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Leidos Holdings, Inc., et al. – ‘10-KT’ for 1/1/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 2/26/16, at 3:57pm ET   ·   For:  1/1/16   ·   Accession #:  1336920-16-76   ·   File #s:  0-12771, 1-33072

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

 2/26/16  Leidos Holdings, Inc.             10-KT       1/01/16  124:18M
          Leidos, Inc.

Annual-Transition Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Rule 13a-10 / 15d-10
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 4: EX-10.20    Material Contract                                   HTML    103K 
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                (Parenthetical)                                                  
27: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    262K 
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29: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML    103K 
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31: R14         Receivables                                         HTML     71K 
32: R15         Property Plant and Equipment                        HTML     76K 
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35: R18         Debt                                                HTML    138K 
36: R19         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     45K 
37: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     62K 
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39: R22         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    382K 
40: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML    282K 
41: R24         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     56K 
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43: R26         Supplementary Cash Flow Information                 HTML    144K 
44: R27         Business Segment Information                        HTML    145K 
45: R28         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     69K 
46: R29         Other Commitments and Contingencies                 HTML     65K 
47: R30         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML    211K 
48: R31         Subsequent Events (Notes)                           HTML     55K 
49: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    176K 
                (Policies)                                                       
50: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    108K 
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                Captions (Tables)                                                
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                (Tables)                                                         
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63: R46         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     62K 
64: R47         Supplementary Cash Flow Information (Tables)        HTML     89K 
65: R48         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     87K 
66: R49         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML    122K 
                (Tables)                                                         
67: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    111K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
68: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     50K 
                Separation Transaction Expenses (Detail)                         
69: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     50K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies - Restructuring               
                Reserve (Details)                                                
70: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     52K 
                Schedule of Depreciation using Estimated Useful                  
                Lives (Detail)                                                   
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                Discontinued Operations) (Detail)                                
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                Liabilities Assumed (Detail)                                     
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                Intangible Assets Including Estimates of Assets                  
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                Amortization Expense for Finite-Lived Intangible                 
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                Captions (Schedule of Certain Financial Statement                
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Long-Term Debt) (Detail)                                         
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                Stock-Based Awards Excluded from Weighted Average                
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                Compensation and Related Tax Benefits Recognized)                
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                Average Grant-Date Fair Value and Assumptions                    
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                Stock Award Activity) (Detail)                                   
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                Performance-Based Stock Award Activity) (Detail)                 
102: R85         Income Taxes (Schedule of Provision for Income      HTML     48K  
                Taxes) (Detail)                                                  
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106: R89         Income Taxes (Schedule of Changes in Unrecognized   HTML     52K  
                Tax Benefits) (Detail)                                           
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108: R91         Retirement Plans - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     55K  
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                Commitments and Sublease Receipts under                          
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113: R96         Supplementary Cash Flow Information (Detail)        HTML     69K  
114: R97         Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by        HTML     62K  
                Segment (Detail)                                                 
115: R98         Business Segment Information - Additional           HTML     35K  
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116: R99         Business Segment Information (Schedule of Total     HTML     47K  
                Revenue Percentages Contributable to Specific                    
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117: R100        Legal Proceedings - Additional Information          HTML    100K  
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118: R101        Other Commitments and Contingencies - Additional    HTML     81K  
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119: R102        Schedule of Selected Quarterly Financial Data       HTML     70K  
                (Detail)                                                         
120: R103        Schedule of Selected Quarterly Financial Data       HTML     60K  
                (Footnotes) (Detail)                                             
121: R104        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     62K  
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