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Griffon Corp – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/15 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 11/12/15, at 5:25pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/15   ·   Accession #:  50725-15-80   ·   File #:  1-06620

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11/12/15  Griffon Corp                      10-K        9/30/15  124:22M

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   1.55M 
 2: EX-10.42    Material Contract                                   HTML     39K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     37K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 6: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
81: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     63K 
60: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    138K 
76: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     62K 
85: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    157K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
112: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    160K  
63: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    107K 
75: R7          Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML    120K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
54: R8          Acquisitions                                        HTML     74K 
44: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     46K 
114: R10         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     50K  
87: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangibles                      HTML     90K 
86: R12         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     62K 
94: R13         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     53K 
95: R14         Restructuring and Other Related Charges             HTML     81K 
91: R15         Warranty Liability                                  HTML     47K 
96: R16         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    334K 
                Debt                                                             
77: R17         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    313K 
82: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    156K 
89: R19         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML    108K 
123: R20         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     52K  
105: R21         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     54K  
69: R22         Related Parties                                     HTML     43K 
88: R23         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     91K 
72: R24         Reportable Segments                                 HTML    211K 
34: R25         Other Income (Expense)                              HTML     39K 
106: R26         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                   HTML    113K  
119: R27         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    758K  
                Financial Information                                            
48: R28         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     38K 
47: R29         Schedule Ii Valuation and Qualifying Accounts       HTML    145K 
52: R30         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML    172K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
53: R31         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     66K 
55: R32         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
22: R33         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     49K 
103: R34         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Tables)             HTML     85K  
67: R35         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     58K 
70: R36         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     52K 
39: R37         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Tables)    HTML     76K 
122: R38         Warranty Liability (Tables)                         HTML     46K  
13: R39         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    364K 
                Debt (Tables)                                                    
57: R40         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    305K 
110: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    155K  
36: R42         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML     90K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R43         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     51K 
51: R44         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R45         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML    205K 
21: R46         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)          HTML    113K 
43: R47         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    661K 
                Financial Information (Tables)                                   
15: R48         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML    205K 
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
108: R49         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     55K  
35: R50         Acquisitions (Details) - Summary of Fair Values of  HTML     73K 
                Assets Acquired                                                  
104: R51         Acquisitions (Details) - Summary of Goodwill and    HTML     72K  
                Intangible Asset Classifications                                 
40: R52         INVENTORIES (Details) - Summary of Inventories      HTML     45K 
                stated at lower cost                                             
58: R53         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Details) - Summary   HTML     51K 
                of property plant and equipment                                  
14: R54         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES (Details) - Summary  HTML     52K 
                of changes in carrying value of goodwill                         
18: R55         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES (Details) - Summary  HTML     52K 
                of gross carrying value and accumulated                          
                amortization of intangible assets                                
50: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Details)            HTML     54K 
26: R57         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     46K 
115: R58         Discontinued Operations (Details) - Summary of      HTML     58K  
                discontinued operations                                          
65: R59         ACCRUED LIABILITIES (Details) - Schedule of         HTML     61K 
                accrued liabilities                                              
92: R60         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Details)   HTML     67K 
42: R61         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Details)   HTML     49K 
                - Summary of the restructuring and other related                 
                charges                                                          
45: R62         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Details)   HTML     53K 
                - Summary of accrued liability for the                           
                restructuring and related charges                                
101: R63         Warranty Liability (Details)                        HTML     43K  
97: R64         Warranty Liability (Details) - Summary of changes   HTML     43K 
                in warrant liability included in Accrued                         
                liabilities                                                      
68: R65         NOTES PAYABLE, CAPITALIZED LEASES AND LONG-TERM     HTML     49K 
                DEBT (Details) - Summary of net minimum payments                 
                on capitalized leases                                            
99: R66         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    475K 
                Debt (Details)                                                   
41: R67         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    168K 
                Debt (Details) - Summary of Long-Term Debt                       
73: R68         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    121K 
