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Gap Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 4/30/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 6/3/16, at 2:46pm ET   ·   For:  4/30/16   ·   Accession #:  39911-16-317   ·   File #:  1-07562

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

 6/03/16  Gap Inc                           10-Q        4/30/16   63:4.9M

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    374K 
 2: EX-10.1     Synchrony Agreement                                 HTML     63K 
 3: EX-10.2     Deferred Compensation Plan                          HTML    166K 
 4: EX-10.3     Agreement With Julie Gruber                         HTML     43K 
 5: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive    HTML     27K 
                Officer                                                          
 6: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial    HTML     27K 
                Officer                                                          
 7: EX-32.1     Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive   HTML     21K 
                Officer                                                          
 8: EX-32.2     Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial   HTML     21K 
                Officer                                                          
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
16: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     87K 
17: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     57K 
19: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     38K 
                Income                                                           
20: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     23K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
21: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    107K 
22: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
23: R9          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     31K 
24: R10         Debt and Credit Facilities                          HTML     47K 
25: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     99K 
26: R12         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    116K 
27: R13         Share Repurchases                                   HTML     30K 
28: R14         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     34K 
29: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     58K 
30: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
31: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     30K 
32: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
33: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML    105K 
34: R20         Debt and Credit Facilities Long Term Debt (Tables)  HTML     38K 
35: R21         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     94K 
36: R22         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    104K 
37: R23         Share Repurchases (Tables)                          HTML     29K 
38: R24         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     33K 
39: R25         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     54K 
40: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     27K 
41: R27         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     98K 
42: R28         Basis of Presentation Subsequent Events (Details)   HTML     27K 
43: R29         Debt and Credit Facilities Long Term Debt           HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R30         Debt and Credit Facilities - Additional             HTML     74K 
                Information (Details)                                            
45: R31         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Assets and      HTML     48K 
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring                  
                Basis (Details)                                                  
46: R32         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R33         Derivative Financial Instruments - Foreign          HTML     28K 
                Exchange Contracts Outstanding to Sell Various                   
                Currencies (Details)                                             
48: R34         Derivative Financial Instruments - Fair Values of   HTML     53K 
                Asset and Liability Derivative Financial                         
                Instruments (Details)                                            
49: R35         Derivative Financial Instruments - Effects Of       HTML     40K 
                Derivative Financial Instruments On OCI And                      
                Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income                      
                (Details)                                                        
50: R36         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     47K 
                Information (Details)                                            
51: R37         Share Repurchase Activity (Details)                 HTML     27K 
52: R38         Share Repurchases - Additional Information          HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R39         Share-Based Compensation Expense (Details)          HTML     32K 
54: R40         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     41K 
55: R41         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     23K 
56: R42         Earnings Per Share - Weighted Average Number of     HTML     26K 
                Shares (Details)                                                 
57: R43         Earnings Per Share - Additional Information         HTML     22K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     21K 
59: R45         Segment Information - Net Sales by Brand and        HTML     80K 
                Region (Details)                                                 
60: R46         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     20K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    102K 
61: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     51K 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- gps-20160430                        XML   1.47M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gps-20160430_cal                XML    131K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gps-20160430_def                 XML    440K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gps-20160430_lab                      XML    863K 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gps-20160430_pre               XML    520K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gps-20160430                          XSD    106K 
63: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039911-16-000317-xbrl      Zip    128K

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