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Xylem Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 11/1/22, at 3:51pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1524472-22-53   ·   File #:  1-35229

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

11/01/22  Xylem Inc.                        10-Q        9/30/22   91:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.85M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     81K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Income Statements            HTML    110K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     73K 
                (Loss) Income (Unaudited)                                        
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    141K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    120K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Background and Basis of Presentation                HTML     31K 
18: R8          Revenue                                             HTML    118K 
19: R9          Restructuring Charges                               HTML    117K 
20: R10         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
21: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     62K 
22: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     32K 
23: R13         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     66K 
24: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     78K 
25: R15         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities               HTML     35K 
26: R16         Credit Facilities and Debt                          HTML     53K 
27: R17         Post-retirement Benefit Plans                       HTML     64K 
28: R18         Equity                                              HTML    168K 
29: R19         Share-Based Compensation Plans                      HTML     86K 
30: R20         Capital Stock                                       HTML     28K 
31: R21         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    146K 
32: R22         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     41K 
33: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML     98K 
34: R24         Background and Basis of Presentation (Policies)     HTML     29K 
35: R25         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    115K 
36: R26         Restructuring Charges (Tables)                      HTML    118K 
37: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     62K 
38: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     33K 
39: R29         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     66K 
40: R30         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     70K 
41: R31         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Tables)      HTML     35K 
42: R32         Credit Facilities and Debt (Tables)                 HTML     43K 
43: R33         Post-retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)              HTML     59K 
44: R34         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    164K 
45: R35         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)             HTML     93K 
46: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    145K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     34K 
48: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     92K 
49: R39         Background and Basis of Presentation (Details)      HTML     26K 
50: R40         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     83K 
51: R41         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     43K 
52: R42         Revenue (Narrative) (Details)                       HTML     31K 
53: R43         Restructuring Charges (Textuals) (Details)          HTML     48K 
54: R44         Restructuring Charges (Restructuring Charges)       HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Restructuring Charges (Accrual Rollfoward)          HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Restructuring Charges (Estimated Restructuring      HTML     64K 
                Costs) (Details)                                                 
57: R47         Income Taxes (Textuals) (Details)                   HTML     33K 
58: R48         Earnings Per Share (Calculations for EPS)           HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Earnings Per Share (Summary of Antidilutive         HTML     34K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
60: R50         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     33K 
61: R51         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Goodwill      HTML     37K 
                Rollforward) (Details)                                           
62: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Summary of    HTML     59K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
63: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Textual)      HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Derivative Financial Instruments (Effect of         HTML     59K 
                Deriative Instruments on Income Statement and                    
                Statement of Comprehensive Income) (Details)                     
65: R55         Derivative Financial Instruments (Balance Sheet     HTML     40K 
                Location of Derivative Instruments) (Details)                    
66: R56         Derivative Financial Instruments (Textual)          HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Details)     HTML     40K 
68: R58         Credit Facilities and Debt (Summary of Debt         HTML     57K 
                Outstanding) (Details)                                           
69: R59         Credit Facilities and Debt (Textuals) (Details)     HTML     91K 
70: R60         Post-retirement Benefit Plans (Summary of Net       HTML     51K 
                Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details)                                 
71: R61         Post-retirement Benefit Plans (Textuals) (Details)  HTML     47K 
72: R62         Equity - Summary of Shareholders' Equity (Details)  HTML     94K 
73: R63         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Textuals)           HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Summary of Stock    HTML     74K 
                Options Grant) (Details)                                         
75: R65         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Stock Option Fair   HTML     37K 
                Value Assumptions) (Details)                                     
76: R66         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Summary of          HTML     53K 
                Restricted Stock Unit Grants) (Details)                          
77: R67         Share-Based Compensation Plans Share-Based          HTML     44K 
                Compensation Plans (Summary of ROIC Performance                  
                Share Unit Grants) (Details)                                     
78: R68         Share-Based Compensation Plans (Summary of          HTML     53K 
                Performance-Based Share Grants) (Details)                        
79: R69         Share-Based Compensation Plans (TSR                 HTML     36K 
                Performance-Based Shares Fair Value Assumptions)                 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R70         Share-Based Compensation Plans - Summary of REV     HTML     43K 
                Performance Share Unit Grants (Details)                          
81: R71         Capital Stock (Textuals) (Details)                  HTML     43K 
82: R72         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    102K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R73         Commitments and Contingencies (Summary of           HTML     32K 
                Warranties) (Details)                                            
84: R74         Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) (Details)   HTML     30K 
85: R75         Segment Information (Summary of Operations by       HTML     76K 
                Segment) (Details)                                               
86: R76         Segment Information (Textuals) (Details)            HTML     26K 
89: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    170K 
87: XML         XBRL Instance -- xyl-20220930_htm                    XML   3.77M 
88: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    163K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- xyl-20220930_pre               XML   1.10M 
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90: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              425±   652K 
91: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001524472-22-000053-xbrl      Zip    478K

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