Press release from Business Wire
JAKKS Pacific Completes Acquisition of Moose Mountain Toymakers
Monday, October 17, 2011
JAKKS Pacific Completes Acquisition of Moose Mountain Toymakers06:30 EDT Monday, October 17, 2011
MALIBU, Calif. (Business Wire) -- JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) announced today that it has completed
the acquisition of Hong Kong-based Moose Mountain Toymakers Limited
(“Moose Mountain”), a leader in the sale and manufacture of foot to
floor ride-ons, wagons, tents, safe soft play environments, arcade
pinball games and sports arcade products.
JAKKS Pacific acquired all of the shares of stock of Moose Mountain, a
15-year-old, privately held company and its Parsippany, NJ-based
affiliate, Moose Mountain Marketing, Inc. The business includes licenses
for well-known characters and brands, including Disney, Fisher-Price,
Sesame Street, Thomas & Friends, Kawasaki, Nickelodeon and Hasbro, and
its children's product lines are complementary to JAKKS Pacific's
wide-ranging product portfolio.
Stephen Berman, JAKKS Pacific's President and CEO, stated, “We believe
that Moose Mountain and its roster of evergreen licenses and broad array
of product lines, coupled with its stellar management team, will be a
strong addition to JAKKS' portfolio of brands across multiple product
categories.”
“We could not be more thrilled to join the JAKKS family of brands,” said
Ron Lokos, President, Moose Mountain. “We believe that the Moose
Mountain business will be a great addition to JAKKS' overall product
line and contribute to the Company's long-term growth.”
For more info on Moose Mountain Toymakers®, please visit http://www.moosemountaintoys.com/
About JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) is a leading designer and marketer of
toys and consumer products, with a wide range of products that feature
some of the most popular brands and children's toy licenses in the
world. JAKKS' diverse portfolio includes Action Figures, Electronics,
Dolls, Dress-Up, Role Play, Halloween Costumes, Kids Furniture,
Vehicles, Plush, Art Activity Kits, Seasonal Products,
Infant/Pre-School, Construction Toys and Pet Toys sold under various
proprietary brands including JAKKS Pacific®, Creative Designs
International™, Road Champs®, Funnoodle®, JAKKS Pets™, Plug It In & Play
TV Games™, Kids Only!™, Tollytots® and Disguise™. JAKKS is an
award-winning licensee of several hundred nationally and internationally
known trademarks including Nickelodeon®, Warner Bros.®, Ultimate
Fighting Championship®, Hello Kitty®, Graco®, Cabbage Patch Kids® and
Pokémon®. www.jakks.com
This press release may contain forward-looking statements (within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that
are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about JAKKS
Pacific's business based partly on assumptions made by its management.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.
Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what
is expressed or forecasted in such statements due to numerous factors,
including, but not limited to, those described above, changes in demand
for JAKKS' products, product mix, the timing of customer orders and
deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and
difficulties with integrating acquired businesses. The forward-looking
statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which they are
made, and JAKKS undertakes no obligation to update any of them to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. ©
2011 JAKKS Pacific, Inc. All rights reserved.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.Joel Bennett310-455-6210joelb@jakks.netorJAKKS
Pacific, Inc.Anne-Marie Feliciano310-455-6245anne-marief@jakks.net
