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Englobal Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/28/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 3/27/20, at 9:16am ET   ·   For:  12/28/19   ·   Accession #:  1493152-20-4865   ·   File #:  1-14217

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

 3/27/20  Englobal Corp                     10-K       12/28/19   78:3.5M                                   M2 Compliance/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    451K 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     34K 
 3: EX-14.1     Code of Ethics                                      HTML     44K 
 4: EX-14.2     Code of Ethics                                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     21K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     23K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
22: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     58K 
60: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    101K 
69: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     35K 
43: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     61K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     37K 
59: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    101K 
68: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     28K 
45: R8          Accounting Policies and New Accounting              HTML     62K 
                Pronouncements                                                   
17: R9          Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts            HTML     36K 
53: R10         Property and Equipment                              HTML     30K 
75: R11         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     30K 
41: R12         Contracts                                           HTML     34K 
32: R13         Leases                                              HTML     43K 
54: R14         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     27K 
76: R15         Stock Compensation Plans                            HTML     33K 
42: R16         Treasury Stock                                      HTML     26K 
33: R17         Redeemable Preferred Stock                          HTML     25K 
55: R18         Federal and State Income Taxes                      HTML     49K 
74: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     41K 
46: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
18: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
61: R22         Accounting Policies and New Accounting              HTML    107K 
                Pronouncements (Policies)                                        
66: R23         Accounting Policies and New Accounting              HTML     25K 
                Pronouncements (Tables)                                          
47: R24         Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts (Tables)   HTML     39K 
19: R25         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     30K 
62: R26         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     29K 
67: R27         Contracts (Tables)                                  HTML     30K 
44: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     48K 
21: R29         Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)                   HTML     32K 
31: R30         Federal and State Income Taxes (Tables)             HTML     49K 
39: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     39K 
78: R32         Accounting Policies and New Accounting              HTML     57K 
                Pronouncements (Details Narrative)                               
57: R33         Accounting Policies and New Accounting              HTML     34K 
                Pronouncements - Schedule of Estimated Useful                    
                Lives of Assets (Details)                                        
30: R34         Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts -          HTML     35K 
                Schedule of Trade Receivables (Details)                          
38: R35         Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts -          HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current                   
                Assets (Details)                                                 
77: R36         Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts -          HTML     44K 
                Schedule of Other Current Liabilities (Details)                  
56: R37         Property and Equipment (Details Narrative)          HTML     33K 
29: R38         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     41K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
40: R39         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Revenue by        HTML     28K 
                Contract Type (Details)                                          
25: R40         Contracts (Details Narrative)                       HTML     29K 
49: R41         Contracts - Schedule of Costs Estimated Earnings    HTML     43K 
                and Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details)                  
71: R42         Leases - Schedule of Components of Lease Expense    HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R43         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     40K 
                Information Related to Leases (Details)                          
24: R44         Leases - Schedule of Weighted Average Remaining     HTML     32K 
                Lease Term and Weighted Average Discount Rate                    
                (Details)                                                        
48: R45         Leases - Schedule of Maturities of Operating Lease  HTML     70K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
70: R46         Employee Benefit Plans (Details Narrative)          HTML     31K 
63: R47         Stock Compensation Plans (Details Narrative)        HTML     34K 
23: R48         Stock Compensation Plans - Schedule of Nonvested    HTML     44K 
                Restricted Stock Shares Activity (Details)                       
50: R49         Stock Compensation Plans - Schedule of Share-based  HTML     33K 
                Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted                    
                Stock Units Activity (Details)                                   
36: R50         Treasury Stock (Details Narrative)                  HTML     33K 
26: R51         Redeemable Preferred Stock (Details Narrative)      HTML     26K 
51: R52         Federal and State Income Taxes (Details Narrative)  HTML     59K 
72: R53         Federal and State Income Taxes - Schedule of        HTML     48K 
                Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)                       
                (Details)                                                        
37: R54         Federal and State Income Taxes - Schedule of        HTML     48K 
                Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details)               
27: R55         Federal and State Income Taxes - Schedule of        HTML     25K 
                Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details)               
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
52: R56         Federal and State Income Taxes - Schedule of        HTML     58K 
                Deferred Tax Assets and (Liabilities) (Details)                  
73: R57         Segment Information (Details Narrative)             HTML     23K 
35: R58         Segment Information - Schedule of Segment           HTML     56K 
                Information for Operation Statement (Details)                    
28: R59         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     27K 
58: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
65: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     68K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- eng-20191228                        XML    810K 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- eng-20191228_cal                XML    202K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- eng-20191228_def                 XML    280K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- eng-20191228_lab                      XML    754K 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- eng-20191228_pre               XML    571K 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- eng-20191228                          XSD    132K 
34: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001493152-20-004865-xbrl      Zip    102K 


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