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Hanesbrands Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/1/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/9/22, at 5:19pm ET   ·   For:  10/1/22   ·   Accession #:  1359841-22-136   ·   File #:  1-32891

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

11/09/22  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-Q       10/01/22   74:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.22M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML   2.07M 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML   2.16M 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    114K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     52K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     26K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    137K 
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     83K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
20: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    143K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
21: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     34K 
22: R10         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     38K 
23: R11         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale                HTML    124K 
24: R12         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     37K 
25: R13         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     43K 
26: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     31K 
27: R15         Debt                                                HTML     50K 
28: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
29: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    129K 
30: R18         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML    153K 
31: R19         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities                HTML     62K 
32: R20         Business Segment Information                        HTML    118K 
33: R21         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Tables)       HTML    122K 
34: R22         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     33K 
35: R23         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     44K 
36: R24         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
37: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     41K 
38: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    131K 
39: R27         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables)  HTML    156K 
40: R28         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Tables)       HTML     58K 
41: R29         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    111K 
42: R30         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     33K 
43: R31         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Balance      HTML     38K 
                Sheet (Details)                                                  
44: R32         Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Additional   HTML     38K 
                Information (Details)                                            
45: R33         Discontinued Operations - Income Statement          HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R34         Discontinued Operations - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R35         Discontinued Operations - Cash Flows (Details)      HTML     39K 
48: R36         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     31K 
49: R37         Stockholders' Equity Reconciliation of Basic to     HTML     38K 
                Diluted Weighted Average Shares (Details)                        
50: R38         Stockholders' Equity (Additional Information)       HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R39         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
52: R40         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     54K 
53: R41         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     59K 
54: R42         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
55: R43         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Rollforward)  HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     74K 
57: R45         Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     32K 
                Notional Amounts of Derivative Instruments                       
                (Details)                                                        
58: R46         Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Fair    HTML     53K 
                Values of Derivative Instruments (Details)                       
59: R47         Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     57K 
                of Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments                        
                (Details)                                                        
60: R48         Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     52K 
                of Net Investment Hedge Instruments (Details)                    
61: R49         Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Effect  HTML     32K 
                of Mark to Market Hedge Derivative Instruments                   
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Financial Instruments and Risk Management -         HTML     64K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
63: R51         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Fair Value    HTML     60K 
                of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on                  
                Recurring Basis) (Details)                                       
64: R52         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Additional    HTML     32K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
65: R53         Business Segment Information - Net Sales (Details)  HTML     38K 
66: R54         Business Segment Information - Segment Operating    HTML     55K 
                Profit (Detail)                                                  
67: R55         Business Segment Information - Restructuring and    HTML     34K 
                Other Action-Related Charges by Income Statement                 
                Line (Details)                                                   
68: R56         Business Segment Information - Components of        HTML     55K 
                Restructuring and Other Action-Related Charges                   
                (Details)                                                        
69: R57         Business Segment Information - Restructuring and    HTML     48K 
                Other Action-Related Charges - Additional                        
                Information (Details)                                            
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    131K 
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71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    136K 
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 2/16/24  Hanesbrands Inc.                  10-K       12/30/23  145:101M
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 9/30/22  Hanesbrands Inc.                  8-K:5,9     9/29/22   11:298K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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