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Western Alliance Bancorporation – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/2/20, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1212545-20-104   ·   File #:  1-32550

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

 3/02/20  Western Alliance Bancorporation   10-K       12/31/19  153:37M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   5.08M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    110K 
 4: EX-10.12    Material Contract                                   HTML     86K 
 5: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML     60K 
 6: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML     88K 
 7: EX-10.15    Material Contract                                   HTML     82K 
 3: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML    200K 
 8: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     49K 
 9: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     42K 
10: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     50K 
11: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     50K 
12: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     46K 
68: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    109K 
123: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    156K  
105: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     54K  
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    167K 
67: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    100K 
122: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K  
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
104: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     98K  
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    187K 
69: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    138K 
151: R10         Investment Securities                               HTML    558K  
100: R11         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses       HTML   1.05M  
47: R12         Premises and Equipment (Notes)                      HTML     60K 
61: R13         Leases (Notes)                                      HTML     65K 
152: R14         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and   HTML     87K  
                Other Intangible Assets (Notes)                                  
101: R15         Deposits (Notes)                                    HTML     70K  
48: R16         Other Borrowings                                    HTML     60K 
62: R17         Qualifying Debt Qualifying Debt (Notes)             HTML     91K 
153: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     83K  
99: R19         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML    118K 
21: R20         Derivatives and Hedging                             HTML    167K 
70: R21         Earnings per Share (Notes)                          HTML     62K 
120: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    155K  
102: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     86K  
22: R24         Fair Value Accounting                               HTML    417K 
71: R25         Regulatory Capital Requirements                     HTML    111K 
121: R26         Employee Benefit Plan (Notes)                       HTML     97K  
103: R27         Related Parties (Notes)                             HTML     63K  
20: R28         Parent Company (Notes)                              HTML    151K 
72: R29         Segments                                            HTML    569K 
66: R30         Quarterly Financial Data (Notes)                    HTML    132K 
50: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    258K 
                (Policies)                                                       
97: R32         Investment Securities (Tables)                      HTML    556K 
150: R33         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses       HTML   1.04M  
                (Tables)                                                         
65: R34         Premises and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     60K 
49: R35         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     53K 
96: R36         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    105K 
149: R37         Deposits (Tables)                                   HTML     66K  
63: R38         Other Borrowings (Tables)                           HTML     53K 
51: R39         Qualifying Debt Junior Subordinated Debt Table      HTML     83K 
                (Tables)                                                         
78: R40         Stockholders' Equity Schedule of Share-based        HTML     64K 
                Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment                 
                Award (Tables)                                                   
26: R41         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML    119K 
119: R42         Derivatives and Hedging (Tables)                    HTML    137K  
134: R43         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     61K  
77: R44         Income Taxes Provision Current & Deferred Table     HTML     56K 
                (Tables)                                                         
24: R45         Income Taxes Reconciliation between Statutory       HTML     70K 
                Federal Income Tax Rate and Company's Effective                  
                Tax Rate (Tables)                                                
118: R46         Income Taxes Cumulative Tax Effects of Primary      HTML     81K  
                Difference (Tables)                                              
133: R47         Income Taxes Gross Activity of Unrecognized Tax     HTML     60K  
                Benefits Related to Uncertain Tax Positions                      
                (Tables)                                                         
73: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     78K 
27: R49         Fair Value Accounting (Tables)                      HTML    364K 
39: R50         Regulatory Capital Requirements (Tables)            HTML    107K 
52: R51         Employee Benefit Plan (Tables)                      HTML     93K 
147: R52         Related Parties (Tables)                            HTML     55K  
94: R53         Parent Company (Tables)                             HTML    125K 
40: R54         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML    565K 
53: R55         Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)                   HTML    132K 
148: R56         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
95: R57         Investment Securities - Carrying Amounts and Fair   HTML    229K 
