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Griffon Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/13 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/8/13, at 2:01pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/13   ·   Accession #:  930413-13-2814   ·   File #:  1-06620

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

 5/08/13  Griffon Corp                      10-Q        3/31/13   87:12M                                    Command Financial

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    548K 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     70K 
 3: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
 4: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     99K 
 5: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     95K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 8: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
59: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
45: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    120K 
57: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     33K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
61: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders'   HTML     77K 
                Equity                                                           
80: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    118K 
48: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    148K 
56: R7          Description of Business and Basis of Presentation   HTML     34K 
41: R8          Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     37K 
31: R9          Acquisition                                         HTML     47K 
81: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
63: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     34K 
62: R12         Goodwill and Other Intangibles                      HTML     64K 
68: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
69: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    147K 
66: R15         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     42K 
70: R16         Earnings Per Share (Eps)                            HTML     50K 
58: R17         Business Segments                                   HTML    101K 
60: R18         Defined Benefit Pension Expense                     HTML     45K 
65: R19         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     31K 
87: R20         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     37K 
76: R21         Restructuring and Other Related Charges             HTML     49K 
52: R22         Other Income                                        HTML     27K 
64: R23         Warranty Liability                                  HTML     33K 
54: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     35K 
23: R25         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    361K 
                Financial Information                                            
77: R26         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML     34K 
84: R27         Acquisition (Tables)                                HTML     40K 
36: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
35: R29         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     32K 
39: R30         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Tables)             HTML     62K 
40: R31         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    134K 
42: R32         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (Tables)                   HTML     47K 
21: R33         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML     97K 
74: R34         Defined Benefit Pension Expense (Tables)            HTML     40K 
50: R35         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     35K 
53: R36         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Tables)    HTML     48K 
26: R37         Warranty Liability (Tables)                         HTML     32K 
86: R38         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    360K 
                Financial Information (Tables)                                   
15: R39         Description of Business and Basis of Presentation   HTML     25K 
                (Detail)                                                         
43: R40         Fair Value Measurements (Detail)                    HTML     64K 
79: R41         Acquisition (Detail)                                HTML     29K 
25: R42         Acquisition (Detail) - Summary of Fair Values of    HTML     41K 
                Assets Acquired                                                  
34: R43         Acquisition (Detail) - Summary of Goodwill and      HTML     39K 
                Intangible Asset Classifications                                 
38: R44         INVENTORIES (Detail) - Summary of Inventories       HTML     34K 
                stated at lower cost                                             
46: R45         Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail)              HTML     27K 
20: R46         Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) - Summary    HTML     36K 
                of property plant and eqiupment                                  
30: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail)             HTML     27K 
17: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) - Summary   HTML     34K 
                of changes in carrying value of goodwill                         
78: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) - Summary   HTML     39K 
                of gross carrying value and accumulated                          
                amortization of intangible assets                                
24: R50         Income Taxes (Detail)                               HTML     31K 
75: R51         Long-Term Debt (Detail)                             HTML    277K 
27: R52         Long-Term Debt (Detail) - Summary of Long-Term      HTML     92K 
                Debt                                                             
44: R53         Long-Term Debt (Detail) - Summary of Interest       HTML     95K 
                Expense Incurred                                                 
16: R54         Shareholders' Equity (Detail)                       HTML     93K 
19: R55         EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) (Detail) - Summary of      HTML     45K 
                reconciliation of share amounts used in earnings                 
                per share                                                        
37: R56         BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Detail) - Summary of             HTML     99K 
                Reconciliation of Segment Profit Before Taxes and                
                Operations                                                       
22: R57         BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Detail) - Summary of segment     HTML     37K 
                assets                                                           
82: R58         Defined Benefit Pension Expense (Detail)            HTML     37K 
49: R59         Defined Benefit Pension Expense (Detail) - Summary  HTML     53K 
                of defined benefit pension expense                               
67: R60         DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Detail) - Summary of       HTML     43K 
                discontinued operations                                          
29: R61         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Detail)    HTML     47K 
32: R62         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Detail) -  HTML     35K 
                Summary of restructuring and other related charges               
73: R63         Restructuring and Other Related Charges (Detail) -  HTML     38K 
                Summary of accrued liability for the restructuring               
                and related charges                                              
71: R64         Other Income (Detail)                               HTML     32K 
51: R65         WARRANTY LIABILITY (Detail) - Summary of changes    HTML     32K 
                in warrant liability included in Accrued                         
                liabilities                                                      
72: R66         Commitments and Contingencies (Detail)              HTML     26K 
28: R67         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML     25K 
                Financial Information (Detail)                                   
55: R68         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    163K 
                Financial Information (Detail) - Summary of                      
                consolidated balance sheets                                      
83: R69         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    124K 
                Financial Information (Detail) - Summary of                      
                consolidated statement of operations and                         
                comprehensive income                                             
18: R70         Consolidating Guarantor and Non-Guarantor           HTML    159K 
                Financial Information (Detail) - Summary of                      
                consolidated cash flows                                          
85: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    128K 
33: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.73M 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- gff-20130331                        XML   3.88M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gff-20130331_cal                XML    193K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gff-20130331_def                 XML   1.01M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gff-20130331_lab                      XML   1.19M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gff-20130331_pre               XML    991K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gff-20130331                          XSD    220K 
47: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000930413-13-002814-xbrl      Zip    224K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — gff-20130331_pre

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