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Hexion Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 5/14/18, at 4:55pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 13239-18-15 · File #: 1-00071

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

 5/14/18  Hexion Inc.                       10-Q        3/31/18   73:11M

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    758K 
 2: EX-10.1     2018 Incentive Compensation Plan                    HTML     40K 
 3: EX-10.2     Deer Park Site Servces, Utilities, Materials and    HTML    244K 
                Facilities Agreement                                             
 4: EX-10.3     Moerdijk Vad Site Services, Utilities, Materials    HTML    258K 
                and Facilities Agreement                                         
 5: EX-10.4     Pernis Vad Site Services, Utilities, Materials and  HTML    269K 
                Facilities Agreement                                             
 6: EX-10.5     Pernis Beri Site Services, Utilities, Materials     HTML    271K 
                and Facilities Agreement                                         
 7: EX-10.6     Assignment and Assumption of Deer Park Ground       HTML     35K 
                Lease and Extension                                              
 8: EX-10.7     Assignment and Extension of Amended and Restated    HTML     37K 
                Agreement of Pernis Sublease                                     
 9: EX-10.8     First Amended and Restated Moerdijk Agreement of    HTML     71K 
                Lease                                                            
10: EX-10.9     Extension of Amended and Restated Agreement of      HTML     31K 
                Moerdijk Lease                                                   
11: EX-31.1(A)  Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     29K 
12: EX-31.1(B)  Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     29K 
13: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO & CFO Certification                 HTML     25K 
20: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     41K 
21: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    146K 
22: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     42K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
23: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     61K 
24: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     34K 
                Income                                                           
25: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    110K 
26: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity          HTML     35K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
27: R8          Background and Basis of Presentation                HTML     28K 
28: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML    124K 
29: R10         Restructuring (Notes)                               HTML     51K 
30: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     77K 
31: R12         Fair Value                                          HTML     52K 
32: R13         Debt Obligations                                    HTML     78K 
33: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     72K 
34: R15         Pension and Postretirement Expense                  HTML     59K 
35: R16         Disposition (Notes)                                 HTML     26K 
36: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     91K 
37: R18         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     44K 
                Level 1 (Notes)                                                  
38: R19         Income Taxes (Notes)                                HTML     30K 
39: R20         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    577K 
                Information                                                      
40: R21         Significant Accounting Policies Level 2 (Policies)  HTML    177K 
41: R22         Significant Accounting Policies Level 3 (Tables)    HTML    114K 
42: R23         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     48K 
43: R24         Related Party Transactions Level 3 (Tables)         HTML     70K 
44: R25         Fair Value Level 3 (Tables)                         HTML     45K 
45: R26         Debt Obligations Level 3 (Tables)                   HTML     75K 
46: R27         Commitments and Contingencies Level 3 (Tables)      HTML     53K 
47: R28         Pension and Postretirement Expense Level 3          HTML     59K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R29         Segment Information Level 3 (Tables)                HTML     85K 
49: R30         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     44K 
                Level 3 (Tables)                                                 
50: R31         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    575K 
                Information Level 3 (Tables)                                     
51: R32         Background and Basis of Presentation Level 4        HTML     23K 
                (Details) - Number of Reportable Segments                        
52: R33         Significant Accounting Policies Level 4 (Details)   HTML     94K 
53: R34         Restructuring Restructuring and Cost Reduction      HTML     44K 
                Programs (Details)                                               
54: R35         Restructuring Changes in liabilities recorded       HTML     30K 
                related to contract termination costs and ARO                    
                (Details)                                                        
55: R36         Related Party Transactions Level 4 (Details)        HTML     69K 
56: R37         Fair Value Level 4 (Details) - Fair Value of Debt   HTML     35K 
57: R38         Debt Obligations Level 4 (Details)                  HTML     77K 
58: R39         Commitments and Contingencies Level 4 (Details) -   HTML     68K 
                Environmental Liabilities                                        
59: R40         Commitments and Contingencies Level 4 (Details) -   HTML     27K 
                Non-Environmental Liabilities                                    
60: R41         Pension and Postretirement Expense Level 4          HTML     44K 
                (Details) - Components of net pension and                        
                postretirement expense benefit                                   
61: R42         Disposition (Details)                               HTML     26K 
62: R43         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) - Revenues    HTML     45K 
                by Segment                                                       
63: R44         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) - EBITDA by   HTML     30K 
                Segment                                                          
64: R45         Segment Information Level 4 (Details) -             HTML     58K 
                Reconciliation of Segment EBITDA to Net Income                   
65: R46         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     42K 
                Level 4 (Details) - Summary of Changes in                        
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
66: R47         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
67: R48         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     34K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Additional                       
                Information                                                      
68: R49         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    208K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Balance Sheets                                                   
69: R50         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     97K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Statement of Operations                                          
70: R51         Guarantor Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     94K 
                Information Level 4 (Details) - Consolidating                    
                Statement of Cash Flows                                          
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     77K 
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15: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- msc-20180331                          XSD    171K 
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