                Debt (Details) - Summary of Interest Expense                     
                Incurred                                                         
118: R69         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     95K  
17: R70         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Schedule of net  HTML     65K 
                periodic costs                                                   
33: R71         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) -                  HTML     49K 
                Weighted-average assumptions used in determining                 
                the net periodic benefit costs                                   
59: R72         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Plan assets and  HTML    150K 
                benefit obligation of the defined benefit plans                  
24: R73         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Schedule of      HTML     45K 
                weighted average assumptions used in determining                 
                benefit obligations                                              
121: R74         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Actual and       HTML     50K  
                weighted-average assets allocation for qualified                 
                benefit plans                                                    
37: R75         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Estimated        HTML     55K 
                future benefit payments to retirees                              
28: R76         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - Pension and      HTML     95K 
                post-retirement plan assets by asset category                    
32: R77         Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - ESOP Shares      HTML     43K 
19: R78         INCOME TAXES (Details) - Components of Income       HTML     44K 
                before taxes and discontinued operations                         
23: R79         INCOME TAXES (Details) - Provision (benefit) for    HTML     58K 
                income taxes on income from continuing operations                
83: R80         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     63K 
30: R81         Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of effective      HTML     72K 
                income tax rate reconciliation                                   
116: R82         Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of deferred tax   HTML     94K  
                assets and liabilities                                           
56: R83         Income Taxes (Details) - Components of net          HTML     48K 
                deferred tax asset (liability), by balance sheet                 
                account                                                          
90: R84         Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of unrecognized   HTML     51K 
                tax benefits                                                     
98: R85         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML    169K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R86         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML     44K 
                (Details) - Summary of stock-based compensation                  
                expense (Details)                                                
31: R87         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML     60K 
                (Details) - Summary of stock option activity                     
113: R88         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML     62K  
                (Details) - Stock options activity range of                      
                exercise prices                                                  
25: R89         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML     61K 
                (Details) - Summary of restricted stock activity                 
84: R90         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details)    HTML     64K 
80: R91         EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Details) - Basic and     HTML     57K 
                diluted EPS from continuing operations                           
102: R92         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     55K  
79: R93         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R94         Quarterly Financial Information (UNAUDITED)         HTML     59K 
                (Details) - Schedule of quarterly financial                      
                information                                                      
107: R95         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS (Details) - Schedule of         HTML    114K  
                Summary of Reconciliation of Segment Profit Before               
                Taxes and Operations                                             
62: R96         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS (Details) - Schedule of         HTML     56K 
                summary of segment assets                                        
38: R97         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS (Details) - Schedule of         HTML     67K 
                Segment Information by Geographic Region                         
71: R98         Reportable Segments (Details)                       HTML     45K 
66: R99         Other Income (Expense) (Details)                    HTML     42K 
49: R100        OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Details) -       HTML     82K 
                Summary of Other Comprehensive Income                            
124: R101        OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Details) -       HTML     49K  
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
100: R102        Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) -       HTML     51K  
                Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                
78: R103        Other Comprehensive Income (LOSS) (Details) -       HTML     70K 
                Summary of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Income                                       
20: R104        Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML     49K 
                Financial Information (Details)                                  
109: R105        Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    170K  
                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
                consolidated balance sheets                                      
117: R106        Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    188K  
                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
                consolidated statement of operations and                         
                comprehensive income                                             
111: R107        Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    206K  
                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
                consolidated cash flows                                          
74: R108        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     38K 
27: R109        SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS       HTML     64K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying                 
                Accounts                                                         
120: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    247K  
16: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    187K 
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10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gff-20150930_def                 XML   1.14M 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gff-20150930_lab                      XML   3.10M 
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93: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000050725-15-000080-xbrl      Zip    542K

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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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 5/17/16  SEC                               UPLOAD9/24/17    1:126K Griffon Corp.
 4/20/16  SEC                               UPLOAD9/24/17    1:140K Griffon Corp.
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