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Trupanion, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 2/12/21, at 8:22am ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1371285-21-41   ·   File #:  1-36537

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 2/12/21  Trupanion, Inc.                   10-K       12/31/20  101:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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19: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     43K 
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