JAKKS Pacific Reports Court Ruling Requiring Parties to Provide Notice to Holders of Proposed Settlement of Derivative Action

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.,

today announced that the United States District Court for the Central District of California has authorized notice to be given to JAKKS` shareholders of the Court`s preliminary approval of the previously disclosed settlement of Vladimir Gusinsky Living Trust v. Stephen Berman, et al. (f/k/a Advanced Advisors G. P. v. Stephen Berman, et al.) Case No. 2-14-cv-01420-JAK (SSx), a consolidated shareholder derivative action. The proposed settlement is subject to final Court approval, and the Court has set a final approval hearing for November 2, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. PT, in the courtroom of the Honorable John A. Kronstadt, United States District Judge. At the November 2, 2015 hearing, the Court will also hear a request from plaintiff`s counsel for an award of attorneys` fees and expenses. The notice of the proposed settlement (the "Notice") is attached to this press release, and the terms of the proposed settlement of the Derivative Action (the "Settlement") are set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement dated as of March 23, 2015 (the "Stipulation"), also attached. As required by the Court`s Order, JAKKS is filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K that provides shareholders with a copy of this press release, the Notice and the Stipulation. The Notice also contains important information regarding the rights of shareholders with respect to this proposed Settlement. We encourage shareholders to read the Notice and the Stipulation in their entirety.