SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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):
March 12, 2004 (March 12, 2004)
JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-28104 95-4527222
(State or other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification No.)
incorporation)
22619 Pacific Coast Highway 90265
Malibu, California (Zip Code)
(Address of principalexecutive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 456-7799
JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
INDEX TO FORM 8-K
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
March 12, 2004
ITEMS IN FORM 8-K
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Facing Page 1
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits 3
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure 3
Signatures 4
Exhibit Index 5
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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1* March 12, 2004 Press Release
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* Filed herewith
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
In accordance with the interim guidance issued by the Commission on March
27, 2003 in Final Rule Release No. 33-8216, the information reported in this
Report is being provided under Item 12.
On March 12, 2004, the Company issued a press release announcing that a
non-cash charge for stock grants which it announced in its February 17, 2004
press release it anticipated would be incurred in 2004, was, after further
consideration of the accounting treatment of such awards, in particular the
determination of the measurement date, incurred in the fourth quarter of 2003,
reducing the Company's previously announced earnings for the quarter and year
ended December 31, 2003. A copy of such March 12, 2004 release is annexed as an
exhibit and is incorporated by reference hereto in its entirety.
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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.
Dated: March 12, 2004 JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
By: /s/ Jack Friedman
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Jack Friedman
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number Description
99.1* March 12, 2004 Press Release
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* Filed herewith
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