                Values of Investment Securities (Detail)                         
38: R58         Investment Securities - Additional Information      HTML     54K 
                (Detail)                                                         
54: R59         Investment Securities - Unrealized Losses and Fair  HTML    108K 
                Value of Investment Securities in Continuous                     
                Unrealized Loss Position (Detail)                                
124: R60         Investment Securities - Amortized Cost and Fair     HTML    102K  
                Value of Investment Securities by Contractual                    
                Maturities (Detail)                                              
111: R61         Investment Securities - Investment Securities by    HTML    187K  
                Credit Rating Type (Detail)                                      
30: R62         Investment Securities - Investment Securities by    HTML     43K 
                Credit Rating Type Parenthetical (Detail)                        
81: R63         Investment Securities - Gross Gains and (Losses)    HTML     55K 
                on Sales of Investments (Detail)                                 
127: R64         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     74K  
                Schedule of Held for Investment Loan Portfolio                   
                Composition of Loans, Leases and Allowance for                   
                Credit Losses (Detail)                                           
114: R65         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     96K  
                Contractual Aging of Loan Portfolio by Class of                  
                Loans Including Loans Held for Sale and Excluding                
                Deferred Fees/Costs (Detail)                                     
34: R66         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML    223K 
                Summary of Recorded Investment in Nonaccrual Loans               
                and Loans Past Due 90 Days Still Accruing Interest               
                by Loan Class (Detail)                                           
84: R67         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     93K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
131: R68         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     83K  
                Loans by Risk Rating (Detail)                                    
109: R69         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     54K  
                Recorded Investment in Loans Classified as                       
                Impaired (Detail)                                                
89: R70         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     66K 
                Impaired Loans by Loan Class (Detail)                            
146: R71         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     47K  
                Schedule of Average Investment in Impaired Loans                 
                and Income Recognized on Impaired Loans (Detail)                 
58: R72         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     69K 
                Average Investment in Impaired Loans by Loan Class               
                (Detail)                                                         
46: R73         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     65K 
                Interest Income on Impaired Loans by Loan Class                  
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R74         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     55K 
                Tabular Disclosure of Nonperforming Assets                       
                (Detail)                                                         
143: R75         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     63K  
                Changes in Accretable Discount for Loans Purchased               
                with Credit Quality Deterioration (Detail)                       
55: R76         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     90K 
                Allowances for Credit Losses (Detail)                            
43: R77         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML    144K 
                Summary of Impairment Method Information Related                 
                to Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Detail)                
91: R78         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     95K 
                Troubled Debt Restructured Loans by Loan Class                   
                (Detail)                                                         
138: R79         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     72K  
                Troubled Debt Restructured Loans by Class for                    
                Which There was Payment Default (Detail)                         
88: R80         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses -     HTML     76K 
                Summary of Aggregate Activity in Loans (Detail)                  
145: R81         Loans, Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses Loan  HTML     59K  
                Purchases and Sales (Details) (Details)                          
57: R82         Premises and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     64K 
45: R83         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     84K 
87: R84         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     64K 
144: R85         Deposits (Details)                                  HTML     78K  
56: R86         Other Borrowings - Company's Borrowings (Detail)    HTML     60K 
44: R87         Other Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     57K 
90: R88         Qualifying Debt Subordinated Debt Details           HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
137: R89         Qualifying Debt Junior Subordinated Debt (Details)  HTML     82K  
125: R90         Qualifying Debt Supplemental Schedule - Adoption    HTML     79K  
                of ASU 2016-01 (Details)                                         
112: R91         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     83K  
                (Detail)                                                         
31: R92         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Unvested Shares   HTML     78K 
                of Restricted Stock and Changes (Detail)                         
82: R93         Stockholders' Equity Share-Based Compensation -     HTML     64K 
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
