and $95,000, respectively, of Hasbro's funds while in 1995 it
provided a small amount. Throughout 1997, the Company met its seasonal
working capital requirements through short-term borrowings, as in prior
years. During the year, the Company also invested approximately $135,000 to
purchase its common stock in the open market, which compares with
approximately $84,000 and $15,000 repurchased in 1996 and 1995, respectively.
During October 1997, the Company called its 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes
Due 1998. Substantially all of these notes were converted into approximately
7.6 million shares of Hasbro common stock.
Under prior authorizations of the Board of Directors (the Board) and the
Executive Committee of the Board, the Company repurchased 4,460,800 shares of
its common stock during 1997. On December 9, 1997, the Board canceled all
prior authorizations and authorized the repurchase of up to $500,000 of the
Company's shares. At December 28, 1997, $488,457 remains available under this
authorization. The Company anticipates that it will continue such purchases
in the future when it deems conditions to be favorable. The shares acquired
under these programs are being used for corporate purposes including issuance
upon the exercise of stock options.
Foreign Currency Risk Management
- - --------------------------------
The Company is exposed to market risks attributable to fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates as a result of sourcing products in five
currencies while marketing those products in more than thirty currencies.
Results of operations will be affected primarily by changes in the value of
the U.S. dollar, Hong Kong dollar, British pound, French franc, Mexican peso,
Irish punt and Spanish peseta versus other currencies, principally in Europe
and the United States.
To manage this exposure, as of December 28, 1997, Hasbro has hedged a
considerable portion of its estimated 1998 foreign currency transactions
using a combination of forward foreign exchange contracts and purchased
foreign currency options. The Company estimates that a hypothetical immediate
10% unfavorable movement in the currencies involved could result in an
approximate $10 million adverse impact to operating profit. The Company is
also exposed to risk with respect to its foreign currency net cash and cash
equivalents or short-term borrowing positions. Hasbro believes, however, that
the risk on this net exposure would not be material to its financial
condition. In addition, the Company's revenues and costs have been and will
likely continue to be affected by changes in foreign currency rates. Other
than set forth above, the Company does not hedge, nor does it speculate, in
foreign currencies.
Gains and losses related to qualified hedges of firm commitments and
anticipated transactions are deferred and are recognized in income or as
carrying amounts when the hedged transaction occurs.
The Economy and Inflation
- - -------------------------
The Company continued to experience difficult economic environments
throughout much of the world during 1997. The principal market for the
Company's products is the retail sector where certain customers have
experienced economic difficulty. The Company closely monitors the
creditworthiness of its customers and adjusts credit policies and limits as
it deems appropriate.
The effect of inflation on the Company's operations during 1997 was not
significant and the Company will continue its policy of monitoring costs and
adjusting prices accordingly.
Year 2000
- - ---------
After several years of planning and design, Hasbro is currently in the
installation phase of a new global `enterprise' management information system
which will replace a number of older systems used in different parts of the
world and which will enable the Company to operate more effectively on a
global basis. An additional benefit of this planned improvement is that
through this enterprise system, significant portions of the Company's world-
wide systems and applications will become year 2000 compliant. Hasbro also
has a program which will result in all other systems becoming compliant prior
to the point that non-compliance would have any material impact on the
Company's operations. The Company believes that the costs of the new
`enterprise' system together with the costs associated with becoming year
2000 compliant will not have a material impact on either its results of
operations or financial condition.
The Company is also communicating with suppliers, customers and service
providers to determine the extent to which Hasbro may be vulnerable to those
third parties' failure to resolve their own year 2000 issue. While there can
be no assurance that the systems of other companies on which Hasbro's systems
rely will all be timely remediated, the Company has no current knowledge of
any such third party year 2000 issues that would result in a material
negative impact to its operations. Should the Company become aware of any
such situation, contingency plans will be developed.
Other Information
- - -----------------
The Company's revenue pattern continues to show the second half of the year
more significant to its overall business and within that half, the fourth
quarter most prominent. The Company believes that this will continue in 1998.
The Company is not aware of any material amounts of potential exposure
relating to environmental matters and does not believe its compliance costs
or liabilities to be material to its operating results or financial position.
Hasbro will adopt Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130,
Reporting Comprehensive Income (SFAS 130), and No. 131, Disclosures about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (SFAS 131), in 1998. As
both of these relate to disclosure, the adoption of SFAS 130 and SFAS 131 is
not expected to have any material impact on Hasbro's results of operations,
financial condition or cash flows.
On February 9, 1998, Hasbro and Tiger Electronics, Inc. (Tiger) announced a
definitive agreement for Hasbro to acquire the operating assets of Tiger and
its affiliates for $335,000, subject to certain closing adjustments plus the
closing value of inventory, tooling, equipment and certain prepaid assets. It
is anticipated that the transaction will be completed early in the second
quarter of 1998.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
- - -------------------------------------------
See attached pages.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Hasbro, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996
and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended
December 28, 1997. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used
and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide
a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 28, 1997 in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Providence, Rhode Island
February 4, 1998
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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996
(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
<CAPTION>
Assets 1997 1996
------ ---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 361,785 218,971
Accounts receivable, less allowance for
doubtful accounts of $51,700 in 1997
and $46,600 in 1996 783,008 807,149
Inventories 242,702 273,247
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 186,379 187,222
--------- ---------
Total current assets 1,573,874 1,486,589
Property, plant and equipment, net 280,603 313,545
--------- ---------
Other assets
Cost in excess of acquired net assets, less
accumulated amortization of $128,237 in 1997
and $115,312 in 1996 486,502 460,467
Other intangibles, less accumulated amortization
of $135,467 in 1997 and $102,387 in 1996 478,798 364,987
Other 79,940 75,921
--------- ---------
Total other assets 1,045,240 901,375
--------- ---------
Total assets $2,899,717 2,701,509
========= =========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets, Continued
December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996
(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
<CAPTION>
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 1997 1996
------------------------------------ ---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Current liabilities
Short-term borrowings $ 122,024 120,736
Trade payables 179,156 174,337
Accrued liabilities 596,033 399,896
Income taxes 106,333 135,849
--------- ---------
Total current liabilities 1,003,546 830,818
Long-term debt - 149,382
Deferred liabilities 58,054 69,263
--------- ---------
Total liabilities 1,061,600 1,049,463
--------- ---------
Shareholders' equity
Preference stock of $2.50 par value.
