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Strategic Planning, Sales Strategy, and International Finance. From December 1999 until January 2001, she
served as Vice President and Assistant Controller. Prior to that, she served from August 1991 to December 1999
in Corporate Finance positions. Prior to joining Mattel, Ms. Sadigh spent eight years in the banking industry.
Mr. Topham has been Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller since September 2005. He served as
Senior Vice President and Treasurer from March 2005 to August 2005 and as Vice President and Treasurer from
March 2004 to March 2005. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Assistant Controller from May 2001 to
March 2004. From August 2000 to May 2001, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of Premier Practice
Management, Inc. From June 1999 to August 2000, he served as Division Vice President of Dataworks, Inc., a
specialized publishing company. Prior to that, he spent eight years with Total Petroleum (North America) Ltd.,
most recently as Vice President of Human Resources.
Mr. Walker has been Executive Vice President, Global Brands Teams—Fisher-Price since April 2013.
From January 2011 to April 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mattel’s European
businesses. From October 2010 through December 2010, he served as Senior Vice President Global Core Brands
Marketing Strategy. From August 2008 to October 2010, he served as Senior Vice President Marketing.
Mr. Walker held a variety of roles within the Mattel marketing organization from December 2000 to August
2008. Starting with Mattel in July 1995, Mr. Walker has held a variety of brand management positions within the
Wheels, Entertainment and Games divisions.
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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 100 F Street, NE, 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 other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Mattel’s Internet website address is http://corporate.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 1A. Risk Factors.
(Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)
Mattel is including this Cautionary Statement to make applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) for forward-looking statements.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Forward-
looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They
often include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks” or
words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “aims,”
“intends,” or “projects.” A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events or
circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur. Investors should not place undue reliance
on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These
forward-looking statements are all based on currently available operating, financial, economic and competitive
information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual future results and trends
may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties
discussed below. Mattel expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.
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