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KAR Auction Services, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/21/19, at 11:03am ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1395942-19-16   ·   File #:  1-34568

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 2/21/19  KAR Auction Services, Inc.        10-K       12/31/18  104:14M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        10-K - 2018 Form 10-K                               HTML   1.52M 
 3: EX-10.13    Exhibit 10.13 - Kar Aip Summary of Terms 2019       HTML     45K 
 4: EX-10.15    Material Contract                                   HTML    538K 
 6: EX-10.16C   Exhibit 10.16C - Amending Agreement No. 2 to 4th    HTML     50K 
                Canadian A&R Rpa                                                 
 5: EX-10.35    Exhibit 10.35 - Form of 2019 Rsu Award Agreement    HTML     52K 
                for Section 16                                                   
 7: EX-10.5C    Exhibit 10.5C - Amendment No. 2 to Employment       HTML     39K 
                Agreement - Gottwald                                             
 2: EX-10.7     Exhibit 10.7 - Employment Agreement - John Hammer   HTML     66K 
 8: EX-10.9C    Exhibit 10.9C - Amendment No. 2 to Employment       HTML     38K 
                Agreement - Kelly                                                
 9: EX-21.1     Exhibit 21.1 - List of Subsidiaries                 HTML     63K 
10: EX-23.1     Exhibit 23.1 - Consent of Independent Registered    HTML     29K 
                Public Accounting Firm                                           
11: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 - CEO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     33K 
12: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 - CFO Sox 302 Certification            HTML     33K 
13: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 - CEO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     28K 
14: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 - CFO Sox 906 Certification            HTML     28K 
21: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     60K 
22: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     94K 
23: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     38K 
24: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    139K 
25: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     55K 
26: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     91K 
27: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
28: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    134K 
29: R9          Organization and Other Matters                      HTML     46K 
30: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     96K 
31: R11         Acquisitions and Equity Method Investments          HTML     48K 
32: R12         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans            HTML    128K 
33: R13         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     50K 
34: R14         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     58K 
35: R15         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     68K 
                by Finance Receivables                                           
36: R16         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     98K 
37: R17         Property and Equipment                              HTML     59K 
38: R18         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves           HTML     44K 
39: R19         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     86K 
40: R20         Financial Instruments                               HTML     61K 
41: R21         Leasing Agreements                                  HTML     46K 
42: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    139K 
43: R23         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     30K 
44: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     40K 
45: R25         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     36K 
46: R26         Segment Information                                 HTML    235K 
47: R27         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML    117K 
48: R28         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
49: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    175K 
                (Policies)                                                       
50: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R31         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML    108K 
52: R32         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     47K 
53: R33         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     62K 
                (Tables)                                                         
54: R34         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML     62K 
                by Finance Receivables (Tables)                                  
55: R35         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     99K 
56: R36         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     64K 
57: R37         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves (Tables)  HTML     40K 
58: R38         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     71K 
59: R39         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     51K 
60: R40         Leasing Agreements (Tables)                         HTML     42K 
61: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    139K 
62: R42         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     36K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R43         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    235K 
64: R44         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML    117K 
65: R45         Organization and Other Matters (Details)            HTML     72K 
66: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    111K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R47         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     90K 
68: R48         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     45K 
69: R49         Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plan Summary     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R50         KAR Auction Services, Inc. Stock-Based              HTML    118K 
                Compensation Plans (Details)                                     
71: R51         Service and Exit Options (Details)                  HTML    104K 
72: R52         Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details)              HTML     39K 
73: R53         Share Repurchase Plan (Details)                     HTML     55K 
74: R54         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     67K 
75: R55         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R56         Allowance for Credit Losses and Doubtful Accounts   HTML     35K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
77: R57         Finance Receivables and Obligations Collateralized  HTML    103K 
                by Finance Receivables (Details)                                 
78: R58         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     43K 
79: R59         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML     42K 
80: R60         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 3)    HTML     52K 
81: R61         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 4)    HTML     45K 
82: R62         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     70K 
83: R63         Property and Equipment (Details 2)                  HTML     35K 
84: R64         Self Insurance and Retained Loss Reserves           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R65         Long-Term Debt Summary and Future Principle         HTML     95K 
                Payments (Details)                                               
86: R66         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML    144K 
87: R67         Senior Notes (Details)                              HTML     39K 
88: R68         Other Debt (Details)                                HTML     43K 
89: R69         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     73K 
90: R70         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     38K 
91: R71         Leasing Agreements (Details)                        HTML     73K 
92: R72         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    199K 
93: R73         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     33K 
94: R74         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     52K 
95: R75         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     34K 
96: R76         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     55K 
97: R77         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R78         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    151K 
99: R79         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     46K 
100: R80         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     86K  
101: R81         Subsequent Events Subsequent Events (Details)       HTML     32K  
103: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    177K  
102: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    128K  
15: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- kar-20181231                        XML   3.55M 
17: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kar-20181231_cal                XML    288K 
18: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kar-20181231_def                 XML    886K 
19: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kar-20181231_lab                      XML   2.20M 
20: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kar-20181231_pre               XML   1.39M 
16: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kar-20181231                          XSD    223K 
104: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001395942-19-000016-xbrl      Zip    340K  


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