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Avantor, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/22 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 2/14/23, at 4:08pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/22   ·   Accession #:  1722482-23-40   ·   File #:  1-38912

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

 2/14/23  Avantor, Inc.                     10-K       12/31/22  126:19M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   3.33M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     55K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     69K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
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14: R1          Cover                                               HTML     97K 
15: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     37K 
16: R3          Consolidated balance sheets                         HTML    132K 
17: R4          Consolidated balance sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
18: R5          Consolidated statements of operations               HTML    114K 
19: R6          Consolidated statements of comprehensive income or  HTML     73K 
                loss                                                             
20: R7          Consolidated statements of stockholders' equity or  HTML     43K 
                deficit - shares                                                 
21: R8          Consolidated statements of stockholders' equity or  HTML     63K 
                deficit - amounts                                                
22: R9          Consolidated statements of cash flows               HTML    124K 
23: R10         Nature of operations and presentation of financial  HTML     38K 
                statements                                                       
24: R11         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     87K 
25: R12         New accounting standards                            HTML     46K 
26: R13         Business combinations                               HTML     77K 
27: R14         Earnings or loss per share                          HTML     58K 
28: R15         Risk and uncertainties                              HTML     37K 
29: R16         Segment financial information                       HTML    131K 
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31: R18         Inventory                                           HTML     44K 
32: R19         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML     46K 
33: R20         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     92K 
34: R21         Restructuring and severance                         HTML     71K 
35: R22         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     43K 
36: R23         Debt                                                HTML     92K 
37: R24         Equity                                              HTML     44K 
38: R25         Accumulated other comprehensive income or (Loss)    HTML     64K 
39: R26         Employee benefit plans                              HTML    230K 
40: R27         Stock-based compensation                            HTML     91K 
41: R28         Other income or expense, net                        HTML     45K 
42: R29         Income taxes                                        HTML    120K 
43: R30         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    109K 
44: R31         Financial instruments and fair value measurements   HTML     74K 
45: R32         Leases                                              HTML    125K 
46: R33         Condensed unconsolidated financial information of   HTML     68K 
                Avantor, Inc.                                                    
47: R34         Valuation and qualifying accounts                   HTML     53K 
48: R35         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    161K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R36         Business combinations (Tables)                      HTML     75K 
50: R37         Earnings or loss per share (Tables)                 HTML     58K 
51: R38         Segment financial information (Tables)              HTML    132K 
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53: R40         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     44K 
54: R41         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML     45K 
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56: R43         Restructuring and severance (Tables)                HTML     74K 
57: R44         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     86K 
58: R45         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     43K 
59: R46         Accumulated other comprehensive income or loss      HTML     62K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R47         Employee benefit plans (Tables)                     HTML    234K 
61: R48         Stock-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML     96K 
62: R49         Other income or expense, net (Tables)               HTML     43K 
63: R50         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    121K 
64: R51         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    112K 
                (Tables)                                                         
65: R52         Financial instruments and fair value measurements   HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
66: R53         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     96K 
67: R54         Condensed unconsolidated financial information of   HTML     68K 
                Avantor, Inc. (Tables)                                           
68: R55         Valuation and qualifying accounts (Tables)          HTML     52K 
69: R56         Nature of operations and presentation of financial  HTML     43K 
                statements (Details)                                             
70: R57         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     74K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R58         New accounting standards (Details)                  HTML     48K 
72: R59         Business Combinations - Narrative (Details)         HTML     60K 
73: R60         Business Combinations - Fair value of Net assets    HTML     68K 
                acquired (Details)                                               
74: R61         Business Combinations - Finite-Lived and            HTML     56K 
                Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired                      
                (Details)                                                        
75: R62         Business Combinations - Preliminary purchase        HTML     47K 
                consideration (Details)                                          
76: R63         Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions - Pro  HTML     38K 
                Forma Information (Details)                                      
77: R64         Earnings or loss per share - reconciliation         HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R65         Earnings or loss per share - antidilutive           HTML     39K 
                securities (Details)                                             
79: R66         Risk and uncertainties (Details)                    HTML     38K 
80: R67         Segment financial information - reportable          HTML     60K 
                segments (Details)                                               
81: R68         Segment financial information - reconciliation of   HTML     73K 
                segment profitability measure (Details)                          
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                (Details)                                                        
83: R70         Segment financial information - geographic areas    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R71         Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information   HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R72         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     49K 
86: R73         Property, plant and equipment (Details)             HTML     54K 
87: R74         Goodwill and other intangible assets - goodwill     HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R75         Goodwill and other intangible assets - intangible   HTML     55K 
                assets (Details)                                                 
89: R76         Goodwill and other intangible assets - estimated    HTML     48K 
                future amortization (Details)                                    
90: R77         Restructuring and severance - charges (Details)     HTML     43K 
91: R78         Restructuring and severance - charges incurred      HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
92: R79         Restructuring and severance - accrued charges       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R80         Commitments and contingencies (Details)             HTML     67K 
94: R81         Debt - components (Details)                         HTML    138K 
95: R82         Debt - other information (Details)                  HTML     91K 
96: R83         Equity - Avantor, Inc. following the IPO (Details)  HTML     57K 
97: R84         Accumulated other comprehensive income or (Loss)    HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R85         Employee benefit plans - changes in benefit         HTML    103K 
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                (Details)                                                        
99: R86         Employee benefit plans - other balance sheet        HTML     68K 
                information (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
101: R88         Employee benefit plans - future benefits expected   HTML     54K  
                to be paid (Details)                                             
102: R89         Employee benefit plans - allocation of plan assets  HTML     99K  
                (Details)                                                        
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104: R91         Stock-based compensation - expense (Details)        HTML     52K  
105: R92         Stock-based compensation - stock option             HTML     84K  
                rollforward information (Details)                                
106: R93         Stock-based compensation - other information about  HTML     51K  
                stock options (Details)                                          
107: R94         Stock-based compensation - non-option award         HTML     58K  
                rollforward (Details)                                            
108: R95         Stock-based compensation - other information        HTML     41K  
                (Details)                                                        
109: R96         Other income or expense, net (Details)              HTML     53K  
110: R97         Income taxes - statements of operations (Details)   HTML     73K  
111: R98         Income taxes - rate reconciliation (Details)        HTML     68K  
112: R99         Income taxes - deferred assets and liabilities      HTML     65K  
                (Details)                                                        
113: R100        Income taxes - changes to uncertain tax positions   HTML     54K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: R101        Income taxes - other information (Details)          HTML     61K  
115: R102        Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     99K  
                (Details)                                                        
116: R103        Financial instruments and fair value measurements   HTML     70K  
                - debt instruments (Details)                                     
117: R104        Financial instruments and fair value measurements   HTML     47K  
                - recurring measurements with significant                        
                unobservable inputs (Details)                                    
118: R105        Leases (Details)                                    HTML    128K  
119: R106        Condensed unconsolidated financial information of   HTML     79K  
                Avantor, Inc. - balance sheets (Details)                         
120: R107        Condensed unconsolidated financial information of   HTML     61K  
                Avantor, Inc. - statements of cash flows (Details)               
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