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AstroNova, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 9/8/22, at 2:19pm ET   ·   For:  7/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1193125-22-240863   ·   File #:  0-13200

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

 9/08/22  AstroNova, Inc.                   10-Q        7/30/22   88:6.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.24M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     77K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    145K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    114K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     53K 
                Income                                                           
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     83K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    110K 
18: R8          Business and Basis of Presentation                  HTML     36K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Update   HTML     29K 
20: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     65K 
21: R11         Net Income Per Common Share                         HTML     39K 
22: R12         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     66K 
23: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     36K 
24: R14         Credit Agreement and Debt                           HTML     55K 
25: R15         Paycheck Protection Program Loan                    HTML     29K 
26: R16         Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk           HTML     51K 
                Management                                                       
27: R17         Employee Retention Credit                           HTML     31K 
28: R18         Royalty Obligation                                  HTML     28K 
29: R19         Leases                                              HTML     61K 
30: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     38K 
31: R21         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     81K 
32: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
33: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML     69K 
34: R24         Fair Value                                          HTML     45K 
35: R25         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     36K 
36: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Update   HTML     31K 
                (Policies)                                                       
37: R27         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     57K 
38: R28         Net Income Per Common Share (Tables)                HTML     36K 
39: R29         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     68K 
40: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     36K 
41: R31         Credit Agreement and Debt (Tables)                  HTML     41K 
42: R32         Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk           HTML     48K 
                Management (Tables)                                              
43: R33         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     65K 
44: R34         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     37K 
45: R35         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     80K 
46: R36         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     29K 
47: R37         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     66K 
48: R38         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML     43K 
49: R39         Business and Basis of Presentation - Additional     HTML     25K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
50: R40         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Revenues           HTML     44K 
                Disaggregated by Primary Geographic Markets                      
                (Detail)                                                         
51: R41         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Revenues           HTML     37K 
                Disaggregated by Primary Product Type (Detail)                   
52: R42         Revenue Recognition - Additional Information        HTML     40K 
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R43         Net Income Per Common Share - Reconciliation of     HTML     31K 
                Shares Used in Calculating Basic and Diluted                     
                (Detail)                                                         
54: R44         Net Income Per Common Share - Additional            HTML     26K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
55: R45         Intangible Assets - Fair Value of Acquired          HTML     51K 
                Identifiable Intangible Assets and Related                       
                Estimated Useful Lives (Detail)                                  
56: R46         Intangible Assets - Additional Information          HTML     30K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R47         Intangible Assets - Summary of Estimated            HTML     36K 
                Amortization Expense (Detail)                                    
58: R48         Inventories - Components of Inventories (Detail)    HTML     37K 
59: R49         Credit Agreement and Debt - Schedule of Long Term   HTML     36K 
                Debt in the Accompanying Condensed Consolidated                  
                Balance Sheets (Detail)                                          
60: R50         Credit Agreement and Debt - Schedule of Long Term   HTML     33K 
                Debt in the Accompanying Condensed Consolidated                  
                Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (Detail)                          
61: R51         Credit Agreement and Debt- Schedule of Required     HTML     41K 
                Principal Payments Remaining on Long Term Debt                   
                Outstanding (Detail)                                             
62: R52         Credit Agreement and Debt - Additional Information  HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R53         Paycheck Protection Program Loan - Additional       HTML     44K 
                information (Detail)                                             
64: R54         Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk           HTML     40K 
                Management - Additional Information (Detail)                     
65: R55         Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk           HTML     36K 
                Management - Schedule of Impact of the Derivative                
                Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated                        
                Financial Statements (Detail)                                    
66: R56         Employee Retention Credit - Additional Information  HTML     57K 
                (Detail)                                                         
67: R57         Royalty Obligation - Additional Information         HTML     42K 
                (Detail)                                                         
68: R58         Leases - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     28K 
69: R59         Leases - Schedule Of Balance Sheet And Other        HTML     31K 
                Information Related To Operating Leases (Detail)                 
70: R60         Leases - Lease Cost Information (Detail)            HTML     27K 
71: R61         Leases - Maturities of lease liabilities (Detail)   HTML     43K 
72: R62         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     27K 
                (Detail)                                                         
73: R63         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     55K 
                Balance of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                  
                (Detail)                                                         
74: R64         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
75: R65         Share-Based Compensation - Share-Based              HTML     33K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
76: R66         Share-Based Compensation - Aggregated Information   HTML     45K 
                Regarding Stock Options Granted (Detail)                         
77: R67         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Options       HTML     64K 
                Outstanding (Detail)                                             
78: R68         Share-Based Compensation - Aggregated Information   HTML     48K 
                Regarding RSUs and RSAs Granted (Detail)                         
79: R69         Income Taxes - Projected Effective Tax Rate for     HTML     27K 
                Periods (Detail)                                                 
80: R70         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     40K 
81: R71         Segment Information - Net Sales and Segment         HTML     73K 
                Operating Profit (Loss) for Each Reporting Segment               
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R72         Fair Value - Schedule of Company's Long-Term Debt   HTML     33K 
                Including the Current Portion Not Reflected in                   
                Financial Statements at Fair Value (Detail)                      
83: R73         Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     79K 
86: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    160K 
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85: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    126K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- alot-20220630_pre              XML    914K 
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88: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-22-240863-xbrl      Zip    231K

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