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Foster L B Co – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 5/10/19, at 10:59am ET   ·   For:  3/31/19   ·   Accession #:  352825-19-22   ·   File #:  0-10436

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 5/10/19  Foster L B Co                     10-Q        3/31/19   92:7.4M

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

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19: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     49K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
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                Income (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                    
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22: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders'  HTML     63K 
                Equity                                                           
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                Equity (Parentheticals)                                          
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25: R11         Business Segments                                   HTML     67K 
26: R12         Revenue                                             HTML     76K 
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33: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     56K 
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36: R22         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     59K 
37: R23         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     52K 
38: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
39: R25         Financial Statements (Policies)                     HTML     45K 
40: R26         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML     71K 
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                Goodwill) (Details)                                              
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                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
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                Expected Amortization Expense) (Details)                         
64: R50         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     30K 
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66: R52         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     52K 
67: R53         Leases - Narratives (Details)                       HTML     53K 
68: R54         Leases - Balance Sheet Location (Details)           HTML     47K 
69: R55         Leases - Lease Cost (Details)                       HTML     36K 
70: R56         Leases - Cash Flow Components (Details)             HTML     31K 
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                Instruments) (Details)                                           
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring                     
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77: R63         Earning Per Common Share (Schedule of Earnings Per  HTML     61K 
                Share, Basic and Diluted) (Details)                              
78: R64         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     40K 
79: R65         Stock-Based Compensation (Restricted Stock and      HTML     57K 
                Performance Share Units) (Details)                               
80: R66         Retirement Plans (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     42K 
81: R67         Retirement Plans (Schedule Of Net Benefit Costs)    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R68         Retirement Plans (Schedule of Costs of Retirement   HTML     34K 
                Plans) (Details)                                                 
83: R69         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Narrative)  HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R70         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Schedule    HTML     31K 
                of Product Warranty Liability) (Details)                         
85: R71         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Future      HTML     36K 
                Payments) (Details)                                              
86: R72         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     32K 
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