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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Wednesday, 11/4/20, at 2:42pm ET · For: 9/30/20 · Accession #: 1395942-20-101 · File #: 1-34568

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

11/04/20  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        9/30/20   68:9.7M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Form 10-Q - September 30, 2020                      HTML   1.04M 
 2: EX-10.15    Exhibit 10.15 - Ninth A&R Rpa (Us)                  HTML    455K 
 3: EX-10.16    Exhibit 10.16 - Fifth A&R Rpa (Canada)              HTML    382K 
 4: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     23K 
 5: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     23K 
 6: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     19K 
 7: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     20K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     74K 
15: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    113K 
16: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     41K 
17: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    133K 
18: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     37K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     19K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     90K 
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    133K 
22: R9          Basis of Presenation and Nature of Operations       HTML     45K 
23: R10         Pending Acquisition                                 HTML     21K 
24: R11         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     51K 
25: R12         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML     36K 
26: R13         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     50K 
27: R14         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     70K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
28: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     32K 
29: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     46K 
30: R17         Derivatives                                         HTML     40K 
31: R18         Convertible Preferred Stock                         HTML     28K 
32: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     22K 
33: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     27K 
34: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    160K 
35: R22         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     21K 
36: R23         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     53K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
37: R24         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     52K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R25         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML     32K 
39: R26         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R27         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     65K 
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
41: R28         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     30K 
42: R29         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     41K 
43: R30         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     39K 
44: R31         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     27K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    157K 
46: R33         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     80K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R34         Pending Acquisition (Details)                       HTML     21K 
48: R35         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R36         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Summary          HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R37         Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details)              HTML     22K 
51: R38         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     36K 
52: R39         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R40         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     86K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
54: R41         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     39K 
55: R42         Long-Term Debt Summary (Details)                    HTML     50K 
56: R43         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML     76K 
57: R44         Derivatives (Details)                               HTML     46K 
58: R45         Derivatives (Details 2)                             HTML     31K 
59: R46         Convertible Preferred Stock (Details)               HTML     79K 
60: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     20K 
61: R48         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML    107K 
63: R50         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     31K 
64: R51         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     23K 
66: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    117K 
13: XML         XBRL Instance -- kar-20200930_htm                    XML   1.85M 
65: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     82K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20200930_cal                XML    198K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20200930_def                 XML    561K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20200930_lab                      XML   1.42M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20200930_pre               XML    858K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20200930                          XSD    137K 
67: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              350±   505K 
68: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-20-000101-xbrl      Zip    491K

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 3/22/23  OPENLANE, Inc.                    10-Q/A      6/30/22   61:7M
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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
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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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