Authorized 5,000,000 shares; none issued - -
Common stock of $.50 par value. Authorized
300,000,000 shares; issued 139,799,011 shares
in 1997 and 132,160,293 shares in 1996 69,900 66,080
Additional paid-in capital 489,447 282,922
Retained earnings 1,458,309 1,362,791
Foreign currency translation (4,717) 21,487
Treasury stock, at cost, 6,357,948 shares in
1997 and 3,297,628 shares in 1996 (174,822) (81,234)
--------- ---------
Total shareholders' equity 1,838,117 1,652,046
--------- ---------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $2,899,717 2,701,509
========= =========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues $3,188,559 3,002,370 2,858,210
Cost of sales 1,359,058 1,328,897 1,237,197
--------- --------- ---------
Gross profit 1,829,501 1,673,473 1,621,013
--------- --------- ---------
Expenses
Amortization 53,767 40,064 38,471
Royalties, research and development 386,912 319,494 304,704
Advertising 411,574 418,003 417,886
Selling, distribution and administration 617,140 563,645 555,280
Restructuring charge and discontinued
development project 125,000 - 31,100
--------- --------- ---------
Total expenses 1,594,393 1,341,206 1,347,441
--------- --------- ---------
Operating profit 235,108 332,267 273,572
--------- --------- ---------
Nonoperating (income) expense
Interest expense 27,486 31,465 37,588
Other (income) expense, net 3,097 (6,091) (16,566)
--------- --------- ---------
Total nonoperating expense 30,583 25,374 21,022
--------- --------- ---------
Earnings before income taxes 204,525 306,893 252,550
Income taxes 69,539 106,981 96,979
--------- --------- ---------
Net earnings $ 134,986 199,912 155,571
========= ========= =========
Per common share
Net earnings
Basic $ 1.05 1.54 1.18
========= ========= =========
Diluted $ 1.02 1.47 1.15
========= ========= =========
Cash dividends declared $ .32 .27 .21
========= ========= =========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
Net earnings $134,986 199,912 155,571
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization of plant
and equipment 112,817 98,201 91,437
Other amortization 53,767 40,064 38,471
Deferred income taxes (40,555) (8,120) (9,149)
Discontinued development project - - 13,256
Change in operating assets and liabilities
(other than cash and cash equivalents):
Decrease (increase) in accounts
receivable 11,920 (22,418) (66,658)
Decrease (increase) in inventories 40,739 42,959 (64,686)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses
and other current assets 20,326 (37,036) (1,633)
Increase (decrease) in trade payables
and other current liabilities 200,359 (35,852) 65,860
Other 9,482 2,283 4,931
------- ------- -------
Net cash provided by operating
activities 543,841 279,993 227,400
------- ------- -------
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to property, plant and
equipment (99,356) (101,946) (100,639)
Investments and acquisitions, net of
cash acquired (172,116) (33,027) (117,406)
Other 2,195 7,687 8,714
------- ------- -------
Net cash utilized by investing
activities (269,277) (127,286) (209,331)
------- ------- -------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings with original
maturities of more than three months 295,132 265,017 433,646
Repayments of borrowings with original
maturities of more than three months (304,927) (255,636) (416,515)
Net proceeds (payments) of other
short-term borrowings 21,599 (6,116) 20,997
Purchase of common stock (134,880) (83,657) (15,228)
Stock option and warrant transactions 37,258 17,745 6,664
Dividends paid (39,694) (32,959) (27,190)
------- ------- -------
Net cash (utilized) provided by
financing activities (125,512) (95,606) 2,374
------- ------- -------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (6,238) 840 3,559
------- ------- -------
Increase in cash and cash
equivalents 142,814 57,941 24,002
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
of year 218,971 161,030 137,028
------- ------- -------
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of year $361,785 218,971 161,030
======= ======= =======
Supplemental information
Cash paid during the year for
Interest $ 23,480 29,430 39,050
======= ======= =======
Income taxes $135,446 92,670 81,179
======= ======= =======
Non-cash financing activities
6% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due
1998, converted into common stock $149,354 609 9
======= ======= =======
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
(Thousands of Dollars)
<CAPTION>
Additional Foreign Total
Common Paid-in Retained Currency Treasury Shareholders'
Stock Capital Earnings Translation Stock Equity
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, December 25, 1994 $ 44,043 282,151 1,071,416 14,526 (16,719) 1,395,417
Net earnings - - 155,571 - - 155,571
Purchase of treasury stock - - - - (15,228) (15,228)
Stock option and warrant
transactions - (2,872) - - 9,536 6,664
Dividends declared - - (28,050) - - (28,050)
Currency translation and other - 9 2,305 8,924 - 11,238
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1995 44,043 279,288 1,201,242 23,450 (22,411) 1,525,612
Net earnings - - 199,912 - - 199,912
Three-for-two stock split 22,027 (22,027) - - - -
Purchase of treasury stock - - - - (83,657) (83,657)
Stock option and warrant
transactions - 25,063 - - 24,834 49,897
Dividends declared - - (34,559) - - (34,559)
Currency translation and other 10 598 (3,804) (1,963) - (5,159)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 29, 1996 66,080 282,922 1,362,791 21,487 (81,234) 1,652,046
Net earnings - - 134,986 - - 134,986
Purchase of treasury stock - - - - (134,880) (134,880)
Stock option and warrant
transactions - 57,378 - - 41,287 98,665
Dividends declared - - (41,783) - - (41,783)
Conversion of 6% debt 3,820 149,264 - - - 153,084
Currency translation and other - (117) 2,315 (26,204) 5 (24,001)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 28, 1997 $ 69,900 489,447 1,458,309 (4,717) (174,822) 1,838,117
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
</TABLE>
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
------------------------------------------
Principles of Consolidation
---------------------------
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hasbro,
Inc. and all significant majority-owned subsidiaries (Hasbro or the
Company). Investments in affiliates representing 20% to 50% ownership
interest are accounted for using the equity method. All significant
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Preparation of Financial Statements
-----------------------------------
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements
and notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Fiscal Year
-----------
Hasbro's fiscal year ends on the last Sunday in December. The fiscal
years ended December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996 were fifty-two week
periods while the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 was a fifty-three
week period.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
-------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents include all cash balances and highly liquid
investments purchased with a maturity to the Company of three months or
less.
