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Quad/Graphics, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/2/22, at 2:37pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1481792-22-28   ·   File #:  1-34806

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

11/02/22  Quad/Graphics, Inc.               10-Q        9/30/22   76:8.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.36M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer            HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer            HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32       Written Statement of the CEO and CFO                HTML     22K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     80K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    102K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     62K 
                Income                                                           
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    144K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    118K 
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'  HTML    114K 
                Equity and Noncontrolling Interests                              
17: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
18: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     90K 
19: R10         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     79K 
                Charges                                                          
20: R11         Receivables                                         HTML     29K 
21: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     29K 
22: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
23: R14         Debt                                                HTML     28K 
24: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
25: R16         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     60K 
26: R17         Employee Retirement Plans                           HTML     46K 
27: R18         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     46K 
28: R19         Equity Incentive Programs                           HTML     61K 
29: R20         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     45K 
30: R21         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     80K 
31: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML     97K 
32: R23         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     34K 
33: R24         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     32K 
34: R25         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     86K 
35: R26         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     75K 
                Charges (Tables)                                                 
36: R27         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     27K 
37: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     30K 
38: R29         Employee Retirement Plans (Tables)                  HTML     38K 
39: R30         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     44K 
40: R31         Equity Incentive Programs (Tables)                  HTML     62K 
41: R32         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     43K 
42: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     80K 
43: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     91K 
44: R35         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     67K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R36         Revenue Recognition - Costs to Obtain Contracts     HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R37         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     35K 
                Charges - Schedule of Restructuring, Impairment                  
                and Transaction-Related Charges (Details)                        
47: R38         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     41K 
                Charges - Schedule of Other Restructuring (Income)               
                Charges (Details)                                                
48: R39         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     39K 
                Charges - Narrative (Details)                                    
49: R40         Restructuring, Impairment and Transaction-Related   HTML     47K 
                Charges - Schedule of Restructuring Reserves                     
                (Details)                                                        
50: R41         Receivables - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     23K 
51: R42         Receivables - Rollforward (Details)                 HTML     30K 
52: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
53: R44         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     31K 
54: R45         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     27K 
55: R46         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     42K 
                - Narrative (Details)                                            
56: R47         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     67K 
                - Interest Rate Swaps (Details)                                  
57: R48         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     27K 
                - Foreign Exchange Contracts (Details)                           
58: R49         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     24K 
                - Debt (Details)                                                 
59: R50         Employee Retirement Plans - Defined Contribution    HTML     23K 
                Plans (Details)                                                  
60: R51         Employee Retirement Plans - Pension Plans           HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R52         Employee Retirement Plans - Multiemployer Pension   HTML     32K 
                Plans (Details)                                                  
62: R53         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                 HTML     65K 
63: R54         Equity Incentive Programs - Equity Incentive        HTML     44K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
64: R55         Equity Incentive Programs - Schedule of Restricted  HTML     59K 
                Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Award Activity                   
                (Details)                                                        
65: R56         Equity Incentive Programs - Deferred Stock Unit     HTML     44K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
66: R57         Shareholders' Equity - Schedule of Stock by Class   HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R58         Shareholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     51K 
68: R59         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - By           HTML     53K 
                Component (Details)                                              
69: R60         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     63K 
                Reclassifications (Details)                                      
70: R61         Segment Information - Summary of Segment            HTML     59K 
                Information (Details)                                            
71: R62         Segment Information - Reconciliation of Operating   HTML     34K 
                Profit from Segment to Consolidated (Details)                    
74: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    136K 
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73: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    125K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- quad-20220930_lab                     XML   1.28M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- quad-20220930_pre              XML    780K 
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76: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001481792-22-000028-xbrl      Zip    447K

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