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American Eagle Outfitters Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 12/3/20, at 5:25pm ET   ·   For:  10/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1564590-20-56094   ·   File #:  1-33338

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

12/03/20  American Eagle Outfitters Inc.    10-Q       10/31/20   72:8.5M                                   ActiveDisclosure/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

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 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
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13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     73K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     82K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    103K 
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    105K 
21: R9          Interim Financial Statements                        HTML     28K 
22: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    164K 
23: R11         Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term            HTML     76K 
                Investments                                                      
24: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     33K 
25: R13         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     76K 
26: R14         Property and Equipment                              HTML     46K 
27: R15         Intangible Assets, including Goodwill               HTML     75K 
28: R16         Long-Term Debt, Net                                 HTML    104K 
29: R17         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    149K 
30: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
31: R19         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     24K 
32: R20         Impairment, Restructuring and COVID-19 Related      HTML     80K 
                Charges                                                          
33: R21         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     24K 
34: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    232K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    109K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R24         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments   HTML     76K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R25         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     74K 
38: R26         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
39: R27         Intangible Assets, including Goodwill (Tables)      HTML     74K 
40: R28         Long-Term Debt, Net (Tables)                        HTML    103K 
41: R29         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    148K 
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                Charges (Tables)                                                 
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                Information (Detail)                                             
44: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     75K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
45: R33         Consolidated Percentage of Total Net Revenue        HTML     29K 
                Attributable to Each Merchandise Group (Detail)                  
46: R34         Summary of Disaggregation of Company's Total Net    HTML     31K 
                Revenue by Geography (Detail)                                    
47: R35         Useful Lives of Major Classes of Assets (Detail)    HTML     36K 
48: R36         Useful Lives of Major Classes of Assets             HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
49: R37         Fair Market Values for Cash and Short-term          HTML     39K 
                Investments (Detail)                                             
50: R38         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     43K 
                (Detail)                                                         
51: R39         Reconciliation Between Basic and Diluted Weighted   HTML     35K 
                Average Shares Outstanding (Detail)                              
52: R40         Reconciliation Between Basic and Diluted Weighted   HTML     30K 
                Average Shares Outstanding (Parenthetical)                       
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R41         Property and Equipment (Detail)                     HTML     29K 
54: R42         Intangible Assets, Including Goodwill (Detail)      HTML     38K 
55: R43         Intangible Assets, Including Goodwill               HTML     22K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
56: R44         Long-Term Debt, Net - Components of Long-Term Debt  HTML     36K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R45         Long-Term Debt, Net - Additional Information        HTML     80K 
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R46         Long-Term Debt, Net - Schedule of Interest Expense  HTML     29K 
                for Notes (Detail)                                               
59: R47         Long-Term Debt, Net - Schedule of Notes Conversion  HTML     28K 
                Amounts (Detail)                                                 
60: R48         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     55K 
                (Detail)                                                         
61: R49         Summary of Stock Option Activity (Detail)           HTML     62K 
62: R50         Black-Scholes Option Valuation Assumptions          HTML     46K 
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R51         Summary of Restricted Stock Activity (Detail)       HTML     51K 
64: R52         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     30K 
65: R53         Summary of Impairment Restructuring and COVID-19    HTML     30K 
                Related Charges (Detail)                                         
66: R54         Summary of Impairment Restructuring and COVID-19    HTML     37K 
                Related Charges (Parenthetical) (Detail)                         
67: R55         Rollforward of Restructuring Liabilities            HTML     27K 
                Recognized in Accrued Compensation and Payroll                   
                Taxes and Other Current Liabilities and Accrued                  
                Expenses in Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail)                 
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