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National Presto Industries Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

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

 3/11/20  National Presto Industries Inc    10-K       12/31/19   92:8.1M                                   Certent, Inc./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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 2: EX-4        Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     30K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     27K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
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58: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     37K 
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42: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    138K 
89: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     52K 
59: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
30: R8          Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    147K 
45: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     50K 
23: R10         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     30K 
34: R11         Treasury Stock                                      HTML     28K 
85: R12         Net Earnings Per Share                              HTML     27K 
57: R13         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     71K 
22: R14         401(k) Plan                                         HTML     31K 
33: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML    134K 
84: R16         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
56: R17         Concentrations                                      HTML     33K 
21: R18         Environmental                                       HTML     42K 
35: R19         Business Segments                                   HTML    150K 
79: R20         Leases                                              HTML     63K 
72: R21         Interim Financial Information                       HTML    143K 
20: R22         Line Of Credit And Commercial Letters Of Credit     HTML     30K 
52: R23         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     75K 
78: R24         Divestiture                                         HTML     29K 
71: R25         Business Acquisition                                HTML     68K 
19: R26         Other                                               HTML     29K 
51: R27         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     29K 
80: R28         Valuation And Qualifying Accounts                   HTML     79K 
70: R29         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    200K 
                (Policy)                                                         
53: R30         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     88K 
                (Tables)                                                         
82: R31         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     44K 
36: R32         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     62K 
24: R33         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    136K 
54: R34         Environmental (Tables)                              HTML     36K 
83: R35         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    141K 
37: R36         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     60K 
25: R37         Interim Financial Information (Tables)              HTML    140K 
55: R38         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     73K 
81: R39         Business Acquisition (Tables)                       HTML     63K 
67: R40         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    165K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
76: R41         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Timing  HTML     33K 
                Of Performance Obligation) (Narrative) (Details)                 
46: R42         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Summary Of The Amortized Costs And Fair Values Of               
                Marketable Securities) (Details)                                 
14: R43         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     32K 
                (Schedule Of Changes In Product Warranty                         
                Liability) (Details)                                             
68: R44         Inventories (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     43K 
77: R45         Inventories (Schedule Of Potential Impact Of LIFO   HTML     33K 
                Valuation to FIFO Valuation) (Details)                           
47: R46         Accrued Liabilities (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     37K 
15: R47         Treasury Stock (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     29K 
69: R48         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     54K 
75: R49         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule Of Activity For  HTML     47K 
                Non-Vested Restricted Stock) (Details)                           
91: R50         401(k) Plan (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     40K 
64: R51         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     36K 
27: R52         Income Taxes (Schedule Of Provision For Income      HTML     46K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
40: R53         Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Statutory Rate to   HTML     42K 
                Effective Rate) (Details)                                        
90: R54         Income Taxes (Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And   HTML     62K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
63: R55         Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax    HTML     40K 
                Benefits) (Details)                                              
26: R56         Concentrations (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     38K 
39: R57         Environmental (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     28K 
92: R58         Environmental (Schedule Of Expected Future          HTML     42K 
                Payments Of Environmental Matters) (Details)                     
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18: R60         Business Segments (Summary Of Business Segment      HTML     67K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
49: R61         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     43K 
74: R62         Leases (Summary of Lease Cost) (Details)            HTML     31K 
66: R63         Leases (Summary of Operating Lease Liability        HTML     43K 
                Maturities) (Details)                                            
17: R64         Leases (Summary of Lease Income from Operating      HTML     40K 
                Lease Payments) (Details)                                        
48: R65         Interim Financial Information (Schedule Of          HTML     59K 
                Quarterly Financial Information) (Details)                       
73: R66         Line Of Credit And Commercial Letters Of Credit     HTML     35K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
65: R67         Discontinued Operations (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     61K 
16: R68         Discontinued Operations (Summary Of Discontinued    HTML     69K 
                Operations) (Details)                                            
50: R69         Discontinued Operations (Summary of Major Classes   HTML     35K 
                of Assets and Liabilities) (Details)                             
43: R70         Divestiture (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     39K 
28: R71         Business Acquisition (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     53K 
60: R72         Business Acquisition (Schedule of Assets Acquired   HTML     59K 
                and Liabilities Assumed) (Details)                               
86: R73         Business Acquisition (Schedule of Pro Forma         HTML     34K 
                Results of Operations) (Details)                                 
44: R74         Other (Narrative) (Details)                         HTML     32K 
29: R75         Subsequent Event (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     33K 
61: R76         Valuation And Qualifying Accounts (Details)         HTML     36K 
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 3/15/24  National Presto Industries Inc.   10-K       12/31/23   92:7.6M                                   RDG Filings/FA
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