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United Parcel Service Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 2/2/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 2/2/21, at 6:14am ET · For: 2/2/21 · Accession #: 1090727-21-10 · File #: 1-15451

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

 2/02/21  United Parcel Service Inc.        8-K:2,9     2/02/21   14:1.5M

Current Report — Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     34K 
 2: EX-99.1     EX-99.1 - Press Release Fourth Quarter Earnings     HTML    125K 
 3: EX-99.2     EX-99.2 - Q4 2020 Financial Statement Schedules     HTML    262K 
10: R1          Cover Document                                      HTML     58K 
12: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     13K 
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11: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX      6K 
 5: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ups-20210202_cal                XML      7K 
 6: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ups-20210202_def                 XML     50K 
 7: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ups-20210202_lab                      XML    104K 
 8: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ups-20210202_pre               XML     49K 
 4: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ups-20210202                          XSD     15K 
13: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks               16±    23K 
14: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001090727-21-000010-xbrl      Zip     73K

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Filing Submission 0001090727-21-000010 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

United Parcel Service Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 2/2/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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