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e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 3/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/25/23, at 4:11pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1600033-23-16   ·   File #:  1-37873

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 5/25/23  e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.               10-K        3/31/23   95:11M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.08M 
 3: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML    123K 
 2: EX-10.4 (B)  Material Contract                                  HTML   1.61M 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     26K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
13: R1          Cover                                               HTML     90K 
14: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     32K 
15: R3          Consolidated balance sheets                         HTML    121K 
16: R4          Consolidated balance sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     35K 
17: R5          Consolidated statements of operations and           HTML    103K 
                comprehensive income                                             
18: R6          Consolidated statements of stockholders' equity     HTML     61K 
19: R7          Consolidated statements of cash flows               HTML    119K 
20: R8          Nature of operations                                HTML     30K 
21: R9          Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     92K 
22: R10         Investment in equity securities                     HTML     30K 
23: R11         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     64K 
24: R12         Property and equipment                              HTML     39K 
25: R13         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities      HTML     37K 
26: R14         Fair value of financial instruments                 HTML     56K 
27: R15         Debt                                                HTML     65K 
28: R16         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     30K 
29: R17         Income taxes                                        HTML    122K 
30: R18         Preferred stock                                     HTML     28K 
31: R19         Stock based compensation                            HTML    108K 
32: R20         Repurchase of common stock                          HTML     34K 
33: R21         Employee benefit plan                               HTML     29K 
34: R22         Net income per share                                HTML     47K 
35: R23         Leases                                              HTML    146K 
36: R24         Quarterly financial summary (Unaudited)             HTML     74K 
37: R25         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    106K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R26         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     73K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R27         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     66K 
40: R28         Property and equipment (Tables)                     HTML     38K 
41: R29         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities      HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R30         Fair value of financial instruments (Tables)        HTML     53K 
43: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     60K 
44: R32         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    127K 
45: R33         Stock based compensation (Tables)                   HTML    105K 
46: R34         Net income per share (Tables)                       HTML     47K 
47: R35         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    107K 
48: R36         Quarterly financial summary (Unaudited) (Tables)    HTML     74K 
49: R37         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     83K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
50: R38         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     41K 
                Schedule of Concentrations of Risk (Details)                     
51: R39         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     41K 
                Schedule of Useful Lives by Major Asset Class                    
                (Details)                                                        
52: R40         Summary of significant accounting policies - Net    HTML     40K 
                Sales in United States and Outside of United                     
                States (Details)                                                 
53: R41         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     34K 
                Long-Lived Assets in United States and Outside of                
                United States (Details)                                          
54: R42         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     35K 
                Reconciliation of Sales Allowances (Details)                     
55: R43         Investment in equity securities - Additional        HTML     30K 
                Information (Details)                                            
56: R44         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Information  HTML     66K 
                Regarding Company's Goodwill and Intangible Assets               
                (Details)                                                        
57: R45         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Additional   HTML     32K 
                Information (Details)                                            
58: R46         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Future       HTML     42K 
                Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets                       
                (Details)                                                        
59: R47         Property and equipment - Summary of Property and    HTML     43K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
60: R48         Property and equipment - Additional Information     HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R49         Accrued expenses and other current liabilities -    HTML     39K 
                Summary of Accrued Expenses and Other Current                    
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
62: R50         Fair value of financial instruments - Summary of    HTML     42K 
                Fair Value of Financial Liabilities (Details)                    
63: R51         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     94K 
64: R52         Debt - Schedule of Outstanding Debt (Details)       HTML     43K 
65: R53         Debt - Schedule of Aggregate Future Minimum         HTML     42K 
                Principal Payments on the Term Loan (Details)                    
66: R54         Debt - Schedule of Components of Interest Expense   HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R55         Income taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     36K 
                (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Details)                             
68: R56         Income taxes - Schedule of Components of            HTML     55K 
                (Provision) Benefit for Income Taxes (Details)                   
69: R57         Income taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of        HTML     53K 
                Federal Statutory Rate to Company's Effective Tax                
                Rate (Details)                                                   
70: R58         Income taxes - Schedule of Components of Net        HTML     68K 
                Deferred Taxes (Details)                                         
71: R59         Income taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and  HTML     33K 
                Liabilities Within the Same Jurisdiction (Details)               
72: R60         Income taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     51K 
73: R61         Income taxes - Schedule of Unrecognized Tax         HTML     41K 
                Benefits (Details)                                               
74: R62         Preferred stock - Additional Information (Details)  HTML     33K 
75: R63         Stock based compensation - Additional Information   HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R64         Stock based compensation - Summary of               HTML     64K 
                Service-based Stock Option Activity and Related                  
                Information (Details)                                            
77: R65         Stock based compensation - Summary of Additional    HTML     33K 
                Information Relating to Service-based Options                    
                (Details)                                                        
78: R66         Stock based compensation - Summary of               HTML     64K 
                Performance-based and Market-based Stock Option                  
                Activity and Related Information (Details)                       
79: R67         Stock based compensation - Summary of Additional    HTML     31K 
                Information Relating to Performance-based and                    
                Market-based Stock Options (Details)                             
80: R68         Stock based compensation - Summary of Activities    HTML     51K 
                for Restricted Stock Awards ("RSAs") and                         
                Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") (Details)                        
81: R69         Stock based compensation - Additional Information   HTML     32K 
                Related to RSAs and RSUs (Details)                               
82: R70         Repurchase of common stock - Narrative (Details)    HTML     33K 
83: R71         Employee benefit plan - Additional Information      HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R72         Net income per share - Reconciliation of Numerator  HTML     73K 
                and Denominator in Basic and Diluted Net Income                  
                Per Common Share Computations (Details)                          
85: R73         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     33K 
86: R74         Leases - Balance Sheet Line Items (Details)         HTML     59K 
87: R75         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     37K 
88: R76         Leases - Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details)    HTML     84K 
89: R77         Leases - Weighted Average Assumptions (Details)     HTML     38K 
90: R78         Quarterly financial summary (unaudited) - Schedule  HTML     70K 
                of Unaudited Quarterly Results (Details)                         
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