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Ametek Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/20/20, at 2:01pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1193125-20-43133   ·   File #:  1-12981

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

 2/20/20  Ametek Inc                        10-K       12/31/19  122:18M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.02M 
 2: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML    160K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     98K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     37K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
81: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     96K 
39: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML     85K 
57: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     80K 
116: R4          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     50K  
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
79: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    122K 
37: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     52K 
54: R7          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML    112K 
119: R8          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     51K  
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
77: R9          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    117K 
52: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     82K 
34: R11         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     54K 
84: R12         Revenues                                            HTML    284K 
122: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     63K  
51: R14         Hedging Activities                                  HTML     41K 
33: R15         Acquisitions                                        HTML     77K 
83: R16         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML    121K 
121: R17         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information        HTML    114K  
50: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    206K 
35: R19         Debt                                                HTML    104K 
86: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    160K 
97: R21         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML    444K 
59: R22         Contingencies                                       HTML     52K 
15: R23         Leases and Other Commitments                        HTML     90K 
85: R24         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML    145K 
                Information                                                      
96: R25         Additional Consolidated Income Statement and Cash   HTML     38K 
                Flow Information                                                 
58: R26         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     42K 
14: R27         Quarterly Financial Data                            HTML    115K 
87: R28         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    133K 
95: R29         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     55K 
117: R30         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    280K  
80: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     57K 
36: R32         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     66K 
53: R33         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    123K 
118: R34         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information        HTML    114K  
                (Tables)                                                         
82: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    196K 
38: R36         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     93K 
56: R37         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    157K 
120: R38         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML    450K  
                (Tables)                                                         
78: R39         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML    145K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
103: R40         Leases and Other Commitments (Tables)               HTML     85K  
93: R41         Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)                   HTML    115K 
16: R42         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML     87K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
60: R43         Significant Accounting Policies - Number of         HTML     44K 
                Weighted Average Shares (Detail)                                 
104: R44         Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Additional       HTML     42K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
94: R45         Revenues - Outstanding Contract Asset and           HTML     48K 
                (Liability) Accounts (Detail)                                    
17: R46         Revenues - Additional Information (Detail)          HTML     46K 
61: R47         Revenues - Information about Operations in          HTML     99K 
                Different Geographic Areas (Detail)                              
105: R48         Revenues - Information about Operations in          HTML     44K  
                Different Geographic Areas (Parenthetical)                       
                (Detail)                                                         
92: R49         Revenues - Major Products and Services in           HTML     65K 
                Reportable Segments (Detail)                                     
75: R50         Revenues - Timing of Revenue Recognition (Detail)   HTML     62K 
115: R51         Revenues - Changes in Accrued Product Warranty      HTML     43K  
                Obligation (Detail)                                              
41: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value of Assets      HTML     39K 
                Measured on Recurring Basis (Detail)                             
25: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     48K 
                (Detail)                                                         
74: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Disclosures    HTML     41K 
                of Financial Instrument Liabilities (Detail)                     
113: R55         Hedging Activities - Additional Information         HTML     49K  
                (Detail)                                                         
40: R56         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    129K 
24: R57         Acquisitions - Allocation of Aggregate Purchase     HTML     69K 
                Price of Acquired Net Assets (Detail)                            
76: R58         Acquisitions - Allocation of Aggregate Purchase     HTML     43K 
                Price of Acquired Net Assets (Parenthetical)                     
                (Detail)                                                         
112: R59         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in   HTML     53K  
                Carrying Amounts of Goodwill by Segment (Detail)                 
66: R60         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     57K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
20: R61         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     52K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
90: R62         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information -      HTML    104K 
                Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information                     
                (Detail)                                                         
101: R63         Income Taxes - Components of Income before Income   HTML     78K  