126: R94         Stockholders' Equity Treasury shares (Details)      HTML     48K  
113: R95         Stockholders' Equity Common Stock Repurchase        HTML     53K  
                (Details)                                                        
32: R96         Stockholders' Equity Dividend (Details)             HTML     45K 
83: R97         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Summary    HTML     80K 
                of Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive                    
                Income (Detail)                                                  
132: R98         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Schedule   HTML     56K  
                of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other                    
                Comprehensive Income (Detail)                                    
110: R99         Derivatives and Hedging Fair Value of Derivative    HTML     83K  
                Contracts (Detail)                                               
129: R100        Derivatives and Hedging Largest Exposure to         HTML     57K  
                Individual Counterparty (Detail)                                 
107: R101        Derivatives and Hedging Additional Information      HTML    102K  
                (Detail)                                                         
35: R102        Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     70K 
79: R103        Income Taxes Provision for Income Tax (Details)     HTML     58K 
130: R104        Income Taxes Reconciliation between Statutory       HTML     77K  
                Federal Income Tax and Company's Effective Tax                   
                Rate (Details)                                                   
108: R105        Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     70K  
36: R106        Income Taxes Income Taxes - Cumulative Tax Effects  HTML    101K 
                of Primary Differences (Details)                                 
80: R107        Income Taxes - Low Income Housing Tax Credit        HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
128: R108        Income Taxes Gross Activity of Unrecognized Tax     HTML     69K  
                Benefits Related to Uncertain Tax Positions                      
                (Details)                                                        
115: R109        Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     59K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
93: R110        Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of          HTML     66K 
                Contractual Amounts for Unfunded Commitments and                 
                Letters of Credit (Detail)                                       
140: R111        Commitments and Contingencies - Contractual         HTML     63K  
                Commitments for Lines and Letters of Credit by                   
                Maturity (Detail)                                                
60: R112        Commitments and Contingencies Concentration of      HTML     43K 
                Lending Activities (Details)                                     
42: R113        Fair Value Accounting - Gains and Losses from Fair  HTML     50K 
                Value Changes Included in Consolidated Statement                 
                of Operations (Detail)                                           
92: R114        Fair Value Accounting - Fair Value of Assets and    HTML    157K 
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
139: R115        Fair Value Accounting - Change in Level 3           HTML    109K  
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring                  
                Basis (Detail)                                                   
59: R116        Fair Value Accounting - Assets Measured at Fair     HTML     81K 
                Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Detail)                             
41: R117        Fair Value Accounting - Estimated Fair Value of     HTML    157K 
                Financial Instruments (Detail)                                   
85: R118        Fair Value Accounting - Additional Information      HTML     84K 
                (Detail)                                                         
141: R119        Fair Value Accounting Additional Details (Details)  HTML     44K  
75: R120        Regulatory Capital Requirements - Summary of        HTML     91K 
                Actual Capital Amount and Ratio (Detail)                         
29: R121        Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     60K 
117: R122        Employee Benefit Plan Accumulated Benefit           HTML     64K  
                Obligation and Funded Status of SERP (Details)                   
136: R123        Employee Benefit Plan Net Periodic Benefit Cost     HTML     66K  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R124        Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     66K 
28: R125        Parent Company Parent Company Balance Sheet         HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
116: R126        Parent Company Parent Company Condensed Income      HTML     87K  
                Statement (Details)                                              
135: R127        Parent Company Parent Company Cash Flows (Details)  HTML    110K  
76: R128        Segments - Operating Segment Information (Detail)   HTML    398K 
23: R129        Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details)     HTML     63K 
37: R130        Quarterly Financial Data (Details)                  HTML     92K 
64: R9999       Uncategorized Items - wal1231201910-k.htm           HTML     56K 
33: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    289K 
25: XML         XBRL Instance -- wal1231201910-k_htm                 XML  11.81M 
142: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    235K  
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- wal-20191231_cal                XML    451K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- wal-20191231_def                 XML   2.39M 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- wal-20191231_lab                      XML   3.37M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- wal-20191231_pre               XML   2.81M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- wal-20191231                          XSD    341K 
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‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — wal-20191231_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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