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United Parcel Service Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 7/30/19, at 5:06pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1090727-19-45   ·   File #:  1-15451

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

 7/30/19  United Parcel Service Inc         10-Q        6/30/19   97:15M

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   2.02M 
 2: EX-10.1     Exhibit 10.1 - Non-Employee Director Restricted     HTML     44K 
                Stock Unit Award Agreement                                       
 3: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - Section 302 - CEO Certification      HTML     33K 
 4: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - Section 302 - CFO Certification      HTML     33K 
 5: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - Section 906 - CEO Certification      HTML     28K 
 6: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - Section 906 - CFO Certification      HTML     28K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     95K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    141K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     33K 
16: R4          Statements of Consolidated Income                   HTML     85K 
17: R5          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
18: R6          Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows               HTML    123K 
19: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     36K 
20: R8          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     36K 
21: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    104K 
22: R10         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     59K 
23: R11         Investments and Restricted Cash                     HTML    193K 
24: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     51K 
25: R13         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    106K 
26: R14         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     81K 
27: R15         Leases                                              HTML    191K 
28: R16         Debt and Financing Arrangements                     HTML    147K 
29: R17         Legal Proceedings and Contingencies                 HTML     38K 
30: R18         Shareowners' Equity                                 HTML    145K 
31: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     65K 
32: R20         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     69K 
33: R21         Derivative Instruments and Risk Management          HTML    305K 
34: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     38K 
35: R23         Transformation Strategy (Notes)                     HTML     33K 
36: R24         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     56K 
37: R25         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     81K 
38: R26         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     45K 
39: R27         Investments and Restricted Cash (Tables)            HTML    199K 
40: R28         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     46K 
41: R29         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     93K 
42: R30         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     82K 
43: R31         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    124K 
44: R32         Debt and Financing Arrangements (Tables)            HTML    137K 
45: R33         Shareowners' Equity (Tables)                        HTML    369K 
46: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     63K 
47: R35         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     68K 
48: R36         Derivative Instruments and Risk Management          HTML    295K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R37         RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS - Narratives       HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R38         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     69K 
51: R39         Revenue Recognition - Narratives (Details)          HTML     42K 
52: R40         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information   HTML     59K 
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R41         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Fair Value of Employee   HTML     45K 
                Stock Options Granted as Determined by                           
                Black-Scholes Valuation Model Assumptions (Detail)               
54: R42         Summary of Marketable Securities (Detail)           HTML     69K 
55: R43         Amortized Cost and Estimated Fair Value of          HTML     55K 
                Marketable Securities by Contractual Maturity                    
                (Detail)                                                         
56: R44         INVESTMENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH - Additional        HTML     50K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
57: R45         INVESTMENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH - Cash Details      HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R46         Investments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring   HTML     78K 
                Basis (Detail)                                                   
59: R47         Property Plant and Equipment (Detail)               HTML     68K 
60: R48         Property Plant and Equipment - Additional           HTML     58K 
                Information (Details)                                            
61: R49         Net Periodic Benefit Cost for Pension and           HTML     53K 
                Postretirement Benefit Plans (Detail)                            
62: R50         EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Additional Information     HTML     79K 
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R51         Allocation of Goodwill by Reportable Segment        HTML     42K 
                (Detail)                                                         
64: R52         Summary of Intangible Assets (Detail)               HTML     57K 
65: R53         LEASES - Narratives (Details)                       HTML     32K 
66: R54         LEASES - Lease Cost (Details)                       HTML     41K 
67: R55         LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML     63K 
68: R56         LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures         HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R57         LEASES - Maturity Schedule After Adoption           HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R58         LEASES - Maturity Schedule Prior to Adoption        HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R59         Carrying Value of Outstanding Debt (Detail)         HTML    160K 
72: R60         DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Additional        HTML    124K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
73: R61         Legal Proceedings and Contingencies (Narratives)    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY - Additional Information        HTML    141K 
                (Detail)                                                         
75: R63         Roll-forward of Common Stock, Additional Paid-in    HTML    119K 
                Capital, Retained Earnings Accounts and                          
                Noncontrolling Interest (Detail)                                 
76: R64         Activity in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income  HTML    119K 
                (Loss) (Detail)                                                  
77: R65         Activity in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income  HTML     68K 
                (Loss) (Phantoms) (Detail)                                       
78: R66         Activity in Deferred Compensation Program (Detail)  HTML     48K 
79: R67         SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY Amounts Reclassified from AOCI  HTML     90K 
                (Detail)                                                         
80: R68         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Additional Information        HTML     34K 
                (Detail)                                                         
81: R69         Segment Information (Detail)                        HTML     46K 
82: R70         Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per       HTML     67K 
                Share (Detail)                                                   
83: R71         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information         HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
84: R72         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     49K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
85: R73         Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative          HTML     37K 
                Positions (Detail)                                               
86: R74         Location on the Balance Sheet of Derivative Assets  HTML     73K 
                and Liabilities (Detail)                                         
87: R75         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT - Fair   HTML     39K 
                Value Derivative Balance Sheet Location (Details)                
88: R76         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT -        HTML     55K 
                Income Statement and AOCI Recognition (Details)                  
89: R77         Amount and Location in the Income Statement for     HTML     41K 
                Derivatives Designed as Cash Flow Hedges (Detail)                
90: R78         Amount Recorded in Income Statements for Foreign    HTML     40K 
                Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as                     
                Hedges (Detail)                                                  
91: R79         INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     35K 
92: R80         Transformation Strategy (Details)                   HTML     38K 
93: R9999       Uncategorized Items - ups-06302019x10q.htm          HTML     34K 
95: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    175K 
12: XML         XBRL Instance -- ups-06302019x10q_htm                XML   4.83M 
94: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    120K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ups-20190630_lab                      XML   2.37M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ups-20190630_pre               XML   1.55M 
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96: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              482±   715K 
97: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001090727-19-000045-xbrl      Zip    436K 


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