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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s defined benefit pension plans is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended								For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016				September 30, 2015				September 30, 2016				September 30, 2015
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	1,609			$	624			$	4,293			$	4,988
Interest cost	6,107				7,036				18,407				19,568
Expected return on plan assets	(6,393		)		(7,356		)		(19,309		)		(22,629		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	8				6				23				(522		)
Recognized actuarial loss	1,732				3,138				5,194				12,919
Curtailment gain	—				—				—				(8,639		)
Settlement loss	1,495				5,233				1,495				5,233
	$	4,558			$	8,681			$	10,103			$	10,918
A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s postretirement benefit plans is as follows:
	For the Three Months Ended								For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016				September 30, 2015				September 30, 2016				September 30, 2015
	(In thousands)
Service cost (credit)	$	13			$	(1	)		$	39			$	41
Interest cost	286				270				857				896
Recognized actuarial loss	37				34				111				111
	$	336			$	303			$	1,007			$	1,048

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (h)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920

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