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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2. Properties.
Mattel owns its corporate headquarters in El Segundo, California, consisting of approximately
335,000 square feet, and an adjacent office building consisting of approximately 55,000 square feet. Mattel also
leases buildings in El Segundo consisting of approximately 327,000 square feet. All segments use these facilities.
Mattel’s Fisher-Price®subsidiary owns its headquarters facilities in East Aurora, New York, consisting of
approximately 535,000 square feet, which is used by the Fisher-Price Brands US segment and for corporate
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, Illinois, Minnesota, 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 and related office space in Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York, and
Los Angeles, California for its American Girl Place®stores, Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia for its
American Girl Boutique and Bistro™and leased retail space in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which are used by the
American Girl Brands segment, and Pomona, California, which is used by Mattel Brands. Mattel also has leased
office space in Florida, which is used by the International segment, and Massachusetts and Texas, which are used
by Radica Games Limited (“Radica”). 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,
Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela which are leased (with the exception of office space in Chile,
certain warehouse space in France, and office and warehouse space in Hong Kong, 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 Item 1 “Business—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 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements—Commitments and Contingencies.”
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 10 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements—Commitments and Contingencies.”
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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