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Ferguson plc – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 12/6/23, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  10/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1832433-23-70   ·   File #:  1-40066

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

12/06/23  Ferguson plc                      10-Q       10/31/23   68:4.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    729K 
 2: EX-10.7     Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     73K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML     89K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     45K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     22K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    126K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders?  HTML     58K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders?  HTML     21K 
                Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
20: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    107K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
21: R10         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     35K 
22: R11         Revenue and segment information                     HTML     58K 
23: R12         Weighted average shares                             HTML     34K 
24: R13         Income tax                                          HTML     28K 
25: R14         Debt                                                HTML     39K 
26: R15         Assets and liabilities at fair value                HTML     31K 
27: R16         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     23K 
28: R17         Accumulated other comprehensive loss                HTML     51K 
29: R18         Retirement benefit obligations                      HTML     32K 
30: R19         Shareholders? equity                                HTML     46K 
31: R20         Share-based compensation                            HTML     44K 
32: R21         Related party transactions                          HTML     25K 
33: R22         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     39K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R23         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     26K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R24         Revenue and segment information (Tables)            HTML     52K 
36: R25         Weighted average shares (Tables)                    HTML     34K 
37: R26         Income tax (Tables)                                 HTML     25K 
38: R27         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     33K 
39: R28         Assets and liabilities at fair value (Tables)       HTML     29K 
40: R29         Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Tables)       HTML     52K 
41: R30         Retirement benefit obligations (Tables)             HTML     29K 
42: R31         Shareholders? equity (Tables)                       HTML     40K 
43: R32         Share-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML     41K 
44: R33         Summary of significant accounting policies - Cash   HTML     28K 
                and Cash Equivalents (Details)                                   
45: R34         Revenue and segment information - Narrative         HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R35         Revenue and segment information - Items not         HTML     49K 
                Allocated (Details)                                              
47: R36         Revenue and segment information - Disaggregation    HTML     42K 
                of Net Sales (Details)                                           
48: R37         Weighted average shares (Details)                   HTML     29K 
49: R38         Income tax - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate  HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R39         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     51K 
51: R40         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     59K 
52: R41         Assets and liabilities at fair value - Narrative    HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Assets and liabilities at fair value -Debt          HTML     31K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
54: R43         Accumulated other comprehensive loss - Change in    HTML     44K 
                AOCI (Details)                                                   
55: R44         Accumulated other comprehensive loss -              HTML     43K 
                Reclassification Out of AOCI (Details)                           
56: R45         Retirement benefit obligations - Net Periodic Cost  HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R46         Shareholders? equity - Summary of Share Activity    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Shareholders? equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     27K 
59: R48         Share-based compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     44K 
60: R49         Share-based compensation - Summary of Awards        HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         Share-based compensation - Summary of Time Vested,  HTML     35K 
                Performance Vested and Long-Term Incentive Awards                
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Share-based compensation - Schedule of Expense      HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R52         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     24K 
66: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    116K 
64: XML         XBRL Instance -- ferg-20231031_htm                   XML    749K 
65: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX     88K 
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11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ferg-20231031_pre              XML    560K 
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67: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              333±   490K 
68: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001832433-23-000070-xbrl      Zip    329K

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6 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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 4/18/24  Ferguson Enterprises Inc./DE      424B3                  1:3.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/18/24  Ferguson plc                      DEFM14A                1:3.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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11/29/23  Ferguson plc                      8-K:5,9    11/28/23   14:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/26/23  Ferguson plc                      10-K        7/31/23  152:16M
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