-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BxiP2PWwCE68sRUtdHmb//bWZpC9iNyBkv+hoUyJuPd+wamSRHzHp49i9tQxNZGF Y5KcbfKq8SqQfJxvCFGDNg== 0000793698-97-000027.txt : 19970225 0000793698-97-000027.hdr.sgml : 19970225 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000793698-97-000027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970204 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MATTEL INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000063276 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DOLLS & STUFFED TOYS [3942] IRS NUMBER: 951567322 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-10566 FILM NUMBER: 97517168 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 CONTINENTAL BLVD CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: 3102522000 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793698 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: OPPENHEIMER TOWER STREET 2: WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281 SC 13G/A 1 AMENDMENT NO.1-1/97 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.1)* Mattel, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common (Title of Class of Securities) 577081102 (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (Continued on following page(s)) Page 1 of 10 Pages ______________________________________________________________ 13G CUSIP NO. 577081102 PAGE 2 OF 10 PAGES ______________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON OPPENHEIMER GROUP, INC. I.R.S. NO. 13-3331657 ______________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) (b) X ______________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ______________________________________________________________ 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION DELAWARE ______________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARE 0 _______________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 21,994,862 _______________________________________________ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 0 _______________________________________________ PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 21,994,862 ______________________________________________________________ 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 21,994,862 ______________________________________________________________ 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ______________________________________________________________ 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.09% ______________________________________________________________ 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON HC ______________________________________________________________ PAGE ______________________________________________________________ 13G CUSIP NO. 577081102 PAGE 3 OF 10 PAGES ______________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL I.R.S. NO. 13-3413767 _____________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) (b) X ______________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ______________________________________________________________ 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION DELAWARE ______________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARE 0 _______________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 21,976,788 _______________________________________________ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 0 _______________________________________________ PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 21,976,788 ______________________________________________________________ 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 21,976,788 ______________________________________________________________ 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ______________________________________________________________ 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.09% ______________________________________________________________ 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA ______________________________________________________________ PAGE Page 4 of 10 Pages SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Schedule 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement Item 1(b) Name of Issuer: Mattel, Inc. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245-5012 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Oppenheimer Group, Inc. Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: Oppenheimer Tower, World Financial Center New York, New York 10281 Item 2(c) Citizenship: Inapplicable Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 077447100 Item 3(g) ____X____ Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section 240.13d - 1(b)(1)(ii)(G) See Exhibit I hereto Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 21,994,862 * Item 4(b) Percent of Class: Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 8.09% * * Includes amount beneficially owned by Oppenheimer Capital as disclosed on Page 3 hereof. PAGE Page 5 of 10 Pages Item 4(c)(i) Sole Power to Vote or to direct the vote - Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 0 Item 4(c)(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote - Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 21,994,862 * Item 4(c)(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 0 Item 4(c)(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - Oppenheimer Group, Inc. - 21,994,862 * Item 5 Ownership to Five Percent or Less of a Class: Inapplicable Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: See Exhibit A hereto Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: See Exhibit II hereto Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Inapplicable Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: Inapplicable Item 10 Certification: By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: January 16, 1997 Signature: By: /s/ Robert I. Kleinberg Name/Title: Robert I. Kleinberg, Vice President/Secretary * Includes amount beneficially owned by Oppenheimer Capital as disclosed on Page 3 hereof. PAGE Page 6 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT A The Managing General Partner of Oppenheimer Capital, a registered investment adviser, and certain persons to whom it has delegated the authority, have the power on behalf of Oppenheimer Capital to direct the use of dividends or proceeds of sale of more than five (5%) percent of such securities as disclosed on Page 3 hereof. The Board of Directors, certain officers and other employees of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., a registered broker-dealer, have the power to direct the use of dividends or proceeds of sale of less than five (5%) percent of these securities. MIK8-exhibit.A/2 Page 7 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT I Oppenheimer Group, Inc. ("Oppenheimer Group") is a holding company which owns directly and indirectly a variety of subsidiary companies ("Subsidiaries") including the companies identified on the exhibit to this Schedule 13G engaged in various aspects of the financial services business. 70.78% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Group is owned by Oppenheimer & Co., L.P. ("Oppenheimer LP") a Delaware limited partnership formed by the management of Oppenheimer. The general and limited partnership interests in Oppenheimer LP are owned by officers and employees of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer LP. 29.22% of Group's capital stock has been issued to certain Oppenheimer LP warrantholders upon presentation for exercise of warrants issued to various investors in Oppenheimer LP's 1986 Private Placement. Opco, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Group, is a diversified investment banking and securities firm. Oppenheimer Financial Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Group, is the sole general partner of Oppenheimer Capital, L.P. ("Opcap LP"), a limited partnership which owns a majority interest in Oppenheimer Capital general partnership, which carries on an investment advisory business activity directly and through certain investment advisory companies one of which serves as advisor to a group of mutual funds. The amendment to Schedule 13G is being filed by Oppenheimer Group as a parent holding company pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13(d) - (1) (b) on behalf of Oppenheimer LP and the Subsidiaries and/or certain investment advisory clients or discretionary accounts of the Subsidiaries and relating to their collective beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the Issuer. Page 8 of 10 Pages Management of the affairs of Oppenheimer Group, the Subsidiaries and of certain advisory clients including decisions respecting dispositions and/or voting of the shares of the common stock of the Issuer resides in respective officers and directors of the Subsidiaries and is not directed by Oppenheimer Group or Oppenheimer LP. Accordingly, the filing of this amendment to Schedule 13G by Oppenheimer Group is not intended as, and should not be deemed, an acknowledgment of beneficial ownership or shared voting or dispositive power by Oppenheimer Group, Oppenheimer LP or any intermediary company of the shares of the common stock of the Issuer owned by such Subsidiaries or investment advisory clients of investment advisory clients, such beneficial ownership or attribution or shared voting or dispositive power being disclaimed. EXHIBIT1.696 Page 9 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT II The Parent Holding Company is filing on behalf of Oppenheimer Financial Corp., Oppenheimer Equities, Inc. and Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. which would be classified as Item 3(g), Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. which would be classified as Item 3(a), and Oppenheimer Capital which would be classified as Item 3(e). MIK8-EX-IIB Page 10 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT III The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that a report on Schedule 13G being filed by Oppenheimer Group, Inc. on or about the date hereof, relating to the common stock of Mattel, Inc. is filed on behalf of the undersigned. DATED: January 16, 1997 OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL By: /s/ Robert I. Kleinberg Robert I. Kleinberg Vice President & Secretary of Oppenheimer Financial Corp., The Managing General Partner. H:..\MKATZ\13G\13G97\MATTEL.197 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----