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X UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended October 2 , 2021 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from The WALT DISNEY Company Delaware State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization to Commission File Number 001-38842 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank , California 91521 Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code ( 818 ) 560-1000 Registrant's Telephone Number , Including Area Code Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value Trading Symbol ( s ) DIS 83-0940635 I.R.S. Employer Identification X Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None . Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes x No o Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No x Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes x No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes x No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer " , " accelerated filer " , " smaller reporting company " , and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company 0 0 If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes Nox The aggregate market value of common stock held by non - affiliates ( based on the closing price on the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter as reported on the New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions ) was $ 343.0 billion . All executive officers and directors of the registrant and all persons filing a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to registrant's common stock have been deemed , solely for the purpose of the foregoing calculation , to be “ affiliates ” of the registrant . There were 1,817,655,948 shares of common stock outstanding as of November 17 , 2021 . Documents Incorporated by Reference Certain information required for Part III of this report is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement for the 2022 annual meeting of the Company's shareholders .