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American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 3/6/18, at 4:29pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1498068-18-12   ·   File #:  1-37751

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

 3/06/18  American Renal Assocs Holdin… Inc 10-K       12/31/17  109:11M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.63M 
 2: EX-10.11    Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     90K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     27K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     55K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    126K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    166K 
23: R9          Basis of Presentation and Organization              HTML     34K 
24: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     93K 
25: R11         Initial Public Offering                             HTML     50K 
26: R12         Cash                                                HTML     34K 
27: R13         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     36K 
28: R14         Acquisitions                                        HTML     45K 
29: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    102K 
30: R16         Property and Equipment                              HTML     44K 
31: R17         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     57K 
32: R18         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     43K 
33: R19         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     36K 
34: R20         Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Put Provisions  HTML     59K 
35: R21         Changes in Ownership Interest in Consolidated       HTML     45K 
                Subsidiaries                                                     
36: R22         Debt                                                HTML     76K 
37: R23         Leases                                              HTML     53K 
38: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML    101K 
39: R25         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     69K 
40: R26         Equity                                              HTML     34K 
41: R27         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    113K 
42: R28         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     47K 
43: R29         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     36K 
44: R30         Certain Legal Matters                               HTML     47K 
45: R31         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     30K 
46: R32         Concentrations                                      HTML     32K 
47: R33         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     76K 
48: R34         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     30K 
49: R35         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     45K 
50: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    138K 
                (Policies)                                                       
51: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R38         Cash (Tables)                                       HTML     33K 
53: R39         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     36K 
54: R40         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     37K 
55: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     98K 
56: R42         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     43K 
57: R43         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     59K 
58: R44         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R45         Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Put Provisions  HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R46         Changes in Ownership Interest in Consolidated       HTML     46K 
                Subsidiaries (Tables)                                            
61: R47         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     57K 
62: R48         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     47K 
63: R49         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     99K 
64: R50         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     67K 
65: R51         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    100K 
66: R52         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
67: R53         Basis of Presentation and Organization (Details)    HTML     42K 
68: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     96K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R55         Initial Public Offering (Details)                   HTML    124K 
70: R56         Cash (Details)                                      HTML     37K 
71: R57         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R58         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     53K 
73: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     40K 
74: R60         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of fair value    HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R61         Fair Value Measurements - Fair value rollforward    HTML     37K 
                of tax receivable agreement liability (Details)                  
76: R62         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     50K 
77: R63         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Schedule of        HTML     52K 
                intangible assets (Details)                                      
78: R64         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Estimated annual   HTML     44K 
                amortization expense (Details)                                   
79: R65         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Changes in the     HTML     38K 
                value of goodwilll (Details)                                     
80: R66         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         Variable Interest Entities (Details)                HTML     32K 
82: R68         Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Put Provisions  HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R69         Changes in Ownership Interest in Consolidated       HTML     45K 
                Subsidiaries (Details)                                           
84: R70         Debt - Schedule of long term-term debt (Details)    HTML     56K 
85: R71         Debt - Narrative (Detail)                           HTML    126K 
86: R72         Debt Debt - Scheduled maturities of long-term debt  HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R73         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     47K 
88: R74         Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments  HTML     82K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R75         Income Taxes - Provision (Benefit) for Income       HTML     48K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
90: R76         Income Taxes - Significant components of deferred   HTML     67K 
                tax assets and liabilities (Details)                             
91: R77         Income Taxes Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)     HTML     37K 
92: R78         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of the federal        HTML     51K 
                statutory rate (Details)                                         
93: R79         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                 HTML     68K 
94: R80         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     50K 
95: R81         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     61K 
96: R82         Stock-Based Compensation - Equity Grants,           HTML     35K 
                Assumptions and Activity (Details)                               
97: R83         Stock-Based Compensation - Assumptions used for     HTML     50K 
                options granted (Details)                                        
98: R84         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock option activity    HTML     94K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R85         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted stock         HTML     62K 
                activity (Details)                                               
100: R86         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     87K  
101: R87         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     35K  
102: R88         Certain Legal Matters (Details)                     HTML     52K  
103: R89         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     29K  
104: R90         Concentrations (Details)                            HTML     28K  
105: R91         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     51K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R92         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     37K  
                (Details)                                                        
108: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    189K  
107: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    126K  
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