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Columbia Sportswear Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/6/21, at 4:28pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1050797-21-32   ·   File #:  0-23939

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 5/06/21  Columbia Sportswear Co.           10-Q        3/31/21   74:7.7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    739K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     62K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
14: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    122K 
16: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     80K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     43K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    110K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     78K 
20: R7          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML    136K 
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     47K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R9          Basis of Presentation and Organization              HTML     31K 
23: R10         Revenues                                            HTML     75K 
24: R11         Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net                 HTML     24K 
25: R12         Short-Term Borrowings and Credit Lines              HTML     23K 
26: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
27: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     23K 
28: R15         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     24K 
29: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     31K 
30: R17         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     34K 
31: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     53K 
32: R19         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     48K 
33: R20         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML     67K 
34: R21         Fair Value Measures                                 HTML    136K 
35: R22         Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of     HTML     36K 
                Financial Statements (Policies)                                  
36: R23         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     69K 
37: R24         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Tables)      HTML     66K 
38: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     29K 
39: R26         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     33K 
40: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     52K 
41: R28         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables)  HTML     63K 
42: R29         Fair Value Measures (Tables)                        HTML    131K 
43: R30         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     63K 
44: R31         Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Schedule of    HTML     41K 
                Identifiable Intangible Assets) (Details)                        
45: R32         Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Narrative)     HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R33         Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Schedule of    HTML     32K 
                Future Amortization Expense) (Details)                           
47: R34         Short-Term Borrowings and Credit Lines (Narrative)  HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R35         Accrued Liabilities (Schedule of Accrued            HTML     23K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
49: R36         Leases (Maturity Schedule) (Details)                HTML     24K 
50: R37         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     23K 
51: R38         Income Taxes (Consolidated Income from Continuing   HTML     24K 
                Operations Before Income Taxes) (Details)                        
52: R39         Income Taxes (Components of Provision (Benefit)     HTML     24K 
                for Income Taxes) (Details)                                      
53: R40         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Statutory Federal   HTML     22K 
                Income Tax Rate to Effective Rate) (Details)                     
54: R41         Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     35K 
55: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     34K 
56: R43         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Stock-Based   HTML     28K 
                Compensation Expense) (Details)                                  
57: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Weighted      HTML     24K 
                Average Assumptions) (Details)                                   
58: R45         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary of Stock Option   HTML     22K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
59: R46         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Weighted      HTML     25K 
                Average Assumptions for Restricted Stock Units)                  
                (Details)                                                        
60: R47         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary of Restricted     HTML     27K 
                Stock Unit Activity) (Details)                                   
61: R48         Earnings per Share (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     23K 
62: R49         Earnings per Share (Schedule of Earnings per        HTML     39K 
                Share, Basic and Diluted) (Details)                              
63: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     48K 
                (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of                  
                Related Tax Effects) (Details)                                   
64: R51         Segment Information (Schedule of Segment            HTML    138K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
65: R52         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML     29K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
66: R53         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Gross    HTML     28K 
                Notional Amount of Outstanding Derivatives)                      
                (Details)                                                        
67: R54         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Balance  HTML     40K 
                Sheet Classification and Fair Value of Derivative                
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
68: R55         Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Effect   HTML     42K 
                and Classification of Derivative Instuments)                     
                (Details)                                                        
69: R56         Fair Value Measures (Assets and Liabilities         HTML    105K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
70: R57         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     36K 
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    131K 
13: XML         XBRL Instance -- colm-20210331_htm                   XML   1.79M 
71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     74K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- colm-20210331_cal               XML    281K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- colm-20210331_def                XML    699K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- colm-20210331_lab                     XML   1.93M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- colm-20210331_pre              XML   1.18M 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- colm-20210331                         XSD    162K 
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74: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001050797-21-000032-xbrl      Zip    316K 


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

 3/26/19  Columbia Sportswear Co.           8-K:5,9     3/25/19    3:130K
 8/02/18  Columbia Sportswear Co.           10-Q        6/30/18   72:9M
 8/14/02  Columbia Sportswear Co.           10-Q        6/30/02    4:205K                                   Bowne - Seattle/FA
 5/15/00  Columbia Sportswear Co.           10-Q        3/31/00    5:53K                                    Bowne - Seattle/FA
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