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A.K.A. Brands Holding Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/10/22, at 4:08pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1865107-22-73   ·   File #:  1-40828

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 8/10/22  A.K.A. Brands Holding Corp.       10-Q        6/30/22   91:7.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.59M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     80K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    143K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    120K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     52K 
                Income                                                           
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    129K 
                Stockholders? Equity, Partners? Capital and                      
                Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest                               
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    130K 
18: R8          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     37K 
19: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     56K 
20: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     88K 
21: R11         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     30K 
22: R12         Property, and Equipment, Net                        HTML     36K 
23: R13         Goodwill                                            HTML     29K 
24: R14         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     49K 
25: R15         Debt                                                HTML     51K 
26: R16         Leases                                              HTML     51K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     30K 
28: R18         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     34K 
29: R19         Equity-based Compensation                           HTML     99K 
30: R20         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML     31K 
31: R21         Net Income (Loss) Per Share                         HTML     41K 
32: R22         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     28K 
33: R23         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     27K 
34: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
35: R25         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     51K 
36: R26         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     45K 
37: R27         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML    110K 
38: R28         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     31K 
39: R29         Property, and Equipment, Net (Tables)               HTML     35K 
40: R30         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     31K 
41: R31         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     61K 
42: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     37K 
43: R33         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     53K 
44: R34         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     35K 
45: R35         Equity-based Compensation (Tables)                  HTML     98K 
46: R36         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML     39K 
47: R37         Organization and Description of Business - Initial  HTML     36K 
                Public Offering (Details)                                        
48: R38         Organization and Description of Business -          HTML     50K 
                Reorganization Transactions (Details)                            
49: R39         Organization and Description of Business -          HTML     39K 
                Refinancing (Details)                                            
50: R40         Organization and Description of Business -          HTML     27K 
                Historical Units (Details)                                       
51: R41         Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue           HTML     37K 
                Recognition - Narrative (Details)                                
52: R42         Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule Of       HTML     30K 
                Sales Return Reserve (Details)                                   
53: R43         Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue           HTML     36K 
                Disaggregation Schedule (Details)                                
54: R44         Significant Accounting Policies - Segment           HTML     28K 
                Information (Details)                                            
55: R45         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML    105K 
56: R46         Acquisitions - Schedule of Assets Acquired and      HTML    102K 
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
57: R47         Acquisitions - Schedule of Intangible Assets        HTML     48K 
                Acquired (Details)                                               
58: R48         Acquisitions - Accompanying Condensed Consolidated  HTML     29K 
                Statement Of Income (Details)                                    
59: R49         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Financial Information      HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Property, and Equipment, Net (Details)              HTML     45K 
62: R52         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     35K 
63: R53         Intangible Assets - Acquired Intangible Assets      HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details)             HTML     26K 
65: R55         Intangible Assets - Future Amortization Expense     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Debt - Princess Polly Operating Line of Credit      HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Debt - Rebdolls Revolving Line of Credit (Details)  HTML     35K 
68: R58         Debt - Debt Financing For The Culture Kings         HTML     57K 
                Acquisition (Details)                                            
69: R59         Debt - New Senior Secured Credit Facility           HTML     98K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R60         Debt - Total Debt and Interest (Details)            HTML     45K 
71: R61         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     37K 
72: R62         Leases - Operating Lease Costs (Details)            HTML     33K 
73: R63         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Leases - Other Information Relating To The          HTML     28K 
                Company?s Operating Leases (Details)                             
75: R65         Leases - Operating Lease Maturity (Details)         HTML     47K 
76: R66         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     30K 
77: R67         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     38K 
78: R68         Equity-based Compensation - Narrative (Details)     HTML     70K 
79: R69         Equity-based Compensation - Stock Options           HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R70         Equity-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Units  HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R71         Equity-based Compensation - Incentive Units         HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R72         Equity-based Compensation - Assumptions (Details)   HTML     42K 
83: R73         Equity-based Compensation - Equity-based            HTML     33K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
84: R74         Stockholders? Equity (Details)                      HTML     34K 
85: R75         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Details)               HTML     58K 
86: R76         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     30K 
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