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Hanesbrands Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/28/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 2/10/20, at 8:04pm ET   ·   As of:  2/11/20   ·   For:  12/28/19   ·   Accession #:  1359841-20-27   ·   File #:  1-32891

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

 2/11/20  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/28/19  143:26M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.94M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     52K 
 5: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML    100K 
 6: EX-10.27    Material Contract -- exhibit1027                    HTML     84K 
 3: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     95K 
 4: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML     94K 
 7: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     81K 
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     37K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     42K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     42K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
100: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    100K  
21: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    117K 
70: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     60K 
114: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     43K  
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
101: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    138K  
22: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     56K 
71: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     88K 
115: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    165K  
99: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     43K 
95: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    116K 
141: R11         Revenue Recognition (Notes)                         HTML     53K  
64: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     79K 
47: R13         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
93: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    125K 
140: R15         Trade Accounts Receivable                           HTML     80K  
63: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     46K 
46: R17         Property, Net                                       HTML     52K 
96: R18         Leases (Notes)                                      HTML     61K 
139: R19         Notes Payable                                       HTML     46K  
67: R20         Debt                                                HTML    140K 
19: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     46K 
103: R22         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML    126K  
117: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    115K  
66: R24         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML    138K 
18: R25         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities                HTML    174K 
102: R26         Defined Benefit Pension Plans                       HTML    171K  
116: R27         Income Taxes                                        HTML    215K  
65: R28         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     48K 
20: R29         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     53K 
44: R30         Business Segment Information                        HTML    152K 
58: R31         Geographic Area Information                         HTML     66K 
142: R32         Revisions of Previously Issued Consolidated         HTML    462K  
                Financial Statements (Notes)                                     
97: R33         Quarterly Financial Data                            HTML    398K 
45: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    189K 
                (Policies)                                                       
60: R35         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     46K 
143: R36         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     70K  
98: R37         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
43: R38         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    118K 
62: R39         Trade Accounts Receivable (Tables)                  HTML     75K 
31: R40         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     48K 
79: R41         Property, Net (Tables)                              HTML     51K 
118: R42         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     64K  
104: R43         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     45K  
32: R44         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     78K 
80: R45         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML    125K 
119: R46         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    117K  
105: R47         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables)  HTML    137K  
30: R48         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Tables)       HTML    162K 
81: R49         Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Tables)              HTML    173K 
57: R50         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    206K 
41: R51         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     58K 
84: R52         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    146K 
129: R53         Geographic Area Information (Tables)                HTML     68K  
56: R54         Revisions of Previously Issued Consolidated         HTML    461K 
                Financial Statements (Tables)                                    
40: R55         Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)                   HTML    398K 
83: R56         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     99K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
128: R57         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     49K  
55: R58         Acquisitions Narrative (Details)                    HTML    135K 
42: R59         Acquisitions - Acquired Assets and Assumed          HTML     81K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
109: R60         Acquisitions Acquisitions - Components of Purchase  HTML     49K  
                Price (Details)                                                  
127: R61         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Information (Details)      HTML     52K  
76: R62         Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation of Basic to     HTML     54K 
                Diluted Weighted Average Shares (Detail)                         
29: R63         Earnings Per Share - Additional Information         HTML     44K 
                (Detail)                                                         
106: R64         Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     81K  
                (Detail)                                                         
124: R65         Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Changes in    HTML     68K  
                Stock Options Outstanding to Company's Employees                 
                Under Hanesbrands Omnibus Incentive Plan (Detail)                
72: R66         Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Changes in    HTML     73K 
                Restricted Stock Unit Awards Outstanding Under                   
                Hanesbrands Omnibus Incentive Plan (Detail)                      
25: R67         Trade Accounts Receivable - Allowances for Trade    HTML     54K 
                Accounts Receivable (Detail)                                     
112: R68         Trade Accounts Receivable - Additional Information  HTML     41K  
                (Detail)                                                         
122: R69         Inventories Disclosure (Detail)                     HTML     47K  
131: R70         Summary of Property (Detail)                        HTML     58K  
89: R71         Property, Net Narrative (Details)                   HTML     40K 
33: R72         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     56K 
50: R73         Leases Schedule of lease cash flow and non-cash,    HTML     42K 
                supplemental disclosures (Details)                               
134: R74         Leases Schedule of supplemental lease information   HTML     41K  
                (Details)                                                        
