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Hostess Brands, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Wednesday, 11/2/22, at 4:09pm ET · For: 9/30/22 · Accession #: 1644406-22-49 · File #: 1-37540

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

11/02/22  Hostess Brands, Inc.              10-Q        9/30/22   61:4.9M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.15M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     70K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    122K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    106K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     45K 
                Income                                                           
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    100K 
                Equity                                                           
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     20K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    111K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     73K 
20: R10         Property and Equipment                              HTML     31K 
21: R11         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     28K 
22: R12         Debt and Lease Obligations                          HTML     54K 
23: R13         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     49K 
24: R14         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     46K 
25: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     23K 
26: R16         Tax Receivable Agreement Obligations                HTML     28K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
28: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     56K 
                (Policies)                                                       
29: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
                (Tables)                                                         
30: R20         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     30K 
31: R21         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     28K 
                (Tables)                                                         
32: R22         Debt and Lease Obligations (Tables)                 HTML     56K 
33: R23         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML     50K 
34: R24         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     44K 
35: R25         Tax Receivable Agreement Obligations (Tables)       HTML     30K 
36: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Basis  HTML     20K 
                of Presentation (Details)                                        
37: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     52K 
                Investments (Details)                                            
38: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     23K 
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
39: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     27K 
                Inventories (Details)                                            
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     20K 
                Capitalized Interest (Details)                                   
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     25K 
                Software Costs (Details)                                         
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
43: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     25K 
                Concentrations (Details)                                         
44: R34         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     40K 
45: R35         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R36         Debt and Lease Obligations - Summary of Debt and    HTML     46K 
                Lease Obligation (Details)                                       
47: R37         Debt and Lease Obligations - Schedule of            HTML     30K 
                Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details)                           
48: R38         Debt and Lease Obligations - Composition of Lease   HTML     28K 
                Expenses (Details)                                               
49: R39         Derivative Instruments - Narrative (Details)        HTML     45K 
50: R40         Derivative Instruments - Summary of the Fair Value  HTML     32K 
                of Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Instruments                
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Derivative Instruments - Summary of the Gains and   HTML     29K 
                Losses Related to Interest Rate and Foreign                      
                Currency Instruments in the Consolidated Statement               
                of Operations (Details)                                          
52: R42         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     55K 
53: R43         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     21K 
54: R44         Tax Receivable Agreement Obligations - Summary of   HTML     24K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
55: R45         Tax Receivable Agreement Obligations - Future       HTML     28K 
                Expected Payments (Details)                                      
56: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     29K 
59: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    106K 
57: XML         XBRL Instance -- twnk-20220930_htm                   XML   1.19M 
58: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     87K 
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61: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001644406-22-000049-xbrl      Zip    299K

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Hostess Brands, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

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