UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2010
Hasbro, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Rhode Island
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1-6682
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05-0155090 |
(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer |
of incorporation)
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Identification No.) |
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1027 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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02862 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(401) 431-8697
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements
relate to a securities offering that has not yet been completed and are qualified accordingly.
Completion of the offering requires, among other things, the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions to closing specified in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below), including the
absence of a material adverse change to Hasbro, Inc., and other customary conditions. Therefore,
actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in those statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date hereof, and Hasbro,
Inc. will not undertake efforts to revise those forward-looking statements to reflect events after
this date.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 8, 2010, Hasbro, Inc. (the Company) entered into an underwriting agreement (the
Underwriting Agreement) with Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as
representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the
Underwriters), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to
purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 6.35% notes due 2040. The notes will be issued under a supplemental indenture
with The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. The offering of the notes is
expected to close on March 11, 2010.
As part of the Companys overall debt management strategy and in furtherance of its targeted
capital structure, the Company intends, subject to market and other conditions, to effectively
replace its outstanding 2.75% convertible debentures due 2021 with the notes issued in the offering
by using the net proceeds from the offering to repurchase and retire into treasury the number of
shares resulting from the potential conversion of these debentures in order to offset the dilutive
impact of such conversion. Any such share repurchase would be made in the open market pursuant to
the Companys share buyback program, the size of which the Company may choose to increase from
previously announced levels. As of December 27, 2009, the Company had approximately $249.8 million
in principal amount of these debentures outstanding. To the extent the net proceeds are not fully
utilized by the foregoing, the Company plans to use the remaining net proceeds for general
corporate and working capital purposes, which may include (but are not limited to) repayment of its
indebtedness (including redemption of its convertible debentures to the extent they are not
converted into the Companys common stock), capital expenditures, acquisitions and additional
repurchases of shares of its common stock.
In order to furnish certain exhibits for incorporation by reference into the Companys
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-145947), previously filed with Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement as Exhibit 1.1 to such
Registration Statement.
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