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Target Hospitality Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 3/13/24, at 2:55pm ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1558370-24-3101 · File #: 1-38343

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

 3/13/24  Target Hospitality Corp.          10-K       12/31/23  125:16M                                    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   3.53M 
 2: EX-19       Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML    110K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     35K 
 8: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     58K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    109K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    161K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     48K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    143K 
                (Loss)                                                           
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    103K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    165K 
20: R7          Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML    125K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies                                              
21: R8          Revenue                                             HTML    118K 
22: R9          Specialty Rental Assets, Net                        HTML     51K 
23: R10         Other Property, Plant and Equipment, Net            HTML     57K 
24: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net           HTML    111K 
25: R12         Other Non-Current Assets                            HTML     47K 
26: R13         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     48K 
27: R14         Debt                                                HTML    139K 
28: R15         Warrant Liabilities                                 HTML     48K 
29: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    152K 
30: R17         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     86K 
31: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     38K 
32: R19         Leases                                              HTML    118K 
33: R20         Rental Income                                       HTML     44K 
34: R21         Related Parties                                     HTML     43K 
35: R22         Earnings (Loss) per Share                           HTML     89K 
36: R23         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     50K 
37: R24         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    143K 
38: R25         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     40K 
39: R26         Business Segments                                   HTML    163K 
40: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     38K 
41: R28         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML    189K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
42: R29         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     75K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
43: R30         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    109K 
44: R31         Specialty Rental Assets, Net (Tables)               HTML     47K 
45: R32         Other Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)   HTML     52K 
46: R33         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net (Tables)  HTML    115K 
47: R34         Other Non-Current Assets (Tables)                   HTML     46K 
48: R35         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     48K 
49: R36         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    111K 
50: R37         Warrant Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     44K 
51: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    151K 
52: R39         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     87K 
53: R40         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    140K 
54: R41         Rental Income (Tables)                              HTML     41K 
55: R42         Earnings (Loss) per Share (Tables)                  HTML     84K 
56: R43         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    111K 
57: R44         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    160K 
58: R45         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     36K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
59: R46         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     47K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Receivables and Allowances                 
                for Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                  
60: R47         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     44K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Prepaid Expenses and Other                 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
61: R48         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     63K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Concentrations of Credit                   
                Risk (Details)                                                   
62: R49         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     39K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Specialty Rental Assets                    
                (Details)                                                        
63: R50         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     48K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Other Property, Plant, and                 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
64: R51         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     41K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Intangible Assets Other Than               
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
65: R52         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     36K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Assets Held for Sale                       
                (Details)                                                        
66: R53         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     38K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Finance and Operating Leases               
                (Details)                                                        
67: R54         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     43K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Asset Retirement Obligations               
                (Details)                                                        
68: R55         Organization and Nature of Operations, Basis of     HTML     73K 
                Presentation, and Summary of Significant                         
                Accounting Policies - Impact of the Adoption of                  
                ASC 326 (Details)                                                
69: R56         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     86K 
70: R57         Revenue - Disaggregation Revenue (Details)          HTML     59K 
71: R58         Revenue - Contract Assets and Liabilities           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R59         Revenue - Revenue Expected to be Recognized         HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R60         Specialty Rental Assets, Net (Details)              HTML     67K 
74: R61         Other Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)  HTML     70K 
75: R62         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net -         HTML     38K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
76: R63         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net -         HTML     75K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
77: R64         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net - Future  HTML     50K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
78: R65         Other Non-Current Assets - Narrative (Details)      HTML     42K 
79: R66         Other Non-Current Assets - Other non-current        HTML     39K 
                assets (Details)                                                 
80: R67         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     42K 
81: R68         Debt - Senior Secured Notes 2024 (Details)          HTML     62K 
82: R69         Debt - Notes Exchange Offer (Details)               HTML     74K 
83: R70         Debt - Senior Secured Notes 2025 (Details)          HTML     94K 
84: R71         Debt - Finance Lease and Other Financing            HTML     43K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
85: R72         Debt - ABL Facility (Details)                       HTML     79K 
86: R73         Debt - Carrying Value of Debt Outstanding           HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Debt - Components of interest expense (Details)     HTML     62K 
88: R75         Debt - Interest Expense and Deferred Financing      HTML     75K 
                Costs (Details)                                                  
89: R76         Debt - Schedule of maturities of long term debt     HTML     42K 
                and finance lease obligations (Details)                          
90: R77         Warrant Liabilities - Narrative (Details)           HTML     54K 
91: R78         Warrant Liabilities - Estimated fair value Private  HTML     36K 
                Warrants (Details)                                               
92: R79         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     50K 
93: R80         Income Taxes - Components of the provision for      HTML     48K 
                income taxes (Details)                                           
94: R81         Income Taxes - Income tax results differed from     HTML     55K 
                the amount computed by applying the U.S. statutory               
                income tax rate to income before income taxes                    
                (Details)                                                        
95: R82         Income Taxes - Components of the Companies          HTML     70K 
                deferred tax assets and liabilities (Details)                    
96: R83         Income Taxes - Valuation allowance has been         HTML     44K 
                established against the deferred tax assets                      
                (Details)                                                        
97: R84         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     76K 
98: R85         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     69K 
99: R86         Leases - Components of lease expense (Details)      HTML     54K 
100: R87         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     45K  
                related to leases (Details)                                      
101: R88         Leases - Future maturities of finance and           HTML     63K  
                operating lease obligations (Details)                            
102: R89         Leases - Additional information (Details)           HTML     40K  
103: R90         Rental Income (Details)                             HTML     51K  
104: R91         Rental Income - Future minimum lease payments       HTML     42K  
                (Details)                                                        
105: R92         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     57K  
106: R93         Earnings (Loss) per Share (Details)                 HTML    104K  
107: R94         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    147K  
108: R95         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    361K  
109: R96         Stock-Based Compensation - Changes in stock         HTML     83K  
                options (Details)                                                
110: R97         Stock-Based Compensation - Assumptions (Details)    HTML     68K  
111: R98         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock-based              HTML     66K  
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
112: R99         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     50K  
113: R100        Business Segments (Details)                         HTML     89K  
114: R101        Business Segments - Reconciliation of total         HTML     57K  
                segment adjusted gross profit to total combined                  
                income (Details)                                                 
115: R102        Business Segments - Reconciliation of total         HTML     57K  
                segment assets to total combined assets (Details)                
116: R103        Business Segments - Unallocated assets (Details)    HTML     61K  
117: R104        Business Segments - Customer Concentration          HTML     59K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R105        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     48K  
119: R106        Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     46K  
120: R107        Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     40K  
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