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Griffon Corp – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/18 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 11/16/18, at 8:10pm ET   ·   As of:  11/19/18   ·   For:  9/30/18   ·   Accession #:  50725-18-75   ·   File #:  1-06620

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11/19/18  Griffon Corp                      10-K        9/30/18  123:22M

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

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                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
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                Financial Information                                            
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                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
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61: R48         Acquisitions (Details) - Acquisition of             HTML     75K 
                CornellCookson, Schedule of Assets Acquired and                  
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                Assets Acquired                                                  
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                Debt (Details)                                                   
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                Incurred                                                         
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                (Details) - Schedule of quarterly financial                      
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                Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                
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                Summary of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Income                                       
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                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
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5 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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11/16/23  Griffon Corp.                     10-K        9/30/23  136:17M
11/26/19  SEC                               UPLOAD12/26/19    2:45K  Griffon Corp.
 9/04/19  SEC                               UPLOAD12/26/19    2:50K  Griffon Corp.
 6/25/19  SEC                               UPLOAD12/26/19    2:47K  Griffon Corp.
 5/08/19  SEC                               UPLOAD12/26/19    2:55K  Griffon Corp.
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