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A.O. Smith Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/29/22, at 12:08pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  91142-22-84   ·   File #:  1-00475

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

 7/29/22  A.O. Smith Corp.                  10-Q        6/30/22   81:6.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.33M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     78K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML     82K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     47K 
                Earnings                                                         
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     27K 
                Earnings (Parenthetical)                                         
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    136K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     81K 
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     77K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     26K 
20: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     58K 
21: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     33K 
22: R12         Leases                                              HTML     57K 
23: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     31K 
24: R14         Product Warranties                                  HTML     37K 
25: R15         Debt                                                HTML     23K 
26: R16         Earnings per Share of Common Stock                  HTML     32K 
27: R17         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     54K 
28: R18         Pensions                                            HTML     43K 
29: R19         Segment Results                                     HTML     64K 
30: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     31K 
31: R21         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     78K 
32: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
33: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
34: R24         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by  HTML     77K 
                Component                                                        
35: R25         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     24K 
36: R26         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     46K 
37: R27         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     29K 
38: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     59K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
40: R30         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     37K 
41: R31         Earnings per Share of Common Stock (Tables)         HTML     32K 
42: R32         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     52K 
43: R33         Pensions (Tables)                                   HTML     39K 
44: R34         Segment Results (Tables)                            HTML     61K 
45: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     28K 
46: R36         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML     77K 
47: R37         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by  HTML     75K 
                Component (Tables)                                               
48: R38         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     39K 
49: R39         Revenue Recognition - Segment Sales Disaggregated   HTML     47K 
                by Major Product Line (Details)                                  
50: R40         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     57K 
51: R41         Acquisitions - Summary of Allocation of Fair Value  HTML     44K 
                of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed at Date               
                of Acquisition (Details)                                         
52: R42         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     28K 
53: R43         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML     41K 
54: R44         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     33K 
55: R45         Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)  HTML     40K 
56: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
57: R47         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     29K 
58: R48         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     27K 
59: R49         Earnings per Share of Common Stock (Details)        HTML     30K 
60: R50         Stock Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     48K 
61: R51         Stock Based Compensation - Changes in Options       HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Stock Based Compensation - Schedule of              HTML     32K 
                Weighted-average Fair Value per Option at Date of                
                Grant (Details)                                                  
63: R53         Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Share Unit    HTML     46K 
                Activity Under Plan (Details)                                    
64: R54         Pensions - Components of Net Pension Income         HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Pensions - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     37K 
66: R56         Segment Results (Details)                           HTML     79K 
67: R57         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     27K 
68: R58         Derivative Instruments - Schedule of Summary by     HTML     37K 
                Currency of Foreign Currency Forward Contracts                   
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Derivative Instruments - Narrative (Details)        HTML     42K 
70: R60         Derivative Instruments - Impact of Derivative       HTML     36K 
                Contracts on Company's Financial Statements                      
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Derivative Instruments - Schedule of Effect of      HTML     31K 
                Cash Flow Hedges on Consolidated Statement of                    
                Earnings (Details)                                               
72: R62         Derivative Instruments - Summary of Contractual     HTML     29K 
                Amounts for Balance Sheet Hedges (Details)                       
73: R63         Derivative Instruments - Effect of Foreign          HTML     27K 
                Exchange Contracts on the Statement of Earnings                  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
75: R65         Commitment and Contingencies (Details)              HTML     26K 
76: R66         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by  HTML     54K 
                Component (Details)                                              
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78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    117K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aos-20220630_pre               XML    831K 
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80: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              370±   544K 
81: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000091142-22-000084-xbrl      Zip    326K

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