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Bristow Group Inc – ‘10-K’ for 3/31/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 5/21/14, at 5:19pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/14   ·   Accession #:  73887-14-10   ·   File #:  1-31617

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

 5/21/14  Bristow Group Inc                 10-K        3/31/14   75:34M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.36M 
 2: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     62K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
 4: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     58K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
53: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
42: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    107K 
51: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     50K 
55: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     28K 
                Parentheticals                                                   
70: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    163K 
44: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals          HTML     35K 
50: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    142K 
38: R8          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Investment  HTML    102K 
29: R9          Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    209K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
71: R10         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    116K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Sap)                            
57: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     60K 
56: R12         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    196K 
                in Significant Affiliates                                        
61: R13         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML     27K 
                in Significant Affiliates (Sap)                                  
62: R14         Property and Equipment                              HTML     92K 
60: R15         Debt                                                HTML    105K 
63: R16         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML    147K 
52: R17         Fair Value Disclosures (Sap)                        HTML     26K 
54: R18         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     55K 
59: R19         Derivative Financial Instruments (Sap)              HTML     27K 
75: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    172K 
66: R21         Taxes                                               HTML    146K 
47: R22         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    279K 
58: R23         Employee Benefit Plans (Sap)                        HTML     35K 
49: R24         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    165K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
23: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML    248K 
67: R26         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     94K 
72: R27         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML   1.00M 
                Information                                                      
33: R28         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    162K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                         
32: R29         Acquisitions Acquisitions (Tables)                  HTML     54K 
36: R30         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    162K 
                in Significant Affiliates Variable Interest                      
                Entities and Other Investments in Significant                    
                Affiliates (Tables)                                              
37: R31         Property and Equipment Property and Equipment       HTML     69K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     69K 
21: R33         Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)                     HTML    139K 
64: R34         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     40K 
45: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML    148K 
48: R36         Taxes (Tables)                                      HTML    137K 
26: R37         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    245K 
74: R38         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    152K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                  
15: R39         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    259K 
40: R40         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     70K 
                (Tables)                                                         
69: R41         Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of    HTML    303K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Details)                        
25: R42         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     94K 
31: R43         Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments    HTML    377K 
                in Significant Affiliates (Details)                              
35: R44         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML    116K 
43: R45         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    284K 
20: R46         Fair Value Disclosures (Details)                    HTML    136K 
28: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     53K 
17: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    240K 
68: R49         Taxes (Details)                                     HTML    200K 
24: R50         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML    661K 
65: R51         Stockholders' Investment, Earnings Per Share and    HTML    181K 
                Accumulated Comprehensive Income (Details)                       
27: R52         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    152K 
41: R53         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML    109K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R54         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    163K 
                Information Is (Details)                                         
19: R55         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML     69K 
                Information Oci (Details)                                        
34: R56         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    209K 
                Information Bs (Details)                                         
22: R57         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    137K 
                Information Cf (Details)                                         
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
18: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    615K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   6.35M 
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- brs-20140331_cal                XML    347K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- brs-20140331_def                 XML   1.35M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- brs-20140331_lab                      XML   3.05M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- brs-20140331_pre               XML   1.78M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- brs-20140331                          XSD    271K 
46: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000073887-14-000010-xbrl      Zip    580K

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