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Unisys Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘XML’

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 2/26/24  Unisys Corp.                      10-K       12/31/23  138:16M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

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                Awarded Compensation                                             
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18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     41K 
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20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     72K 
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26: R10         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     83K 
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68: R52         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML    107K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Finance Leases (Details)                                         
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                Interest (Details)                                               
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                Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheet                 
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                Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan                   
                Assets (Details)                                                 
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                Benefit Expense (Details)                                        
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                Assumptions (Details)                                            
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                Targets and Ranges for Each Asset Category                       
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                Rates (Details)                                                  
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                Value (Details)                                                  
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                Assets Valued Using Net Asset Value (Details)                    
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                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
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                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                   
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                Operating Income to Consolidated Income Before                   
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
130: R114        Segment information - Reconciliation of Total       HTML     67K  
                Business Segment Assets to Consolidated Assets                   
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131: R115        Segment information - Revenue, Properties and       HTML     60K  
                Outsourcing Assets by Geographic Segment (Details)               
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 5/07/24  Unisys Corp.                      S-8         5/07/24    5:136K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

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 8/02/23  Unisys Corp.                      10-Q        6/30/23   88:9.2M
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10/31/14  Unisys Corp.                      10-Q        9/30/14   65:4.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/22/13  Unisys Corp.                      10-K       12/31/12  103:12M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/28/11  Unisys Corp.                      8-K:5,8,9   4/27/11    2:8K
 2/22/11  Unisys Corp.                      10-K       12/31/10   46:6.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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