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

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

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 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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