Registration No. 333-38159 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 HASBRO, INC. -------------------- (Name of Registrant) Rhode Island 05-0155090 - - - - - - - ------------------------ ------------------------------------ (State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 1027 Newport Avenue Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861 -------------------------------------------------- (Principal Executive Offices) HASBRO, INC. EMPLOYEE NON-QUALIFIED STOCK PLAN AND HASBRO, INC. NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ------------------------------------------------------ (Title of Plans) PHILLIP H. WALDOKS, ESQ. Senior Vice President--Corporate Legal Affairs and Secretary Hasbro, Inc. 32 West 23rd Street New York, New York 10010 --------------------------- (Name and Address of Agent) (212) 645-2400 --------------------------- (Telephone Number of Agent) Calculation of Registration Fee ------------------------------- Title of Proposed max- Proposed max- Securities imum offer- imum aggre- Amount of to be Amount to be ing price gate offering regis- registered registered per unit price tion fee - - - - - - - ------------ ------------------- ------------- -------------- ---------- Common Stock 9,000,000 shares(1) $33.375(2) $300,375,000(2) $83,504.25 (1) To be registered with respect to the Hasbro, Inc. Employee Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto. (2) Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c). PART II Item 3. Information Required in the Registration Statement The Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form S-8 of Hasbro, Inc. (the "Corporation" or the "Registrant"), file number 333-38159, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 1997 is incorporated in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof. Item 8. Exhibits 5.0 Opinion of Phillip H. Waldoks, Esq. 23.1 Consent of Phillip H. Waldoks, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.0). 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors. 24.0 Power of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to signature page of the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated October 17, 1997.) -2- SIGNATURES ---------- The Registrant -------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, the State of New York, on April 22, 1999. HASBRO, INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ Phillip H. Waldoks ----------------------- Phillip H. Waldoks, Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Capacity Date --------- -------- ---- /s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld* Chairman of the Board, April 22, 1999 - - - - - - - ---------------------------- 	 Chief Executive Alan G. Hassenfeld Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ John T. O'Neill* Executive Vice President and April 22, 1999 - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Chief Financial Officer John T. O'Neill (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Alan R. Batkin* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Alan R. Batkin - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April , 1999 Herbert M. Baum -3- /s/ Harold P. Gordon* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Harold P. Gordon /s/ Alex Grass*							 - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Alex Grass /s/ Sylvia K. Hassenfeld* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Sylvia K. Hassenfeld		 /s/ Marie-Josee Kraviis Director April 22, 1999 - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Marie-Josee Kravis - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April , 1999 Claudine B. Malone /s/ Morris W. Offit* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Morris W. Offit /s/ Norma T. Pace* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Norma T. Pace /s/ E. John Rosenwald, Jr.* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 E. John Rosenwald, Jr. /s/Carl Spielvogel* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Carl Spielvogel -4- /s/ Preston Robert Tisch* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Preston Robert Tisch /s/ Alfred J. Verrecchia* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Alfred J. Verrecchia /s/ Paul Wolfowitz* - - - - - - - ---------------------------- Director April 22, 1999 Paul Wolfowitz */s/ Phillip H. Waldoks - - - - - - - ----------------------------			 Phillip H. Waldoks Attorney-in-fact -5- EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description - - - - - - - ----------- ----------- 5.0 Opinion of Phillip H. Waldoks, Esq. 23.1 Consent of Phillip H. Waldoks, Esq. (Included in Exhibit 5.0) 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors. 24.0 Power of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to signature page of the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated October 17, 1997.)