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Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 6/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 8/11/23, at 11:20am ET   ·   For:  6/30/23   ·   Accession #:  109563-23-75   ·   File #:  1-02299

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 8/11/23  Applied Industrial Techs Inc.     10-K        6/30/23   98:13M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.97M 
 3: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML   1.14M 
 2: EX-4.7      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML   1.05M 
 4: EX-10.18    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
 5: EX-19       Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML     54K 
 6: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     62K 
 7: EX-23       Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     23K 
 8: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     38K 
11: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     32K 
 9: EX-31       Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
10: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     93K 
18: R2          Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
19: R3          Statements of Consolidated Income                   HTML     87K 
20: R4          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     75K 
21: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    148K 
22: R6          Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows               HTML    129K 
23: R7          Statements of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity     HTML    136K 
24: R8          Business and Accounting Policies                    HTML     62K 
25: R9          Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition             HTML    159K 
26: R10         Business Combinations                               HTML     31K 
27: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
28: R12         Goodwill and Intangibles                            HTML     77K 
29: R13         Debt                                                HTML     52K 
30: R14         Derivatives Derivatives                             HTML     31K 
31: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     28K 
32: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    113K 
33: R17         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    116K 
34: R18         Share - Based Compensation                          HTML     89K 
35: R19         Leases                                              HTML     52K 
36: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     86K 
37: R21         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     37K 
38: R22         Subsequent Events Subsequent Events                 HTML     25K 
39: R23         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     68K 
40: R24         Business and Accounting Policies (Policies)         HTML    116K 
41: R25         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)    HTML    161K 
42: R26         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     34K 
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46: R30         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    113K 
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49: R33         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     85K 
50: R34         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     37K 
51: R35         Business and Accounting Policies Textuals           HTML     75K 
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52: R36         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     49K 
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53: R37         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     76K 
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54: R38         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     55K 
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55: R39         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     30K 
                4)                                                               
56: R40         Business Combinations Textuals (Details)            HTML     63K 
57: R41         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
58: R42         Inventories Inventories Textuals (Details)          HTML     25K 
59: R43         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details)                  HTML     38K 
60: R44         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details 1)                HTML     42K 
61: R45         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details 2)                HTML     35K 
62: R46         Goodwill and Intangibles Textuals (Details 3)       HTML     64K 
63: R47         Debt Debt (Details)                                 HTML     56K 
64: R48         Debt (Details 1)                                    HTML     37K 
65: R49         Debt Textuals (Details)                             HTML     75K 
66: R50         Derivatives Derivatives Textuals (Details)          HTML     34K 
67: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     28K 
68: R52         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     33K 
69: R53         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     51K 
70: R54         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     55K 
71: R55         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     71K 
72: R56         Income Taxes (Details 4)                            HTML     35K 
73: R57         Income Taxes Textuals (Details 5)                   HTML     46K 
74: R58         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     82K 
75: R59         Shareholders' Equity OCI (Details)                  HTML     88K 
76: R60         Shareholders' Equity Net Income Per Share           HTML     57K 
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77: R61         Shareholders' Equity Textuals (Details)             HTML     27K 
78: R62         Share - Based Compensation (Details)                HTML     33K 
79: R63         Share - Based Compensation (Details 1)              HTML     36K 
80: R64         Share - Based Compensation (Details 2)              HTML     37K 
81: R65         Share - Based Compensation (Details 3)              HTML     57K 
82: R66         Share - Based Compensation (Details 4)              HTML     48K 
83: R67         Share - Based Compensation (Details 5)              HTML     52K 
84: R68         Share - Based Compensation Textuals (Details)       HTML     68K 
85: R69         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     41K 
86: R70         Leases (Details 1)                                  HTML     42K 
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88: R72         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     56K 
89: R73         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML     57K 
90: R74         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     32K 
91: R75         Segment Information Textuals (Details 3)            HTML     31K 
92: R76         Other Income, Net (Details)                         HTML     37K 
93: R77         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     45K 
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