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support functions. American Girl Brands owns its headquarters facilities in Middleton, Wisconsin, consisting of
approximately 180,000 square feet, a warehouse in Middleton, consisting of approximately 215,000 square feet,
and distribution facilities in Middleton, DeForest and Wilmot, Wisconsin, consisting of a total of approximately
948,000 square feet, all of which are used by the American Girl Brands segment.
Mattel maintains leased sales offices in California, New York, and Arkansas 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, Illinois, New York, New York and Los Angeles, California for its American
Girl Place®stores and leased retail space in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 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, Arizona 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, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Venezuela which are leased (with the exception of office
space in Chile and certain warehouse space in France that is owned by Mattel) and used by the International
segment. Mattel’s principal manufacturing facilities are located in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and
Mexico. See “Manufacturing and Materials.”
For leases that are scheduled to expire during the next twelve months, Mattel may negotiate new lease
agreements, renew existing lease agreements or utilize alternate 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.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
See Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—
Litigation” and Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.”
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered
by this report.
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