Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 21, 2020, Mattel, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an indemnification agreement (collectively, the "Indemnification Agreements") with each of the current directors and certain senior officers of the Company (collectively, the "Indemnitees") to clarify and supplement existing indemnification protections provided under the Company's Bylaws and Delaware law. The Indemnification Agreements require the Company to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, the Indemnitees to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against expenses, judgments, fines and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of their service as a director or officer, subject to certain exceptions. The Company anticipates that it will enter into substantially similar Indemnification Agreements with new directors and certain senior officers in the future.

The foregoing summary of the Indemnification Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual text of the Indemnification Agreements, a form of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits:



Exhibit
  No.       Exhibit Description

10.1          Form of Indemnification Agreement.

104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)

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