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Gregory B. Ahearn has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since June 2012.
Prior to joining LeapFrog, Mr. Ahearn was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Toys ‘‘R’’
Us, Inc. where he was responsible for all aspects of marketing, advertising, and promotions, including
strategy, media analysis, brand position, and creative services for the Toys ‘‘R’’ Us, Babies ‘‘R’’ Us, and FAO
Schwartz brands in the United States. Prior to that, Mr. Ahearn also served in several other senior leadership
roles for Toys ‘‘R’’ Us, Inc. during his tenure there from 2000 to June 2012. Prior to joining Toys ‘‘R’’ Us,
Mr. Ahearn was Vice President of Marketing for Hasbro, Inc.’s OddzOn toy division from 1997 to 2000 where
he oversaw the development and marketing for brands such as Koosh collectibles, sport and bubbles, Vortex
high-performance toy sports and Rubik’s puzzles and games. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Ahearn held senior
marketing positions at OddzOn Products, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Hasbro. Mr. Ahearn also previously
held several brand management positions at Mattel, Inc. Mr. Ahearn received his bachelor’s degree from
Georgetown University and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of
Southern California.
Christopher Spalding has served as our Senior Vice President & Managing Director EMEA (Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Asia) since January 2011. Previously, he served as Managing Director EMEA from
October 2009 and was given further territory responsibility for Asia in December 2009. Prior to joining
LeapFrog, Mr. Spalding was COO of Metro International Media SA from May 2006 to December 2007. Prior
to this, he worked for Associated Newspapers (now part of A&N Media Limited) as Circulation Sales Director
from September 2001 to May 2006, Emap plc (now part of Eden Bidco Ltd) from November 1998 to
September 2001, as well as a number of other fast-moving consumer goods companies including The
Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Inc. and Virgin Group Limited.
Available Information
We file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy
statements and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (‘‘Exchange Act’’) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’).
Such reports and other information filed with the SEC are available free of charge on the investor relations
section of our website located at www.leapfroginvestor.com under ‘‘Financial Information — SEC Filings’’ as
soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with or furnished to the SEC. The public may read and
copy any materials filed by us with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information regarding the operation of the Public Reference
Room of the SEC by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains a website that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically at www.sec.gov. The contents of these websites are not incorporated into this filing. Further, our
references to the URLs for these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
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