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United Parcel Service Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 2/21/23, at 6:16am ET · For: 12/31/22 · Accession #: 1090727-23-6 · File #: 1-15451

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/21/23  United Parcel Service Inc.        10-K       12/31/22  133:27M

Annual Report — Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   5.53M 
 4: EX-10.17    EX-10.17 Offer of Employment                        HTML     68K 
 5: EX-10.18    EX-10.18 Ups Protective Covenant Agreement          HTML     59K 
 2: EX-10.2     EX-10.2 - Ups 401(K) Savings Plan                   HTML    936K 
 6: EX-10.20    EX-10.20 Ups Management Incentive Program           HTML     76K 
 7: EX-10.21    EX-10.21 Ups Management Incentive Program           HTML     64K 
 3: EX-10.3     EX-10.3 - Ups Restoration Savings Plan              HTML    163K 
 8: EX-21       EX-21 - Subsidiaries of the Registrant              HTML     42K 
 9: EX-23       EX-23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP              HTML     37K 
10: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 - Section 302 - Peo Certification           HTML     42K 
11: EX-31.2     EX-31.2 - Section 302 - Pfo Certification           HTML     42K 
12: EX-32.1     EX-32.1 - Section 906 - Peo Certification           HTML     39K 
13: EX-32.2     EX-32.2 - Section 906 - Pfo Certification           HTML     38K 
19: R1          Cover                                               HTML    112K 
20: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     43K 
21: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    167K 
22: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
23: R5          Statements of Consolidated Income                   HTML    105K 
24: R6          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     64K 
25: R7          Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows               HTML    142K 
26: R8          Summary of Accounting Policies                      HTML     83K 
27: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     91K 
28: R10         Marketable Securities and Long-Term Investments     HTML    176K 
29: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     54K 
30: R12         Company-Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans            HTML    521K 
31: R13         Compensation Related Costs, Postemployment          HTML    160K 
                Benefits                                                         
32: R14         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     99K 
33: R15         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     59K 
34: R16         Debt and Financing Arrangements                     HTML    151K 
35: R17         Legal Proceedings and Contingencies                 HTML     43K 
36: R18         Leases                                              HTML    158K 
37: R19         Shareowners' Equity                                 HTML    213K 
38: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    104K 
39: R21         Segment and Geographic Information                  HTML    121K 
40: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    152K 
41: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     60K 
42: R24         Derivative Instruments and Risk Management          HTML    157K 
43: R25         Transformation Strategy                             HTML     53K 
44: R26         Summary of Accounting Policies (Policies)           HTML    127K 
45: R27         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     77K 
46: R28         Marketable Securities and Long-Term Investments     HTML    177K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R29         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     52K 
48: R30         Company-Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)   HTML    499K 
49: R31         Multiemployer Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)       HTML    150K 
50: R32         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     98K 
51: R33         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     53K 
52: R34         Debt and Financing Arrangements (Tables)            HTML    132K 
53: R35         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    113K 
54: R36         Shareowners' Equity (Tables)                        HTML    209K 
55: R37         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     98K 
56: R38         Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)         HTML    116K 
57: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    147K 
58: R40         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     59K 
59: R41         Derivative Instruments and Risk Management          HTML    156K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R42         Transformation Strategy Costs (Tables)              HTML     52K 
61: R43         SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Additional         HTML    136K 
                Information (Details)                                            
62: R44         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     79K 
63: R45         Revenue Recognition - Narratives (Details)          HTML     52K 
64: R46         MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -   HTML     84K 
                Summary of Marketable Securities (Details)                       
65: R47         MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -   HTML     59K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
66: R48         MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -   HTML     65K 
                Age of Gross Unrealized Losses and Fair Value by                 
                Investment Category (Details)                                    
67: R49         MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -   HTML    120K 
                Amortized Cost and Estimated Fair Value of                       
                Marketable Securities by Contractual Maturity                    
                (Details)                                                        
68: R50         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Schedule of         HTML     63K 
                Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)                         
69: R51         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Narrative           HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R52         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML    139K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
71: R53         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Net      HTML     84K 
                Periodic Benefit Cost for Company Sponsored                      
                Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (Detail)                
72: R54         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML     58K 
                Weighted Average Actuarial Assumptions Used to                   
                Determine the Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail)                 
73: R55         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML     52K 
                Weighted Average Actuarial Assumptions Used to                   
                Determine the Benefit Obligations (Detail)                       
74: R56         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS            HTML     46K 
                COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Effects               
                of One Basis Point Change on Projected Benefit                   
                Obligation (Details)                                             
75: R57         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Funded   HTML     95K 
                Status as of the Respective Measurement Dates in                 
                Each Year and the Amounts Recognized in Balance                  
                Sheet (Detail)                                                   
76: R58         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML     61K 
                Projected Benefit Obligation, Accumulated Benefit                
                Obligation, and Fair Value of Plan Assets for                    
                Pension Plans With an Accumulated Benefit                        
                Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets (Detail)                     
77: R59         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML    117K 
                Reconciliation of the Changes in the Plans'                      
                Benefit Obligations and Fair Value of Plan Assets                
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R60         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Fair     HTML    284K 
                Values of U.S. Pension and Postretirement Benefit                
                Plan Assets by Asset Category as Well as the                     
                Percentage That Each Category Comprises of Total                 
                Plan Assets and the Respective Target Allocations                
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R61         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Fair     HTML     67K 
                Value Measurement of Plan Assets Using                           
                Unobservable Inputs (Detail)                                     
80: R62         COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -          HTML     71K 
