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Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Wednesday, 3/27/24, at 4:52pm ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1558370-24-4095 · File #: 0-25248

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

 3/27/24  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/23  116:14M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.59M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     35K 
 3: EX-19       Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML   1.32M 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     35K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
10: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     50K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
16: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    103K 
17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    184K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     53K 
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    160K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Income (Parenthetical)   HTML     34K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     99K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    172K 
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
24: R9          Principal activity                                  HTML     34K 
25: R10         Accounting policies                                 HTML    104K 
26: R11         Cash and cash equivalents                           HTML     57K 
27: R12         Accounts receivable, net                            HTML     60K 
28: R13         Inventory                                           HTML     48K 
29: R14         Contracts in progress                               HTML     62K 
30: R15         Property, plant and equipment and construction in   HTML     58K 
                progress                                                         
31: R16         Discontinued operations                             HTML     83K 
32: R17         Intangible assets                                   HTML     68K 
33: R18         Leases                                              HTML    115K 
34: R19         Income taxes                                        HTML    133K 
35: R20         Earnings per share                                  HTML     58K 
36: R21         Dividends                                           HTML     44K 
37: R22         Segment information                                 HTML    288K 
38: R23         Cost of revenues and general and administrative     HTML     82K 
                expenses                                                         
39: R24         Stock-based compensation                            HTML    116K 
40: R25         Retirement benefits                                 HTML     36K 
41: R26         Financial instruments                               HTML     37K 
42: R27         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     42K 
43: R28         Related party transactions                          HTML     37K 
44: R29         Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information    HTML     58K 
45: R30         Impact of recent accounting standards               HTML     45K 
46: R31         Subsequent events                                   HTML     33K 
47: R32         Accounting policies (Policies)                      HTML    150K 
48: R33         Accounting policies (Tables)                        HTML     65K 
49: R34         Cash and cash equivalents (Tables)                  HTML     54K 
50: R35         Accounts receivable, net (Tables)                   HTML     63K 
51: R36         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     48K 
52: R37         Contracts in progress (Tables)                      HTML     56K 
53: R38         Property, plant and equipment and construction in   HTML     56K 
                progress (Tables)                                                
54: R39         Discontinued operations (Tables)                    HTML     65K 
55: R40         Intangible assets (Tables)                          HTML     69K 
56: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    118K 
57: R42         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    137K 
58: R43         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     56K 
59: R44         Dividends (Tables)                                  HTML     44K 
60: R45         Segment information (Tables)                        HTML    288K 
61: R46         Cost of revenues and general and administrative     HTML     82K 
                expenses (Tables)                                                
62: R47         Stock-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML    108K 
63: R48         Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information    HTML     58K 
                (Tables)                                                         
64: R49         Accounting policies - Additional Information        HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R50         Accounting policies - Cash and cash equivalents     HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R51         Accounting policies - Property, plant and           HTML     49K 
                equipment (Details)                                              
67: R52         Accounting policies - Goodwill and intangible       HTML     62K 
                assets (Details)                                                 
68: R53         Accounting policies - Investments and Other assets  HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R54         Accounting policies - Disaggregated revenue         HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R55         Cash and cash equivalents (Details)                 HTML     46K 
71: R56         Accounts receivable, net (Details)                  HTML     43K 
72: R57         Accounts receivable, net - Allowance for doubtful   HTML     39K 
                accounts (Details)                                               
73: R58         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     45K 
74: R59         Contracts in progress (Details)                     HTML     87K 
75: R60         Property, plant and equipment and construction in   HTML     58K 
                progress (Details)                                               
76: R61         Property, plant and equipment and construction in   HTML     36K 
                progress - Additional Information (Details)                      
77: R62         Discontinued operations - Mexico project            HTML    103K 
                development- Narratives (Details)                                
78: R63         Discontinued operations - Mexico project            HTML     56K 
                development (Details)                                            
79: R64         Discontinued operations - Mexico project            HTML     40K 
                development - Financial Information (Details)                    
80: R65         Intangible assets - Costs and accumulated           HTML     50K 
                amortization (Details)                                           
81: R66         Intangible assets - Amortization of intangible      HTML     46K 
                assets (Details)                                                 
82: R67         Intangible assets (Details)                         HTML     57K 
83: R68         Leases - Lease assets and liabilities (Details)     HTML     59K 
84: R69         Leases - Components of lease cost (Details)         HTML     38K 
85: R70         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R71         Leases - Future lease payments (Details)            HTML     53K 
87: R72         Income taxes - Components of income before income   HTML     47K 
                taxes (Details)                                                  
88: R73         Income taxes - Provision for income taxes           HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R74         Income taxes - Reconciliation of federal tax rate   HTML     47K 
