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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-168769
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180521
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180521
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180521

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MATTEL INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000063276
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DOLLS & STUFFED TOYS [3942]
		IRS NUMBER:				951567322
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05647
		FILM NUMBER:		18848481

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 CONTINENTAL BLVD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102522000
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Current
Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May&nbsp;21, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MATTEL, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(310) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">252-2000</FONT> </B></P>
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former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:11pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;21, 2018, Mattel, Inc. (&#147;Mattel&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, an additional $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 in a private offering (the
&#147;Offering&#148;), a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. This exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. The notes are being sold in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, does not constitute an offer to
sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> including Exhibit 99.1, contains a number of forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The use of words such as &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;confident that&#148; and
&#147;believes,&#148; among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available operating, financial, economic and other information, and are subject to a number of significant
risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond Mattel&#146;s control, could cause actual future results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Specific factors that might cause such a
difference include, but are not limited to: (i)&nbsp;Mattel&#146;s ability to design, develop, produce, manufacture, source and ship products on a timely and cost-effective basis, as well as interest in and purchase of those products by retail
customers and consumers in quantities and at prices that will be sufficient to profitably recover Mattel&#146;s costs; (ii)&nbsp;downturns in economic conditions affecting Mattel&#146;s markets which can negatively impact retail customers and
consumers, and which can result in lower employment levels, lower consumer disposable income and spending, including lower spending on purchases of Mattel&#146;s products; (iii)&nbsp;other factors which can lower discretionary consumer spending,
such as higher costs for fuel and food, drops in the value of homes or other consumer assets, and high levels of consumer debt; (iv)&nbsp;potential difficulties or delays Mattel may experience in implementing cost savings and efficiency enhancing
initiatives; (v)&nbsp;other economic and public health conditions or regulatory changes in the markets in which Mattel and its customers and suppliers operate, which could create delays or increase Mattel&#146;s costs, such as higher commodity
prices, labor costs or transportation costs, or outbreaks of disease; (vi)&nbsp;currency fluctuations, including movements in foreign exchange rates, which can lower Mattel&#146;s net revenues and earnings, and significantly impact Mattel&#146;s
costs; (vii)&nbsp;the concentration of the Mattel&#146;s customers, potentially increasing the negative impact to Mattel of difficulties experienced by any of Mattel&#146;s customers, including the bankruptcy and liquidation of Toys &#147;R&#148;
Us, Inc., or changes in their purchasing or selling patterns; (viii)&nbsp;the future willingness of licensors of entertainment properties for which Mattel currently has licenses or would seek to have licenses in the future to license those products
to Mattel; (ix)&nbsp;the inventory policies of Mattel&#146;s retail customers, including retailers&#146; potential decisions to lower their inventories, even if it results in lost sales, as well as the concentration of Mattel&#146;s revenues in the
second half of the year, which coupled with reliance by retailers on quick response inventory management techniques increases the risk of underproduction of popular items, overproduction of less popular items and failure to achieve compressed
shipping schedules; (x)&nbsp;the increased costs of developing more sophisticated digital and smart technology products, and the corresponding supply chain and design challenges associated with such products; (xi)&nbsp;work disruptions, which may
impact Mattel&#146;s ability to manufacture or deliver product in a timely and cost-effective manner; (xii)&nbsp;the bankruptcy and liquidation of Toys &#147;R&#148; Us, Inc. or other of Mattel&#146;s significant retailers, or the general lack of
success of one of Mattel&#146;s significant retailers which could negatively impact Mattel&#146;s revenues or bad debt exposure; (xiii)&nbsp;the impact of competition on revenues, margins and other aspects of Mattel&#146;s business, including the
ability to offer products which consumers choose to buy instead of competitive products, the ability to secure, maintain and renew popular licenses and the ability to attract and retain talented employees; (xiv)&nbsp;the risk of product recalls or
product liability suits and costs associated with product safety regulations; (xv)&nbsp;changes in laws or regulations in the United States and/or in other major markets in which Mattel operates, including, without limitation, with respect to taxes,
tariffs or product safety, which may increase Mattel&#146;s product costs and other costs of doing business, and reduce Mattel&#146;s earnings; (xvi)&nbsp;failure to realize the planned benefits from any investments or acquisitions made by Mattel;
(xvii)&nbsp;the impact of other market conditions, third party actions or approvals and competition which could reduce demand for Mattel&#146;s products or delay or increase the cost of implementation of Mattel&#146;s programs or alter Mattel&#146;s
actions and reduce actual results; (xviii)&nbsp;changes in financing markets or the inability of Mattel to obtain financing on attractive terms (xix)&nbsp;the impact of litigation or arbitration decisions or
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settlement actions; (xx)&nbsp;the closing of this private offering of notes; and (xxi)&nbsp;other risks and uncertainties as may be described in Mattel&#146;s periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section of Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017, and Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for fiscal year 2018, as well as in Mattel&#146;s other public statements. Mattel does not update forward-looking statements and expressly disclaims any obligation to do so. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1,
shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated
by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d581559dex991.htm">Press release dated May&nbsp;21, 2018. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mattel, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registrant</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Mattel, Inc. Announces $500 Million Additional Private Offering of Senior Notes due 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May&nbsp;21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ &#151; Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) (&#147;Mattel&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) announced today that it
intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the &#147;New Notes&#148;). The New Notes being offered will be issued as additional notes under the
Indenture dated December&nbsp;20, 2017, pursuant to which Mattel previously issued $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of existing 6.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the &#147;Existing Notes&#148;). The New Notes will form a single series and
trade interchangeably with the Existing Notes. The Existing Notes are, and the New Notes will be, guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Company&#146;s existing and future wholly owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that are
borrowers or guarantors under its senior secured revolving credit facilities. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the New Notes, plus cash on hand, to redeem and retire all of its 2.350% Senior Notes due 2019 and pay related
prepayment premiums and transaction fees and expenses. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The New Notes are being sold in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The New Notes, the
Existing Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release is neither an offer to sell nor
a solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the New Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such jurisdiction. This notice is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking Statements
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The use
of words such as &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;confident that&#148; and &#147;believes,&#148; among others, generally identify forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available operating, financial, economic and other information, and are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond
Mattel&#146;s control, could cause actual future results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Specific factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: (i)&nbsp;Mattel&#146;s ability
to design, develop, produce, manufacture, source and ship products on a timely and cost-effective basis, as well as interest in and purchase of those products by retail customers and consumers in quantities and at prices that will be sufficient to
profitably recover Mattel&#146;s costs; (ii)&nbsp;downturns in economic conditions affecting Mattel&#146;s markets which can negatively impact retail customers and consumers, and which can result in lower employment levels, lower consumer disposable
income and spending, including lower spending on purchases of Mattel&#146;s products; (iii)&nbsp;other factors which can lower discretionary consumer spending, such as higher costs for fuel and food, drops in the value of homes or other consumer
assets, and high levels of consumer debt; (iv)&nbsp;potential difficulties or delays Mattel may experience in implementing cost savings and efficiency enhancing initiatives; (v)&nbsp;other economic and public health conditions or regulatory changes
in the markets in which Mattel and its customers and suppliers operate, which could create delays or increase Mattel&#146;s costs, such as higher commodity prices, labor costs or transportation costs, or outbreaks of disease; (vi)&nbsp;currency
fluctuations, including movements in foreign exchange rates, which can lower Mattel&#146;s net revenues and earnings, and significantly impact Mattel&#146;s costs; (vii)&nbsp;the concentration of the Mattel&#146;s customers, potentially increasing
the negative impact to Mattel of difficulties experienced by any of Mattel&#146;s customers, including the bankruptcy and liquidation of Toys &#147;R&#148; Us, Inc., or changes in their purchasing or selling patterns; (viii)&nbsp;the future
willingness of licensors of entertainment properties for which Mattel currently has licenses or would seek to have licenses in the future to license those products to Mattel; (ix)&nbsp;the inventory policies of Mattel&#146;s retail customers,
including retailers&#146; potential decisions to lower their inventories, even if it results in lost sales, as well as the concentration of Mattel&#146;s revenues in the second half of the year, which coupled with reliance by retailers on quick
response inventory management techniques increases the risk of underproduction of popular items, overproduction of less popular items and failure to achieve compressed </P>