Inventories
-----------
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or
market.
Long-Lived Assets
-----------------
The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be
recoverable. Recoverability is measured by a comparison of the carrying
amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be
generated by the asset.
Cost in Excess of Net Assets Acquired and Other Intangibles
-----------------------------------------------------------
More than 80% of Hasbro's goodwill results from the 1984 acquisition of
Milton Bradley Company (Milton Bradley), including its Playskool and
international units, and the 1991 acquisition of Tonka Corporation
(Tonka), including its Kenner, Parker Brothers and international units,
and is being amortized on the straight-line method over forty years.
Substantially all of the other intangibles consist of the cost of
acquired product rights. These rights, which were valued at their
acquisition date based on the anticipated future cash flows from the
underlying product lines, are being amortized over five to twenty-five
years using the straight-line method. In establishing the value of such
rights, the Company considers, but does not individually value, existing
copyrights, trademarks, patents, license agreements and other product-
related rights. Approximately half of these other intangibles relate to
the acquisition of Milton Bradley, Tonka and other acquisitions during
1997 and 1995. (note 2)
Depreciation and Amortization
-----------------------------
Depreciation and amortization are computed using accelerated and
straight-line methods to amortize the cost of property, plant and
equipment over their estimated useful lives. The principal lives, in
years, used in determining depreciation rates of various assets are:
land improvements 15 to 19, buildings and improvements 15 to 25 and
machinery and equipment 3 to 12.
Tools, dies and molds are amortized over a three year period or their
useful lives, whichever is less, using an accelerated method.
Income Taxes
------------
Hasbro uses the asset and liability approach for financial accounting
and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income taxes have not been
provided on undistributed earnings of international subsidiaries as
substantially all of such earnings are indefinitely reinvested by the
Company.
Foreign Currency Translation
----------------------------
Foreign currency assets and liabilities are translated into dollars at
current rates, and revenues, costs and expenses are translated at
average rates during each reporting period. Current earnings include
gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions, other than
those relating to intercompany transactions of a long-term investment
nature. Those gains and losses, as well as those resulting from
translation of financial statements, are shown as a separate component
of shareholders' equity.
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits
---------------------------------------------------------
Hasbro, except for certain international subsidiaries, has pension plans
covering substantially all of its full-time employees. Pension expense
is based on actuarial computations of current and future benefits. The
Company's policy is to fund amounts which are required by applicable
regulations and which are tax deductible. The estimated amounts of
future payments to be made under other retirement programs are being
accrued currently over the period of active employment and are also
included in pension expense.
Hasbro has a contributory postretirement health and life insurance plan
covering substantially all employees who retire under any of its United
States defined benefit pension plans and meet certain age and length of
service requirements. It also has several plans covering certain groups
of employees which may provide benefits to such employees following
their period of employment but prior to their retirement.
Research and Development
------------------------
Research and product development costs for 1997, 1996 and 1995 were
$154,710, $152,487 and $148,057, respectively.
Advertising
-----------
Production costs of commercials and programming are charged to
operations in the fiscal year during which the production is first
aired. The costs of other advertising, promotion and marketing programs
are charged to operations in the fiscal year incurred.
Risk Management Contracts
-------------------------
Hasbro does not enter into derivative financial instruments for
speculative purposes. The Company may, however, enter into foreign
currency hedging contracts, including forwards and options, to manage
its exposure to foreign currency exchange rates. This exposure relates
to future purchases of inventory not denominated in the functional
currency of the unit purchasing the inventory as well as other cross-
border currency requirements. Forwards are generally used by the Company
to hedge firm commitments while options are used to hedge anticipated
and probable transactions, each thus meeting the criteria for hedge
accounting treatment. Premiums on such option contracts are amortized
over their term and if such contract is terminated before its maturity,
the unamortized premium is expensed and included in other expense, net.
The carrying value of options is included in prepaid expenses and other
current assets. Were hedge accounting criteria not met, gains and losses
on such instruments would be included currently in the statements of
earnings.
Earnings Per Common Share
-------------------------
During 1997, Hasbro adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 128, Earnings Per Share (SFAS 128), and, accordingly, has restated
all prior period data. SFAS 128 requires that earnings per share be
presented as two calculations: Basic and Diluted. Earnings per common
share are based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock
and dilutive securities outstanding during each period. Dilutive
securities include stock options and warrants for the period prior to
their exercise. Under the treasury stock method, the unexercised options
and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period
or at issuance, if later. The assumed proceeds are then used to purchase
common stock at the average market price during the period.
A reconciliation of earnings per share for the three fiscal years ended
December 28, 1997 is as follows:
1997 1996 1995
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net earnings $134,986 134,986 199,912 199,912 155,571 155,571
Effect of dilutive
securities:
6% Convertible
Notes due 1998 - 4,782 - 5,757 - 5,763
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Adjusted net
earnings $134,986 139,768 199,912 205,669 155,571 161,334
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Average shares
outstanding (in
thousands) 128,726 128,726 130,041 130,041 131,515 131,515
Effect of dilutive
securities:
6% Convertible
Notes due 1998 - 6,286 - 7,666 - 7,671
Options and
warrants - 2,557 - 1,815 - 864
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Equivalent shares 128,726 137,569 130,041 139,522 131,515 140,050
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Earnings per share $ 1.05 1.02 1.54 1.47 1.18 1.15
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
(2) Acquisitions
------------
On May 2, 1997, Hasbro purchased certain assets of OddzOn Products,
Inc., and Cap Toys, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Russ Berrie and
Company, Inc. The consideration for this purchase was $167,379. This
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase accounting method and,
based on estimates of fair market value, $43,582 has been allocated to
net tangible assets, $76,700 to product rights and $47,097 to goodwill.
