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PPG Industries Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/12 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 2/21/13, at 10:37am ET   ·   For:  12/31/12   ·   Accession #:  79879-13-16   ·   File #:  1-01687

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 2/21/13  PPG Industries Inc                10-K       12/31/12  142:28M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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10: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification for the CEO               HTML     46K 
11: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification for the CFO               HTML     46K 
12: EX-32.1     Section 906 Certification for the CEO               HTML     40K 
13: EX-32.2     Section 906 Certification for the CFO               HTML     41K 
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72: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML    125K 
89: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     85K 
99: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    187K 
129: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     43K  
76: R6          Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity      HTML     85K 
88: R7          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    216K 
65: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     67K 
53: R9          Acquisitions                                        HTML     69K 
131: R10         Working Capital Detail                              HTML     79K  
101: R11         Property                                            HTML     61K  
100: R12         Investments                                         HTML     94K  
109: R13         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML    116K  
110: R14         Business Restructuring                              HTML     91K  
105: R15         Debt and Bank Credit Agreements and Leases          HTML    123K  
111: R16         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML    152K  
90: R17         Financial Instruments, Excluding Derivative         HTML     43K 
                Financial Instruments                                            
96: R18         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedge          HTML    199K 
                Activities                                                       
103: R19         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     77K  
141: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    176K  
121: R21         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML    436K  
82: R22         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML    208K 
102: R23         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     78K  
85: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     87K 
42: R25         Employee Savings Plan                               HTML     47K 
123: R26         Other Earnings                                      HTML     55K  
136: R27         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    129K  
59: R28         Advertising Costs                                   HTML     41K 
58: R29         Research and Development                            HTML     56K 
63: R30         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     94K 
64: R31         Reportable Business Segment Information             HTML    392K 
66: R32         Separation and Merger Transaction                   HTML     57K 
29: R33         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     59K 
119: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    142K  
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83: R36         Working Capital Detail (Tables)                     HTML     80K 
47: R37         Property (Tables)                                   HTML     60K 
140: R38         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     90K  
20: R39         Goodwill and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets   HTML    112K 
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69: R40         Business Restructuring (Tables)                     HTML     86K 
127: R41         Debt and Bank Credit Agreements and Leases          HTML     86K  
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R42         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML    142K 
57: R43         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedge          HTML    155K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
62: R44         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     74K 
73: R45         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    163K 
28: R46         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML    401K 
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R47         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)     HTML    111K 
23: R48         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     65K 
125: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     79K  
43: R50         Other Earnings (Tables)                             HTML     55K 
120: R51         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    118K  
48: R52         Research and Development (Tables)                   HTML     52K 
70: R53         Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)            HTML     91K 
22: R54         Reportable Business Segment Information (Tables)    HTML    378K 
25: R55         Separation and Merger Transaction Separation and    HTML     50K 
                Merger Transaction (Tables)                                      
61: R56         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     54K 
                (Additional Information) (Detail)                                
34: R57         Acquisitions (Additional Information) (Detail)      HTML     79K 
132: R58         Acquisitions (Summary of Purchase Price             HTML     76K  
                Allocations) (Details)                                           
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117: R63         Investments (Additional Information) (Detail)       HTML     98K  
112: R64         Investments (Maximum Exposure to Loss) (Detail)     HTML     47K  
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                Affiliates) (Detail)                                             
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                (Additional Information) (Detail)                                
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                (Carrying Amount of Goodwill Attributable to Each                
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                (Identifiable Intangible Assets with Finite Lives)               
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                (Detail)                                                         
71: R72         Debt and Bank Credit Agreements and Leases          HTML     46K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
32: R73         Debt and Bank Credit Agreements and Leases          HTML    269K 
                (Additional Information) (Detail)                                
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                Financial Instruments (Detail)                                   
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                Activities (Additional Information) (Detail)                     
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                Activities (Fair Value, Cash Flow and Net                        
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104: R84         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Statutory U.S.      HTML     76K  
                Corporate Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective                   
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39: R87         Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Detail)   HTML     62K 
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                (Additional Information) (Detail)                                
33: R89         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML    133K 
                (Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations, Plan                  
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                (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Pretax                     
                Amounts Not Yet Reflected in Net Periodic Benefit                
                Cost) (Details)                                                  
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                Relating to Defined Benefit Pension and Other                    
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                Periodic Benefit Costs) (Detail)                                 
92: R93         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     45K 
                (Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                  
                Benefit Obligation for Defined Benefit Pension and               
                Other Postretirement Plans) (Detail)                             
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                (Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                  
                Net Periodic Benefit Cost for Defined Benefit                    
                Pension and Other Postretirement Plans) (Detail)                 
124: R95         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Effect  HTML     50K  
                of One Percentage Point Increase or Decrease in                  
                Health Care Cost Trend Rates) (Detail)                           
74: R96         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     49K 
                (Weighted Average Target Pension Plan Asset                      
                Allocations) (Detail)                                            
46: R97         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Fair    HTML     91K 
                Values of the Company's Pension Plan Assets by                   
                Asset Category) (Detail)                                         
84: R98         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Change  HTML     64K 
                in Fair Value of Company's Level 3 Pension Assets)               
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R99         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Additional  HTML    330K 
                Information) (Detail)                                            
60: R100        Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Accretion   HTML     46K 
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126: R105        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Additional    HTML     52K  
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87: R108        Stock-Based Compensation (Additional Information)   HTML    100K 
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35: R109        Stock-Based Compensation (Weighted Average          HTML     52K 
                Assumptions Used in Calculating Fair Value of                    
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107: R110        Stock-Based Compensation (Stock Options             HTML     99K  
                Outstanding, Exercisable and Activity) (Detail)                  
50: R111        Stock-Based Compensation (Stock Option Activity)    HTML     52K 
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21: R112        Stock-Based Compensation (RSU Activity) (Detail)    HTML     83K 
75: R113        Advertising Costs (Additional Information)          HTML     42K 
                (Detail)                                                         
68: R114        Research and Development (Detail)                   HTML     53K 
122: R115        Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     83K  
                (Detail)                                                         
54: R116        Reportable Business Segment Information             HTML     54K 
                (Additional Information) (Detail)                                
138: R117        Reportable Business Segment Information (Detail)    HTML    126K  
31: R118        Reportable Business Segment Information             HTML     80K 
                (Geographic Information) (Detail)                                
94: R119        Separation and Merger Transaction (Details)         HTML     71K 
113: R120        Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     50K  
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