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CNX Resources Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/6/15, at 12:09pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/14   ·   Accession #:  1070412-15-9   ·   File #:  1-14901

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 2/06/15  CNX Resources Corp                10-K       12/31/14  160:50M

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   3.27M 
 2: EX-10.54    Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance    HTML    138K 
                Agreement                                                        
 3: EX-10.55    Change in Control Severance Agreement               HTML    137K 
 4: EX-10.67    Rsu Award Agreement                                 HTML     75K 
 5: EX-10.69    Psu Award Agreement                                 HTML    103K 
 7: EX-14.1     Code of Employee Business Conduct and Ethics        HTML    108K 
 8: EX-21       Subsidiaries of Consol Energy Inc.                  HTML     50K 
 9: EX-23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                        HTML     41K 
10: EX-23.2     Consent of Nertherland Sewell & Associates, Inc.    HTML     42K 
11: EX-23.3     Consent of Golder Associates Inc.                   HTML     42K 
16: EX-95       Mine Safety Disclosure Exhibit                      HTML    129K 
17: EX-99.1     Engineers Audit Letter                              HTML     89K 
18: EX-99.2     Mining Egineers' and Geologits' Audit Letter        HTML     47K 
 6: EX-12       Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges   HTML     57K 
12: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     48K 
                to Section 302                                                   
13: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     47K 
                to Section 302                                                   
14: EX-32.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     42K 
                to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350                                        
15: EX-32.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     42K 
                to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350                                        
110: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     69K  
82: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    210K 
102: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     73K  
115: R4          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     48K  
                Parentheticals                                                   
145: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    216K  
87: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals          HTML     70K 
101: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    196K  
75: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    195K 
62: R9          Discontinued Operations (Notes)                     HTML     63K 
147: R10         Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     60K  
117: R11         Other Income                                        HTML     74K  
116: R12         Interest Expense                                    HTML     57K  
124: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML    178K  
125: R14         Stock Repurchase (Notes)                            HTML     44K  
121: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     51K  
126: R16         Accounts Receivable Securitization                  HTML     50K  
103: R17         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     89K  
112: R18         Short-Term Notes Payable                            HTML     51K  
119: R19         Other Accrued Liabilities                           HTML     73K  
159: R20         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     66K  
137: R21         Leases                                              HTML     89K  
94: R22         Pension and OPEB                                    HTML    459K 
118: R23         CWP and Workers Comp                                HTML    205K  
98: R24         Other Employee Benefits                             HTML     66K 
51: R25         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML    144K 
139: R26         Supplemental Cash Flow                              HTML     54K  
152: R27         Concentrations of Credit Risk                       HTML     60K  
69: R28         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     64K 
68: R29         Derivatives                                         HTML     71K 
73: R30         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    118K 
74: R31         Segment Information                                 HTML    448K 
76: R32         Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML   1.29M 
37: R33         Related Party                                       HTML     50K 
135: R34         Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited)                  HTML     77K  
91: R35         Supplemental Gas Data                               HTML    263K 
95: R36         Supplemental Quarterly Info (Unaudited)             HTML    159K 
56: R37         Significant Accounting Policy (Policies)            HTML    329K 
158: R38         Mine Closing, Reclamation, and Gas Well Closing     HTML     63K  
                ARO Accounting Policy (Policies)                                 
25: R39         Property, Plant and Equipment PP&E Accounting       HTML     57K 
                Policy (Policies)                                                
79: R40         Derivatives Derivatives Policy (Policies)           HTML     43K 
143: R41         Significant Accounting Policy (Tables)              HTML    110K  
53: R42         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
67: R43         Other Income (Tables)                               HTML     73K 
72: R44         Interest Expense (Tables)                           HTML     55K 
83: R45         Mine Closing, Reclamation, and Gas Well Closing     HTML     54K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R46         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     49K 
61: R47         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     83K 
28: R48         Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     72K 
141: R49         Long-Term Debt Annual Discounted Maturities         HTML     71K  
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R50         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     88K 
136: R51         Pension and OPEB (Tables)                           HTML    426K  
57: R52         CWP and Workers Comp (Tables)                       HTML    201K 
80: R53         Other Employee Benefits (Tables)                    HTML     99K 
27: R54         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    119K 
33: R55         Supplemental Cash Flow (Tables)                     HTML     49K 
71: R56         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     60K 
43: R57         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     57K 
148: R58         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML    100K  
89: R59         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    445K 
122: R60         Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML   1.21M  
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R61         Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited) (Tables)         HTML     74K 
64: R62         Supplemental Gas Data (Tables)                      HTML    322K 
132: R63         Supplemental Quarterly Info (Unaudited) (Tables)    HTML    158K  
127: R64         Significant Accounting Policy Anit-Dilutive         HTML     62K  
                Securities (Details)                                             
93: R65         Significant Accounting Policy Earnings Per Share    HTML    119K 
                (Details)                                                        
130: R66         Significant Accounting Policy Common Stock          HTML     49K  
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
58: R67         Significant Accounting Policy Other (Details)       HTML     44K 
99: R68         Significant Accounting Policy Other Comprehensive   HTML     71K 
                Income (Details)                                                 
151: R69         Significant Accounting Policy Accumulated Other     HTML    119K  
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
