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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549


Form 10-K


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Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001

Commission file number 1-6682


Hasbro, Inc.
(Name of Registrant)

Rhode Island
(State of Incorporation)
  05-0155090
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1027 Newport Avenue,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

02862
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (401) 431-8697

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   New York Stock Exchange
Preference Share Purchase Rights   New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None


        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ý

        The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant computed by reference to the closing price of the stock on March 12, 2002 was $2,380,040,970. The registrant does not have non-voting common stock outstanding.

        The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 12, 2002 was 173,067,819.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        Portions of registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.





PART I

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

        (a)    General Development of Business         Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the "Company", "we", or "us", means Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation organized on January 8, 1926, and its subsidiaries.

        The Company is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time and entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its widely recognized core brands such as PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, and WIZARDS OF THE COAST provide what the Company believes to be the highest quality play experiences in the world. In its offerings are a broad variety of games, including traditional board and card, hand-held electronic, children's consumer electronics, trading card and roleplaying games, as well as electronic interactive products, learning aids and puzzles. Toy offerings include boys' action, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, preschool toys and infant products, creative play and toy related specialty products. The Company also licenses to others various trademarks, characters and other property rights for use in connection with consumer promotions and the sale by others of noncompeting toys and non-toy products.

        (b)    Description of Business Segments and Products         The Company's focus on managing its business covers two major areas, Toys and Games. Organizationally, the Company's principal segments are U.S. Toys, Games, and International, with additional reportable segments of Operations and Retail. Financial information with respect to the Company's segments is included in note 17 to the Company's financial statements, which are included in Item 8 of this 10-K.

        In the United States, the U.S. Toys segment includes the design, marketing and selling of boys' action figures, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, preschool toys and infant products and creative play and toy related specialty products. The Games segment includes the development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of traditional board and card games and puzzles, trading card and roleplaying games, and consumer electronics. Within the International segment, the Company develops, manufactures, markets and sells both toy and certain game products in non-U.S. markets. The marketing and sale of WIZARDS OF THE COAST products internationally and TIGER products in the United Kingdom was managed by the Company's Games segment in 2001, but starting in 2002, will be managed by the International segment.

        Operations sources product for the majority of the Company's segments. The Retail segment operates retail shops. The Company also has other segments which license certain of the Company's intellectual property to third parties. In 2001, these other segments did not meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments.

        In the U.S. Toys segment, the Company's products are marketed as boys' toys, girls' toys, preschool, creative play and other products.

        Boys' toys are offered across a wide range of core popular properties such as G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS action figures, and the TONKA line of trucks and interactive toys. Other products are tied to entertainment properties, including STAR WARS toys and accessories. In 2002, the Company will be introducing a new line-up of G.I. JOE action figures and vehicles for kids. In addition, a new segment of the TRANSFORMERS brand titled TRANSFORMERS ARMADA will be introduced which will allow integration of robots to enhance battle features and unlock hidden

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features. In early 2002, the Company introduced BEYBLADE, Japan's highly popular sports entertainment brand, featuring custom built tops with interchangeable parts which battle against each other. In addition, the TONKA 2002 product line includes the TONKA POWER GRID, a truck that opens up into a giant construction workshop on wheels, with tools and a workstation inside, as well as the TONKA radio control BOBBLE BOYS ATV, an easy-to-use radio control vehicle, and TONKA TOWN playset, featuring talking trucks with motorized actions. Also new in 2002 is the TONKA JUNIOR product line for children from one to three years, which will include the BOP 'N GO truck, a motorized truck with different activity levels. The Company will also feature toy lines based on STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, scheduled for release on May 16, 2002, and Disney's anticipated release of LILO & STITCH, due out on June 21, 2002 as well as a variety of other toys based on classic DISNEY characters. The fiscal year 2002 will be the first full year of the Company's broad-based licensing relationship with Disney.

        Girls' toys include E-KARA, the portable and affordable hand-held karaoke system, as well as the classic RAGGEDY ANN and RAGGEDY ANDY rag dolls. The Company also offers such popular dolls as MAKEUP MINDY. In 2002, the Company will introduce the new E-KARA PRO headset system, a hands-free headset with a lightweight main E-KARA unit that hooks onto a belt or waistband, plus a new library of music cartridges featuring some of the hottest current songs.

        The U.S. Toys segment's preschool products include a portfolio of core brands primarily marketed under the PLAYSKOOL trademarks as well as a licensed product line based on HIT Entertainment's BOB THE BUILDER, which airs on NICKELODEON. The PLAYSKOOL line includes such well-known products as MR. POTATO HEAD, SIT 'N SPIN and GLOWORM, a successful line of infant toys such as KICK START GYM and the 1st STARTS infant line, and preschool role-play products. 2002 marks the 50th birthday of MR. POTATO HEAD. This will be commemorated with a 50th birthday edition MR. POTATO HEAD packaged in a special storage tin. Other new products scheduled for introduction during 2002 are the PLAYSKOOL AIR-TIVITY line of products, which feature unique "air power," designed to captivate babies with visuals and motion. This line will include the KICK START AIR-TIVITY GYM, the AIR-TIVITY table, and the AIR-TIVITY WHIRL AROUND. In addition, the new FIRST SENSES line is expected to be introduced in 2002. This line is designed to help infants explore their world with features that stimulate the senses and includes HEAR 'EMS OCTOPUS, PEEKABLES PUPPY, WHIFF 'EMS lunch bag, TICKLES SPIDER, and WHIFF 'EMS flower. New 2002 products are also expected to feature TUMMY TIME PICTURE SHOW, a musical light-up toy, CRAWL START butterfly and airplane, fun musical crawl-along pals, 1st STARTS MAGIC START CRAWL 'N STAND, a touch activated toy that encourages babies to pull themselves up and stand, and THE MAGIC SCREEN LEARNING PAL, an interactive educational light up screen.

        Creative Play items for both girls and boys include such classic core lines as PLAY-DOH, EASY-BAKE oven, and LITE-BRITE and SPIROGRAPH design toys. During 2002, the Company plans to introduce the QUEASY BAKE COOKERATOR, the boy-friendly version of the EASY BAKE oven, which creates delicious ooey, gooey treats. Also new in 2002 is SPLAT, a colorful compound that can be molded into any form or shape and thrown at the accompanying SPLAT MAT.

        Other products included in the U.S. Toys segment include the SUPER SOAKER line of water products and the NERF line of soft action play equipment. New in 2002 is the NERF MIKE PIAZZA POWER HITTER pitching machine and the NERF VORTEX FIRE STRIKE, a football that lights up in the sky.

        The Company markets its games and puzzles under several well known core brands, including MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, AVALON HILL, TIGER and WIZARDS OF THE COAST.

        The MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS and AVALON HILL brand portfolios consist of a broad assortment of games for children, families and adults. The Company's core items include MONOPOLY, BATTLESHIP, GAME OF LIFE, SCRABBLE, CHUTES AND LADDERS, CANDY LAND,

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TROUBLE, MOUSETRAP, OPERATION, HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS, CONNECT FOUR, TWISTER, YAHTZEE, JENGA, CLUE, SORRY!, RISK, BOGGLE, OUIJA, DIPLOMACY, ACQUIRE and TRIVIAL PURSUIT, as well as a line of jigsaw puzzles for children and adults, including BIG BEN, GUILD and CROXLEY. The Company has put in place a series of marketing initiatives designed to encourage game play among a wide variety of audiences, including MY FIRST GAMES, FAMILY GAME NIGHT and GET TOGETHER GAMES. In 2002, the Company will introduce the TRIVIAL PURSUIT 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, with questions on people, places and events of the last 20 years. In addition, MONOPOLY: THE AMERICAN EDITION will be introduced in 2002 with new cultural icon tokens and a twist to the rules. Another new adult game is REMOTE POSSIBILITIES, featuring general questions, complete-the-phrase exercises and build-a-word/reverse word activities where players compete against each other. New 2002 children's games include OPERATION BRAIN SURGERY, a game built on the classic OPERATION game, and VAMPIRE HUNTER, a game that features an interactive board with changing images and game pieces. Also planned for 2002 is WEE LITTLE PIGGIES, a preschool game based on the classic nursery rhyme that builds listening, memory and sequencing skills and NU JAM GUITAR, an electronic game that combines music and games.

        TIGER ELECTRONICS brand products bring innovation and technology to entertainment and lifestyle products for the whole family. Consumer electronics products include HITCLIPS micro music systems, which will have new artists and innovative players added in 2002. In addition, the Company is introducing KIDCLIPS DISNEY TUNES, which will contain classic DISNEY tunes on easy to use players. Also planned for 2002 is FINGER JAMZ, an electronic novelty toy that plays music to the tap of your fingers. Planned for 2002 in the electronic plush line is FURREAL FRIENDS, a line of electronic plush cats that duplicate and mimic mannerisms unique to a real cat. In girls electronics, the Company plans to introduce GOTTA DANCE GIRLS, hip, dancing, remote controlled dolls that include three one-minute songs. In the lifestyle electronics line, the Company plans to introduce TXT4U:-), a portable electronic virtual dictionary of emoticons and abbreviations that are used in instant messaging. The Company will also feature products based on STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, scheduled for release in May of 2002, and BOB THE BUILDER. In 2002 under the Company's refined segment structure, U.S. Tiger toy lines will be included in the U.S. Toys segment while the international Tiger business units will be included in the International segment. Certain Tiger electronic games, primarily handheld, will remain in the Games segment.

        WIZARDS OF THE COAST trading card and roleplaying games include the popular MAGIC: THE GATHERING, DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, and POKEMON. MAGIC: THE GATHERING, created in 1993, has worldwide popularity, with more than five million players in more than fifty countries. In 2002, MAGIC: THE GATHERING ONLINE is expected to be introduced. In MAGIC: THE GATHERING ONLINE, players can purchase digital cards, trade and play digital cards with other players, build and customize decks and organize their card collections right on their PCs. This product will feature built-in tutorials and practice rooms for beginning players as well as leagues and tournaments for advanced players. In addition, the Company expects to introduce three new expansion sets for its MAGIC: THE GATHERING paper-based product, including TORMENT, JUDGEMENT, and ONSLAUGHT, in 2002 for advanced and expert level players. WIZARDS OF THE COAST has a unique organized play program for its trading card games, sanctioning over 100,000 game tournaments around the world in 2001. New for 2002 is a STAR WARS trading card game based on STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, which will allow players to plan and execute the high-stakes gambits and intense actions of STAR WARS battles. Also planned for 2002 is the POKEMON CARD E set, which will deliver a new generation of cards by combining the traditional trading card game play with the handheld technology of GAME BOY ADVANCE. In addition, DIAGON ALLEY, ADVENTURE AT HOGWARTS and CHAMBER OF SECRETS, expansion sets of the HARRY POTTER trading card game, are expected to be introduced in 2002, which will allow players to take on the roles of apprentice wizards and witches. Also in 2002, the Company

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plans to issue new releases of its sports card games, including MLB SHOWDOWN and NFL SHOWDOWN, as well as introducing a new game, NBA SHOWDOWN.

        In addition to the United States, the Company operates in more than 25 countries, selling a representative range of the toy and game products marketed in the United States, together with some items which are sold only internationally. Key international brands for 2001 included ACTION MAN, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. In 2002, the Company's international line will include toys and games based on Disney's MONSTERS, INC., which will be released internationally in 2002. In addition, the Company will be launching other U.S. hit products in international markets in 2002 such as E-KARA and HITCLIPS.

        The Company primarily sources production through unrelated manufacturers in various Far East countries, principally China, using a Hong Kong based subsidiary for quality control and order coordination purposes. See "Manufacturing and Importing" below.

        The Company has a segment that operates approximately 85 retail stores under the WIZARDS OF THE COAST and GAME KEEPER names, many of which not only sell a wide range of games, but also provide important locations for tournaments and other organized play activities.

        The Company has another segment which generates revenue through the licensing of certain of the Company's intellectual property to third parties for promotional and merchandising uses.

        In 2002, the Company has further refined its segment structure to include the realignment of the toy lines included in the U.S. Tiger toy lines to the U.S. Toys segment, from the Games segment where all Tiger products are currently included. Certain Tiger electronic games, primarily handheld, will remain in the Games segment. In addition, the international operations of the Tiger and Wizards of the Coast business units, previously included in and managed as part of the Games segment, will be managed as part of the International segment.

        To further extend its range of products in its various segments, the Company has Hong Kong units which market directly to retailers a line of high quality, low priced toys, games and related products, primarily on a direct import basis. Direct sales to these customers are reflected in the revenue of the segment in which the product sold resides.

        In addition, various products are licensed to other companies for sale in certain countries where the Company does not otherwise have a presence.

        During the 2001 fiscal year, there was no line of products whose revenues individually accounted for more than 10% of consolidated net revenues. During the 2000 fiscal year, revenues from the POKEMON trading card line of products contributed 15% of consolidated net revenues of the Company. In 1999, revenues from the FURBY line of products and the STAR WARS boys toys line of products contributed 13% and 12%, respectively, of consolidated net revenues of the Company.

        The Company's working capital needs have been financed historically by means of short-term borrowings which reach peak levels during September through November of each year when receivables also generally reach peak levels. The revenue pattern of the Company results in the second half of the year being more significant to its overall business and, within that half, the fourth quarter being the most prominent. The trend of retailers over the past few years has been to make

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a higher percentage of their purchases within or close to the fourth quarter holiday consumer selling season, which includes Christmas. The Company expects that this trend will continue. The toy business is also characterized by customer order patterns which vary from year to year largely because of differences each year in the degree of consumer acceptance of a product line, product availability, marketing strategies and inventory policies of retailers, the dates of theatrical releases of major motion pictures for which the Company has licenses for promotional product, and differences in overall economic conditions. As a result, comparisons of unshipped orders on any date with those at the same date in a prior year are not necessarily indicative of sales for that entire given year. Also, quick response inventory management practices now being used result in fewer orders being placed in advance of shipment and more orders being placed for immediate delivery. The Company's unshipped orders at March 3, 2002 and March 4, 2001 were approximately $195,300,000 and $166,933,000, respectively. Also, it is a general industry practice that orders are subject to amendment or cancellation by customers prior to shipment. The backlog at any date in a given year can be affected by programs the Company may employ to induce its customers to place orders and accept shipments early in the year. This method is a general industry practice. The programs the Company is employing to promote sales in 2002 are not substantially different from those employed in 2001.

        The Company commits to inventory production, advertising and marketing expenditures prior to the peak third and fourth quarter retail selling season. Accounts receivable increase during the third and fourth quarter as customers increase their purchases to meet expected consumer demand in the holiday season. Due to the concentrated timeframe of this selling period, payments for these accounts receivable are generally not due until the fourth quarter or early in the first quarter of the subsequent year. This timing difference between expenses paid and revenues collected makes it necessary for the Company to borrow varying amounts during the year. During 2001, the Company utilized cash from operations and borrowing under its secured amended and restated revolving credit and line of credit agreements to meet its cash flow requirements. The Company's committed line at the end of 2001 included a secured revolving credit agreement of $325,000,000, maturing in February 2003. The secured committed line of credit of an additional $325,000,000, available to the Company during most of the year, was no longer required by the Company and was canceled in December 2001. The Company was in compliance with all restrictive covenants throughout the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001. In order to extend the term of the existing agreement, provide additional amounts for working capital needs and remove certain restrictions regarding the retirement of long-term debt, the Company entered into an amended and restated revolving credit facility with its existing bank group dated March 19, 2002. This amended facility increased the amount available to the Company for borrowing to $380,000,000, and has a final maturity date of March 2005. The facility continues to be secured by substantially all domestic accounts receivable and inventory, as well as certain intangible assets of the Company. The Company is not required to maintain compensating balances under the agreement. The agreement contains certain restrictive covenants setting forth minimum cash flow and coverage requirements, and a number of other limitations, including with respect to capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, share repurchases and dividend payments. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under its facility at March 3, 2002. Amounts available and unused under uncommitted lines at March 3, 2002 were $43,400,000. During 2000, the Company borrowed through the issuance of commercial paper and against short-term lines of credit to fund its seasonal working capital requirements in excess of funds available from operations and the issuance of long-term debt.

        The continuing development of new products and the redesigning of existing items for continuing market acceptance are key determinants of success in the toy and game industry. In 2001, 2000 and 1999, approximately $125,633,000, $208,485,000 and $254,599,000, respectively, were incurred on activities relating to the development, design and engineering of new products and their packaging (including items brought to the Company by independent designers) and to

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the improvement or modification of ongoing products. Much of this work is performed by the Company's staff of designers, artists, model makers and engineers.

        In addition to its own staff, the Company deals with a number of independent toy and game designers for whose designs and ideas the Company competes with other toy and game manufacturers. Rights to such designs and ideas, when acquired by the Company, are usually exclusive under agreements requiring the Company to pay the designer a royalty on the Company's net sales of the item. These designer royalty agreements in some cases provide for advance royalties and minimum guarantees.

        The Company also produces a number of toys under trademarks and copyrights utilizing the names or likenesses of characters from familiar movies, television shows and other entertainment media, for whose rights the Company competes with other toy and game manufacturers. Licensing fees are generally paid as a royalty on the Company's net sales of the item. Licenses for the use of characters are generally exclusive for specific products or product lines in specified territories. In many instances, advance royalties and minimum guarantees are required by character license agreements. Under terms of currently existing agreements at December 30, 2001, in certain circumstances, the Company may be required to pay an aggregate of $494,000,000 in guaranteed or minimum royalties between 2002 and 2006. The Company has approximately $146,900,000 of prepaid royalties, which are a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets on the balance sheet. Included in other assets is $71,000,000 representing the long-term portion of advances paid. Of the unpaid guaranty, Hasbro may be required to pay approximately $203,000,000, $91,000,000, $69,000,000, $123,000,000, and $8,000,000 in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Amounts paid and advances to be paid relate to anticipated revenues in the years 2002 through 2008.

        The Company's products are sold nationally and internationally to a broad spectrum of customers including wholesalers, distributors, chain stores, discount stores, mail order houses, catalog stores, department stores and other traditional retailers, large and small, as well as internet-based "e-tailers." The Company and its subsidiaries employ their own sales forces which account for the majority of sales of their products. Remaining sales are generated by independent distributors who sell the Company's products principally in areas of the world where the Company does not otherwise maintain a presence. With the acquisition of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. in the fourth quarter of 1999, the Company acquired a specialized line of retail stores featuring game, hobby and related products and an area for in-store game play, as well as an online retail site. The Company maintains showrooms in New York and selected other major cities world-wide as well as at most of its subsidiary locations. Although the Company had more than 4,500 customers in the United States and Canada during 2001, including specialty retailers carrying trading card games and toy-related product, there has been significant consolidation at the retail level over the last several years, and the majority of the Company's sales are to large chain stores, distributors and wholesalers. In other countries, the Company has in excess of 20,000 customers, many of which are individual retail stores. During 2001, sales to the Company's two largest customers, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Toys 'R Us, Inc., represented 17% and 13%, respectively, of consolidated net revenues, and sales to its top five customers accounted for approximately 48% of consolidated net revenues.

        The Company advertises many of its toy and game products extensively on television. The Company generally advertises selected items in its product groups in a manner designed to promote the sale of other specific items in those product groups. The Company introduces many of its new products in New York City at the time of the American International Toy Fair in February. It also introduced some of its products to major customers during the prior year.

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        In 2001, the Company spent approximately $290,829,000 in advertising, promotion and marketing programs compared to $452,978,000 in 2000 and $456,978,000 in 1999.

        During 2001, the Company's products were manufactured in third party facilities in the Far East as well as in the Company's own three facilities located in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Waterford, Ireland, and Valencia, Spain. Most of its products are manufactured from basic raw materials such as plastic, paper and cardboard, although certain products also make use of electronic components. All of these materials are readily available but may be subject to significant fluctuations in price. The Company's manufacturing processes include injection molding, blow molding, spray painting, printing, box making and assembly. The Company purchases certain components and accessories used in its toys and games and some finished items from United States manufacturers as well as from manufacturers in the Far East, which is the largest manufacturing center of toys in the world, and other countries. The 1996 implementation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade reduced or eliminated customs duties on many products imported by the Company. The Company believes that the manufacturing capacity of third party manufacturers as well as its own facilities and the supply of components, accessories and completed products which it purchases from unaffiliated manufacturers are adequate to meet the demand in 2002 for the products which it markets. The Company's reliance on external sources of manufacturing can be shifted, over a period of time, to alternative sources of supply for products it sells, should such changes be necessary.

        However, if the Company is prevented from obtaining products from a substantial number of its current Far East suppliers due to political, labor or other factors beyond its control, the Company's operations would be disrupted while alternative sources of product were secured. In 2000, the United States Congress approved "permanent normal trade relations" status for China, which was intended to eliminate the United States' annual review of China trade relations status. Additionally, in December 2001, China was admitted as a member to the World Trade Organization. However, the imposition of trade sanctions by the United States or the European Union against a class of products imported by the Company from, or the loss of "normal trade relations" status by, the People's Republic of China could significantly increase the cost of the Company's products imported into the United States or Europe.

        The Company makes its own tools and fixtures for its manufacturing facilities but purchases dies and molds principally from independent United States and international sources.

        The Company is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys. The Company's business is highly competitive and it competes with several large toy companies, primarily Mattel, Inc., as well as many small United States and international designers, manufacturers and marketers. Competition is based primarily on consumer preferences and quality and, to a lesser extent, pricing. The volatility in consumer preferences with respect to family entertainment continually creates new opportunities for existing competitors and start-ups.

        At December 30, 2001, the Company employed approximately 8,000 persons worldwide, approximately 4,700 of whom are located in the United States.

        The Company's products are protected, for the most part and in as many countries as practical, by registered trademarks, copyrights and patents to the extent that such protection is available, cost effective, and meaningful. The loss of such rights concerning any particular product

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would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, although the loss of such protection for a number of significant items might have such an effect.

        The Company's toy and game products sold in the United States are subject to the provisions of The Consumer Product Safety Act (the "CPSA"), The Federal Hazardous Substances Act (the "FHSA"), The Flammable Fabrics Act (the "FFA"), and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The CPSA empowers the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the "CPSC") to take action against hazards presented by consumer products, including the formulation and implementation of regulations and uniform safety standards. The CPSC has the authority to seek to declare a product "a banned hazardous substance" under the CPSA and to ban it from commerce. The CPSC can file an action to seize and condemn an "imminently hazardous consumer product" under the CPSA and may also order equitable remedies such as recall, replacement, repair or refund for the product. The FHSA provides for the repurchase by the manufacturer of articles which are banned. Consumer product safety laws also exist in some states and cities within the United States and in Canada, Australia and Europe. The Company maintains laboratories which have testing and other procedures intended to maintain compliance with the CPSA, the FHSA, the FFA, international standards, and the Company's own standards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that all of the Company's products are or will be hazard free. Any material product recall could have an adverse effect on the Company's results of operations or financial condition, depending on the product, and could affect sales of other products.

        The Children's Television Act of 1990 and the rules promulgated thereunder by the United States Federal Communications Commission, as well as the laws of certain countries, place certain limitations on television commercials during children's programming.

        The Company maintains programs to comply with various United States federal, state, local and international requirements relating to the environment, plant safety and other matters.

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        From time to time, including in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's annual report to shareholders, the Company publishes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These "forward-looking statements" may relate to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological developments, new products, research and development activities, liquidity, and similar matters. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "expect," "intend," "looking forward," "may," "planned," "potential," "should," "will" and "would" or any variations of words with similar meanings. The Company notes that a variety of factors could cause its actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed or anticipated in its forward-looking statements. The factors listed below are illustrative and other risks and uncertainties may arise as are or may be detailed from time to time in the Company's public announcements and the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to make any revisions to the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in its annual report to shareholders to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of the filing of this report.

Volatility of consumer preferences and the high level of competition in the family entertainment industry makes it difficult to maintain the long-term success of existing product lines and consistently introduce successful new products.

        Our business and operating results depend largely upon the appeal of our family entertainment products, principally games and toys. A decline in the popularity of our existing products and product lines or the failure of new products and product lines to achieve and sustain market acceptance could result in reduced overall revenues and margins, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our continued success will depend on our ability to redesign, restyle and extend our existing family entertainment product lines and to develop, introduce and gain customer acceptance of new family entertainment product lines. However, consumer preferences with respect to family entertainment are continuously changing and are difficult to predict. Individual family entertainment products generally, and high technology products in particular, often have short life cycles. The success of entertainment properties released theatrically, such as STAR WARS, DISNEY, or HARRY POTTER related productions, can significantly affect revenues we derive from licensed product related to those properties. In addition, competition in the industry could adversely impact our ability to secure, maintain, and renew popular licenses on beneficial terms, if at all, and to attract and retain the talented employees necessary to design, develop and market successful products. The loss of ownership rights granted pursuant to any of our licensing agreements could have a material adverse effect on our business and competitive position. There can be no assurances that:

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        Our failure to successfully anticipate, identify and react to consumer preferences in family entertainment could have an adverse effect on our revenues, profitability and results of operations.

Our business is seasonal and therefore our annual operating results will depend, in large part, on our sales during the relatively brief holiday season. Further, this seasonality is increasing, as large retailers become more efficient in their control of inventory levels through quick response management techniques.

        Sales of our family entertainment products at retail are seasonal, with a majority of retail sales occurring during the period from September through December in anticipation of the holiday season. This seasonality is increasing, as large retailers become more efficient in their control of inventory levels through quick response management techniques. These customers are timing reorders so that they are being filled by suppliers closer to the time of purchase by consumers, which to a large extent occurs during September through December, rather than maintaining large on-hand inventories throughout the year to meet consumer demand. While these techniques reduce a retailer's investment in inventory, they increase pressure on suppliers like us to fill orders promptly and shift a significant portion of inventory risk and carrying costs to the supplier. The limited inventory carried by retailers may also reduce or delay retail sales. Additionally, the logistics of supplying more and more product within shorter time periods will increase the risk that we fail to achieve tight and compressed shipping schedules. This seasonal pattern requires significant use of working capital mainly to manufacture or acquire inventory during the year prior to the holiday season, and requires accurate forecasting of demand for products during the holiday season. Our failure to accurately predict and respond to consumer demand could result in our underproducing popular items and/or overproducing less popular items, which would have an adverse effect on our sales and results of operations. In addition, as a result of the seasonal nature of our business, we would be significantly and adversely affected by unforeseen events, such as a terrorist attack, that negatively affect the retail environment or consumer buying patterns, if such events were to occur during a key selling season.

The continuing consolidation of our retail customer base means that economic difficulties or changes in the purchasing policies of our major customers could have a significant impact on us.

        We depend upon a relatively small retail customer base to sell our products. For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Toys R Us, Inc. accounted for approximately 17% and 13%, respectively, of our consolidated net revenues and our five largest customers, including Wal-Mart and Toys R Us, in the aggregate accounted for approximately 48% of our consolidated net revenues. If one or more of our major customers were to experience difficulties in fulfilling their obligations to us, cease doing business with us, significantly reduce the amount of their purchases from us or return substantial amounts of our products, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the bankruptcy or other lack of success of one or more of our significant retailers could negatively impact our revenues and bad debt expense.

We may not realize anticipated benefits of acquisitions or these benefits may be delayed or reduced in their realization; our ability to make acquisitions is limited by our credit agreement.

        Acquisitions have been a significant part of our growth over the years and have enabled us to further broaden and diversify our product offerings. Although we target companies that we believe offer attractive family entertainment products, we cannot be certain that the products of companies we acquire will achieve or maintain popularity with consumers. In some cases, we expect that the integration of the product lines of the companies that we acquire into our operations will create

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production, marketing and other operating synergies. We believe that these synergies can create greater revenue growth and profitability and, where applicable, cost savings, operating efficiencies and other advantages. However, we cannot be certain that these synergies, efficiencies and cost savings will be realized. Even if achieved, these benefits may be delayed or reduced in their realization. In other cases, we acquire companies that we believe have strong and creative management, in which case we plan to create synergies by operating them autonomously rather than integrating them into our operations. We cannot be certain that the key talented individuals at these companies will continue to work for us after the acquisition or that they will continue to develop popular and profitable products or services.

        Because of limitations in our credit agreement, we are limited in our ability to make substantial acquisitions in the near term. Although we plan to focus greater attention and resources on our core owned and controlled brands, we cannot assure you that such efforts will produce revenue growth to replace the growth historically provided by acquisitions.

Our substantial sales and manufacturing operations outside the United States subject us to risks normally associated with international operations.

        We operate facilities and sell products in numerous countries outside the United States. For the year ended December 30, 2001, our net revenues from international customers comprised approximately 36% of our total consolidated net revenues. We expect our sales to international customers to continue to account for a significant portion of our revenues. Additionally, we utilize third-party manufacturers located principally in the Far East and we have manufacturing facilities in Ireland and Spain. These sales and manufacturing operations are subject to the risks normally associated with international operations, including:

        Our reliance on external sources of manufacturing can be shifted, over a period of time, to alternative sources of supply, should such changes be necessary. However, if we were prevented from obtaining products or components for a material portion of our product line due to political, labor or other factors beyond our control, our operations would be disrupted while alternative sources of products were secured. Also, the imposition of trade sanctions by the United States or the European Union against a class of products imported by us from, or the loss of "normal trade relations" status by, the Peoples Republic of China could significantly increase our cost of products imported into the United States or Europe. Because of the importance of our international sales and international sourcing of manufacturing to our business, our financial condition and results of operations could be significantly and adversely affected if any of the risks described above were to occur.

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We may not realize the full benefit of our licenses if the licensed material has less market appeal than expected or if sales revenue from the licensed products is not sufficient to earn out the minimum guaranteed royalties.

        An important part of our business involves obtaining licenses to produce products based on various theatrical releases, such as STAR WARS, MONSTERS, INC., and HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. The license agreements usually require us to pay minimum royalty guarantees that may be substantial, and in some cases may be greater than what we are able to recoup from actual sales, which could result in write-offs of such amounts that would adversely effect our results of operations. In addition, acquiring or renewing licenses may require the payment of minimum guaranteed royalties that we consider to be too high to be profitable, which may result in losing licenses we currently hold when they become available for renewal, or missing business opportunities for new licenses. As a licensee, we have no guaranty that a particular brand will be a successful toy or game product. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that a successful brand will continue to be successful or maintain a high level of sales in the future. In the event that we are not able to acquire or maintain advantageous licenses, our revenues and profits may be adversely effected.

Our business is dependent on intellectual property rights and we may not be able to protect such rights successfully.

        Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements which establish our ownership rights and maintain our confidentiality, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to this valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation in the future to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could have a material adverse effect on our business and competitive position.

We are involved in certain litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters where the outcome is uncertain and which could entail significant expense.

        As is the case with many large multinational corporations, we are subject from time to time to regulatory investigations, litigation and arbitration disputes. Because the outcome of litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations is inherently difficult to predict, it is possible that the outcome of such matters could entail significant expense.

        During 2001, we received two inquiries from the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (the "OFT") into allegedly anti-competitive pricing practices by our United Kingdom ("U.K.") subsidiary, Hasbro U.K. Ltd. ("Hasbro U.K."). While the first inquiry related to a small portion of Hasbro U.K.'s business, the inquiry received in the third quarter of 2001 from the OFT sought, among other things, information relating to Hasbro U.K.'s trading arrangements with its direct retail accounts, which represented the bulk of its business in the United Kingdom. If a fine is imposed pursuant to the OFT inquiry, we currently estimate that the amount of the fine could range from approximately $236,000 to $38.3 million. Because of a number of factors, including the relatively early stage of this inquiry, the lack of precedent under the applicable U.K. statute, and the significant appeal rights available to us in the event of an adverse determination by the OFT, there is no amount within this range which is a better estimate than any other amount in the range. While we believe that some fine will be imposed, it is our position that the amount of any fine should be at or near the low end of the range set forth above, and we will be vigorously pursuing this position in our discussions with the OFT. Nevertheless, it is possible that the outcome of this matter could result in a significant fine that harms our financial position.

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We rely on external financing, including our credit facility, to maintain our operations. If we are unable to obtain or service such financing, or if the restrictions imposed by such financing were too burdensome, our business would be negatively affected.

        In order to meet our working capital needs, particularly those prior to the fourth quarter, we rely on our credit facility. In March 2002, we entered into an amended and restated secured revolving credit agreement with existing and new lenders. This facility is secured by substantially all of our domestic accounts receivable and inventory, as well as certain of our intangible assets. The agreement contains certain restrictive covenants setting forth minimum cash flow and coverage requirements, and a number of other limitations, including restrictions on capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, share repurchases, incurrence of indebtedness and dividend payments. These restrictive covenants may limit our future actions, and financial, operating and strategic flexibility. In addition, our financial covenants were set at the time we entered into our credit facility. Our performance and financial condition may not meet our original expectations, causing us to fail to meet such financial covenants. If we were unable to meet our financial covenants, or if we failed to comply with other covenants in our credit facility, we could face significant negative consequences.

        We believe that our cash flow from operations, together with our cash and access to existing credit facilities, are adequate for current and planned needs in 2002. However, our actual experience may differ from these expectations. Factors that may lead to a difference include, but are not limited to, the matters discussed herein, as well as future events that might have the effect of reducing our available cash balance, such as unexpected material operating losses or increased capital or other expenditures, as well as increases in inventory or accounts receivable or future events that may reduce or eliminate the availability of external financial resources.

        We also may choose to finance our capital needs, from time to time, through the issuance of debt securities. Our ability to issue such securities on satisfactory terms, if at all, will depend on the state of our business and financial condition, any ratings issued by major credit rating agencies, market interest rates, and the overall condition of the financial and credit markets at the time of the offering. The condition of the credit markets and prevailing interest rates have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the future. Fluctuations in these factors could make it difficult for us to sell debt securities or require us to offer higher interest rates in order to sell new debt securities. The failure to receive financing on desirable terms, or at all, could adversely affect our ability to support our future operations or capital needs or engage in other business activities.

        As of December 30, 2001, we had approximately $1,202 million of total indebtedness outstanding. This total indebtedness includes the $250 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior debentures which we issued in 2001. If we are unable to generate sufficient available cash flow to service our outstanding debt we would need to refinance such debt or face default. There is no guarantee that we would be able to refinance debt on favorable terms, or at all. On December 1, 2005, December 1, 2011, and December 1, 2016, and upon the occurrence of certain fundamental corporate changes, holders of the 2.75% senior convertible debentures may require us to purchase their debentures. At that time, the purchase price may be paid in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two, at our discretion, provided that we will pay accrued and unpaid interest in cash. However, we may not have sufficient funds at that time to make the required repurchases.

Market conditions, government actions and regulations and other third party conduct could negatively impact implementation of our consolidation programs, margins, and other business initiatives.

        Economic conditions, such as rising fuel prices, may adversely impact our margins. In addition, general economic conditions were significantly and negatively affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks and could be similarly affected by any future attacks. Such a weakened economic

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and business climate, as well as consumer uncertainty created by such a climate, could adversely affect our sales and profitability. Other conditions, such as the unavailability of electrical components, may impede our ability to manufacture, source and ship new and continuing products on a timely basis. Additional factors outside of our control could delay or increase the cost of implementing our consolidation programs or alter our actions and reduce actual results.

As a manufacturer of consumer products and a large multinational corporation, we are subject to various government regulations, violation of which could subject us to sanctions. In addition, we could be the subject of future product liability suits, which could harm our business.

        As a manufacturer of consumer products, we are subject to significant government regulations under The Consumer Products Safety Act, The Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and The Flammable Fabrics Act. While we take all the steps we believe are necessary to comply with these acts, there can be no assurance that we will be in compliance in the future. Failure to comply could result in sanctions which could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

        In addition to government regulation, products that have been or may be developed by us may expose us to potential liability from personal injury or property damage claims by the users of such products. There can be no assurance that a claim will not be brought against us in the future. While we currently maintain product liability insurance coverage in amounts we believe sufficient for our business risks, we may not be able to maintain such coverage or such coverage may not be adequate to cover all potential claims. Moreover, even if we maintain sufficient insurance coverage, any successful claim could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition and results of operations.

        As a large, multinational corporation, we are subject to a host of governmental regulations throughout the world, including antitrust and tax requirements, anti-boycott regulations and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Our failure to successfully comply with any such legal requirements could subject us to monetary liabilities and other sanctions which could harm our business and financial condition.

We have a material amount of goodwill which, if it becomes impaired, would result in a reduction in our net income.

        Approximately $761.6 million, or 22.6%, of our total assets as of December 30, 2001 represented goodwill. Goodwill is the amount by which the cost of an acquisition accounted for using the purchase method exceeds the fair value of the net assets we acquire. We record goodwill as an intangible asset on our balance sheet and have historically amortized it on a straight-line basis over a period of 10 to 40 years. Recently, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which is effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2002. SFAS No. 142 results in goodwill no longer being amortized. Instead, goodwill is subject to a periodic impairment evaluation based on the fair value of the reporting unit. Reductions in our net income caused by the write-down of goodwill could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

        (c)    Financial Information About International and United States Operations and Export Sales         The information required by this item is included in note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of Part II of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES

Location

  Use

  Square Feet
  Type of Possession
  Lease Expiration Dates
Rhode Island                
  Pawtucket(1)(2)(6)   Administrative, Sales & Marketing Offices & Product Development   343,000   Owned  
  Pawtucket(6)   Executive Office   23,000   Owned  
  East Providence(6)   Administrative Office   120,000   Leased   2004
  Central Falls(1)(2)(6)   Warehouse   261,500   Owned  

California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Ontario(1)   Warehouse   432,000   Leased   2002

Illinois

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Vernon Hills(2)   Office & Warehouse   21,000   Leased   2002

Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  East Longmeadow(2)   Office, Manufacturing & Warehouse   1,148,000   Owned  

New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Mt. Laurel(1)   Office   11,000   Leased   2002

New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  New York(1)(2)(5)(6)   Office & Showroom   70,300   Leased   2011
  New York(1)(2)(5)(6)   Office & Showroom   36,500   Leased   2005

Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Arlington(2)   Warehouse   60,200   Leased   2003
  Dallas(2)   Warehouse   147,500   Leased   2003

Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Renton(2)(3)   Offices   169,700   Leased   2005
  Tukwilla(2)   Warehouse   18,800   Leased   2002

Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Buenos Aires(5)   Offices   6,500   Leased   2003

Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Lidcombe(5)   Office & Warehouse   161,400   Leased   2007
  Eastwood(5)   Office   16,900   Leased   2002

Belgium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Brussels(5)   Office & Showroom   18,800   Leased   2008

Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Montreal(5)   Office, Warehouse & Showroom   133,900   Leased   2004
  Mississauga(5)   Sales Office & Showroom   16,300   Leased   2004
  Montreal(5)   Warehouse   88,100   Leased   2004

Chile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Santiago(5)   Warehouse   67,600   Leased   2002
  Santiago(5)   Office   3,500   Leased   2002

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China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Shenzen PRC(5)   Office   12,900   Leased   2006

Denmark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Glostrup(5)   Office   9,200   Leased   2004

England

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Uxbridge(5)   Office & Showroom   92,900   Leased   2013

France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Le Bourget du Lac(5)   Office & Warehouse   107,900   Owned  
  Savoie Technolac(5)   Office   33,500   Owned  
  Creutzwald(5)   Warehouse   301,300   Owned  

Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Dietzenbach(5)   Office   43,000   Leased   2006
  Soest(5)   Office & Warehouse   164,200   Owned  

Greece

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Athens(5)   Office & Warehouse   25,100   Leased   2007

Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Kowloon(1)(2)(4)(5)   Office & Warehouse   4,900   Leased   2003
  Kowloon(1)(2)(4)(5)   Office & Warehouse   5,700   Leased   2002
  Kowloon(1)(2)(4)(5)   Office & Warehouse   33,700   Leased   2002
  Kowloon(4)   Offices   43,400   Leased   2005
  New Territories(4)   Warehouse   11,500   Leased   2002
  New Territories(4)   Warehouse   8,100   Leased   2003
  New Territories(4)   Office   7,300   Leased   2002

Hungary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Budapest(5)   Office   14,000   Leased   2002

Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Waterford(5)   Office, Manufacturing & Warehouse   244,000   Owned  

Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Milan(5)   Office & Showroom   12,100   Leased   2007

Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Periferico(5)   Office   16,100   Leased   2002
  Carretera(5)   Warehouse   215,500   Leased   2004

The Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Utrecht(5)   Office   12,800   Leased   2003

New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Auckland(5)   Office & Warehouse   35,000   Leased   2010

Peru

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Lima(5)   Warehouse   32,400   Leased   2002
  Lima(5)   Office   11,000   Leased   2002

Poland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Warsaw(5)   Office & Warehouse   21,400   Leased   2003

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Spain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Valencia(5)   Office, Manufacturing & Warehouse   469,100   Leased   2014

Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Vosby(5)   Office   7,400   Leased   2003

Switzerland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Berikon(5)   Office & Warehouse   25,000   Leased   2002
  Delemont(5)   Office   9,200   Leased   2004

Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Istanbul(5)   Office   10,500   Leased   2004

Wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Newport(5)   Warehouse   75,000   Leased   2003
  Newport(5)   Warehouse   170,000   Owned  

(1)
Property used in the U.S. Toys segment.

(2)
Property used in the Games segment.

(3)
Property used in Other segments.

(4)
Property used in the Operations segment.

(5)
Property used in the International segment.

(6)
Property used in the Corporate area.

        In addition to the above listed facilities, the Company either owns or leases various other properties approximating an aggregate of 545,643 square feet which are utilized by its various segments, and include retail and game play locations operated under the WIZARDS OF THE COAST and GAME KEEPER names. The Company also either owns or leases an aggregate of approximately 75,600 square feet not currently being utilized in its operations. In addition, the Company also has 1,613,000 square feet of leased property previously included in restructuring actions that the Company is currently subleasing or offering for sublease.

        The foregoing properties consist, in general, of brick, cinder block or concrete block buildings which the Company believes are in good condition and well maintained.

        The Company believes that its facilities are adequate for its current needs.

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ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

        During 2001, the Company received two inquiries from the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (the "OFT") into allegedly anti-competitive pricing practices by the Company's United Kingdom ("U.K.") subsidiary, Hasbro U.K. Ltd. ("Hasbro U.K."). While the first inquiry related to a small portion of Hasbro U.K.'s business, the inquiry received in the third quarter of 2001 from the OFT sought, among other things, information relating to Hasbro U.K.'s trading arrangements with its direct retail accounts, which represent the bulk of its business in the U.K.. The Company is cooperating fully with the OFT in its inquiries. If a fine is imposed pursuant to the OFT inquiry, the Company currently estimates that the amount of the fine could range from approximately $236,000 to approximately $38.3 million. Because of a number of factors, including the relatively early stage of this inquiry, the lack of precedent under the applicable U.K. statute, and the significant appeal rights available to the Company in the event of an adverse determination by the OFT, there is no amount within this range which is a better estimate than any other amount in the range. The Company has accrued a charge to earnings equal to the low end of the range set forth above. As a result, any fine that is imposed in excess of this accrued amount would have an adverse effect on the Company's results of operations in the quarter in which such additional liability is fixed or resolved. While the Company believes that some fine will be imposed, it is the Company's position that the amount of any fine should be at or near the low end of the range set forth above, and it will be vigorously pursuing this position in its discussions with the OFT. As of March 15, 2002, no formal complaint has been filed in this matter.

        The Company is party to certain other legal proceedings, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, is deemed to be material to the financial condition of the Company.

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

        None.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

        The following persons are the executive officers of the Company. Such executive officers are elected annually. The position(s) and office(s) listed below are the principal position(s) and office(s) held by such persons with the Company, or its subsidiaries or divisions employing such person. The persons listed below generally also serve as officers and directors of the Company's various subsidiaries at the request and convenience of the Company.

Name

  Age
  Position and Office Held
  Period Serving in Current Position
Alan G. Hassenfeld(1)   53   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer   Since 1999
Alfred J. Verrecchia(2)   59   President and Chief Operating Officer   Since 2001
Harold P. Gordon   64   Vice Chairman   Since 1995
David D. R. Hargreaves(3)   49   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   Since 2001
George B. Volanakis(4)   54   Executive Vice President and President, International   Since 2001
Brian Goldner(5)   38   President, U.S. Toys   Since 2001
Richard B. Holt   60   Senior Vice President and Controller   Since 1992
Barry Nagler(6)   45   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   Since 2001
Martin R. Trueb(7)   50   Senior Vice President and Treasurer   Since 1997
E. David Wilson(8)   64   President, Games   Since 2001

(1)
Prior thereto, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.
(2)
Prior thereto, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2001; prior thereto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2000; prior thereto Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Development during 1999; prior thereto, Executive Vice President and President, Global Operations from 1996 to 1999; prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer, Domestic Toy Operations.
(3)
Prior thereto, Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2000; prior thereto, Senior Vice President, Finance during 1999; prior thereto, Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning, Global Marketing from 1997 to 1999; prior thereto, Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning, Global Operations from 1996 to 1997; prior thereto, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Domestic Toy Operations.
(4)
Prior thereto, Executive Vice President from 2000 to 2001; prior thereto, General Manager and Sector Head, International Businesses from 1999 to 2000; prior thereto, President, European Sales and Marketing from 1998 to 1999; prior thereto, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ertl Company, Inc.
(5)
Prior thereto, from 2000 to 2001, Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S. Toys; during 2000, Chief Operating Officer of Tiger Electronics, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company; prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer, Bandai America, Inc., from 1997 to 2000; prior thereto, Worldwide Director in Charge, Entertainment Division, J. Walter Thompson Advertising.
(6)
Prior thereto, Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 2000 to 2001; prior thereto, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Reebok International, Ltd. (Reebok) from 1997 to 2000; prior thereto, Vice President and General Counsel, Reebok.
(7)
Prior thereto, Assistant Treasurer, Amway Corporation.
(8)
Prior thereto, Senior Vice President and Sector Head, Games from 1999 to 2001; prior thereto, President, Hasbro Americas from 1997 to 1999; prior thereto, President, Hasbro Games Group from 1995 to 1997.

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PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

        The Company's common stock, par value $.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices as reported on the Composite Tape of the New York Stock Exchange and the cash dividends declared per share of Common Stock for the periods listed.

 
  Sales Prices
   
Period

  Cash Dividends Declared
  High
  Low
2001                
  1st Quarter   $ 14.63   10.31   $ .03
  2nd Quarter     15.59   10.50     .03
  3rd Quarter     17.62   11.60     .03
  4th Quarter     18.44   13.16     .03

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  1st Quarter   $ 19  1/8 13  3/4 $ .06
  2nd Quarter     18  9/16 15     .06
  3rd Quarter     17  13/16 10  3/16   .06
  4th Quarter     12  15/16 8  3/8   .03

        The approximate number of holders of record of the Company's Common Stock as of March 12, 2002 was 9,100.

        Declaration of dividends is at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend upon the earnings, financial condition of the Company and such other factors as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. Payment of dividends is further subject to restrictions contained in agreements relating to the Company's outstanding short-term and long-term debt. Under the Company's bank credit agreement, dividend payments are restricted to the greater of $.03 per share quarterly or 25% of prior fiscal year consolidated net income.

        On November 30, 2001 the Company closed the private sale of $225 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.75% convertible senior debentures due 2021 (the "Convertible Senior Debentures"). On December 12, 2001 the Company closed the sale of an additional $25 million in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Debentures. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. acted as representative for the initial purchasers of the Convertible Senior Debentures, all of whom were accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Convertible Senior Debentures were offered and sold to the initial purchasers in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. In connection with this offering and sale, the Company paid the initial purchasers an underwriter's commission equal to 2.5% of the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Debentures.

        Holders may convert the Convertible Senior Debentures prior to stated maturity at an initial conversion price of $21.60 per share under any of the following circumstances:

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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except per share Data and Ratios)

 
  Fiscal Year
 
  2001
  2000
  1999
  1998
  1997
Statement of Earnings Data:                      
  Net revenues   $ 2,856,339   3,787,215   4,232,263   3,304,454   3,188,559
  Net earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change   $ 60,798   (144,631 ) 188,953   206,365   134,986
Per Common Share Data:                      
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change                      
      Basic   $ .35   (.82 ) .97   1.04   .70
      Diluted   $ .35   (.82 ) .93   1.00   .68
  Cash dividends declared   $ .12   .21   .24   .21   .21
Balance Sheet Data:                      
  Total assets   $ 3,368,979   3,828,459   4,463,348   3,793,845   2,899,717
  Long-term debt   $ 1,165,649   1,167,838   420,654   407,180  
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)     1.76   (.67 ) 4.10   6.70   5.66
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:                      
    Basic     172,131   176,437   194,917   197,927   193,089
    Diluted     173,018   176,437   202,103   205,420   206,353

(1)
For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, fixed charges include interest, amortization of debt expense and one-third of rentals; earnings available for fixed charges represent earnings before fixed charges and income taxes. Earnings for 2000 were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $225,986.

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ITEM 7.    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

        The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included elsewhere in this document.

        This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company's expectations and beliefs. See "Business-Forward-Looking Information and Risk Factors" for a discussion of other uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements.

Summary

        A percentage analysis of results of operations follows:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Net revenues   100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of sales   42.8   44.2   40.1  
   
 
 
 
Gross profit   57.2   55.8   59.9  
Amortization   4.3   4.2   4.1  
Royalties, research and development   11.7   16.8   16.8  
Advertising   10.2   12.0   10.8  
Selling, distribution and administration   23.6   22.7   19.0  
Restructuring     1.7   1.5  
Loss on sale of business units     1.2    
Interest expense   3.6   3.0   1.6  
Other (income) expense, net   .4   .2   (.4 )
   
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change   3.4   (6.0 ) 6.5  
Income taxes   1.3   (2.2 ) 2.0  
   
 
 
 
Net earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change   2.1   (3.8 ) 4.5  
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax        
   
 
 
 
Net earnings (loss)   2.1 % (3.8 )% 4.5 %
   
 
 
 

(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Data)

Results of Operations

        Net earnings for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001 were $59,732, or $.35 per diluted share. Net earnings (loss) for fiscal 2000 and 1999 were $(144,631) and $188,953, or $(.82) and $.93 per diluted share, respectively.

        Included in net earnings for 2001 is a $1,066 net of tax charge relating to the adoption of FASB Statement No. 133, "Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities." Costs incurred in the Company's International segment relating to the deteriorating Argentine business environment and the devaluation of the peso amounted to $11,290, net of tax, in 2001. Approximately half of this charge relates to the impact of the devaluation on US dollar denominated intercompany liabilities the Company held in Argentina. The Company is taking steps to settle these liabilities and does not currently anticipate a material amount of foreign currency loss arising from these liabilities in 2002. Included in the net loss for 2000 were pretax charges relating to the Company's consolidation program of $146,142. Actions for which the Company provided charges under this program in 2000 were completed in 2001, and the Company recorded a credit in 2001 of $1,795 relating to costs not expended. In 2000, the Company also recognized a $43,965 pretax loss in connection with the sale to Infogrames Entertainment S.A. (Infogrames) of certain business units comprising Hasbro Interactive and Games.com. The sale of these business units closed in January 2001. A dispute

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with respect to certain post-closing adjustments to the sales price was resolved with no material impact to the Company's results of operations. During fiscal 1999, net earnings included the impact of $141,575 of pretax consolidation program charges. A credit adjustment to these planned costs of $6,128 was recorded in 2000, as the 1999 consolidation plan came to completion.

        Consolidated net revenues for the year ended December 30, 2001 were $2,856,339 compared to $3,787,215 in 2000, a decrease of 25%. Most of the Company's revenues and operating earnings result from its three principal segments: U.S. Toys, Games and International.

        Net revenues in the U.S. Toys segment increased by 6% in 2001 over 2000. The increase is due primarily to sales of product in connection with the Company's key license agreement with Disney, which were positively impacted by the November 2001 theatrical release of MONSTERS, INC., sales of preschool product tied to BOB THE BUILDER, product sales tied to the theatrical release of JURASSIC PARK III and increased product sales from certain of the Company's core brands, primarily GI JOE. The increased sales of these products offset the $71,000 decrease in U.S. Toys segment revenue from the sale of POKEMON related products. U.S. Toys' operating profit for the year ended December 30, 2001 of $86,339 compared with a prior year operating loss, excluding consolidation program charges, of $145,761. In addition to higher gross margin and lower royalty expense arising from the mix of products sold in 2001, more effective management resulting from the consolidation of the U.S. Toys segment into essentially one location at the end of 2000 as part of the consolidation program, as well as the Company's focus on cost reduction resulted in lower product development, advertising and promotion, marketing and sales and administration costs in 2001.

        Games segment revenues declined to $1,108,232 from 2000 levels of $1,843,104. Included in the 2000 results of the Games segment were revenues and operating losses derived from sales of interactive software games, and costs associated with development of an online interactive game initiative, Games.com. In December 2000, the Company announced the sale of the business units which made up Hasbro Interactive as well as Games.com to Infogrames. This sale closed in January 2001. Net revenues of the business units sold were $194,300 in 2000. Games segment revenues were also negatively impacted from 2000 levels by an approximate $469,000 decline in revenues from POKEMON products, primarily trading card games, and an additional approximate $54,000 decline in revenue from FURBY products. Revenues from certain core products, such as MAGIC: THE GATHERING and family and adult games, increased, as well as those derived from the combination of certain core brands and key licenses, such as Disney MONOPOLY. However, these increases were insufficient to offset the decreases noted above. With an overall 40% decrease in revenue, the Games segment had operating profit of $82,280 in 2001 compared to $162,648 in 2000. Operating profit of the Games segment in 2000 included operating losses of the business units sold to Infogrames of $(104,200).

        International segment revenues decreased 23% in 2001 compared to 2000, including an approximate $288,000 decline in revenue from POKEMON and FURBY products. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates did not have a material effect on International segment revenues. Due primarily to this decline in revenue, International segment operating profit in 2001 of $32,224 declined 40% from the 2000 level of $53,782.

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        Revenues from the Retail segment, which represents the retail operations of Wizards of the Coast, were $51,019 in 2001 compared with $57,328 in 2000. Operating loss of this segment of $(36,897) in 2001 includes a charge of approximately $16,000 associated with impairment of long-lived assets.

        The Company expects that revenues and related expenses of entertainment-based products are higher in the year of a theatrical release. STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release in May 2002. Disney is expected to release MONSTERS, INC. outside of North America during early 2002 and LILO AND STITCH, for which the Company also has rights to produce product, is expected in theaters in June 2002. This will be the first full year of the Company's relationship with Disney.

        Consolidated net revenues for 2000 were $3,787,215 compared to $4,232,263 for 1999. This 11% decrease in net revenues from 1999 levels includes an approximate $129,800 worldwide unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation rates. In 2001, the Company reclassified its segment results for 2000 and 1999 to reflect the realignment of certain operating divisions. Toy related product formerly included in the Company's Other segments is now included in the U.S. Toys segment, and manufacturing operations in the former Global Operations segment were realigned with the marketing segment to which they related. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, net revenues decreased in two of the Company's three principal segments, U.S. Toys and International, and operating profit, excluding charges relating to the Company's consolidation programs, decreased in all segments. In U.S. Toys, the decline in revenues resulted predominately from a decline in sales of product related to STAR WARS: EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE, POKEMON toys and TELETUBBIES preschool products, offset in part by the United States introduction of ACTION MAN. Coupled with the decline in revenues, lower gross profit margins on product sold in 2000, and early 2000 higher administrative overhead and expenditures for items such as advertising resulted in an operating loss. In the International segment, the decline in sales of STAR WARS product was largely offset by shipments of POKEMON toy and non-trading card game related products. The decline in revenues was due primarily to the unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Higher product costs on items sold in 2000 contributed to the decline in operating profit for this segment. In the Company's Games segment, revenues increased over 1999 levels, while operating profits, before consolidation program charges and loss on sale of business units, decreased by 35%. The increased revenues are due in large part to the 2000 full year inclusion of trading card games from Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (Wizards), acquired in the fourth quarter of 1999, while decreased operating profits primarily resulted from a significant decline in sales of FURBY and related lost profit. Net revenues in 1999 of the business units sold to Infogrames were $237,200, while the related operating loss, excluding consolidation program charges, was $(89,032).

