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Franklin Covey Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 5/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 7/7/22, at 5:00pm ET   ·   For:  5/31/22   ·   Accession #:  886206-22-20   ·   File #:  1-11107

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

 7/07/22  Franklin Covey Co.                10-Q        5/31/22   52:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.08M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
10: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     68K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    122K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Income Statements And        HTML    102K 
                Statements Of Comprehensive Income                               
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Income Statements And        HTML     19K 
                Statements Of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)               
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML    110K 
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Changes In     HTML    107K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
17: R8          Basis Of Presentation                               HTML     33K 
18: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     41K 
19: R10         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments                 HTML     49K 
20: R11         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     34K 
21: R12         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     30K 
22: R13         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    150K 
23: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     22K 
24: R15         Net Income Per Share                                HTML    155K 
25: R16         Segment Information                                 HTML    823K 
26: R17         Basis Of Presentation (Policy)                      HTML     34K 
27: R18         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     41K 
28: R19         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     45K 
29: R20         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     28K 
30: R21         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    134K 
31: R22         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML    153K 
32: R23         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    809K 
33: R24         Inventories (Components Of Inventories) (Details)   HTML     22K 
34: R25         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Schedule Of    HTML     27K 
                Contingent Consideration Liability) (Details)                    
35: R26         Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     22K 
36: R27         Shareholders' Equity (Schedule Of Purchases Of      HTML     22K 
                Common Stock) (Details)                                          
37: R28         Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     27K 
38: R29         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     72K 
39: R30         Stock-Based Compensation (Total Cost Of             HTML     30K 
                Stock-Based Compensation) (Details)                              
40: R31         Stock-Based Compensation (Restricted Stock Award    HTML     32K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
41: R32         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     31K 
42: R33         Net Income Per Share (Computation Of Net Income     HTML     55K 
                Per Share) (Details)                                             
43: R34         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     21K 
44: R35         Segment Information (Schedule Of Segment            HTML     52K 
                Operations) (Details)                                            
45: R36         Segment Information (Reconciliation Of Adjusted     HTML     71K 
                EBITDA) (Details)                                                
46: R37         Segment Information (Schedule Of Revenue            HTML     28K 
                Disaggregated By Geographic Region) (Details)                    
47: R38         Segment Information (Schedule Of Revenue            HTML     62K 
                Disaggregated By Type Of Service) (Details)                      
50: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     90K 
48: XML         XBRL Instance -- fc-20220531x10q_htm                 XML   3.42M 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     63K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- fc-20220531_cal                 XML    130K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- fc-20220531_def                  XML    211K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- fc-20220531_lab                       XML    620K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- fc-20220531_pre                XML    517K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- fc-20220531                           XSD     91K 
51: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              241±   332K 
52: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000886206-22-000020-xbrl      Zip    196K

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