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Hni Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/1/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/1/22, at 8:30am ET   ·   For:  10/1/22   ·   Accession #:  48287-22-182   ·   File #:  1-14225

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

11/01/22  Hni Corp.                         10-Q       10/01/22   79:8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.52M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     74K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML    127K 
                Income                                                           
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    146K 
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     80K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     97K 
17: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     25K 
18: R8          Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     57K 
19: R9          Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     44K 
20: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     32K 
21: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     85K 
22: R12         Product Warranties                                  HTML     37K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML     45K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
25: R15         Fair Value Measurements of Financial Instruments    HTML     60K 
26: R16         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     93K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
27: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     48K 
28: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     41K 
29: R19         Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies           HTML     27K 
30: R20         Reportable Segment Information                      HTML     84K 
31: R21         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     57K 
32: R22         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     50K 
33: R23         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     38K 
34: R24         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
35: R25         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     97K 
36: R26         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     36K 
37: R27         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     34K 
38: R28         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     34K 
39: R29         Fair Value Measurements of Financial Instruments    HTML     59K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R30         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     93K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                                    
41: R31         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     50K 
42: R32         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     44K 
43: R33         Reportable Segment Information (Tables)             HTML     79K 
44: R34         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML     39K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
45: R35         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Contract    HTML     34K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
46: R36         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative   HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R37         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative           HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Purchase Price      HTML     53K 
                Allocation and Estimated Amortization (Details)                  
49: R39         Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Details)       HTML     32K 
50: R40         Inventories - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     23K 
51: R41         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     32K 
                Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)                         
52: R42         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     37K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
54: R44         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets -              HTML     27K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
55: R45         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     33K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
56: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Indefinite   HTML     26K 
                Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                                
57: R47         Product Warranties - Warranty Obligations           HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R48         Product Warranties - Current and Long Term          HTML     28K 
                Warranty (Details)                                               
59: R49         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     51K 
60: R50         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     63K 
61: R51         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     33K 
62: R52         Fair Value Measurements of Financial Instruments -  HTML     62K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
63: R53         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     60K 
                Shareholders' Equity - Components (Details)                      
64: R54         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     29K 
                Shareholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)                       
65: R55         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     52K 
                Shareholders' Equity - Reclassification (Details)                
66: R56         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     26K 
                Shareholders' Equity - Dividend (Details)                        
67: R57         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and   HTML     36K 
                Shareholders' Equity - Stock Repurchases (Details)               
68: R58         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Earnings Per       HTML     57K 
                Share Basic and Diluted (Details)                                
69: R59         Earnings Per Share - Antidilutive Securities        HTML     27K 
                Excluded from Earnings Per Share (Details)                       
70: R60         Stock-Based Compensation - Compensation Cost        HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Stock-Based Compensation - Share-based Payment      HTML     28K 
                Award, Options, Grants in Period (Details)                       
72: R62         Stock-Based Compensation - Unrecognized             HTML     33K 
                Compensation Cost, Nonvested Awards (Details)                    
73: R63         Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies           HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Reportable Segment Information (Details)            HTML     73K 
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    142K 
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76: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    121K 
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 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hni-20221001_lab                      XML   1.24M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hni-20221001_pre               XML    742K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hni-20221001                          XSD    134K 
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