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This excerpt taken from the HAS 10-Q filed Aug 1, 2008.

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2008 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders elected the following persons to the Board of Directors of the Company by the following votes: Basil L. Anderson (122,057,515 votes for, 2,315,859 votes withheld), Alan R. Batkin (121,110,268 votes for, 3,263,106 votes withheld), Frank J. Biondi, Jr. (120,889,164 votes for, 3,484,210 votes withheld), Kenneth A. Bronfin (123,056,335 votes for, 1,317,039 votes withheld), John M. Connors, Jr. (121,582,338 votes for, 2,791,036 votes withheld), Michael W.O. Garrett (122,120,578 votes for, 2,252,796 votes withheld), E. Gordon Gee (122,236,016 votes for, 2,137,358 votes withheld), Brian Goldner (123,057,511 votes for, 1,315,863 votes withheld), Jack M. Greenberg (122,225,409 votes for, 2,147,965 votes withheld), Alan G. Hassenfeld (122,441,402 votes for, 1,931,972 votes withheld), Edward M. Philip (122,192,254 votes for, 2,181,120 votes withheld), Paula Stern (122,444,648 votes for, 1,928,726 votes withheld), and Alfred J. Verrecchia (121,148,833 votes for, 3,224,541 votes withheld).


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders also approved the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2008 fiscal year by a vote of 119,869,753 votes for and 3,346,696 against, while 1,156,925 shares abstained.



This excerpt taken from the HAS 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2007.

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 24, 2007 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders re-elected the following persons to the Board of Directors of the Company by the following votes: Basil L. Anderson (143,773,727 votes for, 1,343,676 votes withheld), Alan R. Batkin (139,578,750 votes for, 5,538,653 votes withheld), Frank J. Biondi, Jr. (141,844,240 votes for, 3,273,163 votes withheld), John M. Connors, Jr. (143,817,958 votes for, 1,299,445 votes withheld), Michael W.O. Garrett (143,847,829 votes for, 1,269,574 votes withheld), E. Gordon Gee (134,180,997 votes for, 10,936,406 votes withheld), Jack M. Greenberg (140,696,447 votes for, 4,420,956 votes withheld), Alan G. Hassenfeld (143,883,758 votes for, 1,233,645 votes withheld), Claudine B. Malone (143,844,339 votes for, 1,273,064 votes withheld), Edward M. Philip (142,704,809 votes for, 2,412,594 votes withheld), Paula Stern (143,663,546 votes for, 1,453,857 votes withheld), and Alfred J. Verrecchia (143,892,904 votes for, 1,224,499 votes withheld).


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders approved amendments to the 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan by a vote of 115,865,968 votes for and 19,115,583 against, while 994,730 shares abstained and there were 9,141,122 broker non-votes. These amendments (i) increased the maximum number of shares which may be delivered pursuant to awards under the plan by 7,500,000 shares, of which up to 3,000,000 shares may be delivered pursuant to other awards other than stock options or SARS, (ii) extended the plan until December 31, 2010, (iii) clarified that the plan does not allow for liberal share counting and (iv) added a limitation that no award under the plan may have a term longer than ten years. These amendments are described in detail in the Company proxy statement filed for the Annual Meeting, and the description herein is qualified in its entirety by the description of the proxy statement.


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders also approved the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2007 fiscal year by a vote of 137,476,434 votes for and 6,671,907 against, while 969,062 shares abstained.


Finally, at the Annual Meeting the Company's shareholders rejected the "Sustainability Report – Hasbro, Inc." shareholder proposal which requested that the Company publish a sustainability report. This proposal was rejected by a vote of 69,035,981 shares against, 55,974,306 shares for, while 10,965,994 shares abstained and there were 9,141,122 broker non-votes.


This excerpt taken from the HAS 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2006.

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 25, 2006 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders re-elected the following persons to the Board of Directors of the Company: Basil L. Anderson (160,036,820 votes for, 1,267,529 votes withheld), Alan R. Batkin (154,960,611 votes for, 6,343,737 votes withheld), Frank J. Biondi, Jr. (158,381,204 votes for, 2,923,145 votes withheld), John M. Connors, Jr. (160,291,246 votes for, 1,013,102 votes withheld), Michael W.O. Garrett (160,294,911 votes for, 1,009,438 votes withheld), E. Gordon Gee (158,838,160 votes for, 2,466,189 votes withheld), Jack M. Greenberg (160,031,307 votes for, 1,273,042 votes withheld), Alan G. Hassenfeld (156,824,634 votes for, 4,479,715 votes withheld), Claudine B. Malone (157,850,637 votes for, 3,453,712 votes withheld), Edward M. Philip (155,735,251 votes for, 5,569,098 votes withheld), Paula Stern (160,186,424 votes for, 1,117,925 votes withheld), and Alfred J. Verrecchia (160,029,950 votes for, 1,274,399 votes withheld).


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders also approved the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the 2006 fiscal year by a vote of 152,991,151 votes for and 7,409,561 against, while 903,637 shares abstained.

Finally, at the Annual Meeting the Company's shareholders rejected the "Hasbro, Inc. – Global Human Rights Standards" shareholder proposal which requested that Hasbro commit itself to the implementation of a code of corporate conduct based on the International Labor Organization human rights standards and United Nations' Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations with regard to Human Rights and commit to a program of outside, independent monitoring of compliance with those standards. This proposal was rejected by a vote of 119,541,680 against, 13,030,333 for, while 16,515,125 shares abstained and there were 12,217,210 broker non-votes.


This excerpt taken from the HAS 10-Q filed Jul 29, 2005.

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 19, 2005 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders re-elected the following persons to the Board of Directors of the Company: Basil L. Anderson (158,569,388 votes for, 5,788,863 votes withheld), Alan R. Batkin (155,306,540 votes for, 9,051,711 votes withheld), Frank J. Biondi, Jr. (160,353,911 votes for, 4,004,340 votes withheld), John M. Connors, Jr. (160,886,933 votes for, 3,471,318 votes withheld), E. Gordon Gee (161,486,053 votes for, 2,872,198 votes withheld), Jack M. Greenberg (162,711,983 votes for, 1,646,268 votes withheld), Alan G. Hassenfeld (161,498,944 votes for, 2,859,307 votes withheld), Claudine B. Malone (158,934,101 votes for, 5,424,150 votes withheld), Edward M. Philip (162,736,222 votes for, 1,622,029 votes withheld), Eli J. Segal (160,522,887 votes for, 3,835,364 votes withheld), Paula Stern (162,735,363 votes for, 1,622,888 votes withheld), and Alfred J. Verrecchia (162,733,047 votes for, 1,625,204 votes withheld).


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders also approved:

1) an Amendment to the 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan, authorizing the issuance of an additional 5,000,000 shares of common stock, 2,500,000 of which can be delivered pursuant to awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights, by a vote of 129,730,313 votes for and 17,028,262 against, while 1,234,191 shares abstained; and there were 16,365,485 broker non-votes and

2) the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the 2005 fiscal year by a vote of 160,526,206 votes for and 2,896,574 against, while 935,471 shares abstained.

Finally, at the Annual Meeting the Company's shareholders rejected the "Hasbro, Inc. – Global Human Rights Standards" shareholder proposal which requested that Hasbro commit itself to the implementation of a code of corporate conduct based on the International Labor Organization human rights standards and United Nations' Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations with regard to Human Rights and commit to a program of outside, independent monitoring of compliance with those standards. This proposal was rejected by a vote of 123,142,123 against, 14,058,714 for, while 10,791,929 shares abstained and there were 16,365,485 broker non-votes.


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