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Torrid Holdings Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 9/7/22, at 4:11pm ET   ·   For:  7/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1628280-22-24493   ·   File #:  1-40571

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

 9/07/22  Torrid Holdings Inc.              10-Q        7/30/22   93:7.1M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.35M 
 2: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
13: R1          Cover                                               HTML     77K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    139K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    112K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                             
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's   HTML     97K 
                Deficit (Unaudited)                                              
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    133K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R7          Basis of Presentation and Description of the        HTML     41K 
                Business                                                         
20: R8          Accounting Standards                                HTML     28K 
21: R9          Inventory                                           HTML     27K 
22: R10         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     33K 
23: R11         Property and Equipment                              HTML     38K 
24: R12         Implementation Costs Incurred in Cloud Computing    HTML     34K 
                Arrangements that are Service Contracts                          
25: R13         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities               HTML     41K 
26: R14         Leases                                              HTML     49K 
27: R15         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     43K 
28: R16         Loyalty Program                                     HTML     43K 
29: R17         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     41K 
30: R18         Debt Financing Arrangements                         HTML     59K 
31: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     36K 
32: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     98K 
33: R21         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     30K 
34: R22         Stockholders' Deficit                               HTML     32K 
35: R23         Share Repurchases                                   HTML     36K 
36: R24         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     29K 
37: R25         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     60K 
38: R26         Private Label Credit Card                           HTML     27K 
39: R27         Deferred Compensation Plan                          HTML     29K 
40: R28         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     28K 
41: R29         Basis of Presentation and Description of the        HTML     47K 
                Business (Policies)                                              
42: R30         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     33K 
43: R31         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     36K 
44: R32         Implementation Costs Incurred in Cloud Computing    HTML     32K 
                Arrangements that are Service Contracts (Tables)                 
45: R33         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Tables)      HTML     41K 
46: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     47K 
47: R35         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     37K 
48: R36         Debt Financing Arrangements (Tables)                HTML     44K 
49: R37         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     95K 
50: R38         Share Repurchases (Tables)                          HTML     35K 
51: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     56K 
52: R40         Basis of Presentation and Description of the        HTML     50K 
                Business (Details)                                               
53: R41         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R42         Property and Equipment - Summary of Property and    HTML     42K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
55: R43         Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details)        HTML     30K 
56: R44         Implementation Costs Incurred in Cloud Computing    HTML     33K 
                Arrangements that are Service Contracts - Deferred               
                Implementation Costs (Details)                                   
57: R45         Implementation Costs Incurred in Cloud Computing    HTML     28K 
                Arrangements that are Service Contracts -                        
                Narrative (Details)                                              
58: R46         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Details)     HTML     53K 
59: R47         Leases - Lease Costs (Details)                      HTML     34K 
60: R48         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     28K 
61: R49         Leases - Other Supplementary Information Related    HTML     36K 
                to Leases (Details)                                              
62: R50         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R51         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     30K 
64: R52         Loyalty Program (Details)                           HTML     32K 
65: R53         Related Party Transactions - Services Agreements    HTML     54K 
                with Hot Topic (Details)                                         
66: R54         Related Party Transactions - IT Asset Purchase      HTML     34K 
                Agreement with Hot Topic (Details)                               
67: R55         Related Party Transactions - Sponsor Advisory       HTML     40K 
                Services Agreement (Details)                                     
68: R56         Related Party Transactions - Other Related Party    HTML     49K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
69: R57         Debt Financing Arrangements - Schedule (Details)    HTML     46K 
70: R58         Debt Financing Arrangements - Maturity (Details)    HTML     49K 
71: R59         Debt Financing Arrangements - New Term Loan Credit  HTML     56K 
                Agreement (Details)                                              
72: R60         Debt Financing Arrangements - Term Loan Credit      HTML     61K 
                Agreement (Details)                                              
73: R61         Debt Financing Arrangements - Senior Secured        HTML     64K 
                Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility (Details)                  
74: R62         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     62K 
75: R63         Share-Based Compensation - Share-based              HTML     47K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
76: R64         Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     97K 
77: R65         Share-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Units   HTML     49K 
                Activity And Performance Stock Units Activity                    
                (Details)                                                        
78: R66         Share-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R67         Share-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock         HTML     49K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
80: R68         Share-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R69         Stockholders' Deficit (Details)                     HTML     45K 
82: R70         Share Repurchases - Narrative (Details)             HTML     28K 
83: R71         Share Repurchases - Share Repurchase Activity       HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R72         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     39K 
85: R73         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     50K 
86: R74         Private Label Credit Card (Details)                 HTML     26K 
87: R75         Deferred Compensation Plan (Details)                HTML     41K 
88: R76         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     38K 
91: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    167K 
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