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American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 11/10/16, at 4:44pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/16   ·   Accession #:  1498068-16-20   ·   File #:  1-37751

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

11/10/16  American Renal Assocs Holdin… Inc 10-Q        9/30/16   61:6.1M

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    962K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     38K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    112K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     86K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     33K 
                (Loss)                                                           
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     86K 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     21K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    133K 
20: R9          Basis of Presentation and Organization              HTML     42K 
21: R10         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     25K 
22: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     36K 
23: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    112K 
24: R13         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     46K 
25: R14         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     28K 
26: R15         Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Put Provisions  HTML     23K 
27: R16         Debt                                                HTML     73K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     23K 
29: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     94K 
30: R19         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML    106K 
31: R20         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
32: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
33: R22         Certain Legal Matters                               HTML     29K 
34: R23         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     20K 
35: R24         Basis of Presentation and Organization (Policies)   HTML     44K 
36: R25         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     28K 
37: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    106K 
38: R27         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     63K 
40: R29         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     89K 
41: R30         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML    103K 
42: R31         Basis of Presentation and Organization (Details)    HTML     83K 
43: R32         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     27K 
44: R33         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     39K 
45: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     76K 
46: R35         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R36         Variable Interest Entities (Details)                HTML     21K 
48: R37         Variable Interest Entities Loans (Details)          HTML     25K 
49: R38         Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Put Provisions  HTML     22K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R39         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     61K 
51: R40         Debt - Credit And Interest Rate Swap Agreements     HTML     89K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     23K 
53: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    122K 
54: R43         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                 HTML     54K 
55: R44         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     68K 
56: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     19K 
57: R46         Certain Legal Matters (Details)                     HTML     25K 
58: R47         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     21K 
60: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    104K 
59: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     63K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ara-20160930                        XML   1.20M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ara-20160930_cal                XML    154K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ara-20160930_def                 XML    424K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ara-20160930_lab                      XML   1.13M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ara-20160930_pre               XML    762K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ara-20160930                          XSD    116K 
61: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001498068-16-000020-xbrl      Zip    127K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — ara-20160930_pre


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