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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2002 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"
COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>Under
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>MATTEL, INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>95-1567322</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>333 Continental Boulevard </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>El Segundo, California 90245-5012 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(310) 252-2000 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>of registrant&#146;s principal
executive offices) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"
COLOR="#000000"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED MATTEL 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Full titles of the plans) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Christopher O&#146;Brien, Esq. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Mattel, Inc. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>333 Continental Boulevard </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>El Segundo, California 90245-5012 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(310) 252-2000 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>of agent for service) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Copies to: </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>James P. Beaubien, Esq.
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Latham &amp; Watkins </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>633 West 5th Street, Suite 4000
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Los Angeles, California 90071 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(213) 485-1234
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title of each class of securities to be registered</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount to be registered(1)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed maximum offering price per share(2)(3)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount of registration fee</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="46%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">6,600,000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$18.46</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$121,836,000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$11,208.91</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;) authorizes the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Mattel, Inc. (&#147;Mattel&#148;), of which 6,600,000 shares are being registered hereunder and 16,500,000 shares of which have been previously registered. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the amount registered hereunder included an indeterminate number of shares of Mattel&#146;s Common Stock that may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(2)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon the average of the high and low trading prices ($18.46) of Mattel&#146;s common stock as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on November 12, 2002, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">

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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PART I </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being prepared in accordance with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PART II </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B></B>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional 6,600,000 shares of Common Stock of Mattel for issuance under the Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 of
Mattel relating to the Plan, File Nos. 333-03385 and 333-75145, are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following documents, which have been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to 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:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mattel&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated February 13, 2002, April 5, 2002, July 18, 2002, August 9, 2002, October&nbsp;18, 2002, and November 12, 2002;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mattel&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 23, 2002; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002; and </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of Mattel&#146;s common stock contained in Mattel&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 16, 1998. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
<DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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. 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.
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Mattel&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
Mattel&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated March 26, 1999).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.4</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.6</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.7</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.8</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.9</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+5.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion of Christopher O&#146;Brien, Esq.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+23.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+23.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Christopher O&#146;Brien, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+24.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of Attorney with respect to Mattel (see page S-3).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Filed herewith. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 November 12, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">M<SMALL>ATTEL</SMALL>, I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="4%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;K<SMALL>EVIN</SMALL> M.
F<SMALL>ARR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="4%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:1%; text-indent:-1%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">Name:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Kevin M. Farr</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="4%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:1%; text-indent:-1%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">Title:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert A. Eckert, Robert Normile, Christopher O&#146;Brien and John L. Vogelstein, 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 of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange 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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the date indicated. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="41%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Signature</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="54" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="41%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="25" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Date</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="26" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
<TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>OBERT</SMALL> A.
E<SMALL>CKERT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Robert A. Eckert</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 8, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;K<SMALL>EVIN</SMALL> M.
F<SMALL>ARR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Kevin M. Farr</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>UGENE</SMALL> P.
B<SMALL>EARD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Eugene P. Beard</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 7, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;H<SMALL>AROLD</SMALL> B<SMALL>ROWN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV>
<HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Dr. Harold Brown</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 11, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T<SMALL>ULLY</SMALL> M.
F<SMALL>RIEDMAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Tully M. Friedman</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>ONALD</SMALL> L<SMALL>OEB&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV>
<HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Ronald Loeb</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<SMALL>NDREA</SMALL> L.
R<SMALL>ICH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Dr. Andrea L. Rich</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 7, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W<SMALL>ILLIAM</SMALL> D.
R<SMALL>OLLNICK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>William D. Rollnick</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C<SMALL>HRISTOPHER</SMALL> A.
S<SMALL>INCLAIR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Christopher A.
Sinclair</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G. C<SMALL>RAIG</SMALL>
S<SMALL>ULLIVAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>G. Craig Sullivan</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> L.
V<SMALL>OGELSTEIN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>John L. Vogelstein</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;K<SMALL>ATHY</SMALL> B<SMALL>RITTAIN</SMALL>
W<SMALL>HITE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Kathy Brittain White</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>ALPH</SMALL> V.
