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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/6/19, at 4:17pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1395942-19-120   ·   File #:  1-34568

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11/06/19  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-Q        9/30/19   68:9.1M

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   1.41M 
 3: EX-10.28B   Exhibit 10.28B - Kar Directors Deferred             HTML     25K 
                Compensation Plan Amendment                                      
 2: EX-10.8C    Exhibit 10.8C - Consulting Agreement With Polak     HTML     47K 
 4: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     27K 
 5: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     27K 
 6: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     21K 
 7: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     21K 
64: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     77K 
25: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    105K 
19: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     32K 
41: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    157K 
65: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     48K 
26: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     93K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     20K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
43: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    134K 
62: R9          Basis of Presenation and Nature of Operations       HTML     52K 
21: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     26K 
27: R11         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     93K 
66: R12         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML     44K 
42: R13         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     51K 
18: R14         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     66K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
24: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     71K 
63: R16         Derivatives                                         HTML     47K 
40: R17         Leases                                              HTML     67K 
17: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
28: R19         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     28K 
56: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML    210K 
50: R21         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     23K 
16: R22         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     47K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
36: R23         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML     95K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R24         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML     38K 
49: R25         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
15: R26         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     63K 
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
35: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     60K 
57: R28         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
48: R29         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     71K 
37: R30         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     27K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    212K 
29: R32         Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations      HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
22: R33         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     49K 
38: R34         IAA Separation and Discontinued Operations          HTML    135K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R35         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Summary          HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
30: R36         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     39K 
23: R37         Net Income from Continuing Operations Per Share     HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R38         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     67K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
58: R39         Long-Term Debt Summary (Details)                    HTML     67K 
45: R40         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML    146K 
52: R41         Derivatives (Details)                               HTML     49K 
32: R42         Derivatives (Details 2)                             HTML     27K 
13: R43         Leases Components of Lease Expense (Details)        HTML     31K 
46: R44         Leases Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related   HTML     34K 
                to Leases (Details)                                              
53: R45         Leases Supplemental Balance Sheet Information       HTML     63K 
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
33: R46         Leases Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)    HTML     60K 
14: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     21K 
47: R48         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R49         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML    103K 
67: R50         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     30K 
44: R51         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     29K 
61: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    117K 
34: XML         XBRL Instance -- karq3201910-q_htm                   XML   2.02M 
31: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     70K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20190930_cal                XML    235K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20190930_def                 XML    532K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20190930_lab                      XML   1.48M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20190930_pre               XML    875K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20190930                          XSD    141K 
68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              317±   469K 
54: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-19-000120-xbrl      Zip    316K

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