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Builders FirstSource, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

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 2/21/20  Builders FirstSource, Inc.        10-K       12/31/19  120:13M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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60: R2          Consolidated Statement of Operations and            HTML     85K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
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106: R5          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    123K  
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                Equity                                                           
89: R8          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders'  HTML     44K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
103: R9          Description of the Business                         HTML     38K  
52: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    189K 
15: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     68K 
83: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     85K 
97: R13         Business Combinations                               HTML     58K 
53: R14         Goodwill                                            HTML     83K 
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98: R17         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    111K 
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79: R24         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     38K 
119: R25         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data                  HTML    131K  
51: R26         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     39K 
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                (Policies)                                                       
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                Information (Detail)                                             
33: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    129K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Reconciliation of Accounts Receivable - Classified               
                (Detail)                                                         
115: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     43K  
                Rollforward of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                   
                (Detail)                                                         
74: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     70K 
                Summary of Calculation of Basic And Diluted EPS                  
                (Detail)                                                         
32: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     49K 
                Restricted Stock Unit Valuation (Detail)                         
42: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Stock  HTML     45K 
                Option Valuation (Detail)                                        
114: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     39K  
                Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)                     
76: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     37K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Parenthetical)               
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107: R51         Revenue - Additional Information (Detail)           HTML     42K  
57: R52         Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of          HTML     57K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail)                           
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Amendment - Additional Information (Detail)                      
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Repurchase Transactions - Additional Information                 
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Transactions - Additional Information (Detail)                   
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                Repayment - Additional Information (Detail)                      
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Debt (Detail)                                                    
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                Right-of-use Assets and Lease Liabilities (Detail)               
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                Total Lease Costs (Detail)                                       
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                Future Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Detail)                  
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                Future Maturities of Lease Obligations (Detail)                  
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                Weighted Average Lease Terms and Discount Rates                  
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                Cash paid for Amounts Included in Measurement of                 
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Finance Obligations - Additional Information                     
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                Future Maturities of Other Finance Obligation                    
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                Information (Detail)                                             
59: R89         Employee Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of      HTML     67K 
                Stock Option Activity (Detail)                                   
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111: R93         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Deferred Tax       HTML     89K  
                Assets and Liabilities (Detail)                                  
46: R94         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Statutory Federal  HTML     71K 
                Income Tax Rate to Our Effective Rate for                        
                Continuing Operations (Detail)                                   
38: R95         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     57K 
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                Quarterly Results of Operations (Details)                        
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 1/04/21  Builders FirstSource, Inc.        S-8         1/04/21    3:85K                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/18/20  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.          DEFM14A    11/18/20    1:3.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/18/20  Builders FirstSource, Inc.        424B3                  1:2.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/17/20  Builders FirstSource, Inc.        S-4/A      11/16/20   11:3.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/08/20  Builders FirstSource, Inc.        S-4        10/07/20    8:3M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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