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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/5/21, at 11:20am ET   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1395942-21-49   ·   File #:  1-34568

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

 5/05/21  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        3/31/21   57:5.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Form 10-Q - March 31, 2021                          HTML    690K 
 2: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     20K 
 3: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     20K 
 4: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     17K 
 5: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     17K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information Cover               HTML     72K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     80K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     38K 
                (Loss)                                                           
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    151K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     74K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    112K 
18: R7          Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     37K 
19: R8          Acquisitions                                        HTML     19K 
20: R9          Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML     32K 
21: R10         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     36K 
22: R11         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     61K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
23: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     42K 
24: R13         Derivatives                                         HTML     27K 
25: R14         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     29K 
26: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     20K 
27: R16         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     25K 
28: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     79K 
29: R18         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     19K 
30: R19         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     34K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
31: R20         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML     27K 
32: R21         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     33K 
33: R22         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     58K 
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
34: R23         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     39K 
35: R24         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     24K 
36: R25         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     26K 
37: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     24K 
38: R27         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     76K 
39: R28         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R29         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     30K 
41: R30         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plan Summary     HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R31         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     29K 
43: R32         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     65K 
44: R33         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     75K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
45: R34         Long-Term Debt Summary (Details)                    HTML     51K 
46: R35         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML     71K 
47: R36         Derivatives (Details)                               HTML     40K 
48: R37         Other Income, Net (Details)                         HTML     36K 
49: R38         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     17K 
50: R39         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     26K 
51: R40         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     86K 
52: R41         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     27K 
53: R42         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     24K 
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     96K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- kar-20210331_htm                    XML   1.10M 
54: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     64K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20210331_cal                XML    161K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20210331_def                 XML    419K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20210331_lab                      XML   1.20M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20210331_pre               XML    693K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20210331                          XSD    110K 
56: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              298±   418K 
57: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-21-000049-xbrl      Zip    257K 


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34 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

 3/02/21  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:5,7,9   3/01/21   16:662K
 2/18/21  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/20  105:14M
11/04/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        9/30/20   68:9.7M
 9/08/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,8,9   9/02/20   13:1.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/05/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        6/30/20   67:8.8M
 6/29/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,3,9   6/29/20   13:498K
 6/10/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,3,5,9 6/09/20   14:1M
 6/01/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,9     5/29/20   13:468K
 5/27/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,3,8,9 5/26/20   13:2M                                     Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc
 5/07/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        3/31/20   62:6.7M
 3/13/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:5,9     3/09/20   14:503K
 2/19/20  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/19  108:15M
11/06/19  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        9/30/19   68:9.1M
 9/20/19  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,2,9   9/19/19   11:2.6M                                   Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc
 8/07/19  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        6/30/19   65:8.7M
 6/28/19  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,2,5,8 6/28/19    6:1.3M                                   Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc
 2/21/19  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/18  104:14M
 2/21/18  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/17  101:14M
 5/31/17  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,2,9   5/31/17    3:2.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/24/17  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/16  102:19M
 8/03/16  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q        6/30/16   55:7.1M
 3/09/16  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,2,9   3/09/16    2:1.8M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/18/16  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/15  106:14M
11/04/14  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:5,9    11/04/14    2:279K
 4/29/14  OPENLANE, Inc.                    DEF 14A     6/10/14    1:1.3M                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 3/12/14  OPENLANE, Inc.                    8-K:1,2,9   3/11/14    3:1.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/17/13  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        8-K:5,9    12/11/13    6:418K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/28/12  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-K       12/31/11   54:7.9M                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 8/04/10  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        6/30/10    9:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/10/09  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        S-1/A                  6:6.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/04/09  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        S-1/A                 14:883K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/13/08  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        9/30/08    7:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/09/08  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        8-K:1,9     9/04/08   20:3.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/25/08  IAA Acquisition Corp.             S-4                  167:19M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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