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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MATTEL, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>95-1567322</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 Continental Boulevard </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>El Segundo, California 90245-5012 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MATTEL, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2010 EQUITY AND LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tiffani Zack
Magri, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mattel, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333
Continental Boulevard </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>El Segundo, California 90245-5012 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(310) 252-2000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Regina
M. Schlatter, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>650 Town Center Drive, Suite 2000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Costa Mesa, CA 92626 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(714) 540-1235 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; or a &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12-b2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if smaller reporting company.)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>registered (1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering price<BR>per share (2)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price (2)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration&nbsp;fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">29,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$26.43</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$766,470,000.00</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$89,063.81</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">29,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$89,063.81</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The registrant has previously registered 54,636,782 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) for issuance under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation
Plan (the &#147;2010 Plan&#148;). This registration statement is registering the additional 29,000,000 shares of Common Stock approved by the registrant&#146;s stockholders for issuance under the 2010 Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the 2010 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sales price of Common Stock ($26.43),
as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 14, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mattel, Inc. (&#147;Mattel&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) is not filing with or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part I of Form S-8
(by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Explanatory Note </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mattel is filing this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register an additional 29,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s
Common Stock which may be issued under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation Plan (the &#147;2010 Plan&#148;). These shares are additional securities of the same class as other securities issuable under the
2010 Plan for which a previous registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-166759) was filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2010 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;). The information contained in the Prior Registration
Statement is incorporated herein by reference, except for the information presented below in Part II, Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference, Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel and Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Mattel&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;16, 2015,&nbsp;April&nbsp;2, 2015,&nbsp;May&nbsp;4, 2015 and May&nbsp;15, 2015 and on Form 8-K/A filed on March&nbsp;26, 2015 and April&nbsp;14, 2015; and
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of Mattel&#146;s Common Stock contained in Mattel&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September&nbsp;24, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by Mattel pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby has been passed upon for Mattel by Tiffani Zack Magri, Esq., Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Mattel. Ms.&nbsp;Zack Magri has participated
in the Company&#146;s equity and long-term compensation plans and is eligible to participate in the 2010 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See Index to Exhibits on page 6. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on May&nbsp;21, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation</TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below on this registration statement hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher A.
Sinclair, Robert Normile and Tiffani Zack Magri, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in
writing) to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement to which this power of attorney is attached, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might and could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</TD>
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officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Stock Certificate with respect to Mattel&#146;s Common Stock</TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MATTEL, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-1567322
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
333 Continental Boulevard
El Segundo, California 90245-5012
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
MATTEL, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
2010 EQUITY AND LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Tiffani Zack
Magri, Esq.
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Mattel, Inc.
333
Continental Boulevard
El Segundo, California 90245-5012
(Name and address of agent for service)
(310) 252-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Regina
M. Schlatter, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540-1235
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" or a "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12-b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if smaller reporting company.)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
29,000,000
$26.43
$766,470,000.00
$89,063.81
Total
29,000,000
$89,063.81
(1)
The registrant has previously registered 54,636,782 shares of the registrant's common stock ("Common Stock") for issuance under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation
Plan (the "2010 Plan"). This registration statement is registering the additional 29,000,000 shares of Common Stock approved by the registrant's stockholders for issuance under the 2010 Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the 2010 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the registrant's receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sales price of Common Stock ($26.43),
as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 14, 2015.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Mattel, Inc. ("Mattel" or the "Company") is not filing with or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part I of Form S-8
(by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory Note
Mattel is filing this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register an additional 29,000,000 shares of the Company's
Common Stock which may be issued under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation Plan (the "2010 Plan"). These shares are additional securities of the same class as other securities issuable under the
2010 Plan for which a previous registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-166759) was filed with the Commission on May 12, 2010 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). The information contained in the Prior Registration
Statement is incorporated herein by reference, except for the information presented below in Part II, Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference, Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel and Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this registration statement:
(a)
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;
(b)
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015;
(c)
Mattel's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2015, April 2, 2015, May 4, 2015 and May 15, 2015 and on Form 8-K/A filed on March 26, 2015 and April 14, 2015; and
(d)
The description of Mattel's Common Stock contained in Mattel's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 24, 2009.
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All documents filed by Mattel pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The
validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby has been passed upon for Mattel by Tiffani Zack Magri, Esq., Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Mattel. Ms. Zack Magri has participated
in the Company's equity and long-term compensation plans and is eligible to participate in the 2010 Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits on page 6.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on May 21, 2015.
MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Kevin M. Farr
Name:
Kevin M. Farr
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below on this registration statement hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher A.
Sinclair, Robert Normile and Tiffani Zack Magri, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in
writing) to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement to which this power of attorney is attached, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might and could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Christopher A. Sinclair
Christopher A. Sinclair
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
May 21, 2015
/s/ Kevin M. Farr
Kevin M. Farr
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial
officer)
May 21, 2015
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph B. Johnson
Joseph B. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
May 21, 2015
/s/ Michael J. Dolan
Michael J. Dolan
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Trevor A. Edwards
Trevor A. Edwards
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Dr. Frances D. Fergusson
Dr. Frances D. Fergusson
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Ann Lewnes
Ann Lewnes
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Dominic Ng
Dominic Ng
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Vasant M. Prabhu
Vasant M. Prabhu
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Dean A. Scarborough
Dean A. Scarborough
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Dirk Van de Put
Dirk Van de Put
Director
May 21, 2015
/s/ Kathy White Loyd
Kathy White Loyd
Director
May 21, 2015
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Incorporated by Reference
Sequentially
Numbered
Exhibit
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit(s)
Filing Date
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate with respect to Mattel's Common Stock
10-Q
001-05647
4.0
August 3, 2007
+5.1
Opinion of Tiffani Zack Magri, Esq.
+23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
+23.2
Consent of Tiffani Zack Magri, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
+24.1
Power of Attorney with respect to Mattel (included in signature pages)
99.1
Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation Plan
DEF 14A
001-05647
Appendix A
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