Brian Goldner

Brian Goldner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc. since 2008. Prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer of Hasbro since 2006. Prior thereto, President, U.S. Toys Segment from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Goldner has led the Company's transformation into a global branded play company and was one of the key architects of the Company's turnaround strategy in 2000, which focused on leveraging the Company's core brands, reducing costs and lessening the Company's reliance on its licensed business. During Mr. Goldner's eleven years with Hasbro he has also been a key driver behind the Company's use of immersive brand-driven experiences, including the increasing use of movies and television based on the Company's brands, to develop brand recognition and build the Company's business. Mr. Goldner also led the Company's expansion of its brands into non-traditional spaces such as digital gaming and lifestyle licensing. Prior to joining Hasbro in 2000, Mr. Goldner served as President of Bandai North America from 1997 to 2000. Prior to 1997, Mr. Goldner worked at J. Walter Thomson Advertising, most recently as Director in Charge, Entertainment Division, and prior thereo at Leo Burnett Advertising. Mr. Goldner also serves on the Board of Molson Coors Brewing Company.

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Hasbro, Inc. is a Rhode Island corporation, which was organized on January 8, 1926. The Company provides children's and family leisure time and entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys. The Company is organized into four segments namely, U.S. and Canada, International, Entertainment and Licensing and Global Operations The U.S. and Canada segment includes the development, marketing and selling of boys' action figures, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, electronic toys and games, plush products, preschool toys and infant products, electronic interactive products, toy-related specialty products, traditional board games and puzzles, DVD-based games and trading card and role-playing games within the United States and Canada. Within the International segment, the Company develops, markets and sells both toy and certain game products in markets outside of the U.S. and Canada, mainly the European, Asia Pacific, and Latin and South American regions. The Entertainment and Licensing segment includes its lifestyle licensing, digital gaming, movie, television and online entertainment operations. The Global Operations segment is responsible for manufacturing and sourcing finished product for the Company's U.S. and Canada and International segments. The Company's Other segment licenses out the rights to certain of its toy and game properties in connection with the sale of non-competing toys and games and non-toy products, as well as consumer promotions. Internationally and in the United States, the Company's core brands are PLAYSKOOL, TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, LITTLEST PET SHOP, TONKA, G.I. JOE, SUPER SOAKER, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, PLAY-DOH, BEYBLADE, SPIDER-MAN, THE AVENGERS from MARVEL, SESAME STREET and STAR WARS. Its offerings encompass a variety of games, including traditional board, card, hand-held electronic, trading card, role-playing and DVD games, as well as electronic learning aids and puzzles. Toy offerings include boys' action figures, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, electronic toys, plush products, preschool toys and infant products, electronic interactive products, creative play and toy related specialty products. In addition, the Company licenses certain of its trademarks, characters and other property rights to third parties for use in connection with digital gaming, consumer promotions, and for the sale of non-competing toys and games and non-toy products. Its products are manufactured from basic raw materials such as plastic, paper and cardboard, although certain products also make use of electronic components. The Company competes with several large toy and game companies in its product categories, as well as many smaller United States and international toy and game designers, manufacturers and marketers. Competition is based mainly on meeting consumer entertainment preferences and on the quality and play value of its products to a lesser extent is also based on product pricing. Its toy and game products sold in the United States are subject to the provisions of The Consumer Product Safety Act.

Brian Goldner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc. since 2008. Prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer of Hasbro since 2006. Prior thereto, President, U.S. Toys Segment from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Goldner has led the Company's transformation into a global branded play company and was one of the key architects of the Company's turnaround strategy in 2000, which focused on leveraging the Company's core brands, reducing costs and lessening the Company's reliance on its licensed business. During Mr. Goldner's eleven years with Hasbro he has also been a key driver behind the Company's use of immersive brand-driven experiences, including the increasing use of movies and television based on the Company's brands, to develop brand recognition and build the Company's business. Mr. Goldner also led the Company's expansion of its brands into non-traditional spaces such as digital gaming and lifestyle licensing. Prior to joining Hasbro in 2000, Mr. Goldner served as President of Bandai North America from 1997 to 2000. Prior to 1997, Mr. Goldner worked at J. Walter Thomson Advertising, most recently as Director in Charge, Entertainment Division, and prior thereo at Leo Burnett Advertising. Mr. Goldner also serves on the Board of Molson Coors Brewing Company.