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shipping schedules; (x)&nbsp;the increased costs of developing more sophisticated digital and smart technology products, and the corresponding supply chain and design challenges associated with
such products; (xi)&nbsp;work disruptions, which may impact Mattel&#146;s ability to manufacture or deliver product in a timely and cost-effective manner; (xii)&nbsp;the bankruptcy and liquidation of Toys &#147;R&#148; Us, Inc. or other of
Mattel&#146;s significant retailers, or the general lack of success of one of Mattel&#146;s significant retailers which could negatively impact Mattel&#146;s revenues or bad debt exposure; (xiii)&nbsp;the impact of competition on revenues, margins
and other aspects of Mattel&#146;s business, including the ability to offer products which consumers choose to buy instead of competitive products, the ability to secure, maintain and renew popular licenses and the ability to attract and retain
talented employees; (xiv)&nbsp;the risk of product recalls or product liability suits and costs associated with product safety regulations; (xv)&nbsp;changes in laws or regulations in the United States and/or in other major markets in which Mattel
operates, including, without limitation, with respect to taxes, tariffs or product safety, which may increase Mattel&#146;s product costs and other costs of doing business, and reduce Mattel&#146;s earnings; (xvi)&nbsp;failure to realize the planned
benefits from any investments or acquisitions made by Mattel; (xvii)&nbsp;the impact of other market conditions, third party actions or approvals and competition which could reduce demand for Mattel&#146;s products or delay or increase the cost of
implementation of Mattel&#146;s programs or alter Mattel&#146;s actions and reduce actual results; (xviii)&nbsp;changes in financing markets or the inability of Mattel to obtain financing on attractive terms (xix)&nbsp;the impact of litigation or
arbitration decisions or settlement actions; (xx)&nbsp;the closing of this private offering of New Notes; and (xxi)&nbsp;other risks and uncertainties as may be described in Mattel&#146;s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section of Mattel&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017, and Mattel&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for fiscal year 2018, as well as in Mattel&#146;s other public statements. Mattel does not update forward-looking statements and expressly disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law. </P>
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