                Taxes and Details of Provision for Income Taxes                  
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R64         Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax (Asset)   HTML     80K 
                Liability (Detail)                                               
19: R65         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Effective Tax      HTML     66K 
                Rate to U.S. Federal Statutory Rate (Detail)                     
89: R66         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    127K 
100: R67         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Liability for      HTML     51K  
                Uncertain Tax Positions (Detail)                                 
62: R68         Debt - Long-term Debt (Detail)                      HTML     95K 
22: R69         Debt - Long-term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)      HTML    109K 
30: R70         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     82K 
44: R71         Debt - Additional Information 1 (Detail)            HTML    142K 
108: R72         Debt - Additional Information 2 (Detail)            HTML     62K  
70: R73         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    104K 
                (Detail)                                                         
31: R74         Share-Based Compensation - Total Share-Based        HTML     44K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
45: R75         Share-Based Compensation - Weighted Average         HTML     50K 
                Assumptions Used for Estimating Fair Values of                   
                Stock Options Granted (Detail)                                   
109: R76         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     76K  
                Activity and Related Information (Detail)                        
71: R77         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     53K 
                Stock Option Activity and Related Information                    
                (Detail)                                                         
27: R78         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     59K 
                Restricted Stock Activity and Related Information                
                (Detail)                                                         
49: R79         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML    102K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
29: R80         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     98K 
                - Net Projected Benefit Obligation and Fair Value                
                of Plan Assets for Funded and Unfunded Defined                   
                Benefit Plans (Detail)                                           
42: R81         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     48K 
                - Accumulated Benefit Obligation ("Abo") (Detail)                
106: R82         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     45K  
                - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                 
                Benefit Obligations (Detail)                                     
69: R83         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     73K 
                - Fair Value of Plan Assets (Detail)                             
32: R84         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     53K 
                - Fair Value of Plan Assets for Foreign Defined                  
                Benefit Pension Plans (Detail)                                   
46: R85         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     59K 
                - Summary of Changes of Fair Value of Foreign                    
                Plans' Investments Using Significant Unobservable                
                Inputs (Detail)                                                  
111: R86         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     52K  
                - Defined Benefit Plan, Plans with Benefit                       
                Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Detail)                    
72: R87         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     62K 
                - Funded Status of Plan and Amounts Recognized in                
                Balance Sheet (Detail)                                           
26: R88         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     46K 
                - Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other                        
                Comprehensive Income, Net of Taxes (Detail)                      
48: R89         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     71K 
                - Components of Net Periodic Pension Benefit                     
                Expense (Income) (Detail)                                        
67: R90         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     48K 
                - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                 
                Net Periodic Pension Benefit Expense (Detail)                    
21: R91         Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     54K 
91: R92         Leases and Other Commitments - Additional           HTML     44K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
102: R93         Leases and Other Commitments - Components of Lease  HTML     42K  
                Expense (Detail)                                                 
64: R94         Leases and Other Commitments - Supplemental         HTML     43K 
                Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases                      
                (Detail)                                                         
18: R95         Leases and Other Commitments - Supplemental Cash    HTML     45K 
                Flow Information Related to Leases (Detail)                      
88: R96         Leases and Other Commitments - Maturities of lease  HTML     54K 
                liabilities (Detail)                                             
99: R97         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     36K 
                Information - Additional Information (Detail)                    
63: R98         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     90K 
                Information - Reportable Segment Financial                       
                Information (Detail)                                             
23: R99         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     37K 
                Information - Reportable Segment Financial                       
                Information (Parenthetical) (Detail)                             
68: R100        Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     52K 
                Information - Information about Company's                        
                Operations in Different Geographic Areas (Detail)                
107: R101        Additional Consolidated Income Statement and Cash   HTML     44K  
                Flow Information - Additional Information (Detail)               
43: R102        Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     63K 
                (Detail)                                                         
28: R103        Quarterly Financial Data - Quarterly Financial      HTML     62K 
                Data (Detail)                                                    
73: R104        Quarterly Financial Data - Quarterly Financial      HTML     38K 
                Data (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                    
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