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American Assets Trust, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 5/1/20, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1500217-20-37   ·   File #s:  1-35030, 333-202342-01

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 5/01/20  American Assets Trust, Inc.       10-Q        3/31/20   89:10M
          American Assets Trust, L.P.

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.17M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 5: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
48: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     83K 
77: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
65: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
23: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    137K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
47: R5          Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited)        HTML    132K 
76: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    119K 
64: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     80K 
21: R8          Acquired In-Place Leases and Above/Below Market     HTML     44K 
                Leases                                                           
49: R9          Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     83K 
41: R10         Derivative and Hedging Activities                   HTML     45K 
14: R11         Other Assets                                        HTML     46K 
63: R12         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits              HTML     46K 
73: R13         Debt                                                HTML    121K 
40: R14         Partners Capital of American Assets Trust, L.P.     HTML     31K 
13: R15         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc.               HTML     82K 
62: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     30K 
72: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     36K 
39: R18         Leases                                              HTML    127K 
15: R19         Components of Rental Income and Expense             HTML     67K 
57: R20         Other (Expense) Income, Net                         HTML     39K 
89: R21         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     28K 
38: R22         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    124K 
31: R23         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     28K 
56: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     68K 
                (Policies)                                                       
88: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     51K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R26         Acquired In-Place Leases and Above/Below Market     HTML     45K 
                Leases (Tables)                                                  
30: R27         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     78K 
58: R28         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Tables)          HTML     41K 
87: R29         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     46K 
69: R30         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Tables)     HTML     45K 
60: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    104K 
16: R32         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. (Tables)      HTML     78K 
42: R33         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     73K 
70: R34         Components of Rental Income and Expense (Tables)    HTML     68K 
61: R35         Other (Expense) Income, Net (Tables)                HTML     38K 
17: R36         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    127K 
43: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     42K 
                Supplement Disclosures Related to Consolidated                   
                Statements of Cash Flows (Details)                               
59: R39         ACQUIRED IN-PLACE LEASES AND ABOVE/BELOW MARKET     HTML     45K 
                LEASES Acquired Lease Intangibles and Leasing                    
                Costs Included in Other Assets and Other                         
                Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Details)                       
84: R40         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     31K 
54: R41         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Financial     HTML     41K 
                Liabilities Fair Value Measurement on a Recurring                
                Basis (Details)                                                  
24: R42         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Carrying      HTML     43K 
                Amount and Fair Value of Financial Instruments                   
                (Details)                                                        
32: R43         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Details)         HTML     70K 
85: R44         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     62K 
55: R45         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Details)    HTML     48K 
25: R46         DEBT - Summary of Total Secured Notes Payable       HTML     61K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
33: R47         DEBT - Summary of Total Unsecured Notes Payable     HTML    126K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
86: R48         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    177K 
53: R49         Partners Capital of American Assets Trust, L.P.     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R50         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. (Details)     HTML     49K 
80: R51         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. - ATM Equity  HTML     27K 
                Program (Details)                                                
45: R52         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. - Dividends   HTML     30K 
                Declare and Paid on Shares on Common Stock and                   
                Noncontrolling Common Units (Details)                            
19: R53         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. - Summary of  HTML     55K 
                Activity of Restricted Stock Awards (Details)                    
66: R54         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. -             HTML     61K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted EPS (Details)                   
79: R55         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     30K 
44: R56         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     89K 
18: R57         LEASES - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     44K 
68: R58         LEASES - Minimum Future Rentals from Noncancelable  HTML     40K 
                Operating Leases (Details)                                       
78: R59         LEASES - Lease Obligations - Minimum Future Rental  HTML     45K 
                Payments from Operating Leases (Details)                         
36: R60         LEASES - Lease Costs & Additional Lease             HTML     42K 
                Information (Details)                                            
27: R61         LEASES - Supplemental Lease Information (Details)   HTML     31K 
52: R62         COMPONENTS OF RENTAL INCOME AND EXPENSE -           HTML     44K 
                Component of Rental Income (Details)                             
83: R63         Components of Rental Income and Expense (Details)   HTML     29K 
35: R64         Components of Rental Income and Expense -           HTML     42K 
                Components of Rental Expenses (Details)                          
26: R65         Other (EXPENSE) INCOME, NET Components of Other     HTML     34K 
                (Expense) Income (Details)                                       
51: R66         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     36K 
81: R67         Segment Reporting (Details)                         HTML     28K 
34: R68         Segment Reporting - Operating Activity Within       HTML     44K 
                Reportable Segments (Details)                                    
28: R69         SEGMENT REPORTING - Reconciliation of Segment       HTML     53K 
                Profit to Net Income Attributable to Stockholders                
                (Details)                                                        
22: R70         SEGMENT REPORTING - Net Real Estate and Secured     HTML     49K 
                Note Payable Balances (Details)                                  
46: R71         SEGMENT REPORTING - Capital Expenditures (Details)  HTML     36K 
75: R72         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     37K 
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