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): October 2, 2014

 

Hasbro, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (401) 431-8697

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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 Linda Zecher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") effective October 2, 2014.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.  Ms. Zecher will be joining the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board upon her appointment.

In connection with her service on the Board, Ms. Zecher will participate in the Company's compensation program for non-employee directors, as it is amended from time to time, which currently includes an annual cash retainer of $85,000. Effective as of her appointment to the Board, Ms. Zecher will be granted $86,666 worth of Hasbro stock, computed as a pro-rated portion of the Company's annual stock grant to directors made in May of 2014.   In addition, Ms. Zecher 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.

(d)  Exhibits

99.1

Press Release of Hasbro, Inc. dated October 2, 2014.

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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.

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