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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, 2007, Mattel’s disclosure controls and procedures were evaluated to provide reasonable
assurance that information required to be disclosed by Mattel in the reports that it files or submits under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, as appropriate, in a timely
manner that would alert them to material information relating to Mattel that would be required to be included in
Mattel’s periodic reports and to provide reasonable assurance that such information was recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and
forms. 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, 2007.
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, 2007.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
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