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Clarivate Plc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/9/22, at 6:12am ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1764046-22-142   ·   File #:  1-38911

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

 8/09/22  Clarivate Plc                     10-Q        6/30/22  110:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.77M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    196K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     63K 
 4: EX-31       Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
 5: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     93K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    177K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     51K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    140K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     66K 
                (Loss)                                                           
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    193K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    193K 
18: R8          Background and Nature of Operations                 HTML     35K 
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     35K 
20: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     53K 
21: R11         Business Combinations                               HTML     94K 
22: R12         Leases                                              HTML     37K 
23: R13         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     44K 
24: R14         Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill           HTML     76K 
25: R15         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     44K 
26: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     90K 
27: R17         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     48K 
28: R18         Debt                                                HTML     76K 
29: R19         Revenue                                             HTML     81K 
30: R20         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     53K 
31: R21         Share-based Compensation                            HTML    110K 
32: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     36K 
33: R23         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     76K 
34: R24         Other Operating Income, Net                         HTML     43K 
35: R25         Product and Geographic Sales Information            HTML     93K 
36: R26         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     41K 
37: R27         Related Party and Former Parent Transactions        HTML     42K 
38: R28         Restructuring                                       HTML    111K 
39: R29         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     34K 
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     36K 
                (Policies)                                                       
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R32         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML     97K 
43: R33         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     33K 
44: R34         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     42K 
45: R35         Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill (Tables)  HTML     81K 
46: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     87K 
47: R37         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     48K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     59K 
49: R39         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     83K 
50: R40         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     39K 
51: R41         Share-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    113K 
52: R42         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     73K 
53: R43         Other Operating Income, Net (Tables)                HTML     43K 
54: R44         Product and Geographic Sales Information (Tables)   HTML    112K 
55: R45         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML    100K 
56: R46         Background and Nature of Operations - Sale of       HTML     46K 
                Stock (Details)                                                  
57: R47         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     31K 
58: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Restricted Cash and Concentration of credit risk                 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Other  HTML     45K 
                Information (Details)                                            
60: R50         Business Combinations - Narrative (Details)         HTML     68K 
61: R51         Business Combinations - Purchase Price Composition  HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Business Combinations - Purchase Price Allocation   HTML    124K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Business Combinations - Intangible Assets Acquired  HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Business Combinations - Pro Forma Information       HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Assets Held for Sale and Divested Operations -      HTML     40K 
                Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale                  
                Related to Divestment (Details)                                  
66: R56         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     32K 
67: R57         Property and Equipment, Net (Details)               HTML     61K 
68: R58         Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill -         HTML     60K 
                Intangible Assets by Major Class (Details)                       
69: R59         Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill - Other   HTML     33K 
                Intangibles Narrative (Details)                                  
70: R60         Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill - Change  HTML     47K 
                in the Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                     
71: R61         Derivative Instruments (Details)                    HTML     57K 
72: R62         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and liabilities    HTML     72K 
                that were recognized at fair value on a recurring                
                basis (Details)                                                  
73: R63         Fair Value Measurements - Changes in Private        HTML     47K 
                Placement Warrants Liabilities (Details)                         
74: R64         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     33K 
75: R65         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R66         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     72K 
77: R67         Debt - Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (Details)      HTML     47K 
78: R68         Debt - The Credit Facilities (Details)              HTML     74K 
79: R69         Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (2029) and Senior     HTML     45K 
                Secured Notes (2028) (Details)                                   
80: R70         Debt - Fair Value (Details)                         HTML     34K 
81: R71         Debt - Summary of Outstanding Borrowings (Details)  HTML     30K 
82: R72         Revenue - Disaggregated Revenues and Cost to        HTML     51K 
                Obtain a Contract (Details)                                      
83: R73         Revenue - Contract Balances and Transaction Price   HTML     52K 
                Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligation                
                (Details)                                                        
84: R74         Revenue - Transaction Price Allocated to the        HTML     48K 
                Remaining Performance Obligation (Details)                       
85: R75         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    148K 
86: R76         Share-based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    104K 
87: R77         Income Taxes - Income tax (Benefit)/Expense on      HTML     35K 
                Income/(Loss)By Jurisdiction (Details)                           
88: R78         Income Taxes - Components of pre-tax loss           HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R79         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of the statutory tax  HTML     45K 
                rate to effective tax rate (Details)                             
90: R80         Income taxes - Balance Sheet Presentation           HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R81         Income Taxes Narratives (Details)                   HTML     31K 
92: R82         Earnings per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     43K 
93: R83         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     95K 
94: R84         Other Operating Income, Net (Details)               HTML     37K 
95: R85         Product and Geographic Sales Information -          HTML     37K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
96: R86         Product and Geographic Sales Information - Revenue  HTML     41K 
                by Segment (Details)                                             
97: R87         Product and Geographic Sales Information -          HTML     92K 
                Adjusted EBITDA by Segment (Details)                             
98: R88         Product and Geographic Sales Information - Revenue  HTML     38K 
                by Geography (Details)                                           
99: R89         Product and Geographic Sales Information - Revenue  HTML     38K 
                by Product Group (Details)                                       
100: R90         Commitments and Contingencies - Contingencies       HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
101: R91         Related Party and Former Parent Transactions        HTML    102K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R92         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     99K  
103: R93         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML    103K  
104: R94         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     38K  
105: R9999       Uncategorized Items - clvt-20220630.htm             HTML     30K  
108: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    202K  
106: XML         XBRL Instance -- clvt-20220630_htm                   XML   3.02M  
107: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    205K  
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- clvt-20220630_cal               XML    364K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- clvt-20220630_def                XML   1.69M 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- clvt-20220630_lab                     XML   3.62M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- clvt-20220630_pre              XML   2.45M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- clvt-20220630                         XSD    374K 
109: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              750±  1.18M  
110: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001764046-22-000142-xbrl      Zip    803K

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