                to the effective rate (Details)                                  
90: R75         Income taxes - Net long-term deferred tax           HTML     70K 
                liability (Details)                                              
91: R76         Income taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     35K 
92: R77         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     60K 
93: R78         Dividends (Details)                                 HTML     33K 
94: R79         Segment information (Details)                       HTML    157K 
95: R80         Segment information - Revenues earned by major      HTML     53K 
                geographic region and major customer (Details)                   
96: R81         Segment information - Property, plant and           HTML     39K 
                equipment, net by major geographic region                        
                (Details)                                                        
97: R82         Segment information - Additional Information        HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R83         Cost of revenues and general and administrative     HTML     55K 
                expenses - Cost of revenues (Details)                            
99: R84         Cost of revenues and general and administrative     HTML     61K 
                expenses - General and administrative expenses                   
                (Details)                                                        
100: R85         Stock-based compensation - Significant weighted     HTML     40K  
                average assumptions (Details)                                    
101: R86         Stock-based compensation - Stock option activity    HTML     64K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R87         Stock-based compensation - Weighted average fair    HTML     62K  
                value of options at the date of grant and the                    
                intrinsic value of options exercised (Details)                   
103: R88         Stock-based compensation (Details)                  HTML    102K  
104: R89         Retirement benefits (Details)                       HTML     34K  
105: R90         Financial instruments - Additional Information      HTML     37K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R91         Commitments and contingencies (Details)             HTML     45K  
107: R92         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     48K  
108: R93         Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information    HTML     67K  
                (Details)                                                        
109: R94         Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information -  HTML     34K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
110: R95         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     42K  
111: R96         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     36K  
113: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    210K  
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112: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    199K  
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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/12/24  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       S-8         1/12/24    5:310K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
11/07/23  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,2,7,911/02/23   12:669K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 8/10/23  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-Q        6/30/23   60:8.7M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 6/06/23  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     6/02/23   12:3.7M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 1/09/23  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,2,3,7 1/04/23   13:377K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
11/14/22  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-Q        9/30/22   62:10M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 9/20/22  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,2,9   9/16/22   13:609K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 9/13/22  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     9/09/22   12:278K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 5/27/22  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     5/23/22   12:713K                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 3/29/22  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/21  115:12M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 7/06/20  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     6/29/20    2:134K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/25/17  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K/A:9     8/22/16    2:749K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/04/17  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     3/29/17    3:97K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/09/16  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-Q        6/30/16   55:5.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/15/16  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/15  107:8.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/13/15  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/14  107:11M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/14/14  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     7/08/14    2:75K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/17/14  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/13  111:13M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/04/13  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     2/15/13    2:36K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/09/12  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-Q        6/30/12   47:3.8M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/04/11  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     1/31/11    4:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/23/10  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:1,9     7/20/10    2:66K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/10/09  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     9/09/09    2:62K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/17/09  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/08   11:1.1M                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
11/10/08  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-Q        9/30/08    6:317K                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 1/22/08  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     1/15/08    2:68K                                    Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 9/19/07  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       8-K:5,9     9/14/07    3:57K                                    Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 4/14/04  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/03   31:1M                                     Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 3/31/03  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/02   12:410K                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 3/29/02  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/01   13:506K                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 4/02/01  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       10-K       12/31/00    9:300K                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA
 4/21/00  Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.       F-2                   21:491K                                   Bowne of Atlanta Inc./FA

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Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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