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Mettler Toledo International Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/31/20, at 9:01am ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1037646-20-24   ·   File #:  1-13595

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

 7/31/20  Mettler Toledo International Inc  10-Q        6/30/20   65:8.5M

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   1.11M 
 2: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 CEO Certification Q2 2020              HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 CFO Certification Q2 2020              HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32       Exhibit 32 Certification Q2 2020                    HTML     18K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     69K 
12: R2          Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations       HTML     89K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)     HTML    110K 
14: R4          Balance Sheet Parentheticals (Parentheticals)       HTML     33K 
15: R5          Interim Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'    HTML     75K 
                Equity and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                      
16: R6          Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows       HTML     94K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     24K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     84K 
19: R9          Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Notes)       HTML    169K 
20: R10         Financial Instruments (Notes)                       HTML     29K 
21: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     51K 
22: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     22K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML     57K 
24: R14         Share Repurchase Program and Treasury Stock         HTML     23K 
25: R15         Other Comprehensive Income (Notes)                  HTML    138K 
26: R16         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     26K 
27: R17         Net Periodic Benefit Cost                           HTML    107K 
28: R18         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     27K 
29: R19         Other Charges (Income), Net                         HTML     20K 
30: R20         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    178K 
31: R21         Contingencies                                       HTML     20K 
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    110K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     61K 
                (Tables)                                                         
34: R24         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML    166K 
35: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     43K 
36: R26         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     52K 
37: R27         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     75K 
38: R28         Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Tables)                  HTML    102K 
39: R29         Restructuring Charges (Tables)                      HTML     27K 
40: R30         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    170K 
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
43: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Details Textuals)                                               
44: R34         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details)     HTML     87K 
45: R35         Revenue from Contracts with Customers 2 (Details)   HTML     29K 
46: R36         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     55K 
47: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     43K 
48: R38         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     20K 
49: R39         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    151K 
50: R40         Share Repurchase Program and Treasury Stock         HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                HTML     51K 
52: R42         Other Comprehensive Income Details 2 (Details)      HTML     44K 
53: R43         Other Comprehensive Income Details 3 (Details)      HTML     31K 
54: R44         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     25K 
55: R45         Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                 HTML     52K 
56: R46         Restructuring Charges (Details)                     HTML     28K 
57: R47         Restructuring Charges Restructuring Charges         HTML     20K 
                (Textuals) (Details)                                             
58: R48         Other Charges , Net Other Charges, Net (Details)    HTML     19K 
59: R49         Segment Reporting (Details)                         HTML     60K 
60: R50         Segment Reporting (Details 1)                       HTML     34K 
61: R51         Segment Reporting (Details Textuals)                HTML     32K 
63: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    113K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- mtd10q6302020_htm                   XML   2.68M 
62: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     85K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- mtd-20200630_cal                XML    140K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- mtd-20200630_def                 XML    545K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- mtd-20200630_lab                      XML   1.18M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- mtd-20200630_pre               XML    685K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- mtd-20200630                          XSD    125K 
64: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              316±   429K 
65: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001037646-20-000024-xbrl      Zip    226K 


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