31: R70         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     51K 
50: R71         Discontinued Operations Income (Loss) from          HTML     70K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details)                                
81: R72         Discontinued Operations Balance Sheet (Details)     HTML     43K 
41: R73         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     93K 
157: R74         Dispositions (Details)                              HTML    111K  
54: R75         Other Income (Details)                              HTML     78K 
45: R76         Interest Expense (Details)                          HTML     55K 
49: R77         Income Taxes Income Tax Components (Details)        HTML     61K 
34: R78         Income Taxes Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation      HTML    129K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R79         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Details)                 HTML     82K 
113: R80         Income Taxes Net Deferred Tax assets/Liabilities    HTML    126K  
                (Details)                                                        
47: R81         Income Taxes Unrecognized tax benefits (Details)    HTML     66K 
149: R82         Mine Closing, Reclamation, and Gas Well Closing     HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
77: R83         Inventory Components (Details)                      HTML     54K 
120: R84         Accounts Receivable Securitization (Details)        HTML     59K  
129: R85         Property, Plant and Equipment PROPERTY PLANT AND    HTML     84K  
                EQUIPMENT (Details)                                              
46: R86         Property, Plant and Equipment Assets Amortized by   HTML     74K 
                Units of Production (Details)                                    
48: R87         Property, Plant and Equipment Capital Leases        HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
146: R88         Property, Plant and Equipment Joint Participation   HTML     48K  
                Agreements (Details)                                             
42: R89         Short-Term Notes Payable (Details)                  HTML     70K 
114: R90         Other Accrued Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     97K  
106: R91         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     87K  
133: R92         Long-Term Debt Debt Maturity Schedule (Details)     HTML     94K  
105: R93         Leases Operating Leases (Details)                   HTML     84K  
88: R94         Leases Capital Leases (Details)                     HTML     72K 
140: R95         Pension and OPEB Pension and OPEB Liability         HTML    368K  
                Disclosures (Details)                                            
85: R96         Pension and OPEB Pension Plan Assets Fair Value     HTML    300K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R97         CWP and Workers Comp (Details)                      HTML    245K 
96: R98         Other Employee Benefits Long-Term Disability        HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R99         Other Employee Benefits MultiEmployer Plans         HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R100        Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     73K 
160: R101        Stock Based Compensation Weighted Average Fair      HTML     74K  
                Value of Grants (Details)                                        
131: R102        Stock Based Compensation Stock Option Rollforward   HTML    175K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R103        Stock Based Compensation Restricted and             HTML    113K  
                Performance Stock Unit Rollforward (Details)                     
35: R104        Supplemental Cash Flow Supplemental Cash Flow       HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
142: R105        Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details)             HTML     54K  
150: R106        Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a   HTML     75K  
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
144: R107        Carrying Amounts and Fair Values of Financial       HTML     61K  
                Instruments for Which the Fair Value Option Was                  
                Not Elected (Details)                                            
100: R108        Derivatives Derivates Impact on Income (Details)    HTML     81K  
44: R109        Derivatives Derivatives by Balance Sheet Location   HTML     82K 
                (Details)                                                        
123: R110        Maximum Potential Total of Future Payments Under    HTML    164K  
                Commitment Instruments (Details)                                 
59: R111        Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation        HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
26: R112        Segment Information Industry Segment Results        HTML    333K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R113        Reconciliation of Segment Information, Revenue and  HTML    110K 
                Other Income (Details)                                           
78: R114        Reconciliation of Segment Information, Total        HTML     90K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
138: R115        Segment Information Reconciliation of Earnings      HTML     58K  
                Before Income Tax (Details)                                      
63: R116        Guarantor Subsidiaries Income Statement (Details)   HTML    527K 
154: R117        Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML     53K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
39: R118        Guarantor Subsidiaries Balance Sheet (Detail)       HTML    426K 
109: R119        Guarantor Subsidiaries, Condensed Statement of      HTML    273K  
                Cash Flows (Detail)                                              
128: R120        Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information        HTML    143K  
                Guarantor Subsidiaries Comprehensive Income                      
                Statement (Details)                                              
29: R121        Related Party (Details)                             HTML     65K 
107: R122        Supplemental Coal Data (Unaudited) (Details)        HTML     93K  
97: R123        Supplemental Gas Data Capitalized Costs (Details)   HTML     73K 
32: R124        Supplemental Gas Data Oil and Gas Expenditures      HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
111: R125        Supplemental Gas Data Results of Operations         HTML     94K  
                (Details)                                                        
156: R126        Supplemental Gas Data Average Unit Prices           HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
40: R127        Supplemental Gas Data Acreages (Details)            HTML     70K 
65: R128        Supplemental Gas Data Oil and Gas Reserve           HTML    149K 
                Quantities (Details)                                             
134: R129        Supplemental Gas Data Exploratary Wells (Details)   HTML     56K  
155: R130        Supplemental Gas Data PV-10 (Details)               HTML     67K  
92: R131        Supplemental Gas Data PV-10 Reconciliation          HTML    111K 
                (Details)                                                        
108: R132        Supplemental Quarterly Info (Unaudited) (Details)   HTML    118K  
153: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    242K  
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    868K 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   8.44M 
19: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- cnx-20141231                        XML  11.72M 
21: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cnx-20141231_cal                XML    359K 
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23: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cnx-20141231_lab                      XML   3.48M 
24: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cnx-20141231_pre               XML   2.44M 
20: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cnx-20141231                          XSD    367K 
84: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001070412-15-000009-xbrl      Zip    691K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cnx-20141231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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