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Mattel to Issue $300 Million of Senior Notes

    EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mattel, Inc.
(NYSE: MAT) announced today that it has agreed to sell $100 million
aggregate principal amount of senior floating rate notes due June 15, 2009
and $200 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due June
15, 2011 in an underwritten public offering in which Banc of America
Securities LLC and Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking are acting as
representatives of the several underwriters. Mattel intends to use the net
proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. The offering is
expected to close on June 13, 2006. A prospectus related to the offering of
the notes may be obtained by contacting:
    Banc of America Securities LLC
    Prospectus Department,
    100 West 33rd Street, 3rd Floor,
    New York, New York 10001

    Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking
    Brooklyn Army Terminal
    140 58th Street, 8th Floor
    Brooklyn, NY 11220

    About Mattel
    Mattel, Inc., (NYSE: MAT, http://www.mattel.com) is the worldwide leader in
the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products,
including Barbie(R), the most popular fashion doll ever introduced. The
Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Hot Wheels(R),
Matchbox(R), American Girl(R) and Tyco(R) R/C, as well as Fisher-Price(R)
brands (http://www.fisher-price.com), including Little People(R), Rescue
Heroes(R), Power Wheels(R) and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy
lines.


SOURCE Mattel, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    News Media, Lisa Marie Bongiovanni,
    +1-310-252-3524, LisaMarie.Bongiovanni@mattel.com, or Securities
    Analysts, Mike Salop, +1-310-252-2703, Mike.Salop@mattel.com,
    both of Mattel, Inc.