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Hanesbrands Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/16/24, at 10:16am ET · For: 12/30/23 · Accession #: 1359841-24-10 · File #: 1-32891

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

 2/16/24  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/30/23  145:101M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.95M 
 6: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML     38K 
 7: EX-10.18    Material Contract                                   HTML    301K 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     98K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     96K 
 8: EX-10.32    Material Contract                                   HTML    887K 
 4: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML    112K 
 5: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 9: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML    116K 
10: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     37K 
15: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     49K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
11: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
12: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
13: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
14: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
21: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    103K 
22: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     43K 
23: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    129K 
24: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     68K 
                (Loss)                                                           
25: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
                (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                           
26: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    158K 
27: R7          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     58K 
28: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     92K 
29: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    165K 
30: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     58K 
31: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     94K 
32: R12         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale                HTML     90K 
33: R13         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     53K 
34: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     57K 
35: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    105K 
36: R16         Trade Accounts Receivable                           HTML     66K 
37: R17         Inventories                                         HTML     45K 
38: R18         Property, Net                                       HTML     49K 
39: R19         Leases                                              HTML     58K 
40: R20         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     95K 
41: R21         Debt                                                HTML    103K 
42: R22         Defined Benefit Pension Plans                       HTML    135K 
43: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML    166K 
44: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
45: R25         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     48K 
46: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    108K 
47: R27         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML    159K 
48: R28         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities                HTML    122K 
49: R29         Business Segment Information                        HTML    180K 
50: R30         Geographic Area Information                         HTML     60K 
51: R31         Quarterly Financial Data                            HTML     57K 
52: R32         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     50K 
53: R33         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     44K 
54: R34         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     40K 
55: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    148K 
                (Policies)                                                       
56: R36         Revenue Recognition (Policies)                      HTML     40K 
57: R37         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Tables)       HTML     89K 
58: R38         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     48K 
59: R39         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     58K 
60: R40         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    102K 
61: R41         Trade Accounts Receivable (Tables)                  HTML     62K 
62: R42         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     46K 
63: R43         Property, Net (Tables)                              HTML     48K 
64: R44         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     61K 
65: R45         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     93K 
66: R46         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     61K 
67: R47         Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Tables)              HTML    138K 
68: R48         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    168K 
69: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    109K 
70: R50         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables)  HTML    159K 
71: R51         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Tables)       HTML    114K 
72: R52         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    169K 
73: R53         Geographic Area Information (Tables)                HTML     61K 
74: R54         Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)                   HTML     56K 
75: R55         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     47K 
76: R56         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     98K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
77: R57         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Balance      HTML     50K 
                Sheet (Details)                                                  
78: R58         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Additional   HTML     69K 
                Information (Details)                                            
79: R59         Discontinued Operations - Income Statement          HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R60         Discontinued Operations - Cash Flows (Details)      HTML     56K 
81: R61         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     50K 
82: R62         Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation of Basic to     HTML     54K 
                Diluted Weighted Average Shares (Details)                        
83: R63         Earnings Per Share - Anti-Dilutive Securities       HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R64         Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Changes in    HTML     69K 
                Stock Options Outstanding (Details)                              
85: R65         Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Changes in    HTML     74K 
                Restricted Stock Unit Awards Outstanding (Details)               
86: R66         Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    103K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R67         Trade Accounts Receivable - Allowances for Trade    HTML     55K 
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
88: R68         Trade Accounts Receivable - Additional Information  HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R69         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     47K 
90: R70         Summary of Property (Details)                       HTML     54K 
91: R71         Property, Net - Additional Information (Details)    HTML     40K 
92: R72         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     52K 
93: R73         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow and Non-Cash        HTML     42K 
                Information (Details)                                            
94: R74         Leases - Supplemental Lease Information (Details)   HTML     42K 
95: R75         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
96: R76         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets  HTML     68K 
                and Related Accumulated Amortization (Details)                   
97: R77         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Goodwill           HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R78         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Additional         HTML     66K 
                Information (Details)                                            
99: R79         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     82K 
100: R80         Debt - Description of Debt Terms (Details)          HTML    270K  
101: R81         Debt - Future Principal Payments (Details)          HTML     54K  
102: R82         Debt - Additional Disclosures (Details)             HTML     63K  
103: R83         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Components of Net   HTML     74K  
                Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Amounts Recognized               
                in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                   
104: R84         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Funded Status of    HTML     84K  
                Company's Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Details)                
105: R85         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Accumulated         HTML     48K  
                Benefit Obligation and Fair Value of Plan Assets                 
                with Accumulated Benefit Obligation in Excess of                 
                Plan Assets (Details)                                            
106: R86         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Amounts Recognized  HTML     50K  
                in Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details)               
107: R87         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Amounts Recognized  HTML     45K  
                in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                
108: R88         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Weighted Average    HTML     56K  
                Actuarial Assumptions Used in Measuring the Net                  
                Periodic Benefit Cost and Plan Obligations                       
                (Details)                                                        
109: R89         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Allocation of       HTML     55K  
                Pension Plan Assets (Details)                                    
110: R90         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Additional          HTML     64K  
                Information (Details)                                            
111: R91         Income Taxes - Provision for Income Tax Computed    HTML     79K  
                by Applying U.S. Statutory Rate to Income Before                 
                Taxes as Reconciled to Actual Provisions (Details)               
112: R92         Income taxes - Current and Deferred Tax Provisions  HTML     71K  
                (Benefits) (Details)                                             
113: R93         Income Taxes - Cash Tax Payments Made by Company    HTML     40K  
                Primarily in Foreign Jurisdictions (Details)                     
114: R94         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     91K  
                (Details)                                                        
115: R95         Income Taxes - Summary of changes in Valuation      HTML     47K  
                Allowance (Details)                                              
116: R96         Income Taxes - Foreign Net Operating Loss           HTML     49K  
                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
117: R97         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and      HTML     54K  
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Details)                                                        
118: R98         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML    122K  
119: R99         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     57K  
                Information (Details)                                            
120: R100        Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     97K  
                (Details)                                                        
121: R101        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Rollforward  HTML     98K  
                (Details)                                                        
122: R102        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     94K  
                Reclassifications (Details)                                      
123: R103        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     52K  
                Notional Amounts of Derivative Instruments                       
                (Details)                                                        
124: R104        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Fair    HTML     73K  
                Values of Derivative Instruments (Details)                       
125: R105        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     78K  
                of Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments                        
                (Details)                                                        
126: R106        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     71K  
                of Net Investment Hedge Instruments (Details)                    
127: R107        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     49K  
                of Mark to Market Hedge Derivative Instruments                   
                (Details)                                                        
128: R108        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML    104K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
129: R109        Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Fair Value   HTML    138K  
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                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
130: R110        Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Additional   HTML     46K  
                Information (Details)                                            
131: R111        Business Segment Information - Net Sales (Details)  HTML     55K  
132: R112        Business Segment Information - Segment Operating    HTML     72K  
                Profit (Details)                                                 
133: R113        Business Segment Information - Restructuring and    HTML     58K  
                Other Action-Related Charges by Income Statement                 
                Line (Details)                                                   
134: R114        Business Segment Information - Components of        HTML    100K  
                Restructuring and Other Action-Related Charges                   
                (Details)                                                        
135: R115        Business Segment Information - Restructuring and    HTML    126K  
                Other Action-Related Charges - Additional                        
                Information (Details)                                            
136: R116        Business Segment Information - Assets (Details)     HTML     65K  
137: R117        Business Segment Information - Depreciation and     HTML     53K  
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
138: R118        Business Segment Information - Additional Revenue   HTML     56K  
                Information (Details)                                            
139: R119        Geographic Area Information - Sales and Property,   HTML     58K  
                Net by Geographic Region (Details)                               
140: R120        Quarterly Financial Data (Details)                  HTML    129K  
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24 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

