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Bristow Group Inc – ‘10-K’ for 3/31/18 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 5/23/18, at 5:09pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/18   ·   Accession #:  73887-18-19   ·   File #:  1-31617

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 5/23/18  Bristow Group Inc                 10-K        3/31/18  129:28M

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

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                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
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                Oem Cost Recoveries                                              
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                Accumulated Comprehensive Income (Policies)                      
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                Oem Cost Recoveries (Tables)                                     
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55: R38         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    161K 
                Accumulated Comprehensive Income (Tables)                        
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57: R40         Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)            HTML    115K 
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Narrative                        
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60: R43         OPERATIONS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF    HTML     48K 
                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounts                         
                Receivable Table (Details)                                       
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Inventory Table                  
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Property and                     
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Other Intangible                 
                Assets Tables (Details)                                          
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Other Accrued                    
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                SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Interest Expense,                
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                Affiliates - Unconsolidated (Details)                            
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                OEM COST RECOVERIES Capital Expenditures (Details)               
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                Contracts (Details)                                              
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                options (Details)                                                
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Environmental, Other Purchase Contracts and Other                
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                allowance (Details)                                              
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                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
96: R79         TAXES Provision for Income Taxes Table (Details)    HTML     59K 
97: R80         TAXES Reconciliation of U.S. Federal Statutory Tax  HTML     76K 
                Rate (Details)                                                   
98: R81         TAXES Tax Jurisdiction (Details)                    HTML     50K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Benefit Obligation (Details)                                     
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                Plan Assets (Details)                                            
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                Plan Assets (Details)                                            
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                Future Benefit Payments (Details)                                
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
112: R95         EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Stock Option Assumptions     HTML     53K  
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113: R96         EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Rollforward of Non-Vested    HTML     62K  
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114: R97         EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Schedule of Separation       HTML     53K  
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                ACCUMULATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Stockholder's                   
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                ACCUMULATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Earnings per                    
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                ACCUMULATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Accumulated Other               
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
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                by Country (Details)                                             
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                INFORMATION - Statement of Comprehensive Income                  
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                INFORMATION - Balance Sheets (Details)                           
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