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Summit Materials, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/28/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 10/30/19, at 12:42pm ET   ·   For:  9/28/19   ·   Accession #:  1628280-19-12765   ·   File #s:  1-36873, 333-187556

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

10/30/19  Summit Materials, Inc.            10-Q        9/28/19   89:21M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
          Summit Materials, LLC

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   1.52M 
 2: EX-3.4      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     46K 
11: EX-95.1     Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML    549K 
12: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML   1.32M 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 9: EX-32.3     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
10: EX-32.4     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
22: R1          Cover                                               HTML     90K 
67: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    148K 
78: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     47K 
46: R4          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    122K 
21: R5          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     61K 
                Income                                                           
66: R6          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    141K 
77: R7          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    159K 
                Stockholders' Equity / Members' Interest and                     
                Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest                               
47: R8          Summary of Organization and Significant Accounting  HTML     79K 
                Policies                                                         
19: R9          Goodwill and Intangibles                            HTML    141K 
59: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    137K 
83: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     50K 
42: R12         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     59K 
33: R13         Debt                                                HTML    136K 
58: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     44K 
82: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     79K 
41: R16         Stockholders' Equity/Members' Interest              HTML    133K 
32: R17         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     61K 
56: R18         Leases                                              HTML    223K 
84: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     41K 
54: R20         Fair Value                                          HTML    100K 
28: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    282K 
71: R22         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information   HTML    644K 
80: R23         Summary of Organization and Significant Accounting  HTML     97K 
                Policies - (Policies)                                            
53: R24         Goodwill and Intangibles - (Tables)                 HTML    140K 
27: R25         Revenue Recognition - (Tables)                      HTML    139K 
70: R26         Inventories - (Tables)                              HTML     51K 
79: R27         Accrued Expenses - (Tables)                         HTML     58K 
55: R28         Debt - (Tables)                                     HTML    106K 
26: R29         Earnings Per Share - (Tables)                       HTML     81K 
29: R30         Stockholders' Equity/Members' Interest - (Tables)   HTML    132K 
39: R31         Supplemental Cash Flow Information - (Tables)       HTML     60K 
85: R32         Leases - (Tables)                                   HTML    382K 
60: R33         Fair Value - (Tables)                               HTML     92K 
30: R34         Segment Information - (Tables)                      HTML    279K 
40: R35         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information   HTML    644K 
                - (Tables)                                                       
86: R36         SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     40K 
                POLICIES - General Information (Details)                         
61: R37         SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     35K 
                POLICIES - Business and Credit Concentration                     
                (Details)                                                        
31: R38         SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     32K 
                POLICIES - New Accounting Standards (Details)                    
38: R39         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES - Summary of Goodwill by   HTML     49K 
                Reportable Segments (Details)                                    
23: R40         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES - Intangible Assets By     HTML     54K 
                Type (Details)                                                   
51: R41         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES - Amortization Expense     HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R42         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES - Completed Dispositions   HTML     38K 
                Information (Details)                                            
64: R43         REVENUE RECOGNITION - By Product (Details)          HTML     53K 
24: R44         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Contract Assets and           HTML     47K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
52: R45         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Summary of Accounts           HTML     55K 
                Receivable, Net (Details)                                        
73: R46         INVENTORIES - Components of Inventories (Details)   HTML     42K 
65: R47         ACCRUED EXPENSES - Components of Accrued Expenses   HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
25: R48         DEBT - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     77K 
50: R49         DEBT - Schedule of Contractual Payments of          HTML     61K 
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
44: R50         DEBT - Senior Notes (Details)                       HTML     92K 
37: R51         DEBT - Senior Secured Credit Facilities (Details)   HTML     60K 
63: R52         DEBT - Summary of Activity for Deferred Financing   HTML     40K 
                Fees (Details)                                                   
89: R53         DEBT - Other (Details)                              HTML     52K 
43: R54         INCOME TAXES - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     61K 
35: R55         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Schedule of Basic to Diluted   HTML     68K 
                Income Per Share (Details)                                       
62: R56         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/MEMBERS' INTEREST - Equity     HTML     58K 
                Offerings (Details)                                              
88: R57         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/MEMBERS' INTEREST -            HTML     57K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
45: R58         SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION - Schedule of    HTML     53K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)                     
34: R59         LEASES - Operating and Finance Leases (Details)     HTML    142K 
69: R60         LEASES - Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Topic  HTML     44K 
                840 (Details)                                                    
75: R61         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional          HTML     45K 
                Information (Details)                                            
49: R62         FAIR VALUE - Fair Value Measurements (Details)      HTML     62K 
20: R63         FAIR VALUE - Carrying Value and Fair Value of       HTML     52K 
                Financial Instruments (Details)                                  
68: R64         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Financial Data (Details)      HTML    124K 
74: R65         GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION   HTML    204K 
                - Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Balance                    
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
48: R66         GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION   HTML     93K 
                - Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statements                 
                of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Details)                   
18: R67         GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION   HTML    127K 
                - Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statements                 
                of Cash Flows (Details)                                          
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    151K 
57: XML         XBRL Instance -- a10q32019_htm                       XML   6.71M 
81: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    117K 
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16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- sum-20190928_lab                      XML   1.81M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- sum-20190928_pre               XML   1.45M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- sum-20190928                          XSD    183K 
36: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              390±   605K 
87: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-19-012765-xbrl      Zip    643K 


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