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Zale Corp – ‘10-K’ for 7/31/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 10/3/12, at 3:54pm ET   ·   For:  7/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1047469-12-9281   ·   File #:  1-04129

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

10/03/12  Zale Corp                         10-K        7/31/12   96:10M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Form 10-K Fiscal Year Ended July 31,2012            HTML    839K 
 2: EX-4.4      Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement        HTML    320K 
 6: EX-10.14    Base Salaries and Target Bonus for the Neo          HTML     29K 
 3: EX-10.5B    Form of Stock Option Award Agreement                HTML     54K 
 4: EX-10.5C    Form of Time-Vesting Rsu Award Agreement            HTML     55K 
 5: EX-10.5D    Form of Performance-Based Rsu Award Agreement       HTML     57K 
 7: EX-14       Code of Business Conduct and Ethics                 HTML    148K 
 8: EX-21       Subsidiaries of the Registrant                      HTML     27K 
 9: EX-23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                        HTML     24K 
10: EX-31.1     Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 302        HTML     30K 
11: EX-31.2     Certification of Cao Pursuant to Section 302        HTML     30K 
12: EX-31.3     Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 302        HTML     30K 
13: EX-32.1     Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 906        HTML     26K 
14: EX-32.2     Certification of Cao Pursuant to Section 906        HTML     26K 
15: EX-32.3     Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 906        HTML     26K 
68: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     53K 
55: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     94K 
66: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    125K 
70: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
89: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    149K 
57: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'            HTML     81K 
                Investment (Equity)                                              
65: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
50: R8          Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     58K 
40: R9          Other Current Assets                                HTML     32K 
90: R10         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     36K 
72: R11         Goodwill                                            HTML     32K 
71: R12         Other Assets                                        HTML     31K 
77: R13         Investments                                         HTML     42K 
78: R14         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     34K 
75: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     45K 
79: R16         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     31K 
67: R17         Other Charges                                       HTML     34K 
69: R18         Leases                                              HTML     49K 
74: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     97K 
96: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     58K 
85: R21         Comprehensive Loss                                  HTML     48K 
61: R22         Disposition of Bailey Banks & Biddle                HTML     32K 
73: R23         Segments                                            HTML     72K 
63: R24         Contingencies                                       HTML     35K 
32: R25         Deferred Revenue                                    HTML     37K 
86: R26         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     36K 
93: R27         Quarterly Results of Continuing Operations          HTML     47K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
45: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    152K 
                (Policies)                                                       
44: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     51K 
48: R30         Other Current Assets (Tables)                       HTML     32K 
49: R31         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     35K 
51: R32         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     33K 
28: R33         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     32K 
83: R34         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     41K 
59: R35         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     33K 
62: R36         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     36K 
35: R37         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     31K 
95: R38         Other Charges (Tables)                              HTML     32K 
22: R39         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     47K 
52: R40         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     96K 
88: R41         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     55K 
34: R42         Comprehensive Loss (Tables)                         HTML     43K 
43: R43         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     67K 
47: R44         Deferred Revenue (Tables)                           HTML     33K 
56: R45         Quarterly Results of Continuing Operations          HTML     44K 
                (Unaudited) (Tables)                                             
27: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
24: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     83K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
87: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
33: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
                (Details 5)                                                      
84: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     51K 
36: R52         Other Current Assets (Details)                      HTML     41K 
53: R53         Property and Equipment, Net (Details)               HTML     38K 
23: R54         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     48K 
26: R55         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     39K 
46: R56         Investments (Details)                               HTML     55K 
29: R57         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     47K 
91: R58         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML    164K 
58: R59         Long-Term Debt (Details 2)                          HTML     46K 
76: R60         Long-Term Debt (Details 3)                          HTML     34K 
38: R61         Other Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     35K 
41: R62         Other Charges (Details)                             HTML     50K 
82: R63         Leases (Details)                                    HTML    100K 
80: R64         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    254K 
60: R65         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    192K 
81: R66         Comprehensive Loss (Details)                        HTML     50K 
37: R67         Disposition of Bailey Banks & Biddle (Details)      HTML     45K 
64: R68         Segments (Details)                                  HTML     85K 
92: R69         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     35K 
25: R70         Deferred Revenue (Details)                          HTML     77K 
31: R71         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     47K 
54: R72         Quarterly Results of Continuing Operations          HTML     62K 
                (Unaudited) (Details)                                            
94: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
42: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.14M 
16: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- zlc-20120731                        XML   1.81M 
18: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- zlc-20120731_cal                XML    258K 
19: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- zlc-20120731_def                 XML   1.06M 
20: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- zlc-20120731_lab                      XML   3.08M 
21: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- zlc-20120731_pre               XML   1.46M 
17: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- zlc-20120731                          XSD    249K 
30: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001047469-12-009281-xbrl      Zip    244K 


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