(3) Inventories
-----------
1997 1996
---- ----
Finished products $198,215 209,903
Work in process 12,208 16,810
Raw materials 32,279 46,534
------- -------
$242,702 273,247
======= =======
(4) Property, Plant and Equipment
-----------------------------
1997 1996
---- ----
Land and improvements $ 13,297 14,543
Buildings and improvements 181,362 205,408
Machinery and equipment 265,313 257,499
------- -------
459,972 477,450
Less accumulated depreciation 219,106 215,172
------- -------
240,866 262,278
Tools, dies and molds, net of
amortization 39,737 51,267
------- -------
$280,603 313,545
======= =======
Expenditures for maintenance and repairs which do not materially extend
the life of the assets are charged to operations.
(5) Short-Term Borrowings
---------------------
Hasbro has available unsecured committed and uncommitted lines of credit
from various banks approximating $550,000 and $750,000, respectively.
Substantially all of the short-term borrowings outstanding at the end of
1997 and 1996 represent bank borrowings related to international units
made under these lines of credit. The weighted average interest rates of
the outstanding borrowings were 6.3% and 5.0%, respectively. Hasbro's
working capital needs were fulfilled by borrowing under these lines of
credit and through the issuance of commercial paper, both of which were
on terms and at interest rates generally extended to companies of
comparable creditworthiness. Included as part of the committed line is
$440,000 available from a revolving credit agreement. This agreement
contains certain restrictive covenants with which the Company is in
compliance. Compensating balances and facility fees were not material.
(6) Accrued Liabilities
-------------------
1997 1996
---- ----
Royalties $ 95,418 81,053
Advertising 112,299 83,694
Payroll and management incentives 44,014 32,879
1997 restructuring accruals (note 13) 120,099 -
Other 224,203 202,270
------- -------
$596,033 399,896
======= =======
(7) Long-Term Debt
--------------
Long-term debt of $149,382 at December 29, 1996 consisted of Hasbro's 6%
Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 1998. Substantially all of these
notes were converted into 7,636,562 shares of common stock during 1997.
(8) Income Taxes
------------
Income taxes attributable to earnings before income taxes are:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Current
United States $ 62,042 58,580 54,979
State and local 8,296 9,033 9,309
International 39,756 47,488 41,840
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110,094 115,101 106,128
------- ------- -------
Deferred
United States (31,533) 4,309 (5,122)
State and local (2,793) 406 (483)
International (6,229) (12,835) (3,544)
------- ------- -------
(40,555) (8,120) (9,149)
------- ------- -------
$ 69,539 106,981 96,979
======= ======= =======
Certain tax benefits are not reflected in income taxes in the statements
of earnings. Such benefits of $4,036 in 1997, $6,793 in 1996 and $6,532
in 1995, relate primarily to stock options.
A reconciliation of the statutory United States federal income tax rate
to Hasbro's effective income tax rate is as follows:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Statutory income tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
State and local income taxes, net 1.7 2.0 2.3
Goodwill amortization 2.4 1.6 1.9
Tax on international earnings (4.9) (2.2) (.8)
Reduction of valuation allowance - (1.1) -
Other, net (.2) (.4) -
---- ---- ----
34.0% 34.9% 38.4%
==== ==== ====
The components of earnings before income taxes are as follows:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
United States $157,987 208,864 151,094
International 46,538 98,029 101,456
------- ------- -------
$204,525 306,893 252,550
======= ======= =======
Absent the impact of Hasbro's $140,000 global integration and profit
enhancement program (note 13), 1997 United States and International
earnings before income taxes were $224,576 and $119,949, respectively.
The components of deferred income tax expense arise from various
temporary differences and relate to items included in the statements of
earnings.
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 28, 1997
and December 29, 1996 are:
1997 1996
---- ----
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable $ 24,497 25,643
Inventories 12,576 10,650
Net operating loss carryovers 22,821 24,266
Operating expenses 45,503 34,039
Postretirement benefits 12,343 12,136
Other 53,689 39,971
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Gross deferred tax assets 171,429 146,705
Valuation allowance (8,649) (7,724)
------- -------
Net deferred tax assets 162,780 138,981
------- -------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property rights and property, plant
and equipment 40,773 52,229
Other 8,287 9,563
------- -------
Gross deferred tax liabilities 49,060 61,792
------- -------
Net deferred income taxes $113,720 77,189
======= =======
Hasbro has a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets at December 28,
1997 of $8,649, which is an increase of $925 from the $7,724 at December
29, 1996. The allowance pertains to international operating loss
carryforwards, some of which have no expiration and others that will
expire beginning in 1998. If fully realized, future income tax expense
will be reduced by $8,649.
Based on Hasbro's history of taxable income and the anticipation of
sufficient taxable income in years when the temporary differences are
expected to become tax deductions, it believes that it will realize the
benefit of the deferred tax assets, net of the existing valuation
allowance. Of the deferred tax assets, approximately 69% are expected to
be realized during the next two fiscal years.
Deferred income taxes of $96,489 and $78,031 at the end of 1997 and
1996, respectively, are included as a component of prepaid expenses and
other current assets, and $21,541 and $16,123, respectively, are
included as a component of other assets. At the same dates, deferred
income taxes of $1,553 and $16,017, respectively, are included as a
component of deferred liabilities.
The cumulative amounts of undistributed earnings of Hasbro's
international subsidiaries held for reinvestment amounted to
approximately $332,000 at December 28, 1997 and $307,000 at December 29,
1996.
(9) Capital Stock
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Preference Share Purchase Rights
--------------------------------
Hasbro maintains a Preference Share Purchase Rights plan (the Rights
Plan). Under the terms of the Rights Plan, each share of common stock is
accompanied by a Preference Share Purchase Right. Each Right is only
exercisable under certain circumstances and, until exercisable, the
Rights are not transferable apart from Hasbro's common stock. When
exercisable, each Right will entitle its holder to purchase until June
30, 1999, in certain merger or other business combination or
recapitalization transactions, at the Right's then current exercise
price, a number of the acquiring company's or Hasbro's, as the case may
be, common shares having a market value at that time of twice the
Right's exercise price. Under certain circumstances, the rightholder
may, at the option of the Board of Directors of Hasbro (the Board),
receive shares of Hasbro's stock in exchange for Rights.
