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MGP Ingredients Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/2/23, at 7:33am ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1628280-23-36204   ·   File #:  0-17196

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

11/02/23  MGP Ingredients Inc.              10-Q        9/30/23   64:6.9M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     71K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    125K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     55K 
                Income                                                           
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    163K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     47K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    105K 
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     92K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     21K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical)                             
19: R9          Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation       HTML     54K 
20: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     79K 
21: R11         Business Combination                                HTML     42K 
22: R12         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     48K 
23: R13         Planned Closure of the Atchison Distillery          HTML     22K 
24: R14         Corporate Borrowings                                HTML     44K 
25: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
26: R16         Equity and EPS                                      HTML     79K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     21K 
28: R18         Employee and Non-Employee Benefit Plans             HTML     28K 
29: R19         Operating Segments                                  HTML     87K 
30: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     22K 
31: R21         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     31K 
32: R22         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     25K 
33: R23         Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation       HTML     73K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R24         Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation       HTML     32K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R25         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     76K 
36: R26         Business Combination (Tables)                       HTML     34K 
37: R27         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     50K 
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39: R29         Equity and EPS (Tables)                             HTML     76K 
40: R30         Operating Segments (Tables)                         HTML     85K 
41: R31         Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation -     HTML     49K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
42: R32         Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation -     HTML     32K 
                Inventory (Details)                                              
43: R33         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     77K 
44: R34         Business Combination - Narrative (Details)          HTML     60K 
45: R35         Business Combination - Considerations Transferred   HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R36         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R37         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Expected Future    HTML     33K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
48: R38         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Goodwill and       HTML     42K 
                Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets (Details)                     
49: R39         Planned Closure of the Atchison Distillery          HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Corporate Borrowings - Indebtedness Outstanding     HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Corporate Borrowings - Narrative (Details)          HTML     72K 
52: R42         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     27K 
53: R43         Equity and EPS - Computations (Details)             HTML     84K 
54: R44         Equity and EPS - Schedule of Common Stock Activity  HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Employee and Non-Employee Benefit Plans (Details)   HTML     55K 
56: R46         Operating Segments - Narrative (Details)            HTML     20K 
57: R47         Operating Segments - Operating Profit (Loss) Per    HTML     56K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
58: R48         Operating Segments - Identifiable Assets by         HTML     37K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
59: R49         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     28K 
62: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    110K 
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