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RBC Bearings Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/28/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 11/1/19, at 4:50pm ET · For: 9/28/19 · Accession #: 1213900-19-21826 · File #: 0-51486

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

11/01/19  RBC Bearings Inc                  10-Q        9/28/19   67:4.5M                                   Edgar Agents LLC/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   1.01M 
 2: EX-4.1      Description of Common Stock                         HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 6: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
20: R1          Cover                                               HTML     72K 
44: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    106K 
66: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
27: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     75K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     34K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
43: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     95K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
65: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     22K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
26: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    120K 
21: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     24K 
13: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     38K 
32: R11         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     89K 
56: R12         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     35K 
50: R13         Net Income Per Common Share                         HTML     36K 
12: R14         Cash and Cash Equivalents                           HTML     22K 
31: R15         Inventory                                           HTML     26K 
55: R16         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     68K 
48: R17         Leases                                              HTML     37K 
14: R18         Debt                                                HTML     58K 
30: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     33K 
64: R20         Reportable Segments                                 HTML     86K 
41: R21         Acquisition                                         HTML     28K 
23: R22         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     38K 
29: R23         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     81K 
63: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R25         Net Income Per Common Share (Tables)                HTML     33K 
22: R26         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     27K 
28: R27         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     70K 
62: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     36K 
42: R29         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     29K 
46: R30         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML     82K 
52: R31         Significant Accounting Policies (Details            HTML     37K 
                Narrative)                                                       
33: R32         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details)     HTML     47K 
15: R33         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details 1)   HTML     44K 
47: R34         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details      HTML     27K 
                Narrative)                                                       
53: R35         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
34: R36         Net Income Per Common Share (Details)               HTML     45K 
16: R37         Net Income Per Common Share (Details Narrative)     HTML     21K 
45: R38         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     28K 
54: R39         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     40K 
38: R40         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 1)          HTML     53K 
59: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2)          HTML     35K 
24: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Narrative)  HTML     23K 
17: R43         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     28K 
39: R44         Leases (Details 1)                                  HTML     37K 
60: R45         Leases (Details Narrative)                          HTML     30K 
25: R46         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     36K 
18: R47         Debt (Details Narrative)                            HTML    119K 
37: R48         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     37K 
61: R49         Reportable Segments (Details)                       HTML     49K 
57: R50         Reportable Segments (Details Narrative)             HTML     20K 
51: R51         Acquisition (Details Narrative)                     HTML     56K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    115K 
58: XML         XBRL Instance -- f10q0919_rbcbearings_htm            XML   1.21M 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     58K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- roll-20190928_cal               XML    149K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- roll-20190928_def                XML    262K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- roll-20190928_lab                     XML    751K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- roll-20190928_pre              XML    572K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- roll-20190928                         XSD    115K 
36: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              248±   342K 
35: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-19-021826-xbrl      Zip    144K

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6 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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

 9/23/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 424B5                  1:2.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/23/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 424B5                  1:1.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/20/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 424B5                  1:2.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/20/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 424B5                  1:1.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/20/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 S-3ASR      9/20/21    4:340K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/21/21  RBC Bearings Inc.                 10-K        4/03/21   97:7.5M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA

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Filing Submission 0001213900-19-021826 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

RBC Bearings Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/28/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 11/1/19, at 4:50pm ET · For: 9/28/19 · Accession #: 1213900-19-21826 · File #: 0-51486

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

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — roll-20190928_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

6 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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