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Colfax Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 2/21/20, at 6:17pm ET   ·   As of:  2/24/20   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1420800-20-5   ·   File #:  1-34045

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 2/24/20  Colfax Corp                       10-K       12/31/19  136:22M

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

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35: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss)     HTML     82K 
                Income                                                           
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                Income [Parenthetical]                                           
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                Accounting Policies                                              
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                Nontional Values (Details)                                       
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details 2)                                                      
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