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Groupon, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 7/30/19, at 5:07pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1490281-19-76   ·   File #:  1-35335

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

 7/30/19  Groupon, Inc.                     10-Q        6/30/19   88:11M

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   1.59M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     81K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    112K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    131K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    204K 
                Equity                                                           
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    175K 
18: R8          Description of Business and Basis of Presentation   HTML     42K 
19: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     81K 
20: R10         Investments                                         HTML     90K 
21: R11         Supplemental Consolidated Balance Sheets and        HTML     97K 
                Statements of Operations Information                             
22: R12         Financing Arrangements                              HTML     75K 
23: R13         Leases                                              HTML     89K 
24: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     46K 
25: R15         Stockholders' Equity and Compensation Arrangements  HTML    105K 
26: R16         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     44K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     39K 
28: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    161K 
29: R19         Income (Loss) Per Share                             HTML     88K 
30: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML    144K 
31: R21         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION   HTML     47K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
32: R22         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     85K 
33: R23         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     90K 
34: R24         Supplemental Consolidated Balance Sheets and        HTML    103K 
                Statements of Operations Information (Tables)                    
35: R25         Financing Arrangements (Tables)                     HTML     54K 
36: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    103K 
37: R27         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS  HTML     99K 
                Tables (Tables)                                                  
38: R28         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     35K 
39: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    152K 
40: R30         Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                    HTML     89K 
41: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    151K 
42: R32         Description of Business and Basis of Presentation   HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R33         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of  HTML     36K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
44: R34         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of  HTML     51K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
45: R35         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of  HTML     42K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Details)                  
46: R36         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Additional   HTML     34K 
                Information (Details)                                            
47: R37         INVESTMENTS - Summary of Investments (Details)      HTML     83K 
48: R38         INVESTMENTS - Schedule of Activity for Available    HTML     32K 
                For Sale Securities (Details)                                    
49: R39         INVESTMENTS - Additional Information (Details)      HTML     49K 
50: R40         SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND        HTML     45K 
                STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION - Schedule of               
                Other Income (Expense) (Details)                                 
51: R41         SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND        HTML     42K 
                STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION - Schedule of               
                Prepaid and Other Current Assets (Details)                       
52: R42         SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND        HTML     32K 
                STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION - Schedule of               
                Accrued Merchant and Supplier Payables (Details)                 
53: R43         SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND        HTML     50K 
                STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION - Schedule of               
                Accrued Expense and Other Current Liabilities                    
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND        HTML     41K 
                STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION - Schedule of               
                Other Non-current Liabilities (Details)                          
55: R45         FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Schedule of Notes          HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Schedule of Convertible    HTML     35K 
                Debt Interest Expense (Details)                                  
57: R47         FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Convertible Senior Notes   HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R48         FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Note Hedges and Warrants   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Revolving Credit Facility  HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         LEASES - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     55K 
61: R51         LEASES Right-of-Use Assets (Details)                HTML     35K 
62: R52         LEASES Total Lease Cost (Details)                   HTML     45K 
63: R53         LEASES Future Lease Amount (Details)                HTML     75K 
64: R54         LEASES Sublease (Details)                           HTML     42K 
65: R55         LEASES Supplemental Cash Flow (Details)             HTML     38K 
66: R56         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional          HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
67: R57         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS  HTML     82K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
68: R58         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS  HTML     44K 
                Stock-based Compensation Expense (Details)                       
69: R59         Stockholders' Equity and Compensation Arrangements  HTML     53K 
                Rsu (Details)                                                    
70: R60         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS  HTML     71K 
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
71: R61         Stockholders' Equity and Compensation Arrangements  HTML     72K 
                Psu (Details)                                                    
72: R62         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Additional Information        HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R63         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Liability for Customer        HTML     38K 
                Credits Rollforward (Details)                                    
74: R64         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     44K 
75: R65         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Additional Information    HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R66         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Schedule of Fair Value,   HTML     56K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis               
                (Details)                                                        
77: R67         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Fair Value, Assets and    HTML     80K 
                Liabilities, Reconciliation of Level 3 Inputs                    
                (Details)                                                        
78: R68         Income (LOSS) PER SHARE - Schedule of Computation   HTML     62K 
                of Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share                 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R69         Income (LOSS) PER SHARE - Schedule of               HTML     44K 
                Weighted-Average Potentially Dilutive Instruments                
                (Details)                                                        
80: R70         SEGMENT INFORMATION Schedule of Revenue by Segment  HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R71         SEGMENT INFORMATION Schedule of Gross Profit by     HTML     48K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
82: R72         SEGMENT INFORMATION Schedule of Operating Income    HTML     42K 
                by Segment (Details)                                             
83: R73         SEGMENT INFORMATION Schedule of Total Assets by     HTML     37K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
84: R9999       Uncategorized Items - a2019q210-q.htm               HTML     31K 
86: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    165K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- a2019q210-q_htm                     XML   2.85M 
85: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     99K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- grpn-20190630_cal               XML    294K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- grpn-20190630_def                XML    739K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- grpn-20190630_lab                     XML   1.85M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- grpn-20190630_pre              XML   1.14M 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- grpn-20190630                         XSD    174K 
87: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              399±   607K 
88: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001490281-19-000076-xbrl      Zip    368K 


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This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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