<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001523711-20-000012.txt : 20200303
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20200303145805
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001523711-20-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200228
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200303
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200303

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Isaias Zanatta Roberto Jacobo
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001767603

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05647
		FILM NUMBER:		20681614

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		TWR 15-1
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Isaias Roberto J
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20190211

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 CONTINENTAL BLVD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102522000
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As reported on a Form 4 dated February 28, 2019 and filed on March 4, 2019, the Reporting Person received a grant of 8,669 Restricted Stock Units (&quot;RSUs&quot; or &quot;Units&quot;) on February 28, 2019. The RSUs vest as to (a) 33% of the Units granted on the first anniversary of the date of grant, (b) an additional 33% of the Units granted on the second anniversary of the date of grant, and (c) the remaining 34% of the Units granted on the third anniversary of the date of grant. On each vesting date, for each Unit vesting on such date, the Reporting Person will receive one share of Mattel, Inc. Common Stock, subject to tax withholding. On February 28, 2020, the first 33% of these RSUs vested, resulting in the issuance of 2,860 shares of Mattel, Inc. Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the terms of the February 28, 2019 RSU grant, 989 shares of Mattel, Inc. Common Stock were automatically withheld at vesting to cover required tax withholding.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Robert Efthimos, Attorney-in-Fact for Roberto J. Isaias</signatureName>
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