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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of December 31, 2004, Mattel’s disclosure controls and procedures were evaluated. Based on this
evaluation, Robert A. Eckert, Mattel’s principal executive officer, and Kevin M. Farr, Mattel’s principal financial
officer, concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2004, in
timely alerting them to material information relating to Mattel required to be included in Mattel’s periodic
reports.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
See Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Management’s Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting.”
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Mattel continues to implement a conversion to new and upgraded financial and human resources
information technology systems that began in the fourth quarter of 2002. Mattel has evaluated the effect on its
internal control over financial reporting of this conversion and determined that this conversion has not materially
affected, and is not reasonably likely to materially affect, Mattel’s internal control over financial reporting.
Mattel has not made any significant changes to its internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that
could significantly affect these controls subsequent to December 31, 2004.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
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