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La-Z-Boy Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 1/27/24 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/20/24, at 4:25pm ET   ·   For:  1/27/24   ·   Accession #:  57131-24-13   ·   File #:  1-09656

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 2/20/24  La-Z-Boy Inc.                     10-Q        1/27/24   75:7.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.36M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     72K 
11: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML    109K 
12: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     59K 
13: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    130K 
14: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     36K 
15: R6          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    113K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     99K 
17: R8          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     48K 
19: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     33K 
20: R11         Cash and Restricted Cash                            HTML     28K 
21: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
22: R13         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     63K 
23: R14         Investments                                         HTML     70K 
24: R15         Product Warranties                                  HTML     39K 
25: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     42K 
26: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    103K 
27: R18         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    109K 
28: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     75K 
29: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
30: R21         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     45K 
31: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     60K 
32: R23         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     32K 
33: R24         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     26K 
34: R25         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     30K 
35: R26         Basis of Presentation (Tables)                      HTML     48K 
36: R27         Cash and Restricted Cash (Tables)                   HTML     36K 
37: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     31K 
38: R29         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     93K 
39: R30         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     73K 
40: R31         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     36K 
41: R32         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     34K 
42: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    104K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R34         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    103K 
44: R35         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     67K 
45: R36         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     43K 
46: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     55K 
47: R38         Basis of Presentation - Additional Information      HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R39         Basis of Presentation - Schedule of Prior Period    HTML     68K 
                Adjustments (Details)                                            
49: R40         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     75K 
50: R41         Cash and Restricted Cash (Details)                  HTML     29K 
51: R42         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     32K 
52: R43         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R44         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     53K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
54: R45         Investments - Components (Details)                  HTML     40K 
55: R46         Investments - Unrealized Gains and Losses and Fair  HTML     38K 
                Value (Details)                                                  
56: R47         Investments - Sales and Maturities (Details)        HTML     37K 
57: R48         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     50K 
58: R49         Stock-Based Compensation - Expense (Details)        HTML     26K 
59: R50         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock,        HTML     47K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
60: R51         Stock-Based Compensation - Performance Shares,      HTML     52K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
61: R52         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Options,           HTML     41K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
62: R53         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    110K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R54         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R55         Revenue Recognition - Contract Assets and           HTML     31K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
65: R56         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R57         Segment Information - Income Statement Information  HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R58         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     27K 
68: R59         Earnings per Share - Reconciliation (Details)       HTML     55K 
69: R60         Earnings per Share - Antidilutive Securities        HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     40K 
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
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71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    124K 
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73: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              467±   656K 
74: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000057131-24-000013-xbrl      Zip    304K

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