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Cal-Maine Foods Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 5/29/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 7/19/21, at 6:49am ET   ·   For:  5/29/21   ·   Accession #:  1562762-21-265   ·   File #:  1-38695

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

 7/19/21  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              10-K        5/29/21  100:9.5M                                   Certent, Inc./FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.20M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     92K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     29K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
 7: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     93K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    139K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     37K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    112K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K 
                (Loss)                                                           
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     91K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    130K 
21: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    149K 
22: R9          Acquisitions                                        HTML     41K 
23: R10         Investment Securities                               HTML     70K 
24: R11         Fair Value Measures                                 HTML     64K 
25: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     40K 
26: R13         Property, Plant And Equipment                       HTML     45K 
27: R14         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities               HTML     54K 
28: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     65K 
29: R16         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     62K 
30: R17         Credit Facility                                     HTML     56K 
31: R18         Accrued Dividends Payable And Dividends per Common  HTML     47K 
                Share                                                            
32: R19         Equity                                              HTML     49K 
33: R20         Net Income per Common Share                         HTML     41K 
34: R21         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     59K 
35: R22         Leases                                              HTML     45K 
36: R23         Stock Compensation Plans                            HTML     49K 
37: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML     75K 
38: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     74K 
39: R26         Related Party Transaction                           HTML     37K 
40: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     33K 
41: R28         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     37K 
42: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    197K 
                (Policy)                                                         
43: R30         Fair Value Measures (Policy)                        HTML     38K 
44: R31         Acquisition (Tables)                                HTML     31K 
45: R32         Investment Securities (Tables)                      HTML     56K 
46: R33         Fair Value Measures (Tables)                        HTML     47K 
47: R34         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     38K 
48: R35         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     34K 
49: R36         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Tables)      HTML     42K 
50: R37         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     65K 
51: R38         Accrued Dividends Payable And Dividends per Common  HTML     40K 
                Share (Tables)                                                   
52: R39         Net Income per Common Share (Tables)                HTML     38K 
53: R40         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     35K 
54: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     46K 
55: R42         Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)                   HTML     35K 
56: R43         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     56K 
57: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     76K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
58: R45         Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     42K 
59: R46         Acquisitions (Allocation of Purchase Price)         HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R47         Investment Securities (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     41K 
61: R48         Investment Securities (Schedule of Investment       HTML     63K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
62: R49         Investment Securities (Schedule of Contractual      HTML     33K 
                Maturities of Investment Securities) (Details)                   
63: R50         Fair Value Measures (Schedule of Assets Measured    HTML     69K 
                at Fair Value on A Recurring Basis) (Details)                    
64: R51         Inventories (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     29K 
65: R52         Inventories (Schedule Of Inventories) (Details)     HTML     34K 
66: R53         Inventories (Schedule Of Cost Of Sales              HTML     31K 
                Amortization And Mortality) (Details)                            
67: R54         Property, Plant and Equipment (Narrative)           HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R55         Property, Plant and Equipment (Schedule of          HTML     43K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment) (Details)                         
69: R56         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Narrative)   HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R57         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Schedule Of  HTML     78K 
                Transactions With Unconsolidated Affiliates)                     
                (Details)                                                        
71: R58         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative)    HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R59         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     71K 
                Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets) (Details)                  
73: R60         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     50K 
                Other Intangibles) (Details)                                     
74: R61         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     42K 
                Estimated Amortization Of Intangible Assets)                     
                (Details)                                                        
75: R62         Employee Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     58K 
76: R63         Credit Facility (Narrative) (Details)               HTML     71K 
77: R64         Accrued Dividends Payable And Dividends per Common  HTML     35K 
                Share (Narrative) (Details)                                      
78: R65         Accrued Dividends Payable And Dividends per Common  HTML     52K 
                Share (Schedule of Dividends) (Details)                          
79: R66         Equity (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     37K 
80: R67         Net Income per Common Share (Computation of Basic   HTML     69K 
                and Diluted Net Income Per Share) (Details)                      
81: R68         Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     38K 
82: R69         Revenue Recognition (Disaggregation of Revenue)     HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R70         Leases (Schedule of Lease Cost) (Details)           HTML     37K 
84: R71         Leases (Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments)  HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R72         Leases (Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments   HTML     40K 
                - Additional) (Details)                                          
86: R73         Leases (Schedule of Weighted Average Information)   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Stock Compensation Plans (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     41K 
88: R75         Stock Compensation Plans (Summary of Equity Award   HTML     50K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
89: R76         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     37K 
90: R77         Income Taxes (Tax Expense by Jurisdiction)          HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R78         Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities)  HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
92: R79         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Effective Tax       HTML     44K 
                Expense) (Details)                                               
93: R80         Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R81         Related Party Transaction (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     34K 
95: R82         Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     38K 
96: R83         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    187K 
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97: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    101K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- calm-20210529_lab                     XML   2.09M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- calm-20210529_pre              XML   1.31M 
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99: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              493±   702K 
100: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001562762-21-000265-xbrl      Zip    459K

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9 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

10/02/20  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:5,9    10/02/20   13:547K
 8/24/20  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:8,9     8/19/20   11:359K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/20/18  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:1,5,9   7/20/18    2:107K
 7/10/18  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:1,2,9   7/10/18    2:755K
 6/05/18  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:1,5,8,9 6/05/18    2:253K
 7/28/14  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              10-K        5/31/14  107:15M
 4/05/13  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              10-Q        3/02/13   58:5.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/30/12  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              S-8         3/30/12    4:415K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/04/07  Cal-Maine Foods Inc.              8-K:5,9    12/28/06    2:174K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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