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ASGN Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Thursday, 2/22/24, at 9:45pm ET · As of: 2/23/24 · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 890564-24-6 · File #: 1-35636

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

 2/23/24  ASGN Inc.                         10-K       12/31/23   88:7.6M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.32M 
 2: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     82K 
 3: EX-19.1     Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML     41K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     22K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     23K 
10: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     37K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
16: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     89K 
17: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     28K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    127K 
19: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    128K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     79K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    112K 
23: R8          General                                             HTML     27K 
24: R9          Summary of Critical and Significant Accounting      HTML     59K 
                Policies                                                         
25: R10         Accounting Standards Update                         HTML     26K 
26: R11         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     41K 
27: R12         Leases (Notes)                                      HTML     50K 
28: R13         Acquisitions                                        HTML     33K 
29: R14         Goodwill and Identifiable Assets                    HTML     76K 
30: R15         Property and Equipment                              HTML     45K 
31: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     38K 
32: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     33K 
33: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     30K 
34: R19         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     81K 
                Benefit Plans                                                    
35: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     86K 
36: R21         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     52K 
37: R22         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     84K 
38: R23         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     28K 
39: R24         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     47K 
40: R25         Summary of Critical and Significant Accounting      HTML    102K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
41: R26         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     42K 
42: R27         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     52K 
43: R28         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     31K 
44: R29         Goodwill and Identifiable Assets (Tables)           HTML     83K 
45: R30         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
46: R31         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     38K 
47: R32         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     29K 
48: R33         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     77K 
                Benefit Plans (Tables)                                           
49: R34         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     88K 
50: R35         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     52K 
51: R36         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     84K 
52: R37         Summary of Critical and Significant Accounting      HTML     38K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
53: R38         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     73K 
54: R39         Leases Lease Cost (Details)                         HTML     32K 
55: R40         Leases Supplemental Information (Details)           HTML     32K 
56: R41         Leases Operating Lease Liability Payments Due       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R42         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     35K 
58: R43         Goodwill and Identifiable Assets Goodwill           HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R44         Goodwill and Identifiable Assets Acquired           HTML     58K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
60: R45         Goodwill and Identifiable Assets Future             HTML     39K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
61: R46         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     47K 
62: R47         Property and Equipment (Narratives) (Details)       HTML     30K 
63: R48         Long-Term Debt - Components (Details)               HTML     54K 
64: R49         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     80K 
65: R50         Commitments and Contingencies Contractual           HTML     32K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
66: R51         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     29K 
67: R52         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     42K 
68: R53         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     40K 
                Benefit Plans - Expense (Details)                                
69: R54         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     59K 
                Benefit Plans - Assumptions (Details)                            
70: R55         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     64K 
                Benefit Plans - RSU and RSAs Activity (Details)                  
71: R56         Stock-based Compensation and Other Employee         HTML     76K 
                Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)                              
72: R57         Income Taxes (Narratives) (Details)                 HTML     48K 
73: R58         Income Taxes (Income Tax Components) (Details)      HTML     48K 
74: R59         Income Taxes (Income Before Tax) (Details)          HTML     33K 
75: R60         Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities)  HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R61         Income Taxes (Tax Rate Reconciliation) (Details)    HTML     46K 
77: R62         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     74K 
78: R63         Segment Reporting - Narrative (Details)             HTML     25K 
79: R64         Segment Reporting - Segment Reporting Information   HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R65         Segment Reporting - Disaggregated Revenue           HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R66         Segment Reporting - Federal Government Segment      HTML     41K 
                Revenues by Customer Type (Details)                              
82: R67         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     25K 
83: R68         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    149K 
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11/02/23  ASGN Inc.                         10-Q        9/30/23   46:6.3M
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 2/27/23  ASGN Inc.                         10-K       12/31/22   85:8.2M
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 3/16/18  ASGN Inc.                         8-K:5,8,9   3/15/18    2:39K
 3/01/18  ASGN Inc.                         10-K       12/31/17   93:9.8M
 6/25/14  ASGN Inc.                         8-K:5,9     6/19/14    3:213K
 3/18/13  ASGN Inc.                         10-K       12/31/12  107:15M
 3/16/07  ASGN Inc.                         10-K       12/31/06   16:3.1M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

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ASGN Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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

‘EX-101.PRE’ — XBRL Presentations — asgn-20231231_pre

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19 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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