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Knowles Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 2/21/17, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1587523-17-7   ·   File #:  1-36102

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 2/21/17  Knowles Corp                      10-K       12/31/16  121:16M

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

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21: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    109K 
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23: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings   HTML     72K 
24: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
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26: R7          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     88K 
27: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    158K 
28: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    109K 
29: R10         Disposed and Discontinued Operations (Notes)        HTML    213K 
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36: R17         Hedging Transactions and Derivative Instruments     HTML     79K 
37: R18         Borrowings and Lines of Credit                      HTML    122K 
38: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    160K 
39: R20         Equity Incentive Program                            HTML    144K 
40: R21         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     60K 
41: R22         Employee Benefit Plans (Notes)                      HTML    212K 
42: R23         Other Comprehensive (Loss) Earnings                 HTML    121K 
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44: R25         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     79K 
45: R26         Quarterly Data (Unaudited)                          HTML     97K 
46: R27         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     75K 
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63: R44         Quarterly Data (Tables)                             HTML     94K 
64: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    194K 
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65: R46         Disposed and Discontinued Operations (Details)      HTML    201K 
66: R47         Acquisition Acquisition (Details)                   HTML     70K 
67: R48         Acquisition Acquisition - Schedule of Purchase      HTML     93K 
                Consideration and Net Asset Allocation (Details)                 
68: R49         Acquisition Acquisition - Selected Unaudited        HTML     67K 
                Pro-forma Combined Statement of Earnings (Details)               
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70: R51         Impairments (Details)                               HTML     61K 
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                of Accrued Expenses (Details)                                    
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                of Other Liabilities (Details)                                   
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                Expenses and Other Liabilities - Product Warrant                 
                Accrual Rollforward (Details)                                    
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                Recognized and Remaining Costs (Details)                         
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                Restructuring Activities (Details)                               
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                Sheet Location (Details)                                         
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Fair Value of Derivative Instruments (Details)                   
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                Fair Value of Derivatives Qualifying as Hedging                  
                Instrument (Details)                                             
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                Long-term Debt Instruments (Details)                             
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                Interest Expense and Interest Income (Details)                   
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                Lines of Credit - Narrative (Details)                            
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                Foreign (Details)                                                
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                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
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                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
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                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Options (Details)                                                
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                Commitments (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Obligation and Funded Status (Details)                           
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                Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Details)                   
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                Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                                  
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106: R87         Employee Benefit Plans - Fair Value of Plan Assets  HTML     68K  
                by Category (Details)                                            
107: R88         Employee Benefit Plans - Future Estimates           HTML     51K  
                (Details)                                                        
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                Plan (Details)                                                   
109: R90         Other Comprehensive (Loss) Earnings - Amounts       HTML     77K  
                Recognized in OCI (Details)                                      
110: R91         Other Comprehensive (Loss) Earnings - Componets of  HTML     52K  
                AOCI (Details)                                                   
111: R92         Other Comprehensive (Loss) Earnings - Changes in    HTML     52K  
                Components of AOCI (Details)                                     
112: R93         Segment Information - Information on Reportable     HTML    109K  
                Segments (Details)                                               
113: R94         Segment Information - Reportable Segments Adjusted  HTML     50K  
                Working Capital and Assets (Details)                             
114: R95         Segment Information - Revenue by Geographic         HTML     53K  
                Location (Details)                                               
115: R96         Segment Information Segment Information -           HTML     53K  
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
116: R97         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML    106K  
117: R98         Quarterly Data (Details)                            HTML     66K  
118: R99         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     47K  
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