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Knowles Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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

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

 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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.29M 
 2: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML     44K 
 3: EX-10.16    Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 4: EX-10.17    Material Contract                                   HTML     41K 
 5: EX-10.36    Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 6: EX-10.37    Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 7: EX-10.38    Material Contract                                   HTML     39K 
 8: EX-10.39    Material Contract                                   HTML     39K 
 9: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     43K 
10: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     32K 
11: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
12: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
13: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
20: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     60K 
21: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    109K 
22: R3          Consolidated Statements of Earnings Parenthetical   HTML     33K 
23: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings   HTML     72K 
24: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
25: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     48K 
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 
30: R11         Acquisition Acquisition                             HTML     79K 
31: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     40K 
32: R13         Impairments                                         HTML     38K 
33: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     45K 
34: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment, net                  HTML     46K 
35: R16         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities              HTML     69K 
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 
43: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML    155K 
44: R25         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     79K 
45: R26         Quarterly Data (Unaudited)                          HTML     97K 
46: R27         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     75K 
47: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    122K 
                (Policies)                                                       
48: R29         Acquisition Acquisition (Tables)                    HTML     69K 
49: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
50: R31         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Tables)         HTML     45K 
51: R32         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    188K 
52: R33         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Tables)     HTML     72K 
53: R34         Restructuring and Related Activities (Tables)       HTML    149K 
54: R35         Hedging Transactions and Derivative Instruments     HTML     52K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R36         Borrowings and Lines of Credit (Tables)             HTML    104K 
56: R37         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    152K 
57: R38         Equity Incentive Program (Tables)                   HTML    140K 
58: R39         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)     HTML     45K 
59: R40         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    206K 
60: R41         Other Comprehensive (Loss) Earnings (Tables)        HTML    119K 
61: R42         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    142K 
62: R43         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     74K 
63: R44         Quarterly Data (Tables)                             HTML     94K 
64: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    194K 
                (Details)                                                        
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)               
69: R50         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     37K 
70: R51         Impairments (Details)                               HTML     61K 
71: R52         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     46K 
72: R53         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details)        HTML     47K 
73: R54         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R55         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     58K 
                Assets and Amortization Expense (Details)                        
75: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets -              HTML     36K 
                Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                     
76: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     43K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
77: R58         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities - Schedule   HTML     52K 
                of Accrued Expenses (Details)                                    
78: R59         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities - Schedule   HTML     47K 
                of Other Liabilities (Details)                                   
79: R60         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities Accrued      HTML     42K 
                Expenses and Other Liabilities - Product Warrant                 
                Accrual Rollforward (Details)                                    
80: R61         Restructuring and Related Activities - Costs        HTML     65K 
                Recognized and Remaining Costs (Details)                         
81: R62         Restructuring and Related Activities -              HTML     64K 
                Restructuring Activities (Details)                               
82: R63         Restructuring and Related Activities - Balance      HTML     40K 
                Sheet Location (Details)                                         
83: R64         Hedging Transactions and Derivative Instruments -   HTML     56K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
84: R65         Hedging Transactions and Derivative Instruments -   HTML     57K 
                Fair Value of Derivative Instruments (Details)                   
85: R66         Hedging Transaction and Derivative Instruments -    HTML     50K 
                Fair Value of Derivatives Qualifying as Hedging                  
                Instrument (Details)                                             
86: R67         Borrowings and Lines of Credit - Schedule of        HTML    146K 
                Long-term Debt Instruments (Details)                             
87: R68         Borrowings and Lines of Credit - Schedule of        HTML     43K 
                Interest Expense and Interest Income (Details)                   
88: R69         Borrowings and Lines of Credit Borrowings and       HTML    147K 
                Lines of Credit - Narrative (Details)                            
89: R70         Income Taxes - Income before Tax, Domestic and      HTML     44K 
                Foreign (Details)                                                
90: R71         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     66K 
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
91: R72         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate            HTML     88K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
92: R73         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     88K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R74         Income Taxes - Net Operating Loss and Tax Credit    HTML     79K 
                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
94: R75         Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)  HTML     55K 
95: R76         Equity Incentive Program - Share Based              HTML     49K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
96: R77         Equity Incentive Program - Stock Options and SSARs  HTML    159K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R78         Equity Incentive Program - RSUs (Details)           HTML     62K 
98: R79         Equity Incentive Program - Additional Information   HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R80         Equity Incentive Program Equity Incentive Program   HTML     48K 
                - Other Information Regarding SSARs and Stock                    
                Options (Details)                                                
100: R81         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities - Lease      HTML     85K  
                Commitments (Details)                                            
101: R82         Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information     HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R83         Employee Benefit Plans - Change in Benefit          HTML    106K  
                Obligation and Funded Status (Details)                           
103: R84         Employee Benefit Plans - Accumulated Benefit        HTML     46K  
                Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Details)                   
104: R85         Employee Benefit Plans - Components of the Net      HTML     54K  
                Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                                  
105: R86         Employee Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions      HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
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)                                                        
108: R89         Employee Benefit Plans - Supplemental Retirement    HTML     45K  
                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  
                (Details)                                                        
120: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    208K  
119: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    148K  
14: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- kn-20161231                         XML   4.68M 
16: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kn-20161231_cal                 XML    429K 
17: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kn-20161231_def                  XML   1.47M 
18: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kn-20161231_lab                       XML   2.88M 
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15: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kn-20161231                           XSD    236K 
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‘EX-101.PRE’ — XBRL Presentations — kn-20161231_pre

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4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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 2/21/24  Knowles Corp.                     10-K       12/31/23  116:16M
 2/09/23  Knowles Corp.                     10-K       12/31/22  115:17M
 2/09/22  Knowles Corp.                     10-K       12/31/21  110:16M
 2/10/21  Knowles Corp.                     10-K       12/31/20  115:16M

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Knowles Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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

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

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4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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