        The Company's gross profit margin increased in 2001 to 57.2% from 55.8% in 2000, which compares with 59.9% in 1999. The increase in margin primarily reflects product mix, and to a lesser degree, lower obsolescence costs incurred in 2001 versus 2000. The Company has actively managed inventory in 2001 to coincide with a lower planned level of business activity, attempting to avoid unnecessary expenditures of cash and potential charges related to obsolescence. The Company's failure to accurately predict and respond to consumer demand could result in overproduction of less popular items, which could result in higher obsolescence costs. In 2000, margin increases expected over 1999 were not realized largely due to obsolescence cost incurred associated with overproduction of certain trading card games, primarily POKEMON related. The Company expects gross margin to increase in 2002 due to higher margins associated with sales of product relating to entertainment based properties.

        Amortization expense of $121,652 in 2001 includes goodwill amortization of $43,850 and amortization of product rights of $77,802. During 2000, the $157,763 of amortization expense

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recorded included impairment charges of $25,046 resulting from discontinued product line offerings arising from the Company's decision to focus on developing its core brands. This compares with $173,533 in 1999 which included, as part of the consolidation program, $38,449 in impairment charges arising from decisions to discontinue or significantly reduce product line offerings. At the beginning of fiscal 2002, the Company will adopt the provisions of FASB Statements 141 "Business Combinations," and 142 "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." Statement 141 specifies the criteria intangible assets acquired must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. Statement No. 142 will require that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead, be tested for impairment at least annually.

        Statement 141 will require, upon adoption of Statement 142, that the Company evaluate its existing intangible assets and goodwill acquired in prior purchase business combinations, and make any necessary reclassifications in order to conform with the new criteria in Statement 141 for recognition apart from goodwill. Upon adoption of Statement 142, the Company will also be required to reassess the useful lives and residual values of all intangible assets acquired in purchase business combinations, and make any necessary amortization period adjustments by the end of the first interim period after adoption. In addition, to the extent an intangible asset is identified as having an indefinite useful life, the Company will be required to test the intangible asset for impairment in accordance with the provisions of Statement 142 within the first interim period. Any impairment loss arising from this assessment would be recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in this period. Statement 142 will require the Company to also perform an assessment of whether there is an indication that goodwill is impaired as of the date of adoption. This assessment and analysis of its results is required to be completed as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the year of adoption. Any transitional impairment loss will be recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Company's statement of operations.

        Because of the extensive effort needed to comply with adopting Statements 141 and 142, it is not practicable to reasonably estimate the impact of adopting these Statements on the Company's financial statements. While goodwill will no longer be amortized in 2002, the Company does expect that amortization expense related to product rights will increase in 2002. This is due to higher revenues expected in 2002 relating to STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES related product and the resultant impact of higher amortization of product rights obtained in connection with this entertainment property.

        Expenditures for royalties, research and development decreased to $335,358 from $635,366 in 2000 and $711,790 in 1999. Included in these amounts are expenditures for research and development of $125,633 in 2001, $208,485 in 2000 and $254,599 in 1999. As percentages of net revenues, research and development was 4.4% in 2001, down from 5.5% in 2000 and 6.0% in 1999. In 1999, contractual development commitments recognized for product lines discontinued in connection with the 1999 consolidation program amounted to $10,992. Absent the impact of costs associated with the business units sold to Infogrames, research and development expense would have been 3.9% in 2000 and 4.1% in 1999. The decrease in dollars in 2001 reflects the Company's focus on reduced spending, and synergies achieved from centralizing the U.S. Toys segment development team into one location. The Company anticipates that research and development expense will increase in 2002 as it continues its focus on efforts to develop its core brand strategy, including development of product related to strategic licenses. Royalty expense decreased to $209,725, or 7.3% of net revenues in 2001 from $426,881 in 2000. Excluding charges of $42,270 in 2000 and $15,300 in 1999 relating to royalty commitments on discontinued product lines and product lines with significantly reduced expectations recognized in connection with the Company's consolidation programs, royalty expenditures were approximately 10.2% and 10.4% of net revenues in 2000 and 1999, respectively. Revenues derived from entertainment based properties, such as STAR WARS, and resultant royalties, while continuous over the life of a contract, are generally higher in amount in the year a theatrical release takes place. The degree to which revenues,

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royalties and operating profits fluctuate is dependent not only on theatrical release dates, but video release dates as well. The Company anticipates that royalty expense will increase in 2002 related to sales of product associated with STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Due to the royalties associated with this license, the Company expects that operating profits derived from sales of associated products will not increase commensurate with the revenues received from those sales.

        Advertising expense decreased to $290,829, or 10.2% of net revenues, compared to 12.0% and 10.8% of net revenues in 2000 and 1999, respectively. Included in 2000 expense is $3,155 related to contractual commitments on discontinued product lines arising from the Company's 2000 consolidation program. The decrease in 2001 results from lower expenditures coinciding with lower revenues, lower media costs and a more efficient use of advertising spending. While the Company does not expect 2002 advertising expense to increase significantly as a percentage of 2002 net revenues, it does anticipate that the dollars expended in 2002 will increase over 2001.

        Selling, distribution and administration costs decreased in dollars but increased as a percentage of lower net revenues in 2001 to $675,482, from $863,496 in 2000 and $799,919 in 1999. Of the $188,000 decrease in dollars from 2000, approximately $75,000 is attributable to the business units sold to Infogrames in January 2001. Reductions in marketing, sales and administration expenses related to expense reduction programs account for 82% of the remaining $113,000, with the remaining 18% arising from reduced distribution expenses which are largely volume related. The Company is continuing its focus on reducing expenses in this area in 2002, and does not anticipate an increase in dollars or percentage of revenue in 2002.

        In the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company implemented a plan to consolidate its U.S. Toys group into Rhode Island, significantly reduce overhead through reductions in product development, sales and marketing, and administrative functions across the Company and to increase its focus on development of the Company's core brands. In 2000, the Company recorded a total of $152,270 in expense relating to this plan, $70,079 of restructuring expense and $82,191 of expense in other operating categories, including $6,625 to cost of sales, $25,046 in amortization, $42,270 in royalties, research and development, $3,155 in advertising and $5,095 in selling, distribution and administration expense. The significant components of the 2000 plan included the closing of offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Napa, California office and warehouse and a small office in San Francisco, California, thereby essentially consolidating the U.S. Toys group in Rhode Island. Additionally, the plan included the reduction of overhead, particularly in marketing and sales, product development and administration, including a curtailment of expansion of the retail business of Wizards, the further consolidation of certain international operating offices into regional centers and consolidation and streamlining of the Company's marketing activities. These actions were completed in 2001, and have resulted in a restructuring credit of $(1,795). The credit results primarily from adjustments due to lower than expected severance costs to complete the plan. The 2000 plan also included the refocus of the Company on developing and marketing its core brands and reducing its reliance on licenses. This focus resulted in product lines which were discontinued or for which the Company has significantly reduced expectations.

        The components of the plan included in the restructuring charge of $70,100 in the 2000 statement of operations were severance costs of $31,800, lease costs of $21,400 and fixed asset write-offs of $16,900. Fixed asset write-offs were recorded in 2000. Remaining balances accrued at December 30, 2001 include $2,700 of severance benefits remaining to be paid to terminated

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employees over their remaining entitlement period, and $10,300 of lease payments remaining on closed facilities. Details of activity in the restructuring plan for fiscal 2001 follow:

 
  Balance at December 31, 2000
  Activity
  Adjustment
  Balance at December 30, 2001
Severance   $ 31,800   (27,305 ) (1,795 ) 2,700
Lease costs     21,400   (11,100 )   10,300
   
 
 
 
    $ 53,200   (38,405 ) (1,795 ) 13,000
   
 
 
 
Employee redundancies by area:    
  Manufacturing activities     27   (27 )  
  Research, product development, marketing, sales, and administration     322   (315 ) (7 )
   
 
 
 
      349   (342 ) (7 )
   
 
 
 

        Total charges under the 2000 plan represented cash charges of approximately $31,800 for severance benefits disbursed over the employee's entitlement period, $21,400 for lease costs to be expended over the contractual lease term of the closed facilities and approximately $31,100 of contractual commitments on exited product lines and certain other licensed product lines with reduced expectations due to the Company's enhanced focus on its core brands. The product lines exited were not, either individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company's revenues or operating results. Total non-cash charges were $62,900. Non-cash charges of $16,900 for fixed asset write-offs related primarily to Corporate and the U.S. Toys segment. The remaining approximately $46,000 relates to asset write-offs and a write-down of assets impaired due to the Company's enhanced focus on its core brands. This included impairment of intangible assets arising from the decision to discontinue product line offerings. Non-cash charges related to asset write-offs were credited to the respective line items on the balance sheet in 2000. While the Company realized benefits from the consolidation of operations and focus on core product lines throughout its income statement, it achieved pretax savings directly related to specific actions under the restructuring plan of $51,000 in 2001 and anticipates continued savings of approximately $53,000 in 2002.

        In December 1999, the Company announced a program to consolidate manufacturing and sourcing activities and product lines, as well as to streamline and further regionalize marketing, sales and research and development activities worldwide. Costs associated with the 1999 consolidation program, recorded in the fourth quarter of 1999, amounted to $141,575, of which $64,232 was recorded as a restructuring charge and $77,343 in various other operating expense categories. Adjustments to the restructuring plan of $(6,128) were recorded in 2000. The significant components of the plan included the closing of factories in Mexico and in the United Kingdom, reducing capacity at remaining factories, shifting production to third party manufacturers in the Far East and further consolidation and regionalization of the International marketing and sales structure. Actions under the plan commenced in December 1999 and were completed in fiscal 2000. There were no material changes to the plan, however, adjustments were recognized in 2000 reflecting the reversal of excess restructuring accruals due to lower than previously estimated costs to achieve the overall objectives of the plan, primarily in the consolidation and regionalization of the International marketing and sales structure. Approximately 2,200 employees were terminated as part of the 1999 plan. The plan included approximately $38,700 of cash charges for severance benefits expended over the employee's entitlement period, $14,300 of cash charges for lease costs to be expended over the contractual lease terms and non-cash charges of $11,200 for fixed asset write-offs, arising primarily in the manufacturing area. Non-cash charges relating to fixed asset write-offs were credited to the respective line items on the balance sheet. At December 30, 2001, the remaining liability of $3,000 relates to lease costs, which are being expended over the contractual lease term.

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        The components of the consolidation program included in other operating expenses in 1999 represent costs associated with exiting certain product lines and reevaluating other product lines resulting in reduced expectations. The product lines being exited were not, either individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company's revenues or operating results. Approximately $12,000 represented cash charges which have been incurred on contractual royalty, product development and advertising commitments associated with the discontinued product lines. Non-cash charges of approximately $65,000 related to asset write-offs and write-downs of underutilized assets, including impairment of intangible assets arising from the decision to discontinue or significantly reduce product line offerings. The resulting sum of undiscounted future cash flows of these assets was not sufficient to cover the carrying amount of the assets, and as such, they were written down to their fair market value. Items relating to property rights and licenses, goodwill, inventory, prepaid and other current assets were credited to the respective asset in the balance sheet.

        As noted above, in December 2000, the Company entered into an agreement to sell certain business units comprising Hasbro Interactive, as well as its internet portal, Games.com, to Infogrames for Infogrames securities and cash. The sale of the business units closed in January 2001. Net assets of the business units sold were written down to estimated fair value as of December 31, 2000, resulting in the recognition of a pretax loss of $43,965. During 2001, the Company was engaged in arbitration proceedings with Infogrames regarding a dispute over the amount of post-closing adjustments to the sales proceeds in connection with this sale. The dispute was settled with no material adjustments to the Company's results of operations. Proceeds from the sale were $56,200, of which $1,000 was in cash, $1,000 was in redeemable preferred stock of Hasbro Interactive and the remainder was in common stock of Infogrames.

        Interest expense decreased to $103,688 in 2001 from $114,421 in 2000, which was up from the $69,340 incurred in 1999. The decrease in 2001 is primarily due to lower short-term debt in 2001 over 2000. The increase in 2000 over prior periods largely reflects the costs associated with funding the Company's 1998 and 1999 acquisitions and the Company's stock repurchase program. In November 2001, the Company issued $250,000 of 2.75% convertible senior debentures. Proceeds from this issuance were used to repurchase debt carrying higher interest rates. Due to this issuance and lower projected borrowing levels in 2002, the Company expects interest expense to decrease in 2002.

        Other expense of $11,443 in 2001 and $7,288 in 2000 compare to income of $15,616 in 1999. A lower level of interest income coupled with an increase in losses on foreign currency transactions, including the impact of the Argentine peso devaluation, account for the majority of increased 2001 net expense. Expense in 2000 relates primarily to the write down of investments held for sale which have experienced an other than temporary decline in value, coupled with a higher level of transactional losses resulting from an unfavorable movement in foreign currency.

        Income tax expense was 36.8% of pretax earnings in 2001. Income tax benefit on the 2000 pretax loss was 36.0%, compared with income tax expense of 31.0% in 1999. The higher 2001 and 2000 rates reflect the tax expense of operating profits in jurisdictions with higher statutory tax rates and operating losses in jurisdictions where benefits are not currently realizable.

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        During 2001, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Statement No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" which required that the Company record all derivatives, such as foreign exchange contracts, on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the derivative fair values that are designated, effective and qualify as cash flow hedges, are deferred and recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (AOCE) until the hedged transactions occur and are then recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. As a result of adopting Statement 133 and in accordance with the transition provisions, the Company recorded a one-time after tax charge of $1,066 or $(.01) per share during 2001 representing the cumulative effect of the adoption in its consolidated statements of operations and an after tax unrealized loss of $753 to AOCE, which the Company has reclassified to earnings through cost of sales in 2001.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        Hasbro has historically generated a significant amount of cash from normal operations. Seasonal financing requirements have been met with the use of short-term borrowings, which in 2001 included borrowings under a secured committed line of credit, and in prior years, issuance of commercial paper as well as borrowings under the Company's lines of credit. Long-term debt has increased from nil in 1997, to $1,165,649, excluding current installments, at December 30, 2001. This long-term debt has been used primarily to fund the Company's 1998 and 1999 business acquisitions, as well as the repurchase of the Company's common stock in the open market. During 2001, the Company made no acquisitions of businesses or repurchases of its common stock.

        At December 30, 2001, cash and cash equivalents, net of short-term borrowings, were $199,071. This compares with cash and cash equivalents, net of short-term borrowings of $(99,177) and $(430,368) at December 31, 2000 and December 26, 1999, respectively. Hasbro generated approximately $372,000, $163,000 and $392,000 of net cash from its operating activities in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The increase in 2001 from 2000 results primarily from the Company's aggressive management of its cash flow requirements. While both fourth quarter and full year 2001 revenues were down from 2000 levels, fourth quarter days sales outstanding improved to 52 days from 53 days in 2000. Accounts receivable at year-end is primarily composed of fourth quarter revenues. Planned lower levels of business activity combined with improved inventory management resulted in inventory levels $118,000, or 35% lower at December 2001 than December 2000. Improved inventory management, a focus on reducing discretionary expenditures in areas such as advertising and cost savings achieved as part of the Company's consolidation programs resulted in lower levels of cash expended, and are reflected in lower prepaid assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities at the end of 2001 compared with 2000. Also included in prepaid and other current assets at the end of 2000 were assets held for sale in connection with the January 2001 sale of Hasbro Interactive and Games.com to Infogrames discussed above. In comparing 2000 with 1999, the 58% decrease in cash provided by operating activities is due primarily to the approximate $145,000 net loss incurred in 2000. Coupled with cash utilized to reduce accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the decrease was partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable. The decrease in accounts receivable results from a 27% decrease in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2000 versus the comparable period in 1999 and a greater proportion of cash collected on sales during the year. Inventory levels at the end of 2000 decreased from 1999 as a result of both lower production in anticipation of reduced shipments in the first quarter of 2001 and the write-down of excess inventory, particularly trading card games, in the fourth quarter of 2000. As noted above, prepaid expenses and other current assets at the end of 2000 also included assets held for sale in regards to the Company's sale of Hasbro Interactive and Games.com to Infogrames.

        Cash flows from investing activities were a net utilization of $57,779, $180,710 and $429,092 in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. During 2001, the Company expended approximately $50,000 on additions to its property, plant and equipment while during 2000 and 1999 it expended

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approximately $125,000 and $107,000, respectively. Of these amounts, 75% in 2001, 33% in 2000 and 53% in 1999 were for purchases of tools, dies and molds related to the Company's products. Under the terms of the Company's credit facility, the Company is restricted in the amount it can expend on additions to property, plant and equipment. The Company reduced its level of spending in 2001 below the level it was restricted to in 2001 under its then outstanding credit facilities, as part of its cash management process. During the three years ended December 30, 2001, depreciation and amortization of plant and equipment was $104,247, $106,458 and $103,791, respectively.

        The Company made no acquisitions of businesses in 2001. During 2000, the Company made several small acquisitions for approximately $58,000 in total, net of cash acquired, none of which were considered individually significant. Additionally, 2000 investing activities included post closing adjustments and contingent payments in relation to the September 1999 acquisition of Wizards. On September 30, 1999, the Company acquired the outstanding shares of Wizards, for an initial purchase price of $325,000, subject to additional payments based upon the closing balance sheet and future payments contingent upon achieving certain operating objectives. The Company also made other smaller acquisitions and investments in 1999, none of which was significant. Other investing activities in 2000 largely reflects a reduction in intangible and other long-term assets of Hasbro Interactive and Games.com, which were sold to Infogrames. Under the terms of the Company's credit facility, the Company is restricted in the amount it can expend on future acquisitions.

        The Company commits to inventory production, advertising and marketing expenditures prior to the peak third and fourth quarter retail selling season. Accounts receivable increase during the third and fourth quarter as customers increase their purchases to meet expected consumer demand in the holiday season. Due to the concentrated timeframe of this selling period, payments for these accounts receivable are generally not due until the fourth quarter or early in the first quarter of the subsequent year. This timing difference between expenses paid and revenues collected makes it necessary for the Company to borrow varying amounts during the year. During 2001, the Company utilized cash from operations and borrowing under its secured amended and restated revolving credit and line of credit agreements to meet its cash flow requirements. At December 30, 2001, the Company had a committed secured revolving credit agreement of $325,000, maturing in February 2003. The secured committed line of credit of an additional $325,000, available to the Company during most of the year, was no longer required by the Company and was canceled in December 2001. The Company was in compliance with all restrictive covenants throughout the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001. In order to extend the term of the existing agreement, provide additional amounts for working capital needs and remove certain restrictions regarding the retirement of long-term debt, the Company entered into an amended and restated revolving credit facility with its existing bank group dated March 19, 2002. This amended and restated facility increased the amount available to the Company for borrowing to $380,000, and has a final maturity date of March 2005. The facility continues to be secured by substantially all domestic accounts receivable and inventory, as well as certain intangible assets of the Company. The Company is not required to maintain compensating balances under the agreement. The agreement contains certain restrictive covenants setting forth minimum cash flow and coverage requirements, and a number of other limitations, including with respect to capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, share repurchases and dividend payments. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under its committed facility at March 3, 2002. Amounts available and unused under uncommitted lines at March 3, 2002 were $43,400. During 2000, the Company borrowed through the issuance of commercial paper and against short-term lines of credit to fund its seasonal working capital requirements in excess of funds available from operations and the issuance of long-term debt.

        The Company funds its operations and liquidity needs primarily through cash flow from operations, as well as utilizing borrowings under the Company's secured and unsecured credit facilities when needed. During 2002, the Company expects to continue to fund its working capital

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needs through operations and its revolving credit facility and believes that the funds available to it are adequate to meet its needs. The Company expects to be in compliance with its covenants in 2002. However, unforeseen circumstances, such as severe softness in or a collapse of the retail environment may result in a significant decline in revenues and operating results of the Company, thereby causing the Company to be in non-compliance with its debt covenants. This may cause the Company to be unable to utilize borrowings under its revolving credit facility.

        In November and December of 2001, the Company issued $250,000 of senior convertible debentures due 2021. The proceeds from the sales along with cash on hand were used to repurchase $250,000 in original principal amount of existing long-term debt, specifically $225,000 of the 7.95% notes due 2003, $4,000 of the 6.15% notes due 2008, and $21,000 of the 6.60% notes due 2028. Cash on hand was used to repurchase an additional $127 of the notes due in 2003. The senior convertible debentures bear interest at 2.75%, which could be subject to an upward adjustment, with the rate not to exceed 11%, commencing in December 2005 depending on the price of the Company's stock. This contingent interest feature represents a derivative instrument which is recorded on the balance sheet at its fair value, and changes in fair value will be recognized in the statement of operations. If the closing price of the Company's stock exceeds certain levels for a specified period of time, or upon other specified events, the debentures will be convertible at an initial conversion price of $21.60. The holders of these debentures may put the notes back to Hasbro in December 2005, December 2011 and December 2016 at the original principal amount. At that time, the purchase price may be paid in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two. The Company's current intent is to settle in cash any puts exercised.

        At December 30, 2001, the Company has remaining $324,873 of outstanding 7.95% Notes due in March 2003. It is the Company's current intent that cash flow from operations will be used to settle this obligation.

        During 2000, net financing activities utilized approximately $128,000 of funds of the Company, primarily as a result of the completion on March 27 of a "Modified Dutch Auction" tender offer, pursuant to which the Company accepted for payment approximately 18,086 shares of common stock, representing approximately 9.5% of outstanding shares, at a purchase price of $17.25 per share. The aggregate purchase, including fees and expenses associated with the tender offer, was approximately $313,000. Offsetting this utilization was net borrowing activities in 2000 which included the issuance of $550,000 of 7.95% notes due March 15, 2003 and $200,000 of 8.50% notes due March 15, 2006. During 1999, net financing activities provided approximately $146,000 of funds to the Company, primarily through the use of short-term borrowings.

        On December 6, 1999, the Board authorized a common stock repurchase program up to $500,000. A portion of this authorization was used in 2000 in connection with the repurchase of shares through the Modified Dutch Auction discussed above. At December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, $204,500 remains available under the 1999 authorization. Shares acquired under the Board authorization are being used for corporate purposes including issuance upon the exercise of stock options and warrants. Under terms of the Company's revolving credit agreement, the Company is limited in its repurchase of its shares in the future to $5,000 per year. During 1999, the Company also invested approximately $240,000 to repurchase its common stock in the open market.

        Under the Company's bank credit agreement, dividend payments are restricted to the greater of $.03 per share quarterly or 25% of prior fiscal year consolidated net income.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates

        The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. As such, management is required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that they believe are reasonable based on the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and

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liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. The significant accounting policies which management believes are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating the Company's reported financial results include sales allowances, inventory valuation, recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets, and recoverability of royalty advances and commitments.

        Sales allowances for customer promotions, discounts and returns are recorded as a reduction of revenue when the related revenue is recognized. The Company routinely commits to promotional allowance programs with customers. These allowances primarily relate to fixed programs, which the customer earns based on purchases of Company products during the year. Discounts are recorded as a reduction of related revenue at the time of sale. While many of the allowances are based on fixed amounts, certain of the allowances, such as the returns allowance, are based on market data, historical trends and information from customers and are therefore subject to estimation.

        Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market. Based upon a consideration of quantities on hand, actual and projected sales volume, anticipated product selling price and product lines planned to be discontinued, slow-moving and obsolete inventory is written down to its net realizable value. Failure to accurately predict and respond to consumer demand could result in the Company underproducing popular items or overproducing less popular items. Management estimates are monitored on a quarterly basis and a further adjustment to reduce inventory to its net realizable value is recorded when deemed necessary.

        Goodwill and other intangible assets are reviewed for indications of impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets is measured by a comparison of the assets' carrying value to the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets were considered to be impaired, the impairment would be measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair value based on estimated discounted cash flows. The preparation of future cash flows requires significant judgments and estimates with respect to future revenues related to the respective asset and the future cash outlays related to those revenues. Actual revenues and related cash flows or changes in anticipated revenues and related cash flows could result in a change in this assessment and result in an impairment charge. The preparation of discounted cash flows also requires the selection of an appropriate discount rate. The use of different assumptions would increase or decrease estimated discounted cash flows and could increase or decrease the related impairment charge.

        The recoverability of royalty advances and contractual obligations with respect to minimum guaranteed royalties is assessed by comparing the remaining minimum guaranty to the estimated future sales forecasts and related cash flow projections to be derived from the related product. If sales forecasts and related cash flows from the particular product do not support the recoverability of the remaining minimum guaranty or, if the Company decides to discontinue a product line with royalty advances or commitments, a charge to write-off the remaining minimum guaranty is required. The preparation of revenue forecasts and related cash flows for these products requires judgments and estimates. Actual revenues and related cash flows or changes in the assessment of anticipated revenues and cash flows related to these products could result in a change to the assessment of recoverability of remaining minimum guaranteed royalties.

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

        In the normal course of its business, the Company enters into contracts related to obtaining rights to produce product under license, which may require the payment of minimum guarantees, and the leasing of facilities and equipment. In addition, the Company has $1,167,953 of long-term debt, including current installments, outstanding at December 30, 2001. Future payments required under these long-term obligations are as follows:

Payments due by Fiscal Year

Certain Contractual Obligations

  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005
  2006
  Thereafter
  Total
Long-term debt, including current Installments   $ 2,304   325,792   957   100,997   201,038   536,865   1,167,953
Operating lease commitments     35,218   29,508   24,621   19,804   13,576   51,588   174,315
Future minimum guaranteed contractual royalty payments     203,000   91,000   69,000   123,000   8,000     494,000
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
    $ 240,522   446,300   94,578   243,801   222,614   588,453   1,836,268
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

        Certain of the future minimum guaranteed contractual royalty payments are contingent upon theatrical release of the related entertainment property.

        In additional to the contractual obligations noted above, the Company has letters of credit of approximately $23,000 and inventory purchase commitments of approximately $46,000 outstanding at December 30, 2001.

Financial Risk Management

        The Company is exposed to market risks attributable to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates primarily as a result of sourcing products in U.S. dollars, Hong Kong dollars and Euros while marketing those products in more than thirty currencies. Results of operations may be affected primarily by changes in the value of the U.S. dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Euro, British pound, Canadian dollar and Mexican peso and, to a lesser extent, other currencies, including those in Latin American countries.

        To manage this exposure, the Company has hedged a portion of its estimated upcoming fiscal year foreign currency transactions using forward foreign exchange contracts. From time to time, the Company may also hedge foreign currency exposure using purchased foreign currency options. The Company estimates that a hypothetical immediate 10% unfavorable movement in the currencies involved could result in an approximate $17.7 million decrease in the fair value of these instruments. The Company is also exposed to foreign currency risk with respect to its net cash and cash equivalents or short-term borrowing positions in other than the U.S. dollar. The Company believes, however, that the on-going risk on the net exposure should not be material to its financial condition. In addition, the Company's revenues and costs have been and will likely continue to be affected by changes in foreign currency rates. The Company does not speculate in, and, other than set forth above, the Company does not hedge foreign currencies. The Company reflects all derivatives at their fair value as an asset or liability on the balance sheet.

        At December 30, 2001, the Company had fixed rate long-term debt of $1,165,649. Interest rate changes affect the fair value of this fixed rate debt but do not impact earnings or cash flows. The Company estimates that a hypothetical one percentage point decrease or increase in interest rates would increase or decrease the fair value of this debt by approximately $65,500 or $75,200, respectively.

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The Economy and Inflation

        The Company continued to experience difficult economic environments in some parts of the world during 2001. The principal market for the Company's products is the retail sector. Revenues from the Company's top 5 customers, all retailers, accounted for approximately 48% and 41% of its consolidated net revenues in 2001 and 2000, respectively. In the past year certain customers in the retail sector have experienced economic difficulty. The Company monitors the creditworthiness of its customers and adjusts credit policies and limits as it deems appropriate. On January 22, 2002, Kmart, one of the Company's top 5 customers, filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As of the date of the bankruptcy filing, the Company did not have material outstanding net accounts receivable due from Kmart. However, during the 90-day period immediately preceding Kmart's filing, the Company received approximately $98,000 in total payments from Kmart. Based on an assessment of a number of factors, including the estimation of the likelihood of any preference claim being asserted against the Company as one of Kmart's significant suppliers and the Company's legal defenses, the Company does not believe that this matter will have a material negative impact on its financial position or results of operation.

        The Company's revenue pattern continues to show the second half of the year more significant to its overall business. The trend of retailers over the past few years has been to make a higher percentage of their purchases within or close to the fourth quarter holiday consumer selling season, which includes Christmas. To the extent that retailers do not sell as much of their year-end inventory purchases during this holiday selling season as they had anticipated, their demand for additional product earlier in the following fiscal year may be curtailed, thus negatively impacting the Company's revenues. In addition, the bankruptcy or other lack of success of one of the Company's significant retailers could negatively impact the Company's future revenues.

        The effect of inflation on the Company's operations during 2001 was not significant and the Company will continue its policy of monitoring costs and adjusting prices, accordingly.

Other Information

        In May of 2001, the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (the "OFT") advised the Company's U.K. subsidiary, Hasbro U.K. Ltd. ("Hasbro U.K."), of an inquiry into allegedly anti-competitive pricing practices by Hasbro U.K. with respect to certain wholesale distributors in the U.K. The business covered by this inquiry represented less than 3% of Hasbro U.K.'s total revenue for the relevant time period. In August of 2001, the Company received a further inquiry from the OFT seeking, among other things, information relating to Hasbro U.K.'s trading arrangements with its direct retail accounts, which represent the bulk of its business in the United Kingdom. The Company is cooperating fully with the OFT in its inquiries. If a fine is imposed pursuant to the OFT inquiry, the Company currently estimates that the amount of the fine could range from approximately $236 to approximately $38,300. Because of a number of factors, including the relatively early stage of this inquiry, the lack of precedent under the applicable U.K. statute, and the significant appeal rights available to the Company in the event of an adverse determination by the OFT, there is no amount within this range which is a better estimate than any other amount in the range. Therefore, as required by applicable accounting standards, the Company accrued a charge to earnings equal to the low end of the range set forth above. As a result, any fine that is imposed in excess of this accrued amount would have an adverse effect on the Company's results of operations in the quarter in which such additional liability is fixed or resolved. While the Company believes that some fine will be imposed, it is the Company's position that the amount of any fine should be at or near the low end of the range set forth above, and it will be vigorously pursuing this position in its discussions with the OFT.

        The Company is not aware of any material amounts of potential exposure relating to environmental matters and does not believe its environmental compliance costs or liabilities to be material to its operating results or financial position.

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        In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations" (SFAS 143), which requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. SFAS 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. The Company does not expect the adoption of this statement to have a material effect on the consolidated results of operations or statement of financial position.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued Financial Accounting Standard No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" (SFAS 144), which establishes a single accounting model for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale as well as revising certain criteria specified in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long- Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of" (SFAS 121), for the recognition and measurement of impairment losses related to long-lived assets. SFAS 144 superseded SFAS 121 and is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. The Company expects to adopt SFAS 144 at the beginning of fiscal 2002 and does not expect that the adoption will result in a material impact to its consolidated results of operations and financial position.

        In November 2001, the Emerging Issues Task Force reached a consensus on Issue No. 01-9, "Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor's Products)" (Issue No. 01-9). Issue No. 01-9 addresses vendor recognition, reporting characterization, timing of recognition and classification in the statement of operations of certain consideration given to a customer in connection with the sale of the vendor's products. One of the provisions of Issue No. 01-9 was effective in 2001 and had no impact on net earnings or classification of revenue and expense in the Company's statement of operations. The remaining provisions of Issue No. 01-9 will be adopted by the Company at the beginning of fiscal 2002 and are not expected to materially impact revenue and expense classifications in the statement of operations or reported net earnings.

ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

        The information required by this item is included in Item 7 of Part II of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Hasbro, Inc.:

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 30, 2001. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

        We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

        In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 30, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Providence, Rhode Island
February 6, 2002

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000

(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)

 
  2001
  2000
 
Assets            
Current assets            
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 233,095   127,115  
  Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $49,300 in 2001 and $55,000 in 2000     572,499   685,975  
  Inventories     217,479   335,493  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     345,545   431,630  
   
 
 
      Total current assets     1,368,618   1,580,213  

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

235,360

 

296,729

 
   
 
 
Other assets            
  Goodwill, less accumulated amortization of $269,496 in 2001 and $225,770 in 2000     761,575   803,189  
  Other intangibles, less accumulated amortization of $398,183 in 2001 and $347,149 in 2000     805,027   902,893  
  Other     198,399   245,435  
   
 
 
      Total other assets     1,765,001   1,951,517  
   
 
 
      Total assets   $ 3,368,979   3,828,459  
   
 
 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 
Current liabilities            
  Short-term borrowings   $ 34,024   226,292  
  Current installments of long-term debt     2,304   1,793  
  Accounts payable     123,109   191,749  
  Accrued liabilities     599,154   819,978  
   
 
 
      Total current liabilities     758,591   1,239,812  

Long-term debt

 

 

1,165,649

 

1,167,838

 
Deferred liabilities     91,875   93,403  
   
 
 
      Total liabilities     2,016,115   2,501,053  
   
 
 
Shareholders' equity            
  Preference stock of $2.50 par value.
Authorized 5,000,000 shares; none issued
       
  Common stock of $.50 par value.
Authorized 600,000,000 shares; issued 209,694,630 shares in 2001 and 2000
    104,847   104,847  
  Additional paid-in capital     457,544   464,084  
  Deferred compensation     (2,996 ) (6,889 )
  Retained earnings     1,622,402   1,583,394  
  Accumulated other comprehensive earnings     (68,398 ) (44,718 )
  Treasury stock, at cost, 36,736,156 shares in 2001 and 37,253,164 shares in 2000     (760,535 ) (773,312 )
   
 
 
      Total shareholders' equity     1,352,864   1,327,406  
   
 
 
      Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 3,368,979   3,828,459  
   
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Fiscal Years Ended in December

(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Data)

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Net revenues   $ 2,856,339   3,787,215   4,232,263  
Cost of sales     1,223,483   1,673,973   1,698,242  
   
 
 
 
      Gross profit     1,632,856   2,113,242   2,534,021  
   
 
 
 
Expenses                
  Amortization     121,652   157,763   173,533  
  Royalties, research and development     335,358   635,366   711,790  
  Advertising     290,829   452,978   456,978  
  Selling, distribution and administration     675,482   863,496   799,919  
  Restructuring     (1,795 ) 63,951   64,232  
  Loss on sale of business units       43,965    
   
 
 
 
    Total expenses     1,421,526   2,217,519   2,206,452  
   
 
 
 
      Operating profit (loss)     211,330   (104,277 ) 327,569  
   
 
 
 
Nonoperating (income) expense                
  Interest expense     103,688   114,421   69,340  
  Other (income) expense, net     11,443   7,288   (15,616 )
   
 
 
 
    Total nonoperating expense     115,131   121,709   53,724  
   
 
 
 
      Earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change     96,199   (225,986 ) 273,845  
Income taxes     35,401   (81,355 ) 84,892  
   
 
 
 
      Net earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change     60,798   (144,631 ) 188,953  
  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax     (1,066 )    
   
 
 
 
      Net earnings (loss)   $ 59,732   (144,631 ) 188,953  
   
 
 
 
Per common share                
  Net earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change                
    Basic   $ .35   (.82 ) .97  
   
 
 
 
    Diluted   $ .35   (.82 ) .93  
   
 
 
 
  Net earnings (loss)                
    Basic   $ .35   (.82 ) .97  
   
 
 
 
    Diluted   $ .35   (.82 ) .93  
   
 
 
 
  Cash dividends declared   $ .12   .21   .24  
   
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Fiscal Years Ended in December

(Thousands of Dollars)

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Cash flows from operating activities                
  Net earnings (loss)   $ 59,732   (144,631 ) 188,953  
  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:                
      Depreciation and amortization of plant and equipment     104,247   106,458   103,791  
      Other amortization     121,652   157,763   173,533  
      Deferred income taxes     38,697   (67,690 ) (38,675 )
      Compensation earned under restricted stock programs     2,532   2,754    
      Loss on sale of business units       43,965    
  Change in operating assets and liabilities (other than cash and cash equivalents):                
    Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable     99,474   395,682   (11,248 )
    Decrease (increase) in inventories     109,002   69,657   (44,212 )
    Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets     45,936   (84,006 ) (26,527 )
    (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities     (194,525 ) (292,313 ) 193,626  
    Other, including long-term advances     (14,272 ) (25,083 ) (147,729 )
   
 
 
 
      Net cash provided by operating activities     372,475   162,556   391,512  
   
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities                
  Additions to property, plant and equipment     (50,045 ) (125,055 ) (107,468 )
  Investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired       (138,518 ) (352,417 )
  Other     (7,734 ) 82,863   30,793  
   
 
 
 
      Net cash utilized by investing activities     (57,779 ) (180,710 ) (429,092 )
   
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities                
  Proceeds from borrowings with original maturities of more than three months     250,000   912,979   460,333  
  Repayments of borrowings with original maturities of more than three months     (250,127 ) (291,779 ) (308,128 )
  Net (repayments) proceeds of other short-term borrowings     (190,216 ) (341,522 ) 226,103  
  Purchase of common stock       (367,548 ) (237,532 )
  Stock option and warrant transactions     8,391   2,523   50,358  
  Dividends paid     (20,709 ) (42,494 ) (45,526 )
   
 
 
 
      Net cash (utilized) provided by financing activities     (202,661 ) (127,841 ) 145,608  
   
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash     (6,055 ) (7,049 ) (5,617 )
   
 
 
 
      Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     105,980   (153,044 ) 102,411  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year     127,115   280,159   177,748  
   
 
 
 
      Cash and cash equivalents at end of year   $ 233,095   127,115   280,159  
   
 
 
 
Supplemental information                
  Interest paid   $ 103,437   91,180   64,861  
   
 
 
 
  Income taxes paid (received)   $ (34,813 ) 95,975   108,342  
   
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

(Thousands of Dollars)

 
  Common Stock
  Additional Paid-in Capital
  Deferred Compensation
  Retained Earnings
  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings
  Treasury Stock
  Total Shareholders' Equity
 
Balance, December 27, 1998   $ 104,849   521,316     1,621,799   (9,625 ) (293,544 ) 1,944,795  
  Net earnings           188,953       188,953  
  Other comprehensive earnings             (23,357 )   (23,357 )
                             
 
    Comprehensive earnings                             165,596  
  Purchase of treasury stock               (237,532 ) (237,532 )
  Stock option and warrant transactions       (52,892 )       105,747   52,855  
  Dividends declared           (46,642 )     (46,642 )
  Other     (2 ) (95 )         (97 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 26, 1999     104,847   468,329     1,764,110   (32,982 ) (425,329 ) 1,878,975  
  Net loss           (144,631 )     (144,631 )
  Other comprehensive earnings             (11,736 )   (11,736 )
                             
 
    Comprehensive earnings                             (156,367 )
  Purchase of treasury stock               (367,548 ) (367,548 )
  Stock option and warrant transactions       (1,708 )       7,406   5,698  
  Restricted stock activity       (2,537 ) (6,889 )     12,159   2,733  
  Dividends declared           (36,085 )     (36,085 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2000     104,847   464,084   (6,889 ) 1,583,394   (44,718 ) (773,312 ) 1,327,406  
  Net earnings           59,732       59,732  
  Other comprehensive earnings             (23,680 )   (23,680 )
                             
 
    Comprehensive earnings                             36,052  
  Stock Option and warrant transactions       (6,004 )       13,739   7,735  
  Restricted stock activity       (536 ) 3,893       (962 ) 2,395  
  Dividends declared           (20,724 )     (20,724 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 30, 2001   $ 104,847   457,544   (2,996 ) 1,622,402   (68,398 ) (760,535 ) 1,352,864  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

        The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hasbro, Inc. and all significant majority-owned subsidiaries (Hasbro or the Company). Investments in affiliates representing 20% to 50% ownership interest are accounted for using the equity method. The Company had no equity investments at December 30, 2001 that were material to the consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

        Hasbro's fiscal year ends on the last Sunday in December. The fiscal years ended December 30, 2001 and December 26, 1999 were fifty-two week periods while the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 was a fifty-three week period.

        Cash and cash equivalents include all cash balances and highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity to the Company of three months or less.

        Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.

        The Company reviews long-lived assets (property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangibles) for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets were considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized would be measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceed their fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of the carrying amount or their fair value less disposal costs.

        Approximately 44% of Hasbro's goodwill results from the 1984 acquisition of Milton Bradley Company (Milton Bradley), including its Playskool and international units, and the 1991 acquisition of Tonka Corporation (Tonka), including its Kenner, Parker Brothers and international units. Approximately 23% results from the Company's 1998 acquisitions of Tiger Electronics, Inc. and Galoob Toys, Inc. An additional approximate 20% results from the Company's 1999 acquisition of

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Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Goodwill is being amortized on the straight-line basis over lives ranging from ten to forty years.

        Substantially all of the other intangibles consist of the cost of acquired product rights. In establishing the value of such rights, the Company considers, but does not individually value, existing trademarks, copyrights, patents, license agreements and other product-related rights. Approximately 59% of these other intangibles relate to rights acquired in the acquisitions noted above. These rights, which were valued at their acquisition date based on the anticipated future cash flows from the underlying product lines, are being amortized over three to twenty-five years using the straight-line method. An additional approximate 12% of these other intangibles relate to rights acquired from a major motion picture studio and are being amortized over the contract life, in proportion to projected sales of the licensed products during the same period.

        Depreciation and amortization are computed using accelerated and straight-line methods to amortize the cost of property, plant and equipment over their estimated useful lives. The principal lives, in years, used in determining depreciation rates of various assets are: land improvements 15 to 19, buildings and improvements 15 to 25 and machinery and equipment 3 to 12.

        Tools, dies and molds are amortized over a three year period or their useful lives, whichever is less, using an accelerated method.

        Revenue from product sales is recognized upon the passing of title to the customer, generally at the time of shipment. Provisions for discounts, rebates and returns are made when the related revenues are recognized.

        The Company enters into license agreements with inventors, designers and others for the use of intellectual properties in its products. These agreements may call for payment in advance or future payment for minimum guaranteed amounts. Amounts paid in advance are recorded as an asset and charged to expense as revenue from the related products is recognized. If all or a portion of the minimum guarantee amounts appear not to be recoverable through future use of the rights obtained under license, the nonrecoverable portion is charged to expense. Royalty expense was $209,725 in 2001, $426,881 in 2000 and $457,191 in 1999.

        Research and product development costs for 2001, 2000 and 1999 were $125,633, $208,485 and $254,599, respectively.

        Production costs of commercials and programming are charged to operations in the fiscal year during which the production is first aired. The costs of other advertising, promotion and marketing programs are charged to operations in the fiscal year incurred.

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        Hasbro expenses costs related to the shipment and handling of goods to customers as incurred. For 2001, 2000, and 1999, these costs were $141,885, $177,200 and $169,068, respectively, and are included in selling, distribution and administration expenses.

        Hasbro uses the asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes. Deferred income taxes have not been provided on undistributed earnings of international subsidiaries as substantially all of such earnings are indefinitely reinvested by the Company.

        Comprehensive earnings are comprised primarily of net earnings (loss), changes in value of the Company's available-for-sale investments, gains and losses on the translation of foreign currency financial statements and the impact of deferred gains or losses on changes in the fair value of derivative foreign currency contracts hedging future cash flows. Other comprehensive earnings (loss) during 2001 were $(23,680); $(13,014) related to the change in value of available for sale securities, $(12,646) related to the translation of foreign currency financial statements, and $1,980 to the impact of derivative foreign currency contracts. In 2000 and 1999, the principal component of other comprehensive earnings was earnings related to the translation of foreign currency financial statements. The related tax benefit of other comprehensive earnings items was $7,031, $(720) and $3,187 for the years 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Reclassification adjustments in 2000, net of related income taxes of $2,695, were $4,398. There were no material reclassification adjustments in 2001 and 1999.

        Foreign currency assets and liabilities are translated into dollars at current period-end rates, and revenues, costs and expenses are translated at weighted average rates during each reporting period. Current earnings include gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions as well as translation gains and losses resulting from the use of the U.S. dollar as the functional currency in highly inflationary economies. Other gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements are a component of other comprehensive earnings.

        Hasbro, except for certain international subsidiaries, has pension plans covering substantially all of its full-time employees. Pension expense is based on actuarial computations of current and future benefits. The Company's policy is to fund amounts which are required by applicable regulations and which are tax deductible. The estimated amounts of future payments to be made under other retirement programs are being accrued currently over the period of active employment and are also included in pension expense.

        Hasbro has a contributory postretirement health and life insurance plan covering substantially all employees who retire under any of its United States defined benefit pension plans and meet certain age and length of service requirements. It also has several plans covering certain groups of employees which may provide benefits to such employees following their period of employment but prior to their retirement.

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        Hasbro does not enter into derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. The Company enters into foreign currency forward and option contracts to mitigate its exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. This exposure relates to future purchases of inventory not denominated in the functional currency of the unit purchasing the inventory as well as other cross-border currency requirements. All derivative contracts, such as foreign exchange contracts, are recorded at their fair value as an asset or liability. Gains and losses on forward and option contracts meeting hedge accounting requirements are deferred and recognized when the hedged transactions occur. In the event hedge accounting requirements are not met, gains and losses on such instruments are included currently in the statements of operations.

        Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the year. Diluted earnings per share is similar except that the weighted average number of shares outstanding is increased by dilutive securities. Dilutive securities include shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants for which market price exceeds exercise price, less shares which could have been purchased by the Company with the related proceeds. Contingency features related to issuance of shares under convertible debt, which was issued in 2001, were not met and therefore related potentially dilutive securities were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. As a result of the Company's net loss during 2000, the basic and diluted shares are the same because increasing diluted shares by 526 related to stock options and warrants would have an antidilutive effect.

        A reconciliation of earnings per share for the three fiscal years ended December 30, 2001 is as follows:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
  Basic
  Diluted
  Basic
  Diluted
  Basic
  Diluted
Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change   $ 60,798   60,798   (144,631 ) (144,631 ) 188,953   188,953
   
 
 
 
 
 
Average shares outstanding     172,131   172,131   176,437   176,437   194,917   194,917
Options and warrants       887         7,186
   
 
 
 
 
 
Equivalent shares     172,131   173,018   176,437   176,437   194,917   202,103
   
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) per share before cumulative effect of accounting change   $ .35   .35   (.82 ) (.82 ) .97   .93
   
 
 
 
 
 

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(2) Acquisitions and Disposals

        In December 2000, the Company entered into an agreement to sell certain business units comprising Hasbro Interactive, as well as its internet portal, Games.com, to Infogrames Entertainment SA (Infogrames). The sale of the business units closed in January 2001. Net assets of the business units sold were written down to estimated fair value as of December 31, 2000, resulting in the recognition of a pretax loss of $43,965. The sale was subject to certain post-closing adjustments which were settled with no material impact to results of operations. Proceeds from the sale were $56,200, of which $1,000 was in cash, $1,000 was in redeemable preferred stock of Hasbro Interactive and the remainder was in common stock of Infogrames. The net assets of the business units held for sale were presented in the balance sheet at December 31, 2000 as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets. In the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2000, net revenues of the business units sold were $194,300 and $237,200, respectively. Operating losses of the business units sold, including consolidation program charges, were $(104,200) in 2000 and $(124,300) in 1999.

        On September 30, 1999, Hasbro acquired Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (Wizards) for an initial purchase price of $325,000 subject to additional payments based upon the closing balance sheet and future payments contingent upon achieving certain operating objectives. The total acquisition cost through December 31, 2000 amounts to $492,574, which includes amounts related to both closing balance sheet adjustments and to contingent payments with respect to 2000 operations. These operating objectives were not met in 2001. The Wizards acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method. The Company also made several smaller acquisitions in 2000 for approximately $58,000 in total, net of cash acquired, none of which were considered individually material.

        On a pro forma basis, reflecting the acquisition of Wizards as if it had taken place at the beginning of fiscal 1999 and after giving effect to adjustments recording the acquisition, unaudited net revenues, net earnings and basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 26, 1999 would have been $4,630,368, $270,386, $1.39 and $1.34, respectively. These pro forma results are not indicative of either future performance or actual results which would have occurred had the acquisition taken place at the beginning of that respective period.

(3) Inventories

 
  2001
  2000
Finished products   $ 180,286   285,884
Work in process     19,639   19,071
Raw materials     17,554   30,538
   
 
    $ 217,479   335,493
   
 

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(4) Property, Plant and Equipment

 
  2001
  2000
Land and improvements   $ 13,089   12,146
Buildings and improvements     195,152   206,518
Machinery and equipment     302,529   297,410
   
 
      510,770   516,074
Less accumulated depreciation     304,478   253,533
   
 
      206,292   262,541
Tools, dies and molds, net of amortization     29,068   34,188
   
 
    $ 235,360   296,729
   
 

        Expenditures for maintenance and repairs which do not materially extend the life of the assets are charged to operations.

(5) Short-Term Borrowings

        At December 30, 2001, Hasbro had available a secured committed and unsecured uncommitted lines of credit from various banks approximating $325,000 and $48,300, respectively. A significant portion of the short-term borrowings outstanding at the end of 2001 and 2000 represent borrowings made under, or supported by, these lines of credit and the weighted average interest rates of the outstanding borrowings were 6.8% and 10.0%, respectively. During 2001, Hasbro's working capital needs were fulfilled by borrowing under these lines of credit, which were on terms and at interest rates generally extended to companies of comparable creditworthiness. Substantially all domestic accounts receivable and inventory, as well as certain investments and intangible assets of the Company secured the committed line at December 30, 2001. The agreement contains certain restrictive covenants setting forth minimum cash flow and coverage requirements, and a number of other limitations, including those with respect to capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, share repurchases and dividend payments. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of and for the year ended December 30, 2001.

        On March 19, 2002, the Company entered into an amended and restated revolving credit facility. This committed, secured revolving credit facility of $380,000 matures in March 2005. The Company is not required to maintain compensating balances, however, it is required to pay a fee of 35/100 of a percent per annum of the unused amount of the facility available for borrowing, which may be adjusted downward under certain conditions. In addition, the agreement retains the security features of and restrictive covenants comparable to the secured committed line in place at December 30, 2001. The facility carries interest at a rate of Libor plus 1.75%, which is adjusted down by .25% as long as the facility is secured. The rate may be further adjusted downward based on the Company's senior unsecured long-term credit rating.

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(6) Accrued Liabilities

 
  2001
  2000
Royalties   $ 125,165   149,020
Advertising     75,551   86,480
Payroll and management incentives     53,895   71,840
Other     344,543   512,638
   
 
    $ 599,154   819,978
   
 

(7) Long-Term Debt

        In November and December of 2001, the Company sold $250 million of Senior Convertible Debentures due 2021. The proceeds of these sales were used to repurchase existing long-term debt, specifically portions of the 7.95% notes due 2003, the 6.15% notes due 2008, and the 6.60% notes due 2028. These debentures bear interest at 2.75%, which could be subject to an upward adjustment commencing in December 2005 depending on the price of the Company's stock. If the closing price of the Company's stock exceeds certain levels for a specified period of time, or upon other specified events, the debentures will be convertible at an initial conversion price of $21.60. The holders of these debentures may put the notes back to Hasbro in December 2005, December 2011 and December 2016. At that time, the purchase price may be paid in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two, at the discretion of the Company. The Company's current intent is to settle in cash any puts exercised. Components of long-term debt are as follows:

 
  2001
  2000
7.95% Notes Due 2003   $ 324,873   550,000
5.60% Notes Due 2005     100,000   100,000
8.50% Notes Due 2006     200,000   200,000
6.15% Notes Due 2008     146,000   150,000
2.75% Notes Due 2021     250,000  
6.60% Debentures Due 2028     129,000   150,000
Other     15,776   17,838
   
 
    $ 1,165,649   1,167,838
   
 

        The schedule of maturities of long-term debt for the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

Current installments of long-term debt, due 2002   $ 2,304
2003     325,792
2004     957
2005     100,997
2006     201,038
Thereafter     536,865
   
    $ 1,167,953
   

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(8) Income Taxes

        Income taxes attributable to earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change are:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Current                
United States   $ (19,157 ) (41,343 ) 77,512  
State and local     (120 ) (443 ) 5,566  
International     15,981   28,121   40,489  
   
 
 
 
      (3,296 ) (13,665 ) 123,567  
   
 
 
 
Deferred                
United States     34,083   (59,775 ) (40,131 )
State and local     2,921   (5,124 ) (3,440 )
International     1,693   (2,791 ) 4,896  
   
 
 
 
      38,697   (67,690 ) (38,675 )
   
 
 
 
    $ 35,401   (81,355 ) 84,892  
   
 
 
 

        Certain tax benefits are not reflected in income taxes in the statements of operations. Such benefits of $7,552 in 2001, $248 in 2000 and $16,735 in 1999, relate primarily to changes in value of the Company's available-for-sale investments in 2001, and stock options in 2000 and 1999.

        A reconciliation of the statutory United States federal income tax rate to Hasbro's effective income tax rate is as follows:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Statutory income tax rate   35.0 % (35.0 )% 35.0 %
State and local income taxes, net   1.9   (1.6 ) .5  
Goodwill amortization   11.2   4.6   3.3  
Tax on international earnings   (11.9 ) (3.1 ) (7.9 )
Other, net   .6   (.9 ) .1  
   
 
 
 
    36.8 % (36.0 )% 31.0 %
   
 
 
 

        The components of earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change, determined by tax jurisdiction, are as follows:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
United States   $ 9,807   (318,859 ) 79,519
International     86,392   92,873   194,326
   
 
 
    $ 96,199   (225,986 ) 273,845
   
 
 

        The components of deferred income tax expense arise from various temporary differences and relate to items included in the statements of operations.

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        The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 are:

 
  2001
  2000
 
Deferred tax assets:            
Accounts receivable   $ 27,087   33,227  
Inventories     11,199   22,839  
Operating loss and tax credit carryforwards     45,341   29,885  
Operating expenses     50,969   50,713  
Postretirement benefits     11,733   12,032  
Other     93,117   147,023  
   
 
 
  Gross deferred tax assets     239,446   295,719  
Valuation allowance     (16,474 ) (11,124 )
   
 
 
  Net deferred tax assets     222,972   284,595  
   
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities     89,308   118,870  
   
 
 
Net deferred income taxes   $ 133,664   165,725  
   
 
 

        Hasbro has a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets at December 30, 2001 of $16,474 which is an increase of $5,350 from the $11,124 at December 31, 2000. The allowance pertains to United States and International operating loss carryforwards, some of which have no expiration and others that would expire beginning in 2003. If fully realized, $6,899 will reduce goodwill and the balance will reduce future income tax expense. Deferred tax liabilities relate primarily to property rights.

        Based on Hasbro's history of taxable income and the anticipation of sufficient taxable income in years when the temporary differences are expected to become tax deductions, it believes that it will realize the benefit of the deferred tax assets, net of the existing valuation allowance.

        Deferred income taxes of $103,657 and $155,291 at the end of 2001 and 2000, respectively, are included as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets, and $34,554 and $14,693, respectively, are included as a component of other assets. At the same dates, deferred income taxes of $267 and $806, respectively, are included as a component of accrued liabilities, and $4,280 and $3,453, respectively, are included as a component of deferred liabilities.

        The cumulative amount of undistributed earnings of Hasbro's international subsidiaries held for reinvestment is approximately $460,000 at December 30, 2001. In the event that all international undistributed earnings were remitted to the United States, the amount of incremental taxes would be approximately $65,000.

(9) Capital Stock

        Hasbro maintains a Preference Share Purchase Rights plan (the Rights Plan). Under the terms of the Rights Plan, each share of common stock is accompanied by a Preference Share Purchase Right. Each Right is only exercisable under certain circumstances and, until exercisable, the Rights

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are not transferable apart from Hasbro's common stock. When exercisable, each Right will entitle its holder to purchase until June 30, 2009, in certain merger or other business combination or recapitalization transactions, at the Right's then current exercise price, a number of the acquiring company's or Hasbro's, as the case may be, common shares having a market value at that time of twice the Right's exercise price. Under certain circumstances, the Company may substitute cash, other assets, equity securities or debt securities for the common stock. At the option of the Board of Directors of Hasbro (the Board), the rightholder may, under certain circumstances, receive shares of Hasbro's stock in exchange for Rights.

        Prior to the acquisition by the person or group of beneficial ownership of a certain percentage of Hasbro's common stock, the Rights are redeemable for $.01 per Right. The Rights Plan contains certain exceptions with respect to the Hassenfeld family and related entities.

        On December 6, 1999, the Board authorized a common share repurchase program up to $500,000. No repurchases were made in 2001. At December 30, 2001, $204,500 remained under this authorization.

