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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/19/20, at 5:29pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1395942-20-18   ·   File #:  1-34568

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

 2/19/20  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-K       12/31/19  108:15M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.23M 
 2: EX-4.3      Exhibit 4.3 - Description of the Company's          HTML     36K 
                Securities                                                       
 3: EX-10.13    Exhibit 10.13 - Kar Aip Summary of Terms 2020       HTML     46K 
 4: EX-10.35    Exhibit 10.35 - Form of 2020 Rsu Award Agreement    HTML     55K 
                for Section 16                                                   
 5: EX-10.38    Exhibit 10.38 - Form of 2020 Prsu Award Agreement   HTML     57K 
 6: EX-21.1     Exhibit 21.1 - List of Subsidiaries                 HTML     60K 
 7: EX-23.1     Exhibit 23.1 - Consent of Independent Registered    HTML     30K 
                Public Accounting Firm                                           
 8: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     35K 
 9: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     35K 
10: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     29K 
11: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     29K 
49: R1          Document and Entity Information Cover               HTML     83K 
108: R2          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     36K  
76: R3          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    116K 
33: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     40K 
48: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    164K 
105: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     56K  
75: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     91K 
32: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
51: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    152K 
107: R10         Organization and Other Matters                      HTML     46K  
77: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     98K 
35: R12         Acquisitions and Equity Method Investments          HTML     47K 
50: R13         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     92K 
106: R14         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML    135K  
74: R15         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     52K 
34: R16         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     59K 
47: R17         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     67K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
104: R18         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     93K  
79: R19         Property and Equipment                              HTML     52K 
18: R20         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves           HTML     45K 
57: R21         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     92K 
88: R22         Financial Instruments                               HTML     56K 
81: R23         Leases                                              HTML     75K 
17: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML    145K 
56: R25         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     31K 
87: R26         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     33K 
80: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     36K 
19: R28         Segment Information                                 HTML    202K 
55: R29         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML    120K 
52: R30         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     30K 
37: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    175K 
                (Policies)                                                       
72: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
                (Tables)                                                         
102: R33         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     94K  
                (Tables)                                                         
53: R34         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML    122K 
38: R35         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
73: R36         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
103: R37         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     63K  
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
54: R38         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     95K 
36: R39         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     51K 
58: R40         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves (Tables)  HTML     41K 
21: R41         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     77K 
85: R42         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     49K 
92: R43         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     85K 
60: R44         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    144K 
22: R45         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     35K 
86: R46         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    202K 
93: R47         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML    120K 
61: R48         Organization and Other Matters (Details)            HTML     62K 
20: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    117K 
                (Details)                                                        
26: R50         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     68K 
42: R51         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     46K 
100: R52         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML    140K  
                (Details)                                                        
71: R53         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plan Summary     HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
25: R54         KAR Auction Services, Inc. Stock-Based              HTML    100K 
                Compensation Plans (Details)                                     
41: R55         Service and Exit Options (Details)                  HTML    106K 
99: R56         Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details)              HTML     40K 
70: R57         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     45K 
27: R58         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R59         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R60         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     36K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
83: R61         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     90K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
24: R62         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     41K 
63: R63         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML     43K 
90: R64         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 3)    HTML     71K 
82: R65         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     71K 
23: R66         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R67         Long-Term Debt Summary and Future Principle         HTML    110K 
                Payments (Details)                                               
89: R68         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML    159K 
84: R69         Senior Notes (Details)                              HTML     44K 
66: R70         Other Debt (Details)                                HTML     63K 
95: R71         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     60K 
44: R72         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     38K 
29: R73         Components of Lease Expense (Details)               HTML     38K 
67: R74         Leases Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related   HTML     42K 
                to Leases (Details)                                              
96: R75         Leases Supplemental Balance Sheet Information       HTML     71K 
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
45: R76         Leases Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)    HTML     68K 
30: R77         Leases Prior Year Leases Under ASC 840 (Details)    HTML     40K 
64: R78         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    205K 
98: R79         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     34K 
65: R80         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     53K 
94: R81         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     36K 
43: R82         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     31K 
28: R83         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details)     HTML     36K 
68: R84         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    140K 
97: R85         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     49K 
46: R86         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     87K 
31: R87         Subsequent Event Subsequent Event (Details)         HTML     35K 
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    192K 
40: XML         XBRL Instance -- kar-20191231x10k_htm                XML   3.54M 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    131K 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20191231_cal                XML    306K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20191231_def                 XML    950K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20191231_lab                      XML   2.48M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20191231_pre               XML   1.55M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20191231                          XSD    234K 
59: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              502±   755K 
101: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-20-000018-xbrl      Zip    580K  


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