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): July 1, 2010
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HASBRO, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
RHODE ISLAND 1-6682 05-0155090
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(State of (Commission (IRS Employer
Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1027 NEWPORT AVE., PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND 02862
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(401) 431-8697
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Hasbro, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Lisa Gersh, President of Strategic Initiatives at NBC News, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective July 1, 2010. Upon joining the Board, Ms. Gersh also became a member of both the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, and the Finance Committee, of the Board. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with her appointment to the Board, and as part of its compensation program for non-employee directors, the Company is granting to Ms. Gersh such number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.50 per share, as is equal to $120,000 divided by the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company’s common stock on July 1, 2010. Ms. Gersh will also receive the other elements of the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors, including an annual cash retainer of $80,000. In addition, Ms. Gersh will become party with the Company to the Company’s form of Director Indemnification Agreement, which has been filed as Exhibit 10(jj) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1
Press Release, dated July 1, 2010.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
HASBRO, INC.
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(Registrant)
Date: July 2, 2010
By: /s/ Deborah Thomas
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Deborah Thomas
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)
HASBRO, INC.
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated July 2, 2010
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
99.1
Press Release, dated July 1, 2010.