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Avanos Medical, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 8/9/22, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1606498-22-70   ·   File #:  1-36440

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

 8/09/22  Avanos Medical, Inc.              10-Q        6/30/22   73:9.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.19M 
 2: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML   3.00M 
 3: EX-10.17    Material Contract                                   HTML    158K 
 4: EX-10.18    Material Contract                                   HTML     63K 
 5: EX-31.A     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-31.B     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 7: EX-32.A     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 8: EX-32.B     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
14: R1          Cover                                               HTML     74K 
15: R2          Condensed Consolidated Income Statements            HTML     88K 
16: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     41K 
                Income                                                           
17: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    131K 
18: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'   HTML     65K 
                Equity                                                           
20: R7          Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Statements         HTML     93K 
21: R8          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     28K 
22: R9          Business Acquisition                                HTML     53K 
23: R10         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information              HTML    113K 
24: R11         Fair Value Information                              HTML     41K 
25: R12         Debt                                                HTML     51K 
26: R13         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     39K 
27: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     38K 
28: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
29: R16         Earnings Per Share ("Eps")                          HTML     43K 
30: R17         Business and Products Information                   HTML     59K 
31: R18         Share Repurchase Programs                           HTML     37K 
32: R19         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML     33K 
33: R20         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     53K 
34: R21         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)     HTML    138K 
35: R22         Fair Value Information (Tables)                     HTML     37K 
36: R23         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     41K 
37: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     39K 
38: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     37K 
39: R26         Earnings Per Share ("Eps") (Tables)                 HTML     41K 
40: R27         Business and Products Information (Tables)          HTML     61K 
41: R28         Share Repurchase Programs (Tables)                  HTML     31K 
42: R29         Accounting Policies (Details)                       HTML     21K 
43: R30         Business Acquisition - Narrative (Details)          HTML     39K 
44: R31         Business Acquisition - Purchase Price Allocation    HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R32         Business Acquisition - Identifiable Intangible      HTML     30K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
46: R33         Business Acquisition - Schedule of Pro-Forma        HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
47: R34         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Accounts   HTML     39K 
                Receivable (Details)                                             
48: R35         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information -            HTML     59K 
                Inventories (Details)                                            
49: R36         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Property,  HTML     41K 
                Plant and Equipment (Details)                                    
50: R37         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Schedule   HTML     30K 
                of Goodwill (Details)                                            
51: R38         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Schedule   HTML     46K 
                of Intangible Assets (Details)                                   
52: R39         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Schedule   HTML     36K 
                of Estimated Amortization Expense (Details)                      
53: R40         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Accrued    HTML     31K 
                Expenses (Details)                                               
54: R41         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Other      HTML     26K 
                Long-Term Liabilities (Details)                                  
55: R42         Fair Value Information (Details)                    HTML     46K 
56: R43         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     39K 
57: R44         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     85K 
58: R45         Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R46         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     35K 
60: R47         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Net        HTML     27K 
                Changes in Components of AOCI, Including Tax                     
                Effect (Details)                                                 
61: R48         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock-Based              HTML     32K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
62: R49         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     22K 
63: R50         Earnings Per Share ("Eps") (Details)                HTML     59K 
64: R51         Business and Products Information - Additional      HTML     26K 
                Information (Details)                                            
65: R52         Business and Products Information - Net Sales by    HTML     39K 
                Product Category (Details)                                       
66: R53         Business and Products Information - Schedule Of     HTML     28K 
                Accrued Liabilities (Details)                                    
67: R54         Share Repurchase Programs - Narrative (Details)     HTML     40K 
68: R55         Share Repurchase Programs (Details)                 HTML     31K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    124K 
69: XML         XBRL Instance -- avns-20220630_htm                   XML   1.41M 
70: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    105K 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- avns-20220630_cal               XML    213K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- avns-20220630_def                XML    332K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- avns-20220630_lab                     XML   1.15M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- avns-20220630_pre              XML    675K 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- avns-20220630                         XSD    123K 
72: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              321±   470K 
73: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001606498-22-000070-xbrl      Zip    768K

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