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Bassett Furniture Industries Inc – ‘10-K’ for 11/30/19 – ‘XML’

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

 1/23/20  Bassett Furniture Industries Inc  10-K       11/30/19  114:11M                                    RDG Filings/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     34K 
 4: EX-23.A     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     33K 
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                Fair Value Measurements                                          
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18: R22         Note 14 - Income Taxes                              HTML     96K 
57: R23         Note 15 - Other Gains and Losses                    HTML     41K 
91: R24         Note 16 - Leases and Lease Guarantees               HTML     69K 
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                Accounts                                                         
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                (Tables)                                                         
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                (Tables)                                                         
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96: R45         Schedule II - Analysis of Valuation and Qualifying  HTML     80K 
                Accounts (Tables)                                                
65: R46         Note 1 - Description of Business (Details Textual)  HTML     38K 
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                Textual)                                                         
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                Aggregate Exposure from Receivables and Guarantees               
                Related to Customers (Details)                                   
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Excess Quantities and Obsolete Inventory by                      
                Segment (Details)                                                
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68: R59         Note 7 - Property and Equipment - Property and      HTML     48K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
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                Reportable Segment Property and Equipment                        
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                Expense (Details)                                                
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                (Details Textual)                                                
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                Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)                   
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                Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill by                        
                Reportable Segment (Details)                                     
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                Useful Lives and Remaining Amortization Period of                
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                Estimated Future Amortization Expense for                        
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87: R67         Note 9 - Unconsolidated Affiliated Companies        HTML     43K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
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                (Details Textual)                                                
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                (Details Textual)                                                
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                Plan Summary (Details)                                           
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                Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost (Details)                
71: R72         Note 11 - Post-employment Benefit Obligations -     HTML     44K 
                Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Details)                      
107: R73         Note 11 - Post-employment Benefit Obligations -     HTML     37K  
                Amounts Expected to be Recognized in Next Fiscal                 
                Year (Details)                                                   
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                Activity in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                 
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32: R75         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation      HTML     86K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
72: R76         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation -    HTML     36K 
                Compensation Expense Related to Restricted Stock                 
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                Administrative Expenses (Details)                                
108: R77         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation -    HTML     53K  
                Changes in Outstanding Options (Details)                         
47: R78         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation -    HTML     40K 
                Additional Information Regarding Activity in Stock               
                Options (Details)                                                
29: R79         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation -    HTML     54K 
                Changes in Non-vested Options (Details)                          
42: R80         Note 13 - Capital Stock and Stock Compensation -    HTML     53K 
                Restricted Stock Awards (Details)                                
30: R81         Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)            HTML     52K 
70: R82         Note 14 - Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax   HTML     47K 
                Provision (Benefit) (Details)                                    
106: R83         Note 14 - Income Taxes - Reconciliation of          HTML     52K  
                Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective                  
                Income Tax Rate (Details)                                        
45: R84         Note 14 - Income Taxes - Income Tax Effects of      HTML     75K 
                Temporary Differences and Carryforwards (Details)                
33: R85         Note 15 - Other Gains and Losses (Details Textual)  HTML     63K 
73: R86         Note 16 - Leases and Lease Guarantees (Details      HTML     57K 
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109: R87         Note 16 - Leases and Lease Guarantees - Future      HTML     65K  
                Minimum Lease Payments under Non-cancelable                      
                Operating Leases (Details)                                       
46: R88         Note 16 - Leases and Lease Guarantees - Minimum     HTML     46K 
                Future Rental Income (Details)                                   
28: R89         Note 18 - Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation of    HTML     61K 
                Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share (Details)                       
22: R90         Note 18 - Earnings Per Share - Antidilutive         HTML     37K 
                Securities (Details)                                             
63: R91         Note 19 - Segment Information (Details Textual)     HTML     36K 
101: R92         Note 19 - Segment Information - Segment             HTML    100K  
                Information by Segment (Details)                                 
89: R93         Note 19 - Segment Information - Wholesale           HTML     60K 
                Shipments by Type (Details)                                      
19: R94         Note 20 - Quarterly Results of Operations (Details  HTML     60K 
                Textual)                                                         
60: R95         Note 20 - Quarterly Results of Operations -         HTML     66K 
                Quarterly Results of Operations (Details)                        
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 1/25/24  Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. 10-K       11/25/23  115:11M                                    RDG Filings/FA
 1/24/23  Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. 10-K       11/26/22  112:10M                                    RDG Filings/FA
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