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PENTAIR plc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 4/20/18, at 4:58pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 77360-18-16 · File #: 1-11625

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

 4/20/18  PENTAIR plc                       10-Q        3/31/18   92:10M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    643K 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     83K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     82K 
 4: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     86K 
 5: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     83K 
 6: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     83K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     47K 
18: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    111K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                  
19: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    109K 
20: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
21: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    127K 
22: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     80K 
                Equity                                                           
23: R7          Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     95K 
                Interim Financial Statements                                     
24: R8          Revenue                                             HTML    111K 
25: R9          Discontinued Operations                             HTML     45K 
26: R10         Share Plans                                         HTML     48K 
27: R11         Restructuring                                       HTML     51K 
28: R12         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     50K 
29: R13         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information              HTML     77K 
30: R14         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     78K 
31: R15         Debt                                                HTML     83K 
32: R16         Derivatives and Financial Instruments               HTML     87K 
33: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     36K 
34: R18         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     47K 
35: R19         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     32K 
36: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     56K 
37: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     38K 
38: R22         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor    HTML    455K 
39: R23         Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     83K 
                Interim Financial Statements (Tables)                            
40: R24         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     91K 
41: R25         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     48K 
42: R26         Share Plans (Tables)                                HTML     37K 
43: R27         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     54K 
44: R28         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     49K 
45: R29         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)     HTML     77K 
46: R30         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     79K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     72K 
48: R32         Derivatives and Financial Instruments (Tables)      HTML     78K 
49: R33         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML     44K 
50: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     57K 
51: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     34K 
52: R36         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor    HTML    456K 
                (Tables)                                                         
53: R37         Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     44K 
                Interim Financial Statements - Schedule of Effect                
                of Adoption of ASU 2017-07 (Details)                             
54: R38         Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     48K 
                Interim Financial Statements - Additional                        
                Information (Details)                                            
55: R39         Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     45K 
                Interim Financial Statements - Schedule of Impact                
                of ASC 606 on the Consolidated Statements of                     
                Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)                       
                (Details)                                                        
56: R40         Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for        HTML     65K 
                Interim Financial Statements - Schedule of Impact                
                of ASC 606 on the Condensed Consolidated Balance                 
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
57: R41         Revenue - Schedule of Contract Assets and           HTML     50K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
58: R42         Revenue - Additional Information (Details)          HTML     39K 
59: R43         Revenue - Performance Obligations (Details)         HTML     39K 
60: R44         Revenue - Geographic Net Sales Information by       HTML     79K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
61: R45         Discontinued Operations Additional Information      HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R46         Discontinued Operations Income Statement (Details)  HTML     54K 
63: R47         Share Plans - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML     36K 
64: R48         Restructuring - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     40K 
65: R49         Restructuring - Restructuring Related Costs         HTML     35K 
                Included in Selling, General & Administrative                    
                expenses on Consolidated Statements of Income                    
                (Detail)                                                         
66: R50         Restructuring - Restructuring Accrual Activity      HTML     34K 
                recorded on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets                
                (Detail)                                                         
67: R51         Earnings Per Share - Basic and Diluted Earnings     HTML     73K 
                Per Share (Detail)                                               
68: R52         Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Detail)     HTML    128K 
69: R53         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     37K 
                - Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill by                      
                Segment (Detail)                                                 
70: R54         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     49K 
                - Detail of Identifiable Intangible Assets                       
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R55         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     32K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
72: R56         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML     40K 
                - Estimated Future Amortization Expense for                      
                Identifiable Intangible Assets (Detail)                          
73: R57         Debt - Debt and Average Interest Rates on Debt      HTML     73K 
                Outstanding (Detail)                                             
74: R58         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     94K 
75: R59         Debt - Debt Outstanding Matures on Calendar Year    HTML     49K 
                Basis (Detail)                                                   
76: R60         Derivatives and Financial Instruments - Additional  HTML     44K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
77: R61         Derivatives and Financial Instruments - Recorded    HTML     39K 
                Amounts and Estimated Fair Values of Long-term                   
                Debt and Derivative Financial Instruments (Detail)               
78: R62         Derivatives and Financial Instruments - Assets and  HTML     51K 
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Detail)                      
79: R63         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     43K 
80: R64         Benefit Plans - Components of Net Periodic Benefit  HTML     41K 
                Cost (Detail)                                                    
81: R65         Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     49K 
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R66         Segment Information - Financial Information by      HTML     40K 
                Reportable Segment (Detail)                                      
83: R67         Segment Information Reconciliation of Operating     HTML     52K 
                Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated                      
                (Details)                                                        
84: R68         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     28K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
85: R69         Commitments and Contingencies - Changes in          HTML     37K 
                Carrying Amount of Service and Product Warranties                
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R70         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor -  HTML    127K 
                Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations                  
                and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                         
87: R71         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor -  HTML    179K 
                Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Detail)                   
88: R72         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor -  HTML    136K 
                Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows                  
                (Detail)                                                         
89: R73         Financial Statements of Parent Company Guarantor -  HTML     30K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
91: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    162K 
90: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     94K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- pnr-20180331                        XML   3.43M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- pnr-20180331_cal                XML    284K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- pnr-20180331_def                 XML    747K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- pnr-20180331_lab                      XML   1.65M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- pnr-20180331_pre               XML   1.13M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- pnr-20180331                          XSD    181K 
92: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000077360-18-000016-xbrl      Zip    272K

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — pnr-20180331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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PENTAIR plc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 4/20/18, at 4:58pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 77360-18-16 · File #: 1-11625

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

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