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Mind Technology, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/20 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 12/4/20, at 4:07pm ET   ·   For:  10/31/20   ·   Accession #:  926423-20-64   ·   File #:  1-13490

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12/04/20  Mind Technology, Inc.             10-Q       10/31/20   69:6.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    798K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     78K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    120K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    137K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     36K 
                Loss                                                             
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    120K 
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     92K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R8          Organization                                        HTML     25K 
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     22K 
20: R10         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations    HTML     83K 
21: R11         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     33K 
22: R12         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     74K 
23: R13         Balance Sheet                                       HTML     56K 
24: R14         Leases                                              HTML     60K 
25: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     68K 
26: R16         Notes Payable                                       HTML     23K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
28: R18         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     36K 
29: R19         Related Party Transaction                           HTML     27K 
30: R20         Equity and Stock-Based Compensation                 HTML     22K 
31: R21         Sale of Subsidiaries                                HTML     83K 
32: R22         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     25K 
33: R23         Corporate Restructuring                             HTML     23K 
34: R24         Organization (Policies)                             HTML     36K 
35: R25         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations    HTML     85K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R26         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     71K 
37: R27         Balance Sheet (Tables)                              HTML     61K 
38: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     58K 
39: R29         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     68K 
40: R30         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     34K 
41: R31         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations -  HTML     57K 
                Schedule of Discontinued Operations, Balance Sheet               
                (Details)                                                        
42: R32         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations -  HTML     63K 
                Schedule of Discontinued Operations, Income                      
                Statement (Details)                                              
43: R33         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations -  HTML     39K 
                Schedule of Discontinued Operations, Cash Flow                   
                (Details)                                                        
44: R34         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Revenue     HTML     38K 
                Disaggregation (Detail)                                          
45: R35         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Revenue     HTML     36K 
                Disaggregated by Geography (Detail)                              
46: R36         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Contract    HTML     39K 
                Assets And Liabilities (Detail)                                  
47: R37         Balance Sheet - Accounts Receivable (Detail)        HTML     45K 
48: R38         Balance Sheet - Schedule of Inventories (Detail)    HTML     32K 
49: R39         Balance Sheet - Schedule of Seismic Equipment       HTML     36K 
                Lease Pool and Property and Equipment (Detail)                   
50: R40         Balance Sheet - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     22K 
51: R41         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     28K 
52: R42         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)  HTML     38K 
55: R45         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     58K 
                Net Carrying Amount (Detail)                                     
56: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional   HTML     34K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
57: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     35K 
                Estimated Amortization Expense Related to                        
                Amortizable Intangible Assets (Detail)                           
58: R48         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     26K 
59: R49         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     28K 
60: R50         Earnings per Share - Basic and Diluted Weighted     HTML     31K 
                Average Common Shares Used in Earnings Per Share                 
                Calculation (Detail)                                             
61: R51         Related Party Transaction - Additional Information  HTML     60K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R52         Equity and Stock-Based Compensation - Additional    HTML     31K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
63: R53         Sale of Subsidiaries (Details)                      HTML     35K 
64: R54         Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Corporate Restructuring (Details)                   HTML     25K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    122K 
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66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     76K 
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68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              321±   465K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000926423-20-000064-xbrl      Zip    233K 


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