has-20260119
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): January 19, 2026
Hasbro, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Rhode Island | 1-6682 | 05-0155090 | ||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
1027 Newport Avenue | Pawtucket, | Rhode Island | 02861 | |||||||||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 431-8697
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, $0.50 par value per share | HAS | The NASDAQ Global Select Market | ||||||
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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.
Effective January 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hasbro, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten (10) to twelve (12) and, based on the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee of the Board, appointed Carla Vernón and Douglas Bowser to the Board.
Ms. Vernón is Chief Executive Officer of The Honest Company, Inc., serving in that capacity and as a member of its Board since January 2023. Prior to joining the Honest Company, Ms. Vernón served as the Vice President of Consumables Categories at Amazon.com, Inc. from January 2021 to December 2022. Prior to joining Amazon, Ms. Vernón spent more than two decades in various P&L leadership roles at General Mills, Inc. Most recently at General Mills, Ms. Vernón served as a Corporate Officer and the Operating Unit President of the Natural & Organic Division from July 2017 to April 2020.
Mr. Bowser served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc. from 2019 to December 2025, where he led operations across the Americas. Prior to that, Mr. Bowser had various executive roles at Nintendo, including from May 2015 to August 2016 as Vice President, Sales, and from August 2016 to April 2019 as Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Prior to joining Nintendo in 2015, Mr. Bowser spent eight years at Electronic Arts, most recently as Vice President of Global Business Planning, and prior to that worked at Procter & Gamble for 23 years in various sales leadership roles in Asia, Latin America and the United States.
Ms. Vernón will serve as a member of the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee of the Board, and Mr. Bowser will serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Vernón or Mr. Bowser and any other persons pursuant to which they were selected as a director. Pursuant to the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors, each of Ms. Vernón and Mr. Bowser will be entitled to receive (i) the Company’s annual stock grant issued to non-employee directors and (ii) the Company’s annual cash retainers paid to non-employee directors for their service on the Board and its committees, in each case, prorated for the year of appointment.
In addition, each of Ms. Vernón and Mr. Bowser 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.
A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of each of Ms. Vernón and Mr. Bowser is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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.
| HASBRO, INC. | ||||||||
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| By: | /s/ Gina Goetter | |||||||
| Name: | Gina Goetter | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | |||||||
Date: January 21, 2026