(10) Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Warrants

        Hasbro has various stock plans for employees as well as a plan for non-employee members of the Board (collectively, the "plans") and has reserved 29,704 shares of its common stock for issuance upon exercise of options and the grant of other awards granted or to be granted under the plans. These options generally vest in equal annual amounts over three to five years. The plans provide that options be granted at exercise prices not less than fair market value on the date the option is granted and options are adjusted for such changes as stock splits and stock dividends. No options are exercisable for periods of more than ten years after date of grant. Certain of the plans permit the granting of awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards and cash awards.

        The Company issued restricted stock and granted deferred restricted stock units to certain key employees of 10 during 2001 and 713 during 2000. At December 30, 2001, these awards, net of forfeitures, aggregated the equivalent of 545 shares. These shares or units are nontransferable and subject to forfeiture for periods prescribed by the Company. Upon granting of these awards, unearned compensation equivalent to the market value at the date of grant is charged to shareholders' equity and subsequently amortized over the periods during which the restrictions lapse, generally 3 years. Amortization of deferred, unearned compensation relating to the restricted stock and deferred restricted stock units of $2,561 and $2,733 was recorded in fiscal 2001 and 2000, respectively. During 2000, the Company also made awards under a Long Term Incentive Program (LTIP) under the Company's omnibus employee stock plans. Conditional upon the Company reaching certain volume, earnings per share and stock price benchmarks within a three year performance cycle, restricted shares would be awarded which would vest over the two years following that cycle. For the years ended December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, the conditional requirements of the LTIP award had not been met and, accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized.

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        As permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (SFAS 123), Hasbro continues to apply Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (APB 25) in accounting for the plans under which no compensation cost is recognized. Had compensation expense been recorded under the provisions of SFAS 123, the impact on the Company's net earnings (loss) and earnings (loss) per share would have been:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Reported net earnings (loss)   $ 59,732   (144,631 ) 188,953  
Pro forma compensation expense, net of tax      (10,307 ) (21,981 ) (18,335 )
   
 
 
 
Pro forma net earnings (loss)   $ 49,425   (166,612 ) 170,618  
   
 
 
 
Pro forma net earnings (loss) per share                
  Basic   $ .29   (.94 ) .88  
  Diluted   $ .29   (.94 ) .84  
   
 
 
 

        The weighted average fair value of options granted in 2001, 2000 and 1999 were $5.56, $6.43 and $12.13, respectively. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively: risk-free interest rates of 4.98%, 6.77% and 5.60%; expected dividend yields of 1.02%, 1.58% and 0.78%; expected volatility of approximately 49%, 41% and 34%, and expected lives of approximately 6 years.

        Additionally, the Company has reserved 18,813 shares of its common stock for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants. In 2000, the Company granted warrants to purchase 1,000 and 700 shares at exercise prices of $15.70 and $18.84, respectively, relating to product rights, which will be recorded at fair value when the related performance commitments are met.

        Information with respect to options and warrants for the three years ended December 30, 2001 is as follows:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Number of shares:                
Outstanding at beginning of year     40,458   33,776   36,361  
Granted     3,535   9,029   7,168  
Exercised     (603 ) (475 ) (8,313 )
Expired or canceled     (4,907 ) (1,872 ) (1,440 )
   
 
 
 
Outstanding at end of year     38,483   40,458   33,776  
   
 
 
 
Exercisable at end of year     27,393   27,656   23,456  
   
 
 
 
Weighted average exercise price:                
Granted   $ 11.95   15.59   31.32  
Exercised   $ 13.69   7.81   14.51  
Expired or canceled   $ 21.22   22.40   27.43  
Outstanding at end of year   $ 19.49   20.27   21.46  
Exercisable at end of year   $ 20.49   20.11   19.09  
   
 
 
 

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(10) Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Warrants (Continued)

        Information with respect to the 38,483 options and warrants outstanding and the 27,393 exercisable at December 30, 2001, is as follows:

Range of Exercise Prices

  Shares
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life

  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Outstanding              
$11.10-$14.06   5,542   6.1 years   $ 12.39
$14.14-$16.81   8,470   5.9 years   $ 15.47
$17.34-$23.27   13,300   6.8 years   $ 18.83
$23.33-$36.27   11,171   7.7 years   $ 26.64
   
     
Exercisable              
$11.10-$14.06   2,193       $ 13.40
$14.14-$16.81   3,203       $ 15.66
$17.34-$23.27   12,149       $ 18.80
$23.33-$36.27   9,848       $ 25.74
   
     

(11) Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits

        Hasbro's net pension, 401(k) matching contribution and profit sharing cost for 2001, 2000 and 1999 was approximately $12,300, $13,700 and $14,200, respectively.

        Substantially all United States employees are covered under at least one of several non-contributory defined benefit pension plans maintained by the Company. Benefits under the two major plans, principally covering non-union employees, are based primarily on salary and years of service. One of these plans is funded. Benefits under the remaining plans are based primarily on fixed amounts for specified years of service. One of these plans is also funded. At December 30, 2001, the two funded plans have plan assets of $179,085 and accumulated benefit obligations of $163,771. The unfunded plans have accumulated benefit obligations of $19,506.

        Hasbro also provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees who retire and have either attained age 65 with 5 years of service or age 55 with 10 years of service. The cost of providing these benefits on behalf of employees who retired prior to 1993 is and will continue to be substantially borne by the Company. The cost of providing benefits on behalf of employees who retire after 1992 is shared, with the employee contributing an

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increasing percentage of the cost, resulting in an employee-paid plan after the year 2002. The plan is not funded.

 
  Pension
  Postretirement
 
 
  2001
  2000
  2001
  2000
 
Change in projected benefit obligation                    
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year   $ 182,543   188,318   22,939   24,683  
Service cost     7,217   8,032   263   241  
Interest cost     13,844   13,656   1,746   1,792  
Plan amendments       955      
Actuarial (gain) loss     17,654   (18,660 ) 3,187   (1,155 )
Benefits paid     (17,196 ) (7,652 ) (2,623 ) (2,238 )
Expenses paid     (665 ) (371 )    
Other       (1,735 )   (384 )
   
 
 
 
 
Projected benefit obligation at end of year   $ 203,397   182,543   25,512   22,939  
   
 
 
 
 
Change in plan assets                    
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year   $ 236,296   242,889      
Actual return on plan assets     (40,831 ) 919      
Employer contribution     1,481   511      
Benefits paid     (17,196 ) (7,652 )    
Expenses paid     (665 ) (371 )    
   
 
 
 
 
Fair value of plan assets at end of year   $ 179,085   236,296      
   
 
 
 
 

Funded status

 

$

(24,312

)

53,752

 

(25,512

)

(22,939

)
Unrecognized net loss (gain)     9,269   (73,588 ) 1,536   (1,424 )
Unrecognized prior service cost     4,608   5,191     (384 )
   
 
 
 
 
Accrued benefit cost   $ (10,435 ) (14,645 ) (23,976 ) (24,747 )
   
 
 
 
 

        The assets of the funded plans are managed by investment advisors and consist primarily of pooled indexed and actively managed stock and bond funds. The Company measures its liabilities and related assets at September 30 to coincide with the upcoming year planning cycle. For measuring the expected pension accumulated benefit obligation, assumed discount rates of 7.25%, 8.00% and 7.75% were used for 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively; assumed long-term rates of compensation increase of 4.50% in 2001, 2000 and 1999, and an assumed long-term rate of return on plan assets of 9.00% in all years.

        For measuring the expected postretirement benefit obligation, a 9.00%, 7.00% and 7.25% annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits was assumed for 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The rates for all years were further assumed to decrease

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gradually to 5.00% in 2009. All were assumed to remain constant after 2009. The discount rates used in the pension calculation were also used for the postretirement calculation.

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
 
Components of net periodic cost                
Pension                
Service cost   $ 7,217   8,032   9,356  
Interest cost     13,844   13,656   13,670  
Expected return on assets     (20,498 ) (21,368 ) (19,484 )
Net amortization and deferrals     (3,292 ) (4,498 ) (786 )
   
 
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost (benefit)   $ (2,729 ) (4,178 ) 2,756  
   
 
 
 
Postretirement                
Service cost   $ 263   241   227  
Interest cost     1,746   1,792   1,775  
Net amortization and deferrals     (159 ) (136 ) 27  
   
 
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost   $ 1,850   1,897   2,029  
   
 
 
 

        If the health care cost trend rate were increased one percentage point in each year, the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at December 30, 2001 and the aggregate of the benefits earned during the period and the interest cost would have each increased by approximately 8% and 7%, respectively.

        Hasbro has a retirement savings plan to which eligible employees may make contributions of up to 18% of their salary, as allowed under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. In 2000, the plan was amended to increase Hasbro's matching percentage of employee contributions, in lieu of discretionary contributions to the profit sharing component of the plan. The Company contributed approximately $9,000, $11,200, and $6,500 to the plan in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

        Pension coverage for employees of Hasbro's international subsidiaries is provided, to the extent deemed appropriate, through separate defined benefit and defined contribution plans. These plans were neither significant individually nor in the aggregate.

        Hasbro has several plans covering certain groups of employees which may provide benefits to such employees following their period of active employment but prior to their retirement. These plans include certain severance plans which provide benefits to employees involuntarily terminated and certain plans which continue the Company's health and life insurance contributions for employees who have left Hasbro's employ under terms of its long-term disability plan.

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(12) Leases

        Hasbro occupies certain sales offices and uses certain equipment under various operating lease arrangements. The rent expense under such arrangements, net of sublease income which is not material, for 2001, 2000 and 1999 amounted to $58,811, $57,470 and $56,072, respectively.

        Minimum rentals, net of minimum sublease income which is not material, under long-term operating leases for the five years subsequent to 2001 and in the aggregate are as follows:

 
   
2002   $ 35,218
2003     29,508
2004     24,621
2005     19,804
2006     13,576
Later years     51,588
   
    $ 174,315
   

        All leases expire prior to 2014. Real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance expenses are generally obligations of the Company. It is expected that in the normal course of business, leases that expire will be renewed or replaced by leases on other properties; thus, it is anticipated that future minimum lease commitments will not be less than the amounts shown for 2001.

        In addition, Hasbro leases certain facilities which, as a result of restructurings, are no longer in use. Future costs relating to such facilities were included as a component of the restructuring charge and are not included in the table above.

(13) Consolidation Program and Restructuring Charge

        The Company reflected a restructuring credit of $(1,795) in 2001 and restructuring expense of $63,951 in 2000. In 2000, the amount recognized reflects charges under the 2000 restructuring plan of $70,079 and adjustments to the 1999 plan of $(6,128). The pretax impact for the year ended December 31, 2000 of all consolidation program charges and adjustments in the statement of operations was $146,142.

        In the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company implemented a plan to consolidate its U.S. Toys group into Rhode Island, significantly reduce overhead through reductions in product development, sales and marketing, and administrative functions across the Company and to increase its focus on development of the Company's core brands. In 2000, the Company recorded a total of $152,270 in expense relating to this plan, $70,079 of restructuring expense and $82,191 of expense in other operating categories, including $6,625 to cost of sales, $25,046 in amortization, $42,270 in royalties, research and development, $3,155 in advertising and $5,095 in selling, distribution and administration expense. The significant components of the 2000 plan included the closing of offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Napa, California office and warehouse and a small office in San Francisco, California, thereby essentially consolidating the U.S. Toys group in Rhode Island. Additionally, the plan included the reduction of overhead, particularly in marketing and sales, product development and administration, including a curtailment of expansion of the retail business of Wizards, the further consolidation of certain international operating offices into regional centers and consolidation and streamlining of the Company's marketing activities. These actions have been completed in 2001, and have resulted in a restructuring credit of $(1,795) for the year ended December 30, 2001. The

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credit results primarily from lower than expected severance costs to complete the plan. The 2000 plan also included the refocus of the Company on developing and marketing its core brands, reducing its reliance on licenses. This focus resulted in product lines which were discontinued or for which the Company has significantly reduced expectations.

        The components of the plan included in the restructuring charge of $70,100 in the 2000 statement of operations were severance costs of $31,800, lease costs of $21,400 and fixed asset write-offs of $16,900. Fixed asset write-offs were recorded in 2000. Remaining balances accrued at December 30, 2001 include $2,700 of severance benefits remaining to be paid to terminated employees over their remaining entitlement period, and $10,300 of lease payments remaining on closed facilities. Details of activity in the restructuring plan for fiscal 2001 follow:

 
  Balance at
December 31,
2000

  Activity
  Adjustment
  Balance at
December 30,
2001

Severance   $ 31,800   (27,305 ) (1,795 ) 2,700
Lease costs     21,400   (11,100 )   10,300
   
 
 
 
    $ 53,200   (38,405 ) (1,795 ) 13,000
   
 
 
 
Employee redundancies by area:                  
Manufacturing activities     27   (27 )  
Research, product development, marketing, sales, and administration     322   (315 ) (7 )
   
 
 
 
      349   (342 ) (7 )
   
 
 
 

        Total charges under the 2000 plan represented cash charges of approximately $31,800 for severance benefits disbursed over the employee's entitlement period, $21,400 for lease costs to be expended over the contractual lease term of the closed facilities and approximately $31,100 of contractual commitments on exited product lines and certain other licensed product lines with reduced expectations due to the Company's enhanced focus on its core brands. The product lines exited were not, either individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company's revenues or operating results. Total non-cash charges were $62,900. Non-cash charges of $16,900 for fixed asset write-offs related primarily to Corporate and the U.S. Toys segment. The remaining approximate $46,000 relates to asset write-offs and a write-down of assets impaired due to the Company's enhanced focus on its core brands. This included impairment of intangible assets arising from the decision to discontinue product line offerings. Non-cash charges related to asset write-offs were credited to the respective line items on the balance sheet in 2000.

        On December 7, 1999, the Company announced a program to consolidate manufacturing and sourcing activities and product lines, as well as streamline and further regionalize marketing, sales and research and development activities worldwide. Costs associated with the 1999 consolidation program, recorded in the fourth quarter of 1999, amounted to $141,575, of which $64,232 was recorded as a restructuring charge and $77,343 in various other operating expense categories. Adjustments to the restructuring plan of $(6,128) were recorded in 2000. The significant components of the plan included the closing of factories in Mexico and in the United Kingdom, reducing capacity at the remaining three factories, shifting production to third party manufacturers in the Far East and further consolidation and regionalization of the International marketing and sales

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structure. Actions under the plan commenced in December 1999 and were completed in fiscal 2000. There were no material changes to the plan, however, adjustments were recognized in 2000 reflecting the reversal of excess restructuring accruals due to lower than previously estimated costs to achieve the overall objectives of the plan, primarily in the consolidation and regionalization of the International marketing and sales structure. Approximately 2,200 employees were terminated as part of the 1999 plan. The plan included approximately $38,700 of cash charges for severance benefits expended over the employee's entitlement period, $14,300 of cash charges for lease costs to be expended over the contractual lease terms and non-cash charges of $11,200 for fixed asset write-offs, arising primarily in the manufacturing area. Non-cash charges relating to fixed asset write-offs were credited to the respective line items on the balance sheet. At December 30, 2001, the remaining liability of $3,000 relates to lease costs which are being expended over the contractual lease term.

        The components of the consolidation program included in other operating expenses in 1999 represent costs associated with exiting certain product lines and reevaluating other product lines resulting in reduced expectations. The product lines being exited were not, either individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company's revenues or operating results. Approximately $12,000 represented cash charges which have been incurred on contractual royalty, product development and advertising commitments associated with the discontinued product lines. Non-cash charges of approximately $65,000 related to asset write-offs and write-downs of underutilized assets, including impairment of intangible assets arising from the decision to discontinue or significantly reduce product line offerings. The resulting sum of undiscounted future cash flows of these assets was not sufficient to cover the carrying amount of the assets, and as such, they were written down to their fair market value. Items relating to property rights and licenses, goodwill, inventory, prepaid and other current assets were credited to the respective asset in the balance sheet.

(14) Financial Instruments

        Hasbro's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, marketable equity securities, short- and long-term borrowings, accounts payable and accrued liabilities. At December 30, 2001, the carrying cost of these instruments approximated their fair value. Its financial instruments also include foreign currency forwards and options (see note 15 to the consolidated financial statements). At December 30, 2001, the carrying value of these instruments approximated their fair value based on quoted or publicly available market information.

(15) Derivative Financial Instruments

        Hasbro uses foreign currency forwards and options, generally purchased for terms of not more than twelve months, to protect itself from adverse currency rate fluctuations on firmly committed and projected future foreign currency transactions. These over-the-counter contracts, which hedge future purchases of inventory and other cross-border currency requirements, are primarily denominated in United States and Hong Kong dollars, Euros and United Kingdom pound sterling and are entered into with counterparties who are major financial institutions. The Company believes any risk related to default by a counterparty to be remote.

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(15) Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)

        Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by Statement of Accounting Standards No. 138 (collectively "SFAS 133"), which requires that the Company record all derivatives, such as foreign currency exchange contracts, on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the derivative fair values that are designated effective and qualify as cash flow hedges are deferred and recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (AOCE) until the hedged transactions occur and are then recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company's foreign currency contracts hedging anticipated cash flows are designated as cash flow hedges. The ineffective portion of a hedging derivative is immediately recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. As a result of adopting SFAS 133, and in accordance with the transition provisions, the Company recorded a one-time after tax charge of $1,066 or $(.01) per share during the quarter ended April 1, 2001 representing the cumulative effect of the adoption in its consolidated statements of operations and an after tax unrealized loss of $753 to AOCE, which the Company has reclassified to earnings through cost of sales during 2001.

        A summary of the after tax activity in AOCE relating to the Company's hedging program is as follows:

Balance, December 31, 2000   $  
Cumulative effect of accounting change     (753 )
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges     4,895  
Change in fair value transferred to earnings as a result of ineffectiveness     33  
Reclass to earnings     (2,197 )
   
 
Balance, December 30, 2001   $ 1,978  
   
 

        The remaining balance in AOCE at December 30, 2001 represents a net unrealized gain on foreign currency contracts relating to hedges of inventory purchased during the fourth quarter of 2001 or forecasted to be purchased during 2002 and intercompany royalty payments expected to be received during 2002. These amounts will be transferred to the consolidated statement of operations upon the sale of the related inventory and receipt of the related royalty payments. The Company expects substantially all of the balance in AOCE to be reclassified to the consolidated statement of operations within the next 12 months. During 2001, the Company transferred $2,197 after tax to earnings relating to deferred gains on foreign currency contracts for inventory sold and intercompany royalty payments received during the fiscal year.

        In accordance with SFAS 133, the Company excluded changes in fair value relating to time value of options purchased from its assessment of hedge effectiveness. For fiscal 2001, these charges, which are included in the consolidated statement of operations in other expense, were $1,150.

        The Company also enters into derivative instruments to offset changes in the fair value of intercompany loans due to the impact of foreign currency changes. The Company recorded the net loss to other (income) expense of $1,434 relating to the change in fair value of such derivatives, substantially offsetting gains from the change in fair value of intercompany loans to which the contracts relate included in other (income) expense.

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        The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items as well as its risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking various hedge transactions. All hedges designated as cash flow hedges are linked to forecasted transactions and the Company assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on an on-going basis, the effectiveness of the derivatives used in hedging transactions in offsetting changes in the cash flows of the hedged items. When it is determined that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge under the requirements of SFAS 133, the Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively. Any gain or loss deferred through that date remains in AOCE until the forecasted transaction occurs at which time it is reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations. To the extent the transaction is no longer deemed probable of occurring, hedge accounting treatment is discontinued prospectively and amounts deferred would be reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations.

        Prior to the adoption of SFAS 133, the Company used foreign currency forwards and options, generally purchased for terms of not more than twelve months, to protect itself from adverse currency rate fluctuations on firmly committed and anticipated foreign currency transactions. Gains and losses deferred under pre-SFAS 133 hedge accounting provisions were subsequently included in the measurement of the related foreign currency transaction. Gains and losses on contracts which did not meet those provisions were reflected in earnings.

(16) Commitments and Contingencies

        Hasbro had unused open letters of credit of approximately $23,000 and $40,000 at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively. The Company enters into license agreements with inventors, designers and others for the use of intellectual properties in its products. Certain of these agreements contain provisions for the payment of guaranteed or minimum royalty amounts. Under terms of currently existing agreements, Hasbro may, provided the other party meets their contractual commitment, be required to pay amounts as follows:

2002   $ 203,000
2003     91,000
2004     69,000
2005     123,000
2006     8,000
   
    $ 494,000
   

        In addition, the Company has $146,900 of prepaid royalties included as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets in the balance sheet. The long-term portion of advances paid of $71,000 is included in other assets. Advanced royalties paid and guaranteed or minimum royalties to be paid relate to anticipated revenues in the years 2002 through 2008.

        At December 30, 2001, the Company had approximately $46,000 in outstanding inventory purchase commitments.

        During 2001, the Company received two inquiries from the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (the "OFT") into allegedly anti-competitive pricing practices by the Company's United Kingdom ("U.K.") subsidiary, Hasbro U.K. Ltd. ("Hasbro U.K."). While the first inquiry related to a

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small portion of Hasbro U.K.'s business, the inquiry received in the third quarter of 2001 from the OFT sought, among other things, information relating to Hasbro U.K.'s trading arrangements with its direct retail accounts, which represent the bulk of its business in the U.K.. The Company is cooperating fully with the OFT in its inquiries. If a fine is imposed pursuant to the OFT inquiry, the Company currently estimates that the amount of the fine could range from approximately $236 to approximately $38,300. Because of a number of factors, including the relatively early stage of this inquiry, the lack of precedent under the applicable U.K. statute, and the significant appeal rights available to the Company in the event of an adverse determination by the OFT, there is no amount within this range which is a better estimate than any other amount in the range. Therefore, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies", the Company has accrued a charge to earnings equal to the low end of the range set forth above. While the Company believes that some fine will be imposed, it is the Company's position that the amount of any fine should be at or near the low end of the range set forth above, and it will be vigorously pursuing this position in its discussions with the OFT.

        Hasbro is party to certain other legal proceedings, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, is deemed to be material to the financial condition of the Company.

(17) Segment Reporting

        Hasbro is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. The Company's main reportable segments are U.S. Toys, Games and International. In addition, the Company has two other segments, Operations and Retail, which meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments. In 2001, the Company has realigned its business segments to consolidate its toy-related product lines into its U.S. Toys segment. In addition, manufacturing facilities previously included in the Operations segment are now assessed as part of the segments which these facilities support. Prior year amounts have been reclassified to reflect these changes.

        In the United States, the U.S. Toys segment includes the design, marketing and selling of boys' action figures, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, preschool toys and infant products, creative play products and toy-related specialty products. The Games segment includes the development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of traditional board games and puzzles, handheld electronic games, electronic interactive products, children's consumer electronics, electronic learning aids and trading card and role-playing games. Within the International segment, the Company develops, manufactures, markets and sells both toy and certain game products in non-U.S. markets. Operations sources product for the majority of the Company's segments. The Retail segment operates retail shops. The Company also has other segments which license out certain toy and game properties. These other segments do not meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments and have been combined for reporting purposes.

        During the third quarter of 2001, the Company announced it would further refine this segment structure beginning in January 2002. This refinement will include the realignment of the U.S. Tiger toy lines to the U.S. Toys segment, from the Games segment where all Tiger products had been included. Certain Tiger electronic games, primarily handheld, will remain in the Games segment. In

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addition, the International operations of Tiger and Wizards of the Coast will be managed as part of the International segment beginning in January 2002. The results of these units have been included in and managed as part of the Games segment. The Company will reclassify all comparative amounts to reflect these changes when they take place in 2002.

        Segment performance is measured at the operating profit level, prior to certain charges. In 2001, segment profitability was measured prior to a $(1,795) adjustment to the 2000 restructuring charge. In 2000, segment profitability was measured prior to $146,142 and $43,965 in charges incurred in connection with the consolidation programs and loss on sale of business units, respectively. In 1999, segment profitability was measured prior to $141,575 in charges incurred in connection with the 1999 consolidation program. Included in Corporate and eliminations are general corporate expenses, the elimination of intersegment transactions and assets not identified with a specific segment. Intersegment sales and transfers are reflected in management reports at amounts approximating cost.

        Prior to fiscal 2000, the Company aggregated assets and related expenses of the U.S. Toys and Games segments. Assets were segregated in 2000 and were separately reported thereafter. The total of U.S. Toys and Games assets in 2001 and 2000 are presented for comparative purposes with 1999 only, and this subtotal is no longer used by management in assessing segment performance. Certain asset related expense items, including depreciation and amortization of intangibles, were allocated to segments in 1999 based upon estimates in order to arrive at segment operating profit. In December of 2000, the Company announced that it entered into an agreement to dispose of certain business units included in its Games segment (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements). During 1999, the Company's Games segment acquired Wizards of the Coast, Inc..

        The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements.

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        Information by segment and a reconciliation to reported amounts are as follows:

 
  Revenue
from
External
Customers

  Affiliate
Revenue

  Operating
Profit
(Loss)

  Depreciation
and
Amortization

  Capital
Additions

  Total
Assets

 
2001                            
  U.S. Toys   $ 787,864   12,355   86,339   44,349   5,745   534,940  
  Games     1,108,232   121,038   82,280   80,874   9,396   1,860,938  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  U.S. Toys and Games     1,896,096   133,393   168,619   125,223   15,141   2,395,878  
  International     837,167   87,220   32,224   41,255   6,385   1,018,886  
  Operations (a)     22,978   402,873   (4,615 ) 28,947   24,106   357,507  
  Retail (d)     51,019     (36,897 ) 24,339   1,551   31,582  
  Other segments     49,079   8,719   25,576   214   11   41,716  
  Corporate and eliminations       (632,205 ) 24,628   5,921   2,851   (476,590 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Segment total     2,856,339     209,535   225,899   50,045   3,368,979  
  Consolidation program (b)         1,795        
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Consolidated Total   $ 2,856,339     211,330   225,899   50,045   3,368,979  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
2000                            
  U.S. Toys   $ 744,915   11,950   (145,761 ) 47,968   3,052   554,753  
  Games     1,843,104   105,143   162,648   93,635   36,788   2,101,164  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  U.S. Toys and Games     2,588,019   117,093   16,887   141,603   39,840   2,655,917  
  International     1,090,747   81,828   53,782   40,912   23,507   1,332,883  
  Operations (a)     17,587   526,417   (3,224 ) 41,067   30,957   321,483  
  Retail     57,328     (10,452 ) 4,733   15,702   40,316  
  Other segments     33,534   8,912   18,058     1,283   16,361  
  Corporate and eliminations       (734,250 ) 10,779   10,860   13,766   (538,501 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Segment total     3,787,215     85,830   239,175   125,055   3,828,459  
  Consolidation program (b)         (146,142 ) 25,046      
  Loss on sale of business units (c)         (43,965 )      
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Consolidated Total   $ 3,787,215     (104,277 ) 264,221   125,055   3,828,459  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

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1999                            
  U.S. Toys (e)   $ 1,263,121   28,098   79,326              
  Games (e)     1,665,742   102,840   252,033              
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  U.S. Toys and Games (e)     2,928,863   130,938   331,359   144,757   32,167   3,901,488  
  International     1,231,854   41,711   131,727   43,472   25,424   1,454,146  
  Operations (a)     18,732   430,020   6,581   38,074   35,842   330,423  
  Retail     39,347     8,267   789   128   30,168  
  Other segments     13,467     17,434        
  Corporate and eliminations       (602,669 ) (26,224 ) 11,783   13,907   (1,252,877 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Segment total     4,232,263     469,144   238,875   107,468   4,463,348  
  Consolidation program (b)         (141,575 ) 38,449      
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Consolidated Total   $ 4,232,263     327,569   277,324   107,468   4,463,348  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

(a)
The Operations segment derives substantially all of its revenues, and thus its operating results, from intersegment activities.

(b)
The impact of the consolidation programs to operating profit by segment was $(1,795) to International for 2001. In 2000, the impact to operating profit by segment was $58,865 to U.S. Toys, $6,718 to Games, $28,581 to International, $350 to Operations and $51,628 to Corporate and Other segments. In 1999, the impact to operating profit by segment was $54,733 to U.S. Toys, $36,832 to Games, $35,849 to International, $1,144 to Operations and $13,017 to Corporate and Other.

(c)
The loss on sale of business units relates to the sale of the Games segment's business units comprising Hasbro Interactive and Games.com (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements).

(d)
The Company's Retail segment operating loss includes a charge related to impairment of long-lived assets of approximately $16,000 in 2001.

(e)
As a result of the complexity of the Company's organizational changes, it was unable to segregate assets and related expenses between the U.S. Toys and Games segments prior to fiscal 2000. Certain asset related expense items including depreciation and amortization of intangibles have been allocated to segments based upon estimates in order to arrive at segment operating profit.

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(17) Segment Reporting (Continued)

        The following table presents consolidated net revenues by classes of principal products for the years ended in December:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
Boys toys   $ 522,400   719,900   1,232,300
Games and puzzles     1,484,000   2,146,800   1,936,100
Preschool toys     221,900   202,000   273,600
Creative play     190,600   192,800   214,000
Girls toys     112,000   56,700   82,800
Interactive software games       179,600   229,400
Other     325,439   289,415   264,063
   
 
 
Net revenues   $ 2,856,339   3,787,215   4,232,263
   
 
 

        Information as to Hasbro's operations in different geographical areas is presented below on the basis the Company uses to manage its business. Net revenues and the related pretax earnings are categorized based on location of the customer, while long-lived assets (property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangibles) are categorized based on their location:

 
  2001
  2000
  1999
Net revenues              
  United States   $ 1,825,745   2,251,023   2,818,837
  International     1,030,594   1,536,192   1,413,426
   
 
 
    $ 2,856,339   3,787,215   4,232,263
   
 
 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change              
  United States   $ 64,023   (242,758 ) 158,834
  International     32,176   16,772   115,011
   
 
 
    $ 96,199   (225,986 ) 273,845
   
 
 
Long-lived assets              
  United States   $ 1,636,012   1,803,688   1,880,029
  International     165,950   199,123   194,677
   
 
 
    $ 1,801,962   2,002,811   2,074,706
   
 
 

        Principal international markets include Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

        Hasbro markets its products primarily to customers in the retail sector. Although the Company closely monitors the creditworthiness of its customers, adjusting credit policies and limits as deemed appropriate, a substantial portion of its customers' ability to discharge amounts owed is dependent upon the overall retail economic environment.

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        Sales to the Company's two largest customers, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Toys 'R Us, Inc., amounted to 17% and 13%, respectively, of consolidated net revenues during 2001, 14% and 13%, respectively, during 2000, and 16% each during 1999.

        Hasbro purchases certain components and accessories used in its manufacturing process and certain finished products from manufacturers in the Far East. The Company's reliance on external sources of manufacturing can be shifted, over a period of time, to alternative sources of supply for products it sells, should such changes be necessary. However, if the Company were prevented from obtaining products from a substantial number of its current Far East suppliers due to political, labor or other factors beyond its control, the Company's operations would be disrupted while alternative sources of product were secured. The imposition of trade sanctions by the United States or the European Union against a class of products imported by Hasbro from, or the loss of "normal trade relations" status by, the People's Republic of China could significantly increase the cost of the Company's products imported into the United States or Europe.

(18) Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

2001

 
  Quarter
   
 
  First
  Second
  Third
  Fourth
  Full Year
Net revenues   $ 463,286   510,971   893,353   988,729   2,856,339
Gross profit   $ 273,481   306,963   491,198   561,214   1,632,856
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change   $ (35,232 ) (26,957 ) 74,414   83,974 (a) 96,199
Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change   $ (23,958 ) (18,331 ) 50,602   52,485   60,798
Net earnings (loss)   $ (25,024 ) (18,331 ) 50,602   52,485   59,732
   
 
 
 
 
Per common share                      
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change                      
    Basic & diluted   $ (.14 ) (.11 ) .29   .30   .35
  Market price                      
    High   $ 14.63   15.59   17.62   18.44   18.44
    Low   $ 10.31   10.50   11.60   13.16   10.31
  Cash dividends declared   $ .03   .03   .03   .03   .12
   
 
 
 
 

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2000

 
  Quarter
   
 
 
  First
  Second
  Third
  Fourth
  Full Year
 
Net revenues   $ 773,481   778,373   1,072,617   1,162,744   3,787,215  
Gross profit   $ 473,180   480,330   613,082   546,650   2,113,242  
Earnings (loss) before income taxes   $ 21,923   9,421   20,046   (277,376) (a) (225,986 )
Net earnings (loss)   $ 15,127   6,500   13,832   (180,090 ) (144,631 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
Per common share                        
  Earnings (loss)                        
    Basic & diluted   $ .08   .04   .08   (1.05 ) (.82 )
  Market price                        
    High   $ 191/8   189/16   1713/16   1215/16   191/8  
    Low   $ 133/4   15   103/16   83/8   83/8  
  Cash dividends declared   $ .06   .06   .06   .03   .21  
   
 
 
 
 
 

(a)
In 2001 and 2000, includes $(1,795) and $63,951, respectively, relating to restructuring of operations.

ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

        None.

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PART III

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

        The information required by this item is contained under the captions "Election of Directors" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

        The information required by this item is contained under the captions "Compensation of Directors" and "Executive Compensation" in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

        The information required by this item is contained under the caption "Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof" in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

        The information required by this item is contained under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.


PART IV

ITEM 14.    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)
Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits
(1)
Financial Statements

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        Schedules other than those listed above are omitted for the reason that they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto. Columns omitted from schedules filed have been omitted because the information is not applicable.

        The Company will furnish to any shareholder, upon written request, any exhibit listed below upon payment by such shareholder to the Company of the Company's reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibit.

Exhibit
   
3. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a ) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(b ) Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 28, 2000. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(c ) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended.
(d ) Certificate of Designations of Series C Junior Participating Preference Stock of Hasbro, Inc. dated June 29, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(e ) Certificate of Vote(s) authorizing a decrease of class or series of any class of shares. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.
(a ) Indenture, dated as of July 17, 1998, by and between the Company and Citibank, N.A. as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(b ) Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, by and between the Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 26, 1999, File Number 1-6682.)
(c ) Indenture, dated as of November 30, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-83250, filed February 22, 2002.)
(d ) Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 19, 2002 by and among the Company, the Banks party thereto, and Fleet National Bank, as Agent for the Banks.
(e ) Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 1999, between the Company and Fleet National Bank (the Rights Agent). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of June 16, 1999.)

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(f ) First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2000, between the Company and the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000.)
10. Material Contracts
(a ) Lease between Hasbro Canada Corporation (formerly named Hasbro Industries (Canada) Ltd.)("Hasbro Canada") and Central Toy Manufacturing Co. ("Central Toy"), dated December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(b ) Lease between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy, together with an Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(c ) Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File No. 1-6682.)
(d ) Letter agreement, dated December 13, 2000, between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000.)
(e ) Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(f ) First Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(g ) Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(h ) First Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(i ) Warrant, dated October 14, 1997 between the Company and Lucas Licensing Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(j ) Warrant, dated October 14, 1997 between the Company and Lucasfilm Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(k ) Warrant, dated October 30, 1998 between the Company and Lucas Licensing Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)

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(l ) Warrant, dated October 30, 1998 between the Company and Lucasfilm Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(m ) Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-78018.)
(n ) Amendment No. 1 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(o ) Amendment No. 2 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(p ) Amendment No. 3 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(q ) Amendment No. 4 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(r ) Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(s ) Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(t ) Amendment No. 1 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(u ) Amendment No. 2 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1987 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(v ) Amendment No. 3 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(w ) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Employees) under the Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(x ) 1992 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1992 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(y ) Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan and the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(z ) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)

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(aa ) First Amendment to the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan and the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)
(bb ) Second Amendment to the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(cc ) Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)
(dd ) First Amendment to the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 28, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)
(ee ) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long Term Incentive Program) under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan, and the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(ff ) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(gg) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(gg ) Form of Deferred Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(hh) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(hh ) Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and ten Company executives. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(ii ) Form of Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2000, to Form of Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(hh) above. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ff) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999.)
(jj ) Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 1990, File No. 1-6682.)
(kk ) Form of Director's Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1988 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(ll ) Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(mm ) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(nn ) First Amendment to the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)

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(oo ) Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(pp ) Hasbro, Inc. 1999 Senior Management Annual Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(qq ) Hasbro, Inc. Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 29, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(rr ) Letter dated January 26, 1998 from the Company to George B. Volanakis. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ii) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File No. 1-6682.)
(ss ) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of October 15, 2001 between the Company and Harold P. Gordon. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2001.)
(tt ) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of October 31, 2001, by and between the Company and Brian Goldner.
11. Statement re computation of per share earnings
12. Statement re computation of ratios
21. Subsidiaries of the registrant
23. Consents of KPMG LLP

        The Company agrees to furnish the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy of each agreement with respect to long-term debt of the Company, the authorized principal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

(b)
Reports on Form 8-K
(c)
Exhibits

        See (a)(3) above

(d)
Financial Statement Schedules

        See (a)(2) above

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Hasbro, Inc.:

        Under date of February 6, 2002, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 30, 2001. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related financial statement schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts in the Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits.

        In our opinion, such financial statement schedule when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Providence, Rhode Island
February 6, 2002

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HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves
Fiscal Years Ended in December
(Thousands of Dollars)

 
  Balance at
Beginning of
Year

  Provision
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses

  Other
Additions

  Write-Offs
And
Other (a)

  Balance
at End of
Year

Valuation accounts deducted from assets to which they apply— for doubtful accounts receivable:                        
2001   $ 55,000   8,487     (14,187 ) $ 49,300
   
 
 
 
 
2000   $ 65,000   4,387   59   (14,446 ) $ 55,000
   
 
 
 
 
1999   $ 64,400   9,053   2,329   (10,782 ) $ 65,000
   
 
 
 
 

(a)
Includes write-offs, recoveries of previous write-offs, translation adjustments, and an adjustment in 2000 to reflect the transfer of balances related to business units held for sale, now included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. Translation adjustments and the transfer of balances in 2000 amounted to approximately $6,600.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  HASBRO, INC. (REGISTRANT)

By:

/s/  
ALAN G. HASSENFELD      
Alan G. Hassenfeld
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: March 29, 2002

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  ALAN G. HASSENFELD      
Alan G. Hassenfeld
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   March 29, 2002

/s/  
DAVID D.R. HARGREAVES      
David D.R. Hargreaves

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
ALAN R. BATKIN      
Alan R. Batkin

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
FRANK J. BIONDI, JR.      
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
E. GORDON GEE      
E. Gordon Gee

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
HAROLD P. GORDON      
Harold P. Gordon

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
SYLVIA K. HASSENFELD      
Sylvia K. Hassenfeld

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/  
CLAUDINE B. MALONE      
Claudine B. Malone

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
NORMA T. PACE      
Norma T. Pace

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
E. JOHN ROSENWALD, JR.      
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
ELI J. SEGAL      
Eli J. Segal

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
CARL SPIELVOGEL      
Carl Spielvogel

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
PAULA STERN      
Paula Stern

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
PRESTON ROBERT TISCH      
Preston Robert Tisch

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

/s/  
ALFRED J. VERRECCHIA      
Alfred J. Verrecchia

 

Director

 

March 29, 2002

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HASBRO, INC.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Year Ended December 30, 2001


Exhibit Index

Exhibit
   
3. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(a ) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(b ) Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 28, 2000. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(c ) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended.
(d ) Certificate of Designations of Series C Junior Participating Preference Stock of Hasbro, Inc. dated June 29, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(e ) Certificate of Vote(s) authorizing a decrease of class or series of any class of shares. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.
(a ) Indenture, dated as of July 17, 1998, by and between the Company and Citibank, N.A. as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(b ) Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, by and between the Company and the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 26, 1999, File Number 1-6682.)
(c ) Indenture dated as of November 30, 2001 between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-83250, filed February 22, 2002)
(d ) Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 19, 2002 by and among the Company, the Banks party thereto, and Fleet National Bank, as Agent for the Banks.
(e ) Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 1999, between the Company and Fleet National Bank (the Rights Agent). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of June 16, 1999.)
(f ) First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2000, between the Company and the Rights Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000.)
10. Material Contracts
(a ) Lease between Hasbro Canada Corporation (formerly named Hasbro Industries (Canada) Ltd.)("Hasbro Canada") and Central Toy Manufacturing Co. ("Central Toy"), dated December 23, 1976. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)

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(b ) Lease between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy, together with an Addendum thereto, each dated as of May 1, 1987. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(c ) Addendum to lease, dated March 5, 1998, between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File No. 1-6682.)
(d ) Letter agreement, dated December 13, 2000, between Hasbro Canada and Central Toy. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000.)
(e ) Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(f ) First Amendment to Toy License Agreement between Lucas Licensing Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(g ) Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company dated as of October 14, 1997. (Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(h ) First Amendment to Agreement of Strategic Relationship between Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Company, dated as of September 25, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(i ) Warrant, dated October 14, 1997 between the Company and Lucas Licensing Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(j ) Warrant, dated October 14, 1997 between the Company and Lucasfilm Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(k ) Warrant, dated October 30, 1998 between the Company and Lucas Licensing Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
(l ) Warrant, dated October 30, 1998 between the Company and Lucasfilm Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(m ) Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-78018.)

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(n ) Amendment No. 1 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(o ) Amendment No. 2 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1987, File No. 1-6682.)
(p ) Amendment No. 3 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(q ) Amendment No. 4 to Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(r ) Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(q) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1988, File No. 1-6682.)
(s ) Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14, File No. 2-92550.)
(t ) Amendment No. 1 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1986, File No. 1-6682.)
(u ) Amendment No. 2 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1987 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(v ) Amendment No. 3 to Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(w ) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Employees) under the Non Qualified Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(x ) 1992 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1992 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(y ) Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan and the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(z ) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(aa ) First Amendment to the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan and the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)
(bb ) Second Amendment to the Stock Incentive Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(cc ) Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(dd) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 1996, File No. 1-6682.)

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(dd ) First Amendment to the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 28, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)
(ee ) Form of Stock Option Agreement (For Participants in the Long Term Incentive Program) under the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, the Stock Incentive Performance Plan, and the Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 1992, File No. 1-6682.)
(ff ) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(gg) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(gg ) Form of Deferred Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(hh) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)
(hh ) Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and ten Company executives. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-6682.)
(ii ) Form of Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2000, to Form of Employment Agreement included as Exhibit 10(hh) above. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ff) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1999.)
(jj ) Hasbro, Inc. Retirement Plan for Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 1990, File No. 1-6682.)
(kk ) Form of Director's Indemnification Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1988 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(ll ) Hasbro, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 26, 1993, File No. 1-6682.)
(mm ) Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(nn ) First Amendment to the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)
(oo ) Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the Hasbro, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(w) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 1994, File No. 1-6682.)
(pp ) Hasbro, Inc. 1999 Senior Management Annual Performance Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 1-6682.)
(qq ) Hasbro, Inc. Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Period Ended March 29, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)

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(rr ) Letter dated January 26, 1998 from the Company to George B. Volanakis. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ii) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 1997, File No. 1-6682.)
(ss ) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of October 15, 2001 between the Company and Harold P. Gordon. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2001.)
(tt ) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of October 31, 2001, by and between the Company and Brian Goldner.
11. Statement re computation of per share earnings
12. Statement re computation of ratios
21. Subsidiaries of the registrant
23. Consents of KPMG LLP

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3 (c)

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                             BY-LAWS of HASBRO, INC

                         (as amended from time to time)

                                    ARTICLE I

                                     OFFICES

     Section 1.1. The office of Hasbro, Inc. (the "Corporation") within the
State of Rhode Island shall be located in the City of Pawtucket, County of
Providence.

     Section 1.2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices and
places of business at such other places within or without the State of Rhode
Island as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business
of the Corporation may require.

                                   ARTICLE II

                            MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

     Section 2.1. Place. All meetings of shareholders of the Corporation shall
be held at such place within or without the State of Rhode Island as shall be
stated in the notice of the meeting.

     Section 2.2. Annual Meeting. Commencing with the year 1995, a meeting of
the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held annually on the second
Wednesday in the month of May of each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a
legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, or on such other date and
at such time and place as the Board of Directors shall determine, and at such
meeting, the shareholders shall transact such business as may properly be
brought before the meeting.

     Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute
or by the Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles of Incorporation"),
may be called by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, any Chief
Operating Officer, President, or the Board of Directors.

     Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of
shareholders of the



Corporation stating the place, date and hour thereof, and in the case of a
special meeting of shareholders, specifying the purpose or purposes thereof, and
the person or persons by whom or at whose direction such meeting has been
called, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, at his
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, not less than ten (10)
nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting.

     Section 2.5. Quorum. At each meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation, the holders of a majority of shares of the Corporation entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum, except
as may be otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
If, however, a quorum shall not be present on the date specified in the original
notice of meeting, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person
or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
At any such adjourned meeting, at which a quorum shall be present, the
shareholders, present in person or by proxy, may transact any business which
might have been transacted had a quorum been present on the date specified in
the original notice of meeting.

     Section 2.6. Voting. At any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation,
each shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or
by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder or
otherwise appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 of these
By-Laws. Except as may be otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation,
each holder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for every
share of such stock standing in his name on the book of the Corporation. All
elections of directors by shareholders shall be determined by the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power and represented in person
or by proxy at such meeting and, except as otherwise provided by statute, the
Articles of Incorporation or Article XII of these By-Laws, all other matters
shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having
voting power and represented in person or by proxy at such meeting.

     Section 2.7. Proxies. Each proxy shall be either (i) executed in writing by
the shareholder or his duly authorized attorney or (ii) provided through
instructions transmitted by or on behalf of the shareholder by telegram,
cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission, including Internet and
telephonic transmissions, which in the case of this subsection (ii) are both (A)
consistent with the procedures of the Corporation designed to verify that such
instructions have been authorized by such shareholder and (B) comply with the
applicable requirements of the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act for such
proxies. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from
the date of its execution unless it shall have specified therein a longer
duration. Each proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the person executing
it or of his personal representative, except in those cases where an irrevocable
proxy is permissible under applicable law.

     Section 2.8. Consents. Action shall be taken by the shareholders only by
unanimous written consent or at annual or special meetings of shareholders of
the Corporation except that, if and with the percentage of the outstanding
Preference Stock or any series thereof (the "Required Percentage") set forth in
the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors with respect to
the Preference Stock, action may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if consent in writing setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of the Required Percentage of the
outstanding Preference Stock or any series thereof entitled to vote thereon.



     Section 2.9. Shareholder Proposals. Any new business proposed by any
shareholder to be taken up at the annual meeting of shareholders shall be stated
in writing and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation at least 150 days
before the date of the annual meeting, and all business so stated, proposed and
filed shall, if appropriate under applicable law, be considered at the annual
meeting, but no other proposal shall be acted upon at the annual meeting. These
provisions shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at
the annual meetings of reports of officers, directors and committees, but in
connection with such reports no new business shall be acted upon at such annual
meeting unless stated and filed as herein provided. The business to be taken up
at a special meeting of shareholders shall be confined to that set forth in the
notice of special meeting.

     Section 2.10. Nomination of Directors.

     (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation
or pursuant to applicable law, only persons who are nominated in accordance with
the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the
Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may
be made at any annual meeting of shareholders (a) by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any
shareholder of the Corporation (I) who is a shareholder of record on the date of
the giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.10 and on the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting
and (ii) who complies with the notice-procedure set forth in this Section 2.10.

     (b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to
be made by a shareholder, such shareholder must have given timely notice thereof
in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation (as more fully
described below). To be timely, a shareholder's notice to the Secretary must be
delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior
to the one year anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of
shareholders; provided that in the event that the annual meeting is not called
for at a date that is not within the thirty (30) days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by the shareholder in order to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day
on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public
disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs.

     (c) To be in proper written form, a shareholder's notice to the Secretary
must set forth (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate
for election or reelection as a director (i) the name, age, business address and
residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of
the person, (iii) the class or series or number of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv)
any other information relating to the person that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to
Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the
shareholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of such
shareholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by such shareholder,
(iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such
shareholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including
their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such
shareholder, (iv) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in
person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice
and (v) any other information relating to such



shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other
filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for
election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Corporation may require that any
proposed nominee furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by
the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve
as director of the Corporation. Such written notice from the nominating
shareholder must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to
being named as a nominee and to serve as a director, if elected.

     (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation
or pursuant to applicable law, no person shall be eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 2.10. If the Chairman of the meeting determines that a
nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the
Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such
defective nomination shall be disregarded.

                                   ARTICLE III

                                    DIRECTORS

     Section 3.1. Board of Directors. The property and business of the
Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise all
such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not, by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws,
directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Directors need
not be shareholders.

     Section 3.2. Number. The number of directors of the Corporation (exclusive
of directors that may be elected by the holders of any one or more series of the
Preference Stock voting separately as a class or classes) that shall constitute
the entire Board of Directors (the "Entire Board of Directors") shall be 17,
unless otherwise determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Entire Board of Directors, except that if
an Interested Person (as hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws)
exists, such majority must include the affirmative vote of at least a majority
of the Continuing Directors (as hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these
By-Laws).

     Section 3.3. Election. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of
shareholders, or as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or in
these By-Laws.

     Section 3.4. Term of Office, Classes. Except with respect to any directors
elected by holders of any one or more series of Preference Stock voting
separately as a class or classes, the Board of Directors shall be divided into
three (3) classes in respect of term of office, designated Class I, Class II and
Class III. Each class shall contain one-third (1/3) of the Entire Board of
Directors, or such other number that will cause all three (3) classes to be as
nearly equal in number as possible, with the terms of office of one class
expiring each year. At the annual meeting of shareholders in 1985, directors of
Class I shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders to be
held in 1986; the directors of Class II shall be elected to serve until the
annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 1987; and the directors of Class
III shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders to be
held in 1988; provided that in each case, directors shall continue to serve
until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify or until their earlier
death, resignation or removal. At each



subsequent annual meeting of shareholders, one (1) class of directors shall be
elected to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders held three (3) years
next following and until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of
directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of office of any
incumbent director. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors shall be
apportioned among the classes so as to make all classes as nearly equal in
number as possible.

     Section 3.5. Removal. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to
the terms of any one or more classes or series of outstanding capital stock of
the Corporation, any director may be removed; provided, however, such removal
must be for cause and must be approved by at least a majority vote of the Entire
Board of Directors or by at least a majority of the votes held by the holders of
shares of the Corporation then

entitled to be voted at an election for that director, except that if an
Interested Person exists, such removal must be approved (1) by at least a
majority vote of the Entire Board of Directors, including a majority of the
Continuing Directors, or (2) by at least 80% of the votes held by the holders of
shares of the Corporation then entitled to be voted at an election for that
director, including a majority of the votes held by holders of shares of the
Corporation then entitled to vote at an election for that director that are not
beneficially owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Interested
Person. For purposes of this Section 3.5, the Entire Board of Directors will not
include the director who is the subject of the removal determination, nor will
such director be entitled to vote thereon. However, nothing in the preceding
sentence shall be construed as preventing a director who is the subject of
removal determination (but who has not yet actually been removed in accordance
with this Section 3.5) from voting on any other matters brought before the Board
of Directors, including, without limitation, any removal determination with
respect to any other director or directors.

     Section 3.6. Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided by the terms of any
one or more classes or series of outstanding capital stock of the Corporation,
any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors, including any vacancy created
by reason of any increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the remaining directors, whether or
not such remaining directors constitute a quorum, except that if an Interested
Person exists, such majority of the remaining directors must include a majority
of the Continuing Directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve
for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                              MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

     Section 4.1. Time and Place. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
either within or without the State of Rhode Island. Regular meetings of the
Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall
from time to time be determined by the Board. Each special meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be stated in the
notice of the meeting.

     Section 4.2. First Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected Board
of Directors shall be held within ten (10) days following each annual meeting of
the shareholders, at such time and place either within or without the State of
Rhode Island, as shall be announced at the annual meeting of



shareholders, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly
elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum
shall be present.

     Section 4.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, any Chief
Operating Officer, the President, or the Secretary, and at the written request
of any two (2) directors, shall be called by the Secretary. Written notice of
each special meeting of directors, stating the time and place thereof, shall be
served upon each director, personally, by mail or by telegraph, at least two (2)
days before such meeting.

     Section 4.4. Quorum and Voting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a
majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of
the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided
by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If a quorum
shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors
present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

     Section 4.5. Telephone Conference Meetings. Meetings of the directors may
be held by means of a telephone or similar communications equipment, by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same
time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a
meeting.

     Section 4.6. Consents. Any action allowed or required to be taken at a
meeting of the Board of Directors or by any committee thereof, may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is
signed before or after such action by all of the directors, or all of the
members of the committee, as the case may be.

                                    ARTICLE V

                            COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.

     Section 5.1. Designation; Powers. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
or resolutions adopted by a majority of the Entire Board of Directors, designate
from among its members an Executive Committee, or other Committees, each
consisting of three (3) or more directors, and each of which, to the extent
provided in any such resolution, shall have all the authority of the Board,
except as provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of
any such Committee who may replace any absent member or members at any meeting
of such Committee.

     Section 5.2. Tenure and Reports. Each such Committee shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors. It shall keep minutes of its meetings and
report the same to the Board.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     NOTICES



     Section 6.1. Delivery of Notices. Notices to directors and shareholders
shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by mail. Notice by mail
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the
post office or a letter box, in a postpaid, sealed wrapper, and shall be
addressed to directors or shareholders at their addresses appearing on the books
of the Corporation. Notice to directors may also be given by telecopy.

     Section 6.2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given
by any statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof
in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Any
shareholder attending a meeting of shareholders in person or by proxy, or any
director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof,
without protesting such lack of notice prior to the meeting or at its
commencement, shall be deemed conclusively to have waived notice of such
meeting. Any shareholder signing a unanimous or other written consent pursuant
to Section 2.8 hereof or any director signing a unanimous written consent
pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof shall be deemed conclusively to have waived
notice of the action taken by such consent.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                    OFFICERS

     Section 7.1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman
of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Chief
Operating Officers, one or more Vice Chairmen, a President, Hasbro Toys (U.S.),
a President, Hasbro Games (U.S.), one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a
Controller, and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected annually by the
directors at their annual meeting, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors. Any person may hold two or more such offices.

     Section 7.2. Additional Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint such
other officers and agents, including, without limitation, Assistant Vice
Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant
Controllers with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary or
appropriate. All such officers or agents shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Board of Directors.

     Section 7.3. Authorities and Duties. All officers, as between themselves
and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the
management of the Corporation as may be provided in these By-Laws, or, to the
extent not so provided, as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

     Section 7.4. Salaries. The salaries or other compensation of all officers
of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The salaries or
other compensation of all other employees and agents of the Corporation may be
fixed by the Board of Directors. However, the Board of Directors may delegate to
one or more officers or employees authority to employ and to fix the salaries or
other compensation of any such employees or agents.



     Section 7.5. The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and
perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.

     Section 7.6. The Vice Chairman. In the absence of the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman (and if there is more than one Vice Chairman, the Vice
Chairmen in order of their seniority or as otherwise determined by the Board)
shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such
powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by
the Board of Directors.

     Section 7.7. The Chief Operating Officers. In the absence of the Chairman
of the Board and any Vice Chairman, any Chief Operating Officer (and if there is
more than one Chief Operating Officer, in order of their seniority or as
otherwise determined by the Board) shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to
time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

     Section 7.8. The President. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board,
any Vice Chairman and the Chief Operating Officers, the President shall preside
at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform
such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.

     Section 7.9. The Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents in the order of their
seniority, as indicated by their titles (Executive, Senior, etc.) or as
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the
Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairmen, the Chief Operating Officers and the
President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairmen, the Chief Operating Officers and the President, shall
perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe and shall
generally assist the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the Chief
Operating Officers and the President.

     Section 7.10. The Secretary. The Secretary shall attend meetings of the
Board of Directors and shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all
proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties
for the standing committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall
give, or cause to be given, notice of meetings of the shareholders and special
meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairmen, the Chief Operating Officers and the President, under whose collective
supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the
Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to
any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his
signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or
Treasurer. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stock books
and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct and shall
perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary.

     Section 7.11. Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretaries in the
absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other



duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

     Section 7.12. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody
of the corporate funds, and other valuable effects, including securities, and
shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable
effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as
may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the
funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers
for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairmen, the Chief Operating Officers, the President and the Board of
Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require
it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the
Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for such term, in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board for the faithful
performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the
Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever
kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.

     Section 7.13. Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurer shall, in the
absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of
Directors may prescribe.

