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Griffon Corp – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 11/18/11, at 5:22pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/11   ·   Accession #:  930413-11-7477   ·   File #:  1-06620

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

11/18/11  Griffon Corp                      10-K        9/30/11   44:11M                                    Command Financial

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.03M 
 2: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     14K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     18K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 6: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
16: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
42: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    142K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     41K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    131K 
36: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    163K 
28: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    112K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                  
39: R7          Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     63K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
22: R8          Acquisition                                         HTML     55K 
29: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     23K 
30: R10         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     25K 
33: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangibles                      HTML     55K 
18: R12         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     42K 
27: R13         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     27K 
23: R14         Restructuring and Other Related Charges             HTML     38K 
25: R15         Warranty Liability                                  HTML     24K 
40: R16         Notes Payable, Capitalized Leases and Long-Term     HTML    203K 
                Debt                                                             
21: R17         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    191K 
32: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    107K 
24: R19         Stockholders' Equity and Equity Compensation        HTML    122K 
41: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     29K 
34: R21         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     27K 
37: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     30K 
15: R23         Related Parties                                     HTML     20K 
38: R24         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     67K 
20: R25         Business Segments                                   HTML    132K 
17: R26         Other Income (Expense)                              HTML     16K 
19: R27         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    463K 
                Financial Information                                            
31: R28         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     16K 
35: R29         Schedule Ii                                         HTML     87K 
43: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     57K 
44: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.64M 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- gff-20110930                        XML   3.68M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gff-20110930_cal                XML     93K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gff-20110930_def                 XML    319K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gff-20110930_lab                      XML    446K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gff-20110930_pre               XML    360K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gff-20110930                          XSD     87K 
26: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000930413-11-007477-xbrl      Zip    160K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — gff-20110930_def

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