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Ferguson plc – ‘10-Q’ for 1/31/24 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 3/6/24, at 4:15pm ET   ·   For:  1/31/24   ·   Accession #:  1832433-24-4   ·   File #:  1-40066

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 3/06/24  Ferguson plc                      10-Q        1/31/24   74:5.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    963K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     75K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML     92K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     47K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     24K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    127K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders?  HTML     76K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders?  HTML     23K 
                Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
19: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    111K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
20: R10         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     37K 
21: R11         Revenue and segment information                     HTML     75K 
22: R12         Weighted average shares                             HTML     39K 
23: R13         Income tax                                          HTML     32K 
24: R14         Debt                                                HTML     40K 
25: R15         Assets and liabilities at fair value                HTML     32K 
26: R16         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     24K 
27: R17         Accumulated other comprehensive loss                HTML     65K 
28: R18         Retirement benefit obligations                      HTML     37K 
29: R19         Shareholders? equity                                HTML     56K 
30: R20         Share-based compensation                            HTML     49K 
31: R21         Acquisitions                                        HTML     49K 
32: R22         Related party transactions                          HTML     26K 
33: R23         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     42K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R24         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     27K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R25         Revenue and segment information (Tables)            HTML     69K 
36: R26         Weighted average shares (Tables)                    HTML     39K 
37: R27         Income tax (Tables)                                 HTML     28K 
38: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     34K 
39: R29         Assets and liabilities at fair value (Tables)       HTML     30K 
40: R30         Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Tables)       HTML     67K 
41: R31         Retirement benefit obligations (Tables)             HTML     34K 
42: R32         Shareholders? equity (Tables)                       HTML     50K 
43: R33         Share-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML     45K 
44: R34         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     49K 
45: R35         Summary of significant accounting policies - Cash   HTML     29K 
                and Cash Equivalents (Details)                                   
46: R36         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     25K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
47: R37         Revenue and segment information - Narrative         HTML     22K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Revenue and segment information - Items not         HTML     56K 
                Allocated (Details)                                              
49: R39         Revenue and segment information - Disaggregation    HTML     45K 
                of Net Sales (Details)                                           
50: R40         Weighted average shares (Details)                   HTML     30K 
51: R41         Income tax - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate  HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     52K 
53: R43         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     63K 
54: R44         Assets and liabilities at fair value - Narrative    HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Assets and liabilities at fair value -Debt          HTML     32K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
56: R46         Accumulated other comprehensive loss - Change in    HTML     49K 
                AOCI (Details)                                                   
57: R47         Accumulated other comprehensive loss -              HTML     45K 
                Reclassification Out of AOCI (Details)                           
58: R48         Retirement benefit obligations - Net Periodic Cost  HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Shareholders? equity - Summary of Share Activity    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Shareholders? equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     28K 
61: R51         Share-based compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     52K 
62: R52         Share-based compensation - Summary of Awards        HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Share-based compensation - Summary of Time Vested,  HTML     36K 
                Performance Vested and Long-Term Incentive Awards                
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Share-based compensation - Schedule of Expense      HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     35K 
66: R56         Acquisitions - Schedule of Assets and Liabilities   HTML     58K 
                Acquired (Details)                                               
67: R57         Acquisitions - Net Cash Outflow (Details)           HTML     31K 
68: R58         Acquisitions - Pro Forma (Details)                  HTML     23K 
69: R59         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     25K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    130K 
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73: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001832433-24-000004-xbrl      Zip    360K

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