Prior to the acquisition by the person or group of beneficial ownership
of a certain percentage of Hasbro's common stock, the Rights are
redeemable for $.00444 per Right. The Rights Plan contains certain
exceptions with respect to the Hassenfeld family and related entities.
Common Stock
------------
In August 1990, the Board authorized the purchase of up to 6,750,000
shares of the Company's common stock and in June 1994, the Executive
Committee of the Board authorized the purchase of up to an additional
7,500,000 shares. At December 9, 1997, a balance of 1,224,950 shares
remained under these authorizations.
On December 9, 1997, the Board canceled all prior share repurchase
authorizations and authorized the purchase of up to an additional
$500,000 of the Company's common stock. At December 28, 1997, $488,457
remained under this authorization.
(10) Stock Options and Warrants
--------------------------
Hasbro has various stock option plans for employees as well as a plan
for non-employee members of the Board (collectively, the plans) and has
reserved 19,213,322 shares of its common stock for issuance upon
exercise of options granted or to be granted under the plans. These
options generally vest in equal annual amounts over three to five years.
The plans provide that options be granted at exercise prices not less
than market value on the date the option is granted and options are
adjusted for such changes as stock splits and stock dividends. No
options are exercisable for periods of more than ten years after date of
grant. Although certain of the plans permit the granting of awards in
the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards and
cash awards, to date, only stock options have been granted.
As permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123
(SFAS 123), Hasbro continues to apply Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25 (APB 25) in accounting for the plans under which no
compensation cost is recognized. Had compensation expense been recorded
under the provisions of SFAS 123, the impact on the Company's net
earnings and earnings per share would have been:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Reported net earnings $134,986 199,912 155,571
Pro forma compensation expense,
net of tax (5,880) (3,001) (769)
------- ------- -------
Pro forma net earnings $129,106 196,911 154,802
======= ======= =======
Pro forma earnings per share
Basic $ 1.00 1.51 1.18
Diluted $ .97 1.45 1.15
======= ======= =======
As pro forma compensation expense considers only options granted
subsequent to 1994, such expense will likely increase in the future as
additional options are granted and amortized over the vesting period.
The weighted average fair value of options granted in 1997, 1996 and
1995 were $8.64, $6.93 and $6.44, respectively. The fair value of each
option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions
used for grants in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively: risk-free interest
rates of 6.20%, 5.51% and 7.19%; expected dividend yields of 1.12%,
1.13% and 1.18% and for all years expected volatility of approximately
21% and lives of approximately 6 years.
Additionally, the Company has reserved 11,000,000 shares of its common
stock for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants. During 1997,
warrants to purchase 6,500,000 shares at an exercise price of $28 per
share were issued in connection with the acquisition of certain rights.
The fair value of these warrants was estimated on the date of grant to
be $9.43 each.
Information with respect to options and warrants, in thousands of
shares, for the three years ended December 28, 1997 is as follows:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Number of shares:
Outstanding at beginning of year 13,635 8,877 8,805
Granted 9,460 6,339 1,108
Exercised (1,767) (1,236) (475)
Expired or canceled (379) (345) (561)
------ ------ ------
Outstanding at end of year 20,949 13,635 8,877
====== ====== ======
Exercisable at end of year 7,393 6,585 4,727
====== ====== ======
Weighted average exercise price:
Granted $ 28.16 21.75 22.71
Exercised $ 18.45 14.47 11.34
Expired or canceled $ 23.69 22.17 20.91
Outstanding at end of year $ 24.11 20.56 18.93
Exercisable at end of year $ 20.19 19.32 16.89
====== ====== ======
Information, in thousands of shares, with respect to the 20,949 options
and warrants outstanding and the 7,393 exercisable at December 28, 1997,
is as follows:
Weighted
Average Weighted
Remaining Average
Range of Contractual Exercise
Exercise Prices Shares Life Price
--------------- ------- ---------- -------
Outstanding
$ 6.83-$ 9.83 636 2.1 years $ 7.66
$16.67-$19.75 1,646 5.8 years $18.48
$20.21-$24.96 9,378 5.7 years $22.17
$25.52-$29.97 9,289 10.6 years $28.19
====== =====
Exercisable
$ 6.83-$ 9.83 636 $ 7.66
$16.67-$19.75 1,645 $18.48
$20.21-$24.96 5,106 $22.29
$25.52-$29.97 6 $26.31
====== =====
(11) Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits
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Pension Benefits
----------------
Hasbro's net pension and profit sharing cost for 1997, 1996 and 1995 was
approximately $13,400, $15,700 and $12,200, respectively.
United States Plans
-------------------
Substantially all United States employees are covered under at least one
of several non-contributory defined benefit plans maintained by the
Company. Benefits under the major plans, covering non-union employees,
are based primarily on salary and years of service. Benefits under other
plans are based primarily on fixed amounts for specified years of
service.
