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Hi Tech Pharmacal Co Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 12/7/12, at 11:38am ET   ·   For:  10/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1193125-12-494838   ·   File #:  0-20424

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

12/07/12  Hi Tech Pharmacal Co Inc          10-Q       10/31/12   69:4.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    407K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
47: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
36: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    121K 
44: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
49: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     97K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
64: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     35K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
38: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     87K 
43: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     30K 
32: R8          Business                                            HTML     23K 
23: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     22K 
65: R10         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     24K 
51: R11         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     57K 
50: R12         Inventory                                           HTML     29K 
55: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     35K 
56: R14         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     63K 
54: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     26K 
57: R16         Freight Expense                                     HTML     21K 
46: R17         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     46K 
48: R18         Product Divestitures                                HTML     23K 
53: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
69: R20         Contingencies and Other Matters                     HTML     47K 
60: R21         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     28K 
40: R22         Significant Customers and Concentration of Credit   HTML     26K 
                Risk                                                             
52: R23         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     42K 
42: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML     77K 
17: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     22K 
61: R26         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     53K 
66: R27         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     27K 
27: R28         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     33K 
26: R29         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     52K 
30: R30         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     43K 
31: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     37K 
33: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     72K 
16: R33         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     20K 
58: R34         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     29K 
39: R35         Accounts Receivable (Details 1)                     HTML     33K 
41: R36         Accounts Receivable (Details Textual)               HTML     22K 
20: R37         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     29K 
68: R38         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     35K 
11: R39         Property and Equipment (Details Textual)            HTML     28K 
34: R40         Intangible Assets (Details)                         HTML     56K 
63: R41         Intangible Assets (Details Textual)                 HTML    108K 
19: R42         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     46K 
25: R43         Freight Expense (Details)                           HTML     21K 
29: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     28K 
37: R45         Stock Based Compensation (Details 1)                HTML     37K 
15: R46         Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     43K 
22: R47         Product Divestitures (Details)                      HTML     36K 
13: R48         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     26K 
62: R49         Contingencies and Other Matters (Details)           HTML     66K 
18: R50         Significant Customers and Concentration of Credit   HTML     26K 
                Risk (Details)                                                   
59: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     24K 
21: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details 1)                 HTML     26K 
35: R53         Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)           HTML     21K 
12: R54         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     39K 
14: R55         Segment Information (Details Textual)               HTML     20K 
28: R56         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     36K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     99K 
24: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    601K 
 5: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- hitk-20121031                       XML    903K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hitk-20121031_cal               XML    125K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hitk-20121031_def                XML    274K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hitk-20121031_lab                     XML    809K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hitk-20121031_pre              XML    540K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hitk-20121031                         XSD    153K 
45: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-12-494838-xbrl      Zip     94K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — hitk-20121031_def

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