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TreeHouse Foods, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/15/22, at 4:21pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1320695-22-9   ·   File #:  1-32504

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

 2/15/22  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-K       12/31/21  153:18M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.71M 
 2: EX-10.27    Material Contract                                   HTML     76K 
 3: EX-10.28    Material Contract                                   HTML     63K 
 4: EX-10.29    Material Contract                                   HTML    925K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     47K 
 6: EX-22       Published Report re: Matters Submitted to a Vote    HTML     45K 
                of Security Holders                                              
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     41K 
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     45K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     46K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     42K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     42K 
17: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    107K 
18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     46K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    153K 
20: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     57K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    168K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     68K 
                (Loss)                                                           
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     90K 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    186K 
25: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     75K 
26: R10         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     55K 
27: R11         Growth, Reinvestment, and Restructuring Programs    HTML     92K 
28: R12         Leases                                              HTML    180K 
29: R13         Receivables Sales Program                           HTML     56K 
30: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     49K 
31: R15         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML    102K 
32: R16         Property, Plant, and Equipment                      HTML     57K 
33: R17         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    102K 
34: R18         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     54K 
35: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    149K 
36: R20         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     80K 
37: R21         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     57K 
38: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     52K 
39: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    112K 
40: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     68K 
41: R25         Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML    234K 
42: R26         Other Operating Expense, Net                        HTML     52K 
43: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     60K 
44: R28         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     89K 
45: R29         Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML    130K 
                Customers                                                        
46: R30         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     50K 
47: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    129K 
                (Policies)                                                       
48: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     97K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R33         Growth, Reinvestment, and Restructuring Programs    HTML     86K 
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    129K 
51: R35         Receivable Sales Program (Tables)                   HTML     53K 
52: R36         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     50K 
53: R37         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     96K 
54: R38         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Tables)             HTML     55K 
55: R39         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    147K 
56: R40         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     54K 
57: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    153K 
58: R42         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     62K 
59: R43         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     51K 
60: R44         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
61: R45         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    120K 
62: R46         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     68K 
63: R47         Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML    244K 
                (Tables)                                                         
64: R48         Other Operating Expense, Net (Tables)               HTML     53K 
65: R49         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML     85K 
66: R50         Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML    123K 
                Customers (Tables)                                               
67: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     58K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
68: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     54K 
                Estimated Useful Lives of Assets (Details)                       
69: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     60K 
                Estimated Useful Lives of Intangible Assets                      
                (Details)                                                        
70: R54         Growth, Reinvestment, and Restructuring Programs -  HTML     68K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
71: R55         Growth, Reinvestment, and Restructuring Programs -  HTML     69K 
                Aggregate Expenses Incurred Associated with                      
                Facility Closure (Details)                                       
72: R56         Growth, Reinvestment, and Restructuring Programs -  HTML     55K 
                Reconciliation of Liabilities (Details)                          
73: R57         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     50K 
74: R58         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     72K 
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
75: R59         Leases - Weighted-average Discount Rates for        HTML     45K 
                Operating and Finance Leases (Details)                           
76: R60         Leases - Weighted-average Remaining Lease Term of   HTML     46K 
                Operating and Finance Leases (Details)                           
77: R61         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     56K 
78: R62         Leases - Operating and Finance Lease Liability      HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R63         Leases - Other Information Relating to Leases       HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R64         Receivables Sales Program - Additional Information  HTML     51K 
                (Detail)                                                         
81: R65         Receivables Sales Program - Accounts Receivable     HTML     49K 
                Sold the Receivable Sales Program (Details)                      
82: R66         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     48K 
83: R67         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Additional          HTML    174K 
                Information (Details)                                            
84: R68         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Purchase Price      HTML     77K 
                Allocation to Net Tangible and Intangible Assets                 
                Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details)                       
85: R69         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Pro Forma           HTML     46K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
86: R70         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Results of          HTML     66K 
                Discontinued Operations on Income Statement                      
                (Details)                                                        
87: R71         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Results of          HTML     75K 
                Discontinued Operations on Balance Sheet (Details)               
88: R72         Property, Plant, and Equipment - (Details)          HTML     59K 
89: R73         Property, Plant, and Equipment - Additional         HTML     53K 
                Information (Details)                                            
90: R74         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Changes in         HTML     72K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                            
91: R75         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     51K 
                Information (Details)                                            
92: R76         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Gross Carrying     HTML     77K 
                Amounts and Accumulated Amortization of Intangible               
                Assets, with Finite Lives (Details)                              
93: R77         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Estimated          HTML     52K 
                Amortization Expense on Intangible Assets                        
                (Details)                                                        
94: R78         Accrued Expenses (Details)                          HTML     63K 
95: R79         Income Taxes - Components of Loss Before Income     HTML     51K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
96: R80         Income Taxes - Components of Provision for Income   HTML     69K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
97: R81         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax         HTML     76K 
                Expense Computed at U.S. Federal Statutory Tax                   
                Rate to Income Tax Expense (Details)                             
98: R82         Income Taxes - Tax Effects of Temporary             HTML     77K 
                Differences Giving Rise to Deferred Income Tax                   
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
99: R83         Income Taxes - Income Taxes - Details of Tax        HTML     70K 
                Attributed Related to Net Operating Losses,                      
                Credits And Capital Losses (Details)                             