     Section 7.14. Execution of Instruments. Each of the Chairman of the Board,
the Vice Chairman, the Chief Operating Officers, the President and the Executive
Vice Presidents shall have the power to sign on behalf of the Corporation bonds,
notes, deeds, mortgages, guarantees and any and all contracts, agreements and
instruments of a contractual nature pertaining to matters which arise in the
normal conduct and ordinary course of the business of the Corporation, except in
cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall have been expressly
delegated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation to some other officer or
agent of the Corporation.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

     Section 8.1. Form. The certificates of stock of the corporation shall be in
such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be numbered
consecutively and entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued.
Each certificate shall exhibit the registered holder's name and the number and
class of shares, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice
Chairman, any Chief Operating Officer, the President, any Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President, or Vice President and by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and shall bear
the seal of the Corporation or an engraved or printed facsimile thereof. Where
any such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or by a registrar, the
signature of the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, any Chief Operating
Officer, the President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice
President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may
be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar, who has
signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such
certificate or certificates, shall cease to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or
otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the



Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and
delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or
certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon
had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the
Corporation.

     Section 8.2. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to
(1) recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the
owner of shares as entitled to receive dividends and notices of meetings of
shareholders and to vote as such owner; and (2) hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and the
Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall
have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

     Section 8.3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and upon such
other terms as the Board of Directors may prescribe; and the Board of Directors
may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new
certificate or certificates, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as it may direct
as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with
respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

     Section 8.4. Record Date.

     (a) For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to
express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the
purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend
or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the
Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination
of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten
(10) days before the date of such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days prior to
any other action.

     (b) If no record date is fixed:

        (1) The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice IS given, or, if no
notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held.

        (2) The record date for determining shareholders for any purpose other
than that specified in subparagraph (1) shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the resolution of the Board relating thereto is adopted.

     (c) When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or
to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this
section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the
Board fixes a new record date under this section for the



adjourned meeting.

     Section 8.5. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may (1) issue fractions of
a share, (2) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those
entitled thereto, (3) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of
the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (4)
issue scrip in registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to
receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip
aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall, but scrip
shall not, unless otherwise provided therein, entitle the holder to exercise
voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to participate in any of the
assets of the Corporation in the event of liquidation. The Board of Directors
may cause scrip to be issued subject to the condition that it shall become void
if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified
date, or subject to the condition that the shares for which scrip is
exchangeable may be sold by the Corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed
to the holders of scrip, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of
Directors may deem advisable.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 9.1. Dividends. Subject always to the provisions of the law and the
Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to
determine whether any, and if any, what part of any, funds legally available for
the payment of dividends shall be declared in dividends and paid to
shareholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the
Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of
Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to
divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the shareholders as dividends
or otherwise; and the Board of Directors may fix a sum which may be set aside or
reserved over and above the capital paid in of the Corporation as working
capital for the Corporation or as a reserve for any proper purpose, and from
time to time may increase, diminish, and vary the same in its absolute judgment
and discretion.

     Section 9.2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
determined by the Board of Directors.

     Section 9.3. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name
of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Incorporated,
Rhode Island". Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

     Section 9.4. Instruments for the Payment of Money. All checks or other
instruments for the payment of money and notes of the Corporation shall be
signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board
of Directors may from time to time designate.



                                    ARTICLE X

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 10.1. Without limiting the provisions of Section 10.2 , each person
who at any time serves or shall have served as a director or officer of the
Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of any committee of the
Board of Directors or as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or
agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan shall be indemnified to the
full extent permitted by Title 7-1.1-4.1 of the Rhode Island Business
Corporation Act, as the same may be amended from time to time.

     Section 10.2. Nothing contained in this ARTICLE X shall affect any rights
to indemnification to which directors and officers may be entitled by agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                   AMENDMENTS

     Section 11.1. Power to Amend. The Board of Directors is authorized to
adopt, repeal, alter, amend or rescind these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of
at least a majority of the Entire Board of Directors, except that if an
Interested Person exists, such Board action must be taken by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of the Entire Board of Directors, including a
majority of the Continuing Directors. The shareholders may adopt, repeal, alter,
amend or rescind the By-Laws of the Corporation by the vote of at least 66-2/3%
of the votes held by holders of shares of Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined)
except that if an Interested Person exists, such shareholder action must be
taken by the vote of at least 80% of the votes held by holders of shares of
Voting Stock, including an Independent Majority of Shareholders (as hereinafter
defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws).

                                   ARTICLE XII

                              BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

     Section 12.1. Subject to Section 12.2 of this Article XII, but
notwithstanding any other provisions of these By-Laws or of the Articles of
Incorporation or the fact that no vote for such a transaction may be required by
law or that approval by some lesser percentage of shareholders may be permitted
by law, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary shall be party to a Business
Combination (as hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws) unless all
of the following conditions are met:

       (1) After becoming an Interested Person and prior to consummation of such
Business



Combination:

        (a) such Interested Person shall not have acquired any newly issued
shares of capital stock, directly or indirectly, from the Corporation or a
Subsidiary (except upon exercise or conversion of warrants or other rights,
including preemptive rights, or convertible securities acquired by an Interested
Person prior to becoming an interested Person or upon compliance with the
provisions of this Article XII or as a result of a pro rata stock dividend or
stock split) ;

        (b) such Interested Person shall not have received the benefit, directly
or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder), of any loans, advances,
guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or tax credits provided by the
Corporation or a Subsidiary, or have made any major changes in the Corporation's
business or equity capital structure;

        (c) except as approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors, there
shall have been (i) no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on voting
Stock (except as necessary to reflect a pro rata stock dividend or stock split)
and (ii) an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect
any reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization,
reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the
number of outstanding shares of Voting Stock; and

        (d) such Interested Person shall have taken steps to insure that the
Board of Directors of the Corporation included at all times representation by
Continuing Directors proportionate to the ratio that the number of shares of
Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws) from time
to time owned by shareholders who are not Interested Persons bears to all shares
of Voting Stock outstanding at the time in question (with a Continuing Director
to occupy any resulting fractional position among the directors); and

     (2) The Business Combination shall have been approved by at least a
majority of the Entire Board of Directors of the Corporation, including a
majority of the Continuing Directors; and

     (3) A shareholder's meeting shall have been called for the purpose of
approving the Business Combination and a proxy statement complying with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, as amended, or any successor statute or rule,
whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such requirements, shall be
mailed to all shareholders of the Corporation not less than thirty (30) days
prior to the date of such meeting for the purpose of soliciting shareholder
approval of such Business Combination and shall contain at the front thereof, in
a prominent place, (a) any recommendations as to the advisability (or
inadvisability) of the Business Combination which the Continuing Directors may
choose to state, and (b) the opinion of a reputable national investment banking
firm as to the fairness (or lack thereof) of the terms of such Business
Combination, from the point of view of the remaining shareholders of the
Corporation (such investment banking firm to be engaged by a majority of the
Continuing Directors solely on behalf of the remaining shareholders and paid a
reasonable fee for their services, which fee shall not be contingent upon the
consummation of the transaction); and

     (4) The Business Combination shall have been approved by at least 80% of
the votes held by the holders of the outstanding Voting Stock, including an
Independent Majority of Shareholders.



     Section 12.2. The approval requirements of Section 12.1 shall not apply to
any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall require
only such affirmative shareholder vote as is required by law, any other
provision of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, the terms of any
outstanding classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation or any
agreement with any national securities exchange, if the Business Combination is
approved by a majority of the Entire Board of Directors, including the
affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the Continuing Directors.

     Section 12.3. The Board of Directors of the Corporation, when evaluating
any offer of another Person (the "Offering Person") (i) to make a tender or
exchange offer for any equity security of the Corporation or (ii) to effect any
Business Combination (as defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws, except that
for purposes of this Section 12.3 the term "Person" shall be substituted for the
term "Interested Person"), shall, in connection with the exercise of the Board's
judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the Corporation as a
whole, be authorized to give due consideration to such factors as the Board of
Directors determines to be relevant, including, without limitation:

        (a) the relationships between the consideration offered by the Offering
Person and (x) the market price of the voting Stock over a period of years, (y)
the current and future value of the Corporation as an independent entity and (z)
political, economic and other factors bearing on securities prices and the
Corporation's financial condition and future prospects;

        (b) the interests of all of the Corporation's shareholders, including
minority shareholders;

        (c) whether the proposed transaction might violate federal, state, local
or foreign laws;

        (d) the competence, experience and integrity of the Offering Person and
its management; and

        (e) the social, legal and economic effects upon employees, suppliers,
customers, licensors, licensees and other constituents of the Corporation and
its Subsidiaries and on the communities in which the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries operate or are located.

        In connection with any such evaluation, the Board of Directors is
authorized to conduct such investigations and to engage in such legal
proceedings as the Board of Directors may determine.

     Section 12.4. As to any particular transaction, the Continuing Directors
shall have the power and duty to determine, on the basis of information known to
them:

        (a) The amount of Voting Stock beneficially owned by any Person (as
            hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these By-Laws);

        (b) Whether a Person is an Affiliate (as herein after defined in Article
            XIII of these By-Laws) or Associate (as hereinafter defined in
            Article XIII of these By-Laws) of another;

        (c) Whether a Person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding
            with, or is acting in concert with, another;



        (d) Whether the assets subject to any Business Combination constitute a
            Substantial Part (as hereinafter defined in Article XIII of these
            By-Laws);

        (e) Whether a proposed transaction is proposed, directly or indirectly,
            by or on behalf of any Person;

        (f) Whether a proposed amendment of any Article of the Articles of
            Incorporation would have the effect of modifying or permitting
            circumvention of the provisions of Article Eighth through Twelfth of
            the Articles of Incorporation; and

        (g) Such other matters with respect to which a determination is required
            under Articles Eighth through Twelfth of the Articles
            ofIncorporation.

Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the
Articles of Incorporation and of these By-Laws.

     Section 12.5. The affirmative votes required by this Article XII is in
addition to the vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of
the Corporation otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or
these By-Laws, any resolution which has been adopted by the Board of Directors
providing for the issuance of a class or series of capital stock or any
agreement between the Corporation and any national securities exchange.

     Section 12.6. Nothing contained in this Article XII shall be construed to
relieve any Interested Person from any fiduciary or other obligation imposed by
law.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                   DEFINITIONS

     For the purposes of these By-Laws:

     (1) The term "beneficial owner" and correlative terms shall have the
meaning as set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations (the
"General Rules") promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as
in effect on June 5, 1985, except that the words "within sixty days" in Rule
13d-3(d) (1) (i) shall be omitted.

     (2) The term "Business Combination" shall mean:

         (a) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
(as hereinafter defined)



(i) with an Interested Person, any Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) or
Associate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Person or any Person (as
hereinafter defined) acting in concert with an Interested Person (including,
without limitation, any Person, which after such merger or consolidation, would
be an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Person), in each case irrespective
of which Person is the surviving entity in such merger or consolidation, or (ii)
proposed, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of an Interested Person;

        (b) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, distribution to shareholders or
other disposition, including, without limitation, a mortgage, pledge or other
security device, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in a single transaction
or a series of separate or related transactions) of all, substantially all or
any Substantial Part (as hereinafter defined) of the assets or business of the
Corporation or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any securities of a
Subsidiary) (i) to or with an Interested Person, or (ii) proposed, directly or
indirectly, by or on behalf of an Interested Person;

        (c) the purchase, exchange, lease or other acquisition, including,
without limitation, a mortgage, pledge or other security device, by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary (in a single transaction or a series of separate
or related transactions) of all, substantially all or any Substantial Part of
the assets or business of (i) an Interested Person, or (ii) any Person, if such
purchase, exchange, lease or other acquisition is proposed, directly or
indirectly, by or on behalf of an Interested Person;

        (d) the issuance of any securities, or of any rights, warrants or
options to acquire any securities, by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to an
Interested Person (except (i) as a result of a pro rata stock dividend or stock
split, (ii) upon the exercise or conversion of warrants or other rights,
including preemptive rights, or convertible securities acquired by an Interested
Person prior to or simultaneously with becoming an Interested Person or (iii)
upon conversion of publicly traded convertible securities of the Corporation) or
the acquisition by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of any securities, or of any
rights, warrants or options to acquire any securities, issued by an Interested
Person;

        (e) any plan or proposal for, or which has the effect of, the partial or
complete liquidation, dissolution, spin off, split off or split up of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary proposed, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf
of an Interested Person;

        (f) any of the following which has the effect, directly or indirectly,
of increasing the proportionate amount of Voting Stock or capital stock of any
Subsidiary thereof which is beneficially owned by an Interested Person: any
reclassification of securities (including, without limitation, any reverse stock
split) of the Corporation, any issuance of any Voting Stock or other securities
of the Corporation, any recapitalization of the Corporation or any merger,
consolidation or other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise
involving an Interested Person); and

        (g) any agreement, contract, understanding or other arrangement
providing for any of the transactions described in this subsection (2) of this
Article XIII.

     (3) The term "Continuing Director" shall mean (i) a director serving
continuously as a director of the Corporation from and including June 5, 1985;
(ii) a person who was a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
immediately prior to the time that any then existing Interested Person



became an Interested Person, (iii) a person not affiliated with any Interested
Person and designated (before or simultaneously with initially becoming a
director) as a Continuing Director by at least a majority of the then Continuing
Directors and (iv) a director deemed to be a Continuing Director in accordance
with the last sentence of this subsection (3) of this Article XIII. All
references to action by a specified percentage of the Continuing Directors shall
mean a vote of such specified percentage of the total number of Continuing
Directors of the Corporation at a meeting at which at least such specified
percentage of the total number of Continuing Directors shall have been in
attendance. Whenever a condition requires the act of a specified percentage of
Continuing Directors, such condition shall not be capable of fulfillment unless
there IS at least one Continuing Director. If all of the capital stock of the
Corporation is beneficially owned by one Person continuously for at least three
consecutive years during which period at least three annual meetings of
shareholders shall have taken place, at which meetings all of the Continuing
Directors as defined in clauses (i) -(iii) above shall not have been reelected,
all directors elected from and after such third consecutive year shall be deemed
Continuing Directors.

       (4) The term "Independent Majority of Shareholders" shall mean the
majority of the votes held by holders of shares of the outstanding Voting Stock
that are not beneficially owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any
Interested Person.

       (5) The term "Interested Person" shall mean (i) any Person, which,
together with its "Affiliates" and "Associates" (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
General Rules promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, as in effect
on June 5, 1985) and any Person acting in concert therewith, is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent (10%) or more of the votes held by
the holders of shares of Voting Stock, (ii) any Affiliate or Associate of an
Interested Person, including, without limitation, a Person acting in concert
therewith, (iii) any Person that at any time within the two year period
immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of ten percent (10%) or more of the votes held by the holders of
shares of Voting Stock, or (iv) an assignee of, or successor to, any shares of
Voting Stock which were at any time within the two-year period prior to the date
in question beneficially owned by any Interested Person, if such assignment or
succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of
transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For purposes of determining the percentage
of votes held by a Person, any Voting Stock not outstanding which is subject to
any option, warrant, convertible security, preemptive or other right held by
such Person (whether or not such option, warrant, convertible security,
preemptive or other right is currently exercisable) shall be deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of votes held by such
Person.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the immediately preceding paragraph, the
term "Interested Person" shall not include (A) a Subsidiary of the Corporation
or (B) a Continuing Director who beneficially owned, on June 5, 1985, ten
percent (10%) or more of the votes held by the holders of shares of Voting Stock
and any Affiliate or Associate of one or more of such Continuing Directors. For
purposes of Articles III and XI of these By-Laws, the term "Interested Person"
shall not include any Person which shall have deposited all of its Voting Stock
in a voting trust (only and for so long as the voting trust shall be continuing
and all of such Person's Voting Stock shall remain deposited in the Voting
Trust) pursuant to an agreement with the Corporation providing the Corporation
with the power to appoint a majority of the voting trustees of the voting trust
who, in turn, shall have the power to vote all of the shares of Voting Stock in
the voting trust, in their discretion, for the election



of directors of the Corporation and the amendment of the Articles of
Incorporation and/or these By-Laws. The agreement by the Corporation with any
Person described in the immediately preceding sentence to use its best efforts
to elect one designee of such Person as a director and to cause the voting
trustees appointed by the Corporation to vote for such designee shall not cause
such Person to be deemed an Interested Person for purposes of Articles III and
XI of these By-Laws.

A Person who is an Interested Person as of (x) the time any definitive
agreement, or amendment thereto, relating to a Business Combination is entered
into, (y) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
notice of and to vote on a Business Combination, or (z) immediately prior to the
consummation of a Business Combination shall be deemed an Interested Person for
purposes of this definition.

     (6) The term "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership
or other person, group or entity (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary or
a trustee holding stock for the benefit of employees of the Corporation or its
Subsidiaries, or anyone of them, pursuant to one or more employee benefit plans
or arrangements). When two or more Persons act as a partnership, limited
partnership, syndicate, association or other group for the purpose of acquiring,
holding or disposing of securities, such partnership, syndicate, association or
group will be deemed a "Person".

     (7) The term "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation or other entity fifty
percent (50%) or more of the equity of which is beneficially owned by the
Corporation; provided, however, that for purposes of the definition of
Interested Person set forth in subsection (5) of this Article XIII and the
definition of Person set forth in subsection (6) of this Article XIII, the term
"Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of
equity security is beneficially owned by the Corporation.

     (8) The term "Substantial Part", as used in reference to the assets or
business of any Person means assets or business having a value of more than ten
percent (10%) of the total consolidated assets of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of the Corporation's most recent fiscal year ending
prior to the time the determination is made.

     (9) For the purposes of determining the number of "votes held by holders"
of shares, including Voting Stock, of the Corporation, each share shall have the
number of votes granted to it pursuant to Article Fifth of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation.

     (10) The term "Voting Stock" shall mean stock or other securities of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.



                                                                   EXHIBIT 4 (d)

                          SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                   Dated as of

                                 March 19, 2002

                                      Among

                                  HASBRO, INC.,

                                   HASBRO SA,

                           the BANKS party hereto, and

                              FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
                                    AS AGENT

                                      with

                             FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
                            having acted as Arranger

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                         
1.   DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.                                1
     1.1.   Definitions.                                                     1
     1.2.   Rules of Interpretation.                                        20