11/16/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,5,7,911/16/23   12:279K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/09/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-Q        9/30/23   75:10M
 8/10/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-Q        7/01/23   75:11M
 5/03/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-Q        4/01/23   73:91M
 4/27/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,9     4/24/23   11:174K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/13/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,2,8,9 3/08/23   12:1.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/14/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,2,8,9 2/14/23   12:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/08/23  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/31/22  144:157M
11/09/22  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-Q       10/01/22   74:14M
 9/30/22  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,9     9/29/22   11:298K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/23/21  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,2,8,911/19/21   11:2.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/12/21  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K        1/02/21  143:18M
 8/03/20  Hanesbrands Inc.                  S-8         8/03/20    6:290K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/29/20  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,9     4/28/20   11:309K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/30/20  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,9     1/28/20   11:189K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/11/19  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/29/18  135:16M
11/04/16  Hanesbrands Inc.                  S-8        11/04/16    4:90K                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/06/16  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,2,9   5/06/16    3:821K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/02/15  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,3,5,910/27/15    4:187K
 1/28/15  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,7,9   1/27/15    3:87K
 2/06/14  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/28/13  139:26M
 2/09/10  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K        1/02/10   14:3.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/11/09  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K        1/03/09   20:3.2M                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 9/05/06  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:1,3,5,8 9/01/06   27:5.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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Filing Submission 0001359841-24-000010 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Hanesbrands Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/16/24, at 10:16am ET · For: 12/30/23 · Accession #: 1359841-24-10 · File #: 1-32891

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

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24 Previous Filings that this Filing References

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

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