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CONSOL Energy Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/14/20, at 1:44pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1710366-20-6   ·   File #:  1-38147

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 2/14/20  CONSOL Energy Inc.                10-K       12/31/19  149:26M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   3.60M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     58K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     48K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     41K 
 9: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     88K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     48K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     48K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
30: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    105K 
87: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    121K 
133: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     76K  
53: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     53K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
29: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    166K 
86: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     49K 
132: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    103K  
50: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     54K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
32: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    153K 
135: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML    152K  
84: R11         Separation from the Company's Former Parent         HTML     47K 
33: R12         Revenue                                             HTML     67K 
51: R13         Miscellaneous Other Income                          HTML     64K 
136: R14         Stock, Unit and Debt Repurchases                    HTML     51K  
85: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML    167K 
34: R16         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     55K 
52: R17         Inventories                                         HTML     49K 
134: R18         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     59K  
88: R19         Accounts Receivable Securitization                  HTML     48K 
26: R20         Other Accrued Liabilities                           HTML     66K 
80: R21         Debt                                                HTML     92K 
127: R22         Leases                                              HTML    193K  
113: R23         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML    305K  
27: R24         Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML    188K 
                Compensation                                                     
81: R25         Other Employee Benefit Plans                        HTML     64K 
128: R26         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     77K  
114: R27         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     58K  
28: R28         Concentration of Credit Risk and Major Customers    HTML     62K 
79: R29         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     72K 
55: R30         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML    109K 
37: R31         Segment Information                                 HTML    188K 
83: R32         Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML    973K 
131: R33         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     71K  
54: R34         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     43K 
36: R35         Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited)                  HTML     71K 
82: R36         Supplemental Quarterly Information (Unaudited)      HTML    185K 
130: R37         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    177K  
56: R38         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML    125K 
35: R39         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     52K 
70: R40         Miscellaneous Other Income (Tables)                 HTML     63K 
17: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    165K 
112: R42         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     54K  
126: R43         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     50K  
69: R44         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     59K 
16: R45         Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     65K 
110: R46         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     73K  
124: R47         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    130K  
71: R48         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML    450K 
                (Tables)                                                         
15: R49         Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML    362K 
                Compensation (Tables)                                            
38: R50         Other Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)               HTML     53K 
58: R51         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     64K 
145: R52         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     52K  
98: R53         Concentration of Credit Risk and Major Customers    HTML     58K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R54         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     69K 
61: R55         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)     HTML     92K 
148: R56         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    209K  
101: R57         Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML    975K  
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R58         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     52K 
57: R59         Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited) (Tables)         HTML     68K 
117: R60         Supplemental Quarterly Information (Unaudited)      HTML    185K  
                (Tables)                                                         
102: R61         Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of        HTML     49K  
                Property Plant and Equipment) (Details)                          
20: R62         Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)         HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R63         Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of        HTML     48K 
                Antidilutive Securities) (Details)                               
122: R64         Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of Basic  HTML     84K  
                and Dilutive Earnings Per Share) (Details)                       
107: R65         Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of        HTML     55K  
                Common Stock Outstanding) (Details)                              
25: R66         Separation from the Company's Former Parent         HTML     50K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
77: R67         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     55K 
115: R68         Miscellaneous Other Income (Schedule of             HTML     61K  
                Miscellaneous Other Income) (Details)                            
108: R69         Stock, Unit and Debt Repurchases (Details)          HTML     77K  
96: R70         Income Taxes (Schedule of Components of Income Tax  HTML     72K 
                Expense) (Benefit) (Details)                                     
142: R71         Income Taxes (Schedule of Reconciliation of Income  HTML    137K  
                Tax Expense) (Benefit) (Details)                                 
68: R72         Income Taxes (Schedule of Significant Components    HTML    101K 
                of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Details)                
48: R73         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     49K 
91: R74         Asset Retirement Obligations (Schedule of           HTML     51K 
                Reconciliation of Changes in the Asset Retirement                
                Obligations) (Details)                                           
137: R75         Inventories (Schedule of Inventory Components)      HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
63: R76         Property, Plant and Equipment (Schedule of          HTML     61K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment) (Details)                         
43: R77         Property, Plant and Equipment (Narrative)           HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R78         Accounts Receivable Securitization (Details)        HTML     68K 
144: R79         Other Accrued Liabilities (Schedule of Other        HTML     75K  
                Accrued Liabilities) (Details)                                   
94: R80         Debt (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Details)         HTML     87K 
141: R81         Debt (Schedule of Undiscounted Maturities of        HTML     61K  
                Long-Term Debt) (Details)                                        