The net periodic pension cost of these plans included the following
components:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Benefits earned during the year $ 8,022 8,583 6,304
Interest cost on projected benefits 11,452 9,868 9,492
Actual return on plan assets (37,987) (23,227) (31,154)
Net amortization and deferral 23,004 11,763 21,153
------ ------ ------
$ 4,491 6,987 5,795
====== ====== ======
The funded status and the amounts recognized in Hasbro's balance sheets
relating to these plans are:
1997 1996
----------------------- -----------------------
Plans With Plans With Plans With Plans With
Assets Accumulated Assets Accumulated
Exceeding Benefits Exceeding Benefits
Accumulated Exceeding Accumulated Exceeding
Benefits Assets Benefits Assets
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Actuarial present value of:
Vested benefits $131,218 10,154 103,870 6,591
Nonvested benefits 5,416 1,026 3,205 673
------- ------ ------- ------
Accumulated benefit
obligation 136,634 11,180 107,075 7,264
Effect of assumed
increase in
compensation level 31,519 5,255 29,542 3,469
------- ------ ------- ------
Projected benefit
obligation 168,153 16,435 136,617 10,733
Net assets available
for benefits 196,633 - 162,641 -
------- ------ ------- ------
Plan assets in excess
of (less than)
projected benefits $ 28,480 (16,435) 26,024 (10,733)
======= ====== ======= ======
Consisting of:
Unrecognized net
asset $ 1,029 - 1,372 -
Unrecognized prior
service cost (6,566) (3,877) (6,085) (4,474)
Unrecognized net gain
(loss) 36,740 (1,333) 32,406 2,818
Accrued pension
recognized in the
balance sheet (2,723) (11,225) (1,669) (9,077)
------- ------ ------- ------
$ 28,480 (16,435) 26,024 (10,733)
======= ====== ======= ======
The assets of the funded plans are managed by investment advisors and
consist primarily of pooled indexed and actively managed bond and stock
funds. The projected benefits have been determined using assumed
discount rates of 7.00% for 1997, 7.75% for 1996 and 7.25% for 1995 and,
for all years, an assumed long-term rate of compensation increase of 5%
and an assumed long-term rate of return on plan assets of 9%.
Hasbro also has a profit sharing plan covering substantially all of its
United States non-union employees. The plan provides for an annual
discretionary contribution by the Company which for 1997, 1996 and 1995
was approximately $5,100, $5,000 and $4,800, respectively.
International Plans
-------------------
Pension coverage for employees of Hasbro's international subsidiaries is
provided, to the extent deemed appropriate, through separate defined
benefit and defined contribution plans. These plans were neither
significant individually nor in the aggregate.
Postretirement Benefits
-----------------------
Hasbro provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance
benefits to eligible United States employees who retire and have either
attained age 65 with 5 years of service or age 55 with 10 years of
service. The cost of providing these benefits on behalf of employees who
retired prior to 1993 is and will continue to be substantially borne by
the Company. The cost of providing benefits on behalf of employees who
retire after 1992 is shared, with the employee contributing an
increasing percentage of the cost, resulting in an employee-paid plan
after the year 2002. The plan is not funded.
The accumulated benefit obligation relating to this plan at December 28,
1997 and December 29, 1996 consists of:
1997 1996
---- ----
Retired employees $23,381 17,632
Fully eligible active employees 811 1,021
Other active employees 4,693 5,909
------ ------
$28,885 24,562
====== ======
The net periodic postretirement benefit cost included the following
components:
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Benefits earned during the period $ 204 289 267
Interest cost on projected benefits 2,039 1,727 1,822
Net amortization 22 - -
------ ------ ------
$ 2,265 2,016 2,089
====== ====== ======
For measuring the expected postretirement benefit obligation, an 8%
annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care
benefits was assumed for 1997 and a rate of 8.6% and 9.2% for 1996 and
1995, respectively. The 1997 rate was further assumed to decrease
gradually to 5% in 2012. The 1996 and 1995 rates were assumed to
decrease to 5% and 6%, respectively, over this same period. All were
assumed to remain constant after 2012. The weighted average discount
rate used in determining the accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation was 7.00% in 1997, 7.75% in 1996 and 7.25% in 1995.
If the health care cost trend rate were increased one percentage point
in each year, the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at
December 29, 1997 and the aggregate of the benefits earned during the
period and the interest cost would have each increased by approximately
10%.
Postemployment Benefits
-----------------------
Hasbro has several plans covering certain groups of employees which may
provide benefits to such employees following their period of active
employment but prior to their retirement. These plans include certain
severance plans which provide benefits to employees involuntarily
terminated and certain plans which continue the Company's health and
life insurance contributions for employees who have left Hasbro's employ
under terms of its long-term disability plan.
(12) Leases
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Hasbro occupies certain manufacturing facilities and sales offices and
uses certain equipment under various operating lease arrangements. The
rent expense under such arrangements, net of sublease income which is
not material, for 1997, 1996 and 1995 amounted to $48,090, $46,092 and
$43,486, respectively.
Minimum rentals, net of minimum sublease income which is not material,
under long-term operating leases for the five years subsequent to 1997
and in the aggregate are as follows:
1998 $ 30,622
1999 24,644
2000 16,760
2001 13,994
2002 12,847
Later years 84,425
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$183,292
=======
All leases expire prior to 2014. Real estate taxes, insurance and
maintenance expenses are generally obligations of the Company. It is
expected that in the normal course of business, leases that expire will
be renewed or replaced by leases on other properties; thus, it is
anticipated that future minimum lease commitments will not be less than
the amounts shown for 1997.
In addition, Hasbro leases certain facilities which, as a result of
restructurings, either are or soon will be no longer in use. Future
costs relating to such facilities were included as a component of the
restructuring charge and are not included in the table above.
(13) Restructuring Charge and Discontinued Development Project
----------------------------------------------------------
On December 9, 1997, Hasbro announced a global integration and profit
enhancement program. This program, which will be substantially completed
by the end of 1998 and which anticipates the redundancy of approximately
2,500 employees, principally in manufacturing, provides for actions in
three principal areas: a continued consolidation of the Company's
manufacturing operations; the streamlining of marketing and sales, while
exiting from certain underperforming markets and product lines, and the
further leveraging of overheads. Of the $140,000 estimated costs related
to these actions, $125,000 is reported as a nonrecurring charge and
$15,000 is reflected in cost of sales. Of the nonrecurring amount,
approximately $54,000 relates to severance and people costs, $52,000 to
property, plant and equipment and leases and $19,000 to product line
related costs. Approximately $20,000 of the total charge, principally
product line and property, plant and equipment related assets, has been
credited to the respective items on the balance sheet and the remaining
$120,000 is included in accrued liabilities.
During the second quarter of 1995, Hasbro discontinued its efforts,
begun in 1992, to develop a mass-market virtual reality game system. The
impact of this decision was a charge of $31,100 for the costs associated
with such action. All of the liabilities established for this action
have been paid.