                Expected Cash Flows for Pension and Postretirement               
                Benefit Plans (Detail)                                           
81: R63         MULTIEMPLOYER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - UPS's        HTML    180K 
                Participation in Multiemployer Plans (Detail)                    
82: R64         MULTIEMPLOYER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS -              HTML     98K 
                Multi-Employer Health and Welfare Plans (Detail)                 
83: R65         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Allocation of      HTML     57K 
                Goodwill by Reportable Segment (Detail)                          
84: R66         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Additional         HTML     89K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
85: R67         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Summary of         HTML     73K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
86: R68         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS - Fair Value of Assets and    HTML     75K 
                Liabilities Acquired (Details)                                   
87: R69         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS - Narrative (Details)         HTML     88K 
88: R70         DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Additional        HTML    250K 
                Information (Details)                                            
89: R71         DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Carrying Value    HTML    184K 
                of Debt Obligations (Details)                                    
90: R72         DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Average Interest  HTML     53K 
                Rate (Details)                                                   
91: R73         DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Aggregate         HTML     72K 
                Minimum Lease Payments, Annual Principal Payments                
                and Amounts Expected to be Spent for Purchase                    
                Commitments (Details)                                            
92: R74         Legal Proceedings and Contingencies Legal           HTML     41K 
                Proceedings and Contingencies (Details)                          
93: R75         LEASES - Narratives (Details)                       HTML     43K 
94: R76         LEASES - Lease Cost (Details)                       HTML     53K 
95: R77         LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML     73K 
96: R78         LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures         HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R79         LEASES - Maturity Schedule After Adoption           HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R80         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Additional Information        HTML     81K 
                (Detail)                                                         
99: R81         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Roll-forward of Common        HTML    119K 
                Stock, Additional Paid-in Capital, and Retained                  
                Earnings Accounts (Detail)                                       
100: R82         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Roll-forward of Common        HTML     41K  
                Stock, Additional Paid-in Capital, and Retained                  
                Earnings Accounts (Phantom) (Detail)                             
101: R83         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Activity in Accumulated       HTML     79K  
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                       
102: R84         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Activity in Accumulated       HTML     67K  
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Phantom)                      
                (Detail)                                                         
103: R85         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Reclassification from AOCI    HTML     80K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R86         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Activity in Deferred          HTML     62K  
                Compensation Program (Detail)                                    
105: R87         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information   HTML    125K  
                (Detail)                                                         
106: R88         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted Stock Units   HTML     78K  
                Outstanding, Including Reinvested Dividends                      
                (Detail)                                                         
107: R89         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Options to Purchase      HTML     88K  
                Shares of Class A Common Stock Issued and                        
                Outstanding (Detail)                                             
108: R90         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Fair Value of Employee   HTML     57K  
                Stock Options Granted as Determined by                           
                Black-Scholes Valuation Model Assumptions (Detail)               
109: R91         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Additional     HTML     59K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
110: R92         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Segment        HTML     73K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
111: R93         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Revenue by     HTML     80K  
                Product Type (Detail)                                            
112: R94         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Geographic     HTML     52K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
113: R95         INCOME TAXES - Income Tax Expense Benefit           HTML     66K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: R96         INCOME TAXES - Income Before Income Taxes           HTML     47K  
                (Details)                                                        
115: R97         INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of Statutory Federal  HTML     59K  
                Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate                     
                (Details)                                                        
116: R98         INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details)     HTML    114K  
117: R99         INCOME TAXES - Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets  HTML     76K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R100        INCOME TAXES - U.S. State and Local Operating Loss  HTML     42K  
                and Credit Carryforwards (Details)                               
119: R101        INCOME TAXES - Summarized Activity Related to       HTML     65K  
                Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)                              
120: R102        EARNINGS PER SHARE - Computation of Basic and       HTML     85K  
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)                              
121: R103        EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information         HTML     40K  
                (Detail)                                                         
122: R104        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     48K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
123: R105        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     58K  
                Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative                       
                Positions (Detail)                                               
124: R106        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     77K  
                Balance sheet location of derivative assets and                  
                liabilities and their related fair values (Detail)               
125: R107        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     51K  
                Amount and Location in the Income Statement for                  
                Derivatives Designed as Cash Flow Hedges (Detail)                
126: R108        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     81K  
                Amount Recorded in Income Statements for Foreign                 
                Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as                     
                Hedges (Detail)                                                  
127: R109        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     63K  
                Amount and Location in the Income Statement for                  
                Derivatives Designated as Fair Value Hedges                      
                (Detail)                                                         
128: R110        Transformation Strategy Transformation Strategy     HTML     47K  
                Costs (Details)                                                  
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12/18/97  United Parcel Svc of America Inc. T-3                    5:253K                                   Donnelley Fin’l S… 01/FA

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United Parcel Service Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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