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Netflix Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Wednesday, 1/29/20, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1065280-20-40   ·   File #:  1-35727

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

 1/29/20  Netflix Inc                       10-K       12/31/19   77:8.7M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
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 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
29: R1          Cover                                               HTML     82K 
54: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     75K 
75: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     44K 
39: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
28: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    116K 
53: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     93K 
74: R7          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
38: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     57K 
30: R9          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    140K 
                Policies                                                         
58: R10         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     63K 
64: R11         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    124K 
43: R12         Long-term Debt                                      HTML    106K 
16: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     42K 
59: R14         Guarantees?Indemnification Obligations              HTML     27K 
65: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    106K 
44: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    129K 
17: R17         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     26K 
57: R18         Segment and Geographic Information                  HTML     34K 
66: R19         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     61K 
35: R20         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     88K 
                Policies (Policy)                                                
26: R21         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    107K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
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                (Tables)                                                         
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36: R24         Long-term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    102K 
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37: R28         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     30K 
25: R29         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)          HTML     60K 
14: R30         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     91K 
                Policies (Narrative) (Details)                                   
42: R31         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     56K 
                Policies Organization and Summary of Significant                 
                Accounting Policies (Revenue and Membership                      
                Information) (Details)                                           
68: R32         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     57K 
                Policies (Computation of Net Income Per Share)                   
                (Details)                                                        
61: R33         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     28K 
                Policies (Summary of Potential Common Shares                     
                Excluded From Diluted Calculation) (Details)                     
13: R34         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R35         Balance Sheet Components - Components of Content    HTML     50K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
67: R36         Balance Sheet Components - Property and Equipment   HTML     60K 
                and Accumulated Depreciation (Details)                           
60: R37         Balance Sheet Components - Leases (Details)         HTML     66K 
15: R38         Balance Sheet Components - Lease Maturities         HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R39         Balance Sheet Components - Other Current Assets     HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
23: R40         Long-term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     40K 
34: R41         Long-term Debt (Summary of Long-term Debt)          HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R42         Long-term Debt (Maturities) (Details)               HTML     37K 
51: R43         Long-term Debt (Revolving Credit Facility)          HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
22: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Streaming Content)   HTML     35K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
33: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Expected Timing of   HTML     32K 
                Payments for Commitments) (Details)                              
72: R46         Stockholders' Equity (Voting Rights) (Narrative)    HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R47         Stockholders' Equity (Stock Option Plans)           HTML     30K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
24: R48         Stockholders' Equity (Summary of Activity Related   HTML     65K 
                to Stock Option Plans) (Details)                                 
31: R49         Stockholders' Equity (Summary of Assumptions Used   HTML     48K 
                to Value Stock Option Grants) (Details)                          
46: R50         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity           HTML     36K 
                (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                 
20: R51         Income Taxes (Schedule of Income before Income      HTML     30K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
62: R52         Income Taxes (Components of Provision for Income    HTML     54K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
69: R53         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Provision for       HTML     59K 
                Income Taxes) (Details)                                          
47: R54         Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities)  HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
21: R55         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     43K 
63: R56         Income Taxes (Summary of Changes in Unrecognized    HTML     36K 
                Tax Benefits) (Details)                                          
70: R57         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     26K 
49: R58         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     36K 
19: R59         Segment Information (Long-lived Assets by           HTML     28K 
                Geographic Areas) (Details)                                      
52: R60         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Details)         HTML     50K 
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