100: R84         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     61K  
101: R85         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and      HTML     58K  
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Details)                                                        
102: R86         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     65K  
103: R87         Long-Term Debt - Scheduled Maturities of            HTML     61K  
                Outstanding Debt, Excluding Deferred Financing                   
                Costs (Details)                                                  
104: R88         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML     75K  
105: R89         Long-Term Debt - Revolving Credit Facility -        HTML     71K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
106: R90         Long-Term Debt - Term Loan A - Additional           HTML     55K  
                Information (Details)                                            
107: R91         Long-Term Debt - Term Loan A-1 - Additional         HTML     46K  
                Information (Details)                                            
108: R92         Long-Term Debt - 2024 Notes - Additional            HTML     54K  
                Information (Details)                                            
109: R93         Long-Term Debt - 2028 Notes - Additional            HTML     60K  
                Information (Details)                                            
110: R94         Long-Term Debt - Loss on Extinguishment of Debt -   HTML     53K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
111: R95         Long-Term Debt - Interest Rate Swap Agreements -    HTML     46K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
112: R96         Long-Term Debt - Fair Value - Additional            HTML     47K  
                Information (Details)                                            
113: R97         Long-Term Debt - Finance Lease Obligations and      HTML     45K  
                Other - Additional Information (Details)                         
114: R98         Long-Term Debt - Deferred Financing Costs -         HTML     46K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
115: R99         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     62K  
                (Details)                                                        
116: R100        Stockholders' Equity - Repurchase of Common Stock   HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R101        Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     52K  
118: R102        Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     93K  
                (Details)                                                        
119: R103        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Total         HTML     46K  
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
120: R104        Stock-Based Compensation- Summary of Stock Option   HTML     84K  
                Activity (Details)                                               
121: R105        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Employee and  HTML     47K  
                Director Stock Option Highlights (Details)                       
122: R106        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted    HTML     76K  
                Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Activity (Details)               
123: R107        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Employee and  HTML     47K  
                Director Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock                   
                Highlights (Details)                                             
124: R108        Stock-Based Compensation - Shareholder Return       HTML     52K  
                Market Condition and Assumptions (Details)                       
125: R109        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Performance   HTML     65K  
                Unit Activity (Details)                                          
126: R110        Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Performance   HTML     47K  
                Unit Highlights (Details)                                        
127: R111        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss- Components    HTML     68K  
                of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Net of Tax               
                Except for Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment               
                (Details)                                                        
128: R112        Employee Pension And Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     76K  
                - Additional Information (Details)                               
129: R113        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     55K  
                - Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets, by Asset                    
                Category (Details)                                               
130: R114        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML    116K  
                - Summarized Information about Pension and                       
                Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details)                           
131: R115        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     48K  
                - Summary of Pension Benefit Plans (Details)                     
132: R116        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     52K  
                - Accumulated Benefit Obligation and Weighted                    
                Average Assumptions Used (Details)                               
133: R117        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     52K  
                - Key Actuarial Assumptions Used to Determine                    
                Postretirement Benefit Obligations (Details)                     
134: R118        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     70K  
                - Summary of Net Periodic Cost of Pension and                    
                Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details)                           
135: R119        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     59K  
                - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                 
                Pension Benefit Costs (Details)                                  
136: R120        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     59K  
                - Estimated Future Pension and Postretirement                    
                Benefit Payments (Details)                                       
137: R121        Employee Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans   HTML     59K  
                - Multiemployer Pension Plans (Details)                          
138: R122        Other Operating Expense, Net (Details)              HTML     49K  
139: R123        Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     58K  
140: R124        Derivative Instruments - Additional Information     HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
141: R125        Derivative Instruments - Derivative, Fair Value,    HTML     55K  
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                Sheets (Details)                                                 
142: R126        Derivative Instruments - Gains and Losses on        HTML     71K  
                Derivative Contracts (Details)                                   
143: R127        Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML     59K  
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144: R128        Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML     87K  
                Customers - Financial Information Relating to                    
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145: R129        Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML     73K  
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146: R130        Segment and Geographic Information and Major        HTML     49K  
                Customers - Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Region               
                (Details)                                                        
147: R131        Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts -   HTML     50K  
                Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance (Details)                       
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 2/16/24  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-K       12/31/23  149:16M
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 6/29/21  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:5,9     6/28/21   13:382K
 5/06/21  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-Q        3/31/21   87:8.4M
 4/01/21  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:1,9     3/26/21   11:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/11/21  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-K       12/31/20  158:18M
 1/04/21  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:5,9     1/04/21   13:261K
 9/09/20  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:1,2,9   9/09/20   11:848K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/13/20  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-K       12/31/19  161:25M
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 3/05/18  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:5,9     3/02/18    4:139K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/21/18  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:5,9     2/20/18    4:236K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/05/17  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:1,9    12/01/17    3:913K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/04/17  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-Q        3/31/17  125:9M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/05/16  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-Q        3/31/16  124:8.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 8/06/15  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-Q        6/30/15  118:8.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/02/15  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             DEF 14A     4/23/15    1:1.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 3/03/10  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             8-K:1,2,9   3/02/10    5:896K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 6/09/05  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.             10-12B/A¶             17:2.3M                                   Bowne - DC/FA
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