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Hasbro, a leading toy and game company, today revealed updates to the world’s most popular family board game, MONOPOLY, and announced expansion packs in celebration of the iconic brand’s 90th anniversary. Over the past nine decades, MONOPOLY has remained a beloved staple of game nights. With over a billion players across the globe, more than 300 licensed versions, numerous global experiences, and wide-ranging digital games including MONOPOLY GO!, the immensely popular No. 1 mobile game launch of all time from our partners at Scopely, MONOPOLY continues to find new ways to engage fans, cementing its status as a timeless classic sure to be enjoyed by generation after generation.

Hasbro’s global entertainment studio, eOne, today announced at Toy Fair New York that international superstar, Orlando Bloom, will join the iconic Peppa Pig franchise as a guest voice star in an episode from the all-new, 3-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special. All casting and filming for the Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special were contracted and completed before the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and are compliant with SAG-AFTRA rules and conditions.

Hasbro today announced that global megastar, Katy Perry, will join the beloved PEPPA PIG franchise as a guest voice star in an episode from the all-new, 3-part PEPPA PIG Wedding Party Special that is set to premiere in Spring 2024. To celebrate the iconic animated character’s 20th anniversary next year, the episodes will have little ones and their families jumping into fun, imaginative and oinktastic adventures that real-life wedding parties bring to loved ones everywhere. All casting and filming for the PEPPA PIG Wedding Party Special were contracted and completed before the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and are compliant with SAG-AFTRA rules and conditions.

To commemorate 100 years of delivering the wonder of storytelling and the exhilaration of play to audiences across the globe, Hasbro today announced that Alan Hassenfeld and The Hassenfeld Family Foundation will donate $1 million to four purposeful charities benefiting kids and families everywhere: Games for Change, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, One Tree Planted and Toys for Tots. Hasbro is empowering its passionate fan base to choose how the $1M donation will be distributed. Beginning September 22 at the fan-favorite virtual event, Hasbro Pulse Con 2023, and running until November 30, fans can vote for one of the four charities to donate to through each purchase they make on HasbroPulse.com.

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQHAS), a leading toy and game company, today announced the Hasbro Women Innovators of Play Challenge, which is open September 12 to October 12. Hasbro is searching for the next great woman-led mass market toy or game; submitted ideas will be judged on innovation, fun factor and playability, design and aesthetics, mass marketability, and manufacturability. Those who submit toys or games to the Challenge must either be an individual who identifies as a woman or leads a team (maximum of five people) and identify as a woman.

Twist in the air, like you just don’t care! Today, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQHAS), a global leader in play, announced a brand-new version of Twister will be available for pre-order on Amazon starting today and at most major retailers August 1. Twister Air is a new app-enabled game that takes the classic Twister gameplay fans know and love from the mat to the screen using augmented reality… no mat required.

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQHAS) today announced that it will webcast its first quarter 2023 earnings conference call on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, following the release of Hasbro's financial results.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS), a global branded entertainment leader, today was recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Hasbro has been honored for the last 12 years and is one of only five honorees in the Consumer Products industry. In 2023, 135 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 48 industries.

A funky beat, a streak of pink, and POW! Today, Disney Junior and Hasbro’s entertainment studio, eOne, released the first-look trailer for the new kids TV series “Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes,” which premieres in the US on Disney Junior and Disney+ on March 22, 2023. An original concept by Robert Vargas, adapted from characters created by South Africans Marc Dey and Kelly Dillon, the original action-adventure animated series follows Kiya, a seven-year-old African girl, whose passions in life are dancing and martial arts, which also become her superpowers.

Entertainment One (eOne), Hasbro, Inc’s (NASDAQHAS) entertainment studio, announced today that it will produce the definitive documentary feature about the world’s greatest roleplaying game™. The Dungeons & Dragons® documentary will coincide with the game’s 50thanniversary in 2024. Dungeons & Dragons writer and official ambassador Joe Manganiello will co-direct with Kyle Newman and producing alongside his brother Nick Manganiello, Anthony Savini, and Cecily Tyler. Tara Long and Geno McDermott are executive producing for eOne alongside leading Dungeons & Dragons scholar Jon Peterson, Adam F. Goldberg, and Kyle Newman.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS), a global play and entertainment company, today announced that Darren Throop intends to step down from his role as President & CEO of Hasbro’s eOne division when his contract expires at year end. The Company will share transition details prior to that time, and Mr. Throop will continue to serve in his role as President & CEO of eOne throughout the remainder of 2022.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS), a global play and entertainment company, today announced that Shane Azzi will join the company as Chief Global Supply Chain Officer, and that Matt Austin, previously President of Hasbro Europe and Asia, has been named Chief Commercial Officer. Both Shane and Matt will report to Eric Nyman, Hasbro’s President and Chief Operating Officer.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS), a global play and entertainment company, has been named one of the 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. This prestigious award recognizes companies for leadership in key ESG areas including business ethics and compliance, ethical sourcing and human rights, environmental sustainability, and social impact across global communities.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS), a global play and entertainment company, today announced the company has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), committing to further reduce its environmental footprint in support of a lower carbon economy. This commitment marks the latest move in the company’s ongoing sustainability journey, which includes industry-leading initiatives like converting its entire packaging line to plastic-free designs by the end of 2022, and the Hasbro Toy Recycling program where consumers can recycle their well-loved toys and games in twelve countries around the world.

Hasbro (NASDAQHAS) today confirmed that Alta Fox has submitted a letter nominating five candidates to stand for election to the Hasbro Board of Directors at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

It is with deep and profound sadness that Hasbro announces the passing of beloved leader and longtime Chairman and CEO Brian D. Goldner.