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Air T Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/12/19, at 5:55pm ET   ·   As of:  11/13/19   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  353184-19-44   ·   File #:  1-35476

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11/13/19  Air T Inc                         10-Q        9/30/19   88:11M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.29    Material Contract                                   HTML     21K 
 3: EX-10.30    Material Contract                                   HTML     21K 
 4: EX-10.38    Material Contract                                   HTML     61K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
83: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
37: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)  HTML    153K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
24: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     54K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
60: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    175K 
85: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     49K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
38: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    152K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
25: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML    102K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
58: R8          Financial Statement Presentation                    HTML     38K 
88: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    183K 
65: R10         Business Combinations                               HTML     51K 
75: R11         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     72K 
50: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
20: R13         Net Earnings Per Share                              HTML    104K 
64: R14         Investments in Securities                           HTML     27K 
73: R15         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     41K 
49: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     44K 
19: R17         Leases                                              HTML     67K 
66: R18         Financing Arrangements                              HTML    116K 
72: R19         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     81K 
34: R20         Share Repurchase                                    HTML     27K 
22: R21         Geographical Information                            HTML     55K 
53: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    197K 
80: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
33: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
21: R25         Financial Statement Presentation (Policies)         HTML     33K 
51: R26         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    170K 
78: R27         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML     51K 
32: R28         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     76K 
23: R29         Net Earnings Per Share (Tables)                     HTML    102K 
17: R30         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML     39K 
45: R31         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     46K 
76: R32         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     69K 
67: R33         Financing Arrangements (Tables)                     HTML    111K 
18: R34         Variable Interest Entities (Tables)                 HTML     76K 
46: R35         Geographical Information (Tables)                   HTML     59K 
77: R36         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    198K 
68: R37         Financial Statement Presentation (Details Textual)  HTML     31K 
16: R38         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenues    HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R39         Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
30: R40         Business Combinations (Details Textual)             HTML     40K 
39: R41         Business Combinations - Summary of Total            HTML     35K 
                Consideration (Details)                                          
81: R42         Business Combinations - Assets Acquired and         HTML     70K 
                Liabilities Assumed by Worthington (Details)                     
54: R43         Discontinued Operations (Details Textual)           HTML     49K 
31: R44         Discontinued Operations - Income Statement Summary  HTML     47K 
                of Discontinued Operations (Details)                             
40: R45         Discontinued Operations - Balance Sheet Summary of  HTML     94K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details)                                
82: R46         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     33K 
55: R47         Net Earnings Per Share (Details Textual)            HTML     30K 
29: R48         Net Earnings Per Share - Earnings Per Common Share  HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R49         Investments in Securities (Details Textual)         HTML     27K 
44: R50         Equity Method Investments (Details Textual)         HTML     46K 
14: R51         Equity Method Investments - Summarized Unaudited    HTML     45K 
                Financial Information (Details)                                  
63: R52         Inventories - Inventories (Details)                 HTML     49K 
70: R53         Leases (Details Textual)                            HTML     30K 
43: R54         Leases - Component of Lease Cost and Consolidated   HTML     51K 
                Balance Sheet Amounts (Details)                                  
13: R55         Leases - Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details)    HTML     46K 
62: R56         Leases - Future Minimum Rental Payments (Details)   HTML     44K 
69: R57         Financing Arrangements - Long-term Debt (Details)   HTML     90K 
42: R58         Financing Arrangements - Contractual Financing      HTML     52K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
15: R59         Financing Arrangements (Details Textual)            HTML    104K 
57: R60         Financing Arrangements - Schedule of Warrant Fair   HTML     25K 
                Value (Details)                                                  
87: R61         Variable Interest Entities - Carrying Values of     HTML     65K 
                Assets and Liabilities of Delphax Included on the                
                Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details)                   
36: R62         Variable Interest Entities (Details Textual)        HTML     41K 
27: R63         Variable Interest Entities - Revenue and Expenses   HTML     57K 
                of Delphax Included in the Company's Consolidated                
                Statements of Operations (Details)                               
56: R64         Share Repurchase (Details Textual)                  HTML     33K 
86: R65         Geographical Information - Long-lived Assets By     HTML     38K 
                Geographic Region (Details)                                      
35: R66         Geographical Information - Revenue by Geographic    HTML     31K 
                Areas (Details)                                                  
26: R67         Segment Information (Details Textual)               HTML     25K 
59: R68         Segment Information - Segment Data (Details)        HTML     70K 
84: R69         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)     HTML     46K 
71: R70         Subsequent Events (Details Textual)                 HTML     46K 
74: R9999       Uncategorized Items - airt-20190930.htm             HTML     26K 
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