W<SMALL>HITWORTH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Ralph V. Whitworth</B></FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="41%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 12, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED<BR>EXHIBIT</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="52" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Mattel&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
Mattel&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated March 26, 1999).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.4</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.6</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.7</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to
Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.8</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.9</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+ 5.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion of Christopher O&#146;Brien, Esq.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+&nbsp;23.1</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+23.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Christopher O&#146;Brien, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="13%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">+24.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="86%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of Attorney with respect to Mattel (see page S-3).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2002
Registration No. 333-
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
(310) 252-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal
executive offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED MATTEL 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full titles of the plans)
Christopher O'Brien, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Mattel, Inc.
333 Continental Boulevard
El Segundo, California 90245-5012
(310) 252-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
James P. Beaubien, Esq.
Latham & Watkins
633 West 5th Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 485-1234
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share(2)(3)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
6,600,000
$18.46
$121,836,000
$11,208.91
(1)
The Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") authorizes the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock"), of Mattel, Inc. ("Mattel"), of which 6,600,000 shares are being registered hereunder and 16,500,000 shares of which have been previously registered. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the amount registered hereunder included an indeterminate number of shares of Mattel's Common Stock that may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act.
(3)
The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon the average of the high and low trading prices ($18.46) of Mattel's common stock as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on November 12, 2002, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act.
PART I
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being prepared in accordance with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional 6,600,000 shares of Common Stock of Mattel for issuance under the Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 of
Mattel relating to the Plan, File Nos. 333-03385 and 333-75145, are incorporated herein by reference.
Item
3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to 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, 2001;
(b)
Mattel's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated February 13, 2002, April 5, 2002, July 18, 2002, August 9, 2002, October 18, 2002, and November 12, 2002;
(c)
Mattel's Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 23, 2002;
(d)
Mattel's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002; and
(e)
The description of Mattel's common stock contained in Mattel's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 16, 1998.
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. 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.
S-1
Item 8.    Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Mattel's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.2
Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
Mattel's Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated March 26, 1999).
4.3
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).
4.4
Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000).
4.5
Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000).
4.6
Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001).
4.7
Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.8
Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.9
Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).
+5.1
Opinion of Christopher O'Brien, Esq.
+23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
+23.2
Consent of Christopher O'Brien, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+24.1
Power of Attorney with respect to Mattel (see page S-3).
+
Filed herewith.
S-2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 November 12, 2002.
M
ATTEL
, I
NC
.
By:
/s/    K
EVIN
M.
F
ARR
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 Robert A. Eckert, Robert Normile, Christopher O'Brien and John L. Vogelstein, 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 of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange 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 of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/    R
OBERT
A.
E
CKERT
Robert A. Eckert
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
November 8, 2002
/s/    K
EVIN
M.
F
ARR
Kevin M. Farr
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
November 12, 2002
S-3
/s/    E
UGENE
P.
B
EARD
Eugene P. Beard
Director
November 7, 2002
/s/    H
AROLD
B
ROWN
Dr. Harold Brown
Director
November 11, 2002
/s/    T
ULLY
M.
F
RIEDMAN
Tully M. Friedman
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    R
ONALD
L
OEB
Ronald Loeb
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    A
NDREA
L.
R
ICH
Dr. Andrea L. Rich
Director
November 7, 2002
/s/    W
ILLIAM
D.
R
OLLNICK
William D. Rollnick
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    C
HRISTOPHER
A.
S
INCLAIR
Christopher A.
Sinclair
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    G. C
RAIG
S
ULLIVAN
G. Craig Sullivan
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    J
OHN
L.
V
OGELSTEIN
John L. Vogelstein
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    K
ATHY
B
RITTAIN
W
HITE
Kathy Brittain White
Director
November 12, 2002
/s/    R
ALPH
V.
W
HITWORTH
Ralph V. Whitworth
Director
November 12, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to Mattel's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.2
Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
Mattel's Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated March 26, 1999).
4.3
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).
4.4
Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000).
4.5
Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000).
4.6
Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001).
4.7
Amendment to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to
Mattel's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.8
Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.9
Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Mattel 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.0 to
Mattel's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).
+ 5.1
Opinion of Christopher O'Brien, Esq.
+ 23.1
+23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Consent of Christopher O'Brien, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
+24.1
Power of Attorney with respect to Mattel (see page S-3).
+
Filed herewith.