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Frontdoor, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/6/19, at 4:27pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1727263-19-13   ·   File #:  1-38617

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

11/06/19  Frontdoor, Inc.                   10-Q        9/30/19   78:10M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
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24: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     76K 
45: R2          Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of   HTML    104K 
                Operations and Comprehensive Income                              
75: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML    128K 
                Position                                                         
29: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML     35K 
                Position (Parenthetical)                                         
25: R5          Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of   HTML     49K 
                Changes in (Deficit) Equity                                      
47: R6          Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of   HTML    112K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
77: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     40K 
32: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     38K 
23: R9          Revenue                                             HTML    123K 
41: R10         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    126K 
16: R11         Leases                                              HTML    122K 
56: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
64: R13         Spin-Off Charges                                    HTML     65K 
40: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
15: R15         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     40K 
55: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     32K 
63: R17         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     68K 
39: R18         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     58K 
17: R19         Cash and Marketable Securities                      HTML    125K 
43: R20         Comprehensive Income (Loss)                         HTML    166K 
72: R21         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     30K 
27: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    197K 
19: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML    111K 
42: R24         Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)            HTML     39K 
71: R25         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    102K 
26: R26         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    120K 
18: R27         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    111K 
44: R28         Spin-Off Charges (Tables)                           HTML     59K 
69: R29         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     71K 
66: R30         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     56K 
58: R31         Cash and Marketable Securities (Tables)             HTML    119K 
13: R32         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                HTML    164K 
37: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    188K 
67: R34         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML    108K 
59: R35         Basis of Presentation (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     34K 
14: R36         Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)         HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R37         Revenue (Narrative) (Details)                       HTML     39K 
68: R38         Revenue (Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details)       HTML     35K 
57: R39         Revenue (Movement In Deferred Revenue) (Details)    HTML     29K 
73: R40         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Narrative)          HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Other   HTML     40K 
                Intangible Asset Balances For Continuing                         
                Operations) (Details)                                            
21: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Schedule Of         HTML     37K 
                Expected Amortization Expense For Intangible                     
                Assets) (Details)                                                
30: R43         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     63K 
74: R44         Leases (Weighted Average Remainig Lease Term And    HTML     27K 
                Discount Rate) (Details)                                         
49: R45         Leases (Supplemental Cash Flow Related To Leases)   HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
22: R46         Leases (Supplemental Balance Sheet Information      HTML     34K 
                Related To Lease) (Details)                                      
31: R47         Leases (Maturities Of Lease Liabilities) (Details)  HTML     43K 
76: R48         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     26K 
46: R49         Spin-Off Charges (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     46K 
52: R50         Spin-Off Charges (Reconciliation Of Accrued         HTML     39K 
                Spin-off Charges) (Details)                                      
62: R51         Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details)    HTML     43K 
35: R52         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     41K 
12: R53         Long-Term Debt (Schedule Of Long-Term Debt)         HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R54         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Schedule Of     HTML     31K 
                Supplemental Information Relating To The                         
                Accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements Of                
                Cash Flows) (Details)                                            
61: R55         Cash and Marketable Securities (Narrative)          HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
34: R56         Cash and Marketable Securities (Schedule Of         HTML     33K 
                Amortized Cost, Fair Value And Gross Unrealized                  
                Gains And Losses Of The Company's Short- And                     
                Long-Term Investments) (Details)                                 
11: R57         Cash and Marketable Securities (Schedule Of         HTML     29K 
                Proceeds From Sale Of Securities, Maturities Of                  
                Available-for-sale Securities And Gross Realized                 
                (Gains) Losses) (Details)                                        
53: R58         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Summary Of The         HTML     56K 
                Activity In Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net               
                Of The Related Tax Effects) (Details)                            
60: R59         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Schedule Of            HTML     41K 
                Reclassifications Out Of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
28: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     25K 
20: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     42K 
50: R62         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of The Carrying   HTML     58K 
                Amount And Estimated Fair Value Of The Company's                 
                Financial Instruments That Are Recorded At Fair                  
                Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details)                            
78: R63         Earnings Per Share (Schedule Of Basic And Diluted   HTML     64K 
                Earnings Per Share) (Details)                                    
54: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    146K 
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33: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     69K 
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