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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 5/7/20, at 11:24am ET · For: 3/31/20 · Accession #: 1395942-20-72 · File #: 1-34568

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

 5/07/20  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        3/31/20   62:6.7M

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   1.00M 
 4: EX-10.15B   Exhibit 10.15B - Amendment No. 1 to 8th A&R Rpa     HTML     54K 
 5: EX-10.15C   Exhibit 10.15C - Amendment No. 2 to 8th A&R Rpa     HTML     54K 
 6: EX-10.16D   Exhibit 10.16D - Afci Amendment No. 3 to 4th A&R    HTML     41K 
                Rpa                                                              
 3: EX-10.16E   Exhibit 10.16E - Afci Amendment No. 4 to 4th A&R    HTML     37K 
                Rpa                                                              
 2: EX-10.9     Exhibit 10.9 - Employment Agreement - Peter Kelly   HTML     70K 
 7: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     26K 
 8: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     26K 
 9: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     20K 
10: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     20K 
60: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     76K 
37: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    100K 
28: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     36K 
49: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     22K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
61: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    136K 
38: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     47K 
29: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     65K 
48: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     19K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
62: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    119K 
58: R10         Basis of Presenation and Nature of Operations       HTML     50K 
47: R11         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     44K 
23: R12         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML     32K 
33: R13         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     37K 
57: R14         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     68K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
46: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     59K 
22: R16         Derivatives                                         HTML     45K 
31: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     23K 
59: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     28K 
45: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML    118K 
21: R20         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     57K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
41: R21         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
54: R22         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML     28K 
52: R23         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
19: R24         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     69K 
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
40: R25         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     53K 
53: R26         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     43K 
51: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     28K 
                (Tables)                                                         
17: R28         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    120K 
42: R29         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
35: R30         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
24: R31         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Summary          HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R32         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     25K 
55: R33         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
36: R34         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     81K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
25: R35         Long-Term Debt Summary (Details)                    HTML     57K 
44: R36         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML     75K 
56: R37         Derivatives (Details)                               HTML     44K 
34: R38         Derivatives (Details 2)                             HTML     30K 
27: R39         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     20K 
39: R40         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R41         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML     88K 
50: R42         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     28K 
30: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    100K 
20: XML         XBRL Instance -- karq1202010-q_htm                   XML   1.16M 
26: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     54K 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20200331_cal                XML    168K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20200331_def                 XML    421K 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20200331_lab                      XML   1.19M 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20200331_pre               XML    698K 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20200331                          XSD    109K 
18: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              264±   394K 
32: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-20-000072-xbrl      Zip    286K

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Filing Submission 0001395942-20-000072 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 5/7/20, at 11:24am ET · For: 3/31/20 · Accession #: 1395942-20-72 · File #: 1-34568

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — kar-20200331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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