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Fluor Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 8/5/22, at 7:08am ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1628280-22-21226   ·   File #:  1-16129

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

 8/05/22  Fluor Corp.                       10-Q        6/30/22   83:9.6M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.21M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     81K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations -    HTML    132K 
                Unaudited                                                        
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive   HTML     76K 
                Income (Loss) - Unaudited                                        
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet - Unaudited    HTML    153K 
15: R5          CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET - Unaudited    HTML     80K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows -    HTML    114K 
                Unaudited                                                        
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in      HTML     96K 
                Equity - Unaudited                                               
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in      HTML     24K 
                Equity - Unaudited (Parenthetical)                               
19: R9          Principles of Consolidation                         HTML     28K 
20: R10         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     34K 
21: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     67K 
22: R12         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML    107K 
                Area                                                             
23: R13         Impairment                                          HTML     37K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     45K 
25: R15         Partnerships and Joint Ventures                     HTML     27K 
26: R16         Guarantees                                          HTML     25K 
27: R17         Contingencies and Commitments                       HTML     36K 
28: R18         Contract Assets and Liabilities                     HTML     41K 
29: R19         Remaining Unsatisfied Performance Obligations       HTML     41K 
30: R20         Debt and Letters of Credit                          HTML     48K 
31: R21         Convertible Preferred Stock                         HTML     30K 
32: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     86K 
33: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     41K 
34: R24         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                   HTML    243K 
35: R25         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     48K 
36: R26         Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)         HTML     24K 
37: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     66K 
38: R28         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML    104K 
                Area (Tables)                                                    
39: R29         Impairment (Tables)                                 HTML     35K 
40: R30         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     42K 
41: R31         Contract Assets and Liabilities (Tables)            HTML     35K 
42: R32         Remaining Unsatisfied Performance Obligations       HTML     28K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R33         Debt and Letters of Credit (Tables)                 HTML     42K 
44: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     87K 
45: R35         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     40K 
46: R36         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)          HTML    247K 
47: R37         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     52K 
48: R38         Principles of Consolidation (Details)               HTML     25K 
49: R39         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     80K 
50: R40         Earnings Per Share - Antidilutive Securities        HTML     30K 
                Excluded from Computation of EPS (Details)                       
51: R41         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML     71K 
                Area - Reportable Segments (Details)                             
52: R42         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML     45K 
                Area - Narrative (Details)                                       
53: R43         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML     39K 
                Area - Other Segment Profit (Loss) (Details)                     
54: R44         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML     43K 
                Area - Total Assets (Details)                                    
55: R45         Operating Information by Segment and Geographic     HTML     43K 
                Area - External Revenue and Total Assets by                      
                Geographic Area (Details)                                        
56: R46         Impairment - Schedule of Impairment (Details)       HTML     35K 
57: R47         Impairment - Narrative (Details)                    HTML     28K 
58: R48         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     24K 
59: R49         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit)         HTML     43K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
60: R50         Partnerships and Joint Ventures (Details)           HTML     49K 
61: R51         Guarantees (Details)                                HTML     28K 
62: R52         Contingencies and Commitments (Details)             HTML     51K 
63: R53         Contract Assets and Liabilities (Details)           HTML     35K 
64: R54         Remaining Unsatisfied Performance Obligations       HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Debt and Letters of Credit - Schedule of Debt       HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Debt and Letters of Credit - Narrative (Details)    HTML     60K 
67: R57         Convertible Preferred Stock (Details)               HTML     40K 
68: R58         Fair Value Measurements - Recurring Basis           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     62K 
                Not Required to be Measured at Fair Value                        
                (Details)                                                        
70: R60         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     50K 
71: R61         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of              HTML     34K 
                Performance-Based Awards Granted (Details)                       
72: R62         Stock-Based Compensation - Compensation Expense     HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R63         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Tax Effects of  HTML     67K 
                Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Changes in      HTML     89K 
                AOCI Balances by Component (Details)                             
75: R65         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Significant     HTML     66K 
                Items Reclassified Out of AOCI (Details)                         
76: R66         Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details)       HTML     32K 
77: R67         Discontinued Operations - Financial Information of  HTML     72K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details)                                
78: R68         Discontinued Operations - Cash Flows information    HTML     28K 
                Related to Discontinued Operations (Details)                     
81: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    150K 
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80: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    130K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- flr-20220630_pre               XML    986K 
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3 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

 4/19/22  Fluor Corp.                       8-K:5,9     4/14/22   13:426K                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
 5/18/21  Fluor Corp.                       8-K:3,5,9   5/13/21   13:637K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/08/12  Fluor Corp.                       8-K:5,9     5/03/12    3:205K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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