(14) Financial Instruments
---------------------
Hasbro's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents,
accounts receivable, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and accrued
liabilities, the carrying cost of which approximates fair value because
of the short maturity of these instruments. Its financial instruments
also include foreign currency forwards and options. At December 28,
1997, the carrying value of these instruments approximated their fair
value based on quoted or publicly available market information.
Hasbro uses foreign currency forwards and options, generally purchased
for terms of not more than twelve months, to protect itself from adverse
currency rate fluctuations on firmly committed and anticipated foreign
currency transactions. These over-the-counter contracts, which hedge
future purchases of inventory and other cross-border currency
requirements, are denominated in United States and Hong Kong dollars and
Irish punts and entered into with counterparties who are major financial
institutions with which Hasbro also has other financial relationships.
The Company believes any risk related to default by a counterparty to be
remote.
The Company had the equivalent of approximately $35,000 of foreign
currency forwards outstanding at each of December 28, 1997 and December
29, 1996, and approximately $135,000 of foreign currency options
outstanding at December 28, 1997. Gains and losses deferred under hedge
accounting provisions are subsequently included in the measurement of
the related foreign currency transaction. The aggregate amount of such
gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions was not
material.
(15) Commitments and Contingencies
-----------------------------
Hasbro had unused open letters of credit of approximately $15,000 and
$20,000 at December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996, respectively.
The Company routinely enters into license agreements with inventors,
designers and others for the use of intellectual properties in its
products. Certain of these agreements contain provisions for the payment
of guaranteed or minimum royalty amounts. Under terms of currently
existing agreements, in certain circumstances the Company may be
required to pay guaranteed or minimum royalties of up to $500,000
between 1998 and 2005.
Hasbro is party to certain legal proceedings, substantially involving
routine litigation incidental to the Company's business, none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, is deemed to be material to the
financial condition of the Company.
(16) Segment Reporting
-----------------
Industry and Geographic Information
-----------------------------------
Hasbro operates primarily in one industry segment which includes the
development, manufacture and marketing of toy products and related items
and the licensing of certain related properties.
As Hasbro operates internationally, it is exposed to the risk of changes
in social, political and economic conditions inherent in such
operations.
Information about Hasbro's operations in different geographic areas,
determined by the location of the subsidiary or unit, for each of the
fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 1997 follows.
Hasbro's primary operations in areas outside of the United States
include Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand and
Hong Kong. As the international areas have similar business environments
and the Company's operations in those areas are similar, they are
presented as one category.
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Net revenues:
United States $1,732,519 1,642,569 1,550,454
International 1,456,040 1,359,801 1,307,756
--------- --------- ---------
$3,188,559 3,002,370 2,858,210
========= ========= =========
Operating profit:
United States $ 154,381 201,312 146,841
International 80,727 130,955 126,731
--------- --------- ---------
$ 235,108 332,267 273,572
========= ========= =========
Identifiable assets:
United States $2,054,026 1,793,915 1,782,276
International 845,691 907,594 834,112
--------- --------- ---------
$2,899,717 2,701,509 2,616,388
========= ========= =========
Absent the impact of the Company's $140,000 global integration and
profit enhancement program (note 13), 1997 United States and
International operating profit were $220,970 and $154,138, respectively.
Certain of Hasbro's international units sell products, primarily on a
letter of credit basis, directly to United States customers, and certain
United States units sell products to international customers, primarily
in Latin America. Were such transactions reported by the geographic
destination of the sale rather than the geographic location of the unit
making the sale, United States revenues would be increased and
international revenues decreased by $215,305, $135,010 and $71,998 in
1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
Other Information
-----------------
Hasbro markets its products primarily to customers in the retail sector.
Although the Company closely monitors the creditworthiness of its
customers, adjusting credit policies and limits as deemed appropriate, a
substantial portion of its customers' ability to discharge amounts owed
is dependent upon the retail economic environment.
Sales to the Company's two largest customers, Toys R Us, Inc. and Wal-
Mart Stores, Inc., amounted to 22% and 15%, respectively, of
consolidated net revenues during 1997, 22% and 13%, respectively, during
1996 and 21% and 12%, respectively, during 1995.
Hasbro purchases certain components and accessories used in its
manufacturing process and certain finished products from manufacturers
in the Far East. The Company's reliance on external sources of
manufacturing can be shifted, over a period of time, to alternative
sources of supply for products it sells, should such changes be
necessary. However, if Hasbro were prevented from obtaining products
from a substantial number of its current Far East suppliers due to
political, labor or other factors beyond its control, the Company's
operations would be disrupted while alternative sources of product were
secured. The imposition of trade sanctions by the United States or the
European Union against a class of products imported by Hasbro from, or
the loss of "most favored nation" trading status by, the Peoples
Republic of China could significantly increase the cost of the Company's
products imported into the United States or Europe from China.