2.   THE SYNDICATED AND COMPETITIVE BID LOAN FACILITY.                      21
     2.1.   Commitment to Lend Syndicated Loans.                            21
     2.2.   Commitment Fee.                                                 22
     2.3.   Reduction of Total Commitment.                                  22
Page 1 2.4. Requests for Syndicated Loans. 22 2.5. Competitive Bid Loans. 23 2.5.1. Competitive Bid Borrowings. 23 2.5.2. Repayment of Competitive Bid Loans. 27 2.6. The Notes. 27 2.7. Interest on Loans. 28 2.8. Prepayments. 28 2.9. Funds for Loans. 29 2.10. Mandatory Repayments. 30 2.11. Application of Payments; Commitment Reduction. 32 3. THE SWING LINE. 32 3.1. The Swing Line Loans. 32 3.2. Notice of Borrowing. 32 3.3. Interest on Swing Line Loans. 33 3.4. Repayment of Swing Line Loans. 33 3.5. The Swing Line Note. 34 4. INTEREST; PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. 34 4.1. Interest; Costs and Expenses. 34 4.2. Concerning Interest Periods. 39 4.3. Interest on Overdue Amounts. 39 4.4. Payments. 39 4.5. Computations. 40 4.6. Interest Limitation. 40 4.7. Indemnification. 40 4.8. Banks' Obligations Several. 41 5. LETTERS OF CREDIT. 41 5.1. Letter of Credit Commitments. 41 5.1.1. Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit. 41 5.1.2. Letter of Credit Applications. 42 5.1.3. Terms of Letters of Credit. 42 5.1.4. Reimbursement Obligations of Banks. 42 5.1.5. Participations of Banks. 42 5.2. Reimbursement Obligation of the Company. 42 5.3. Letter of Credit Payments. 43 5.4. Obligations Absolute. 44 5.5. Reliance by Issuer. 44 5.6. Letter of Credit Fee. 45 6. COLLATERAL SECURITY AND GUARANTIES. 45 6.1. Security of Company. 45 6.2. Guaranties and Security of Restricted Subsidiaries. 45 6.3. Release of Collateral. 46 6.4. Limitation of Security. 47
Page 2 7. FEES. 47 7.1. Closing Fees. 47 7.2. Agent's Fee. 47 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 47 8.1. Corporate Existence. 47 8.2. Corporate Authority, etc. 47 8.3. Binding Effect of Documents, etc. 48 8.4. Governmental Approvals. 48 8.5. No Event of Default, etc. 48 8.6. Chief Executive Offices. 48 8.7. Title to Properties; Leases. 49 8.8. Financial Statements and Projections. 49 8.8.1. Fiscal Year. 49 8.8.2. Financial Statements. 49 8.8.3. Projections. 49 8.9. No Material Changes, Etc. 49 8.10. Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc. 49 8.11. Litigation. 50 8.12. No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc. 50 8.13. Compliance With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc. 50 8.14. Taxes. 50 8.15. Absence of Financing Statements, Etc. 50 8.16. Perfection of Security Interest. 50 8.17. Indebtedness. 51 8.18. True Copies of Charter and Other Documents. 51 8.19. Employee Benefit Plans. 51 8.19.1. In General. 51 8.19.2. Terminability of Welfare Plans. 51 8.19.3. Guaranteed Pension Plans. 51 8.19.4. Multiemployer Plans. 52 8.20. Holding Company and Investment Company Acts. 52 8.21. Certain Transactions. 52 8.22. Use of Proceeds. 53 8.22.1. General. 53 8.22.2. Regulations U and X. 53 8.23. Environmental Compliance. 53 8.24. Subsidiaries. 54 8.25. Disclosure. 54 8.26. Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries. 54 8.27. Bank Accounts. 54 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. 55 9.1. Punctual Payment. 55 9.2. Use of Loan Proceeds. 55 9.3. Maintenance of Office. 55 9.4. Records and Accounts. 55 9.5. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. 55
Page 3 9.6. Notices. 57 9.6.1. Defaults. 57 9.6.2. Environmental Events. 57 9.6.3. Notification of Claim against Collateral. 58 9.6.4. Notices Concerning Inventory Collateral. 58 9.6.5. Notice of Litigation and Judgments. 58 9.7. Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties. 58 9.8. Insurance. 59 9.9. Taxes. 59 9.10. Access. 59 9.11. Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits. 60 9.12. Employee Benefit Plans. 60 9.13. Fiscal Year. 60 9.14. Additional Significant Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries. 60 9.15. Ratings. 61 9.16. Agency Account Agreements. 61 9.17. Further Assurances. 61 10. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. 61 10.1. Restrictions on Indebtedness. 62 10.2. Restrictions on Liens. 62 10.3. Restrictions on Investments. 64 10.4. Restricted Payments. 67 10.5. Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of Assets. 67 10.5.1. Mergers and Acquisitions. 67 10.5.2. Disposition of Assets. 68 10.6. Sale and Leaseback. 69 10.7. Compliance with Environmental Laws. 69 10.8. Subordinated Debt. 69 10.9. Employee Benefit Plans. 70 10.10. Business Activities. 70 10.11. Transactions with Affiliates. 70 10.12. Restrictions on Negative Pledges. 71 10.13. Cash Management. 71 10.14. Hedging Agreements. 71 11. FINANCIAL COVENANTS. 71 11.1. Minimum EBITDA. 71 11.2. Total Funded Debt to EBITDA. 72 11.3. Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. 72 11.4. Capital Expenditures. 73 12. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. 73 12.1. Loan Documents, etc. 73
Page 4 12.2. Performance, etc. 74 12.3. Certified Copies of Charter Documents. 74 12.4. Proof of Corporate Action. 74 12.5. Incumbency Certificates. 74 12.6. Proceedings and Documents. 74 12.7. Validity of Liens. 74 12.8. Certificates of Insurance. 75 12.9. Agency Account Agreements. 75 12.10. Legal Opinions. 75 12.11. Payment of Fees. 75 12.12. Legality of Transactions. 75 13. CONDITIONS TO LOANS. 75 13.1. Conditions to Loans to the Company. 75 13.1.1. Legality of Transactions. 75 13.1.2. Representations and Warranties. 75 13.1.3. Performance, etc. 76 13.1.4. Proceedings and Documents. 76 13.1.5. Loan Documents. 76 13.2. Conditions to Loans to Hasbro SA. 76 13.2.1. Legality of Transactions. 76 13.2.2. Representations and Warranties. 76 13.2.3. Performance, etc. 77 13.2.4. Proceedings and Documents. 77 13.2.5. Loan Documents. 77 13.2.6. No Defaults. 77 14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION. 78 14.1. Remedies Upon Default. 78 14.2. Termination of Commitments. 81 14.3. Remedies. 81 14.4. Certain Rights of Cure. 82 14.5. Distribution of Collateral Proceeds. 82 14.6. Judgment Currency. 83 15. SETOFF. 84 16. THE AGENT. 84 16.1. Authorization. 84 16.2. Employees and Agents. 85 16.3. No Liability. 85 16.4. No Representations. 85 16.4.1. General. 85 16.4.2. Closing Documentation, etc. 86 16.5. Indemnification. 86 16.6. Reimbursement. 86 16.7. Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Banks. 87 16.8. Payments. 87
Page 5 16.8.1. Payments to Agent. 87 16.8.2. Distribution by Agent. 87 16.8.3. Delinquent Banks. 88 16.9. Holders of Notes. 88 16.10. Agent as Bank. 88 16.11. Resignation or Removal of Agent. 88 16.12. Notification of Defaults and Events of Default. 89 16.13. Duties in the Case of Enforcement. 89 17. EXPENSES. 89 18. INDEMNIFICATION. 90 19. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC. 91 20. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION. 91 20.1. Conditions to Assignment by Banks. 91 20.2. Certain Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants. 92 20.3. Register. 93 20.4. New Notes. 93 20.5. Participations. 93 20.6. Assignee or Participant Affiliated with the Company. 94 20.7. Miscellaneous Assignment Provisions. 94 20.8. Increased Costs. 95 20.9. Assignment by Company. 95 21. NOTICES, ETC. 95 22. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 96 22.1. Confidentiality. 96 22.2. Prior Notification. 96 22.3. Other. 96 23. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. 97 24. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS. 98 24.1. Governing Law. 98 24.2. Headings. 99 24.3. Counterparts. 99 24.4. Entire Agreement, Etc. 99 24.5. Waiver of Jury Trial. 99 24.6. Severability. 99 25. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS. 100 25.1. Existing Credit Agreement Superseded. 100 25.2. Return and Cancellation of Notes. 100
Page 6 25.3. Interest and Fees Under Superseded Agreement. 100 26. LIABILITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS. 100 27. GUARANTY. 100 27.1. Guaranty of Payment and Performance. 100 27.2. The Company's Agreement to Pay Enforcement Costs, etc. 101 27.3. Waivers by the Company; Banks' Freedom to Act. 101 27.4. Unenforceability of Hasbro SA Obligations Against Hasbro SA. 102 27.5. Subrogation; Subordination. 102 27.5.1. Waiver of Rights Against Hasbro SA. 102 27.5.2. Subordination. 102 27.5.3. Provisions Supplemental. 103 27.6. Termination; Reinstatement. 103 27.7. Successors and Assigns. 103 27.8. Severability, etc. 103 SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS Schedule 1 Banks, Commitments and Commitment Percentages Schedule 8.7 Title to Properties; Leases Schedule 8.11 Litigation Schedule 8.23 Environmental Compliance Schedule 8.24 Subsidiaries Schedule 8.26 Foreign Scheduled Facilities Schedule 8.27 Bank Accounts Schedule 10.1 Existing Indebtedness Schedule 10.2 Existing Liens Schedule 10.12 Restrictions on Negative Pledges Exhibit A-1 Form of Syndicated Note Exhibit A-2 Form of Syndicated Loan Request Exhibit B-1 Form of Competitive Bid Note Exhibit B-2 Form of Competitive Bid Quote Request Exhibit B-3 Form of Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes Exhibit B-4 Form of Competitive Bid Quote Exhibit B-5 Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing Exhibit C Form of Swing Line Loan Request Exhibit D Form of Swing Line Note Exhibit E Form of Compliance Certificate Exhibit F Form of Subordination Agreement Exhibit G Form of Assignment and Acceptance Exhibit H Form of Confidentiality Agreement
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED Page 7 REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, is dated as of March 19, 2002, by and among HASBRO, INC. (the "Company"), a Rhode Island corporation having its principal place of business at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861, HASBRO SA, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Hasbro SA"), and FLEET NATIONAL BANK and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 (collectively, the "Banks") and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as agent for the Banks (the "Agent"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2001 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks, and the Agent, the Banks have made available certain financing to the Company and Hasbro SA upon the terms and conditions contained therein; and WHEREAS, the Company has requested, among other things, to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and the Banks are willing to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the Company, the Banks and the Agent agree that as of the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein: 1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION. 1.1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this 1.1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement referred to below: Affiliate. Any Person that would be considered to be an affiliate of the Company under Rule 144(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect on the date hereof, if the Company were issuing securities. Affected Bank. See 4.1(c). Page 8 Agent. Fleet, acting as agent for the Banks, and each other Person appointed as the successor Agent in accordance with 16.11. Agent's Fee. See 7.2. Agent's Fee Letter. The fee letter, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Company and the Agent, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time. Agent's Office. The Agent's office located at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or at such other location as the Agent may designate from time to time. Agreement. This Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, as originally executed, or if this Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement is further amended, varied or supplemented from time to time, as so amended, varied or supplemented. Applicable Pension Legislation. At any time, any pension or retirement benefits legislation (be it national, federal, provincial, territorial or otherwise) then applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Arranger. Fleet Securities, Inc. Asset Sale. Any one or series of related transactions on which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conveys, sells, leases, licenses or otherwise disposes of, directly or indirectly, any of its properties, businesses or assets whether owned on the Effective Date or thereafter acquired. Assignee. A bank or other institution to which a Bank assigns all, or a proportionate part of all, of such Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes payable to such transferor Bank, pursuant to the terms of 20. ][ Assignment and Acceptance. See 20.1. Authorized Financial Officers. The Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Controller of the Company and any other officer of the Company designated by the Company from time to time as the chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer of the Company and qualified to certify as to financial information delivered on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to 9.5 hereof; and "Authorized Financial Page 9 Officer" means any one of the Authorized Financial Officers. Balance Sheet Date. December 31, 2000. Bank Affiliate. (a) With respect to any Bank, (i) an affiliate of such Bank or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or legal entity) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by such Bank or an affiliate of such Bank and (b) with respect to any Bank that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other entity (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other legal entity) that is a fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Bank or by an affiliate of such investment advisor. Banks. As defined in the Preamble, and any bank or institution that becomes an Assignee pursuant to, and fulfills the conditions of, 20. Banks' Special Counsel. Bingham Dana LLP, or such other counsel as the Agent may approve. Base Rate. The rate (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the higher of (a) the variable annual rate of interest so designated from time to time by Fleet as its "prime rate", such rate being a reference rate and not necessarily representing the lowest or best rate being charged to any customer, and (b) one-half of one percent (0.5%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate. For the purposes of this definition, "Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent. Base Rate Loan(s). Loan(s) denominated in Dollars bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate. Borrowing. A borrowing hereunder by the Company consisting Page 10 of a Loan to the Company by the Banks or the Swing Line Bank. Business Day. Any day on which banking institutions in Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, New York are open for the conduct of normal banking business, and, in addition, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are involved, a day on which dealings in Dollars can be carried on in the relevant Eurocurrency Interbank Market and Dollar settlements of such dealings may be effected in New York City. Capital Expenditures. With respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and for any period, the aggregate of all amounts included in "Additions to property, plant and equipment" as shown in the Company's statement of cash flows for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. Capitalized Leases. Leases under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP. Capital Stock. Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing. Casualty Event. With respect to any property (including any interest in property) of any Hasbro Company, any loss of, damage to, or condemnation or other taking of, such property for which such Person receives insurance proceeds, proceeds of a condemnation award or other compensation. CERCLA. See 8.23. Change of Control. An event or series of events by which any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Company; or, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Company. Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Page 11 Collateral. All of the property, rights and interests of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are or are intended to be subject to the security interests and mortgages created by the Security Documents. Commitment. With respect to each Bank, the amount set forth on Schedule 1 hereto as the maximum amount of such Bank's commitment to make Syndicated Loans to, and to participate in the issuance, extension and renewal of Letters of Credit for the account of, the Company, as the same may be reduced from time to time; or if such Bank's commitment is terminated pursuant to the provisions hereof, zero. Each Bank's Commitment shall be deemed to be reduced, while any Competitive Bid Loans are outstanding, by an amount equal to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such outstanding Competitive Bid Loans. Commitment Fee. See 2.2. Commitment Fee Rate. At any time of determination, an annual percentage rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid. Commitment Percentage. With respect to each Bank, the percentage set forth opposite such Bank's name on Schedule 1 hereto. Company. See preamble. Company Loans. The Loans other than the Hasbro SA Loans. Company Security Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, by and between the Company and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Competitive Bid Loan(s). A Borrowing hereunder consisting of one or more revolving credit loans made by any of the Banks whose offer to make a revolving credit loan as part of such Borrowing has been accepted by the Company under the auction bidding procedure described in 2.5 hereof. Competitive Bid Notes. See 2.6. Competitive Bid Note Record. A Record with respect to a Competitive Bid Note. Page 12 Competitive Bid Quote. An offer by a Bank to make a Competitive Bid Loan in accordance with 2.5 hereof. Competitive Bid Quote Request. See 2.5.1(b). Competitive Bid Rate. See 2.5.1(d)(ii)(C). Compliance Certificate. See 9.5(c) hereof. Consolidated or consolidated. With reference to any term defined herein, shall mean that term as applied to the accounts of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP. Consolidated Cash. The consolidated cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP. Consolidated Net Earnings (or Loss). The consolidated net earnings (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating therefrom all extraordinary items of income. Consolidated Operating Profit (or Loss). The consolidated operating profit (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on the Company's income statement for any period, determined in accordance with GAAP. Consolidated Total Funded Debt. As at any date of determination, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the amount equal to, without duplication, (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, relating to (i) the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit, (ii) the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iii) in respect of any Synthetic Leases or any Capitalized Leases and (iv) the face amount of all letters of credit outstanding plus (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of another Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries minus (c) fifty percent (50%) of the amount (if positive) equal to (x) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash minus (y) $25,000,000. Consolidated Total Interest Expense. For any period, the aggregate amount of interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance Page 13 with GAAP for such period. Continuing Directors. With respect to any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, any member of the board of directors of the Company who (a) was a member of such board of directors on the first day of such period or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election. Copyright Memorandum. The Amended and Restated Memorandum of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights, dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, by and among the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Default. Any Event of Default and any event which, but for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default. Delinquent Bank. See 16.8.3. Distribution. Any of (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company other than dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of the Company (or payable pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 1999, between the Company and Fleet National Bank (f/k/a BankBoston, N.A.) as amended); (b) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of the Company or otherwise (including the setting apart of assets for a sinking or other analogous fund to be used for such purpose, and excluding any such acquisition by way of payment of any portion of the exercise price for any stock option in such shares, or in respect to any withholding taxes related to any such stock option exercise); or (c) the return of capital by the Company to its shareholders as such; or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company. Dollar(s) and $. The lawful currency of the United States of America. Domestic Subsidiary. Any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. Drawdown Date. The date on which any Loan is made or is to Page 14 be made, and the date on which any Loan is converted or continued in accordance with 4.1(a). EBITDA. With respect to any particular fiscal period, EBITDA shall mean the amount equal to (a) Consolidated Operating Profit (or Loss) for such period, plus (b) in each case without duplication, and to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Operating Profit (or Loss) for such period, (i) depreciation and amortization of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) other non-cash charges of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) extraordinary losses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and minus (c) to the extent included in Consolidated Operating Profit (or Loss) for such period, extraordinary gains of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, all determined in accordance with GAAP. Effective Date. The date on which all of the conditions set forth in 12 hereof have been satisfied, and all "Loans" under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement are converted into Loans hereunder. Employee Benefit Plan. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of 3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Guaranteed Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan. Environmental Laws. See 8.23. EPA. See 8.23. Equity Issuance. The sale or issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any of its Capital Stock (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. ERISA Affiliate. Any Person which is treated as a single employer with the Company under 414 of the Code. ERISA Reportable Event. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of 4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Eurocurrency Interbank Market. Any lawful recognized market in which deposits of Dollars are offered by international banking units of United States banking institutions and by foreign Page 15 banking institutions to each other and in which eurocurrency funding operations are customarily conducted. Eurocurrency Offered Rate. With respect to the Interest Period of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the annual rate of interest determined by the Agent at or about 10:00 A.M. (Boston time) (or as soon thereafter as practicable) two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period, as being the average of the rates of interest per annum at which deposits in the currency of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan are offered to each of the respective lending offices of each of the Reference Banks by prime banks in the Eurocurrency Interbank Market selected by such Reference Bank in its sole discretion acting in good faith for such Interest Period, at the time of the determination and in accordance with the usual practice in such market, for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period and for the number of days comprised therein, in an amount equal (as nearly as may be) to such Reference Bank's Commitment Percentage of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. Eurocurrency Rate. With respect to all Eurocurrency Rate Loans for any Interest Period, the annual rate of interest, rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, determined by the Agent for such Interest Period in accordance with the following formula: Eurocurrency Rate = Eurocurrency Offered Rate 1 - Eurocurrency Reserve Rate Eurocurrency Rate Loan(s). Loan(s) denominated in Dollars bearing interest calculated by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Reserve Rate. The rate in effect from time to time, expressed as a decimal, at which the Banks would be required to maintain reserves under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or similar regulation relating to such reserve requirements) against "Eurocurrency Liabilities" (as that term is used in Regulation D), if such liabilities were outstanding. Existing Credit Agreement. See Preamble. Event of Default. See 14.1. Fee Letter. The fee letter, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Company and the Agent, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time. Page 16 Fees. Collectively, the Commitment Fee, Competitive Bid fees, the Letter of Credit Fees, the Agent's Fee and the Closing Fees. Final Maturity Date. March 19, 2005. Fitch. FitchRatings, or its successors. Fleet. Fleet National Bank, in its capacity as a Bank hereunder. Foreign Scheduled Facilities. See 8.26. Foreign Sublimit. An amount which is available for Borrowings in accordance with 8.22.1 equal to the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company consisting of guaranties of the Foreign Scheduled Facilities, as such Foreign Sublimit may be amended from time to time with the consent of the Company and the Agent. Foreign Subsidiary. Any Subsidiary that conducts substantially all its business (other than export sales) in countries other than the United States of America and that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America and the states thereof. GAAP. (i) When used in 11 hereof, whether directly or indirectly through reference to a capitalized term used therein, principles which are (A) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, in effect for the fiscal period ended on the Balance Sheet Date, and (B) to the extent consistent with such principles, the accounting practice of the Company reflected in its financial statements for the year ended on the Balance Sheet Date; and (ii) when used in general, other than as provided above, principles which are (A) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors (or successor organizations), as in effect from time to time and (B) consistently applied with past financial statements of the Company adopting the same principles. Governmental Authority. Any foreign, federal, state, regional, local, municipal or other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court or arbitrator. Guaranteed Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan Page 17 within the meaning of 3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan. Guaranty. The Second Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time, made by each Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Banks and the Agent pursuant to which each Restricted Subsidiary guarantees to the Banks and the Agent the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Hasbro 2003 Notes. The Company's 7.95% Notes due 2003 issued pursuant to a Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company, as Trustee. Hasbro Companies. Collectively, the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Significant Subsidiaries. Hasbro SA. See preamble. Hasbro SA Loans. Syndicated Loans made or to be made by the Banks to Hasbro SA pursuant to 2.1(a). Hasbro SA Obligations. All Obligations of Hasbro SA with respect to the Hasbro SA Loans. Hasbro SA Sublimit. $75,000,000, as such amount may be amended from time to time with the consent of the Company and the Agent. Hazardous Substances. See 8.23. Hedging Agreement. Any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency or commodity agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against the fluctuation in currency values. Identified Brands. Collectively, the brand names Action Man, Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head, Tonka, Lincoln Logs, Playskool, Yahtzee, Clue and GI Joe. Indebtedness. As to any Person and whether recourse is secured by or is otherwise available against all or only a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent, but without duplication: Page 18 (a) every obligation of such Person to repay money borrowed, (b) every obligation of such Person for principal evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (c) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person, (d) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including securities repurchase agreements but excluding (i) trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith and (ii) earnout obligations in respect of assets or businesses acquired prior to the Effective Date), (e) every obligation of such Person under any Capitalized Lease, (f) every obligation of such Person under any Synthetic Lease, (g) all sales with recourse by such Person of (i) accounts or general intangibles for money due or to become due, (ii) chattel paper, instruments or documents creating or evidencing a right to payment of money or (iii) other receivables (collectively "receivables"), whether pursuant to a purchase facility or otherwise, other than in connection with the disposition of the business operations of such Person relating thereto or a disposition of defaulted receivables for collection and not as a financing arrangement, and together with any obligation of such Person to pay any discount, interest, fees, indemnities, penalties, recourse, expenses or other amounts in connection therewith, (h) Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent that such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable Page 19 therefor and such terms are enforceable under applicable law, (i) every obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing, or having the economic effect of guaranteeing or otherwise acting as surety for, any obligation of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) (the "primary obligation") of another Person (the "primary obligor"), in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including, without limitation, any such obligation of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such primary obligation, (ii) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the payment of such primary obligation, or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such primary obligation. The "amount" or "principal amount" of any Indebtedness at any time of determination represented by (w) any Indebtedness, issued at a price that is less than the principal amount at maturity thereof, shall be the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP, (x) any Capitalized Lease shall be the discounted aggregate rental obligations under such Capitalized Lease required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP, (y) any sale of receivables shall be the amount of unrecovered capital or principal investment of the purchaser (other than the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) thereof, excluding amounts representative of yield or interest earned on such investment, and (z) any Synthetic Lease shall be the stipulated loss value, termination value or other equivalent amount. Infogrames. Infogrames Entertainment S.A., a societe anonyme organized under the laws of France. Installment Amount. See 2.8. Intercompany Indebtedness. The aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of any of the Company or any Operating Subsidiary of the Company to any other of the Company and its Operating Subsidiaries. Interest Hedging Agreement. Any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate futures contract, interest rate option agreement or other agreement or arrangement (including without Page 20 limitation any securities repurchase or borrowing arrangement) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and intended to protect any of the Company and its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates. Interest Period. (a) With respect to each Base Rate Loan comprising the same Borrowing, the period (i) commencing on the Drawdown Date of such Borrowing, and (ii) ending thirty (30) days thereafter as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; (b) With respect to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan comprising the same Borrowing, the period (i) commencing on the Drawdown Date of such Borrowing, and (ii) ending one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) With respect to each Competitive Bid Loan comprising the same Borrowing, the period (i) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and (ii) ending from seven (7) through one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Inventory. With respect to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, finished goods, work in progress and raw materials and component parts inventory and all "Inventory" as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts owned by such Person. Investment Grade Rating. A Rating that is at least "BBB-", "Baa3" or "BBB-" by Fitch, Moody's or S&P, respectively. Investment Grade Rating Event. The Company's receipt of a Rating that is at least one level higher than the lowest Investment Grade Rating from at least two Rating Agencies. Investment Grade Rating Non-Event. The Company's receipt of a Rating that is the lowest Investment Grade Rating or lower from at least two Rating Agencies. Investments. As to any Person, all expenditures made for the acquisition of stock or Indebtedness of, or for loans, advances or capital contributions to, any other Person, in each case to the extent the same would be recorded as an investment on the balance sheet of the first Person under GAAP. In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) there shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return of capital (but only Page 21 by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution); (b) there shall not be deducted in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise; and (c) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of Investments any decrease in the value thereof. Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. See 2.5.1(c). Letter of Credit. See 5.1.1. Letter of Credit Application. See 5.1.1. Letter of Credit Fee. See 5.6. Letter of Credit Participation. See 5.1.4. Lien. Any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge, hypothecation, security assignment, attachment, deposit arrangement, lien (statutory, judgment or otherwise), or other security agreement or similar encumbrance or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any Capitalized Lease, any Synthetic Lease, any financing lease involving substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement evidencing any of the foregoing under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction). Loan Documents. Collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, the Subordination Agreements, the Agent's Fee Letter and the Fee Letter. Loans. Collectively, the Syndicated Loans, the Competitive Bid Loans and the Swing Line Loans. Majority Banks. As of any date, the Banks whose aggregate Commitments constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Commitment, provided, that if at the time Majority Banks is being determined, the Total Commitment has been terminated, the Majority Banks shall be the Banks holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans on such date. Margin. At any time of determination, an annual percentage rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid. Page 22 Material Adverse Effect. With respect to any event or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding): (a) a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition, assets, operations or results of operations of the Hasbro Companies, taken as a whole; (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company individually or the Hasbro Companies taken as a whole, to perform its or their respective Obligations (as the case may be) under the Loan Documents; or (c) any material impairment of (i) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) the rights, remedies or benefits available to the Agent or any Bank under the Loan Documents or (iii) the attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien of the Agent on a material portion of the Collateral under the Security Documents. Material Asset Sale. Any Asset Sale not in the ordinary course of business producing Net Cash Sale Proceeds in excess of $35,000,000, but excluding any Specified Sale. Maximum Drawing Amount. The maximum aggregate amount that the beneficiaries may at any time draw under outstanding Letters of Credit, as such aggregate amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Letters of Credit. Moody's. Moody's Investors Service, or its successors. Multiemployer Plan. Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of 3(37) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate. Net Cash Sale Proceeds. The net cash proceeds received by a Person in respect of any Asset Sale, less the sum of (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions and other expenses actually incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) the amount of any transfer, documentary, income or other taxes required to be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale, (c) the aggregate amount of any Indebtedness (other than under the Loan Documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement that was secured by a Permitted Lien with respect to the assets transferred and is required to be repaid in whole or in part Page 23 (which repayment, in the case of any other revolving credit arrangement or multiple advance arrangement, reduces the commitment thereunder) in connection with such Asset Sale, (d) the amount of such proceeds attributable to (and payable to) minority interests, (e) the amount of any reserve reasonably maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to indemnification obligations owing pursuant to the definitive documentation pursuant to which such Asset Sale is consummated (with any unused portion of such reserve to constitute Net Cash Sale Proceeds on the date upon which the indemnification obligations terminate or such reserve is reduced other than in connection with a payment), and (f) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be applied to satisfy any reasonable expenses and liabilities associated with any such property or assets and retained by the Company or any such Subsidiary after such Asset Sale. Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds. With respect to any Equity Issuance, the excess of the gross cash proceeds received by such Person for such Equity Issuance after deduction of all reasonable transaction expenses (including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and commissions) actually incurred in connection with such Equity Issuance. New Loans. See 4.1(e). Note(s). Singly, any of, and collectively, all of the Syndicated Notes, the Competitive Bid Notes and the Swing Line Note. Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing. See 2.4.1(f). Obligations. All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the Banks and the Agent, individually or collectively, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or in respect of Loans made and any Notes or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof, whether such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities exist on the date of this Agreement or arise thereafter, or are direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise of the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, including, without limitation, the Hasbro SA Obligations. Operating Subsidiary. As at any particular date, any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary engaged solely in the business of incurring Indebtedness) of the Company actively Page 24 engaged in the conduct of business. Outstanding. With respect to the Loans, the unpaid principal thereof as of any date of determination. Participant. See 20.5. Patent Agreements. Collectively, (a) the Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement (Registrations), dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, by and among the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, pertaining to U.S. patent registrations, and (b) the Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement (Applications), dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, by and among the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, pertaining to U.S. patent applications. PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by 4002 of ERISA and any successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities. Permitted Acquisition. Any acquisition permitted by 10.5.1(b). Permitted Liens. Liens permitted by 10.2. Person. Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof. Pricing Grid. As set forth in the table below:
Rating (At Least Two of Fitch, Margin for Margin for Moody's or Base Rate Eurocurrency Commitment Level Standard & Poors) Loans Rate Loans Fee Rate I BB/Ba2/BB or 0.50% 1.75% 0.35% lower II BB+/Ba1/BB+ 0.25% 1.50% 0.30% III BBB-/Baa3/BBB- 0.00% 1.25% 0.25% IV BBB/Baa2/BBB 0.00% 1.00% 0.20% V BBB+/Baa1/BBB+ or 0.00% 0.75% 0.15% higher
Page 25 For purposes of the foregoing table: (i) during any period in which the Secured Obligations are secured by the Liens described in 6.1(a) and, to the extent applicable, 6.2(a), the applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans in Levels I and II above and the applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Levels I through IV above shall be 0.25% lower than the applicable rates set forth above. (ii) if the rating system of any Rating Agency shall change, or if any Rating Agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the foregoing table (which amendment shall require the consent of the Majority Banks) to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such Rating Agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to, and shall be based on, the higher of, each Rating of each Rating Agency to which neither this clause (ii) nor clause (iv) below then applies; (iii)if the Ratings established by the Rating Agencies shall fall within different Levels, the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be based on the lower of the two highest Ratings; (iv) if any Rating Agency shall not have a Rating in effect (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in clause (ii) above), then the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to, and shall be based on, the higher of, each Rating of each Rating Agency to which neither clause (ii) above nor this clause (iv) then applies; and (v) if any Rating Agency shall change its Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in clause (ii) above), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by such Rating Agency. Each change in the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Page 26 Rating. The rating issued from time to time (whether on a preliminary basis or otherwise) by any Rating Agency or such other rating service or services as the Company may designate from time to time with the consent of the Majority Banks with respect to the Company's senior unsecured debt. Rating Agencies. Collectively, Fitch, Moody's and S&P. RCRA. See 8.23. Record. The grid attached to a Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other similar record, including computer records, maintained by any Lender with respect to any Loan referred to in such Note. Real Estate. All real property owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee) by any of the Hasbro Companies. Reemployment Period. See 2.8. Reemployment Rate. See 2.8. Reference Banks. Fleet, Bank of America, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Mellon Bank, N.A. and Commerzbank AG, New York Branch. Reference Period. As of the end of any fiscal quarter, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on such date, or if any date of determination is not a fiscal quarter end date, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended (in each case treated as a single accounting period). Refinancing Indebtedness. With respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, Indebtedness which (a) refinances, refunds, replaces, renews, repays, restates, substitutes or extends other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) has a maturity after the Final Maturity Date, and (c) is not prohibited by 10.1 hereof. Reimbursement Obligation. The Company's obligation to reimburse the Agent and the Banks on account of any drawing under any Letter of Credit as provided in 5.2. Replacement Bank. See 4.1(f). Replacement Date. See 4.1(f). Restricted Payment. In relation to the Company and its Page 27 Subsidiaries, any (a) Distribution, (b) payment or prepayment by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Company's or any Subsidiary's shareholders (or other equity holders) in their capacity as such, in each case other than (i) to the Company or any Subsidiary (or any payment or prepayment excluded from the definition of the term "Distribution") and (ii) the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company existing on the Effective Date from any then existing minority holder thereof, (c) optional repayment, redemption or repurchase of long term unsecured Indebtedness of the Company existing on the Effective Date and having a maturity after the Final Maturity Date, (d) repayment, redemption or repurchase of the Hasbro 2003 Notes, or (e) derivatives or other transactions with any financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a "Derivatives Counterparty") obligating the Company or any Subsidiary to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any Capital Stock of the Company or such Subsidiary. Restricted Subsidiaries. Collectively, (a) Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a Washington corporation, (b) OddzOn, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) material Domestic Subsidiaries (i) created or acquired by the Company following the Effective Date and (ii) designated as Restricted Subsidiaries by the Company or the Agent in a written notice (it being understood that any Restricted Subsidiary which merges with and into the Company such that the Company is the survivor shall no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary following such merger). SARA. See 8.23. Secured Obligations. Collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) other Indebtedness of the Company consisting of guaranties of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries owing to any Bank or Bank Affiliate under the Foreign Scheduled Facilities, and (c) obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Banks and the Agent (individually or collectively) arising under Interest Hedging Agreements and Hedging Agreements. Security Agreements. Collectively, the Company Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement. Security Documents. The Guaranty, the Security Agreements, the Trademark Agreement, the Patent Agreements, the Copyright Memorandum and all other instruments and documents, including without limitation Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required to be executed or delivered pursuant to any Security Document. Page 28 Significant Subsidiary. (a) Any Subsidiary of the Company, organized under the laws of the United States or any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, which, either alone or together with the Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary, meets either of the following conditions: (i) the investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in, or their proportionate share (based on their equity interests) of the book value of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of, the Subsidiary in question exceed 10% of the book value of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or (ii) the equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the revenues of the Subsidiary in question exceeds 10% of the revenues from continuing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the Company's most recent fiscal year; or (b) Any other Subsidiary of the Company designated as a "Significant Subsidiary" by the Company in a written notice to the Agent. Specified Sale. Any disposition of Capital Stock of Infogrames by the Company acquired in connection with the sale of the Company's interactive and on-line businesses to Infogrames. Standard & Poor's. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc., or its successors. Subordinated Debt. Unsecured Indebtedness of any Operating Subsidiary that is expressly subordinated and made junior to the payment and performance in full of the Obligations (other than pursuant to the Subordination Agreements), and evidenced as such by a written instrument containing subordination provisions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Banks. Subordination Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto; and "Subordination Agreements" means the Subordination Agreement and any additional subordination agreements executed and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks pursuant to 9.14 hereof, in each case as amended and in effect from time to time. Page 29 Subsidiary. Any corporation, association, trust, or other business entity of which the designated parent shall at any time own directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries at least a majority (by number of votes) of the outstanding Voting Stock. Subsidiary Security Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, among the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Swing Line Bank. Fleet. Swing Line Loan. Any loan made by the Swing Line Bank pursuant to 3.1 hereof. Swing Line Loan Maturity Date. See 3.2. Swing Line Loan Request. See 3.2. Swing Line Note. See 3.5. Swing Line Note Record. A Record with respect to a Swing Line Note. Syndicated Loan(s). Singly, any of, and collectively, all of, the revolving credit loans (including, without limitation, the Hasbro SA Loans) made by the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages to the Company and Hasbro SA as contemplated by 2.1 hereof. Syndicated Note(s). See 2.6. Syndicated Note Record. A Record with respect to a Syndicated Note. Synthetic Lease. Any lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal, which is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or financing for U.S. income tax purposes. Total Commitment. The sum of the Commitments of the Banks, as in effect from time to time, which as of the Effective Date shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of $380,000,000. Trademark Agreement. The Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, as the same Page 30 may be amended from time to time, by and among the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Type. As to any Syndicated Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan. Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation. Any Reimbursement Obligation for which the Company does not reimburse the Agent and the Banks on the date specified in, and in accordance with, 5.2. Utilization. An amount equal to the sum of (i) the outstanding amount of all Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested), (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount, (iii) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations and (iv) the amount by which the Foreign Sublimit exceeds the outstanding amount of Loans borrowed to satisfy the Company's obligations under guaranties of the Foreign Scheduled Facilities. Voting Stock. Stock or similar interests, of any class or classes (however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the corporation, association, trust or other business entity involved, whether or not the right so to vote exists by reason of the happening of a contingency (unless the happening of any such contingency is not within the control of the Company). Wholly Owned Subsidiary. Any Subsidiary of the Company for which all its outstanding Voting Stock (other than any directors' qualifying shares and shares required to be held by foreign nationals under applicable law) is held by the Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 1.2. Rules of Interpretation. (a) A reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement. (b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. (c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law. Page 31 (d) A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns. (e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they refer. (f) The words "include", "includes" and "including" are not limiting. (g) Reference to a particular "" refers to that section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. (h) The words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of like import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this Agreement. (i) Unless otherwise expressly indicated, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including," the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding," and the word "through" means "to and including." (j) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are, however, cumulative and are to be performed in accordance with the terms thereof. (k) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiation among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Agent and the Company and are the product of discussions and negotiations among all parties. Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed against the Agent or any of the Banks merely on account of the Agent's or any Bank's involvement in the preparation of such documents. 2. THE SYNDICATED AND COMPETITIVE BID LOAN FACILITY. 2.1. Commitment to Lend Syndicated Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Banks severally agrees to lend to the Company and/or Hasbro SA, and the Company and/or Hasbro SA may borrow, repay, and reborrow from time to time between the Effective Date and the Final Maturity Date upon notice by the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, to the Agent given Page 32 in accordance with 2.4 hereof, such sums, in Dollars, as are requested by such Person ("Syndicated Loans") up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time equal to such Bank's Commitment (as such Commitment has been deemed to be reduced by such Bank's Commitment Percentage of outstanding Competitive Bid Loans) minus such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the sum of the Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, provided that the Utilization shall not at any time exceed the Total Commitment; and provided, further, that (in the case of any such requested Syndicated Loan that is a Hasbro SA Loan) the outstanding principal amount of the Hasbro SA Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested) shall not exceed the Hasbro SA Sublimit. The Syndicated Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance with each Bank's Commitment Percentage. Each request for Syndicated Loans hereunder shall constitute a representation by the Company or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, that the applicable conditions set forth in 12 and 13, in the case of the initial Syndicated Loans to be converted into Syndicated Loans hereunder on the Effective Date, and 13, in the case of all other Syndicated Loans, have been satisfied on the date of such request. Each Base Rate Loan and Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall mature and become due and payable on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and shall be payable in the currency in which such Loan was made. Each Base Rate Loan shall be denominated in Dollars. Each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be denominated in Dollars. (b) After any prepayment and at maturity of the Syndicated Loans pursuant to 2.1(a) above, the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as applicable, shall be entitled to reborrow any or all of the principal amount of such Syndicated Loan, subject to all of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in 13. Each Bank's Commitment shall terminate, all Syndicated Loans shall become finally due and payable and the Company promises to pay or, solely in the case of Hasbro SA Loans, Hasbro SA promises to pay, on the Final Maturity Date all Syndicated Loans outstanding on the Final Maturity Date. (c) The respective amount of each Bank's Commitment and its Commitment Percentage shall be as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, subject to reduction in accordance with 2.3 and 2.11. (d) Each Bank represents and warrants that it will use its best efforts to ensure that the funding of its Loans is not made directly out of the assets of any "employee benefit plan" or of any "separate account" in which any "employee benefit plan" has any interest other than a "government plan" (each such term being Page 33 used herein as defined in Section 3 of ERISA). 2.2. Commitment Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for the pro rata accounts of the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages a commitment fee (the "Commitment Fee"), calculated at the applicable annual percentage rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid, on the average daily amount during each calendar quarter or portion thereof from the Effective Date to the Final Maturity Date by which (a) (i) the Total Commitment minus (ii) the sum of (A) the Maximum Drawing Amount and (B) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceeds (b) the outstanding amount of Syndicated Loans during such calendar quarter. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter commencing on the first such date following the Effective Date, with a final payment on the Final Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the Commitments shall terminate. 2.3. Reduction of Total Commitment. The Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon five (5) Business Days written notice to the Agent to reduce by $10,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof or terminate entirely the unborrowed portion of the Total Commitment, whereupon the Commitments of the Banks shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages of the amount specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated. Promptly after receiving any notice of the Company delivered pursuant to this 2.3, the Agent will notify the Banks of the substance thereof. Upon the effective date of any such reduction or termination, the Company shall pay to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Banks the full amount of the Commitment Fee then accrued on the amount of the reduction. No reduction of the Commitments of the Banks may be reinstated unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and each of the Banks. Nothing contained in this 2.3 shall obligate any Bank in any way whatsoever to reinstate all or any part of its Commitment after a reduction of such Commitment hereunder. If at any time the outstanding amount of the Loans exceeds the Total Commitment as a result of any reduction of the Total Commitment pursuant to this 2.3, then the Company shall immediately pay the amount of such excess to the Agent for the respective account of the Banks for application to the Loans. Each payment of Loans shall be allocated among the Banks, in proportion, as nearly as practicable to the respective unpaid principal amount of each Page 34 Bank's Syndicated Note or Competitive Bid Note, as applicable, with adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize any prior payments or repayments not exactly in proportion. In addition, the Total Commitment shall be reduced in accordance with 2.11. 2.4. Requests for Syndicated Loans. (a) The Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, shall give to the Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto) of each Syndicated Loan requested hereunder (a "Loan Request") not later than (a) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 12 noon (Boston time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of such Base Rate Loan and (b) with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 1:00 P.M. (Boston time) on the third Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. The Agent shall promptly notify the Banks of the contents of each such notice at the address or addresses for each Bank set forth on Schedule 1 hereof. (b) Each such notice delivered by the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of Syndicated Loans requested, stated in Dollars, (ii) the Type of Syndicated Loan requested, (iii) the proposed Drawdown Date and duration of the proposed Interest Period(s) applicable to any Base Rate Loans, or Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (iv) the Company's and/or Hasbro SA's, as the case may be, account to which payment of the proceeds of such Syndicated Loan is to be made. Each such notice (which shall be irrevocable) shall obligate the Company and/or Hasbro SA to accept the Syndicated Loans requested from the Banks on the proposed Drawdown Date therefor. (c) Each request for Types of Syndicated Loans made hereunder shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000. (d) Any Syndicated Loans requested by the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to this 2.4 shall be made available to such Person in accordance with the provisions of 2.9 hereof. 2.5. Competitive Bid Loans. 2.5.1. Competitive Bid Borrowings. (a) The Competitive Bid Option. In addition to the Syndicated Loans permitted to be made hereunder pursuant to 2.1 hereof, the Company may, pursuant to Page 35 the terms of this 2.5, cause the Agent to request the Banks to make offers to fund Competitive Bid Loans to the Company from time to time prior to the Final Maturity Date. The Banks may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers and the Company may, but shall have no obligation to, accept such offers in the manner set forth in this 2.5. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, at no time shall the Utilization exceed the Total Commitment; (b) Competitive Bid Quote Request. When the Company wishes to request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this 2.5, it shall transmit to the Agent by telephone, telex, cable or facsimile (in each case confirmed in writing by the Company) a Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto (a "Competitive Bid Quote Request") so as to be received no later than 11:00 a.m. (Boston time) on the first Business Day prior to the requested Drawdown Date, specifying (i) the requested Drawdown Date (which must be a Business Day) and the amount of such Competitive Bid Loan (which must be a minimum of $5,000,000 or any greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 and may not exceed the Total Commitment, and (ii) the Interest Period of such Competitive Bid Loan, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period, and be accompanied by a Competitive Bid fee of $750 payable to the Agent with respect to each Competitive Bid Quote Request. The Company may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for no more than one (1) amount and three (3) Interest Periods in a single Competitive Bid Quote Request. No new Competitive Bid Quote Request shall be given until the Company has notified the Agent of its acceptance or non-acceptance of the Competitive Bid Quotes relating to any outstanding Competitive Bid Quote Request. (c) Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Subsequent to timely receipt of a Competitive Bid Quote Request, the Agent shall send to the Banks by facsimile an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes as promptly as possible but not later than 3:00 p.m. (Boston time) on the first Business Day prior to the requested Drawdown Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3 hereto (an "Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes"), which shall constitute an invitation by the Company to each Bank to submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make Competitive Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Page 36 Quote Request relates in accordance with this 2.5. If, after receipt by the Agent of a Competitive Bid Quote Request from the Company in accordance with subsection (b) of this 2.5.1, the Agent or any Bank shall be unable to complete any procedure of the auction process described in subsections (d) through (f) (inclusive) of this 2.5.1 due to the inability of such Person to transmit or receive communications through the means specified therein, such Person may rely on telephonic notice for the transmission or receipt of such communications. In any case where such Person shall rely on telephone transmission or receipt, any communication made by telephone shall, as soon as possible thereafter, be followed by written confirmation thereof. (d) Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes. (i) Each Bank may, but shall be under no obligation to, submit a Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or offers to make Competitive Bid Loans to the Company in response to any Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the requirements of this subsection (d) and must be submitted to the Agent by facsimile not later than 10:00 a.m. (Boston time) on the requested Drawdown Date, provided, that Competitive Bid Quotes may be made by the Agent in its capacity as a Bank only if it notifies the Company of the terms of its Competitive Bid Quote no later than 9:45 a.m. (Boston time) on the requested Drawdown Date. Subject to the provisions of 12 and 13 hereof, any Competitive Bid Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the Agent given on the instructions of the Company. (ii) Each Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit B-4 hereto and shall in any case specify: (A) the requested Drawdown Date and Interest Periods; (B) the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for which each such offer is being made, which principal amount Page 37 (w) may be greater than the Commitment of the quoting Bank but may not exceed the Total Commitment, (x) must be $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000, (y) may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers were requested, and (z) may be subject to an aggregate limitation as to the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers being made by such quoting Bank may be accepted; (C) the rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of 1%) (the "Competitive Bid Rate") offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, and (D) the identity of the quoting Bank. A Competitive Bid Quote may include up to five (5) separate offers by the quoting Bank with respect to each Interest Period specified in the related Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. (iii) Any Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded if it: (A) is not substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 hereto or does not specify all of the information required by subsection (d)(ii); (B) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language (except that it may, in the case of a quote relating to more than one Interest Period, contain the condition described in subsection (d)(ii)(B)); (C) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes; or (D) arrives after the time set forth in subsection (d)(i). (e) Notice to Company. Not later than 10:15 a.m. (Boston time) on the requested Drawdown Date, the Agent shall notify the Company of the terms of (i) all Competitive Bid Quotes submitted by the Banks in Page 38 accordance with the preceding subsection (d) and (ii) of any Competitive Bid Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with a previous Competitive Bid Quote submitted by such Bank with respect to the same Competitive Bid Quote Request. Any such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded by the Agent unless such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former Competitive Bid Quote. The Agent's notice to the Company shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers have been received for each Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request, (B) the respective principal amounts and Competitive Bid Rates so offered, and the identity of the respective Banks submitting such offers, and (C) if applicable, limitations on the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers in any single Competitive Bid Quote may be accepted. (f) Acceptance and Notice by Company and Agent. Not later than 10:45 a.m. (Boston time) on the requested Drawdown Date, the Company shall notify the Agent of the Company's acceptance or non-acceptance of the offers of which it was notified pursuant to the preceding subsection (e) in a notice, transmitted to the Agent by telephone, telex, cable or facsimile (in each case confirmed in writing by the Company), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-5 hereto (a "Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing"). Such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are accepted. The Company may accept any Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in part; provided that: (i) the aggregate principal amount of each Competitive Bid Loan may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of each Competitive Bid Loan must be $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000, (iii) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of ascending Competitive Bid Rates, and Page 39 (iv) no offer may be accepted that is described in subsection (d)(iii) or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement. The Agent shall promptly notify each Bank which submitted a Competitive Bid Quote of the acceptance or non-acceptance thereof. The Agent will promptly notify each Bank which submitted a Competitive Bid Quote and each other Bank which so requests the following information from the Agent of (a) the aggregate principal amount of, and (b) the range of Competitive Bid Rates of the accepted Competitive Bid Loans for each requested Interest Period. (g) Allocation by Agent; Usage of Commitments. If offers are made by two (2) or more Banks with the same Competitive Bid Rates, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which offers are accepted for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by the Agent among such Banks as nearly as possible (in such multiples, not less than $100,000 as the Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such offers. If any such Bank has indicated a minimum acceptable Competitive Bid Loan in its Competitive Bid Request, and under the procedures of this subsection (g), the Agent would have allocated to it an amount less than such minimum, such Competitive Bid Quote will instead be deemed to have been withdrawn. Determination by the Agent of the amounts of Competitive Bid Loans and the allocation thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. (h) Funding of Competitive Bid Loans. If, on or prior to the Drawdown Date of any Competitive Bid Loan, the Total Commitment has not terminated in full and if, on such Drawdown Date, the applicable conditions of 12 and 13 hereof are satisfied, the Bank or Banks whose offers the Company has accepted will fund each Competitive Bid Loan so accepted. Such Bank or Banks will make such Competitive Bid Loans, by crediting the Agent for further credit to the Company's specified account, in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston time) on such Drawdown Date. Page 40 2.5.2. Repayment of Competitive Bid Loans. The principal of each Competitive Bid Loan shall become absolutely due and payable by the Company on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, and the Company hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay to the Agent for the account of the relevant Banks on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto the principal amount of all such Competitive Bid Loans, plus interest thereon at the applicable Competitive Bid Rate. The Competitive Bid Loans shall bear interest at the rate per annum specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Quotes. Interest on each Competitive Bid Loan shall be payable (a) on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and if any such Interest Period is longer than ninety (90) days, also on the last day of each ninety (90) day period following the commencement of such Interest Period, and (b) on the Final Maturity Date for each Competitive Bid Loan. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company may make Competitive Bid Quote Requests with respect to new Borrowings of any amounts so repaid prior to the Final Maturity Date. Except after an acceleration pursuant to 14.1 hereof, no principal amount with respect to any Competitive Bid Loan may be repaid other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and the funding Bank. 2.6. The Notes. (a) The Syndicated Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory notes of the Company and Hasbro SA in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (the "Syndicated Notes"), dated as of the date hereof (or such other date as a Bank may become a party hereto pursuant to 20) with appropriate insertions; one Syndicated Note being payable to the order of each Bank in a principal amount equal to (i) in the case of the Company, such Bank's Commitment representing the obligation of the Company to pay to such Bank such amount and (ii) in the case of Hasbro SA, an amount equal to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Hasbro SA Sublimit representing the obligation of Hasbro SA to pay to such Bank such amount, or in each case, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Syndicated Loans made by such Bank to such Person hereunder, plus interest accrued thereon as set forth below. Each of the Company and Hasbro SA hereby irrevocably authorizes each Bank to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of each Syndicated Loan to such Person made by such Bank, an appropriate notation on such Bank's Syndicated Note Record reflecting the unpaid principal amount of all Syndicated Page 41 Loans made by such Bank to such Person, and such Bank shall make or cause to be made, at or about the time of receipt of any payment of principal on the Syndicated Note of such Bank, an appropriate notation on such Syndicated Note Record reflecting such payment. The aggregate unpaid amount of Syndicated Loans made by such Bank to the Company and Hasbro SA set forth on such Bank's Syndicated Note Records shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to such Bank, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on such Bank's Syndicated Note Records shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company or Hasbro SA hereunder or under the Syndicated Note of such Person to make payments of principal of or interest on such Syndicated Note when due. (b) Competitive Bid Notes. The Competitive Bid Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory notes of the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto (the "Competitive Bid Notes"), dated as of the date hereof (or such other date as a Bank may become a party hereto pursuant to 20 hereof) with appropriate insertions; one Competitive Bid Note being payable to the order of each Bank in a principal amount equal to the Total Commitment and representing the obligation of the Company to pay to such Bank the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Competitive Bid Loans made by such Bank hereunder, as set forth in 2.5 hereof, plus interest accrued thereon as set forth below. The Company hereby irrevocably authorizes each Bank to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of each Competitive Bid Loan to the Company made by such Bank, an appropriate notation on the Competitive Bid Note Record of such Bank reflecting the unpaid principal amount of all Competitive Bid Loans made by such Bank, and such Bank shall make or cause to be made, at or about the time of receipt of any payment of principal on the Competitive Bid Note of such Bank, an appropriate notation on the Competitive Bid Note Record reflecting such payment. The aggregate unpaid amount of Competitive Bid Loans made by such Bank set forth on the Competitive Bid Note Record shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to such Bank, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on such Competitive Bid Note Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Competitive Bid Note to make payments of principal of or interest on the Competitive Bid Note when due. 2.7. Interest on Loans. (a) Except as provided in 4.3 hereof, Base Rate Loans Page 42 outstanding from time to time shall bear interest during the Interest Period relating thereto at the annual percentage rate equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate in effect from time to time and (ii) the applicable Margin in effect during such Interest Period. Interest on Base Rate Loans shall be payable in Dollars and in accordance with 4.1(a) hereof. (b) Except as provided in 4.3 hereof, Eurocurrency Rate Loans outstanding from time to time shall bear interest during the Interest Period relating thereto at the annual percentage rate equal to the sum of (i) the Eurocurrency Rate and (ii) the applicable Margin in effect during such Interest Period. Interest on the Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be payable in Dollars and in accordance with 4.1(a) hereof. (c) Except as provided in 4.3 hereof, each Competitive Bid Loan outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the rate per annum specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Quote with respect to such Competitive Bid Loan. Interest on Competitive Bid Loans shall be payable in Dollars and in accordance with 4.1(a) hereof. 2.8. Prepayments. The Company and/or Hasbro SA shall repay Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made to the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto. As provided in 2.5.2, the Company shall repay Competitive Bid Loans made to the Company hereunder on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto. The Company and/or Hasbro SA shall also have the right at any time to prepay Syndicated Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans, as a whole or in part, without premium or penalty; provided that the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall provide written, telegraphic or telephonic notice to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (Boston time) on the proposed date of prepayment stating the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment. Each partial prepayment of any Syndicated Loan pursuant to this 2.8 shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or some greater integral multiple of $1,000,000, or, if less, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Syndicated Loans. Subject to the conditions of 2.1 hereof, amounts so prepaid may be reborrowed. In addition, the Company and/or Hasbro SA may, upon three (3) Business Days' written, telegraphic or telephonic notice to the Agent stating the proposed date and the aggregate principal amount of such prepayments, prepay all, but not less than all, of the Syndicated Loans constituting Eurocurrency Rate Loans subject to a particular Interest Period on a date other than the last day Page 43 of the Interest Period relating thereto; provided, that upon any such prepayment, and except as set forth in 4.1(f) hereof, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall pay to the Agent, for the respective accounts of the Banks on a pro rata basis, a sum which shall be determined by the Agent (to the extent that the Agent is able to make such determination), which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, in the following manner after each such payment: (a) First, the Agent shall determine the amount (if any) (the "Installment Amount") by which (i) the total amount of interest which would have otherwise accrued hereunder on each installment of principal so prepaid during the period beginning on the date of such payment and ending on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto (the "Reemployment Period") exceeds (ii) the total amount of interest which would accrue, during the Reemployment Period, at the annual rate of interest determined by the Agent (the "Reemployment Rate") as being the prevailing rate per annum bid at or about the time of such payment for the purchase of deposits of Dollars from prime banks in the Eurocurrency Interbank Market selected by the Agent in its sole discretion (such Reemployment Rate to be the rate payable on an amount equal (as nearly as may be) to the Eurocurrency Rate Loans so prepaid and to have a maturity (as nearly as may be) equal to the Reemployment Period); (b) Second, each Installment Amount shall be treated as payable on the last day of the Interest Period relating to the Eurocurrency Rate Loans prepaid; and (c) Third, the amount to be paid shall be the present value of the Installment Amount determined by discounting the amount thereof from the date on which the Installment Amount is to be treated as payable, at the same annual interest rate as the Reemployment Rate designated as aforesaid by the Agent. Each prepayment made pursuant to this 2.8 shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the date of prepayment. 2.9. Funds for Loans. (a) Each Bank will, upon receiving notice from the Agent of any request by the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, for Syndicated Loans pursuant to 2.4, become and be obligated to make available to the Agent, on the proposed Drawdown Date of Page 44 each Syndicated Loan, not later than (a) 2:30 P.M. (Boston time) for Base Rate Loans with respect to which the Agent sent notice to the Banks pursuant to 2.4 hereof no earlier than the proposed Drawdown Date of such Loan, and (b) 11:00 A.M. (Boston time) with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans and all other Base Rate Loans, in funds immediately available for credit to the Company's and/or Hasbro SA's, as the case may be, account, an aggregate amount, equal to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Syndicated Loan requested at the place specified in the notice delivered by the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, pursuant to 2.4. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in 12 and 13, as applicable, the Agent will cause the aggregate amount of such funds actually received by the Agent from the Banks to be credited to the Company's and/or Hasbro SA's, as the case may be, account as soon as practicable on the date of such receipt. The failure or refusal of any Bank to make available to the Agent at the aforesaid time on any Drawdown Date the amount of the Syndicated Loan to be made by such Bank thereon shall not relieve the other Banks from their several obligations hereunder to make their respective Commitment Percentages of any requested Syndicated Loans. (b) The Agent may, unless notified to the contrary by any Bank prior to a Drawdown Date, assume that such Bank has made available to the Agent on such Drawdown Date the amount of such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Syndicated Loans (or in the case of Competitive Bid Loans, the amount of such Bank's accepted offers of Competitive Bid Loans, if any) to be made on such Drawdown Date, and the Agent may (but it shall not be required to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, a corresponding amount. If any Bank makes available to the Agent such amount on a date after such Drawdown Date, such Bank shall pay to the Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the average computed for the period referred to in clause (iii) below, of the weighted average interest rate paid by the Agent for federal funds acquired by the Agent during each day included in such period, times (ii) the amount of such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such Loans (or accepted offers of Competitive Bid Loans, as applicable), times (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Drawdown Date to the date on which the amount of such Bank's Loans shall become immediately available to the Agent, and the denominator of which is 365. A statement of the Agent submitted to such Bank with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence of the amount due and owing to the Agent by such Bank. If the amount of such Bank's Loans is not made available to the Agent by such Bank within Page 45 three (3) Business Days following such Drawdown Date, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount from the Company and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, on demand, with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to the Loans made on such Drawdown Date. 2.10. Mandatory Repayments. (a) In no event later than (i) seven (7) days after receipt or (ii) in the case of net cash proceeds received from Casualty Events not committed or reinvested as provided in clause (D) below or Net Cash Sale Proceeds from Material Asset Sales permitted to be applied as provided in clause (II) below and not so applied, the 181st day following receipt, by any of the Hasbro Companies of: (A) Net Cash Sale Proceeds from Material Asset Sales; (B) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds from Equity Issuances by any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Significant Subsidiaries; (C) net cash proceeds received by (A) the Company in connection with its issuance of any long term unsecured Indebtedness having a maturity after the Final Maturity Date (other than purchase money Indebtedness and Refinancing Indebtedness) or (B) any Operating Subsidiary of the Company in connection with its issuance of any Indebtedness permitted by 10.1(c); and (D) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, net cash proceeds received from Casualty Events by any of the Hasbro Companies which have not been committed (as evidenced by a binding written contract) by such Person prior to or within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of such proceeds to the repair or replacement of the property so damaged, destroyed or taken, or, if so committed, such repair or replacement of the property so damaged, destroyed or taken shall have not commenced prior to or within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of such proceeds pursuant to such binding written contract, the Company shall pay or (solely in the case of Hasbro SA Loans) shall cause Hasbro SA to pay to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Banks an amount equal to (x) (1) fifty percent (50%) of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds from Material Asset Sales, plus any additional portion of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds to the Page 46 extent and when required by clause (II) of the next sentence, and (2) one hundred percent (100%) of such net cash proceeds from Equity Issuances, issuances of Indebtedness or Casualty Events, or (y) if less, (1) the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations and (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Maximum Drawing Amount of Letters of Credit then outstanding to be held by the Agent as cash collateral to secure all Reimbursement Obligations, to be applied in the manner set forth in 2.11. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) no such payment shall be required unless, until and only to the extent that such Material Asset Sales, Equity Issuances, issuances of Indebtedness or Casualty Events result in net cash proceeds that otherwise would be required to be so applied equal to (x) $5,000,000 or more in any period of thirty (30) consecutive days or (y) $15,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company, and (II) all or any portion of the fifty percent (50%) of the Net Cash Sale Proceeds from any Material Asset Sale remaining after the initial application of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds in accordance with the preceding sentence of this 2.10(a) may be applied to repay, redeem or repurchase any other Indebtedness within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of such proceeds, and if any portion of such remaining amount of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds is not so applied, an amount equal to such portion shall be required to be applied to make payment under this 2.10 on the 181st day following receipt of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds. (b) If at any time the Utilization exceeds the Total Commitment, then the Company shall immediately pay or (solely in the case of Hasbro SA Loans) shall cause Hasbro SA to pay the amount of such excess to the Agent for the respective account of the Banks to be applied in the manner set forth in 2.11. (c) If at any time the outstanding amount of the Loans borrowed to satisfy the Company's obligations under guaranties of the Foreign Scheduled Facilities exceeds the Foreign Sublimit, then the Company shall immediately pay the amount of such excess to the Agent for the respective account of the Banks to be applied in the manner set forth in 2.11. (d) Hasbro SA shall have no liability to prepay the Company Loans pursuant to this 2.10. 2.11. Application of Payments; Commitment Reduction. Page 47 All payments made pursuant to 2.10 shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations by such amount pro rata based on the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations. Such mandatory repayments shall be allocated among the Banks in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective outstanding amounts of each Bank's Note, with adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize any prior prepayments not exactly in proportion. Amounts repaid pursuant to 2.10(a)(A) or 2.10(a)(C) may not be reborrowed. The Total Commitment shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount so repaid pursuant to 2.10(a)(A) or 2.10(a)(C). No reduction of the Total Commitment made pursuant to this 2.11 may be reinstated. 3. THE SWING LINE. 3.1. The Swing Line Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, upon notice by the Company made to the Swing Line Bank in accordance with 3.2 hereof, the Swing Line Bank agrees to lend to the Company Swing Line Loans on any Business Day prior to the Final Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 (the "Maximum Swing Line Loan Amount"). Each Swing Line Loan shall be in a minimum amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and in addition to the limit set forth above, at no time shall the Utilization exceed the Total Commitment; provided, however, subject to the limitations set forth in this 3.1 from time to time the sum of the aggregate outstanding Swing Line Loans plus all outstanding Syndicated Loans made by the Swing Line Bank may exceed the Swing Line Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Total Commitment then in effect. 3.2. Notice of Borrowing. When the Company desires the Swing Line Bank to make a Swing Line Loan, the Company shall send to the Agent and the Swing Line Bank written notice in the form of Exhibit C hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit C hereto) of each Swing Line Loan requested hereunder (a "Swing Line Loan Request") not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Swing Line Loan. Each such Swing Line Loan Request shall set forth the principal amount of the Page 48 proposed Swing Line Loan and the date on which the proposed Swing Line Loan would mature (the "Swing Line Loan Maturity Date") which shall in no event be later than the Final Maturity Date. Each Swing Line Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Company and shall obligate the Company to borrow the Swing Line Loan from the Swing Line Bank on the proposed Drawdown Date thereof. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the proposed Drawdown Date the Swing Line Bank shall make the Swing Line Loan available to the Company no later than 3:00 p.m. (Boston time) on the proposed Drawdown Date by crediting the amount of the Swing Line Loan to the account(s) of the Company specified in the Swing Line Loan Request; provided that the Swing Line Bank shall not advance any Swing Line Loans after it has received notice from any Bank that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and stating that no new Swing Line Loans are to be made until such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Swing Line Bank shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans at any time when any Bank is a Delinquent Bank unless the Swing Line Bank has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it to eliminate the Swing Line Bank's risk with respect to such Delinquent Bank, which may include cash collateralizing such Delinquent Bank's Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Swing Line Loans and any such additional Swing Line Loans to be made. 3.3. Interest on Swing Line Loans. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan and, except as otherwise provided in 4.3 hereof, shall bear interest from the Drawdown Date thereof until repaid in full at the rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans, which shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date for Base Rate Loans. 3.4. Repayment of Swing Line Loans. The Company shall repay each outstanding Swing Line Loan on or prior to the Swing Line Loan Maturity Date. Upon notice by the Swing Line Bank on any Business Day, each of the Banks hereby agrees to make Syndicated Loans constituting Base Rate Loans to the Company having outstanding Swing Line Loans, on the next succeeding Business Day following such notice, in an amount equal to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding to the Company. The proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swing Line Bank to repay the Swing Line Bank for such outstanding Swing Line Loans. Each Bank hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to Page 49 make such Syndicated Loans upon one (1) Business Day's notice as set forth above, notwithstanding (a) that the amount of such Syndicated Loan may not comply with the applicable minimums set forth herein, (b) the failure of the Company to meet the conditions set forth in 12 or 13 hereof, (c) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, (d) the date of such Syndicated Loan, and (e) the Total Commitment in effect at such time. In the event that it is impracticable for such Syndicated Loan to be made for any reason on the date otherwise required above, then each Bank hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date such Syndicated Loan would have been made, but adjusted for any payments received from the Company on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swing Line Bank, and the Swing Line Bank shall sell to each Bank, such participations in the Swing Line Loans (including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) outstanding as shall be necessary to cause the Bank to share in such Swing Line Loans pro rata based on their respective Commitment Percentages (without regard to any termination of the Total Commitment hereunder) by making available to the Swing Line Bank an amount equal to such Bank's participation in the Swing Line Loans; provided that (x) all interest payable on the Swing Line Loans shall be for the account of the Swing Line Bank as a funding and administrative fee until the date as of which the respective participation is purchased, and (y) at the time any purchase of such participation is actually made, the purchasing Bank shall be required to pay the Swing Line Bank interest on the principal amount of the participation so purchased for each day from and including the date such Syndicated Loan would otherwise have been made until the date of payment for such participation at the rate of interest in effect applicable to Base Rate Loans during such period. 3.5. The Swing Line Note. The obligation of the Company to repay the Swing Line Loans made pursuant to this Agreement and to pay interest thereon as set forth in this Agreement shall be evidenced by a promissory note of the Company with appropriate insertions substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the "Swing Line Note"), dated the Effective Date and payable to the order of the Swing Line Bank in a principal amount stated to be the lesser of (a) the Maximum Swing Line Loan Amount, or (b) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans at any time advanced by the Swing Line Bank and outstanding thereunder. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Bank to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Swing Line Loan or at the time of receipt of any payment of principal on the Page 50 Swing Line Note, an appropriate notation on the Swing Line Note Record reflecting the making of such Swing Line Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding amount of the Swing Line Loans set forth on such Swing Line Note Record shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to the Swing Line Bank, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on such Swing Line Note Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the actual amount of the obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Swing Line Note to make payments of principal of or interest on the Swing Line Note when due. 4. INTEREST; PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. 4.1. Interest; Costs and Expenses. (a) Elections. At the option of the Company and/or Hasbro SA, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Company and/or Hasbro SA may elect from time to time to have a portion of the principal amount of the Syndicated Loans to the Company and/or Hasbro SA outstanding from time to time bear interest during any particular Interest Period calculated by reference to the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, provided that any portion of the Syndicated Loans selected to bear interest by reference to the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000 or some greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 with respect to any single Interest Period. Any election by the Company and/or Hasbro SA to have interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be made by notice (which shall be irrevocable) to the Agent as provided in 2.4. If in any such notice, the Company and/or Hasbro SA does not specify whether any Eurocurrency Rate Loans are requested, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall be deemed to have elected that the requested Syndicated Loans bear interest at the Base Rate and be denominated in Dollars. Any election of a Eurocurrency Rate shall lapse at the end of the expiring Interest Period unless extended by a further election notice as provided in 2.4 hereof. If, on or prior to the last day of any Interest Period for Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Company and/or Hasbro SA (x) fails to deliver a further election notice with respect to such Loans pursuant to 2.4 hereof and this 4.1(a), and (y) fails to repay all or any part of such Loans as provided in 4.4 hereof, then such Syndicated Loans shall be deemed to be Base Rate Loans in accordance with the terms set forth in 4.4(b) hereof. Each Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest during each Interest Period relating thereto at the rate set forth in 2.7 or 4.3 hereof, as the case may be. Interest Page 51 on each Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be payable (i) on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto or (ii) if the Interest Period is longer than ninety (90) days, on the last day of each 90-day period following the commencement of such Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period. (b) Notices, etc. as to Eurocurrency Rate. Promptly after the commencement of any Interest Period for any Syndicated Loan, the Agent shall notify the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA and each of the Banks of (A) the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent hereunder with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (B) each date on which interest is payable hereunder, and (C) the date on which the Interest Period with respect to such Syndicated Loan shall end; provided, however, that the obligations of the Company and/or Hasbro SA to pay to each Bank principal and interest as herein provided shall not be subject to or in any way conditional upon the giving of any such notice by the Agent. Each such notice shall, absent manifest error, be binding upon each Bank and the Company and/or Hasbro SA. (c) Substitution of Base Rate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if (i) the introduction of, any change in, or any change in the interpretation of, any law or regulation applicable to any Bank (the "Affected Bank") shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof shall assert that it is unlawful, or in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, impracticable, for such Bank to perform its obligations in respect of any Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or (ii) if any Affected Bank shall reasonably determine with respect to Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate that (A) by reason of circumstances affecting any Eurocurrency Interbank Market, adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate which would otherwise be applicable during any Interest Period, or (B) deposits of Dollars in the relevant amount for the relevant Interest Period are not available to such Bank in any Eurocurrency Interbank Market, or (C) the Eurocurrency Rate does not or will not accurately reflect the cost to such Bank of obtaining or maintaining the applicable Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate during any Interest Period, then any such Affected Bank shall promptly give telephonic, telex or cable notice of such determination to the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA (which notice shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company absent manifest error), the Agent and the other Banks. Upon such notification by any Affected Bank, (x) the obligation of such Affected Bank to make Loans bearing interest based on the Page 52 Eurocurrency Rate shall be suspended until such circumstances no longer exist, (y) any new Loans made by such Affected Bank on or after the date of such notification, which Loans would otherwise bear interest at the suspended rate shall be deemed to be Loans bearing interest by reference to the Base Rate and shall be denominated in Dollars, as necessary, until such suspension is no longer in effect, and (z) so long as it is not unlawful for the Affected Bank to continue carrying Outstanding Loans bearing interest at the suspended rate, Outstanding Loans of such Affected Bank bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate shall continue to bear interest at the applicable rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate until the end of the applicable Interest Period. If it is unlawful for any Affected Bank to continue carrying any Outstanding Loans bearing interest at the suspended rate, such Affected Bank shall so notify the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA and the Agent and any such Outstanding Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of the Interest Period which is current when such notice is given. Notwithstanding any provision of this 4.1(c) to the contrary, during any period in which a suspension is in effect pursuant to this 4.1(c), the Company and/or Hasbro SA may notify the Agent and any Affected Bank to which such suspension applies that (I) the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall repay, in accordance with the provisions of 4.1(f) hereof, any and all Loans made by such Affected Bank to the Company and/or Hasbro SA, and (II) with respect to any new Loans to be made by the Banks hereunder, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall not borrow from such Affected Bank and the Commitment of such Affected Bank shall be terminated. (d) Additional Costs and Expenses; Reserve Requirements. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if any present or future applicable law (which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Bank by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other Governmental Authority, whether or not having the force of law) shall (i) subject such Bank to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature not now in effect, with respect to the Bank's commitment to make Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or the Bank's Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate; or Page 53 (ii) materially change the basis of taxation of payments to such Bank on the principal of, interest on or any other amounts payable in respect of the Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate as such (excluding changes in taxes measured by or imposed on the net income, or on the capital or net worth of such Bank; provided, however, nothing in this parenthetical shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Banks or the obligations of the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to 4.1(e)); or (iii) impose or increase or render applicable any liquidity, capital, special deposit or reserve or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law) not now in effect, against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or loans by an office of such Bank with respect to such Bank's commitment to make Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or such Bank's Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate; or (iv) impose on such Bank any other condition or requirement not now in effect, with respect to such Bank's commitment to make Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or such Bank's Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or any class of loans of which the Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate forms a part, and the result of any of the foregoing is (x) to increase the cost to such Bank attributable to the making, funding or maintaining of Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or its commitment therefor, (y) to reduce the amount of principal, interest, commitment fees or other amounts payable in respect of Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate to such Bank hereunder or its commitment therefor, or (z) to require such Bank to make any payment or to forego any interest or other sum payable in respect of Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate hereunder or its commitment therefor, the amount of which payment or foregone interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed received by such Bank from the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder; then, and in each such case, the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA will, upon demand by such Bank made by written notice to the Company and/or Hasbro SA from time to time as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to such Bank, within ten (10) days after receipt of notice of such demand, such additional amounts as will be sufficient, in the good faith Page 54 opinion of such Bank, to compensate the Bank for such additional costs, reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum in respect of Loans bearing interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate; provided, however, that the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall be required to pay only such additional costs or other amounts which are incurred by such Bank (A) from and after the date of such notice, with respect to Loans outstanding during Interest Periods commencing after the date on which the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA receives such notice, (B) with respect to Loans outstanding on the date of such notice provided that (x) not less than 90 days remain in the applicable Interest Period for such Loans and (y) such costs are assessed only for the period commencing on the date of such notice to the Company and (with respect to any Hasbro SA Loan) Hasbro SA, and (iii) from and after the date of such notice to the extent that the incurrence of such additional costs or amounts is unrelated to Outstanding Loans and is not otherwise covered by clauses (A) or (B) of this paragraph. Subject to the provisions of the preceding sentence, a claim by any Bank for all or any part of any additional amount required to be paid by the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to this 4.1(d) may be made before and/or after the end of the Interest Period to which such claim relates or during the Interest Period in which such claim has arisen and before and/or after any repayment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans owed hereunder to which such claim relates. A certificate signed by an officer of such Bank, setting forth the amount of such loss, expense or liability required to be paid by the Company and/or Hasbro SA to such Bank, and the computations made by such Bank to determine such additional amount, shall be submitted by the Bank to the Company and/or Hasbro SA in connection with each demand made at any time by such Bank upon the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder, and shall, save for manifest or other obvious error, constitute conclusive evidence of the additional amount required to be paid by the Company and/or Hasbro SA to such Bank upon each such demand. (e) Increased Capital Requirements. If any present or future, or any change in any present or future, law or any governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or the interpretation or administration thereof by a Governmental Authority with appropriate jurisdiction affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any of the Banks or any corporation controlling any of the Banks and such Bank determines that any of the foregoing imposes or increases a requirement by such Bank to allocate capital resources to such Bank's credit facility established hereunder or any loans made pursuant hereto, Page 55 which would have the effect of reducing the return on such Bank's capital to a level below that which such Bank could have achieved (assuming full utilization of the Bank's capital) but for such increased capital requirements, then such Bank may notify the Company and Hasbro SA (with a copy to the Agent) of such fact. To the extent that the costs of such increased capital requirements are not reflected in the Base Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate or the Competitive Bid Rate, the Company, Hasbro SA and such Bank shall thereafter attempt to negotiate in good faith an adjustment to the compensation payable hereunder with respect to such Bank's Commitment and, in the case of any Loans made by such Bank after the date of the Company's and Hasbro SA's receipt of such notice ("New Loans"), all such New Loans, which adjustment will adequately compensate the Bank in light of these circumstances. If the Company, Hasbro SA and such Bank are unable to agree to such adjustment within thirty (30) days of the day on which the Company and Hasbro SA receive such notice, then effective from the date on which the Company and Hasbro SA have received such notice (but not earlier than the effective day of such requirement or retroactive to any date prior to the date on which the Company and Hasbro SA have received such notice), the fees payable hereunder with respect to any New Loans made by, or the Commitment of, such Bank shall increase by an amount which will, in such Bank's reasonable determination, provide adequate compensation. Such Bank shall allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and on an equitable basis. (f) Replacement of Banks. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that (i) the obligation of any Bank to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans is suspended pursuant to 4.1(c) hereof, or (ii) any Bank makes demand upon the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to 4.1(d) hereof for the payment of additional costs or other amounts, or (iii) any Bank makes demand upon the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to 4.1(e) hereof for an adjustment to the compensation payable to such Bank by the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder, then, in each such case, the Company and/or Hasbro SA in its discretion may (A) send written notice to such Bank and the Agent advising such Bank that, subject to the provisions of this 4.1(f), its Commitment hereunder shall be terminated on a date determined by the Company and/or Hasbro SA (the "Replacement Date"), which Replacement Date shall be no earlier than the date on which such Bank and the Agent have received such notice from the Company and/or Hasbro SA, and commencing on the Replacement Date, the Commitment of such Bank hereunder shall be terminated and no Commitment Fee shall be payable by the Company and/or Hasbro SA to such Bank with respect to such Commitment, and (B) replace such Bank with another Bank or other commercial banking institution (the Page 56 "Replacement Bank") which has been selected by the Company and/or Hasbro SA and approved by the Majority Banks, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that the Company and/or Hasbro SA, the Banks and the Agent agree that (w) on or prior to the Replacement Date, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall have paid all principal, interest, fees and other amounts owing by the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder, accruing up to and including the Replacement Date, to the Bank being replaced on such Replacement Date, (x) as of the Replacement Date, the Replacement Bank will take over the entire Commitment of the Bank being replaced, (y) on or prior to the Drawdown Date first following the Replacement Date, the Company and/or Hasbro SA, the Agent, the Banks (other than the Bank being replaced) and the Replacement Bank shall make such arrangements by way of new Syndicated Loans, purchases or refundings of existing Syndicated Loans or otherwise as will result thereafter in the outstanding and unpaid Syndicated Loans of each Bank being equal, as near as may practically be, to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of all of the outstanding and unpaid Syndicated Loans made to the Company, and (z) the Agent shall be entitled to receive prior to the Replacement Date from the Company and/or Hasbro SA and the Replacement Bank such supplemental agreements, documents, certificates and legal opinions in connection with the replacement of such Bank as the Agent and the other Banks may reasonably request to give effect to the foregoing provisions of this 4.1(f). (g) Change of Lending Office. If a Bank changes its applicable lending office (other than pursuant to paragraph (h) below) and the effect of the change, as of the date of the change, would be to cause the Company and/or Hasbro SA to become obligated to pay any additional amount under this 4.1 or under 4.7, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall not be obligated to pay such additional amount. (h) Mitigation. If a condition or an event occurs which would, or would upon the passage of time or giving of notice, result in the payment of any additional amount to any Bank by the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to this 4.1 or under 4.7, such Bank shall take such steps as may reasonably be available to it and acceptable to the Company and/or Hasbro SA to mitigate the effects of such condition or event (which may include efforts to rebook the Loans held by such Bank at another lending office, or through another branch or an affiliate, of such Bank); provided that such Bank shall not be required to take any step that, in its reasonable judgment, would be disadvantageous to its business or operations or would require it to incur any additional cost or expense unless the Company agrees to reimburse such Bank for such Page 57 cost or expense. 4.2. Concerning Interest Periods. No Interest Period for Loans may be selected by the Company and/or Hasbro SA if such Interest Period ends after the Final Maturity Date. If any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day for Base Rate, Eurocurrency Rate or Competitive Bid Rate purposes, as applicable, that Interest Period, shall end on the Business Day next preceding or next succeeding such day determined by the Agent in accordance with 4.4(c). Any Interest Period relating to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month. 4.3. Interest on Overdue Amounts. Overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) interest on the Loans and all other overdue amounts payable hereunder shall bear interest payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) above the rate otherwise in effect with respect to Base Rate Loans, whether or not any Eurocurrency Rate or Competitive Bid Rate would otherwise have been applicable thereto, until such amount shall be paid in full (whether before or after judgment). 4.4. Payments. (a) All payments of principal of and interest on Loans made by the Company or Hasbro SA, any Fees and any other amounts due hereunder shall be made by the Company or Hasbro SA to the Agent, at or prior to 11:00 A.M., Boston time, on any payment date, in Dollars and in immediately available funds at the Agent's Office without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. The Agent shall be entitled to debit any account of the Company or (with respect to payments in connection with Hasbro SA Loans) Hasbro SA with the Agent in the amount of each such payment when due in order to effect timely payment thereof. Upon receipt by the Agent of any such payment, the Agent shall promptly send by wire transfer, in immediately available like funds, to each Bank, to an individual or an account designated by such Bank, such Bank's pro rata share of such payment. (b) If any Bank makes a Syndicated Loan to the Company or Hasbro SA on a day on which such Person is to repay all or any part of any Outstanding Syndicated Loan made to such Person, such Page 58 Bank shall, to the extent necessary, apply the proceeds of the requested Syndicated Loan to make such repayment, and only an amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of the amount being repaid over the amount being borrowed shall be remitted by such Person to the Agent for the account of such Bank as provided in 2.8 and (ii) the excess, if any, of the amount being borrowed over the amount being repaid shall be remitted by such Bank to the Agent for the account of such Person. If the Company and/or Hasbro SA fails to repay all or any part of any Outstanding Syndicated Loan denominated in Dollars on the last day of the applicable Interest Period therefor, and if the Company and/or Hasbro SA fails to deliver an election notice with respect to such unpaid portion of the Outstanding Syndicated Loan in accordance with the provisions of 2.4 and 4.1(a) hereof, then, subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in 13 hereof, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall be deemed to have requested that the unpaid portion of the Outstanding Syndicated Loan constitute a new Borrowing as a Base Rate Loan. Nothing contained in this 4.4(b) shall obligate the Banks in any way to make any Loans to the Company and/or Hasbro SA at any time from and after the Final Maturity Date. (c) Whenever a payment hereunder or under the Notes becomes due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension (and shall not be considered overdue during such extension), provided, however, that if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day. 4.5. Computations. All computations of interest on the Loans shall be based on (a) with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Competitive Bid Loans, a 360-day year, and (b) with respect to Base Rate Loans, a 365-day year, and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. 4.6. Interest Limitation. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any Note or any other document referred to herein or therein, the maximum amount of interest, together with any other amounts or charges which may constitute interest under applicable law, which may be charged to or collected from any Person liable hereunder or under any Note by the Banks shall be absolutely limited to, and shall in no event exceed, the maximum amount of interest which could Page 59 lawfully be charged or collected under applicable law (including, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Section 5197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America, as amended, 12 U.S.C. Section 85, as amended), so that the maximum of all amounts constituting interest under applicable law, howsoever computed, shall never exceed as to any Person liable therefor such lawful maximum, and any term of this Agreement or any Note or any other document referred to herein or therein which could be construed as providing for interest in excess of such lawful maximum shall be and hereby is made expressly subject to and modified by the provisions of this paragraph. 4.7. Indemnification. In the event that the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall at any time (a) repay or prepay (other than in accordance with the provisions of 2.8 hereof) any principal of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Competitive Bid Loans on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, whether by reason of acceleration following an Event of Default or otherwise, or (b) for any reason fail to borrow any Loan with respect to which the Company gave a notice of borrowing pursuant to 2.4 or 4.1(a) hereof at an interest rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate or a Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing pursuant to 2.5.1(f) or prepay a Loan as to which notice of prepayment has been given, the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall indemnify the Banks against all losses, costs or expenses incurred by the Banks in respect of the Company's payment, prepayment or failure to borrow, on the date of such payment or failure to borrow. Such losses, costs or expenses shall include, but not be limited to (i) any costs incurred by the Banks in carrying funds which were to have been borrowed by the Company and/or Hasbro SA or in carrying funds to cover the amount of any overdue principal of or overdue interest on any Loan, (ii) any interest payable by the Banks to Banks of the funds borrowed by the Banks in order to carry the funds referred to in the immediately preceding sub-clause (i), and (iii) any losses (including losses of anticipated interest which would otherwise have been required to be paid hereunder through the end of such then existing or, as the case may be, commencing Interest Period) incurred by the Banks in liquidating or re- employing funds acquired from third parties to effect or maintain all or any part of the Loans, provided that to the extent that the reemployment formula set forth in 2.8 hereof is capable of being employed to compute such losses, the Agent shall employ such reemployment formula to compute such losses. Any losses, costs or expenses payable by the Company to the Banks pursuant to this 4.7 shall be without duplication of any amounts paid by the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant to 2.8, 4.1 or 4.3 hereof. Page 60 4.8. Banks' Obligations Several. The Banks' obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint, and no Bank's obligations to lend shall be affected by any other Bank's failure to make any Loan hereunder. 5. LETTERS OF CREDIT. 5.1. Letter of Credit Commitments. 5.1.1. Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the execution and delivery by the Company of a letter of credit application on the Agent's customary form (a "Letter of Credit Application"), the Agent on behalf of the Banks and in reliance upon the agreement of the Banks set forth in 5.1.4 and upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, agrees, in its individual capacity, to issue, extend and renew for the account of the Company one or more standby or documentary letters of credit (individually, a "Letter of Credit"), in such form as may be requested from time to time by the Company and agreed to by the Agent; provided, however, that, after giving effect to such request, (a) the sum of the aggregate Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any one time (or such other amount as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Agent and notified to the Banks) and (b) the Utilization shall not exceed the Total Commitment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit to support or secure any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent that such Indebtedness was incurred prior to the proposed issuance date of such Letter of Credit, unless in any such case the Company demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent that (x) such prior incurred Indebtedness was then fully secured by a prior perfected and unavoidable security interest in collateral provided by the Company or such Subsidiary to the proposed beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or (y) such prior incurred Indebtedness was then secured or supported by a letter of credit issued for the account of the Company or such Subsidiary. 5.1.2. Letter of Credit Applications. Each Letter of Credit Application shall be completed to Page 61 the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent. In the event that any provision of any Letter of Credit Application shall be inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent of any such inconsistency, govern. 5.1.3. Terms of Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit issued, extended or renewed hereunder shall, among other things, (a) provide for the payment of sight drafts for honor thereunder when presented in accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the documents described therein, and (b) have an expiry date no later than the date which is fourteen (14) days (or, if the Letter of Credit is confirmed by a confirmer or otherwise provides for one or more nominated persons, forty- five (45) days) prior to the Final Maturity Date. Each Letter of Credit so issued, extended or renewed shall be subject (to the extent consistent with this Agreement) to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 or any successor version thereto adopted by the Agent in the ordinary course of its business as a letter of credit issuer and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit (the "Uniform Customs") or, if agreed to by the Company, the International Standby Practices (ISP98), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590, or any successor code of standby letter of credit practices among banks adopted by the Agent in the ordinary course of its business as a standby letter of credit issuer and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit. 5.1.4. Reimbursement Obligations of Banks. Each Bank severally agrees that it shall be absolutely liable, without regard to the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any other condition precedent whatsoever, to the extent of such Bank's Commitment Percentage, to reimburse the Agent on demand for the amount of each draft paid by the Agent under each Letter of Credit to the extent that such amount is not reimbursed by the Company pursuant to 5.2 (such agreement for a Bank being called herein the "Letter of Credit Participation" of such Bank). 5.1.5. Participations of Banks. Page 62 Each such payment made by a Bank shall be treated as the purchase by such Bank of a participating interest in the Company's Reimbursement Obligation under 5.2 in an amount equal to such payment. Each Bank shall share in accordance with its participating interest in any interest which accrues pursuant to 5.2. 5.2. Reimbursement Obligation of the Company. In order to induce the Agent to issue, extend and renew each Letter of Credit and the Banks to participate therein, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse or pay to the Agent, for the account of the Agent or (as the case may be) the Banks, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued, extended or renewed by the Agent hereunder, (a) except as otherwise expressly provided in 5.2(b) and (c), on each date that any draft presented under such Letter of Credit is honored by the Agent after the Agent determines that the documents (including any draft) delivered in connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of Credit, or the Agent otherwise makes a payment with respect thereto, (i) the amount paid by the Agent under or with respect to such Letter of Credit, and (ii) the amount of any taxes, fees, charges or other costs and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred by the Agent or any Bank in connection with any payment made by the Agent or any Bank under, or with respect to, such Letter of Credit, other than as a result of the Agent's or any such Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct, (b) upon the reduction (but not termination) of the Total Commitment to an amount less than the Maximum Drawing Amount, an amount equal to such difference, which amount shall be held by the Agent for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent as cash collateral for all Reimbursement Obligations, and (c) upon the termination of the Total Commitment, or the acceleration of the Reimbursement Obligations with respect to all Letters of Credit in accordance with 14, an amount equal to the then Maximum Drawing Amount on all outstanding Letters of Credit, which amount shall be held by the Agent for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent as cash collateral for all Reimbursement Obligations. Each such payment shall be made to the Agent at the Agent's Page 63 Office in immediately available funds. Interest on any and all amounts remaining unpaid by the Company under this 5.2 at any time from the date such amounts become due and payable (whether as stated in this 5.2, by acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full (whether before or after judgment) shall be payable to the Agent on demand at the rate specified in 4.3 for overdue principal on the Syndicated Loans. 5.3. Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented or other demand for payment shall be made under any Letter of Credit, the Agent shall notify the Company of the date and amount of the draft presented or demand for payment and of the date and time when it expects to pay such draft or honor such demand for payment. If the Company fails to reimburse the Agent as provided in 5.2 on or before the date that such draft is paid or other payment is made by the Agent, the Agent may at any time thereafter notify the Banks of the amount of any such Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation. No later than 3:00 p.m. (Boston time) on the Business Day next following the receipt of such notice, each Bank shall make available to the Agent, at the Agent's Office, in immediately available funds, such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, together with an amount equal to the product of (a) the average, computed for the period referred to in clause (c) below, of the weighted average interest rate paid by the Agent for federal funds acquired by the Agent during each day included in such period, times (b) the amount equal to such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, times (c) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including the date the Agent paid the draft presented for honor or otherwise made payment to the date on which such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation shall become immediately available to the Agent, and the denominator of which is 360. The responsibility of the Agent in respect of a presentment of any Letter of Credit to the Company and the Banks shall be only to determine that the documents (including each draft) delivered under each Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment shall be in conformity with such Letter of Credit, provided that this 5.3 shall not relieve the Agent of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent, or otherwise affect any defense or other right the Company may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct. 5.4. Obligations Absolute. The Company's obligations under this 5 shall be absolute Page 64 and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any condition precedent whatsoever or any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Company may have or have had against the Agent, any Bank or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit. The Company further agrees with the Agent and the Banks that the Agent and the Banks shall not be responsible for, and the Company's Reimbursement Obligations under 5.2 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Company, the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any financing institution or other party to which any Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims or defenses whatsoever of the Company against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Agent and the Banks shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit. The Company agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Agent or any Bank under or in connection with each Letter of Credit and the related drafts and documents, if done in good faith, shall be binding upon the Company and shall not result in any liability on the part of the Agent or any Bank to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this 5.4 shall relieve the Agent or any Bank of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Bank, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Company may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct. 5.5. Reliance by Issuer. To the extent not inconsistent with 5.4, the Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Letter of Credit, draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telecopy, telex or facsimile message, statement, order or other document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement unless it shall first have received such advice or concurrence of the Majority Banks as it reasonably deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Banks against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or Page 65 continuing to take any such action. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Majority Banks, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Banks and all future holders of the Syndicated Notes or of Letter of Credit Participations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this 5.5 shall relieve the Agent of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Company may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct. 5.6. Letter of Credit Fee. The Company shall pay to the Agent, for the accounts of the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, a letter of credit fee (a "Letter of Credit Fee") with respect to each Letter of Credit, computed for the period from and including the date of issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit to the expiry date of such Letter of Credit, at a rate per annum equal to (a) in respect of any standby Letter of Credit, the applicable Margin per annum with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans on the aggregate face amount of standby Letters of Credit outstanding and (b) in respect of any documentary Letter of Credit, fifty percent (50%) of the applicable Margin per annum with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans on the aggregate face amount of documentary Letters of Credit outstanding. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable (i) in respect of standby Letters of Credit, periodically in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December occurring after the date of issuance, extension or renewal of each such standby Letter of Credit and on the Final Maturity Date, and (ii) in respect of documentary Letters of Credit, periodically in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December occurring after the date of issuance, extension or renewal of each such documentary Letter of Credit and on the Final Maturity Date. In addition, the Company shall, on the date of issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit, pay to the Agent a fronting fee for the account of the Agent equal to one-tenth of one percent (0.10%) per annum of the face amount of each such standby or documentary Letter of Credit. In respect of each Letter of Credit, the Company shall also pay to the Agent for the Agent's own account, at such other time or times as such charges are customarily made by the Agent, the Agent's customary issuance, amendment, negotiation or document examination and other administrative fees as in effect from time to time. 6. COLLATERAL SECURITY AND GUARANTIES. Page 66 6.1. Security of Company. The Secured Obligations shall be secured by a perfected first priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens entitled to priority under applicable law) in all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including all books and records and other recorded data in each case relating to the following: (a) "Accounts", "Chattel paper" and "Instruments" of the Company, in each case as such terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Inventory of the Company, and (b) the Company's U.S. trademarks (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof (except for "intent to use" applications for trademark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed)), U.S. copyrights (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof) and U.S. patents and U.S. patent applications, in each case relating exclusively to the Identified Brands (but with respect to the Playskool brand, only U.S. trademarks (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof) and U.S. copyrights (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof), in each case that did not arise from particular products, shall be included in the Collateral), in each case pursuant to the terms of and as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents to which the Company is a party. 6.2. Guaranties and Security of Restricted Subsidiaries. The Secured Obligations shall also be guaranteed pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty. The obligations of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Guaranty shall be in turn secured by a perfected first priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens entitled to priority under applicable law) in all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including all books and records and other recorded data in each case relating to the following: (a) "Accounts", "Chattel paper" and "Instruments" of each such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case as such terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Inventory of each such Restricted Subsidiary, and (b) such Restricted Subsidiary's U.S. trademarks (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof (except for "intent to use" applications for trademark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed)), U.S. copyrights (and U.S. Page 67 applications and U.S. registrations thereof) and U.S. patents and U.S. patent applications, in each case relating exclusively to the Identified Brands (but with respect to the Playskool brand, only U.S. trademarks (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof) and U.S. copyrights (and U.S. applications and U.S. registrations thereof), in each case that did not arise from particular products, shall be included in the Collateral), in each case pursuant to the terms of and as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party. 6.3. Release of Collateral. (a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Agent, on behalf of the Banks and the Agent, shall release its Liens on the Collateral (other than the Collateral described in 6.1(b) and 6.2(b)) at such time as each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) for each of the first, second and fourth fiscal quarters in the fiscal year of the Company most recently ended, the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt at the end of such fiscal quarter to EBITDA for the Reference Period then ended shall be less than or equal to 2.50:1:00, and for the third fiscal quarter of such year, the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt to EBITDA of the Reference Period shall be less than or equal to 2.75:1:00, in each case as demonstrated in the financial statements delivered to the Banks in accordance with 9.5(a); (ii) the ratio of EBITDA for the Reference Period ending with the fiscal year most recently ended to Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such Reference Period shall be greater than or equal to 6.00:1.00; and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (b) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Agent, on behalf of the Banks and the Agent, shall release its Liens on the Collateral described in 6.1(b) and 6.2(b) at such time as each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) as of the end of any fiscal year of the Company, the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt at the end of such fiscal year to EBITDA for the Reference Period then ended shall be less than or equal to 2.75:1.00, as demonstrated in the financial statements delivered to the Page 68 Banks in accordance with 9.5(a); and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (c) Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that any part of the Collateral is sold or otherwise disposed of in connection with a sale, disposition or other transaction permitted hereunder, the Liens on such Collateral granted pursuant to any Security Document shall be automatically released and the Agent shall execute and deliver to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, all releases or other documents (including without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code termination statements), and take all other actions necessary or reasonably desirable for the release of such Liens. 6.4. Limitation of Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this 6 or in any of the Security Documents, no Lien shall be granted on any shares of stock of any Subsidiary of the Company or any evidences of indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company. 7. FEES. 7.1. Closing Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Bank on the Effective Date the closing fees (the "Closing Fees") in the amounts and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Fee Letter. 7.2. Agent's Fee. The Company shall pay to the Agent for the Agent's own account an Agent's fee (the "Agent's Fee") in the amounts and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Agent's Fee Letter. 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants to the Banks that: 8.1. Corporate Existence. (a) Each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA (i) is a Page 69 corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has all requisite corporate power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (iii) is in good standing as a foreign corporation and is duly authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary except where a failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA has adequate corporate power and authority and has full legal right to enter into each of the Loan Documents to which it is or is to become a party, to perform, observe and comply with all of its agreements and obligations under each of such documents, and, with respect to the Company, to make all of the borrowings contemplated by this Agreement. 8.2. Corporate Authority, etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, the performance by each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA of all of its agreements and obligations under each of such documents, and the making by the Company of all of the borrowings contemplated by this Agreement, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA and their respective shareholders and do not and will not (i) contravene any provision of any of their charter or by-laws (each as from time to time in effect), (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of any material term, condition or provision of, or constitute a default under or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the property of any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA under any agreement, trust deed, indenture, mortgage or other instrument to which any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA is or may become a party or by which any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA or any of the property of any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA is or may become bound or affected, the consequences of which would have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) violate or contravene any provision of any law, regulation, order, ruling or interpretation thereunder or any decree, order or judgment of any court or governmental or regulatory authority, bureau, agency or official (all as from time to time in effect and applicable to any of the Hasbro Companies and/or Hasbro SA), except where such violation or contravention would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) require any waivers, consents or approvals by any of the creditors of any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA which have not been obtained, (v) require any consents or approvals by Page 70 any shareholders of any of the Hasbro Companies and/or Hasbro SA (except such as will be duly obtained on or prior to the Effective Date and will be in full force and effect on and as of the Effective Date), or (vi) require obtaining any approval, consent, order, authorization or license by, or giving notice to, or taking any other action with respect to, any governmental or regulatory authority or agency under any provision of any applicable law that have not been obtained, given or taken (other than any filings of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission required to be made after the date hereof ("SEC Filings") and any filings in connection with the Security Documents), except where the failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. 8.3. Binding Effect of Documents, etc. Each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and each of such documents is in full force and effect with respect to such Person. The agreements and obligations of each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA contained in each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights and except to the extent that the availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. 8.4. Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to become a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the approval or consent of, or filing with, any governmental agency or authority other than those already obtained or made, and except for SEC Filings and filings in connection with the Security Documents. 8.5. No Event of Default, etc. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 8.6. Chief Executive Offices. Page 71 Until the Agent receives notice of a change, the chief executive offices of the Company and the offices where substantially all of the material financial records and books of account of the Company are kept, are located in Pawtucket and/or East Providence, Rhode Island. 8.7. Title to Properties; Leases. Except as indicated on Schedule 8.7 hereto, the Company and its Subsidiaries own all of the assets reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the Balance Sheet Date or acquired since that date (except property and assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since that date), subject to no Liens except Permitted Liens. 8.8. Financial Statements and Projections. 8.8.1. Fiscal Year. Each of the Hasbro Companies has a fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in December of each calendar year, subject to adjustment pursuant to 9.13. 8.8.2. Financial Statements. There has been furnished to the Banks (a) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2000, a consolidated statement of earnings, and a consolidated statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, audited by KPMG LLP, the Company's independent certified public accountants, and (b) an unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the Balance Sheet Date and an unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings for the fiscal year then ended. Each such balance sheet and statement of earnings has been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presents the financial condition of the Company as at the close of business on the date thereof and the results of operations for the fiscal period then ended. 8.8.3. Projections. The Company's projections of the annual operating budgets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, balance sheets and cash flow statements Page 72 for the 2002 to 2004 fiscal years have been delivered to each Bank. To the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, no facts exist that (individually or in the aggregate) would result in any material change in any of such projections. The projections are based upon estimates and assumptions believed to be reasonable by the management of the Company at the time of preparation thereof and reflect estimates of the Company and its Subsidiaries of the results of operations and other information projected therein believed to be reasonable by the management of the Company at the time of preparation thereof. 8.9. No Material Changes, Etc. Since the Balance Sheet Date, there has been no event or occurrence which has had a Material Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has not made any Restricted Payment except as permitted by 10.4 hereof. 8.10. Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc. Each of the Hasbro Companies possesses all material franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, permits, service marks, trade names, domain names, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of its business substantially as now conducted, without any known conflict or conflicts with any rights of others which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 8.11. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.11 hereto and except as required to be disclosed pursuant to 9.6, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or threatened against any of the Hasbro Companies before any court, tribunal or administrative agency or board which would reasonably be expected to be adversely determined and, if adversely determined, either in any case or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 8.12. No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc. None of the Hasbro Companies is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Hasbro Companies is a party to any contract or agreement which has or is expected, Page 73 in the judgment of the Company's officers, to have any Material Adverse Effect. 8.13. Compliance With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc. None of the Hasbro Companies is in violation of any provision of its charter documents, by-laws, or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any agreement or instrument to which it may be subject or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or any decree, order, judgment, or any statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing cases in a manner which would result in a Material Adverse Effect. 8.14. Taxes. Each of the Hasbro Companies has filed all federal, state and other income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations due and required by any jurisdiction to which any of them is subject. Each of the Hasbro Companies has paid, or has made reasonable provision for payment of, all material taxes (if any) which have or may become due and payable pursuant to any of the said returns or pursuant to any matters raised by audits or for other reasons known to the Company, except for taxes the amount, applicability, or validity of which are currently being contested by it in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company has set aside on its books, in accordance with GAAP, reserves reasonably deemed by it to be adequate with respect thereto. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know no basis for any such claim, except for taxes the amount, applicability, or validity of which are currently being contested by it in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company has set aside on its books, in accordance with GAAP, reserves reasonably deemed by it to be adequate with respect thereto. 8.15. Absence of Financing Statements, Etc. Except with respect to Permitted Liens, there is no financing statement, security agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage or other document filed or recorded with any filing records, registry, or other public office, which purports to cover, affect or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on any assets or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) or rights thereunder. Page 74 8.16. Perfection of Security Interest. All filings, assignments, pledges and deposits of documents or instruments have been made and all other actions have been taken (or provision therefor shall have been made to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent) that are legally permitted and are necessary or advisable, under applicable law, to establish and perfect the Agent's security interest in the Collateral, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Except for Permitted Liens, or as permitted by the Security Documents, the Collateral and the Agent's rights with respect to the Collateral are not subject to any material setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses other than reconciliations with customers and vendors in the ordinary course of business. The Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is the owner of the Collateral free from any Lien except for Permitted Liens. 8.17. Indebtedness. None of the Operating Subsidiaries of the Company has any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness of the kind expressly permitted by the provisions contained in 10.1 of this Agreement. As of the Balance Sheet Date, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries that is required by GAAP to be shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries described in 8.8.2(b) hereof is shown on such consolidated balance sheet. 8.18. True Copies of Charter and Other Documents. The Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA has furnished or caused to be furnished to each of the Banks true and complete copies of (a) all of the charter and other incorporation documents of each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA (together with any and all amendments thereto), and (b) the by-laws of each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA (together with any and all amendments thereto). 8.19. Employee Benefit Plans. 8.19.1. In General. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Employee Benefit Plan and each Guaranteed Pension Plan has been maintained and operated in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA and all Applicable Pension Legislation and, to the Page 75 extent applicable, the Code, including but not limited to the provisions thereunder respecting prohibited transactions and the bonding of fiduciaries and other persons handling plan funds as required by 412 of ERISA. The Company has heretofore delivered to the Agent the most recently completed annual report, Form 5500, with all required attachments, and actuarial statement required to be submitted under 103(d) of ERISA, with respect to each Guaranteed Pension Plan. 8.19.2. Terminability of Welfare Plans. Except for severance payment arrangements and except as disclosed in (i) the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries described in 8.8.2 or delivered pursuant to 9.5 or (ii) the periodic and other reports of the Company filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, no Employee Benefit Plan, which is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of 3(1) or 3(2)(B) of ERISA, provides benefit coverage subsequent to termination of employment, except as required by Title I, Part 6 of ERISA or the applicable state insurance laws. 8.19.3. Guaranteed Pension Plans. Each contribution required to be made to a Guaranteed Pension Plan, whether required to be made to avoid the incurrence of an accumulated funding deficiency, the notice or lien provisions of 302(f) of ERISA, or otherwise, has been timely made. No waiver of an accumulated funding deficiency or extension of amortization periods has been received with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is obligated to or has posted security in connection with an amendment to a Guaranteed Pension Plan pursuant to 307 of ERISA or 401(a)(29) of the Code. No liability to the PBGC (other than required insurance premiums, all of which have been paid) has been incurred by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan and there has not been any ERISA Reportable Event (other than an ERISA Reportable Event as to which the requirement of thirty (30) days notice has been waived), or any other event or condition which presents a material risk of termination of any Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC. As of the Effective Date, based on the latest valuation of each Guaranteed Pension Plan (which in each case occurred within twelve months of the date of this representation), and on the actuarial methods and assumptions employed for that Page 76 valuation, the aggregate benefit liabilities of all such Guaranteed Pension Plans within the meaning of 4001 of ERISA did not exceed the aggregate value of the assets of all such Guaranteed Pension Plans, disregarding for this purpose the benefit liabilities and assets of any Guaranteed Pension Plan with assets in excess of benefit liabilities. 8.19.4. Multiemployer Plans. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any material liability that remains outstanding (including secondary liability) to any Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan under 4201 of ERISA or as a result of a sale of assets described in 4204 of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent under and within the meaning of 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or is at risk of entering reorganization or becoming insolvent, or that any Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate or has been terminated under 4041A of ERISA. 8.20. Holding Company and Investment Company Acts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company", as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935; nor is it an "investment company", or an "affiliated company" or a "principal underwriter" of an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 8.21. Certain Transactions. To the best of the Company's knowledge, and except as disclosed in the Company's Forms 10-K or proxy statements (or would be so disclosed but for the fact that the filing thereof is not yet due), each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, none of the officers, directors, or employees of any of the Hasbro Companies is presently a party to any transaction (other than arms-length transactions pursuant to which any of the Hasbro Companies makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the such Person could obtain from third parties,) with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (i) for services as employees, officers and directors, or (ii) for all related transactions with any one Person, transactions involving an aggregate amount not in excess page 77 of $60,000 at any one time), including, without limitation, any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner. 8.22. Use of Proceeds. 8.22.1. General. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used for working capital and general corporate purposes; provided, however, that Borrowings made under the Foreign Sublimit may be used solely to satisfy the Company's obligations pursuant to guaranties of Foreign Scheduled Facilities. The Company will obtain Letters of Credit solely for working capital and general corporate purposes. 8.22.2. Regulations U and X. No portion of any Loan is to be used, and no portion of any Letter of Credit is to be obtained, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any "margin security" or "margin stock" as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224. 8.23. Environmental Compliance. The Company has taken all necessary steps to investigate the past and present condition and usage of the Real Estate and the operations conducted thereon and, based upon such diligent investigation, has determined that, except as set forth on Schedule 8.23 hereto or except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any operator of the Real Estate or any operations thereon is in violation, or alleged violation, of any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended ("CERCLA"), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Page 78 of 1986 ("SARA"), the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or any state, local or foreign law, statute, regulation, ordinance, order or decree relating to health, safety or the environment (hereinafter "Environmental Laws"); (b) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice within the last five (5) years from any third party including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority, (i) that any one of them has been identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 300 Appendix B; (ii) that any hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 6903(5), any hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C. 9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C. 9601(33) and any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws ("Hazardous Substances") which any one of them has generated, transported or disposed of has been found at any site at which a Governmental Authority has conducted or has ordered that any Company or any of its Subsidiaries conduct a remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or (iii) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or otherwise) arising out of any third party's incurrence of costs, expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with the release of Hazardous Substances; and (c) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries is required under any applicable Environmental Law to perform Hazardous Substances site assessments, or to remove or remediate Hazardous Substances, or to give notice to any Governmental Authority or record or deliver to other Persons an environmental disclosure document or statement by virtue of the transactions set forth herein and contemplated hereby. 8.24. Subsidiaries. As of December 30, 2000, the Company had no active Subsidiaries that are not listed in Exhibit 21 to the Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2000, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy of such Exhibit 21 is attached hereto as Schedule 8.24, except for certain inactive or immaterial Subsidiaries that would not, if Page 79 taken as a whole, constitute a Significant Subsidiary. During the period between December 31, 2000 and the Effective Date, the Company has had no Significant Subsidiaries other than (a) Hasbro International, Inc. and Tiger Electronics, Ltd., each a Delaware corporation, and (b) Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a Washington corporation. 8.25. Disclosure. No representation or warranty made by any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA in this Agreement or in any agreement, instrument, document, certificate, statement or letter furnished to the Agent or the Banks by or on behalf of the any of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Loan Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they are made. Except as disclosed herein or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent and the Banks, there is no fact known to the Company which has a Material Adverse Effect, or which is reasonably likely in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect, exclusive of effects resulting from changes in general economic conditions, legal standards or regulatory conditions. 8.26. Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries. All Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness of Hasbro SA hereunder) that has been guaranteed by the Company and is owing to any Bank or Bank Affiliate has been incurred under the facilities described on Schedule 8.26 hereto (the "Foreign Scheduled Facilities"), as such Schedule 8.26 may be updated from time to time by the Company by delivering a copy of such updated Schedule 8.26 to the Agent and each Bank, provided that (a) no revision to Schedule 8.26 that purports to increase the aggregate amount of the Foreign Scheduled Facilities shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and (b) no revision to Schedule 8.26 that purports to decrease or eliminate a Foreign Scheduled Facility shall be effective without the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of the creditor under such Foreign Scheduled Facility (if such creditor is a Bank or Bank Affiliate). 8.27. Bank Accounts. Schedule 8.27 sets forth the account numbers and location of all bank accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries Page 80 included in the Collateral or otherwise into which proceeds of the Collateral are paid as of the Effective Date. 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make any Loans or the Agent has any obligation to issue, extend or renew any Letters of Credit: 9.1. Punctual Payment. The Company and/or Hasbro SA will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal and interest on the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations, all Fees and all other amounts provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents. 9.2. Use of Loan Proceeds. The Company and/or Hasbro SA shall use the proceeds of the Loans and obtain Letters of Credit solely for the purposes set forth in 8.22. 9.3. Maintenance of Office. (a) The Company will maintain its chief executive offices in Pawtucket and/or East Providence, Rhode Island, or at such other place or places in the United States of America as the Company shall designate upon written notice to the Agent, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made. (b) Hasbro SA will maintain its chief executive offices at Route de Courroux 6, 2800 Delemont, Switzerland, or at such other place or places as Hasbro SA shall designate upon written notice to the Agent, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon Hasbro SA in respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made. 9.4. Records and Accounts. The Company will (a) keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, true and accurate records and books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance with GAAP or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, Page 81 statutory reporting principles, (b) maintain adequate accounts and reserves for all taxes (including income taxes), depreciation, depletion, obsolescence and amortization of its properties and the properties of its Subsidiaries, contingencies, and other reserves, and (c) at all times engage KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as the independent certified public accountants of the Company and will not permit more than thirty (30) days to elapse between the cessation of such firm's (or any successor firm's) engagement as the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the appointment in such capacity of a successor firm as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. 9.5. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. The Company will deliver to each of the Banks: (a) as soon as practicable, but, in any event not later than one hundred (100) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and the related consolidated and consolidating statement of earnings and the consolidated statement of cash flows, with each setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and all such consolidated statements to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and certified without qualification (except as to changes in GAAP with which such accountants concur) and without an expression of uncertainty as to the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to continue as going concerns by KPMG LLP or by other independent certified public accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, together with a written statement from such accountants to the effect that they have read a copy of this Agreement, and that, in making the examination necessary to said certification, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or, if such accountants shall have obtained knowledge of any then existing Default or Event of Default they shall disclose in such statement any such Default or Event of Default; provided that such accountants shall not be liable to the Banks for failure to obtain knowledge of any Default or Event of Default; (b) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Page 82 Company, copies of the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, each as at the end of such quarter, and the related consolidated and consolidating statement of earnings and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the portion of the Company's fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certificate of any Authorized Financial Officer of the Company that, subject to changes resulting from audit and year-end adjustments, the information contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods covered; (c) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in (a) and (b) above, a statement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (a "Compliance Certificate"), certified by any Authorized Financial Officer of the Company that the Company is in compliance with the covenants contained in 9, 10 and 11 as of the end of the applicable period and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing such compliance with the financial covenants set forth in 11 and (if applicable) reconciliations to reflect changes in GAAP since the Balance Sheet Date; (d) contemporaneously with the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all other financial statements and reports as the Company shall send to any holders of Indebtedness of the Company or the stockholders of the Company, and copies of all regular and periodic reports which the Company may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any similar or corresponding federal or state governmental commission, department or agency substituted therefor; (e) (i) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each year, a net accounts receivable aging report with respect to the "Accounts" (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries which are included in the Collateral, (ii) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each year, a gross accounts receivable aging report with respect to the "Accounts" (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) of the Company Page 83 and the Restricted Subsidiaries which are included in the Collateral, and (iii) within thirty (30) Business Days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each year, a net accounts receivable aging report with respect to the "Accounts" (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries which are included in the Collateral; (f) (i) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each year, an inventory designation report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and (ii) within thirty (30) Business Days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each year, an inventory designation report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; (g) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a report as to the Foreign Scheduled Facilities and outstandings thereunder by facility and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; (h) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year, the budget of the Company for the next fiscal year, and from time to time upon the reasonable request of the Agent, projections of the Company and its Subsidiaries updating those projections delivered to the Banks and referred to in 8.8.3 or, if applicable, updating any later such projections delivered in response to this 9.5(h); and (i) from time to time such other financial data and information as the Agent or any Bank may reasonably request. 9.6. Notices. 9.6.1. Defaults. The Company will promptly notify the Agent and each of the Banks in writing of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, together with a reasonably detailed description thereof, and the actions the Company proposes to take with respect thereto. If (i) any Person shall give any notice or take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or not constituting an Event of Default) under this Agreement or any other note, evidence of indebtedness, indenture or other obligation to which or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a Page 84 party or obligor, whether as principal, guarantor, surety or otherwise, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all of the indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of such claimed defaults shall exceed $15,000,000 at any one time, the Company shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Agent and each of the Banks, describing the notice or action and the nature of the claimed default. 9.6.2. Environmental Events. The Company will promptly give notice to the Agent and each of the Banks (a) of any violation of any Environmental Law that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries reports in writing or is reportable by such Person in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to any oral report is made) to any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) upon becoming aware thereof, of any inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including a notice from any agency of potential environmental liability, of any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 9.6.3. Notification of Claim against Collateral. The Company will, immediately upon becoming aware thereof, notify the Agent and each of the Banks in writing of any material setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses to which any of the Collateral, or the Agent's rights with respect to the Collateral, are subject, except for any thereof permitted by the Security Documents or any Permitted Liens, and other than reconciliations with customers and vendors in the ordinary course of business. 9.6.4. Notices Concerning Inventory Collateral. The Company shall provide to the Agent prompt notice of any physical count of the Company's or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries' Inventory, together with a copy of the results thereof certified by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary. 9.6.5. Notice of Litigation and Judgments. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give notice to the Agent and each of the Banks in writing within fifteen (15) days of becoming aware of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing or Page 85 any pending litigation and proceedings affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party involving an uninsured claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and stating the nature and status of such litigation or proceedings. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give notice to the Agent and each of the Banks, in writing, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, within ten (10) days of any judgment, final or otherwise, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount not covered by insurance in excess of $15,000,000. 9.7. Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of the other Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA to, maintain its legal existence and good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, maintain its qualification to do business in each state in which the failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect, and maintain all of its rights and franchises reasonably necessary to the conduct of its business. The Company will cause all of its properties and those of the other Hasbro Companies used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of the Hasbro Companies to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, and will cause each of the Hasbro Companies to continue to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by them and in related businesses; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of 10.5.2 hereof, nothing in this 9.7 shall prevent any Asset Sale permitted by 10.5.2 hereof, or prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties, or those of its Subsidiaries, or from dissolving or liquidating any Subsidiary or from consolidating or merging any Subsidiary with or into another Subsidiary or with and into the Company, if such discontinuance, dissolution or liquidation, consolidation or merger is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and does not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. 9.8. Insurance. Page 86 The Company will maintain, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, funds or underwriters, or by reasonable self- insurance, insurance of the kinds, covering the risks and in the relative proportionate amounts usually carried by reasonable and prudent companies conducting businesses similar to that of the Company and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents to which such Person is a party. 9.9. Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each of the other Hasbro Companies to, duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become overdue, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it and its real properties, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or upon the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor, materials, or supplies, which if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge upon any of its property; provided, however, that any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if either (a) the validity or amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the Company or such Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books, in accordance with GAAP, adequate reserves with respect thereto or (b) such taxes, assessments and other governmental charges in the aggregate are not material to the business or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and provided, further, that the Company and such Subsidiary will pay or arrange for the bonding of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien which may have attached as security therefor. 9.10. Access. The Company will, and will cause each of the other Hasbro Companies to, (a) permit the Agent, by its representatives and agents, to inspect any of the properties, including, without limitation, corporate books, computer files and tapes and financial records of each of the Hasbro Companies, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of each of the Hasbro Companies at such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent may determine, and (b) permit each of the Banks to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of each of the Hasbro Companies with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Banks may designate. The Banks and the Agent agree that Page 87 they will treat in confidence all financial information with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and all information obtained during such inspection or discussion or pursuant to 9.5 which has not become public without violation hereof, and will not, without the consent of the Company, disclose such information to any third party or any trust or investment employee or trust or investment officer of any Bank, and, if any representative or agent of the Banks or the Agent shall not be an employee of one of the Banks or the Agent or any affiliate of the Banks or the Agent, such designee shall be reputable and of recognized standing and shall agree in writing to treat in confidence the information obtained during any such inspection and, without the prior written consent of the Company, not to disclose such information to any third party or make use of such information for personal gain. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby authorizes the Agent and each of the Banks to disclose information obtained pursuant to this Agreement to banks or other financial institutions who are participants or potential participants in or assignees of the Loans made or to be made hereunder (provided, that prior to any such disclosure to any such participant, potential participant or assignee, such Person shall have agreed to be bound by the provisions of this 9.10 and 22 pursuant to a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto and provided to the Company), and where required by applicable law or required or requested by governmental or regulatory authorities. 9.11. Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits. The Company will, and will cause each of the other Hasbro Companies to, comply with (i) all applicable laws and regulations wherever its business is conducted, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, except where the failure to comply is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the provisions of its charter documents and by-laws, (iii) all agreements and instruments by which it or any of its properties may be bound except where the failure to comply is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) all applicable decrees, orders, and judgments, except where the failure to comply is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. If at any time while any Loan, Note, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make Loans hereunder or the Agent has any obligations to issue, extend or renew any Letters of Credit, any authorization, consent, approval, permit or license from any officer, agency or instrumentality of any government shall become necessary or required in order that the Company may Page 88 fulfill any of its obligations hereunder, the Company will promptly take or cause to be taken all reasonable steps within the power of the Company to obtain such authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish the Banks with evidence thereof. 9.12. Employee Benefit Plans. The Company will (a) promptly upon filing the same with the Department of Labor or Internal Revenue Service upon request of the Agent, furnish to the Agent a copy of the most recent actuarial statement required to be submitted under 103(d) of ERISA and Annual Report, Form 5500, with all required attachments, in respect of each Guaranteed Pension Plan and (b) promptly upon receipt or dispatch, furnish to the Agent any notice, report or demand sent or received in respect of a Guaranteed Pension Plan under 302, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4063, 4065, 4066 and 4068 of ERISA, or in respect of a Multiemployer Plan, under 4041A, 4202, 4219, 4242, or 4245 of ERISA. 9.13. Fiscal Year. The Company will have a fiscal year which ends on the last Sunday in December of each calendar year. The Company may change its fiscal year upon (a) sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Agent and the Banks and (b) in the case of a change in fiscal year where the new fiscal year end is not within forty-five (45) days of the fiscal year end specified in the first sentence of this 9.13, receipt by the Company of the prior written consent of the Majority Banks, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that the granting of such consent by the Majority Banks shall be conditioned upon the Company's entering into such appropriate amendments to this Agreement, and delivering therewith such supplemental documents, agreements, certificates, accounting reports, and legal opinions, as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Banks in order to reflect the impact of such change in fiscal year on the terms hereof. 9.14. Additional Significant Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries. Within thirty (30) days after the formation or acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any Person which is not designated in this Agreement as a Hasbro Company and otherwise meets the conditions set forth in the definition of "Significant Subsidiary" herein for constituting a Significant Subsidiary or meets the conditions set forth in the definition of "Restricted Subsidiary" herein for constituting a Restricted Subsidiary, such Page 89 Person will be deemed to be a Hasbro Company under this Agreement and the Company will cause such Person to observe all the obligations and be bound by all the limitations set forth in this Agreement with respect to Hasbro Companies, including, without limitation, if such Subsidiary is a Significant Subsidiary, requiring the execution and delivery of a Subordination Agreement in the form of, mutatis mutandis, Exhibit F hereto; and if such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary, requiring the execution and delivery of a joinder agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, to the Guaranty and the Subsidiary Security Agreement, together with other documents, certificates and instruments (including Perfection Certificates and UCC financing statements) required to be delivered pursuant to such Security Documents and otherwise as may be reasonably requested by the Agent. Once any Person has been so designated as a Hasbro Company hereunder, such Person shall continue to be a Hasbro Company hereunder until the earlier of (i) the date on which such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the terms of 10.5.2 hereof or the last sentence of 9.6 hereof, and (ii) the date on which such Person shall have performed in full its obligations under the Loan Documents and the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party have ceased to be in force and effect. 9.15. Ratings. Promptly upon the Company receiving notice of the issuance of any Rating or the change in any existing Rating, the Company shall give written notice of such Rating and of the resultant Rating to the Agent. The Agent promptly shall furnish copies of each of such notices to the Banks. 9.16. Agency Account Agreements. The Company shall maintain, and shall cause Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and OddzOn, Inc. to maintain, the lock box account maintained by such Person with Bank of America, N.A. as of the date hereof, provided, however, if the Company, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. or OddzOn, Inc. terminates such lock box account pursuant to 10.13 or otherwise instructs account debtors or other obligors to remit payments to an account other than such lock box account, the Company, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. or OddzOn, Inc., as the case may be, shall have established new cash management arrangements on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent with financial institutions which have executed agency account agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Page 90 9.17. Further Assurances. The Company and (solely with respect to the Hasbro SA Loans) Hasbro SA will cooperate with the Banks and execute such further instruments and documents as the Banks shall reasonably request to carry out to their reasonable satisfaction the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 10. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make any Loans or the Agent has any obligation to issue, extend or renew any Letters of Credit: 10.1. Restrictions on Indebtedness. The Company will not permit any Operating Subsidiary of the Company to create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to, contingently or otherwise, any Indebtedness other than: (a) Intercompany Indebtedness of Operating Subsidiaries of the Company; (b) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries, provided that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Company and outstanding at any time shall not exceed the sum of (i) the Foreign Sublimit and (ii) $25,000,000; (c) Subordinated Debt or other long term unsecured Indebtedness having a maturity at least one (1) year after the Final Maturity Date and providing for no payments of principal prior to the Final Maturity Date; provided that, in the case of the incurrence of additional Subordinated Debt or other long term unsecured Indebtedness by such Subsidiary after the Effective Date, (i) the Company applies the net cash proceeds of such additional Subordinated Debt or other long term unsecured Indebtedness in accordance with 2.10(a)(iii) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness or would result after giving effect thereto; (d) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition after the date hereof of any real or personal property by such Operating Subsidiary or under any Page 91 Capitalized Lease, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness of the Operating Subsidiaries shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 at any one time; (e) Indebtedness to the Banks and the Agent arising under any of the Loan Documents; (f) sales of receivables in connection with asset dispositions permitted under 10.5.2; (g) other Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 10.1 hereto; (h) Indebtedness in respect of Interest Hedging Agreements in an aggregate amount not to exceed, in the case of Interest Hedging Agreements to which neither the Agent nor any Bank is a party, $75,000,000 outstanding at any time; and (i) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 outstanding at any time. 10.2. Restrictions on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary) to, (a) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of such property or assets or the income or profits therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional sale or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or arrangement; or (d) sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any "receivables" as defined in clause (g) of the definition of the term "Indebtedness," with or without recourse (except the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable into or for notes receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof, or as otherwise permitted by 10.5.2); provided that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist: (i) Liens to secure taxes, assessments and other government charges or claims for labor, material or Page 92 supplies, but only to the extent that and so long as the payment thereof shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with 9.9 hereof; (ii) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security or insurance-related obligations, or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than those relating to borrowed money) or leases (other than Capitalized Leases), or to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal bonds, or to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds or obligations required in the ordinary course of business; (iii) Liens in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable appeal period so long as execution is not levied thereunder or in respect of which the Company or the appropriate Subsidiary of the Company shall at the time in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or a proceeding for review and in respect of which a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review; (iv) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, in existence less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of creation thereof in respect of obligations not overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, with respect to which obligations the Company has set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP; (v) encumbrances consisting of easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions, restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, landlord's or lessor's liens under leases to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is a party, and other minor Liens, none of which in the opinion of the Company interferes materially with the use of the property affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which defects do not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business of the Hasbro Companies, considered as a whole; (vi) Liens consisting of purchase money security interests in or purchase money mortgages on real or personal Page 93 property acquired after the date hereof to secure purchase money Indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of such property or Capitalized Leases, which Liens cover only the real or personal property so acquired or leased provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens and Capitalized Leases does not exceed $50,000,000 outstanding at any time; (vii) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 10.2 hereto; (viii) Liens securing the Secured Obligations in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent; (ix) Liens on the property or assets of a Person which becomes a Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary permitted under 10.1 provided that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person became such a Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof and (ii) any such Lien is not spread to cover any property or assets of such Person after the time such person becomes a Subsidiary; (x) Liens existing on assets or properties at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which were not created in anticipation of the acquisition thereof by the Company or such Subsidiary, and which do not materially interfere with the use, occupancy, operation and maintenance of the property or assets subject thereto or extend to or cover any assets or property of the Company or such Subsidiary other than the assets or property being acquired or secure any Indebtedness not permitted under 10.1; (xi) any encumbrance or restriction (including, without limitation, put and call agreements and transfer restrictions, but not pledges) with respect to the Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement created pursuant to the joint venture or similar agreements with respect to such joint venture or similar arrangement; (xii) a Lien on the shares of Capital Stock of Infogrames and other related rights and interests to secure the Company's obligations under a collar or other hedging agreement between the Company and a third party reasonably satisfactory to the Agent to hedge against fluctuations in the price of such shares, provided that such agreement is on Page 94 terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; (xiii) Liens on assets of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary permitted by 10.1(b) or 10.1(i); (xiv) Liens on assets (other than the Collateral) to secure obligations in respect of Interest Hedging Agreements not to exceed, in the case of Interest Hedging Agreements to which neither the Agent nor any Bank is a party, $75,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time outstanding; and (xv) other Liens on assets (other than the Collateral) which secure obligations not exceeding $25,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time outstanding. 10.3. Restrictions on Investments. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in: (a) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency thereof; (b) certificates of deposit and time deposits, bankers acceptances and overnight bank deposits of any Bank or of any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000; (c) repurchase obligations of any Bank or of any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, having a term of not more than 30 days with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof; (d) commercial paper of a domestic issuer rated at least "A2" or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor's or any successor rating agency or "P-2" or the equivalent thereof by Moody's or any successor rating agency (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Agent in its reasonable judgment) Page 95 (e) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least "A" by Standard & Poor's or any successor rating agency or "A" by Moody's or any successor rating agency (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Agent in its reasonable judgment); (f) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Bank or any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000; (g) shares of money market funds that are subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (h) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in Dollars or foreign currencies approved by the board of directors or Treasurer of the Company, and in each case provided in clauses (a), (b) and (d) above, maturing within twelve (12) months after the date of acquisition; (i) Investments existing on the date hereof; (j) Investments arising from payments under (i) the Guaranty, (ii) guaranties of the Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted by 10.1(b), or (iii) the guaranty set forth in 27 of this Agreement; (k) Investments received as proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by 10.5.2; (l) Investments consisting of loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for moving, entertainment, travel and other similar expenses and other Investments in connection with the relocation of employees in the ordinary course of business; (m) Investments by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in Subsidiaries formed for the purpose of Page 96 consummating Permitted Acquisitions or acquired in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; (n) Investments in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall make any Investment in any Foreign Subsidiary unless (i) such Investment is in the ordinary course of business or is necessary in the reasonable judgment of management of the Company for the operation of the business of any Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiaries or (ii) after giving effect to such Investment, all such Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this subclause (ii) do not exceed $100,000,000 outstanding at such time; (o) Investments permitted by 10.5; (p) Investments in the nature of pledges, deposits or other Liens (i) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or (ii) otherwise described under 10.2; (q) Investments representing evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property received from another Person in connection with any bankruptcy or proceeding or other reorganization of such other Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien or exchange for evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property of such other Person; (r) Investments constituting Capital Expenditures to the extent permitted by 11.4; (s) Investments under any forward contract, futures contract, swap, option or other financing agreement or arrangement (including, without limitation, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements), the value of which is dependent upon interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodities or other indices, to the extent permitted by 10.14; (t) Investments consisting of loans and advances to officers, directors or employees relating to indemnification or reimbursement of any officers, directors or employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in any such capacity; and (u) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to Page 97 exceed $30,000,000 at any one time outstanding. 10.4. Restricted Payments. The Company will not make any Restricted Payment; provided, however, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result from such payment, the Company may: (a) declare or pay dividends on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of the annual amount paid at the current quarterly rate of three cents ($0.03) per share by the Company and 25% of Consolidated Net Earnings for the prior fiscal year; (b) (i) for the period prior to December 1, 2002, repay, redeem or repurchase up to $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Hasbro 2003 Notes, and (ii) for the period from December 1, 2002 to the maturity date of the Hasbro 2003 Notes, repay, redeem or repurchase all or any portion of the Hasbro 2003 Notes, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), (A) no such repayment, redemption or repurchase may be made with the proceeds of the Loans and (B) immediately prior to and after giving effect to such repayment, redemption or repurchase, the Outstanding amount of the Company Loans equals $0; (c) repay, redeem or repurchase the remaining outstanding portion of the Hasbro 2003 Notes on or after the maturity date thereof, provided, however, in no event may such repayment, redemption or repurchase be made using proceeds of the Loans in an amount greater than $100,000,000; (d) repay, redeem or repurchase any Indebtedness with (i) any proceeds of any Refinancing Indebtedness or (ii) subject to 2.10(II), no more than fifty percent (50%) of the Net Cash Sale Proceeds of any Material Asset Sale; and (e) make other Restricted Payments in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000. 10.5. Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of Assets. 10.5.1. Mergers and Acquisitions. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to any merger, amalgamation Page 98 or consolidation, or agree to or effect any acquisition of at least a majority of the assets or Capital Stock of any Person, or any business unit or product line thereof (other than the acquisition of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) except: (a) the merger or consolidation of one (1) or more of the Subsidiaries of the Company with and into the Company, or the merger or consolidation of two (2) or more Subsidiaries of the Company; provided that if any of the parties to such merger or consolidation is a Restricted Subsidiary, the survivor of such merger or consolidation shall be a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company; or (b) the acquisition of stock or other securities of, or any assets of, any Person, provided that: (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such acquisition; (ii) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed acquisition, the Company shall have delivered to the Agent a Compliance Certificate demonstrating pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in 11 hereof; and (iii) the aggregate purchase price for all such acquisitions shall not exceed (A) $25,000,000 for the period from the Effective Date through the first anniversary of the Effective Date, (B) $35,000,000 for the period from the day immediately following the first anniversary of the Effective Date through the second anniversary of the Effective Date and (C) $50,000,000 for the period from the day immediately following the second anniversary of the Effective Date through the Final Maturity Date (and any portion of any amount not utilized in any such period shall be carried over to increase the amount permitted in any subsequent period); provided that, (1)(x) the limitations set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall not apply to any such acquisition consummated after the occurrence of an Investment Grade Rating Event and prior to the subsequent occurrence, if any, of a Investment Grade Rating Page 99 Non-Event (an "Investment Grade Acquisition"), (y) the aggregate purchase price for all Investment Grade Acquisitions consummated in any period described in clause (A), (B) or (C) above shall not exceed $100,000,000 for such period (and any portion of any amount not utilized in any such period shall be carried over to increase the amount permitted in any subsequent period), and (z) in the event of any such subsequent occurrence of any Investment Grade Rating Non-Event, the limitations set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall apply to any such acquisition consummated after such occurrence and prior to the subsequent occurrence of an Investment Grade Rating Event, and (2) any earnout payments in respect of assets or business acquired prior to the Effective Date shall not be included in the calculation of any amount described in this clause (iii); or (c) the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company existing on the Effective Date from any then existing minority holder thereof. 10.5.2. Disposition of Assets. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to or agree to or effect any disposition or swap of assets, other than (a) the sale of inventory, (b) the licensing of intellectual property, (c) the disposition of obsolete or other assets not necessary for the operation of the Company's or such Subsidiary's business, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (d) Asset Sales provided that in the case of such Asset Sale, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Asset Sale and, (ii) to the extent required thereunder, the Net Cash Sale Proceeds are applied to the Loans as set forth in 2.10(a)(i); (e) the sale or discount by any Foreign Subsidiary with or without recourse of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable into or for notes receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof, (f) disposition of assets by the Company to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or by any Foreign Subsidiary to the Company or any Subsidiary, (g) the abandonment, sale or other disposition of intellectual Page 100 property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, is no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Hasbro Companies taken as a whole, (h) any sale or disposition of any claim as a creditor in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding in the ordinary course of business, and (i) any Specified Sale. Nothing in this 10.5.2 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties, or those of its Subsidiaries, or from dissolving or liquidating any Subsidiary or from consolidating or merging any Subsidiary with or into another Subsidiary or with and into the Company, if such discontinuance, dissolution or liquidation, consolidation or merger is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and does not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. 10.6. Sale and Leaseback. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall sell or transfer any property owned by it in order then or thereafter to lease such property or lease other property that the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property being sold or transferred, except in connection with any Asset Sale permitted under 10.5.2. 10.7. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except to the extent required by its day-to-day operations and in all instances in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances, (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Estate except to the extent required by its day-to-day operations and in all instances in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, (d) conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner so as to cause a release (i.e. releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, disposing or dumping) Page 101 or threatened release of Hazardous Substances on, upon or into the Real Estate or (e) otherwise conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner that would violate any Environmental Law or bring such Real Estate in violation of any Environmental Law. 10.8. Subordinated Debt. The Company will not permit any Operating Subsidiary to amend, supplement or otherwise modify (a) the subordination terms of any of the Subordinated Debt or (b) any other terms of any of the Subordinated Debt, the effect of which would be to shorten maturity or average weighted life, increase pricing or amount, make covenants or default provisions more restrictive, add covenants or default provisions, or otherwise make such Subordinated Debt materially more burdensome to the such Operating Subsidiary or in any manner be materially adverse to the interests of the Banks and the Agent, or prepay, redeem or repurchase any of the Subordinated Debt or send any irrevocable notice of prepayment, redemption or repurchase to holders of any Subordinated Debt. 10.9. Employee Benefit Plans. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate will: (a) engage in any "prohibited transaction" within the meaning of 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Code which could result in a material liability for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) permit any Guaranteed Pension Plan to incur an "accumulated funding deficiency", as such term is defined in 302 of ERISA, whether or not such deficiency is or may be waived; or (c) fail to contribute to any Guaranteed Pension Plan to an extent which, or terminate any Guaranteed Pension Plan in a manner which, could result in the imposition of a lien or encumbrance on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to 302(f) or 4068 of ERISA; or (d) amend any Guaranteed Pension Plan in circumstances requiring the posting of security pursuant to 307 of ERISA or 401(a)(29) of the Code; Page 102 (e) permit or take any action which would result in the aggregate benefit liabilities (with the meaning of 4001 of ERISA) of all Guaranteed Pension Plans exceeding the value of the aggregate assets of such Plans by more than $15,000,000 at any time, disregarding for this purpose the benefit liabilities and assets of any such Plan with assets in excess of benefit liabilities; or (f) permit or take any action which would contravene any Applicable Pension Legislation in the United States, except as such action would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 10.10. Business Activities. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage directly or indirectly (whether through Subsidiaries or otherwise) in any type of business other than the businesses conducted by them on the Effective Date and in related businesses. 10.11. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any material transaction with any Affiliate that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than in connection with services as employees, officers and directors), including any material contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such Affiliate has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, on terms materially more favorable to such Person than would have been obtainable on an arm's-length basis in the ordinary course of business excluding (a) any transaction with an Affiliate controlled by the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) Restricted Payments that otherwise comply with this Agreement and (c) any transaction relating to the issuance of any class of Capital Stock of the Company. 10.12. Restrictions on Negative Pledges. The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, except for those existing agreements set forth and described on Schedule 10.12, enter into or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement (excluding this Agreement, and the Page 103 Loan Documents and except any industrial revenue or development bonds, agreements governing any purchase money liens, acquisition agreements or Capitalized Leases or operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business otherwise permitted hereby (in which case any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets that are, or are to be, financed, acquired or leased thereby)) which directly or indirectly prohibits the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from creating, assuming or incurring any Lien in favor of the Banks or the Agent upon its properties, revenues or assets or those of any of its Subsidiaries whether now owned or hereafter acquired. 10.13. Cash Management. The Company will not, and will not permit Wizards of the Coast, Inc. or OddzOn, Inc. to, (a) terminate such Person's existing lock box account arrangements with Bank of America, N.A., or (b) instruct account debtors or other obligors to remit payments to an account other than the lock box account referenced in clause (a) above, in each case without providing at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent. 10.14. Hedging Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreements, other than in the ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation. 11. FINANCIAL COVENANTS. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make any Loans or the Agent has any obligation to issue, extend or renew any Letters of Credit: 11.1. Minimum EBITDA. The Company will not permit EBITDA for any Reference Period ending with the fiscal quarter referenced in the table below to be less than the amount set forth in the table below opposite such fiscal quarter in such table:
Fiscal Quarter Ending: EBITDA First Quarter 2002 $355,000,000
Page 104 Second Quarter 2002 $360,000,000 Third Quarter 2002 $330,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2002 $325,000,000 First Quarter 2003 $340,000,000 Second Quarter 2003 $345,000,000 Third Quarter 2003 $360,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2003 $400,000,000 First Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Second Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Third Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2004 $425,000,000
11.2. Total Funded Debt to EBITDA. The Company will not permit the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt at the end of any fiscal quarter set forth in the table set forth below to EBITDA for the Reference Period then ended to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter set forth in table below:
Fiscal Quarter Ending: Ratio First Quarter 2002 3.10:1.00 Second Quarter 2002 3.60:1.00 Third Quarter 2002 4.40:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2002 3.50:1.00 First Quarter 2003 2.75:1.00 Second Quarter 2003 3.15:1.00 Third Quarter 2003 3.60:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2003 2.00:1.00 First Quarter 2004 2.00:1.00 Second Quarter 2004 2.25:1.00 Third Quarter 2004 2.75:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2004 2.00:1.00
11.3. Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit, for any Reference Period ending with the fiscal quarter referenced in the table below, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such period to be less than the ratio set forth in the table below opposite such fiscal quarter in such table:
Fiscal Quarter Ending: Ratio First Quarter 2002 3.65:1.00
Page 105 Second Quarter 2002 3.90:1.00 Third Quarter 2002 3.90:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2002 4.00:1.00 First Quarter 2003 4.60:1.00 Second Quarter 2003 5.10:1.00 Third Quarter 2003 5.85:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2003 7.00:1.00 First Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Second Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Third Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00
11.4. Capital Expenditures. During any fiscal year referenced in the table set forth below, the Company will not, and will not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, make Capital Expenditures that exceed the aggregate amount set forth in the table below opposite such period in such table:
Fiscal Year Ending: Amount December 2002 $90,000,000 December 2003 $100,000,000 December 2004 $110,000,000
12. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. The obligations of the Banks to convert the outstanding Syndicated Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement to Syndicated Loans hereunder and to make the initial Syndicated Loans, the Swing Line Bank to make the initial Swing Line Loans and of the Agent to issue any initial Letters of Credit shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to March 30, 2002: 12.1. Loan Documents, etc. (a) Each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly and properly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective party or parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect on and as of the Effective Date. The Agent (i) shall have accepted delivery in Boston, Massachusetts of each of the duly executed Loan Documents from each of the other parties thereto, and (ii) shall have duly and properly executed each of the Loan Documents, to which it is a party, in Boston, Massachusetts. Page 106 (b) Executed original counterparts of each of the Loan Documents (other than the Notes) shall have been furnished to each Bank or the Agent in sufficient copies for each Bank and an executed copy of the Notes for each Bank shall have been delivered to such Bank. 12.2. Performance, etc. Each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed each of the covenants, agreements and obligations to be performed, complied with or observed by it on or prior to such date contained in the Loan Documents. No event shall have occurred on or prior to the Effective Date and be continuing on such Effective Date, and no condition shall exist on such Effective Date, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default. 12.3. Certified Copies of Charter Documents. Each Bank or the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Bank) shall have received from each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA a copy, each of which shall have been certified by a duly authorized officer of such Person to be true and complete on and as of the Effective Date, of each of (a) the charter or other incorporation documents of such Person in effect on such date of certification, and (b) the by-laws or equivalent governing document of such Person as in effect on such date. 12.4. Proof of Corporate Action. The Agent shall have received from each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA copies for each Bank, certified by a duly authorized officer of such Person to be true and complete on and as of the Effective Date, of the records of all corporate action taken by such Person to authorize (a) its execution and delivery of each of the Loan Documents to which it is or is to become a party, (b) its performance of all of its agreements and obligations under each of the Loan Documents, and (c) in the case of the Company and Hasbro SA, the borrowings contemplated by this Agreement. 12.5. Incumbency Certificates. The Agent shall have received from each of the Hasbro Companies and Hasbro SA copies for each Bank of an original incumbency certificate, dated as of the Effective Date signed by a duly authorized officer of such Person and giving the name and bearing a specimen signature of certain individuals who shall be Page 107 authorized: (i) to sign, in the name and on behalf of such Person, each of the Loan Documents to which it is or is to become a party; and (ii) to give notices to make application for the Loans and Letters of Credit and to take other action on behalf of such Person under the Loan Documents. 12.6. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate, governmental and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and all instruments and documents incidental thereto, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Agent shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of all such instruments and documents as the Agent shall have reasonably requested. 12.7. Validity of Liens. The Security Documents shall be effective to create in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, a legal, valid and enforceable first priority (except for Permitted Liens entitled to priority under applicable law) security interest in and Lien upon the Collateral, as and to the extent provided therein. All filings, recordings, deliveries of instruments and other actions necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to protect and preserve such security interests shall have been duly effected or arrangements to effect the same shall have been made reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall have received evidence thereof in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 12.8. Certificates of Insurance. The Agent shall have received certificates of insurance from an independent insurance broker dated as of the Effective Date or such earlier date as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, identifying insurers, types of insurance, insurance limits, and policy terms, and otherwise describing the insurance obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Security Agreements. 12.9. Agency Account Agreements. The Agent shall have received amended agency account agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed by Bank of America, N.A. and the Company or Wizards of the Coast, Inc., concerning the Agent's security interest in the lock box accounts maintained by the Company and Wizards of the Coast, Inc., therewith. Page 108 12.10. Legal Opinions. Each of the Banks and the Agent shall have received a favorable legal opinion addressed to the Banks and the Agent, dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Banks and the Agent, from (a) Barry Nagler, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, and (b) Debevoise & Plimpton, special counsel to the Company. 12.11. Payment of Fees. The Company shall have paid to the Banks or the Agent, as appropriate, the Closing Fees and the Agent's Fee pursuant to 7.1 and 7.2, respectively. 12.12. Legality of Transactions. No change in applicable law shall have occurred as a consequence of which it shall have become and continue to be unlawful (a) for any Bank to perform any of its agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party on the Effective Date or (b) for the Company to perform any of its material agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party on the Effective Date. 13. CONDITIONS TO LOANS. 13.1. Conditions to Loans to the Company. The obligations of the Banks to make any Syndicated Loan, the Swing Line Bank to make any Swing Line Loan, and of the Agent to issue, extend or renew any Letter of Credit, in each case to or for the account of the Company and whether on or after the Effective Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 13.1.1. Legality of Transactions. With respect to any such obligation of any Bank, it shall not be unlawful (a) for such Bank to perform any of its agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which such Bank is a party on the Drawdown Date of such Loans, or (b) for any of the Hasbro Companies to perform any of its material agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party on such date. Page 109 13.1.2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Banks in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than representations and warranties made by Hasbro SA to the Banks in this Agreement or any other Loan Document) shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and shall for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be repeated on and as of the date of the Company's notice of borrowing for such Loan on and as of the Drawdown Date of such Loan, or the issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of each of such dates, except, in each case, as affected by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to the extent representations and warranties expressly referring to an earlier date shall relate to such earlier date. 13.1.3. Performance, etc. Each of the Hasbro Companies shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed in all material respects each of its covenants, agreements and obligations contained in 9 and 10 hereof, and shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed in all material respects its covenants, agreements, and obligations in all other articles of this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound on the Drawdown Date for such Loan or the date of the issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit. No event shall have occurred on or prior to such date and be continuing on such date, and no condition shall exist on such date, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default. 13.1.4. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate, governmental and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and all instruments and documents incidental thereto shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Agent shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of all such instruments and documents as the Agent shall have reasonably requested. 13.1.5. Loan Documents. Page 110 Each of the Loan Documents required by 9.14 hereof shall have been duly and properly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective party or parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect on and as of such date. 13.2. Conditions to Loans to Hasbro SA. The obligations of the Banks to make any Hasbro SA Loan after the Effective Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 13.2.1. Legality of Transactions. With respect to any such obligation of any Bank, it shall not be unlawful (a) for such Bank to perform any of its agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which such Bank is a party on the Drawdown Date of such Loans, or (b) for Hasbro SA or any of the Hasbro Companies to perform any of its material agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party on such date. 13.2.2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including Hasbro SA) to the Banks in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and shall for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be repeated on and as of the date of Hasbro SA's notice of borrowing for such Loan on and as of the Drawdown Date of such Loan, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of each of such dates, except, in each case, as affected by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to the extent representations and warranties expressly referring to an earlier date shall relate to such earlier date. 13.2.3. Performance, etc. Hasbro SA and each of the Hasbro Companies shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed in all material respects each of its respective covenants, agreements and obligations contained in 9 and 10 hereof, and shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed in all material respects its covenants, agreements, and obligations in all other articles of this Page 111 Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound on the Drawdown Date for such Loan. No event shall have occurred on or prior to such date and be continuing on such date, and no condition shall exist on such date, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default. 13.2.4. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate, governmental and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and all instruments and documents incidental thereto shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Agent shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of all such instruments and documents as the Agent shall have reasonably requested. 13.2.5. Loan Documents. Each of the Loan Documents required by 9.14 hereof shall have been duly and properly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective party or parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect on and as of such date. 13.2.6. No Defaults. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (a) Hasbro SA shall fail to pay at maturity, or within any applicable period of grace, any Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized Leases or in respect of any guaranties by Hasbro SA of any such Indebtedness of another Person, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized Leases for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof, or to rescind the purchase of any such obligations, and the aggregate amount of all of such Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized Leases of Hasbro SA or in respect of any guaranties by Page 112 Hasbro SA of any such Indebtedness of another Person in respect of which any one or more of such defaults or failures shall at any time be continuing under any one or more of such agreements shall exceed $25,000,000 at any one time; (b) Hasbro SA makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay or generally fails to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or petitions or applies for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of Hasbro SA or of any substantial part of the assets of Hasbro SA, or commences any case or other proceeding relating to Hasbro SA under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect, or takes any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application is filed or any such case or other proceeding is commenced against Hasbro SA and Hasbro SA indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been dismissed within forty-five (45) days following the filing thereof; (c) a decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating Hasbro SA bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of Hasbro SA in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted; or (d) there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against Hasbro SA which, with other outstanding final judgments, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, against Hasbro SA exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000. 14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION. 14.1. Remedies Upon Default. If any of the following events ("Events of Default" or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, Page 113 then, prior to such notice and/or lapse of time, "Defaults") shall occur: (a) if the Company shall fail to pay any principal of the Company Loans, or the Company and Hasbro SA shall each fail to pay any principal of the Hasbro SA Loans, when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment; (b) if the Company shall fail to pay any interest on the Company Loans or the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, any Fees hereunder, or other sums due hereunder, or the Company and Hasbro SA shall each fail to pay interest on the Hasbro SA Loans, in each case within three (3) Business Days after the date on which the same shall become due and payable whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment; (c) if (i) the Company shall fail to comply with any of its covenants contained in 9.2, 9.5, 9.6, the first sentence of 9.7, 9.13, 9.14, 10 or 11, or (ii) Hasbro SA shall fail to comply with its covenant contained in 9.2; (d) if (i) the Company shall fail to comply with any of its covenants contained in 9.10 or 9.17, or (ii) Hasbro SA shall fail to comply with its covenant in 9.17, and in each case such failure shall continue for a period of ten (10) days; (e) if any of the Hasbro Companies and/or Hasbro SA shall fail to perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents (other than those specified in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) above) for twenty (20) days after written notice of such failure has been given to the Company by the Agent; (f) if any representation or warranty of any of the Hasbro Companies and/or Hasbro SA in any of the Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated; (g) if any of the Hasbro Companies shall fail to pay at maturity, or within any applicable period of grace, any Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in Page 114 respect of any Capitalized Leases or in respect of any guaranties by such Hasbro Company of any such Indebtedness of another Person, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized Leases for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof, or to rescind the purchase of any such obligations, and the aggregate amount of all of such Indebtedness for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized Leases of the Hasbro Companies or in respect of any guaranties by any Hasbro Company of any such Indebtedness of another Person in respect of which any one or more of such defaults or failures shall at any time be continuing under any one or more of such agreements shall exceed $25,000,000 at any one time; (h) if any of the Hasbro Companies makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay or generally fails to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or petitions or applies for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of any of the Hasbro Companies or of any substantial part of the assets of any of the Hasbro Companies, or commences any case or other proceeding relating to any of the Hasbro Companies under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect, or takes any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application is filed or any such case or other proceeding is commenced against any of the Hasbro Companies and the such Person indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been dismissed within forty-five (45) days following the filing thereof; (i) if a decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating any of the Hasbro Companies bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of any of the Hasbro Companies in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter Page 115 constituted; (j) if there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against any of the Hasbro Companies which, with other outstanding final judgments undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed against the Hasbro Companies exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000; (k) the holders of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt shall accelerate the maturity of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, the Subordinated Debt shall be repaid, redeemed or repurchased in whole or in part or an offer to repay, redeem or repurchase the Subordinated Debt in whole or in part shall have been made; (l) (i) if any of the Loan Documents shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded or the Agent's Liens in a material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be perfected (other than by the Agent's failure to file Uniform Commercial Code financing statements delivered by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or to make any required filings delivered by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or to continue such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office in accordance with applicable law), or shall cease to have the priority contemplated by the Security Documents, in each case otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Banks in accordance with 23, or (ii) any action at law, suit or in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Loan Documents shall be commenced by any of the Hasbro Companies and/or Hasbro SA party thereto, or (iii) any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to the effect that ,any one or more of the Loan Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof and such judgment, order, decree or ruling shall continue in full force and effect for a period of thirty (30) days; (m) there shall occur any loss, theft, destruction of, or material damage to the Inventory included in the Collateral resulting in an uninsured loss in excess of Page 116 $20,000,000 during any one policy period, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty, which in any such case causes, for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such event or circumstance is not covered by business interruption insurance and would have a Material Adverse Effect; (n) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate incurs any liability to the PBGC or a Guaranteed Pension Plan pursuant to Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount exceeding $15,000,000, or the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is assessed withdrawal liability pursuant to Title IV of ERISA by a Multiemployer Plan requiring aggregate annual payments exceeding $5,000,000, or any of the following occurs with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan: (i) an ERISA Reportable Event, or a failure to make a required installment or other payment (within the meaning of 302(f)(1) of ERISA), provided that such event (A) would be expected to result in liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC or such Guaranteed Pension Plan in an aggregate amount exceeding $15,000,000 and (B) would constitute grounds for the termination of such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC, for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan or for the imposition of a lien in favor of such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or (ii) the appointment by a United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or (iii) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate such Guaranteed Pension Plan; (o) a Change of Control shall occur; or (p) Hasbro SA shall no longer qualify as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Agent may, and upon the request of the Majority Banks shall, by notice in writing to the Company declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement and the Notes and the other Loan Documents and all Reimbursement Obligations to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company and Hasbro SA; provided that in the event of any Event of Default Page 117 specified in 14.1(h) or 14.1(i) hereof, all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of notice from the Agent or any Bank. 14.2. Termination of Commitments. If any one or more of the Events of Default specified in 14.1(h) or 14.1(i) shall occur, any unused portion of the credit hereunder shall forthwith terminate and each of the Banks shall be relieved of all further obligations to make Loans to the Company and/or Hasbro SA and the Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations to issue, extend or renew Letters of Credit. If any other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may and, upon the request of the Majority Banks, shall, by notice to the Company and Hasbro SA, terminate the unused portion of the credit hereunder, and upon such notice being given such unused portion of the credit hereunder shall terminate immediately and each of the Banks shall be relieved of all further obligations to make Loans and the Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations to issue, extend or renew Letters of Credit. No termination of the credit hereunder shall relieve the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any of the Obligations. 14.3. Remedies. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not the Banks shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans pursuant to 14.1, each Bank, if owed any amount with respect to the Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations, may, with the consent of the Majority Banks but not otherwise, proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations to such Bank are evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the ex parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of such Bank. No remedy herein conferred upon any Bank or the Agent or the holder of any Note or purchaser of any Letter of Credit Participation is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law. Page 118 14.4. Certain Rights of Cure. (a) Any Default or Event of Default may be waived as provided by 23 hereof and any Default or Event of Default so waived shall be deemed to have been cured and not to be continuing, and upon such waiver the Company, Hasbro SA and each of the Banks shall be restored to their respective positions prior to the existence of the Default or Event or Default, whether or not acceleration of the maturity of the Loans shall have occurred pursuant to this 14. The Commitments, if terminated pursuant to this 14 by reason of any Event of Default so waived, shall be reinstated. In the event that the Commitments, once terminated, are so reinstated, the Commitment Fee shall be payable as though no termination had occurred. No such waiver shall extend to or affect any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any rights consequent thereon. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if a Default or Event of Default shall occur at any time when no Loans shall be outstanding and all other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the Company may give notice to the Agent and the Banks (i) of the occurrence or continuance of such Default or Event of Default, (ii) of the Company's request to terminate the Commitments in their entirety pursuant to 2.2 hereof, and (iii) subject to compliance by the Company with the provisions of 2.2 hereof and this 14.4(b), of the Company's request that the Default or Event of Default be deemed not to have occurred, and upon termination of the Commitments and payment by the Company and/or Hasbro SA of all Fees and other sums payable by the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder, the Company, Hasbro SA, the Agent, and the Banks shall be deemed to have agreed, by mutual consent, that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder. 14.5. Distribution of Collateral Proceeds. In the event that, following the occurrence or during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the Agent or any Bank, as the case may be, receives any monies in connection with the enforcement of any the Security Documents, or otherwise with respect to the realization upon any of the Collateral, such monies shall be distributed for application as follows: (a) First, to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the reimbursement of the Agent for or in respect of all reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been incurred or sustained by the Agent in Page 119 connection with the collection of such monies by the Agent, for the exercise, protection or enforcement by the Agent of all or any of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of the Collateral or in support of any provision of adequate indemnity to the Agent against any taxes or Liens which by law shall have, or may have, priority over the rights of the Agent to such monies; (b) Second, to all other Secured Obligations (other than obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the Banks and/or the Agent with respect to any Interest Hedging Agreements and Hedging Agreements) in such order or preference among types of Secured Obligations as the Majority Banks may determine; provided, however, that (i) distributions shall be made (A) pari passu among Secured Obligations with respect to the Agent's Fee and all other Secured Obligations and (B) with respect to each type of Secured Obligation owing to the Banks, such as interest, principal, fees and expenses, among the Banks pro rata, based on the then outstanding amount of Secured Obligations (and on the assumption that Secured Obligations consisting of guaranties are equal to the amount of the outstanding obligations guaranteed), and (ii) the Agent may in its discretion make proper allowance to take into account any Secured Obligations not then due and payable; (c) Third, to obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the Banks and/or the Agent with respect to any Interest Hedging Agreements and Hedging Agreements; (d) Fourth, upon payment and satisfaction in full or other provisions for payment in full satisfactory to the Banks and the Agent of all of the Secured Obligations, to the payment of any obligations required to be paid pursuant to 9-615(a)(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and (e) Fifth, the excess, if any, shall be returned to the Company or to such other Persons as are entitled thereto. 14.6. Judgment Currency. If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court or obtaining an order enforcing a judgment, it becomes necessary to convert any amount due under this Credit Agreement in Dollars or Page 120 in any other currency (hereinafter in this 14.6 called the "first currency") into any other currency (hereinafter in this 14.6 called the "second currency"), then the conversion shall be made at the Agent's spot rate of exchange for buying the first currency with the second currency prevailing at the Agent's close of business on the Business Day next preceding the day on which the judgment is given or (as the case may be) the order is made. Any payment made to the Agent or any Bank pursuant to this Credit Agreement in the second currency shall constitute a discharge of the obligations of Hasbro and/or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, to pay to the Agent and the Banks any amount originally due to the Agent and the Banks in the first currency under this Credit Agreement only to the extent of the amount of the first currency which the Agent and each of the Banks is able, on the date of the receipt by it of such payment in any second currency, to purchase, in accordance with the Agent's and such Bank's normal banking procedures, with the amount of such second currency so received. If the amount of the first currency falls short of the amount originally due from either the Company or Hasbro SA to the Agent and the Banks in the first currency under this Credit Agreement, such Person hereby agrees that it will indemnify the Agent and each of the Banks against and save the Agent and each of the Banks harmless from any shortfall so arising. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation of the Company or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Credit Agreement, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due to the Agent or any Bank under this Credit Agreement or under any such judgment or order. The covenant contained in this 14.6 shall survive the payment in full of all of the other obligations of the Company or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, under this Credit Agreement. 15. SETOFF. Regardless of the adequacy of any collateral, during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) any deposits or other sums credited by or due from any of the Banks to the Company and any securities or other property of the Company in the possession of such Bank may be applied to or set off by such Bank against the payment of Obligations and any and all other liabilities, direct, or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of the Company to such Bank and (ii) any deposits or other sums credited by or due from any of the Banks to Hasbro SA and any securities or other property of Hasbro SA in the possession of such Bank may be Page 121 applied to or set off by such Bank against the payment of the Hasbro SA Obligations and any and all other liabilities, direct, or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of Hasbro SA to such Bank. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE ANY BANK TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY OR HASBRO SA, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED. Each of the Banks agree with each other Bank that (a) if an amount to be set off is to be applied to Indebtedness of the Company or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, to such Bank, other than Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes held by such Bank or constituting Reimbursement Obligations owed to such Bank, such amount shall be applied ratably to such other Indebtedness and to the Indebtedness evidenced by all such Notes held by such Bank or constituting Reimbursement Obligations owed to such Bank, and (b) if such Bank shall receive from the Company or Hasbro SA, as the case may be, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff, counterclaim, cross action, enforcement of the claim evidenced by the Notes held by, or constituting Reimbursement Obligations owed to, such Bank by proceedings against the Company and/or Hasbro SA at law or in equity or by proof thereof in bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar proceedings, or otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note or Notes held by, or Reimbursement Obligations owed to, such Bank any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments received by all of the Banks with respect to the Notes held by, and Reimbursement Obligations owed to, all of the Banks, such Bank will make such disposition and arrangements with the other Banks with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Bank receiving in respect of the Notes held by it or Reimbursement Obligations owed it, its proportionate payment as contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Bank, such disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. 16. THE AGENT. 