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WisdomTree, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/23/24, at 3:47pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1214659-24-3435   ·   File #:  1-10932

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

 2/23/24  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K       12/31/23  138:25M                                    Securex Filings/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   7.53M 
 2: EX-10.31    Material Contract                                   HTML     71K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     83K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     37K 
 8: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     55K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     52K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     50K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     52K 
14: R1          Cover                                               HTML    116K 
15: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     41K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    164K 
17: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     74K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    137K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     60K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    117K 
                Stockholders? Equity                                             
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     37K 
                Stockholders? Equity (Parentheticals)                            
22: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    172K 
23: R10         Organization and Description of Business            HTML     53K 
24: R11         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     93K 
25: R12         Cash and Cash Equivalents                           HTML     40K 
26: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    356K 
27: R14         Financial Instruments Owned                         HTML     52K 
28: R15         Securities Held-to-Maturity                         HTML     84K 
29: R16         Investments                                         HTML    145K 
30: R17         Fixed Assets, Net                                   HTML     51K 
31: R18         Deferred Consideration?gold payments                HTML     70K 
32: R19         Convertible Notes                                   HTML    142K 
33: R20         Series A Preferred Stock                            HTML     59K 
34: R21         Payable to Gold Bullion Holdings Jersey Limited     HTML     47K 
                GBH                                                              
35: R22         Leases                                              HTML     94K 
36: R23         Contingencies                                       HTML     45K 
37: R24         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     78K 
38: R25         Revenues from Contracts with Customers              HTML     87K 
39: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     85K 
40: R27         Stock-Based Awards                                  HTML    226K 
41: R28         Stockholder Rights Plan                             HTML     53K 
42: R29         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     50K 
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44: R31         Income Taxes                                        HTML    313K 
45: R32         Shares Repurchased                                  HTML     41K 
46: R33         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    102K 
47: R34         Contingent Payments                                 HTML     38K 
48: R35         Impairments                                         HTML     68K 
49: R36         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     39K 
50: R37         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     48K 
51: R38         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     42K 
52: R39         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    160K 
53: R40         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     42K 
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55: R42         Financial Instruments Owned (Tables)                HTML     51K 
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57: R44         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    128K 
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59: R46         Deferred Consideration?gold payments (Tables)       HTML     66K 
60: R47         Convertible Notes (Tables)                          HTML    122K 
61: R48         Series A Preferred Stock (Tables)                   HTML     53K 
62: R49         Payable to Gold Bullion Holdings Jersey Limited     HTML     44K 
                GBH (Tables)                                                     
63: R50         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     93K 
64: R51         Variable Interest Entities (Tables)                 HTML     79K 
65: R52         Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Tables)     HTML     82K 
66: R53         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     76K 
67: R54         Stock-Based Awards (Tables)                         HTML    214K 
68: R55         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     46K 
69: R56         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML    155K 
70: R57         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    307K 
71: R58         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    102K 
72: R59         Impairments (Tables)                                HTML     68K 
73: R60         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     80K 
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                Schedule of Depreciation and Amortization                        
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76: R63         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     37K 
77: R64         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML    170K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value                    
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                Beginning and Ending Balances of Recurring Fair                  
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                of Securities Held-to-Maturity                                   
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                of Unrealized Losses, Gains and Fair Value of                    
                Securities Held-to-Maturity                                      
84: R71         Securities Held-to-Maturity (Details) - Schedule    HTML     50K 
                of Maturity Profile of the Securities                            
                Held-to-Maturity                                                 
85: R72         Investments (Details)                               HTML    144K 
86: R73         Investments (Details) - Schedule of Investments     HTML     61K 
87: R74         Investments (Details) - Schedule of Backsolve       HTML     43K 
                Valuation Approach                                               
88: R75         Investments (Details) - Schedule of Presents the    HTML     52K 
                Probability Ascribed to Potential Outcomes Used in               
                the Pwerm                                                        
89: R76         Fixed Assets, Net (Details) - Schedule of Fixed     HTML     46K 
                Assets                                                           
90: R77         Deferred Consideration?gold payments (Details)      HTML     84K 
91: R78         Deferred Consideration?gold payments (Details) -    HTML     46K 
                Schedule of Valuation of Deferred Consideration                  
92: R79         Deferred Consideration?gold payments (Details) -    HTML     42K 
                Schedule of Deferred Consideration                               
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94: R81         Convertible Notes (Details) - Schedule of Key       HTML     63K 
                Terms of Convertible Notes                                       
95: R82         Convertible Notes (Details) - Schedule of           HTML     74K 
                Convertible Notes                                                
96: R83         Series A Preferred Stock (Details)                  HTML     57K 
97: R84         Series A Preferred Stock (Details) - Schedule of    HTML     48K 
                Series A Preferred Stock Balance                                 
98: R85         Payable to Gold Bullion Holdings Jersey Limited     HTML     52K 
                GBH (Details)                                                    
