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Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/3/17, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1308606-17-109   ·   File #s:  1-36004, 333-216815-01

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

 8/03/17  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/17   84:9.8M
          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        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    982K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    133K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     41K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     90K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    139K 
21: R8          Organization                                        HTML     29K 
22: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     56K 
23: R10         Investments                                         HTML    160K 
24: R11         Debt                                                HTML    199K 
25: R12         Derivative and Hedging Activities                   HTML     53K 
26: R13         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     45K 
27: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     37K 
28: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    144K 
29: R16         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration        HTML     30K 
30: R17         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     40K 
31: R18         Incentive Award Plan                                HTML     36K 
32: R19         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit               HTML     85K 
33: R20         Costs Associated With Restructuring Activities      HTML     29K 
34: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
35: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     62K 
                (Policies)                                                       
36: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R24         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    206K 
38: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    171K 
39: R26         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Tables)          HTML     51K 
40: R27         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     38K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    163K 
42: R29         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     39K 
43: R30         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit (Tables)      HTML     83K 
44: R31         Organization - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     30K 
45: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
46: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Restricted Cash and Escrow Deposits                  
                (Details)                                                        
47: R34         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     58K 
48: R35         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     74K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Details)                                           
49: R36         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     31K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Footnote) (Details)                                
50: R37         Investments - Schedule of Minimum Future            HTML     40K 
                Contractual Rent to be Received (Details)                        
51: R38         Investments - Schedule of Loans Receivable, Net of  HTML     41K 
                Premium and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details)                  
52: R39         Investments - Schedule of Lease Intangible Assets   HTML     41K 
                and Liabilities, Net of Accumulated Amortization                 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R40         Investments - Schedule of Components of Real        HTML     35K 
                Estate Investments Held Under Direct Financing                   
                Leases (Details)                                                 
54: R41         Investments - Schedule of Activity in Real Estate   HTML     43K 
                Assets Held for Sale (Details)                                   
55: R42         Investments - Summary of Total Impairment Losses    HTML     39K 
                Recognized (Details)                                             
56: R43         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     72K 
57: R44         Debt - Revolving Credit Facilities - Narrative      HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R45         Debt - Term Loan - Narrative (Details)              HTML     65K 
59: R46         Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (Details)             HTML     46K 
60: R47         Debt - Summary of Debt - Master Trust Notes         HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R48         Debt - Master Trust Notes - Narrative (Details)     HTML     33K 
62: R49         Debt - CMBS - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     56K 
63: R50         Debt - Convertible Notes - Narrative (Details)      HTML     51K 
64: R51         Debt - Debt Extinguishment - Narrative (Details)    HTML     34K 
65: R52         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Details)        HTML     54K 
66: R53         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Footnote)       HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R54         Debt - Summary of Components of Interest Expense    HTML     53K 
                Related to Borrowings (Details)                                  
68: R55         Derivative and Hedging Activities - Summary of      HTML     46K 
                Amounts Recorded in AOCL (Details)                               
69: R56         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     47K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
70: R57         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     30K 
                Summary of Dividends Declared (Details)                          
71: R58         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     31K 
73: R60         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets at     HTML     83K 
                Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Details)                       
74: R61         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs of      HTML     62K 
                Long-Lived Assets Held and Used (Details)                        
75: R62         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying      HTML     47K 
                Amount And Estimated Fair Value Of Financial                     
                Instruments (Details)                                            
76: R63         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration -      HTML     43K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
77: R64         Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Schedule of    HTML     43K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures (Details)                     
78: R65         Incentive Award Plan - Narrative (Details)          HTML     67K 
79: R66         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Schedule    HTML     68K 
                of Reconciliation of the Numerator and Denominator               
                Used in the Computation of Basic and Diluted                     
                Income Per Share (Details)                                       
80: R67         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Narrative   HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R68         Costs Associated With Restructuring Activities -    HTML     28K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
83: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    148K 
82: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     94K 
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10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- src-20170630_cal                XML    257K 
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12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- src-20170630_lab                      XML   1.94M 
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