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Mr. Stockton has been Executive Vice President, International since February 2003. He served as
Executive Vice President, Business Planning and Development from November 2000 until February 2003. From
April 1998 until November 2000, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Basic Vegetable Products, the
largest manufacturer of vegetable ingredients in the world. For more than 20 years prior to that, he was employed
by Kraft Foods, Inc., the largest packaged food company in North America, and was President of Kraft North
American Food Service from August 1996 to March 1998.
Available Information
Mattel files its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on
Form 8-K, Proxy Statements and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC. The public may read and copy any materials that Mattel files with the
SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. The public may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The
SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Mattel’s Internet website address is http://www.mattel.com. Mattel makes available on its Internet website,
free of charge, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K,
Proxy Statements and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to,
the SEC.
Item 2. Properties.
Mattel owns its corporate headquarters in El Segundo, CA, consisting of 335,000 square feet, which is
subject to a $40.1 million mortgage, and an adjacent 55,000 square foot office building. Mattel also leases
buildings in El Segundo consisting of approximately 327,000 square feet. All segments use these facilities.
Mattel’s Fisher-Price subsidiary owns its headquarters facilities in East Aurora, NY, consisting of approximately
535,000 square feet, which is used by the Fisher-Price Brands US segment and for corporate support functions.
American Girl Brands owns its headquarters facilities in Middleton, WI, consisting of approximately 395,000
square feet, distribution facilities in Middleton, DeForest and Wilmot, WI, consisting of a total of approximately
948,000 square feet, and a call center in Eau Claire, WI, consisting of approximately 47,000 square feet, all of
which are used by the American Girl Brands segment.
Mattel maintains leased sales offices in California, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Arkansas, Michigan
and Georgia used by the Domestic segment and leased warehouse and distribution facilities in California, New
Jersey and Texas, all of which are used by the Domestic segment. Mattel has leased retail space in Chicago, IL
and New York City, NY for its American Girl Place®stores and leased retail space in Oshkosh, WI, which are
used by the American Girl Brands segment. Mattel also has leased office space in Florida, which is used by the
International segment. Mattel leases a computer facility in Phoenix, AZ used by all segments. Internationally,
Mattel has offices and/or warehouse space in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Venezuela which are leased (with the exception of office space in
Chile and certain warehouse space in France) and used by the International segment. Mattel’s principal
manufacturing facilities are located in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Thailand. See “Manufacturing.”
For leases that are scheduled to expire during the next twelve months, Mattel may negotiate new lease
agreements, renew leases or utilize alternative facilities. See Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data—Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.” Mattel believes that its owned and leased facilities, in
general, are suitable and adequate for its present and currently foreseeable needs.
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