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): December 11, 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 Michael Burns, Vice Chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") effective December 11, 2014.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.  Mr. Burns will be joining the Compensation and Finance Committees of the Board upon his appointment.

In connection with his service on the Board, Mr. Burns 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 his appointment to the Board, Mr. Burns will be granted $57,200 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, Mr. Burns 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 December 11, 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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