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La-Z-Boy Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 10/27/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/28/12, at 4:28pm ET   ·   For:  10/27/12   ·   Accession #:  1140361-12-48945   ·   File #:  1-09656

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

11/28/12  La-Z-Boy Inc                      10-Q       10/27/12   59:6.7M                                   Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        La-Z-Boy Incorporated 10-Q 10-27-2012               HTML    519K 
 2: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     20K 
 3: EX-3.3      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     19K 
 4: EX-3.4      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     20K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 7: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
39: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
30: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income (Unaudited)        HTML     91K 
37: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     61K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
41: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML    128K 
54: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
31: R6          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)    HTML    133K 
36: R7          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     87K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
27: R8          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     34K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     29K 
55: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     36K 
43: R11         Allowance for Credit Losses                         HTML     36K 
42: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
47: R13         Investments                                         HTML     59K 
48: R14         Pension Plans                                       HTML     45K 
46: R15         Product Warranties                                  HTML     35K 
49: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     55K 
38: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     77K 
40: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     23K 
45: R19         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     52K 
59: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     59K 
51: R21         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     21K 
33: R22         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     26K 
44: R23         Allowance for Credit Losses (Tables)                HTML     35K 
35: R24         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     27K 
16: R25         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     55K 
52: R26         Pension Plans (Tables)                              HTML     37K 
56: R27         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     32K 
24: R28         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     46K 
22: R29         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     69K 
25: R30         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     48K 
26: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     46K 
28: R32         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     23K 
15: R33         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     49K 
50: R34         Allowance for Credit Losses (Details)               HTML     43K 
32: R35         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     33K 
34: R36         Investments (Details)                               HTML     82K 
18: R37         Pension Plans (Details)                             HTML     38K 
58: R38         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     40K 
14: R39         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     95K 
29: R40         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     42K 
53: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     21K 
17: R42         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     60K 
21: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     33K 
57: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     82K 
20: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    709K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lzb-20121027                        XML   1.16M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lzb-20121027_cal                XML    161K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lzb-20121027_def                 XML    279K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lzb-20121027_lab                      XML   1.03M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lzb-20121027_pre               XML    587K 
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23: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001140361-12-048945-xbrl      Zip    105K

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