Mattel 2007 Annual Report Download - page 122

PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Mattel’s 2008 Notice of Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2007.
Information with respect to the executive officers of Mattel appears under the heading “Executive Officers of the
Registrant” in Part I herein. Mattel has adopted the Mattel Code of Conduct (the “Code of Conduct”) applicable
to all directors, officers and employees which includes its general comprehensive code of ethical business
conduct as well as provisions related to accounting and financial matters applicable to the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller, and other finance organization employees (the “finance
code of ethics”). The Code of Conduct is publicly available on Mattel’s corporate website at
http://www.mattel.com. A copy may also be obtained free of charge by mailing a request in writing to: Secretary,
Mail Stop M1-1516, Mattel, Inc., 333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo, California 90245-5012. If Mattel makes
any substantive amendments to the Code of Conduct or the finance code of ethics, or grants any waiver,
including any implicit waiver from a provision of the Code of Conduct for any executive officer or director, or
the finance code of ethics for the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Corporate Controller,
Mattel will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on its corporate website or in a Current Report on
Form 8-K. Mattel has posted the Board of Directors’ corporate governance guidelines and the charters of its
Audit, Compensation and Governance and Social Responsibility Committees of the Board of Directors on its
corporate website at http://www.mattel.com. Copies of the corporate governance guidelines and committee
charters may be obtained free of charge by mailing a request to the address noted above.
Mattel has filed the certification of its Chief Executive Officer with the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”) for 2007 as required pursuant to Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. In
addition, Mattel has filed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 certifications of its Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 31.0
and Exhibit 31.1, respectively.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Mattel’s 2008 Notice of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after
December 31, 2007.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Mattel’s 2008 Notice of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after
December 31, 2007.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Mattel’s 2008 Notice of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after
December 31, 2007.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Mattel’s 2008 Notice of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after
December 31, 2007.
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