92: R75         Leases Schedule of lease maturities (Asc 840)       HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R76         Leases Schedule of lease maturities (Asc 842)       HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R77         Notes Payable - Summary of Short Term Obligations   HTML     42K 
                (Detail)                                                         
136: R78         Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     44K  
86: R79         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     91K 
132: R80         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML    302K  
90: R81         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     57K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
34: R82         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Additional         HTML     52K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
51: R83         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets  HTML     68K 
                and Related Accumulated Amortization (Detail)                    
133: R84         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Goodwill (Detail)  HTML     57K  
91: R85         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Rollforward  HTML     95K 
                (Details)                                                        
36: R86         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     67K 
53: R87         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML     51K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
138: R88         Financial Instruments and Risk Management Fair      HTML     66K  
                Values of Derivative Instruments (Details)                       
88: R89         Financial Instruments and Risk Management Effect    HTML     55K 
                of Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments                        
                (Details)                                                        
108: R90         Financial Instruments and Risk Management Effect    HTML     85K  
                of Net Investment Hedge Instruments (Details)                    
126: R91         Effect of Mark to Market Hedge Derivative           HTML     45K  
                Instruments (Details)                                            
75: R92         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Fair Value   HTML    134K 
                of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on                  
                Recurring Basis (Detail)                                         
28: R93         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Components of Net   HTML     77K 
                Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Amounts Recognized               
                in Other Comprehensive Income (Detail)                           
107: R94         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Funded Status of    HTML     88K  
                Company's Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Detail)                 
125: R95         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Accumulated         HTML     49K  
                Benefit Obligation and Fair Value of Plan Assets                 
                with Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of                
                Plan Assets (Detail)                                             
73: R96         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Amounts Recognized  HTML     53K 
                in Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail)                
26: R97         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Amounts Recognized  HTML     45K 
                in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                 
110: R98         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Weighted Average    HTML     52K  
                Actuarial Assumptions Used in Measuring Net                      
                Periodic Benefit Cost and Plan Obligation (Detail)               
120: R99         Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Allocation of       HTML     57K  
                Pension Plan Assets (Detail)                                     
38: R100        Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Additional          HTML     79K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
48: R101        Income Taxes - Provision for Income Tax Computed    HTML     87K 
                by Applying U.S. Statutory Rate to Income Before                 
                Taxes as Reconciled to Actual Provisions (Detail)                
135: R102        Income taxes - Current and Deferred Tax Provisions  HTML     79K  
                (Benefits) (Detail)                                              
85: R103        Income Taxes - Cash Tax Payments Made by Company    HTML     40K 
                Primarily in Foreign Jurisdictions (Detail)                      
39: R104        Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     97K 
                (Detail)                                                         
49: R105        Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    131K 
137: R106        Income Taxes - Net Operating Loss Carryforwards     HTML     47K  
                (Detail)                                                         
87: R107        Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and      HTML     54K 
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Detail)                                                         
35: R108        Income Taxes Summary of changes in valuation        HTML     53K 
                allowance (Details)                                              
52: R109        Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     87K 
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R110        Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     52K 
24: R111        Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations     HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
113: R112        Business Segment Information - Net Sales (Detail)   HTML     55K  
123: R113        Business Segment Information - Segment Operating    HTML     73K  
                Profit (Detail)                                                  
77: R114        Business Segment Information - Assets (Detail)      HTML     52K 
23: R115        Business Segment Information - Depreciation and     HTML     54K 
                Amortization Expense (Detail)                                    
111: R116        Business Segment Information - Additions to         HTML     53K  
                Long-Lived Assets (Detail)                                       
121: R117        Business Segment Information Business Segment       HTML     64K  
                Information - Addition Information (Detail)                      
                (Details)                                                        
74: R118        Business Segment Information - Additional Revenue   HTML     59K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
27: R119        Geographic Area Information - Sales and Long Lived  HTML     62K 
                Assets by Geographical Area (Detail)                             
82: R120        Revisions of Previously Issued Consolidated         HTML    589K 
                Financial Statements (Details)                                   
130: R121        Quarterly Financial Data - Quarterly Information    HTML    114K  
                (Detail)                                                         
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    262K 
59: XML         XBRL Instance -- hbi-20191228x10k_htm                XML   6.97M 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    192K 
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hbi-20191228_cal                XML    365K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hbi-20191228_def                 XML   1.29M 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hbi-20191228_lab                      XML   3.13M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hbi-20191228_pre               XML   2.01M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hbi-20191228                          XSD    362K 
94: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              626±   964K 
61: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001359841-20-000027-xbrl      Zip    680K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — hbi-20191228_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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