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Husky Energy Inc – ‘40-F’ for 12/31/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 3/1/18, at 3:36pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1193125-18-66926   ·   File #:  1-04307

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

 3/01/18  Husky Energy Inc                  40-F       12/31/17  142:19M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Registration Statement or Annual Report by a Canadian Issuer   —   Form 40-F   —   Sect. 12 or 13(a) / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Canadian Issuer                                                  
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20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     69K 
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21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders  HTML     97K 
                Equity Statement                                                 
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25: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     48K 
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28: R12         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     49K 
29: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     51K 
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31: R15         Exploration and Evaluation Costs                    HTML     62K 
32: R16         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML    166K 
33: R17         Goodwill                                            HTML     50K 
34: R18         Joint Arrangements                                  HTML    147K 
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36: R20         Bank Operating Loans                                HTML     54K 
37: R21         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     52K 
38: R22         Debt and Credit Facilities                          HTML    143K 
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41: R25         Income Taxes                                        HTML    172K 
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                Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses                    
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54: R38         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     49K 
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61: R45         Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)                 HTML    131K 
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63: R47         Other Long-term Liabilities (Tables)                HTML     71K 
64: R48         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    173K 
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66: R50         Production, Operating and Transportation and        HTML     69K 
                Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses                    
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68: R52         Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits         HTML    174K 
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                (Tables)                                                         
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                Evaluation Expense Summary (Details)                             
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                Allocation (Details)                                             
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Partnership (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                ARO (Details)                                                    
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
109: R93         Share Capital - Common Shares (Details)             HTML     57K  
110: R94         Share Capital - Preferred Shares (Details)          HTML     53K  
111: R95         Share Capital - Preferred Shares Textual (Details)  HTML     84K  
112: R96         Share Capital - Redeemable Preferred Shares         HTML     57K  
                Dividends (Details)                                              
113: R97         Share Capital - Stock Option Plan (Details)         HTML     54K  
114: R98         Share Capital - Outstanding and Exercisable         HTML     61K  
                Options (Details)                                                
115: R99         Share Capital - Outstanding and Exercisable         HTML     69K  
                Options-Range of Exercise Prices (Details)                       
116: R100        Share Capital - Fair Value (Details)                HTML     58K  
117: R101        Share Capital - Performance Share Units (Details)   HTML     65K  
118: R102        Share Capital - Earnings Per Share (Details)        HTML     72K  
119: R103        Production, Operating and Transportation and        HTML     54K  
                Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses -                  
                Production, Operating and Trasportation Expenses                 
                (Details)                                                        
120: R104        Production, Operating and Transportation and        HTML     51K  
                Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses -                  
                Selling, general and administrative (Details)                    
121: R105        Financial Items (Details)                           HTML     70K  
122: R106        Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits -       HTML    100K  
                Defined Contribution Pension Plan. Defined Benefit               
                Obligation, Fair Value of Plan Assets and Funded                 
                Status (Details)                                                 
123: R107        Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits -       HTML     90K  
                Narrative (Details)                                              
124: R108        Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits - DB    HTML     49K  
                Pension Plan Assets (Details)                                    
125: R109        Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits -       HTML     69K  
                Defined Contribution Pension Plan - Net Earnings                 
                and OCI (Details)                                                
126: R110        Pensions and Other Post-employment Benefits -       HTML     71K  
                Actuarial Assumptions and Sensitivity Analysis                   
                (Details)                                                        
127: R111        Cash Flows - Change in Non-cash Working Capital     HTML     54K  
                (Details)                                                        
128: R112        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     72K  
                Financial Instruments at Fair Value (Details)                    
129: R113        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Market  HTML     66K  
                Risk (Details)                                                   
130: R114        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     80K  
                Earnings Impact (Details)                                        
131: R115        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     69K  
                Offsetting Financial Assets and Liabilities                      
                (Details)                                                        
132: R116        Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Market  HTML     61K  
                Risk Sensitivity Analysis (Details)                              
133: R117        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     60K  
                Financial Risk (Details)                                         
134: R118        Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     62K  
                Accounts Receivable Aging (Details)                              
135: R119        Related Party Transactions - Significant            HTML     65K  
                Subsidiaries and Joint Operations (Details)                      
136: R120        Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     77K  
137: R121        Related Party Transactions - Compensation of key    HTML     46K  
                management personnel (Details)                                   
138: R122        Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     68K  
139: R123        Capital Disclosures (Details)                       HTML     46K  
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140: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    175K  
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13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- huskf-20171231_cal              XML    336K 
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