67: R82         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML    173K 
46: R83         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     56K 
93: R84         Leases (Components of expense and supplemental      HTML     65K 
                cash flow information) (Details)                                 
138: R85         Leases (Schedule of lease balances, weighted        HTML     53K  
                average lease terms and discount rates) (Details)                
64: R86         Leases (Schedule of future maturities of lease      HTML     86K 
                liabilities) (Details)                                           
45: R87         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     73K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
89: R88         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML    108K 
                (Schedule of Changes in Benefit Obligation, Plan                 
                Assets and Funded Status) (Details)                              
143: R89         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     68K  
                (Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit                  
                Obligation) (Details)                                            
119: R90         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     49K  
                (Schedule of Amounts Included in Accumulated Other               
                Comprehensive Loss to be Recognized over Next                    
                Fiscal Year) (Details)                                           
103: R91         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     51K  
                (Schedule of Pension Plans with an Accumulated                   
                Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets)                     
                (Details)                                                        
21: R92         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     61K 
                (Schedule of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used)                  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R93         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     46K 
                (Schedule of Health Care Cost Trend Rates)                       
                (Details)                                                        
120: R94         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     51K  
                (Schedule of Effect of One-Percentage-Point Change               
                in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates) (Details)               
106: R95         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     62K  
                (Schedule of Fair Value of Plan Assets) (Details)                
24: R96         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     59K 
                (Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments) (Details)                
75: R97         Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML     90K 
                Compensation (Schedule of Changes in Benefit                     
                Obligation, Plan Assets and Funded Status)                       
                (Details)                                                        
116: R98         Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML     61K  
                Compensation (Schedule of Components of Net                      
                Periodic Benefit Costs) (Details)                                
109: R99         Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML     46K  
                Compensation (Schedule of Amounts Included in                    
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to be                       
                Recognized over Next Fiscal Year) (Details)                      
47: R100        Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML     50K 
                Compensation (Schedule of Weighted-Average                       
                Assumptions Used) (Details)                                      
66: R101        Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Workers'           HTML     66K 
                Compensation (Schedule of Expected Benefit                       
                Payments) (Details)                                              
140: R102        Other Employee Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details)  HTML     68K  
95: R103        Other Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule of           HTML     47K 
                Long-Term Disability Plan) (Details)                             
44: R104        Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     70K 
65: R105        Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Nonvested     HTML     72K 
                Restricted Stock Units and Performance Shares at                 
                Fair Value) (Details)                                            
139: R106        Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Narrative)      HTML     64K  
                (Details)                                                        
92: R107        Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Schedule of     HTML     46K 
                Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures) (Details)                   
49: R108        Concentration of Credit Risk and Major Customers    HTML     55K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
62: R109        Concentration of Credit Risk and Major Customers    HTML     60K 
                (Schedule of Concentration of Credit Risk)                       
                (Details)                                                        
73: R110        Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Schedule of    HTML     54K 
                Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value)                    
                (Details)                                                        
22: R111        Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Schedule of    HTML     50K 
                Carrying Amount and Fair Values of Financial                     
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
104: R112        Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Narrative)  HTML     55K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R113        Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Schedule    HTML     79K  
                of Commitment Expiration) (Details)                              
76: R114        Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     50K 
23: R115        Segment Information (Schedule of Industry Segment   HTML     91K 
                Results) (Details)                                               
105: R116        Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Revenues   HTML     55K  
                from Major Customers) (Details)                                  
121: R117        Segment Information (Schedule of Revenue and Other  HTML     53K  
                Income) (Details)                                                
78: R118        Segment Information (Schedule of Reconciliation of  HTML     57K 
                Total Assets) (Details)                                          
19: R119        Segment Information (Schedule of Property, Plant    HTML     48K 
                and Equipment by Geographical Location) (Details)                
99: R120        Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML     54K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
146: R121        (Guarantor Subsidiaries Income Statement)           HTML    203K  
                (Details)                                                        
59: R122        (Guarantor Subsidiaries Balance Sheet) (Detail)     HTML    231K 
39: R123        (Guarantor Subsidiaries Condensed Statement of      HTML    184K 
                Cash Flows) (Detail)                                             
100: R124        Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML    113K  
                (Guarantor Subsidiaries Comprehensive Income                     
                Statement) (Details)                                             
147: R125        Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details)    HTML    112K  
60: R126        Related Party Transactions (Schedule of Related     HTML     49K 
                Party Disclosures) (Details)                                     
40: R127        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     45K 
97: R128        Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited) (Narrative)      HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
149: R129        Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited) (Schedule of     HTML     55K  
                Proven and Probable Reserves) (Details)                          
125: R130        Supplemental Quarterly Information (Unaudited)      HTML    121K  
                (Details)                                                        
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