---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-22-000389"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAS"
cik: "0000046080"
company_name: "HASBRO, INC."
filed_at: "2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T09:56:22.440903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hasbro appoints Elizabeth Hamren and Blake Jorgensen to board, expands to 13 directors

## Summary
- Board expands from 11 to 13; Hamren (Discord COO) and Jorgensen (ex-EA CFO) appointed effective Apr 1, 2022.
- Hamren brings digital gaming experience from Microsoft Xbox and Oculus; Jorgensen adds capital allocation and M&A expertise.
- Hasbro files preliminary proxy; letters from Chair and CEO defend strategy against Alta Fox activist campaign.
- Board evaluated and rejected tax-free spin-off of Wizards of the Coast, stating it would not create value.
- CEO Chris Cocks outlines 3-prong growth focus: Games, Multigenerational Play & Entertainment, and direct fan relationships.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-22-000389
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAS
- cik: 0000046080
- company_name: HASBRO, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46080/000095015722000389/0000950157-22-000389-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46080/000095015722000389/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-22-000389
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-22-000389.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-22-000389.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Blake Jorgensen was appointed as Director at HASBRO, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Elizabeth Hamren and Blake Jorgensen to fill the vacancies on the Board created by such increase, effective as of April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46080/000095015722000389/0000950157-22-000389-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Hamren was appointed as Director at HASBRO, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Elizabeth Hamren and Blake Jorgensen to fill the vacancies on the Board created by such increase, effective as of April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46080/000095015722000389/0000950157-22-000389-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.