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MALIBU, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAKK) will announce 2008 fourth quarter and year-end results on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. The Company will also hold a teleconference and webcast to discuss these results and may also discuss future plans and prospects.
Anyone interested will be able to listen to the teleconference, scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. ET on February 18, 2009 via the Internet at [ www.jakks.com ]. The web will host an archive of the teleconference for 30 days.
A telephonic playback will be available from 10:00 a.m. ET on February 18, 2009 through 10:00 a.m. ET on March 18, 2009. The playback can be accessed by calling (888) 843-8996, or (630) 652-3044 for international callers, pass code #23896457.
About JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and consumer products. The product categories include: Action Figures, Art Activity Kits, Stationery, Writing Instruments, Performance Kites, Water Toys, Sports Activity Toys, Vehicles, Infant/Pre-School, Plush, Construction Toys, Electronics, Dolls, Dress-Up, Role Play, and Pet Toys and Accessories. The products are sold under various brand names including JAKKS Pacific®, Play Along®, Flying Colors®, Creative Designs International™, Road Champs®, Child Guidance®, Pentech®, Trendmasters®, Toymax®, Funnoodle®, Go Fly a Kite®, Color Workshop®, JAKKS Pets™ and Plug It In & Play TV Games™. JAKKS and THQ Inc. participate in a joint venture that has worldwide rights to publish and market World Wrestling Entertainment video games. For further information, visit [ www.jakks.com ].
This press release may contain statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about JAKKS' business based, in part, on assumptions made by its management.These statements are not guarantees of JAKKS' 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 forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and the following: changes in demand for JAKKS' products, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing and difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses.The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which they are made, and JAKKS does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.