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Hubbell Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 10/28/20, at 8:27am ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1628280-20-14919   ·   File #:  1-02958

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

10/28/20  Hubbell Inc.                      10-Q        9/30/20   86:10M                                    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    977K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     75K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     94K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     65K 
                Income                                                           
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     30K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    104K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets Condensed     HTML     25K 
                Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)                      
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    115K 
19: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     33K 
20: R9          Revenue                                             HTML     87K 
21: R10         Segment Information                                 HTML     67K 
22: R11         Inventories, net                                    HTML     35K 
23: R12         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net           HTML     61K 
24: R13         Other Accrued Liabilities                           HTML     38K 
25: R14         Other Non-Current Liabilities                       HTML     37K 
26: R15         Total Equity                                        HTML    163K 
27: R16         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    113K 
28: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
29: R18         Pension and Other Benefits                          HTML     72K 
30: R19         Guarantees                                          HTML     36K 
31: R20         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML    106K 
32: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
33: R22         Restructuring Costs and Other                       HTML    119K 
34: R23         Long Term Debt and Financing Arrangements           HTML     43K 
35: R24         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     44K 
36: R25         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     34K 
37: R26         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     78K 
38: R27         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     60K 
39: R28         Inventories, net (Tables)                           HTML     36K 
40: R29         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net (Tables)  HTML     60K 
41: R30         Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     38K 
42: R31         Other Non-Current Liabilities (Tables)              HTML     36K 
43: R32         Total Equity (Tables)                               HTML    162K 
44: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    115K 
45: R34         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
46: R35         Pension and Other Benefits (Tables)                 HTML     67K 
47: R36         Guarantees (Tables)                                 HTML     34K 
48: R37         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     95K 
49: R38         Restructuring Costs and Other (Tables)              HTML    121K 
50: R39         Long Term Debt and Financing Arrangements (Tables)  HTML     39K 
51: R40         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     35K 
52: R41         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     59K 
53: R42         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     33K 
54: R43         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     51K 
55: R44         Revenue - Unsatisfied Performance Obligations       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     41K 
57: R46         Inventories, net (Details)                          HTML     36K 
58: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net -         HTML     36K 
                Changes in Goodwill (Details)                                    
59: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net -         HTML     54K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
60: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net - Other   HTML     38K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
61: R50         Other Accrued Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     41K 
62: R51         Other Non-Current Liabilities (Details)             HTML     39K 
63: R52         Total Equity- Summary of Changes in Total Equity    HTML    104K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Total Equity - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     26K 
65: R54         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     67K 
                AOCI (Details)                                                   
66: R55         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     76K 
                Reclassifications (Details)                                      
67: R56         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     57K 
68: R57         Pension and Other Benefits - Net Pension and Other  HTML     52K 
                Benefit Costs (Details)                                          
69: R58         Pension and Other Benefits - Narrative (Details)    HTML     43K 
70: R59         Guarantees (Details)                                HTML     29K 
71: R60         Fair Value Measurement - Narrative (Details)        HTML     74K 
72: R61         Fair Value Measurement - Financial Assets and       HTML     59K 
                Liabilities by Hierarchy Level (Details)                         
73: R62         Fair Value Measurement - Cash Flow Hedging          HTML     34K 
                Relationships (Details)                                          
74: R63         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     41K 
75: R64         Restructuring Costs and Other - By Segment          HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R65         Restructuring Costs and Other - Reserve (Details)   HTML     57K 
77: R66         Restructuring Costs and Other - Summary of Costs    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R67         Long Term Debt and Financing Arrangements -         HTML     45K 
                Schedule of Long Term Debt (Details)                             
79: R68         Long Term Debt and Financing Arrangements -         HTML     59K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
80: R69         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     66K 
81: R70         Stock-Based Compensation - Fair Value Assumptions   HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R71         Stock-Based Compensation - Performance Shares       HTML     37K 
                Granted During the Period (Details)                              
84: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    154K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- hubb-20200930_htm                   XML   2.94M 
83: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    100K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hubb-20200930_pre              XML    892K 
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86: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-20-014919-xbrl      Zip    323K

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