16.1. Authorization. (a) The Agent is authorized to take such action on behalf of each of the Banks and to exercise all such powers as are hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents and any Page 122 related documents delegated to the Agent, together with such powers as are reasonably incident thereto, including the authority, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent of the Banks, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or the Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect, maintain perfected or insure the priority of the security interest in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents, provided that no duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be implied to have been assumed by the Agent. (b) The relationship between the Agent and each of the Banks is that of an independent contractor. The use of the term "Agent" is for convenience only and is used to describe, as a form of convention, the independent contractual relationship between the Agent and each of the Banks. Nothing contained in this Agreement nor the other Loan Documents shall be construed to create an agency, trust or other fiduciary relationship between the Agent and any of the Banks. (c) As an independent contractor empowered by the Banks to exercise certain rights and perform certain duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Agent is nevertheless a "representative" of the Banks, as that term is defined in Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code, for purposes of actions for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent with respect to all collateral security and guaranties contemplated by the Loan Documents. Such actions include the designation of the Agent as "secured party", "mortgagee" or the like on all financing statements and other documents and instruments, whether recorded or otherwise, relating to the attachment, perfection, priority or enforcement of any security interests, mortgages or deeds of trust in collateral security intended to secure the payment or performance of any of the Obligations, all for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent. 16.2. Employees and Agents. The Agent may exercise its powers and execute its duties by or through employees or agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on, advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as the Agent in its sole discretion may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of any such Persons shall be paid by the Company. 16.3. No Liability. Page 123 Neither the Agent nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent or employee thereof, shall be liable for any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, or be responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment whatsoever, except that the Agent or such other Person, as the case may be, may be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence. 16.4. No Representations. 16.4.1. General. The Agent shall not be responsible for the execution or validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, any of the other Loan Documents or any instrument at any time constituting, or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes, or for the value of any such collateral security or for the validity, enforceability or collectability of any such amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or representations made herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or in any certificate or instrument hereafter furnished to it by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein or in any instrument at any time constituting, or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes or to inspect any of the properties, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Agent shall not be bound to ascertain whether any notice, consent, waiver or request delivered to it by the Company and/or Hasbro SA or any holder of any of the Notes shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate and complete. The Agent has not made nor does it now make any representations or warranties, express or implied, nor does it assume any liability to the Banks, with respect to the credit worthiness or financial conditions of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Each Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank, and based upon such information and documents as it has deemed Page 124 appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. 16.4.2. Closing Documentation, etc. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions set forth in 12, each Bank that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document and matter either sent, or made available, by the Agent or the Arranger to such Bank for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Bank, unless an officer of the Agent or the Arranger active upon the Company's account shall have received notice from such Bank not less than five (5) days prior to the Effective Date specifying such Bank's objection thereto and such objection shall not have been withdrawn by notice to the Agent or the Arranger to such effect on or prior to the Effective Date. 16.5. Indemnification. Without limiting the obligations of the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the Banks agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and its affiliates, ratably in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions and suits (whether groundless or otherwise) judgments, costs, expenses (including any expenses for which the Agent or such affiliate has not been reimbursed by the Company and/or Hasbro SA as required by 18) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Notes) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no Bank shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this 16.5 shall survive the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder. 16.6. Reimbursement. Page 125 Without limiting the provisions of 16.5, the Banks and the Agent hereby agree that the Agent shall not be obliged to make available to any Person any sum which the Agent is expecting to receive for the account of that Person until the Agent has determined that it has received that sum. The Agent may, however, disburse funds prior to determining that the sums which the Agent expects to receive have been finally and unconditionally paid to the Agent, if the Agent wishes to do so. If and to the extent that the Agent does disburse funds and it later becomes apparent that the Agent did not then receive a payment in an amount equal to the sum paid out, then any Person to whom the Agent made the funds available shall, on demand from the Agent: (a) refund to the Agent the sum paid to that Person; and (b) reimburse the Agent for the additional amount certified by the Agent as being necessary to indemnify the Agent against any funding or other cost, loss, expense or liability sustained or incurred by the Agent as a result of paying out the sum before receiving it. 16.7. Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Banks. Each Bank represents that it has, independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and Hasbro SA and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Agent shall not be required to keep informed as to the performance or observance by the Company and/or Hasbro SA of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or by any other Person of any agreement or to make inquiry of, or to inspect the properties or books of, any Person. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Banks by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit or other information concerning any Person which may come into the possession of the Agent or any of its affiliates. Each Bank shall have access to all documents Page 126 relating to the Agent's performance of its duties hereunder, at such Bank's request. Unless any Bank shall object promptly after receiving notice of any action taken by the Agent hereunder, such Bank shall conclusively be presumed to have approved the same. 16.8. Payments. 16.8.1. Payments to Agent. A payment by the Company and/or Hasbro SA to the Agent hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents for the account of any Bank shall constitute a payment to such Bank. The Agent agrees promptly to distribute to each Bank such Bank's pro rata share of payments received by the Agent for the account of the Banks except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any of the other Loan Documents. 16.8.2. Distribution by Agent. If in the opinion of the Agent the distribution of any amount received by it in such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents might involve it in liability, it may refrain from making distribution until its right to make distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by the Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court. 16.8.3. Delinquent Banks. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any Bank that fails (a) to make available to the Agent its pro rata share of any Loan or to purchase any Letter of Credit Participation or (b) to comply with the provisions of 15 with respect to making dispositions and arrangements with the other Banks, where such Bank's share of any payment received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is in excess of its pro rata share of such payments due and payable to all of the Banks, in each case as, when and to the full extent required by the provisions of this Agreement, shall be deemed delinquent (a "Delinquent Bank") and shall be deemed a Delinquent Bank until such time as such delinquency is Page 127 satisfied. A Delinquent Bank shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from the Company and/or Hasbro SA, whether on account of outstanding Loans, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, interest, fees or otherwise, to the remaining nondelinquent Banks for application to, and reduction of, their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations. The Delinquent Bank hereby authorizes the Agent to distribute such payments to the nondelinquent Banks in proportion to their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations. A Delinquent Bank shall be deemed to have satisfied in full a delinquency when and if, as a result of application of the assigned payments to all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations of the nondelinquent Banks, the Banks' respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations have returned to those in effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to the nonpayment causing such delinquency. 16.9. Holders of Notes. The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note or the purchaser of any Letter of Credit Participation as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different name by such payee or by a subsequent holder, assignee or transferee. 16.10. Agent as Bank. In its individual capacity, Fleet shall have the same obligations and the same rights, powers and privileges in respect to its Commitment and the Loans made by it hereunder, and as the holder of any of the Notes and as the purchaser of any Letter of Credit Participation, as it would have were it not also the Agent. 16.11. Resignation or Removal of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving sixty (60) days prior written notice thereof to the Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Banks, with the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent; provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Banks and shall have accepted such appointment Page 128 within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a financial institution having a rating of not less than A or its equivalent by Standard and Poor's. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent both as Agent and Swing Line Bank (including without limitation the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent with respect to such Agent's commitment to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to 5), and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agent's resignation, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent. In the event of a material breach of its duties hereunder, the Agent may be removed by the Banks for cause and the provisions of this 16.11 shall apply to the appointment of a successor. 16.12. Notification of Defaults and Events of Default. Each Bank hereby agrees that, upon learning of the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Agent thereof. The Agent hereby agrees that upon receipt of any notice under this 16.12 it shall promptly notify the other Banks of the existence of such Default or Event of Default. 16.13. Duties in the Case of Enforcement. In case one of more Events of Default have occurred and shall be continuing, and whether or not acceleration of the Obligations shall have occurred, the Agent shall, if (a) so requested by the Majority Banks and (b) the Banks have provided to the Agent such additional indemnities and assurances against expenses and liabilities as the Agent may reasonably request, proceed to enforce the provisions of the Security Documents authorizing the sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral and exercise all or any such other legal and equitable and other rights or remedies as it may have in respect of such Collateral. The Majority Banks may direct the Agent in writing as to the method and the extent of any such sale or other disposition, the Banks hereby agreeing to indemnify and hold the Agent, harmless from all liabilities incurred in respect of all actions taken or omitted in accordance with such directions, provided that the Agent need not comply with any such direction to the extent that the Agent reasonably believes the Agent's compliance with such direction to be unlawful or commercially Page 129 unreasonable in any applicable jurisdiction. 17. EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay (a) the reasonable costs of producing and reproducing this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements and instruments mentioned herein, (b) any taxes (including any interest and penalties in respect thereto) payable by the Agent or any of the Banks (other than taxes based upon the Agent's or any Bank's net income) on or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Company hereby agreeing to indemnify the Agent and each Bank with respect thereto), (c) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Banks' Special Counsel or any local counsel to the Agent incurred in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, each closing hereunder, any amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereto or hereunder, or the cancellation of any Loan Document upon payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations or pursuant to any terms of such Loan Document for providing for such cancellation, (d) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent or any of its affiliates incurred by the Agent or such affiliate in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, including all reasonable collateral appraisal and examination charges, (e) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable out of pocket attorneys' fees and costs, and reasonable consulting, accounting, appraisal, investment banking and similar professional fees and charges) incurred by any Bank or the Agent in connection with (i) the enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Loan Documents against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the administration thereof after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default and (ii) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise, in any way related to any Bank's or the Agent's relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby and (f) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent incurred in connection with Uniform Commercial Code searches, Uniform Commercial Code filings, intellectual property searches or intellectual property filings. The covenants contained in this 17 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations. 18. INDEMNIFICATION. Page 130 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Banks and each of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and representatives from and against any and all claims, actions and suits whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of every nature and character arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby including, without limitation, (a) any actual or proposed use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit, (b) the reversal or withdrawal of any provisional credits granted by the Agent upon the transfer of funds from lock box, bank agency, concentration accounts or otherwise under any cash management arrangements with the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with the provisional honoring of funds transfers, checks or other items, (c) any actual or alleged infringement of any patent, copyright, trademark, service mark or similar right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries comprised in the Collateral, (d) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entering into or performing this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (e) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets, the violation of any Environmental Law, the presence, disposal, escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with respect to any Hazardous Substances (including, but not limited to, claims with respect to wrongful death, personal injury or damage to property), in each case including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding, but excluding (i) in the case of the Agent or any affiliate, director, officer, employee or representative thereof, claims arising solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees or representatives, (ii) in the case of any Bank or any affiliate, director, officer, employee or representative thereof, claims arising solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Bank or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees or representatives, (iii) litigation commenced by the Company against any Bank or the Agent which (A) seeks enforcement of the Company's rights hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents and (B) is finally determined adversely to such Bank or the Agent, to the extent of such adverse determination, and (iv) claims made or legal proceedings commenced against the Agent or any Bank by any securityholder or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such securityholder or creditor solely in its Page 131 capacity as such. In litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Banks and the Agent and its affiliates shall be entitled to select their own counsel and, in addition to the foregoing indemnity, the Company agrees to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. If, and to the extent that the obligations of the Company under this 18 are unenforceable for any reason, the Company hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under applicable law. The covenants contained in this 18 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations. 19. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes or in any documents or other papers delivered by or on behalf of the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant hereto shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Banks, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by it, and shall survive the making by the Banks of the Loans and the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letters of Credit, as herein contemplated, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Letter of Credit or amount due under this Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents remains outstanding and unpaid or any Bank has any obligation to make any Loans hereunder or the Agent has any obligation to issue, extend or renew any Letter of Credit, and for such further time as may be otherwise be expressly specified in this Agreement. All statements contained in any certificate or other paper delivered to any Bank at any time by or on behalf of the Company and/or Hasbro SA pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall constitute representations and warranties by the Company and/or Hasbro SA hereunder. 20. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION. 20.1. Conditions to Assignment by Banks. Except as provided herein, each Bank may assign to one or more commercial banks, other financial institutions or other Persons, all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment Percentage and Commitment and the same portion of the Loans at the time owing to it, the Notes held by it and its participating interest in the risk relating to any Letters of Credit); provided that (a) each of the Agent and, unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be Page 132 continuing, the Company shall have given its prior written consent to such assignment, which consent, in the case of the Company and the Agent, will not be unreasonably withheld; except that the consent of the Company or the Agent shall not be required in connection with any assignment by a Bank to (i) an existing Bank or (ii) a Bank Affiliate of such Bank, (b) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all the assigning Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement, (c) each assignment (or, in the case of assignments by a Bank to its Bank Affiliates, the aggregate holdings of such Bank and its Bank Affiliates after giving effect to such assignments), shall be in a minimum amount equal to $10,000,000 or a multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, such Bank's entire Commitment), and (d) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for recording in the Register (as hereinafter defined), an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (an "Assignment and Acceptance"), together with any Notes subject to such assignment. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least five (5) Business Days after the execution thereof, (y) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder, and (z) the assigning Bank shall, to the extent provided in such assignment and upon payment to the Agent of the registration fee referred to in 20.3, be released from its obligations under this Agreement. 20.2. Certain Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the parties to the assignment thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (a) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the assigning Bank makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or the attachment, perfection or priority of any security interest or mortgage, Page 133 (b) the assigning Bank makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the Obligations, or the performance or observance by the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the Obligations of any of their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (c) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in 8.8 and 9.5 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (d) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the assigning Bank, the Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (e) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (f) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank; (g) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; and (h) such assignee acknowledges that it has made arrangements with the assigning Bank satisfactory to such assignee with respect to its pro rata share of Letter of Credit Fees in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit. 20.3. Register. Page 134 The Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register or similar list (the "Register") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks and the Commitment Percentage of, and principal amount of the Syndicated Loans owing to and Letter of Credit Participations purchased by, the Banks from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company and Hasbro SA, the Agent and the Banks may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and Hasbro SA and the Banks at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Upon each such recordation, the assigning Bank agrees to pay to the Agent a registration fee in the sum of $3,500. 20.4. New Notes. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the parties to such assignment, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the Agent shall (i) record the information contained therein in the Register, and (ii) give prompt notice thereof to the Company, Hasbro SA and the Banks (other than the assigning Bank). Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Company and, solely with respect to the Hasbro SA Loans, Hasbro SA, each at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent, in exchange for each surrendered Note, a new Note to the order of such Assignee in an amount equal to the amount assumed by such Assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Bank has retained some portion of its obligations hereunder, a new Note to the order of the assigning Bank in an amount equal to the amount retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall provide that they are replacements for the surrendered Notes, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned Notes. The surrendered Notes shall be cancelled and returned to the Company. 20.5. Participations. Each Bank may sell participations to one or more Banks or other entities in all or a portion of such Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that (a) each such participation shall be in an amount of not less than $10,000,000, (b) any such sale or participation Page 135 shall not affect the rights and duties of the selling Bank hereunder to the Company or Hasbro SA and (c) the only rights granted to the participant pursuant to such participation arrangements with respect to waivers, amendments or modifications of the Loan Documents shall be the rights to approve waivers, amendments or modifications that would reduce the principal of or the interest rate on any Loans, extend the term or increase the amount of the Commitment of such Bank as it relates to such participant, reduce the amount of any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees to which such participant is entitled or extend any regularly scheduled payment date for principal or interest (it being understood that (i) any vote to rescind any acceleration made pursuant to 14.1 of amounts owing with respect to the Loans and other Obligations and (ii) any modifications of the provisions relating to amounts, timing or application or prepayments of Loans and other Obligations shall not require the approval of such participant). 20.6. Assignee or Participant Affiliated with the Company. If any assignee Bank is an Affiliate of the Company, then any such assignee Bank shall have no right to vote as a Bank hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents for purposes of granting consents or waivers or for purposes of agreeing to amendments or other modifications to any of the Loan Documents or for purposes of making requests to the Agent pursuant to 14.1 or 14.2, and the determination of the Majority Banks shall for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents be made without regard to such assignee Bank's interest in any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations. If any Bank sells a participating interest in any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations to a participant, and such participant is the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, then such transferor Bank shall promptly notify the Agent of the sale of such participation. A transferor Bank shall have no right to vote as a Bank hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents for purposes of granting consents or waivers or for purposes of agreeing to amendments or modifications to any of the Loan Documents or for purposes of making requests to the Agent pursuant to 14.1 or 14.2 to the extent that such participation is beneficially owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and the determination of the Majority Banks shall for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents be made without regard to the interest of such transferor Bank in the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations to the extent of such participation. The provisions of this 20.6 shall not apply to an assignee Bank or participant which is also a Bank on the Effective Date or to an assignee Bank or participant which has disclosed to the other Banks that it is an Page 136 Affiliate of the Company and which, following such disclosure, has been excepted from the provisions of this 20.6 in a writing signed by the Majority Banks determined without regard to the interest of such assignee Bank or transferor Bank, to the extent of such participation, in Loans or Reimbursement Obligations. 20.7. Miscellaneous Assignment Provisions. Any assigning Bank shall retain its rights to be indemnified pursuant to 18 with respect to any claims or actions arising prior to the date of such assignment. If any Reference Bank transfers all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Agent shall, in consultation with the Company, Hasbro SA and with the consent of the Company, Hasbro SA and the Majority Banks, appoint another Bank to act as a Reference Bank hereunder. Anything contained in this 20 to the contrary notwithstanding, any Bank may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its interest and rights under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Notes) to secure obligations of such Bank, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to (a) any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. 341 and (b) with respect to any Bank that is a fund that invests in bank loans, to any lender or any trustee for, or any other representative of, holders of obligations owed or securities issued by such fund as security for such obligations or securities or any institutional custodian for such fund or for such lender. Any foreclosure or similar action by any Person in respect of such pledge or assignment shall be subject to the other provisions of this 20. No such pledge or the enforcement thereof shall release the pledgor Bank from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, provide any voting rights hereunder to the pledgee thereof, or affect any rights or obligations of the Company, Hasbro SA or Agent hereunder. 20.8. Increased Costs. No assignee, participant or other transferee of any Bank's rights shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under 4.1 or 4.7 than such Bank would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Company's prior written consent. 20.9. Assignment by Company. The Company and/or Hasbro SA shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any of the Loan Documents Page 137 without the prior written consent of each of the Banks. 21. NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all notices and other communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes or any Letter of Credit Applications shall be in writing and shall be delivered in hand, mailed by United States registered or certified first class mail, postage prepaid, sent by overnight courier, or sent by telegraph, telecopy, facsimile or telex and confirmed by delivery via courier or postal service, addressed as follows: (a) (i) if to the Company, at 1011 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861-2538, Attention: David D. R. Hargreaves, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the Company at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861-2500, Attention: General Counsel, or at such other address or addresses for notice as the Company shall last have furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice and (ii) if to Hasbro SA, at Route de Courroux 6, 2800 Delemont, Switzerland, with a copy to the Company, at 1011 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862-0200, Attention: David D. R. Hargreaves, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, or at such other address or addresses for notice as the Company and/or Hasbro SA shall last have furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice; (b) if to the Agent, at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: John P. O'Loughlin, Director, or such other address for notice as the Agent shall last have furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice; and (c) if to any Bank, at such Bank's address set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, or such other address for notice as such Bank shall have last furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice. Any such notice or demand shall be deemed to have been duly given or made and to have become effective (a) if delivered by hand to a responsible officer of the party to which it is directed, at the time of the receipt thereof by such officer, (b) if sent by registered or certified first-class mail, postage prepaid, when received by a responsible officer or employee of the party to which it is directed, provided that such receipt may be evidenced by return receipt signed by a responsible officer or employee of Page 138 the party to which it is directed, and (c) if sent by telegraph, telecopy, facsimile or telex, at the time of dispatch thereof, if in normal business hours in the state where received or otherwise at the opening of business on the next Business Day. 22. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 22.1. Confidentiality. Each of the Banks and the Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and representatives, to use reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with their customary procedures for handling confidential information of the same nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices, any non-public information supplied to it by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement that is identified by such Person as being confidential at the time the same is delivered to the Banks or the Agent, provided that nothing herein shall limit the disclosure of any such information (a) after such information shall have become public other than through a violation of this 22, or becomes available to any of the Banks or the Agent on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without a duty of confidentiality to the Company or such Subsidiary being violated, (b) to the extent required by statute, rule, regulation or judicial process, (c) to counsel for any of the Banks or the Agent so long as the relevant Bank or Agent informs such counsel of the agreement under this 22.1 and such Bank assumes responsibility for compliance by such counsel with such agreement, (d) to bank examiners or any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over any Bank or the Agent, or to auditors or accountants, (e) to the Agent or any Bank, (f) in connection with any litigation to which any one or more of the Banks or the Agent is a party, or in connection with the enforcement of rights or remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (g) to a Bank Affiliate or a Subsidiary or affiliate of the Agent so long as the relevant Bank or Agent informs such Bank Affiliate, subsidiary or affiliate of the agreement under this 22.1 and such Bank or the Agent assumes responsibility for compliance by such Person with such agreement, (h) to any actual or prospective assignee or participant or any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transactions referenced to credit or other risks or events arising under this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as such actual or prospective assignee, participant or counterparty, as the case may be, agrees to be bound by the provisions of this 22 pursuant to an agreement in substantially Page 139 the form of Exhibit I provided to the Company, or (i) with the consent of the Company. 22.2. Prior Notification. Unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each of the Banks and the Agent shall, prior to disclosure thereof, notify the Company of any request for disclosure of any such non-public information by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such Bank by such governmental agency) or pursuant to legal process and afford the Company the opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy or agreement to maintain confidentiality of the information. 22.3. Other. In no event shall any Bank or the Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished to it by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The obligations of each Bank under this 22 shall supersede and replace the obligations of such Bank under any confidentiality letter in respect of this financing signed and delivered by such Bank to the Company prior to the date hereof and shall be binding upon any assignee of, or purchaser of any participation in, any interest in any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations from any Bank. 23. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. Any consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement to be given by the Banks may be given, and any term of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument related hereto or mentioned herein may be amended, and the performance or observance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any terms of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or such other instrument or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Company and the written consent of the Majority Banks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, modification or waiver shall: (a) without the written consent of the Company and each Bank directly affected thereby: (i) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, or reduce the rate Page 140 of interest on the Notes (subject to the provisions of clause (ii) of the definition of "Pricing Grid") or the amount of the Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees; (ii) increase the amount of such Bank's Commitment or extend the expiration date of such Bank's Commitment; (iii) postpone or extend the Final Maturity Date or any other regularly scheduled dates for payments of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations or any Fees or other amounts payable to such Bank (it being understood that (A) any vote to rescind any acceleration made pursuant to 14.1 of amounts owing with respect to the Loans and other Obligations and (B) any modifications of the provisions relating to prepayments of Loans and other Obligations shall require only the approval of the Majority Banks); and (iv) other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from its guaranty obligations under the Guaranty (excluding, if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes a debtor under the federal Bankruptcy Code, the release of "cash collateral", as defined in Section 363(a) of the federal Bankruptcy Code pursuant to a cash collateral stipulation with the debtor approved by the Majority Banks); (b) without the written consent of all of the Banks, amend or waive this 23 or the definition of Majority Banks; and (c) without the written consent of the Agent, amend or waive 3 or 15, the amount or time of payment of the Agent's Fee or any Letter of Credit Fees payable for the Agent's account or any other provision applicable to the Agent. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Agent or any Bank in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon the Company shall entitle the Company to other or further notice Page 141 or demand in similar or other circumstances. 24. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS. 24.1. Governing Law. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THEREIN, EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ARE CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SAID COMMONWEALTH (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW). EACH OF THE COMPANY AND HASBRO SA AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN AND CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON THE COMPANY OR HASBRO SA, AS THE CASE MAY BE, BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN 21. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND HASBRO SA HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT. (b) Hasbro SA hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Company (in such capacity, the "Process Agent"), as its agent to receive on behalf of Hasbro SA and its respective property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any such action or proceeding in any such court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein and agrees promptly to appoint a successor Process Agent. In any such action or proceeding in such court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or federal court sitting therein, such service may be made on Hasbro SA by delivering a copy of such process to Hasbro SA in care of the Process Agent at such Process Agent's address set forth in 21 and by depositing a copy of such process in the mails by certified or registered air mail, addressed to Hasbro SA at its address referred to in 21 (such service to be effective upon such receipt by the Process Agent and the depositing of such process in the mails as aforesaid). Hasbro SA hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes and directs such Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. As an alternate method of service, Hasbro SA also irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding in such court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein by mailing of copies of such process to Hasbro SA by certified or registered air mail at its address referred to in 21. Hasbro SA hereby agrees that, to the Page 142 fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. 24.2. Headings. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof. 24.3. Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Delivery by facsimile by any of the parties hereto of an executed counterpart hereof or of any amendment or waiver hereto shall be as effective as an original executed counterpart hereof or of such amendment or waiver and shall be considered a representation that an original executed counterpart hereof or such amendment or waiver, as the case may be, will be delivered. 24.4. Entire Agreement, Etc. The Loan Documents and any other documents executed in connection herewith or therewith express the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in 17.12. 24.5. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND HASBRO SA HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF THE AGENT OR ANY BANK RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOANS OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT Page 143 SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. Except as prohibited by law, each of the Company and Hasbro SA hereby waives any right it may have to claim or recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence any special, exemplary, consequential or punitive damages or any damages other than, or in addition to, actual damages. The Company and Hasbro SA (a) certify that no representative, agent or attorney of any Bank or the Agent has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such Bank or the Agent would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers and (b) acknowledge that the Agent and the Banks have been induced to enter into this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which it is a party by, among other things, the waivers and certifications contained herein. 24.6. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction. 25. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS. 25.1. Existing Credit Agreement Superseded. This Agreement shall on the Effective Date supersede the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, except as provided in this 25. On the Effective Date, the rights and obligations of the parties evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement shall be evidenced by the Agreement and other Loan Documents, the "Syndicated Loans" as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall be converted to Syndicated Loans hereunder, and all outstanding letters of credit issued by Fleet for the account of the Company prior to the Effective Date shall, for the purposes of this Credit Agreement, be Letters of Credit. 25.2. Return and Cancellation of Notes. Upon receipt by any Bank of its Notes hereunder on the Effective Date, any "Notes" of the Company held by such Bank pursuant to and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding. As soon as reasonably Page 144 practicable after its receipt of its Notes hereunder on the Effective Date, each Bank will promptly return to the Company, marked "Substituted" or "Cancelled", as the case may be, any notes of the Company held by such Bank pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement. 25.3. Interest and Fees Under Superseded Agreement. All interest and fees and expenses, if any, owing or accruing under or in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement through the Effective Date shall be calculated as of the Effective Date (prorated in the case of any fractional periods), and shall be paid as of the Effective Date. Commencing on the Effective Date, the Commitment Fee shall be payable by the Company to the Agent for the account of the Banks in accordance with 2.2. 26. LIABILITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company covenants and agrees that all Obligations with respect to all Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and any other Obligations payable to the Agent or any of the Banks shall constitute the obligations of the Company individually. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of any other Loan Document, Hasbro SA shall have no liability for any Obligations other than the Hasbro SA Obligations, or for any other liability or obligation of the Company. 27. GUARANTY. 27.1. Guaranty of Payment and Performance. The Company hereby guarantees to the Banks and the Agent the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by required pre-payment, by acceleration or otherwise), as well as the performance, of all of the Hasbro SA Obligations including all such which would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay pursuant to 362(a) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or similar provisions of other applicable law and the operation of 502(b) and 506(b) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or similar provisions of other applicable law. This guaranty is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guaranty of the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Hasbro SA Obligations and not of their collectibility only and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that the Agent or any Bank first attempt to collect any of the Hasbro SA Obligations from Hasbro Page 145 SA or resort to any collateral security or other means of obtaining payment. Should Hasbro SA default in the payment or performance of any of the Hasbro SA Obligations, the obligations of the Company hereunder with respect to the Hasbro SA Obligations in default shall become immediately due and payable to the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent, without demand or notice of any nature, all of which are expressly waived by the Company. Payments by the Company hereunder may be required by the Agent on any number of occasions. 27.2. The Company's Agreement to Pay Enforcement Costs, etc. The Company further agrees, as the principal obligor and not as a guarantor only, to pay to the Agent, on demand, all reasonable costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable legal expenses) incurred or expended by the Agent or any Bank in connection with the Hasbro SA Obligations, this guaranty and the enforcement thereof. 27.3. Waivers by the Company; Banks' Freedom to Act. The Company agrees that the Hasbro SA Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Agent or any Bank with respect thereto. The Company waives promptness, diligences, presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceptance, notice of any Hasbro SA Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind, all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of the Company or any other entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any of the Hasbro SA Obligations, and all suretyship defenses generally. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company agrees to the provisions of any instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Hasbro SA Obligation and agrees that the obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by any of the following to the same extent as if the Company at all times had been the principal obligor on all Hasbro SA Obligations: (i) the failure of the Agent or any Bank to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any of the Hasbro SA Obligations; (ii) any extensions, compromise, refinancing, consolidation or renewals of Page 146 any Hasbro SA Obligation; (iii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any of the Hasbro SA Obligations or any rescissions, waivers, compromise, refinancing, consolidation, amendments or modifications of any of the terms or provisions of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any of the Hasbro SA Obligations; (iv) the addition, substitution or release of any entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable for any Hasbro SA Obligation; (v) the adequacy of any rights which the Agent or any Bank may have against any collateral security or other means of obtaining repayment of any of the Hasbro SA Obligations; (vi) the impairment of any collateral securing any of the Hasbro SA Obligations, including without limitation the failure to perfect or preserve any rights which the Agent or any Bank might have in such collateral security or the substitution, exchange, surrender, release, loss or destruction of any such collateral security; or (vii) any other act or omission which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Company or otherwise operate as a release or discharge of the Company (other than the irrevocable payment in cash of the relevant Hasbro SA Obligation), all of which may be done without notice to the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of (A) any "one action" or "anti-deficiency" law which would otherwise prevent the Agent or any Bank from bringing any action, including any claim for a deficiency, or exercising any other right or remedy (including any right of set-off), against the Company before or after the Agent's or such Bank's commencement or completion of any foreclosure action, whether judicially, by exercise of power of sale or otherwise, or (B) any other law which in any other way would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Agent or any Bank. 27.4. Unenforceability of Hasbro SA Obligations Against Hasbro SA. If for any reason the Company or Hasbro SA has no legal existence or is under no legal obligation to discharge any of the Hasbro SA Obligations, or if any of the Hasbro SA Obligations have become irrecoverable from the Company or Hasbro SA by reason of the Company's or Hasbro SA's insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization or by other operation of law or for any other reason, this guaranty shall nevertheless be binding on the Company and not affected thereby to the same extent as if the Company at all times had been the principal obligor on all such Hasbro SA Obligations. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Hasbro SA Obligations is stayed Page 147 upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, or for any other reason, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any of the Hasbro SA Obligations shall be immediately due and payable by the Company. 27.5. Subrogation; Subordination. 27.5.1. Waiver of Rights Against Hasbro SA. Until the final payment and performance in full of all of the Hasbro SA Obligations, the Company shall not exercise any rights against Hasbro SA arising as a result of payment by the Company hereunder, by way of subrogation, reimbursement, restitution, contribution or otherwise; the Company will not claim any setoff, recoupment or counterclaim against Hasbro SA in respect of any liability of the Company to Hasbro SA; and the Company waives any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral security which may be held by the Agent or any Bank as security for the payment of any Hasbro SA Obligations. 27.5.2. Subordination. The payment of any amounts due with respect to any indebtedness of Hasbro SA now or hereafter owed to the Company is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full of all of the Hasbro SA Obligations. The Company agrees that, after the occurrence of any default the payment or performance of any of the Hasbro SA Obligations, the Company will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness of the Hasbro SA to the Company until all of the Hasbro SA Obligations shall have been paid in full. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by the Company as trustee for the Banks and the Agent and be paid over to the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent on account of the Hasbro SA Obligations without affecting in any manner the liability of the Company under the other provisions of this guaranty. 27.5.3. Provisions Supplemental. The provisions of this 27.5 shall be supplemental to and not in derogation of any rights and remedies of the Page 148 Banks and the Agent or any affiliate of any Banks and the Agent under any separate subordination agreement which such Bank and the Agent or such affiliate may at any time and from time to time enter into with the Company. 27.6. Termination; Reinstatement. This guaranty shall remain in full force and effect so long as any Hasbro SA Obligation is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make any Hasbro SA Loans. This guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, if at any time any payment made or value received with respect to any of the Hasbro SA Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Agent or any Bank upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made or value received. 27.7. Successors and Assigns. This guaranty shall be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Agent and the Banks and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, each Bank may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to any other entity or other person, and such other entity or other person shall thereupon become vested, to the extent set forth in the agreement evidencing such assignment or transfer, with all the rights in respect thereof granted to such Bank herein, all in accordance with and to the extent complying with and provided in 20 hereof. 27.8. Severability, etc. It is the intention and agreement of the Company, the Agent and the Banks that the obligations of the Company under this 27 shall be valid and enforceable against the Company to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Accordingly, if any provision of this 27 creating any obligation of the Company in favor of the Agent and the Banks shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, it is the stated intention and agreement of the Company, the Agent and the Banks that any balance of the obligation created by such provision and all other obligations of the Company to the Agent or any Bank created by other provisions of this 27 shall remain valid and enforceable. Likewise, if by final order a court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any sums which the Agent or any Bank may be otherwise entitled to collect from the Company Page 149 under this 27 to be in excess of those permitted under any law (including any federal or state fraudulent conveyance or like statute or rule of law) applicable to the Company's obligations under this 27, it is the stated intention and agreement of the Company, the Agent and the Banks that all sums not in excess of those permitted under such applicable law shall remain fully collectible by the Agent or such Bank from the Company. [remainder of this page intentionally left blank] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as an agreement under seal as of the date first set forth above. HASBRO, INC. By: /s/ Martin R. Trueb Martin Trueb Senior Vice President and Treasurer HASBRO SA By: /s/ Tyrone Payne Tyrone Payne Director FLEET NATIONAL BANK, individually and as Agent By: /s/ John O'Loughlin John O'Loughlin Director CITICORP USA, INC. By: /s/ John S. Hutchin Page 150 John S. Hutchin Managing Director COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES By: /s/ Robert S. Taylor, Jr. Robert S. Taylor, Jr. Senior Vice President By: /s/ Peter Doyle Peter Doyle Vice President MELLON BANK, N.A. By: /s/ J. Wade Bell J. Wade Bell Vice President THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA By: /s/ M. R. Bradley M. R. Bradley Authorized Signatory BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. By: /s/ Casey Cosgrove Casey Cosgrove Vice President CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS By: /s/ Stephanie Epkins Stephanie Epkins Assistant Vice President BNP PARIBAS Page 151 By: /s/ Christopher Criswell Christopher Criswell Managing Director By: /s/ Arnaud Collin du Bocage Arnaud Collin du Bocage Managing Director BARCLAYS BANK PLC By: /s/ J. Davey J. Davey Relationship Director SANPAOLO IMI S.P.A. By: /s/ Carlos Persico Carlos Perrsico General Manager By: /s/ Luca Sacchi Luca Sacchi Vice President Schedule 1 BANK, COMMITMENTS AND COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES
BANK COMMITMENT COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE Fleet National Bank 100 Federal Street $70,000,000 18.421052632% Boston, MA 02110 Attn: John O'Loughlin Tel: (617) 434-3952 Fax: (617) 434-1574
Page 152 Citicorp USA Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 21st $50,000,000 13.157894737% Floor New York, NY 10013 Attn: John S. Hutchins Tel: (212) 816-8127 Fax: (212) 816-8301 Commerzbank AG, New York Branch $50,000,000 13.157894737% 2 World Financial Center New York, NY 10281 Attn: Robert Taylor Tel: (212) 400-5853 Fax: (212) 703-4725 Mellon Bank, N.A. 1735 Market Street, 4th Floor $50,000,000 13.157894737% Philadelphia, PA 19103 Attn: J. Wade Bell Tel: (215) 553-3875 Fax: (215) 553-4899 BANK COMMITMENT COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE The Bank of Nova Scotia Diversified Industries $40,000,000 10.526315789% One Liberty Plaza 165 Broadway New York, NY 10006 Attn: Michael Bradley Tel #1: (212) 225-5000 Tel #2: (617) 624-7610 Fax: (617) 624 - 7607 Bank of America, N.A. 231 South LaSalle $40,000,000 10.526315789% Chicago, IL 60697 Attn: Casey Cosgrove Tel: (312) 828-3092 Fax: (312) 987-5614
Page 153 Citizens Bank of Massachusetts $25,000,000 6.578947368% 28 State Street Boston, MA 02110 Attn: Stephanie Epkins Tel: (617) 994-7035 Fax: (617) 263-0439 BNP Paribas 787 Seventh Avenue $25,000,000 6.578947368% New York, NY 10019 Attn: Christopher Criswell Tel: (212) 841-3404 Fax: (212) 841-3049 Barclays Bank PLC 1st floor, 54 Lombard Street, $15,000,000 3.947368421% London EC3P 3AH, UK Attn: John Davey Tel: +44 (0)20 7445 6002 Fax: +44 (0)870 242 2762
BANK COMMITMENT COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE SANPAOLO IMI S.p.A. 245 Park Avenue, 35th Floor $15,000,000 3.947368421% New York, NY 10167 Attn: Luca Sacchi Tel: (212) 692-3130 Fax: (212) 692-3178 TOTAL $380,000,000 100%
Schedule 8.7 TITLE TO PROPERTIES; LEASES Company Asset Hasbro Spain Manufacturing Building Page 154 Hasbro Spain Selling Building Schedule 8.11 LITIGATION 1. In May of 2001, the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (the "OFT") advised Hasbro, Inc.'s U.K. subsidiary, Hasbro U.K. Ltd. ("Hasbro U.K."), of an inquiry into allegedly anti-competitive pricing practices by Hasbro U.K. with respect to certain wholesale distributors in the U.K. The business covered by this inquiry represented less than 3% of Hasbro U.K.'s total revenue for the relevant time period. In August of 2001, Hasbro, Inc. received a further inquiry from the OFT seeking, among other things, information relating to Hasbro U.K.'s trading arrangements with its direct retail accounts, which represent the bulk of its business in the United Kingdom. The Company is cooperating fully with the OFT in its inquiries. If a fine is imposed pursuant to the OFT inquiry, the Company currently estimates that the amount of the fine could range from approximately $236,000 to approximately $38,300,000. Because of a number of factors, including the relatively early stage of this inquiry, the lack of precedent under the applicable U.K. statute, and the significant appeal rights available to the Company in the event of an adverse determination by the OFT, there is no amount within this range which is a better estimate than any other amount in the range. Schedule 8.23 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE Below are listed material matters as to which the Company does not possess sufficient information to calculate future costs, if any, which it may incur: 1. Former Parker Brothers Plant. 190 Bridge Street, Salem, MA. The Company performed an investigation and remediation of this property (which was former owned and operated by the Company) under the Massachusetts hazardous materials statute, M.G.L. Ch. 21E. That statute allows remediation of certain property to industrial rather than residential standards provided that an activity and use limitation is recorded with the deed. This has been done. In each such case, however, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") is required to perform an audit. If appropriate, DEP may order additional work Page 155 to be done. As yet, DEP has not audited the site. 2. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc., Rockford, IL. In 2000, one potentially responsible party ("PRP") under the federal superfund statute, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., asserted general claims against other PRPs, including the Company, based upon their status as PRPs at an operationally related site. Illinois EPA has asserted claims for approximately $100,000 in past costs at this newly- identified site. Future costs, if any, have not been determined. The Company's share of liability at the new site has been assessed by the PRP Group at 1.875 percent. 3. Volney Landfill Superfund Site, Oswego, NY. In 1998, the Company settled its liability with respect to operable unit one ("OU-1") of the cleanup at this Site for less than $15,000, including claims for Natural Resource Damages by EPA, based on a total cleanup cost for OU-1 of approximately $7 million. Costs for the OU-2 remedy have not yet been determined. 4. Skinner Landfill Superfund Site, West Chester, OH. Kenner has not been officially named as a PRP at this Site. However, the PRP group requested Kenner to participate in 1998 and Kenner declined. As yet, there has been no further communication from EPA or the PRP group. Total costs of cleanup at the Site are unknown. In addition to the foregoing, the Company and/or its subsidiaries have over the course of the past 15 years been identified as PRPs or otherwise been involved in the investigation and/or cleanup of other state and federal superfund sites. The company has no reason to believe that either individually or in the aggregate its involvement in these other matters will have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 8.24 Exhibit 21(2000 10-K) HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Subsidiaries of the Registrant (a) Name Under Which Subsidiary State or Other Jurisdiction of Does Business Incorporation or Organization - --------------------------- - --------------------------- Hasbro International, Inc. Page 156 Delaware Hasbro France S.A. France Hasbro Deutschland GmbH Germany Hasbro Italy S.r.l. Italy Hasbro Latin America Inc. Delaware Hasbro Argentina S.A. Argentina Hasbro Chile LTDA Chile Hasbro Latin America, L.P. Delaware Hasbro S.A. Switzerland Hasbro Holdings S.A. Hasbro Canada Corporation / Corporation Hasbro Canada Canada Hasbro Asia-Pacific Marketing Ltd. Hong Kong Tiger Electronics Far East Services, Limited Hong Kong Hasbro de Mexico S.de R.L.de C.V. Mexico Hasbro (Schweiz) AG Switzerland Hasbro U.K. Limited United Kingdom Tiger Electronics UK Limited United Kingdom Group Grosvenor plc. United Kingdom MB International B.V. The Netherlands Hasbro B.V. The Netherlands Hasbro Hellas Industrial & Commercial Company S.A. Greece Hasbro Toys & Games Holdings, S.L. Spain MB Espana, S.A. Spain Hasbro Iberia SL Spain S.A. Hasbro N.V. Belgium Hasbro InterToy Eqitim Araclari Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Turkey Page 157 Hasbro Far East LTD Hong Kong Tiger Electronics Far East, Limited Hong Kong WowWee Limited Hong Kong Hasbro Australia Limited Australia Hasbro New Zealand New Zealand Hasbro Ireland Limited Ireland Palmyra Holdings Pte Ltd. Singapore Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc. Rhode Island Larami Limited Delaware OddzOn, Inc. Delaware Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Washington (a) Inactive subsidiaries and subsidiaries with minimal operations have been omitted. Such subsidiaries, if taken as a whole, would not constitute a significant subsidiary. Schedule 8.26 HASBRO INC. FOREIGN SCHEDULED FACILITIES As of March 3, 2002 (F/X Rates as of March 3, 2002) in USDs (000s)
Utilized Facility Facility Facility @ March 3, Affiliate Country Bank Currency Line 2002 Hasbro Chile Chile Fleet (BkB) CLP 4,500 2,170 Limitada Hasbro SA Head Fleet (BkB) USD 10,000 0
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Office London Hasbro UK Limited United Fleet (BkB) GBP 5,500 0 Kingdom London Hasbro Peru SA Peru Fleet (BkB) PES 2,000 2,005 Hasbro SA, HAPM, Hong Fleet (BkB) USD 11,000 6,346 Hasbro Far East, Kong Hong Kong Tiger Electronics Far East Svcs Ltd (SA), and Wow Wee Fleet (BkB) 33,000 10,521 Total Hasbro UK Limited United Barclays GBP 4,600 2,831 Kingdom Hasbro UK Limited United Barclays GBP 558 142 (Lease) Kingdom Grosvenor United Barclays GBP 1,102 0 Kingdom Barclays Total 6,260 2,973 Hasbro Argentina SA Argentin Citibank ARP 2,000 0 a Hasbro Chile Chile Citibank CLP 10,000 7,117 Limitada Hasbro SA Head Citibank USD 25,000 3,544 Office Hasbro Magyarorszag Hungary Citibank USD 3,600 0 Kft Hasbro BV Netherla Citibank NLG 200 139 nds Hasbro Poland Spzoo Poland Citibank USD 3,000 90 Hasbro Taiwan Taiwan Citibank TWD 2,000 521 Intertoy Egitim Turkey Citibank USD 4,500 4,471 Araglari Sanayi Ve
Page 159 Ticaret AS 50,300 15,882 Hasbro Deutschland Germany Commerzbank DEM 700 594 Gmbh Commerzbank 700 594 Total Hasbro Italy Italy San Paolo IMI ITL 1,781 0 San Paolo IMI 1,781 0 Total Hasbro Argentina SA Argentina Scotia Bank ARP 1,999 0 Scotia Bank 1,999 0 Total Grand Total 94,040 29,970
Schedule 8.27 BANK ACCOUNTS
Bank Name Location Account Name Account Number Bank of America Dallas, TX Hasbro Lockbox 3751202484 Bank of America Dallas, TX Oddzon Lockbox 3751279909 Bank of America Seattle, WA Wizards of the Coast 68625011 Lockbox
Schedule 10.1 EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS Amounts shown for external short-term facilities are the maximum that Page 160 may be outstanding from time to time. Amounts shown are in US Dollars or their US Dollar equivalents.
Company/Borrower Counterparty Type/Description Amount Maturity Date Hasbro Belgium CBC External Short-Term Facility 3,308,000 Hasbro Chile Banco de External Short-Term Santander Facility 1,740,000 Hasbro Chile Security External Short-Term Facility 1,362,000 Hasbro Chile Bank Bice External Short-Term Facility 787,000 Hasbro Far Prior Owners of Notes Payable Various East* Grosvenor 11,641,000 Hasbro France Credit Lyonnais External Short-Term Facility 2,694,000 Hasbro France Societe External Short-Term Generale Facility 5,303,000 Hasbro Greece National Bank External Short-Term of Greece Facility 1,297,000 Hasbro Hong HSBC External Short-Term Kong* Facility 5,513,000 Hasbro Ireland Allied Irish External Short-Term Bank Facility 281,000 Hasbro Israel * Bank Leumi External Short-Term Facility 2,000,000 Hasbro Israel * First Int'l External Short-Term Bank of Israel Facility 1,000,000 Hasbro Italy Banca External Short-Term
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Commerciale Facility 2,281,000 Italia Hasbro Italy Cariplo External Short-Term Facility 2,277,000 Hasbro Italy Banca External Short-Term Commerciale Facility 9,127,000 Industria Hasbro Peru Banco Wiese External Short-Term Sudamericano Facility 1,000,000 Hasbro Portugal Banco Bilbao External Short-Term Vizcaya Facility 220,000 Hasbro SA * UBS External Short-Term Facility 1,801,000 Hasbro Spain Bankinter Capitalized Leases 10/01/20 Manufacturing 9,842,000 14 Hasbro Spain Bancaja External Short-Term Manufacturing Facility 2,125,000 Hasbro Spain Banco Bilbao External Short-Term Manufacturing Vizcaya Facility 2,125,000 Hasbro Spain Banco de External Short-Term Manufacturing Santander Facility 531,000 Hasbro Spain Bankinter External Short-Term Manufacturing Facility 1,593,000 Hasbro Spain Bankinter Capitalized Leases 10/01/20 Selling 6,740,000 14
The amount of Indebtedness listed next to each external short-term facility listed above is the maximum principal amount permitted to be outstanding from time to time under such facility, and the amount thereof incurred under such revolving facility from time to time is deemed to be Indebtedness incurred in compliance with section 10.1(g) of the Credit Agreement to which this Schedule 10.1 is attached. Page 162 Schedule 10.2 EXISTING LIENS Property Description Exposure Patent Lease Patent Lease with Fleet Capital Leasing $246,518 In addition, Liens pursuant to or under (a) the Contribution Agreement entered on December 6, 2000, by and among the Company, Hasbro U.K. Limited, Hasbro Internet Holdings, Inc. and Infogrames Entertainment SA ("Infogrames") and (b) the Warrant Agreement entered into between the Company and Infogrames on January 26, 2001, in each case relating to the Capital Stock of Infogrames. Schedule 10.12 The two indentures covering the Company's aggregate $899,873,000 principal amount of registered long-term debt provide, with certain exceptions and subject to a basket equal to the greater of 10% of consolidated net tangible assets (as defined in the indentures) or $100,000,000, that neither the Company nor any subsidiary may create, incur, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt without equally and ratably securing the outstanding securities under the indentures. In both indentures, Secured Debt is defined as follows: "Secured Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than indebtedness owed by a Subsidiary to the Company, by a Subsidiary to another Subsidiary or by the Company to a Subsidiary), which in any case is secured, whether by operation of law or otherwise, by a mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance on Principal Property or on any shares of stock or evidences of indebtedness of a Subsidiary. If any amount of such indebtedness described in the parenthetical in the preceding sentence and held by the Company or a Subsidiary is transferred in any manner to any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, such amount shall be deemed to be Secured Debt issued on Page 163 the date of transfer. In both indentures, "Principal Property" is defined as follows: "Principal Property" means any real property, any manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or other physical facility or other like depreciable physical asset of the Company or of any Subsidiary whether owned on the date hereof or hereafter acquired having a net book value at the time of determination in excess of the greater of 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or $50 million, other than, in each case, any of the same which in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, as a whole. Exhibit A-1 FORM OF [[SECOND]* AMENDED AND RESTATED]*/ SYNDICATED NOTE $______________________ as of ____________ ___, 200__ [FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [INSERT NAME OF BANK] (hereinafter together with its successors in title and permitted assigns, called the "Bank") at the times and in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) but in no event later than the Final Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the principal sum of [INSERT COMMITMENT AMOUNT] ($____________), or if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Syndicated Loans made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, by and among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Bank and certain other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto and Fleet National Bank, as agent (the "Agent") for the Bank and such other Page 164 lending institutions. All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as therein.]1/ [FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, HASBRO SA, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called "Hasbro SA"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [INSERT NAME OF BANK] (hereinafter together with its successors in title and permitted assigns, called the "Bank") at the times and in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) but in no event later than the Final Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the principal sum of [INSERT AMOUNT EQUAL TO BANK'S COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE OF HASBRO SA SUBLIMIT] ($____________), or if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Syndicated Loans made by the Bank to Hasbro SA pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, by and among Hasbro SA, Hasbro, Inc., the Bank and certain other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto and Fleet National Bank, as agent (the "Agent") for the Bank and such other lending institutions. All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as therein.]2/ [This [Second]* Amended and Restated Syndicated Note (this "Note") constitutes the amendment and restatement in its entirety of the Amended and Restated Syndicated Note, dated as of ___________ __ 20__, issued by [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ to the Bank in the original principal amount of $__________________ (the "Original Note"), and is in substitution therefor and an amendment and replacement thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to constitute payment of the Original Note or to release or terminate any guaranty or lien, mortgage, pledge or other security entered in favor of the Bank.]* This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Bank and any holder hereof are entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement, and may enforce the agreement of [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ contained therein, including without limitation [the Company's]1/[Hasbro SA's]2/ promise to pay interest on the Outstanding Syndicated Loans until paid in full at the rates per annum set forth in or established pursuant to the Credit Agreement. Such interest shall be payable on such dates as are determined from time to time pursuant to the Page 165 Credit Agreement and shall be calculated as therein provided. The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ to, endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note, provided that failure by the Bank to make any such notation shall not affect any of [the Company's]1/[Hasbro SA's]2/ obligations in respect of this Note. [The Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ has the right in certain circumstances to prepay the principal of this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement. If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement. [The Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligation represented hereby waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or release of collateral and to the addition or release of any other party or person primarily or secondarily liable. This Note and the obligations of [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted and determined in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). This Note is a sealed instrument under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, [the Company]1/[Hasbro SA]2/ has caused this Note to be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon by its duly authorized officer as of the day and in the year first above written. [HASBRO, INC. Page 166 By: --------------------------- Name: Title:]1/ [HASBRO SA By: --------------------------- Name: Title:]2/ Amount of Interest Principal Balance of Amount Rate Paid or Principal Notation of Date Loan Election Prepaid Unpaid Made By - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Page 167 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit A-2 FORM OF SYNDICATED LOAN REQUEST ______________, ___, 20__ Fleet National Bank, as Agent 100 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Re: Syndicated Loan Request Page 168 Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is hereby made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company"), Hasbro SA ("Hasbro SA"), Fleet National Bank and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the "Banks") and Fleet National Bank, as agent (the "Agent") for the Banks. Capitalized terms which are used herein without definition and which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to 2.4 of the Credit Agreement, we hereby request that a Syndicated Loan consisting of [a Base Rate Loan in the principal amount of $______________ ][ a Eurocurrency Rate Loan in the principal amount of $_______________ with an Interest Period of _______________] be made on __________ __, 20___. We understand that this request is irrevocable and binding on us and obligates us to accept the requested Syndicated Loan on such date. We hereby represent and warrant that all of the conditions applicable to such Syndicated Loan set forth in 13 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied on the date of this request. We hereby certify that the borrowing requested hereby is in accordance with 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement. Very truly yours, [HASBRO, INC. By: Name: Title:] /3/ [HASBRO SA By: Name: Title: ]4/ Exhibit B-1 FORM OF [[SECOND]*/ AMENDED AND RESTATED]* COMPETITIVE BID NOTE Page 169 $ as of ________________ ___, 200__ FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [INSERT NAME OF BANK] (the "Bank") at the times and in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) but in no event later than the Final Maturity Date, the principal amount of _____________________ DOLLARS ($ ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans advanced by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Bank, the other lending institutions which are or may become parties to the Credit Agreement and Fleet National Bank, as Agent. The Company also promises to pay to the order of the Bank interest on the principal balance hereof through and including the date on which such principal amount is paid in full, at the times and at the rates provided in the Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used in this Second Amended and Restated Competitive Bid Note (this "Note") and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement. [This Note constitutes the amendment and restatement in its entirety of the [Amended and Restated]* Competitive Bid Note, dated as of ___________ __, 20__, issued by the Company to the Bank in the original principal amount of $__________________ (the "Original Note"), and is in substitution therefor and an amendment and replacement thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to constitute payment of the Original Note or to release or terminate any guaranty or lien, mortgage, pledge or other security entered in favor of the Bank.]* This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Bank and any holder hereof are entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement, and may enforce the agreements of the Company contained therein, including without limitation the Company's promise to repay each Competitive Bid Loan advanced hereunder on the last day of the applicable Interest Period with respect thereto. Page 170 The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to, endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note, provided that failure by the Bank to make any such notations shall not affect any of the Company's obligations in respect of this Note. The Company has the right in certain circumstances and the obligation in certain other circumstances to prepay the whole or part of the principal of this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement. If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement. The Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligation represented hereby waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or release of collateral and to the addition or release of any other party or person primarily or secondarily liable. This Note and the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted and determined in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). This Note is a sealed instrument under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its corporate name by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written. HASBRO, INC. Page 171 By: ---------------------- Name: Title: Amount of Interest Principal Balance of Amount Rate Paid or Principal Notation of Date Loan Election Prepaid Unpaid Made By - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Page 172 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit B-2 FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE REQUEST [INSERT DATE] To: Fleet National Bank, as Agent (the "Agent") From: Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company") Re: Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks party thereto Page 173 and the Agent We hereby give notice pursuant to 2.5.1(b) of the Credit Agreement that we request Competitive Bid Quotes for the following proposed Competitive Bid Loan(s): Date of Borrowing: Principal Amount* Interest Period** Maturity Date*** $ Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer a Competitive Bid Rate. Terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. HASBRO, INC. By: --------------------------- - Name: Title: - --------------------- * Amount must be $5,000,000 minimum, or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000. ** Up to one hundred eighty (180) days; a maximum of three (3) Interest Periods may be selected in one Competitive Bid Quote Request. *** Last day of Interest Period. Exhibit B-3 FORM OF INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE To: [Name of Bank] Re: Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes to Hasbro, Inc. (the Company") Pursuant to 2.5.1(c) of the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as Page 174 amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks party thereto and Fleet National Bank, as Agent, we are pleased on behalf of the Company to invite you to submit Competitive Bid Quotes to the Company for the following proposed Competitive Bid Loan(s): Date of Borrowing: Principal Amount Interest Period(s)* Maturity Date** $ Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer a Competitive Bid Rate. Please respond to this invitation by no later than 10:00 a.m. (Boston time) on the requested Drawdown Date to the attention of [ ] at facsimile number [ ]. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Agent By: -------------------------------- - Authorized Officer - -------------------- * Up to three (3) Interest Periods may be specified. ** Last day of Interest Period. Exhibit B-4 FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE Fleet National Bank, as Agent 100 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Attention: [Insert Name] Re: Competitive Bid Quote to Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company") Page 175 In response to your invitation on behalf of the Company, dated __________ ___, 20__ we hereby make the following Competitive Bid Quote on the following terms: 1. ______________________________________________________Quoting Bank:_______________________________________________________ 2. Person to contact at Quoting Bank:______________________________________ 3. Date of Borrowing:___________________________________________________ * 4. We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the following principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the following rates: Principal Interest Competitive Bid Amount** Period(s)*** Rate(s)**** $ $ 5. Aggregate Principal Amount $ ____________________ * As specified in the related Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. ** Principal amount bid for each Interest Period (a) may not exceed the lesser of (i) the Total Commitment and (ii) the Maximum Availability in effect from time to time during the applicable Interest Period and (b) may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers were requested. Bids must be made for $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000. *** Up to one hundred eighty (180) days, as specified in the related Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. **** Specify rate of interest per annum (each rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of 1%) for each applicable Interest Period. We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002, as amended and in effect from time to time, among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks party thereto and Fleet National Bank, as Agent, irrevocably obligates us to make the Competitive Bid Loan(s) for which any offer(s) are accepted in whole or in part by the Company. Page 176 Very truly yours, [NAME OF BANK] Dated: --------------------------- By: -------------------------------- Authorized Officer Exhibit B-5 FORM OF NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING Fleet National Bank, as Agent 100 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Attention: [Insert Name] Re: Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks party thereto and the Agent We hereby give notice pursuant to 2.5.1(f) of the Credit Agreement of our acceptance of the following Competitive Bid Quote(s): 1. Bank:_______________________________________________________ 2. Date of Borrowing:__________________________________________________ * 3. In the following principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the following rates: Principal Interest Competitive Bid Amount Period(s) Rate(s)** $ $ [Repeat for each Bank as necessary] ____________________ Page 177 * As specified in the related Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. ** Specify rate of interest per annum (each rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of 1%) for each applicable Interest Period. 4. The Aggregate Principal Amount for each Interest Period is: Interest Aggregate Period Principal Amount $ $ 5. We hereby certify (a) that the borrowing accepted hereby is in accordance with 2.5.1 of the Credit Agreement and (b) that each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document made by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Banks delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement was true and correct in all material respects as of the date as of which it was made and is true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof (except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that singly or in the aggregate are not materially adverse, and to the extent that such representations and warranties related expressly to an earlier date) and (c) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Very truly yours, HASBRO, INC. Dated:____________________________ By:___________________________ Name: Title: Exhibit C FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN REQUEST Page 178 HASBRO, INC. 1027 Newport Avenue Pawtucket, RI 02862 _____________ __, 20__ Fleet National Bank, as Agent 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 Attention: John P. O'Loughlin, Director Re: Swing Line Loan Request Ladies and Gentlemen: Please refer to that certain Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), by and among Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company"), Hasbro SA, Fleet National Bank and the lending institutions party thereto (collectively, the "Banks") and Fleet National Bank, as agent for the Banks (the "Agent"). Capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used in this letter without definition shall have for purposes of this letter the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to 3.2 of the Credit Agreement, we hereby request that a Swing Line Loan be made to the Company consisting of a Base Rate Loan in the principal amount of $__________ on __________ __, 20__ with a maturity date of _______ __, 20__. We understand that this request is irrevocable and binding on us and obligates us to accept the requested Swing Line Loan on such date. Very truly yours, HASBRO, INC. By: ------------------------------- Name: Title: Page 179 Exhibit D FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SWING LINE NOTE $____________ as of _______________ ___, 200__ FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay to the order of FLEET NATIONAL BANK (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and permitted assigns, called the "Swing Line Bank") at the times and in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) but in no event later than the Swing Line Loan Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the principal sum of [INSERT AMOUNT] ($______________), or if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Bank to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, by and among the Company, Hasbro SA, the Swing Line Bank and certain other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto and Fleet National Bank, as agent (the "Agent") for the Bank and such other lending institutions. All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as therein. This Amended and Restated Swing Line Note (this "Note") constitutes the amendment and restatement in its entirety of the Swing Line Note, dated as of _________ __, 20__, issued by the Company to the Swing Line Bank in the original principal amount of $__________________ (the "Original Swing Line Note"), and is in substitution therefor and an amendment and replacement thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to constitute payment of the Original Swing Line Note or to release or terminate any guaranty or lien, mortgage, pledge or other security entered in favor of the Swing Line Bank. This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Swing Line Bank and any holder hereof are entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement, and may enforce the agreement of the Company contained therein, including without limitation the Company's promise to pay interest on the Outstanding Swing Line Loans until paid in full at the rates per annum set forth in or established pursuant to the Credit Agreement. Such interest shall be payable on such dates as are determined from time to Page 180 time pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall be calculated as therein provided. The Swing Line Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to, endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note, provided that failure by the Swing Line Bank to make any such notation shall not affect any of the Company's obligations in respect of this Note. The Company has the right in certain circumstances to prepay the principal of this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement. If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement. The Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligation represented hereby waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or release of collateral and to the addition or release of any other party or person primarily or secondarily liable. This Note and the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted and determined in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). This Note is a sealed instrument under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon by its duly authorized officer as of the day and in the year first above written. Page 181 HASBRO, INC. By: ------------------------------- Name: Title: Amount of Amount of Balance of Swing Line Principal Principal Notation Paid Date Loan or Prepaid Unpaid Made By: Exhibit E FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE HASBRO, INC. Page 182 ____________ __, 200_ Fleet National Bank, as Agent 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2002, by and among Hasbro, Inc. (the "Company"), Hasbro SA, Fleet National Bank and the lending institutions party thereto (collectively, the "Banks"), and Fleet National Bank, as agent for the Banks (the "Agent"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to 9.5(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Company and the undersigned officer of the company (who has reviewed the Loan Documents) hereby certify that (a) the information furnished in the attached Compliance Certificate Worksheet was true and correct as of the last day of the fiscal quarter next preceding the date of this certificate, (b) as of the date hereof, no Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement has occurred, (c) the financial statements delivered herewith were prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (d) except as specified in the attached schedule, if any, the representations and warranties set forth in 8 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, provided, however, that the representations and warranties set forth in 8 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be made with respect to the financial statements of the Company most recently delivered to the Agent and the Banks pursuant to 9.5 of the Credit Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate on this _____ day of ________________, 200_. HASBRO, INC. By: ------------------------- Name: Title: Page 183 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE WORKSHEET As of ___________ __, 20__ Section Calculation 11.1 Minimum EBITDA For the Reference Period ended on ______ __, 20__ A. EBITDA (Sum of Item A(1) plus Items A(2), A(3) and A(4) minus Item A(5)): $ (1) Consolidated Operating Profit (or Loss) consolidated operating profit (or loss) identified as such on the Company's income statement for such period determined in accordance with GAAP: $ (2) depreciation and amortization for such period, to the extent deducted in calculating Item A(1), determined in accordance with GAAP: $ (3) non-cash charges for such period, to the extent deducted in calculating Item A(1), determined in accordance with GAAP: $ (4) extraordinary losses for such period, to the extent deducted in calculating Item A(1), determined in accordance with GAAP: $ (5) extraordinary gains for such period, to the extent included in calculating Item A(1), determined in accordance with GAAP: $ B. Minimum EBITDA permitted under the Credit Agreement (For any Reference Period ending with the fiscal quarter referenced in the table set forth below, not to be less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter in such table)
Fiscal Quarter Ending: EBITDA Page 184 First Quarter 2002 $355,000,000 Second Quarter 2002 $360,000,000 Third Quarter 2002 $330,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2002 $325,000,000 First Quarter 2003 $340,000,000 Second Quarter 2003 $345,000,000 Third Quarter 2003 $360,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2003 $400,000,000 First Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Second Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Third Quarter 2004 $425,000,000 Fourth Quarter 2004 $425,000,000
11.2 Consolidated Total Funded Debt to EBITDA For the fiscal quarter ended ______ __, 20__ A.Consolidated Total Funded Debt (Sum of Item A(1) plus Item A(2) plus Item A(3) plus Item A(4) minus (if positive) Item A(7)) $ (1) Indebtedness for borrowed money or the obtaining of credit (including the face amount of letters of credit outstanding): $ (2) Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business): $ (3) Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Leases: $ (4) Indebtedness of the type referred to in Items A(1), A(2) and A(3) above which are guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: $ (5) Consolidated Cash: $ (6) Item A(5) minus $25,000,000: $ (7) Item A(6) multiplied by 0.50: $ B. EBITDA for the Reference Period then ended (as set forth in Item 11.1(A)): $ C. Ratio of Item A to Item B: Page 185 _____:_____ (For any fiscal quarter referenced in the table set forth below, not to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter in such table)
Fiscal Quarter Ending: Ratio First Quarter 2002 3.10:1.00 Second Quarter 2002 3.60:1.00 Third Quarter 2002 4.40:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2002 3.50:1.00 First Quarter 2003 2.75:1.00 Second Quarter 2003 3.15:1.00 Third Quarter 2003 3.60:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2003 2.00:1.00 First Quarter 2004 2.00:1.00 Second Quarter 2004 2.25:1.00 Third Quarter 2004 2.75:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2004 2.00:1.00
11.3 Interest Coverage Ratio For the Reference Period ended on ______ __, 20__ A. EBITDA for the Reference Period then ended (as set forth in Item 11.1(A)): $ B. Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such period: $ C. Ratio of Item A to Item B: : (For any Reference Period ending with any fiscal quarter referenced in the table below, not to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter in such table)
Fiscal Quarter Ending: Ratio First Quarter 2002 3.65:1.00 Second Quarter 2002 3.90:1.00 Third Quarter 2002 3.90:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2002 4.00:1.00 First Quarter 2003 4.60:1.00 Second Quarter 2003 5.10:1.00 Third Quarter 2003 5.85:1.00 Page 186 Fourth Quarter 2003 7.00:1.00 First Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Second Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Third Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00 Fourth Quarter 2004 7.50:1.00
11.4 Capital Expenditures For the fiscal year ended on December __, 20__ A. Capital Expenditures made during such period: $ B. Maximum amount of Capital Expenditures permitted under the Credit Agreement (For any fiscal year referenced in the table below, not to exceed the aggregate amount set forth in the table below opposite such year in such table)
Fiscal Year Ending: Amount December 2002 $ 90,000,000 December 2003 $100,000,000 December 2004 $110,000,000
Exhibit F FORM OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as amended and in effect from time to time, this "Subordination Agreement"), is by and among (a) HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation having its principal place of business at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862 (the "Company"), (b) HASBRO INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862 ("HII"), (c) WIZARDS OF THE COAST, INC., a Washington corporation having its principal place of business at 1801 Lind Ave SW, Renton, Washington 98055 ("Wizards", and together with HII, the "Significant Subsidiaries") and (d) FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a Page 187 national banking association having an office at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, as agent for (in such capacity, the "Agent") the Banks (as such term is hereinafter defined directly or by reference). WHEREAS, the Company is the direct or indirect legal and beneficial owner of all the issued and outstanding shares of each class of the capital stock of each of the Significant Subsidiaries; WHEREAS, the Significant Subsidiaries are members of a group of related corporations, the success of any one of which is dependent in part on the success of the other members of such group; WHEREAS, the Company, Hasbro SA, the Agent, and the Banks are entering into a Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") which amends and restates the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2001 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Existing Credit Agreement") in its entirety; WHEREAS, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent, entered into an Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Existing Subordination Agreement"); WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and to the Banks' making any loans or otherwise extending credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement that the Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries execute and deliver to the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Agent, an amended and restated subordination agreement substantially in the form hereof; WHEREAS, the Significant Subsidiaries will receive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the loans and extension of credit by the Banks and the Agent to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement (which benefits are hereby acknowledged); and WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries wish to amend and restate the Existing Subordination Agreement as provided herein; Page 188 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. All capitalized terms used herein without definitions shall have both the respective meanings provided therefor in the Credit Agreement. 2. The Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries covenant and agree with the Agent that all of the Subordinated Indebtedness (as hereinafter defined) of the Company to the Significant Subsidiaries is hereby expressly subordinated and made junior, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Subordination Agreement, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all the Obligations. Until all the Obligations shall have been paid in full and the Total Commitment shall have been terminated, (a) the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, make any payment of principal or interest on account of or transfer any collateral for any part of any and all indebtedness of the Company to each of the Significant Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising (referred to herein as the "Subordinated Indebtedness"), whether evidenced by negotiable or non-negotiable instruments, securities or other writings, book entries or otherwise, provided that prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company may make payments of principal and interest on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) upon the occurrence, and during the continuance of, an Event of Default, none of the Significant Subsidiaries shall demand or accept from the Company or any other Person any payment or collateral in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness, nor cancel, set off or otherwise discharge any part of the Subordinated Indebtedness, and (c) neither the Significant Subsidiaries nor the Company shall otherwise take or permit any action prejudicial to or inconsistent with the terms of this agreement. 3. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may, by notice to the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, demand that all payments made thereafter by the Company in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness be made to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks in payment of the Obligations. Upon receipt of such notice from the Agent, the Company shall make all such payments in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness directly to the Agent for application to the Obligations. Each of the Significant Subsidiaries agrees to subordinate any subrogation claims it may have in respect of Page 189 any such payments until the Obligations shall have been paid in full. 4. None of the Significant Subsidiaries will commence or join with any other creditor or creditors of the Company in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings against the Company. At any meeting of creditors of the Company or, in the event of any proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, for the distribution, division or application of all or part of the assets or business of the Company or the proceeds thereof, whether such proceeding be for the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or winding up of the Company or its business, a receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a proceeding by or against the Company for relief under any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency law or any law relating to the relief of debtors, readjustment of indebtedness, reorganization, arrangement, composition or extension or otherwise, if all Obligations have not been paid in full at the time, the Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized at any such meeting or in any such proceeding: (a) To enforce claims comprising Subordinated Indebtedness either in its own name or the name of any of the Significant Subsidiaries, by proof of debt, proof of claim, suit or otherwise; (b) To collect any assets of the Company distributed, divided or applied by way of dividend or payment, or any such securities issued, on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness and apply the same, or the proceeds of any realization upon the same that the Agent in its discretion elects to effect, to the Obligations until all the Obligations shall have been paid in full, rendering any surplus to the applicable Significant Subsidiary; (c) To vote claims comprising the Subordinated Indebtedness, to accept or reject any plan of partial or complete liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, composition or extension; and (d) To take generally any action in connection with any such meeting or proceeding which any of the Significant Subsidiaries in their roles as creditors might otherwise take. 5. Except as provided in 2 hereof, should any payment on Page 190 account of or any collateral for any part of the Subordinated Indebtedness be received by any of the Significant Subsidiaries, such payment or collateral shall be delivered forthwith to the Agent by such Significant Subsidiaries for application to the Obligations, in the form received except for the addition of any endorsement or assignment which may have been omitted. Until so delivered any such payment or collateral shall be held by such Significant Subsidiary in trust for the Agent and shall not be commingled with other funds or property of such Significant Subsidiary. 6. No part of the Subordinated Indebtedness is evidenced by any instrument, security or other writing (other than open- account indebtedness entries on the books of the Company or the Significant Subsidiaries) a copy of which has not previously been or is not concurrently being delivered to the Agent and the Banks; the Significant Subsidiaries are the lawful owners of the Subordinated Indebtedness and no part thereof has been assigned to or subjected to any security interest in favor of anyone. Until all the Obligations have been paid in full, the Company shall not issue any instrument, security or other writing evidencing any part of the Subordinated Indebtedness except at the request of and in the manner requested by the Agent; and none of the Significant Subsidiaries shall assign or subordinate any of the Subordinated Indebtedness except to or in favor of the Agent or upon terms satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and the Banks. 7. The Agent is hereby authorized to demand specific performance of this agreement, whether or not the Company shall have complied with the provisions hereof applicable to it, at any time when any of the Significant Subsidiaries shall have failed to comply with any provision hereof applicable to it. Each of the Significant Subsidiaries hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law which might be asserted as a bar to the remedy of specific performance hereof in any action brought therefor by the Agent. Each of the Significant Subsidiaries further waives presentment, notice and protest in connection with all negotiable instruments evidencing the Obligations or the Subordinated Indebtedness to which it may be a party, notice of the acceptance of this agreement by the Agent, notice of any loan made, extension granted or other action taken in reliance hereon and all demands and notices of every kind (except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement) in connection with this Subordination Agreement, the Obligations or the Subordinated Indebtedness; assent to any renewal, extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Obligations or any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, Page 191 exchange or release of collateral therefor and to the addition or release of any person primarily or secondarily liable thereon; and agree to the provisions of any instrument, security or other writing evidencing the Obligations. 8. The Significant Subsidiaries shall do, make, execute and deliver all such additional and further acts, things, deeds, assurances and instruments as the Agent may reasonably require more completely to vest in and assure to the Agent its rights hereunder or in any of the Subordinated Indebtedness. 9. The Company and the Significant Subsidiaries shall pay to the Agent on demand any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred or paid by the Agent in protecting, preserving or enforcing its rights hereunder. After deducting all of said expenses, the residue of any proceeds of collection or sale of any negotiable or non-negotiable instruments, securities or other writings evidencing any of the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be applied to the payment of the Obligations ratably among the Banks and the Agent and, while giving effect to such ratable applications, proper allowance being made for interest on Obligations not then due, and any excess shall be returned to the applicable Significant Subsidiary. 10. If any warranty herein contained shall prove to have been materially false when made or in the event of a breach by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in the performance of any of the terms hereof, the Agent may, at its option, declare that an Event of Default has occurred pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of 14 of the Credit Agreement (taking into account any applicable grace period provided for therein), whereupon the Agent and the Banks shall have all of the rights and remedies provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents. 11. The Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries hereby acknowledge the agency provisions set forth in 16 of the Credit Agreement and the authority of the Agent thereunder to act for the Banks with respect to this Subordination Agreement as provided in each such 16. 12. The rights granted to the Agent hereunder are solely for the protection of the Agent and the Banks and nothing herein contained shall impose on the Agent any duties with respect to any property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary received hereunder beyond reasonable care in its custody and preservation while in the Agent's possession. The Agent shall have no duty to preserve rights against prior parties in any instrument or chattel paper received hereunder. Page 192 13. All rights and interests of the Agent and the Banks hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Significant Subsidiaries and the Company under this Subordination Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto: (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement or the Notes, including, without limitation, any increase in the Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or otherwise; (iii) any taking, exchange, release or nonperfection of any other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations; (iv) any manner of application of collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any of the Obligations or any other assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (v) any other circumstances (other than payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Total Commitment) which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or a subordinated creditor. This Subordination Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Agent or any Bank upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such payment has not been made. 14. The Significant Subsidiaries and the Company each hereby represent and warrant as follows: (a) The Subordinated Indebtedness now outstanding has been duly authorized, issued and delivered by the Company Page 193 and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, marshalling or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement generally of creditors' rights and remedies (including such as may deny giving effect to waivers of debtors' rights). There exists no default in respect of any such Subordinated Indebtedness. (b) The Significant Subsidiaries are the legal and beneficial owners of the Subordinated Indebtedness now outstanding, free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens). (c) There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Subordination Agreement that have not been satisfied or waived. 15. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegrahic, telex or cable communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed, cabled or delivered, if to HII or Wizards, c/o the Company at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862 and if to the Company, the Agent or any Bank, at its address specified in the Credit Agreement; or as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or cabled, be effective when, respectively, deposited in the mails, telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company, confirmed by telex answerback or delivered to the cable company. 16. This Subordination Agreement is intended to take effect as a sealed instrument, shall be binding upon the Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, their successors and assigns and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Subordination Agreement to be duly executed as of this ______________ day of March, 2002. (Corporate Seal) HASBRO, INC. Page 194 By: Name: Title: HASBRO INTERNATIONAL, INC. By: Name: Title: WIZARDS OF THE COAST, INC. By: ------------------------------ Name: Title: FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Agent By: Name: Title: Exhibit G FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as from time to time amended and in effect, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among (a) Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (the "Company") and Hasbro SA, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Hasbro SA") (b) Fleet National Bank, a national banking association and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the "Banks"), and (c) Fleet National Page 195 Bank, as agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Agent"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. _________________ (the "Assignor") and _______________ (the "Assignee") hereby agree as follows: 1. Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Assignment and Acceptance, the Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes without recourse to the Assignor, a $_____________ interest in and to the rights, benefits, indemnities and obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement equal to ____________% in respect of the Total Commitment immediately prior to the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined). 2. Assignor's Representations. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that (a) it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance, (b) as of the date hereof, its Commitment is $_________________, its Commitment Percentage is ____________%, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Syndicated Loans equals $_______________, the aggregate amount of its Letter of Credit Participations equals $______________, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Competitive Bid Loans equals $_______________, and the aggregate amount of its participations in respect of Swing Line Loans equals $___________________and (c) immediately after giving effect to all assignments which have not yet become effective, the Assignor's Commitment Percentage will be sufficient to give effect to this Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the attachment, perfection or priority of any security interest or mortgage, other than that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder free and clear of any claim or encumbrance; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company, Hasbro SA or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the Obligations, or the Page 196 performance or observance by the Company, Hasbro SA or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the Obligations of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document delivered or executed pursuant thereto; and (iv) attaches hereto the Syndicated Notes and Competitive Bid Notes delivered to it under the Credit Agreement. The Assignor requests that the Company and Hasbro SA exchange the Assignor's Syndicated Notes for new Syndicated Notes and, in the case of the Company, Competitive Bid Notes payable to the Assignor and the Assignee as follows: Notes Amount of Amount of Amount of Payable to Syndicated Syndicated Competitive the Order Note (the Note (Hasbro Bid Note of: Company) SA) Assignor $___________ $___________ $___________ -- -- ---- Assignee $___________ $___________ $___________ -- -- ---- 3. Assignee's Representations. The Assignee (i) represents and warrants that (a) it is duly and legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and Acceptance do not conflict with any provision of law or of the charter or by-laws of the Assignee, or of any agreement binding on the Assignee, (c) all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have occurred prior to the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and Acceptance, and to render the same the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Assignee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed and have occurred in due and strict compliance with all applicable laws; (ii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to 8.8 and 9.5 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as Page 197 it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (v) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank. 4. Effective Date. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be ___________ __, _____ (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, and, if required by the Credit Agreement, the consent of the Company and Hasbro SA hereto having been obtained, each party hereto shall deliver its duly executed counterpart hereof to the Agent for acceptance by the Agent and recording in the Register by the Agent. Schedule 1 to the Credit Agreement shall thereupon be replaced as of the Effective Date by the Schedule 1 annexed hereto. 5. Rights Under Credit Agreement. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank thereunder, and (ii) the Assignor shall, with respect to that portion of its interest under the Credit Agreement assigned hereunder, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that the Assignor shall retain its rights to be indemnified pursuant to 4.7 and 18 of the Credit Agreement with respect to any claims or actions arising prior to the Effective Date. 6. Payments. Upon such acceptance of this Assignment and Acceptance by the Agent and such recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in respect of the rights and interests assigned hereby (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make any appropriate adjustments in payments for periods prior to the Effective Date by the Agent or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves. Page 198 7. Governing Law. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE IS INTENDED TO TAKE EFFECT AS A SEALED INSTRUMENT TO BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICT OF LAWS). 8. Counterparts. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts which shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. [Remainder of page intentional left blank] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, each of the undersigned has caused this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed on its behalf by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. [ASSIGNOR] By: Name: Title: [ASSIGNEE] By: Name: Title: CONSENTED TO: FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Agent By: Name: Title: HASBRO, INC. Page 199 By: Name: Title: HASBRO SA By: Name: Title:*/ Exhibit H FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT [__________, 200__] [Name and Address of Bank to Provide Confidential Information to Third Party] Re: Hasbro, Inc. Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2002 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (the "Company"), Hasbro SA, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Hasbro SA"), Fleet National Bank, a national banking association and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the "Banks"), and Fleet National Bank, as agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Agent"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to and in accordance with 9.10 and 22 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned (the "Transaction Party"), in connection with [DESCRIBE NATURE OF TRANSACTION], hereby covenants and agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and representatives, to use reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance Page 200 with its customary procedures for handling confidential information of the same nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices, any non-public information supplied to it by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Banks that has been designated as confidential at the time such information was provided to such Bank, provided that nothing herein shall limit the disclosure of any such information: (a) after such information shall have become public other than through a violation of 22 of the Credit Agreement, or becomes available to the Transaction Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without a duty of confidentiality to the Company or such Subsidiary being violated; (b) to the extent required by statute, rule, regulation or judicial process; (c) to counsel for the Transaction Party so long as the Transaction Party informs its counsel of the agreement under 22 of the Credit Agreement and the Transaction Party assumes responsibility for compliance by its counsel with such agreement; (d) to bank examiners or any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Transaction Party, or to auditors or accountants; (e) to the Agent or any Bank; (f) in connection with any litigation to which the any one of the Banks, the Agent or the Transaction Party is a party, or in connection with the enforcement of rights or remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (g) to a subsidiary or affiliate of the Transaction Party so long as the Transaction Party informs the affiliate or subsidiary of the agreement under 22 of the Credit Agreement and the Transaction Party assumes responsibility for compliance by such Person with such agreement; (h) to any actual or prospective assignee or participant or any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transactions referenced to credit or other risks or events arising under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Page 201 Document so long as such actual or prospective assignee, participant or counterparty, as the case may be, agrees to execute and deliver an agreement in substantially the same form hereof; or (i) with the consent of the Company; and provided further that, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, prior to any such disclosure, the Transaction Party shall notify the Company of any request for disclosure of such information by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of the Transaction Party by such governmental agency) or pursuant to legal process and afford the Company the opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy or agreement to maintain confidentiality of such information. This letter shall constitute a sealed instrument under and be governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is binding upon the successors and assigns of the Transaction Party. Please indicate your acceptance of the above by signing and returning an executed copy of this letter to [INSERT NAME OF BANK TO PROVIDE THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION]. Sincerely, [NAME OF TRANSACTION PARTY] By: -------------------------------- Name: Title: Accepted and Acknowledged: [NAME OF BANK TO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION] By: ------------------------ Name: Title: Page 202 */ Bracketed text to be inserted if Note is a replacement of a prior note. 1/ Bracketed text to be inserted if Note is to be issued by Hasbro, Inc. 2/ Bracketed text to be inserted if Note is to be issued by Hasbro SA. 3/ Insert if the Company is making the loan request. 4/ Insert if Hasbro SA is making the loan request. */Bracketed text to be inserted if Note is a replacement of a prior note. */ Signatures of the Company and Hasbro SA are required only if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Page 203


