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Bristow Group Inc – ‘10-K’ for 3/31/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 5/20/15, at 5:13pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/15   ·   Accession #:  73887-15-7   ·   File #:  1-31617

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

 5/20/15  Bristow Group Inc                 10-K        3/31/15   75:41M

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   2.38M 
 2: EX-10.70    Material Contract                                   HTML     78K 
 3: EX-10.71    Material Contract                                   HTML     78K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     53K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
 6: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     63K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
52: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
42: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    119K 
50: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     54K 
54: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     26K 
                Parentheticals                                                   
70: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    185K 
44: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals          HTML     37K 
49: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    176K 
38: R8          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Investment  HTML    192K 
30: R9          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Investment  HTML     31K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
71: R10         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    229K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
56: R11         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    110K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Sap)                            
55: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     97K 
60: R13         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    197K 
                in Significant Affiliates                                        
61: R14         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML     26K 
                in Significant Affiliates (Sap)                                  
59: R15         Property and Equipment and Assets Held for Sale     HTML     95K 
62: R16         Debt                                                HTML    104K 
51: R17         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML    161K 
53: R18         Fair Value Disclosures (Sap)                        HTML     26K 
58: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    167K 
75: R20         Taxes                                               HTML    148K 
65: R21         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    275K 
46: R22         Employee Benefit Plans (Sap)                        HTML     36K 
57: R23         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    146K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
48: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML    253K 
24: R25         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     98K 
66: R26         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML   1.01M 
                Information                                                      
72: R27         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    177K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                         
34: R28         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     90K 
33: R29         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    162K 
                in Significant Affiliates (Tables)                               
36: R30         Property and Equipment and Assets Held for Sale     HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     73K 
39: R32         Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)                     HTML    157K 
23: R33         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML    156K 
63: R34         Taxes (Tables)                                      HTML    142K 
45: R35         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    249K 
47: R36         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    141K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                  
27: R37         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    265K 
74: R38         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     97K 
                (Tables)                                                         
17: R39         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML   1.02M 
                Information (Tables)                                             
40: R40         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    449K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Details)                        
69: R41         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML    146K 
26: R42         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    613K 
                in Significant Affiliates (Details)                              
32: R43         Property and Equipment and Assets Held for Sale     HTML    210K 
                (Details)                                                        
35: R44         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    344K 
43: R45         Fair Value Disclosures (Details)                    HTML    188K 
22: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    291K 
29: R47         Taxes (Details)                                     HTML    258K 
19: R48         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML   1.01M 
68: R49         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    272K 
                Accumulated Comprehensive Income (Details)                       
25: R50         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    289K 
64: R51         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML    169K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R52         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    269K 
                Information Is (Details)                                         
41: R53         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    111K 
                Information Oci (Details)                                        
18: R54         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    341K 
                Information Bs (Details)                                         
21: R55         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    234K 
                Information Cf (Details)                                         
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    120K 
20: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    689K 
31: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   7.74M 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- brs-20150331                        XML   9.58M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- brs-20150331_cal                XML    370K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- brs-20150331_def                 XML   1.53M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- brs-20150331_lab                      XML   3.35M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- brs-20150331_pre               XML   1.94M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- brs-20150331                          XSD    293K 
67: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000073887-15-000007-xbrl      Zip    632K

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