(17) Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
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1997
----
Quarter
-----------------------------------
First Second Third Fourth Full Year
----- ------ ----- ------ ---------
Net revenues $555,784 583,886 915,533 1,133,356 3,188,559
Gross profit $320,413 330,969 512,506 665,613 1,829,501
Earnings before
income taxes $ 40,147 20,283 115,441 28,654(a) 204,525
Net earnings $ 25,694 12,981 77,400 18,911 134,986
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
Per common share
Earnings
Basic $ .20 .10 .61 .14 1.05
Diluted $ .20 .10 .57 .14 1.02
Market price
High $ 29 5/8 29 1/2 31 1/8 36 1/2 36 1/2
Low $ 24 1/8 22 7/8 26 7/16 25 3/4 22 7/8
Cash dividends
declared $ .08 .08 .08 .08 .32
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
1996
----
Quarter
-----------------------------------
First Second Third Fourth Full Year
----- ------ ----- ------ ---------
Net revenues $538,685 511,609 845,148 1,106,928 3,002,370
Gross profit $300,914 277,425 472,875 622,259 1,673,473
Earnings before
income taxes $ 39,109 9,143 104,934 153,707 306,893
Net earnings $ 24,365 5,986 70,469 99,092 199,912
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
Per common share
Earnings
Basic $ .19 .05 .54 .77 1.54
Diluted $ .18 .05 .52 .72 1.47
Market price
High $ 31 1/4 25 3/4 25 1/2 29 3/8 31 1/4
Low $ 19 1/4 23 1/2 21 1/4 24 5/8 19 1/4
Cash dividends
declared $ .07 .07 .07 .07 .27
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
1995
----
Quarter
-------------------------------------
First Second Third Fourth Full Year
----- ------ ----- ------ ---------
Net revenues $526,503 481,854 826,165 1,023,688 2,858,210
Gross profit $293,931 267,769 465,313 594,000 1,621,013
Earnings (loss)
before income
taxes $ 35,257 (24,217)(a) 103,370 138,140 252,550
Net earnings
(loss) $ 21,683 (14,893) 63,572 85,209 155,571
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
Per common share
Earnings (loss)
Basic $ .17 (.11) .48 .65 1.18
Diluted $ .16 (.11) .46 .62 1.15
Market price
High $ 22 1/2 23 1/2 22 1/4 21 3/4 23 1/2
Low $ 18 7/8 20 7/8 19 3/4 19 18 7/8
Cash dividends
declared $ .05 .05 .05 .05 .21
======= ======= ======= ========= =========
(a) Includes the effect of nonrecurring charges in 1997 of $125,000
relating to restructuring of operations and in 1995, $31,100 relating
to a discontinued development project. (note 13)
EXHIBIT 22
HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (a)
Name Under Which Subsidiary State or Other Jurisdiction of
Does Business Incorporation or Organization
- - --------------------------- ------------------------------
Hasbro Interactive, Inc. Delaware
Hasbro International, Inc. Delaware
Groupe Hasbro France S.A. France
Hasbro Deutschland GmbH Germany
Hasbro Asia-Pacific Marketing Ltd. Hong Kong
Hasbro Australia Limited Australia
Hasbro Canada, Inc. Canada
Hasbro de Mexico S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Hasbro Far East LTD Hong Kong
Hasbro Ireland Limited Ireland
Hasbro Italy S.r.l. Italy
Hasbro Japan K.K. Japan
Hasbro Latin America Inc. Delaware
Hasbro Argentina S.A. Argentina
Hasbro Chile LTDA Chile
Hasbro Peru S.A. Peru
Hasbro New Zealand Limited New Zealand
Hasbro Osterreich Ges.m.b.H Austria
Hasbro (Schweiz) AG Switzerland
Hasbro U.K. Limited United Kingdom
Hasbro Interactive Limited United Kingdom
HMS Juquetes S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Juguetrenes S.A. de C.V. Mexico
K'NEX France S.N.C. France
K'NEX International U.K. United Kingdom
MB International B.V. The Netherlands
Hasbro B.V. The Netherlands
Hasbro Hellas S.A. Greece
Hasbro Importacao e Exportacao
e de Jogos e Brinquedos Lds Portugal
Hasbro Magyarorszag Kft Hungary
Hasbro Poland SpZoo Poland
MB Espana, S.A. Spain
S.A. Hasbro N.V. Belgium
Palmyra Holdings Pte Ltd. Singapore
Hasbro Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong
Hasbro Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore
Hasbro Toy (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Malaysia
Hasbro International Trading, Inc. Delaware
Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc. Rhode Island
Larami Limited Delaware
OddzOn, Inc. Delaware
(a) Inactive subsidiaries and subsidiaries with minimal operations have
been omitted. Such subsidiaries, if taken as a whole, would not
constitute a significant subsidiary.
EXHIBIT 24(a)
ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Hasbro, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Nos.
2-78018, 2-93483, 33-57344, 33-59583 and 333-38159 on Form S-8 and Nos. 33-
41548 and 333-44101 on Form S-3 of Hasbro, Inc. of our reports dated February
4, 1998 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Hasbro, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996 and the related
consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows and
related schedule for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended
December 28, 1997, which report on the consolidated financial statements is
incorporated by reference and which report on the related schedule is
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hasbro, Inc. for the fiscal
year ended December 28, 1997.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Providence, Rhode Island
March 26, 1998
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1000
<S> <C> <C> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR YEAR YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-28-1997 DEC-29-1996 DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-END> DEC-28-1997 DEC-29-1996 DEC-31-1995
<CASH> 361,785 218,971 161,030
<SECURITIES> 0 0 0
<RECEIVABLES> 834,708 853,749 839,911
<ALLOWANCES> 51,700 46,600 48,800
<INVENTORY> 242,702 273,247 315,620
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,573,874 1,486,589 1,425,498
<PP&E> 499,709 528,717 500,890
<DEPRECIATION> 219,106 215,172 187,650
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,899,717 2,701,509 2,616,388
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 1,003,546 830,818 869,864
<BONDS> 0 149,382 149,991
0 0 0
0 0 0
<COMMON> 69,900 66,080 44,043
<OTHER-SE> 1,768,217 1,585,966 1,481,569
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 2,899,717 2,701,509 2,616,388
<SALES> 3,188,559 3,002,370 2,858,210
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 3,188,559 3,002,370 2,858,210
<CGS> 1,359,058 1,328,897 1,237,197
<TOTAL-COSTS> 1,359,058 1,328,897 1,237,197
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 852,253 777,561 792,161
<LOSS-PROVISION> 9,229 5,834 5,860
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 27,486 31,465 37,588
<INCOME-PRETAX> 204,525 306,893 252,550
<INCOME-TAX> 69,539 106,981 96,979
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 134,986 199,912 155,571
<DISCONTINUED> 0 0 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0 0 0
<CHANGES> 0 0 0
<NET-INCOME> 134,986 199,912 155,571
<EPS-PRIMARY> 1.05 1.54<F1> 1.18<F1>
<EPS-DILUTED> 1.02 1.47<F1> 1.15<F1>
<FN>
<F1>As required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, the
Company has restated its earnings per share into the new 'Basic' and 'Diluted'
amounts. 1996 and 1995 data in columns 2 and 3 is provided solely to reflect
that restatement
</FN>
</TABLE>