99: R86         Payable to Gold Bullion Holdings Jersey Limited     HTML     42K 
                GBH (Details) - Schedule of Aggregate                            
                Consideration Payable                                            
100: R87         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     41K  
101: R88         Leases (Details) - Schedule of Additional           HTML     53K  
                Information Related to Operating Lease                           
102: R89         Leases (Details) - Schedule of Future Minimum       HTML     51K  
                Lease Payments                                                   
103: R90         Leases (Details) - Schedule of Reconciliation of    HTML     46K  
                Future Minimum Lease Payments to Balance Sheet                   
104: R91         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     41K  
105: R92         Variable Interest Entities (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     58K  
                Information about Variable Interests                             
106: R93         Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Details) -  HTML     49K  
                Schedule of Revenues from Contracts with Customers               
107: R94         Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Details) -  HTML     50K  
                Schedule of Geographic Distribution of Revenues                  
108: R95         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     53K  
109: R96         Related Party Transactions (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     47K  
                Accounts Receivable from Related Parties                         
110: R97         Related Party Transactions (Details) - Schedule of  HTML     53K  
                Revenues from Advisory Services Provided to                      
                Related Parties                                                  
111: R98         Stock-Based Awards (Details)                        HTML     87K  
112: R99         Stock-Based Awards (Details) - Schedule of          HTML     50K  
                Unrecognized Stock-Based Compensation Expense and                
                Average Remaining Vesting Period                                 
113: R100        Stock-Based Awards (Details) - Schedule of          HTML     91K  
                Restricted Stock Activity and Restricted Stock                   
                Unit                                                             
114: R101        Stock-Based Awards (Details) - Schedule of Share    HTML     48K  
                Based Payment Awards Other than Options Valuation                
                Assumptions                                                      
115: R102        Stockholder Rights Plan (Details)                   HTML     74K  
116: R103        Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Summary of       HTML     38K  
                Discretionary Contributions                                      
117: R104        Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     45K  
118: R105        Earnings Per Share (Details) - Schedule of          HTML     89K  
                Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per                 
                Share                                                            
119: R106        Earnings Per Share (Details) - Schedule of          HTML     49K  
                Weighted Average Number of Shares                                
120: R107        Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     61K  
121: R108        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Domestic and   HTML     46K  
                Foreign Components of Income before Income Tax                   
                Expense                                                          
122: R109        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Components of  HTML     62K  
                Current and Deferred Income Tax Expense                          
123: R110        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of                HTML     72K  
                Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax                   
                Rate and Company's Effective Rate                                
124: R111        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Income Tax     HTML     51K  
                Payments By Jurisdiction                                         
125: R112        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Components of  HTML     77K  
                the Company?s Deferred Tax Assets                                
126: R113        Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Changes in     HTML     59K  
                Balance of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
127: R114        Shares Repurchased (Details)                        HTML     69K  
128: R115        Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     72K  
129: R116        Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) -          HTML     46K  
                Schedule of Goodwill                                             
130: R117        Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) -          HTML     51K  
                Schedule of Intangible Assets                                    
131: R118        Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) -          HTML     51K  
                Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense                        
132: R119        Contingent Payments (Details)                       HTML     40K  
133: R120        Impairments (Details) - Schedule of Summarizes      HTML     51K  
                Impairments Recognized                                           
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11/20/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,5,7,911/20/23   15:376K                                   Securex Filings/FA
 5/10/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,3,5,7 5/10/23   17:2.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/09/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-Q        3/31/23  120:10M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/05/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,3,8,9 5/04/23   12:200K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/20/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-A12B      3/17/23    3:404K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/28/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K       12/31/22  149:17M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/14/23  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,2,3,9 2/09/23   12:984K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/07/22  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:5,7,9  11/03/22   13:377K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/04/22  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-Q        9/30/22  124:12M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/25/22  WisdomTree, Inc.                  S-8         7/25/22    5:171K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/20/22  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:3,5,9   7/15/22   12:200K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/14/21  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,2,3,9 6/09/21   12:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/30/21  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K/A     12/31/20   20:656K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/06/20  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-Q        9/30/20  132:11M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/17/20  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,2,9   6/16/20   11:927K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/01/19  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K       12/31/18  139:18M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/13/18  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:1,2,5,9 4/10/18    6:2.8M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/01/18  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K       12/31/17  106:8.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/08/17  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-Q        3/31/17   78:3.8M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/23/16  WisdomTree, Inc.                  8-K:5,9    12/22/16    7:147K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/09/16  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-Q        6/30/16   62:3.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 3/31/11  WisdomTree Investments, Inc.      10-12B                40:4.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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