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New Peoples Bankshares Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 3/23/18, at 4:37pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1721868-18-198   ·   File #:  0-33411

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

 3/23/18  New Peoples Bankshares Inc        10-K       12/31/17  111:10M                                    FILING2SEC/FA

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    840K 
 2: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32       Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief  HTML     30K 
                Financial Officer                                                
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     57K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    122K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     36K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    128K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     49K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     61K 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    150K 
19: R8          Nature of Operations                                HTML     30K 
20: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     56K 
21: R10         Income Per Share                                    HTML     36K 
22: R11         Deposits in and Federal Funds Sold to Banks         HTML     31K 
23: R12         Investment Securities                               HTML    102K 
24: R13         Loans                                               HTML    240K 
25: R14         Allowance for Loan Losses                           HTML    149K 
26: R15         Troubled Debt Restructurings                        HTML     61K 
27: R16         Bank Premises and Equipment                         HTML     34K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     79K 
29: R18         Time Deposits                                       HTML     33K 
30: R19         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     31K 
31: R20         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     30K 
32: R21         Other Real Estate Owned                             HTML     45K 
33: R22         Bank Owned Life Insurance                           HTML     30K 
34: R23         Dividend Limitations on Subsidiary Bank             HTML     30K 
35: R24         Leasing Activities                                  HTML     41K 
36: R25         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     48K 
                Bank Advances                                                    
37: R26         Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     36K 
38: R27         Legal Contingencies                                 HTML     38K 
39: R28         Trust Preferred Securities                          HTML     42K 
40: R29         Capital                                             HTML     73K 
41: R30         Fair Values                                         HTML    141K 
42: R31         Recent Accounting Developments                      HTML     43K 
43: R32         Parent Corporation Only Financial Statements        HTML     84K 
44: R33         Selected Quarterly Information (Unaudited)          HTML     83K 
45: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    103K 
                (Policies)                                                       
46: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     32K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R36         Income Per Share (Tables)                           HTML     36K 
48: R37         Investment Securities (Tables)                      HTML    102K 
49: R38         Loans (Tables)                                      HTML    241K 
50: R39         Allowance for Loan Losses (Tables)                  HTML    150K 
51: R40         Troubled Debt Restructurings (Tables)               HTML     59K 
52: R41         Bank Premises and Equipment (Tables)                HTML     34K 
53: R42         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     80K 
54: R43         Time Deposits (Tables)                              HTML     33K 
55: R44         Other Real Estate Owned (Tables)                    HTML     44K 
56: R45         Leasing Activities (Tables)                         HTML     33K 
57: R46         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     47K 
                Bank Advances (Tables)                                           
58: R47         Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R48         Trust Preferred Securities (Tables)                 HTML     42K 
60: R49         Capital (Tables)                                    HTML     61K 
61: R50         Fair Values (Tables)                                HTML    130K 
62: R51         Parent Corporation Only Financial Statements        HTML     85K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R52         Selected Quarterly Information (Tables)             HTML     83K 
64: R53         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     39K 
                Schedule of Estimated Useful Lives (Details)                     
65: R54         Income Per Share (Details)                          HTML     38K 
66: R55         Deposits in and Federal Funds Sold to Banks         HTML     34K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
67: R56         Investment Securities (Details)                     HTML     47K 
68: R57         Investment Securities (Details 1)                   HTML     56K 
69: R58         Investment Securities (Details 2)                   HTML     34K 
70: R59         Investment Securities (Details 3)                   HTML     67K 
71: R60         Investment Securities (Details Narrative)           HTML     29K 
72: R61         Loans (Details)                                     HTML     48K 
73: R62         Loans (Details 1)                                   HTML     44K 
74: R63         Loans (Details 2)                                   HTML     82K 
75: R64         Loans (Details 3)                                   HTML     72K 
76: R65         Loans (Details 4)                                   HTML     75K 
77: R66         Allowance for Loan Losses (Details)                 HTML     71K 
78: R67         Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 1)               HTML     85K 
79: R68         Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details)              HTML     47K 
80: R69         Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details Narrative)    HTML     30K 
81: R70         Bank Premises and Equipment (Details)               HTML     40K 
82: R71         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     30K 
83: R72         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     38K 
84: R73         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     53K 
85: R74         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     78K 
86: R75         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     40K 
87: R76         Time Deposits (Details)                             HTML     43K 
88: R77         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     37K 
89: R78         Retirement Plans (Details Narrative)                HTML     33K 
90: R79         Other Real Estate Owned (Details)                   HTML     47K 
91: R80         Bank Owned Life Insurance (Details Narrative)       HTML     35K 
92: R81         Leasing Activities (Details)                        HTML     42K 
93: R82         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     33K 
                Bank Advances (Details)                                          
94: R83         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     36K 
                Bank Advances (Details 1)                                        
95: R84         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     36K 
                Bank Advances (Details 2)                                        
96: R85         Available Lines of Credit and Federal Home Loan     HTML     39K 
                Bank Advances (Details Narrative)                                
97: R86         Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R87         Trust Preferred Securities (Details)                HTML     43K 
99: R88         Trust Preferred Securities (Details Narrative)      HTML     32K 
100: R89         Capital (Details)                                   HTML     85K  
101: R90         Capital (Details 1)                                 HTML     47K  
102: R91         Fair Values (Details)                               HTML     60K  
103: R92         Fair Values (Details 1)                             HTML     43K  
104: R93         Fair Values (Details 2)                             HTML     42K  
105: R94         Parent Corporation Only Financial Statement         HTML    100K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R95         Parent Corporation Only Financial Statements        HTML     67K  
                (Details 1)                                                      
107: R96         Parent Corporation Only Financial Statements        HTML     86K  
                (Details 2)                                                      
108: R97         Selected Quarterly Information (Details)            HTML     71K  
110: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    207K  
109: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    122K  
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111: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001721868-18-000198-xbrl      Zip    207K

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