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Hawkins Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/27/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 7/29/21, at 4:21pm ET   ·   For:  6/27/21   ·   Accession #:  46250-21-29   ·   File #:  0-07647

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

 7/29/21  Hawkins Inc.                      10-Q        6/27/21   63:3.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    465K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     69K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    140K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical) (Unaudited)                                      
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     87K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     35K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholder's   HTML     67K 
                Equity Statement                                                 
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     94K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R8          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     23K 
20: R9          Business Combinations                               HTML     21K 
21: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     52K 
22: R11         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     25K 
23: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     28K 
24: R13         Assets Held for Sale                                HTML     19K 
25: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     24K 
26: R15         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     42K 
27: R16         Debt                                                HTML     31K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     21K 
29: R18         Leases                                              HTML     30K 
30: R19         Share Based Compensation                            HTML     27K 
31: R20         Share Repurchase Program                            HTML     23K 
32: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML     46K 
33: R22         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     49K 
34: R23         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     24K 
35: R24         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     23K 
36: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     25K 
37: R26         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     42K 
38: R27         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     30K 
39: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     31K 
40: R29         Share Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     26K 
41: R30         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     41K 
42: R31         Business Combinations (Details)                     HTML     25K 
43: R32         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     47K 
44: R33         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     23K 
45: R34         Earnings per Share (Details Textual)                HTML     19K 
46: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     20K 
47: R36         Assets Held for Sale (Details)                      HTML     20K 
48: R37         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     25K 
49: R38         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Textual)    HTML     25K 
50: R39         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     39K 
51: R40         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     28K 
52: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     18K 
53: R42         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     34K 
54: R43         Leases maturities (Details)                         HTML     35K 
55: R44         Share Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     40K 
56: R45         Share Based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     29K 
57: R46         Share Repurchase Program (Details)                  HTML     27K 
58: R47         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     48K 
59: R48         Segment Information (Details Textual)               HTML     27K 
61: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    107K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- hwkn-20210627_htm                   XML    842K 
60: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     55K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hwkn-20210627_cal               XML    138K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hwkn-20210627_def                XML    204K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hwkn-20210627_lab                     XML    828K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hwkn-20210627_pre              XML    501K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hwkn-20210627                         XSD     89K 
62: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              246±   335K 
63: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000046250-21-000029-xbrl      Zip    146K

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3 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

 6/02/21  Hawkins Inc.                      10-K        3/28/21   86:7.4M
 3/02/21  Hawkins Inc.                      8-K:5,8,9   2/26/21   14:205K
11/03/09  Hawkins Inc.                      8-K:5,9    10/28/09    2:81K                                    American Fin’l P… Inc/FA
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