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DXP Enterprises Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/9/23, at 5:05pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1020710-23-101   ·   File #:  0-21513

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

11/09/23  DXP Enterprises Inc.              10-Q        9/30/23   67:5.1M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.12M 
 2: EX-22.1     Published Report re: Matters Submitted to a Vote    HTML     21K 
                of Security Holders                                              
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     69K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    119K 
                and Comprehensive Income                                         
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    148K 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    113K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     97K 
18: R7          The Company                                         HTML     22K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting and Business      HTML     30K 
                Policies                                                         
20: R9          Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     31K 
21: R10         Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML     33K 
22: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     26K 
23: R12         Contract Assets and Liabilities                     HTML     39K 
24: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
25: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     43K 
26: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
27: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     21K 
28: R17         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     69K 
29: R18         Share Repurchases                                   HTML     31K 
30: R19         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     41K 
31: R20         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     30K 
32: R21         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     21K 
33: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting and Business      HTML     31K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
34: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting and Business      HTML     28K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
35: R24         Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML     28K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     27K 
37: R26         Contract Assets and Liabilities (Tables)            HTML     35K 
38: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     39K 
39: R28         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     54K 
40: R29         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     68K 
41: R30         Share Repurchases (Tables)                          HTML     26K 
42: R31         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     40K 
43: R32         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     30K 
44: R33         The Company (Details)                               HTML     20K 
45: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting and Business      HTML     30K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
46: R35         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES -    HTML     45K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
47: R36         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES -    HTML     37K 
                Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Balances                  
                (Details)                                                        
48: R37         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     25K 
49: R38         Contract Assets and Liabilities (Details)           HTML     40K 
50: R39         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     20K 
51: R40         LONG-TERM DEBT - Components of Long-term Debt       HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R41         LONG-TERM DEBT - Narrative (Details)                HTML     71K 
53: R42         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     69K 
54: R43         SEGMENT REPORTING - Financial Information of        HTML     34K 
                Company's Segments (Details)                                     
55: R44         SEGMENT REPORTING - Reconciliation of Operating     HTML     42K 
                Income to Consolidated Income (Details)                          
56: R45         SHARE REPURCHASES - Narrative (Details)             HTML     41K 
57: R46         SHARE REPURCHASES - Schedule of Share Repurchases   HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS - Narrative (Details)         HTML     52K 
59: R48         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS - Purchase Price              HTML     27K 
                Consideration (Details)                                          
60: R49         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS - Estimated Fair Values of    HTML     60K 
                Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details)                
61: R50         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     33K 
62: R51         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     35K 
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    113K 
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