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Stonemor Partners LP – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 1/25/18, at 5:23pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1286131-18-5   ·   File #:  1-32270

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

 1/25/18  Stonemor Partners LP              10-Q        9/30/17   81:13M

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    824K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     44K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    114K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     87K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Partners'       HTML     53K 
                Capital (Unaudited)                                              
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    114K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R6          General                                             HTML    216K 
18: R7          Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance               HTML     50K 
19: R8          Cemetery Property                                   HTML     32K 
20: R9          Property and Equipment                              HTML     39K 
21: R10         Merchandise Trusts                                  HTML    245K 
22: R11         Perpetual Care Trusts                               HTML    230K 
23: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     65K 
24: R13         Deferred Revenues                                   HTML     40K 
25: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     43K 
26: R15         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     37K 
27: R16         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    526K 
                Information                                                      
28: R17         Issuances of Limited Partner Units                  HTML     28K 
29: R18         Segment Information                                 HTML    136K 
30: R19         Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow       HTML     49K 
                Information                                                      
31: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
32: R21         General (Policies)                                  HTML    224K 
33: R22         General (Tables)                                    HTML    167K 
34: R23         Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance (Tables)      HTML     47K 
35: R24         Cemetery Property (Tables)                          HTML     45K 
36: R25         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     36K 
37: R26         Merchandise Trusts (Tables)                         HTML    246K 
38: R27         Perpetual Care Trusts (Tables)                      HTML    232K 
39: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     48K 
40: R29         Deferred Revenues (Tables)                          HTML     35K 
41: R30         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     29K 
42: R31         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    524K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
43: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    131K 
44: R33         Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow       HTML     47K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
45: R34         GENERAL - Additional Information (Detail)           HTML    128K 
46: R35         GENERAL - Restatement Adjustments on Operations     HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
47: R36         GENERAL - Restatement Adjustments on Cash Flows     HTML     57K 
                (Detail)                                                         
48: R37         GENERAL - Assets Held for Sale (Details)            HTML     37K 
49: R38         GENERAL - Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss)       HTML     37K 
                (Detail)                                                         
50: R39         GENERAL - Reconciliation of Partnership's Weighted  HTML     30K 
                Average Number of Common Limited Partner Units                   
                (Detail)                                                         
51: R40         ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET OF ALLOWANCE - Schedule    HTML     40K 
                of Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance (Detail)                
52: R41         ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET OF ALLOWANCE - Activity    HTML     37K 
                in Allowance for Contract Cancellations (Detail)                 
53: R42         Cemetery Property (Detail)                          HTML     31K 
54: R43         Property and Equipment (Detail)                     HTML     43K 
55: R44         MERCHANDISE TRUSTS - Additional Information         HTML     48K 
                (Detail)                                                         
56: R45         MERCHANDISE TRUSTS - Reconciliation of Merchandise  HTML     49K 
                Trust Activities (Detail)                                        
57: R46         MERCHANDISE TRUSTS - Cost and Market Value          HTML     91K 
                Associated with Assets Held in Merchandise Trusts                
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R47         MERCHANDISE TRUSTS - Contractual Maturities of      HTML     53K 
                Debt Securities Held in Merchandise Trusts                       
                (Detail)                                                         
59: R48         MERCHANDISE TRUSTS - Aging of Unrealized Losses on  HTML     71K 
                Investments in Fixed Maturities and Equity                       
                Securities Held in Merchandise Trusts (Detail)                   
60: R49         PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS - Reconciliation of           HTML     48K 
                Perpetual Care Trust Activities (Detail)                         
61: R50         PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS - Additional Information      HTML     42K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R51         PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS - Cost and Market Value       HTML     85K 
                Associated with Assets Held in Perpetual Care                    
                Trusts (Detail)                                                  
63: R52         PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS - Contractual Maturities of   HTML     45K 
                Debt Securities Held in Perpetual Care Trusts                    
                (Detail)                                                         
64: R53         PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS - Aging of Unrealized Losses  HTML     71K 
                on Investments in Fixed Maturities and Equity                    
                Securities Held in Perpetual Care Trusts (Detail)                
65: R54         LONG-TERM DEBT - Outstanding Debt (Detail)          HTML     49K 
66: R55         LONG-TERM DEBT - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    123K 
67: R56         LONG-TERM DEBT - Redemption Prices Expressed as     HTML     32K 
                Percentages of Principal Amount (Detail)                         
68: R57         Deferred Revenues (Detail)                          HTML     36K 
69: R58         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional          HTML     34K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
70: R59         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Fixed Rent for      HTML     34K 
                Cemeteries (Detail)                                              
71: R60         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Detail)        HTML     60K 
72: R61         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL      HTML    142K 
                INFORMATION - Balance Sheets (Detail)                            
73: R62         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL      HTML     81K 
                INFORMATION - Statements of Operations (Detail)                  
74: R63         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL      HTML    100K 
                INFORMATION - Cash Flows (Detail)                                
75: R64         Issuances of Limited Partner Units (Detail)         HTML     32K 
76: R65         Segment Information (Detail)                        HTML     76K 
77: R66         Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow       HTML     50K 
                Information (Details)                                            
78: R67         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     31K 
80: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    147K 
79: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    110K 
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 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ston-20170930_cal               XML    259K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ston-20170930_lab                     XML   1.46M 
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81: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001286131-18-000005-xbrl      Zip    331K

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