Commitments and Contingencies
The Company enters into license agreements with strategic partners, inventors, designers and others for the use of intellectual properties in its products. Certain of these agreements require the Company to pay fixed and determinable royalty amounts or nonrefundable licensing fees, regardless of future sales or performance. Under terms of existing agreements as of December 28, 2025, the Company is unconditionally obligated to make the following payments, net of amounts previously paid and recorded as prepaid royalties: 2026: $90.4 million; 2027: $112.0 million; 2028: $111.1 million; 2029: $110.7 million; 2030: $102.0 million; and thereafter: $100.8 million. Certain licensing agreements also include contingent minimum guarantees or performance-based payments that become payable only upon the occurrence of specified future events. Such contingent amounts are not included in the amounts above. As of December 28, 2025, the Company had $30.7 million of prepaid royalties, all of which are included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Interest payment obligations on the Company's fixed-rate long-term debt are as follows: 2026: $153.9 million; 2027: $136.3 million; 2028: $119.7 million; 2029: $112.4 million; 2030: $77.3 million; and thereafter: $614.1 million. Refer to Note 12, Long-Term Debt and Other Financing, for additional information on the Company's long-term debt.
As of December 28, 2025, the Company estimates payments related to inventory and tooling purchase commitments may total approximately $111.6 million, excluding those already accrued in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company monitors for any estimated environmental contingencies related to its current physical locations and former owned or leased facilities which it is responsible for environmental matters. The Company has estimated a $30.5 million environmental liability related to a previously owned manufacturing facility (environmental liability assumed as part of a historical acquisition) in which the Company is solely responsible for the mitigation and remediation activities.
Legal and Other Claims
Hasbro is party to certain legal proceedings, as well as certain asserted and unasserted claims. Amounts accrued, as well as the total amount of reasonably possible losses with respect to such matters, individually and in the aggregate, are not deemed to be material to the consolidated financial statements.
The Company from time to time may be subject to lawsuits and other claims related to product, commercial, employee, environmental and other matters in the normal course of business. In determining costs to accrue related to these items, the Company carefully analyzes cases and considers the likelihood of adverse judgments or outcomes, as well as the potential range of possible loss. The Company accrues for matters when losses are both probable and estimable. Any amounts accrued for these matters are monitored on an ongoing basis and are updated based on new developments or new information as it becomes available for each matter.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 25, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 27, 2025
2023Feb 28, 2024
2022Feb 22, 2023
2021Feb 23, 2022
2020Feb 24, 2021
2019Feb 27, 2020
2018Feb 26, 2019
2017Feb 26, 2018
2016Feb 22, 2017
2015Feb 24, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.