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Constellation Brands, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 1/8/20, at 12:21pm ET   ·   For:  11/30/19   ·   Accession #:  16918-20-7   ·   File #:  1-08495

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

 1/08/20  Constellation Brands, Inc.        10-Q       11/30/19  106:23M

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   3.10M 
 2: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
45: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     86K 
101: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    134K  
64: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
31: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    120K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
46: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    107K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
102: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    145K  
65: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     31K 
34: R8          Accounting Guidance                                 HTML     32K 
43: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     42K 
92: R10         Business Transformation                             HTML    106K 
80: R11         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    180K 
22: R12         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML    217K 
58: R13         Goodwill                                            HTML     59K 
93: R14         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     57K 
81: R15         Equity Method Investments                           HTML    102K 
23: R16         Other Assets                                        HTML     36K 
59: R17         Borrowings                                          HTML    127K 
94: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
79: R19         Deferred Income Taxes and Other Liabilities         HTML     40K 
25: R20         Leases                                              HTML    187K 
35: R21         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    190K 
98: R22         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML    115K 
                CBI                                                              
60: R23         Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to CBI     HTML    223K 
26: R24         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    832K 
36: R25         Business Segment Information                        HTML    289K 
99: R26         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     30K 
61: R27         Accounting Guidance (Policies)                      HTML     31K 
24: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     40K 
37: R29         Business Transformation (Tables)                    HTML    104K 
57: R30         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    179K 
20: R31         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML    211K 
83: R32         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     56K 
96: R33         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     87K 
56: R34         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML    132K 
19: R35         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     36K 
82: R36         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML    112K 
95: R37         Deferred Income Taxes and Other Liabilities         HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R38         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    127K 
21: R39         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    190K 
47: R40         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML    111K 
                CBI (Tables)                                                     
32: R41         Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to CBI     HTML    224K 
                (Tables)                                                         
66: R42         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    830K 
                (Tables)                                                         
103: R43         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    284K  
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30: R45         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     41K 
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100: R47         Business Transformation (Details 1)                 HTML     91K  
42: R48         Business Transformation (Details 2)                 HTML     46K 
33: R49         Business Transformation (Details Textual)           HTML     57K 
17: R50         Derivative Instruments (Details)                    HTML     38K 
52: R51         Derivative Instruments (Details 1)                  HTML     60K 
84: R52         Derivative Instruments (Details 2)                  HTML     58K 
70: R53         Derivative Instruments (Details Textual)            HTML     32K 
18: R54         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     93K 
53: R55         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details 1)     HTML    104K 
85: R56         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details 2)     HTML     59K 
71: R57         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details        HTML     41K 
                Textual)                                                         
16: R58         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details        HTML     73K 
                Textual 1)                                                       
54: R59         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     47K 
104: R60         Goodwill (Details Textual)                          HTML     37K  
68: R61         Intangible Assets (Details)                         HTML     46K 
28: R62         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     57K 
39: R63         Equity Method Investments (Details 1)               HTML     58K 
105: R64         Equity Method Investments (Details Textual)         HTML    127K  
69: R65         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     32K 
29: R66         Borrowings (Details)                                HTML    106K 
41: R67         Borrowings (Details 1)                              HTML     50K 
106: R68         Borrowings (Details Textual)                        HTML     88K  
67: R69         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     32K 
76: R70         Deferred Income Taxes and Other Liabilities         HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R71         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     54K 
51: R72         Leases (Details 1)                                  HTML     42K 
15: R73         Leases (Details 2)                                  HTML     71K 
72: R74         Leases (Details 3)                                  HTML     47K 
88: R75         Leases (Details 4)                                  HTML     49K 
48: R76         Leases (Details Textual)                            HTML     27K 
12: R77         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    129K 
78: R78         Stockholders' Equity (Details 1)                    HTML     42K 
87: R79         Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML     42K 
75: R80         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     74K 
                CBI (Details)                                                    
90: R81         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to  HTML     31K 
                CBI (Details Textual)                                            
50: R82         Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to CBI     HTML    109K 
                (Details)                                                        
14: R83         Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to CBI     HTML     74K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
74: R84         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    221K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R85         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    162K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
49: R86         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    154K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
13: R87         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     91K 
77: R88         Business Segment Information (Details 1)            HTML    104K 
86: R89         Business Segment Information (Details Textual)      HTML     29K 
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