-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TxdXAX7awjh8IKNH7NLg/mZwz92c48soamXEfO5nOpms+j0vHJ4oJbnjN3aUeZ2E vRjVH5DORAOWD+WuHaQY0w== 0000046080-96-000001.txt : 19960131 0000046080-96-000001.hdr.sgml : 19960131 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000046080-96-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19960124 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 19960130 SROS: AMEX FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HASBRO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046080 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GAMES, TOYS & CHILDREN'S VEHICLES (NO DOLLS & BICYCLES) [3944] IRS NUMBER: 050155090 STATE OF INCORPORATION: RI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06682 FILM NUMBER: 96508822 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1027 NEWPORT AVE STREET 2: P O BOX 1059 CITY: PAWTUCKET STATE: RI ZIP: 02861 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014318697 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HASBRO BRADLEY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850814 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HASBRO INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19840917 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HASSENFELD BROTHERS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720615 8-K 1 8-K DOCUMENT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 24, 1996 ------------------------- HASBRO, INC. -------------------- (Name of Registrant) RHODE ISLAND 1-6682 05-0155090 - -------------- ------------ ------------------- (State of (Commission (IRS Employer Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 1027 NEWPORT AVE., PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND 02861 - ------------------------------------------ ------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (401) 431-8697 ------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number) Item 5. Other Events The January 24, 1996 Press Release of the Registrant attached hereto as EXHIBIT 99 is incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements 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) Date: January 30, 1996 By:\s\John T. O'Neill ----------------------- John T. O'Neill Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer) HASBRO, INC. Current Report on Form 8-K Dated January 24, 1996 Exhibit Index Exhibit No. Exhibits - ------- -------- 99 Press Release dated January 24, 1996 EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 CONTACTS: INVESTORS: MEDIA: John T. O'Neill Wayne S. Charness Executive VP and CFO VP, Corporate Communications (401) 431-8500 (401) 727-5983 Joele Frank/Chuck Burgess Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon (212) 371-5999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - --------------------- HASBRO, INC. REJECTS UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL Pawtucket, RI, January 24, 1996 -- Hasbro, Inc. (ASE:HAS) today confirmed that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held yesterday in New York, had, by unanimous vote of directors present, rejected a business combination proposal from Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT) which provided for an exchange of Mattel, Inc. shares for Hasbro, Inc. shares. The Board concluded that a combination with Mattel would raise extremely serious antitrust issues, worldwide and that, as a result of these antitrust issues, the probability of successful consummation of the proposed transaction was very low. The Board also determined that because of the very low probability of consummation, the economic terms of the proposal were more than offset by the potential harm to Hasbro, Inc. and its shareholders resulting from a protracted antitrust regulatory process. Alan G. Hassenfeld, chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro, said, "It is incredibly presumptuous of Mattel and its Board to believe that they could force a combination of their company and ours through the Federal Trade Commission, the States Attorneys General and the European Union Merger Task Force. After lengthy review of Mattel's proposal with our two firms of antitrust advisors, our Board unanimously concluded that the chance of any antitrust approval is extremely low." Hasbro, Inc. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys, games, puzzles and infant care products. Both internationally and domestically, its Playskool(R), Kenner(R), Tonka(R), Milton Bradley(R) and Parker Brothers(R) products provide children and families with the highest quality and most recognizable toys and games in the world. ### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----