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Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/7/19, at 4:40pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1320461-19-53   ·   File #:  1-36127

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

11/07/19  Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.     10-Q        9/30/19  110:11M

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   1.52M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
19: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     83K 
66: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income     HTML    105K 
101: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     58K  
                Income (Loss)                                                    
38: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    137K 
22: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     50K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
69: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    101K 
                Equity                                                           
104: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    112K  
35: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     43K 
                Reconciliation of Cash, Cash Equivalents and                     
                Restricted Cash                                                  
24: R9          Overview                                            HTML     38K 
73: R10         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     59K 
110: R11         Acqusitions                                         HTML     37K  
44: R12         Divestiture                                         HTML     52K 
30: R13         Revenue                                             HTML    227K 
72: R14         Restructuring                                       HTML     66K 
109: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     39K  
43: R16         Leases                                              HTML     90K 
29: R17         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     46K 
74: R18         Goodwill and Intangibles                            HTML     56K 
108: R19         Debt                                                HTML     59K  
52: R20         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     92K 
11: R21         Accounts Receivable Factoring                       HTML     48K 
76: R22         Pension and Postretirement Benefits other than      HTML    113K 
                Pensions                                                         
85: R23         Other Expense, Net                                  HTML     51K 
51: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML     49K 
10: R25         Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to         HTML     61K 
                Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.                                    
75: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     99K 
84: R27         Common Stock                                        HTML     38K 
50: R28         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     49K 
12: R29         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     46K 
32: R30         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     34K 
45: R31         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    158K 
105: R32         Overview (Policies)                                 HTML     35K  
70: R33         New Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)            HTML     58K 
33: R34         New Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)              HTML     54K 
47: R35         Divestiture (Tables)                                HTML     55K 
107: R36         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    217K  
71: R37         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     69K 
31: R38         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     40K 
49: R39         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     87K 
14: R40         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     44K 
53: R41         Goodwill and Intangibles (Tables)                   HTML     59K 
93: R42         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     44K 
82: R43         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     88K 
                (Tables)                                                         
15: R44         Accounts Receivable Factoring (Tables)              HTML     47K 
54: R45         Pension and Postretirement Benefits other than      HTML    112K 
                Pensions (Tables)                                                
94: R46         Other Expense, Net (Tables)                         HTML     50K 
83: R47         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     45K 
13: R48         Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to         HTML     61K 
                Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (Tables)                           
56: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     98K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R50         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     47K 
21: R51         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     45K 
68: R52         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    158K 
103: R53         Overview Correction of Errors (Details)             HTML     52K  
36: R54         New Accounting Pronouncements Impact of new         HTML     76K 
                accounting pronouncement (Details)                               
20: R55         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     52K 
67: R56         Divestiture (Details)                               HTML    106K 
102: R57         Revenue Revenue by end customer (Details)           HTML     65K  
34: R58         Revenue Revenue by type (Details)                   HTML     81K 
23: R59         Revenue Net contract assets (Liabilities)           HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R60         Restructuring - Summary of Restructuring Expense    HTML     43K 
                (Detail)                                                         
90: R61         Restructuring - Summary of Activity of              HTML     51K 
                Restructuring (Detail)                                           
58: R62         Inventories - Summary of Inventories (Detail)       HTML     41K 
17: R63         Leases Components of lease expense (Details)        HTML     43K 
78: R64         Leases Additional Lease Disclosure (Details)        HTML     50K 
89: R65         Leases Future minimum lease payments (Details)      HTML     86K 
57: R66         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     50K 
16: R67         Property, Plant and Equipment Additional            HTML     37K 
                Information (Details)                                            
81: R68         Goodwill and Intangibles - Carrying Amount of       HTML     40K 
                Goodwill by Reportable Operating Segment (Detail)                
87: R69         Goodwill and Intangibles - Intangible Assets and    HTML     43K 
                Accumulated Amortization Balances (Detail)                       
96: R70         Debt - Outstanding Debt (Detail)                    HTML     49K 
63: R71         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     75K 
26: R72         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     38K 
                - Fair Value Hierarchy Level for Company's                       
                Liabilities Measured (Detail)                                    
40: R73         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     35K 
                - Fair Values of Debt Instruments (Details)                      
97: R74         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     35K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
64: R75         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     39K 
                - Gains (losses) on Cash Flow Hedges Reported in                 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
27: R76         Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments   HTML     38K 
                - Reclassifications out of accumulated other                     
                comprehensive income (Loss) (Details)                            
41: R77         Accounts Receivable Factoring Amounts outstanding   HTML     32K 
                under receivable transfer agreements (Details)                   
100: R78         Accounts Receivable Factoring Receivables Factored  HTML     33K  
                and Costs Incurred (Details)                                     
61: R79         Accounts Receivable Factoring Additional Detail     HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R80         Pension and Postretirement Benefits other than      HTML     60K 
                Pensions - Net Periodic Benefit Cost of Defined                  
                Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit                   
                Plans (Detail)                                                   
62: R81         Pension and Postretirement Benefits other than      HTML     36K 
                Pensions Pensions - Additional Information                       
                (Details)                                                        
25: R82         Other Expense, Net - Details of Components of       HTML     41K 
                Other Income Expense, Net (Detail)                               
39: R83         Income Taxes Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)    HTML     41K 
98: R84         Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to         HTML     52K 
                Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. - Basic and Diluted                
                Net Income Per Share Attributable (Detail)                       
65: R85         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     54K 
                Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                
                (Loss) (Detail)                                                  
28: R86         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     75K 
                Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                
                (Loss) (Additional Information) (Detail)                         
42: R87         Common Stock (Details)                              HTML     52K 
99: R88         Share-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     40K 
60: R89         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
80: R90         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     39K 
91: R91         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     32K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
59: R92         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     32K 
                Information (Details)                                            
18: R93         Segment Reporting Information on Company's          HTML     61K 
                Business Segments (Detail)                                       
77: R94         Segment Reporting Additional Information (Detail)   HTML     31K 
88: R95         Segment Reporting Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income     HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R9999       Uncategorized Items - cps-q32019x10q.htm            HTML     35K 
48: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    207K 
92: XML         XBRL Instance -- cps-q32019x10q_htm                  XML   3.47M 
86: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    108K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cps-20190930_cal                XML    247K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cps-20190930_def                 XML    815K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cps-20190930_lab                      XML   1.92M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cps-20190930_pre               XML   1.17M 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cps-20190930                          XSD    211K 
106: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              433±   651K  
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001320461-19-000053-xbrl      Zip    322K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cps-20190930_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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