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Leidos Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 1/3/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 2/18/20, at 2:36pm ET   ·   For:  1/3/20   ·   Accession #:  1336920-20-23   ·   File #:  1-33072

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 2/18/20  Leidos Holdings, Inc.             10-K        1/03/20  141:18M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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