                                                                 Exhibit 10 (tt)

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is effective as of October 31, 2001,
by and between Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation with a principal place
of business at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02862 ("Hasbro"), and Brian
Goldner, an individual with a residence at 324 50 Park Row W, Providence, RI
02903 (the "Employee").

WHEREAS, Hasbro desires to continue to employ Employee and assist the Employee
in relocating to Rhode Island;

WHEREAS, Employee desires to continue to be employed by Hasbro and receive
assistance from Hasbro to relocate to Rhode Island; and

WHEREAS, Hasbro and Employee desire to amend and restate the terms and
conditions of Employee's employment as set forth in that certain Employment
Agreement dated March 18, 2000.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

  1. TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. Hasbro hereby agrees to continue to employ Employee and
Employee hereby accepts continued employment with Hasbro for the period
commencing on or about July 1, 2001 (the "Commencement Date") and ending on June
30, 2004, (the "Term") subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and
unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.

  2. TITLE; REPORTING EMPLOYEE. Employee shall serve as President, US Toys and
agrees to undertake the duties and responsibilities described herein and such
other duties and responsibilities as are assigned to Employee. Employee agrees
to devote his entire business time, attention and energies to the business and
interests of Hasbro during the Term. Employee agrees to comply with all Hasbro
and applicable Hasbro policies that are in effect during the Term.

  3. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

     3.1 SALARY. Hasbro shall pay to Employee, an annual base salary of Five
Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($525,000) in biweekly installments, less
all applicable taxes and withholdings. Provided Employee remains employed by
Hasbro in the capacity noted in 2, above, Employee's salary shall be adjusted to
Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars



($550,000) on or about March 19, 2002. During the remainder of the Term, and
provided Employee remains employed by Hasbro in the capacity noted in 2, above,
Employee's salary shall be adjusted in accordance with Hasbro's salary
guidelines for senior executives.

     3.2 SIGN-ON BONUS. Employee has received a sign-on bonus of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000). If Employee (i) voluntarily leaves the employ
of Hasbro or (ii) is terminated by Hasbro pursuant to Paragraph 4.1 below, prior
to March 18, 2002, Employee shall repay one half (1/2) of such sign-on bonus to
Hasbro on the date Employee terminates his employment with Hasbro. Employee
shall be entitled to retain any bonus previously paid if Employee's termination
is for any reason other than Employee voluntarily leaving the employ of Hasbro
or Employee is terminated pursuant to Paragraph 4.1.

     3.3 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN BONUS.

        (a) During the Term, Employee will be eligible to receive a Management
Incentive Plan bonus based on a target of fifty percent (50%) of Employee's
earned base salary for the incentive year. Actual bonus awards may vary
depending on Hasbro, or Employee's performance, and are discretionary.

        (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee received a Management
Incentive Plan Bonus for calendar year 2000 of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000) (the "2000 MIP Bonus"). If Employee terminates his employment
pursuant to Paragraph 4.4 below between March 19, 2001 and March 18, 2002,
Employee shall repay Hasbro two-thirds (2/3) of the 2000 MIP Bonus paid. If
Employee terminates his employment pursuant to Paragraph 4.4 below between March
19, 2002 and March 18, 2003, Employee shall repay Hasbro one-third (1/3) of the
2000 MIP Bonus paid. All repayments of the 2000 MIP Bonus shall be made on the
date Employee terminates his employment with Hasbro. Employee shall be entitled
to retain any of the 2000 MIP Bonus if termination is for any reason other than
pursuant to Paragraph 4.1 or 4.4 below.

     3.4 STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTS.

        (a) Hasbro has granted Employee a non-qualified stock option for the
purchase of 50,000 shares of common stock of Hasbro. Such option has an exercise
price equal to the mean of the high and low prices of the shares on March 20,
2000 and shall vest in three equal annual installments commencing March 18,
2001. Such option was granted pursuant to Hasbro's standard form of Stock Option
Agreement, as modified to reflect the last sentence of Section 5.3 below.

        (b) Hasbro has granted Employee a non-qualified stock option for the
purchase of 100,000 shares of common stock of Hasbro. Such option has an
exercise price equal to ten percent (10%) higher than the mean of the high and
low prices of the shares on March 20, 2000. Such option shall vest in five equal
annual installments commencing March 18, 2001. Such option was granted pursuant
to Hasbro's standard form of Stock Option Agreement for premium priced options,
as modified to reflect the last sentence of Section 5.3 below.



        (c) Hasbro has granted Employee 61,000 restricted shares of Hasbro
common stock, effective March 18, 2000. Such restricted shares shall vest in one
installment on March 18, 2003 and certificate(s) for such restricted shares
shall be held in escrow and shall contain legends, which indicate the shares are
subject to forfeiture and transfer restrictions. The grant of restricted shares
of common stock shall be granted pursuant to Hasbro's standard form of
Restricted Stock Agreement.

        (d) FRINGE BENEFITS. Employee shall be entitled to participate in
benefit programs that Hasbro establishes and makes available to its senior
officers to the extent that Employee's position, tenure, salary and other
qualifications make Employee eligible to participate, including but not limited
to Hasbro's group life insurance, short and long term disability insurance,
medical, dental, pension, 401(k) savings, stock incentive programs and deferred
compensation programs for salaried employees, as in effect from time-to-time.
Employee shall be entitled to 4 weeks paid vacation per year, in accordance with
Hasbro's vacation policy and to be taken at a mutually agreeable time.

     3.5 AIR TRAVEL. All air travel by Employee for business or relocation
purposes shall be at business class level and if business class is not
available, first class provided that first class is approved by Employee's
immediate supervisor.

     3.6 COMPANY CAR ALLOWANCE/LEASE. Employee shall continue to receive an
automobile leased by Hasbro for Employee until the lease of the automobile
expires, at which time Employee's monthly base salary shall be increased by the
Employee's monthly car allowance of Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($860.00), and
Employee shall no longer receive a leased automobile from the Company.

     3.7 RELOCATION. Employee shall be entitled to relocation assistance
pursuant to Hasbro's Relocation Expenses for Transferred Employees and Executive
New Hires (the "Relocation Policy"), a copy of which Employee acknowledges he
has received and reviewed. Hasbro and the Employee agree that Sections 2.4, 4.2,
9.2, 9.3 and 11 of the Relocation Policy shall not apply; however, Employee
agrees that Employee will use reasonable efforts to relocate to the Providence,
Rhode Island area by September 1, 2001. Hasbro and Employee further agree: (a)
Section 6.2 of the Relocation Policy shall be construed to mean that insurance
on household goods will be for full replacement value; and (b) Section 7.1 of
the Relocation Policy will be modified such that the miscellaneous expenses
maximum shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).

     3.8 ADDITIONAL RELOCATION BENEFITS. Provided Employee relocates to the
Providence, Rhode Island area on or about September 1, 2001, Hasbro shall
provide Employee with a mortgage buy-down benefit of up to (a) three percent
(3%) for the first twelve (12) months Employee owns the home; (b) two percent
(2%) for the second twelve (12) months Employee owns the home and (c) one
percent (1%) for the third twelve (12) month period Employee owns the home. Such
mortgage buy-down benefit shall be administered in accordance with Company
policy and through the Company's third party administrator. Hasbro shall also
pay Employee a relocation bonus of forty percent (40%) of Employee's



base salary. If Employee (i) voluntarily leaves the employ of Hasbro or (ii) is
terminated by Hasbro pursuant to paragraph 4.1 below, prior to July 1, 2002,
Employee shall repay the entire relocation bonus to Hasbro on the date Employee
terminates his employment with Hasbro.

     3.9 CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT. Hasbro and the Employee have entered into
Hasbro's standard form of Change of Control Agreement as amended.

  4. EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION. Employee's employment by Hasbro pursuant to this
Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following:

     4.1 At the election of Hasbro, for cause, immediately upon written notice
to Employee by Hasbro. For the purposes of this Section 4.1, for cause
termination shall be deemed to exist upon (a) Employee's material failure to
perform (i) Employee's assigned duties for Hasbro; or (ii) Employee's
obligations under this Agreement; (b) conduct of the Employee involving fraud,
gross negligence or willful misconduct or other action which damages the
reputation of Hasbro; (c) Employee's indictment for or conviction of, or the
entry of a pleading of guilty or nolo contendere by Employee to, any crime
involving moral turpitude or any felony; (d) Employee's fraud, embezzlement or
other intentional misappropriation from Hasbro; or (e) Employee's material
breach of any material policies, rules or regulations of employment which may be
adopted or amended from time to time by Hasbro. Hasbro shall provide Employee in
writing of any alleged violation of (a) or (b) above, after which Employee shall
have thirty (30) days to cure such violation.

     4.2 Thirty days after Employee's death or disability. As used in this
Agreement, the term "disability" shall mean Employee's inability, due to a
physical or mental disability, for a period of 180 consecutive days, to perform
the services contemplated under this Agreement, with or without reasonable
accommodation. A determination of disability shall be made by a physician
satisfactory to both Employee and Hasbro, provided that if Employee and Hasbro
do not agree on a physician, Employee and Hasbro shall each select a physician
and these two together shall select a third physician, whose determination as to
disability shall be binding on all parties.

     4.3 At the election of Hasbro without cause and not because of a "Change of
Control."

     4.4 At Employee's election without cause, as defined above, upon not less
than sixty (60) days notice.

  5. EFFECT OF TERMINATION.

     5.1 TERMINATION FOR CAUSE OR AT EMPLOYEE'S ELECTION. In the event
Employee's employment is terminated for cause pursuant to Section 4.1 or at
Employee's election pursuant to Section 4.4, Hasbro shall pay Employee the
compensation and benefits otherwise payable to Employee under Section 3 through
the last day of Employee's actual employment by Hasbro.



     5.2 TERMINATION FOR DEATH OR DISABILITY. If Employee's employment is
terminated by death or because of disability pursuant to Section 4.2, Hasbro
shall pay to Employee's estate or to Employee, as the case may be, the
compensation which would otherwise be payable to Employee up to the end of the
month in which the termination of Employee's employment because of death or
disability occurs. All stock options and restricted stock granted to Employee
shall vest and be exercisable in accordance with the relevant agreements and
plans.

     5.3 TERMINATION AT THE ELECTION OF HASBRO. If Employee's employment is
terminated at the election of Hasbro pursuant to Section 4.3 and provided
Employee executes a full and complete release in a form prepared by Hasbro, then
Employee shall be entitled to the greater of: (a) Employee's base salary at the
times and in the amounts that would have been paid to Employee had Employee
remained in the employ of the Company for the balance of the Term; or (b)
twenty-four (24) months of base salary continuation. Such base salary
continuation shall be less all applicable taxes and withholdings, and shall be
paid in accordance with the applicable severance plan for Hasbro Salaried
Employees (the "Severance Plan"). Notwithstanding the provisions of the
Severance Plan or this Paragraph 5.3, provided that Employee executes a full and
complete release in a form prepared by Hasbro, if Employee's employment is
terminated pursuant to Section 4.3 , all unvested stock options and restricted
stock will become vested and any bonus repayment obligations of Employee, as set
forth in paragraphs 3.2, 3.3, or 3.8 above, will terminate.

     5.4 SURVIVAL. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 below shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.

  6. NON-SOLICITATION.

        (a) During the Employment Period and for a period of one (1) year after
the termination or expiration thereof, for any reason, Employee will not
directly or indirectly:

            (i) either alone or in association with others, solicit, or permit
any person or organizations directly or indirectly to solicit, any individual
who at the time of the solicitation is, or who within the six (6) month period
prior to such solicitation was an employee of Hasbro to leave the employ of
Hasbro or terminate his or her employment relationship with either Hasbro, or
hire or attempt to hire or induce, any employee or employees of Hasbro to
terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease their relationship with
Hasbro; or

            (ii) solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to divert or to take
away, the business or patronage of any of the clients, customers or accounts, or
prospective clients, customers or accounts, of Hasbro;

        (b) The geographic scope of this Section 6 shall extend to anywhere
Hasbro or its respective subsidiaries is doing business at the time of
termination or expiration. If any restriction set forth in this Section 6 is
found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be



unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time or over too great
a range of activities or in too broad a geographic area, it shall be interpreted
to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or
geographic area as to which it may be enforceable.

        (c) Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this
Section 6 are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of
Hasbro and are considered by Employee to be reasonable for such purpose.
Employee agrees that any breach of this Section 6 will cause Hasbro substantial
and irrevocable damage, and therefore, in the event of any such breach, in
addition to such other remedies which may be available, Hasbro shall have the
right to obtain and receive specific performance and injunctive relief without
posting a bond or other security.

  7. OTHER AGREEMENTS.

        (a) Employee hereby represents that Employee is not bound by the terms
of any agreement with any previous employer or other party, which would impair
Employee's right or ability to enter the employ of Hasbro or perform fully
Employee's obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Employee further represents
and warrants that Employee's performance of all the terms of this Agreement and
as an Employee of Hasbro does not and will not breach any agreement to keep in
confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Employee in
confidence or in trust prior to Employee's employment with Hasbro.

        (b) Employee agrees and acknowledges that he has executed Hasbro's
Invention Assignment and Proprietary Information Agreement.

  8. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in
the United States Mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to Hasbro at 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02862 Attention:
General Counsel and to Employee and to Employee's attorney, Robert F. Krug, Jr.,
Carponelli & Krug, Suite 2350, 55 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603 or at such
other address or addresses as either party shall designate to the other in
accordance with this Section 8.

  9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether
written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, including but
not limited to that certain Employment Agreement by and between the Employee,
and Tiger Electronics Ltd. and the Company.

  10. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written
instrument executed by Employee and Hasbro.

  11. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of Rhode Island and Employee consents
to the



exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the District of Rhode
Island to resolve all disputes arising out of Employee's employment relationship
with the Company.

  12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of both parties and their respective successors and assigns,
including any corporation with which or into which Hasbro may be merged or which
may succeed to its assets or business, provided, however, that Employee's
obligations are personal and shall not be assigned by Employee.

  13. MISCELLANEOUS.

     13.1 No delay or omission by Hasbro in exercising any right under this
Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that or any other right. A waiver or
consent given by Hasbro on any one occasion shall be effective only in that
instance and shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any right on any other
occasion.

     13.2 The captions of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and in no way define, limit or affect the scope or substance of
any Section of this Agreement.

     13.3 In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or
otherwise unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall in no way be affected or impaired thereby.

     13.4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
under seal as of the day and year set forth above.

                                                  Hasbro, Inc.

                                                  /s/ Al Verrecchia
                                                  -----------------------------

                                                  By: Al Verrecchia

                                                  Title: President and Chief
                                                  Operating Officer

                                                  /s/ Brian Goldner
                                                  -----------------------------



                                                  Brian Goldner



                                                                      EXHIBIT 11

                          HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                    Computation of Earnings (Loss) Per Share

             (Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data)

2001 2000 1999 --------------- ----------------- --------------- Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Net earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change $ 60,798 60,798 (144,631) (144,631) 188,953 188,953 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Weighted average number of shares outstanding: Outstanding at beginning of year 171,886 171,886 192,984 192,984 196,175 196,175 Exercise of stock options and warrants: Actual 245 245 128 128 3,382 3,382 Assumed - 887 - - - 7,186 Purchase of common stock - - (16,675) (16,675) (4,640) (4,640) ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Equivalent shares 172,131 173,018 176,437 176,437 194,917 202,103
Page 1 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Earnings (loss) per share before cumulative effect of accounting change $ .35 .35 (.82) (.82) .97 .93 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 12

                          HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                         Fiscal Years Ended in December

                             (Thousands of Dollars)

2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Earnings available for fixed charges: Net earnings (loss) $ 59,732 (144,631) 188,953 206,365 134,986 Add: Cumulative effect of accounting change 1,066 - - - - Fixed charges 126,323 135,302 88,456 53,209 43,893 Taxes on income 35,401 (81,355) 84,892 97,113 69,539 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total $ 222,522 (90,684) 362,301 356,687 248,418 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Fixed charges: Interest on long-term debt $ 86,244 74,206 25,068 9,688 7,348 Other interest charges 17,444 40,215 44,272 26,423 20,138 Amortization of debt expense 3,031 1,724 425 121 377 Rental expense representative of interest factor 19,604 19,157 18,691 16,977 16,030 ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Page 1 Total $ 126,323 135,302 88,456 53,209 43,893 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.76 (0.67) 4.10 6.70 5.66 ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 21

                          HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                       Subsidiaries of the Registrant (a)

Name Under Which Subsidiary                       State or Other Jurisdiction of
Does Business                                     Incorporation or Organization
- ---------------------------                       ------------------------------

Hasbro International, Inc.                                       Delaware
  Hasbro France S.A.S.                                           France
    Hasbro Deutschland GmbH                                      Germany
  Hasbro Italy S.r.l.                                            Italy
  Hasbro Latin America Inc.                                      Delaware
    Hasbro Argentina S.A.                                        Argentina
    Hasbro Chile LTDA                                            Chile
    Hasbro Latin America, L.P.                                   Delaware
  Hasbro S.A.                                                    Switzerland
    Hasbro Holding S.A.                                          Switzerland
      Hasbro Canada Corporation - Corporation
        Hasbro Canada                                            Nova Scotia
    Hasbro Asia-Pacific Marketing Ltd.                           Hong Kong
      Tiger Electronics Far East Services Limited                Hong Kong
    Hasbro de Mexico S.R.L.de C.V.                               Mexico
    Hasbro (Schweiz) AG                                          Switzerland
    Hasbro U.K. Limited                                          United Kingdom
      Tiger Electronics UK Limited                               United Kingdom
    Group Grosvenor Plc.                                         United Kingdom
    MB International B.V.                                        The Netherlands
      Hasbro B.V.                                                The Netherlands
      Hasbro Hellas Industrial & Commercial
       Company S.A.                                              Greece
      Hasbro Toys & Games Holdings, S.L.                         Spain
      MB Espana, S.A.                                            Spain
        Hasbro Iberia SL                                         Spain
      S.A. Hasbro N.V.                                           Belgium
      Hasbro InterToy Egitim Araclari Sanayi Ve
        Ticaret A.S.                                             Turkey
    Hasbro Far East LTD                                          Hong Kong
      Tiger Electronics Far East, Limited                        Hong Kong

                                     Page 1


      WowWee Limited                                             Hong Kong
    Has Aust Pty Ltd                                             Australia
        Hasbro Australia Limited                                 Australia
    Wizards of the Coast, Belgium                                Belgium
    Wizards of the Coast, UK Limited                             United Kingdom
  Hasbro Ireland Limited                                         Ireland
  Palmyra Holdings Pte Ltd.                                      Singapore

                          HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                       Subsidiaries of the Registrant (a)

Name Under Which Subsidiary                       State or Other Jurisdiction of
Does Business                                     Incorporation or Organization
- ---------------------------                       ------------------------------

Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc.                                 Rhode Island
HIAC VI Corp.                                                    Delaware
Larami Limited                                                   Delaware
OddzOn, Inc.                                                     Delaware
Wizards of the Coast, Inc.                                       Washington
  Wizards of the Coast, Italia S.r.l.                            Italy
  Wizards of the Coast, France S.A.                              France
  Wizards of the Coast Retail, Inc.                              Washington

  (a)  Inactive subsidiaries and subsidiaries with minimal operations have
       been omitted. Such subsidiaries, if taken as a whole, would not
       constitute a significant subsidiary.

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Hasbro, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Nos.
2-78018, 2-93483, 33-57344, 33-59583, 333-38159, 333-10404, 333-10412, and
333-34282 on Form S-8 and Nos. 33-41548, 333-44101, 333-82077, 333-46986 and
333-83250 on Form S-3 of Hasbro, Inc. of our report dated February 6, 2002
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Hasbro, Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in
the three-year period ended December 30, 2001, and our report dated February 6,
2002 relating to the consolidated financial statement schedule, which reports
are included in the December 30, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hasbro, Inc.

                                        /s/ KPMG LLP
Providence, Rhode Island

March 27, 2002