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Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/3/18, at 4:46pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1308606-18-48   ·   File #s:  1-36004, 333-216815-01

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 5/03/18  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.       10-Q        3/31/18   80:10M
          Spirit Realty, L.P.

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        10-Q 1Q18                                           HTML    880K 
 2: EX-10.42    Material Contract                                   HTML     22K 
 3: EX-10.43    Material Contract                                   HTML     22K 
 4: EX-10.44    Material Contract                                   HTML     22K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 7: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 8: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
18: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    130K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     56K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    131K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
21: R5          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     65K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Partners' Capital        HTML     61K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    155K 
24: R8          Organization                                        HTML     30K 
25: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     69K 
26: R10         Investments                                         HTML    152K 
27: R11         Debt                                                HTML    189K 
28: R12         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     48K 
29: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
30: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    128K 
31: R15         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration        HTML     28K 
32: R16         Incentive Award Plan                                HTML     34K 
33: R17         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit               HTML     62K 
34: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
35: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     71K 
                (Policies)                                                       
36: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R21         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    158K 
38: R22         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    158K 
39: R23         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R24         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    124K 
41: R25         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit (Tables)      HTML     60K 
42: R26         Organization - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     33K 
43: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
44: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K 
                Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted                
                Cash (Details)                                                   
45: R29         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     84K 
46: R30         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     74K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Details)                                           
47: R31         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     45K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Footnote) (Details)                                
48: R32         Investments - Schedule of Minimum Future            HTML     39K 
                Contractual Rent to be Received (Details)                        
49: R33         Investments - Schedule of Loans Receivable, Net of  HTML     41K 
                Premium and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details)                  
50: R34         Investments - Schedule of Lease Intangible Assets   HTML     40K 
                and Liabilities, Net of Accumulated Amortization                 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R35         Investments - Schedule of Components of Real        HTML     34K 
                Estate Investments Held Under Direct Financing                   
                Leases (Details)                                                 
52: R36         Investments - Schedule of Activity in Real Estate   HTML     43K 
                Assets Held for Sale (Details)                                   
53: R37         Investments - Summary of Total Impairment Losses    HTML     33K 
                Recognized (Details)                                             
54: R38         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     72K 
55: R39         Debt - Revolving Credit Facilities - Narrative      HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R40         Debt - Term Loan - Narrative (Details)              HTML     56K 
57: R41         Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes - Narrative           HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R42         Debt - Summary of Debt - Master Trust Notes         HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R43         Debt - Master Trust Notes - Narrative (Details)     HTML     48K 
60: R44         Debt - CMBS - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     71K 
61: R45         Debt - Convertible Notes - Narrative (Details)      HTML     50K 
62: R46         Debt - Debt Extinguishment - Narrative (Details)    HTML     32K 
63: R47         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Details)        HTML     54K 
64: R48         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Footnote)       HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R49         Debt - Summary of Components of Interest Expense    HTML     49K 
                Related to Borrowings (Details)                                  
66: R50         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     64K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
67: R51         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     33K 
                Summary of Dividends Declared (Details)                          
68: R52         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     33K 
70: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets at     HTML     37K 
                Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Details)                       
71: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs of      HTML     65K 
                Long-Lived Assets Held and Used and Held for Sale                
                (Details)                                                        
72: R56         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying      HTML     46K 
                Amount And Estimated Fair Value Of Financial                     
                Instruments (Details)                                            
73: R57         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration -      HTML     38K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
74: R58         Incentive Award Plan - Narrative (Details)          HTML     61K 
75: R59         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Schedule    HTML     73K 
                of Reconciliation of the Numerator and Denominator               
                Used in the Computation of Basic and Diluted                     
                Income Per Share (Details)                                       
76: R60         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Narrative   HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R61         Subsequent Events - (Details)                       HTML     51K 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    136K 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     88K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- src-20180331                        XML   2.36M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- src-20180331_cal                XML    240K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- src-20180331_def                 XML   1.05M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- src-20180331_lab                      XML   1.94M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- src-20180331_pre               XML   1.21M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- src-20180331                          XSD    218K 
80: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001308606-18-000048-xbrl      Zip    272K 


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