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Global Industrial Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 5/7/21, at 2:07pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  945114-21-25   ·   File #:  1-13792

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

 5/07/21  Systemax Inc.                     10-Q        3/31/21   47:3.1M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    410K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     67K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     97K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    102K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     31K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     93K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     24K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders'   HTML     74K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
19: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     25K 
20: R9          Revenue                                             HTML     27K 
21: R10         Credit Losses                                       HTML     28K 
22: R11         Discontinued Operations and Special (Gains)         HTML     27K 
                Charges                                                          
23: R12         Net Income (Loss) per Common Share                  HTML     48K 
24: R13         Credit Facilities                                   HTML     17K 
25: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     22K 
26: R15         Stock Repurchases                                   HTML     17K 
27: R16         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     19K 
28: R17         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     21K 
29: R18         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     23K 
30: R19         Credit Losses (Tables)                              HTML     25K 
31: R20         Discontinued Operations and Special (Gains)         HTML     27K 
                Charges (Tables)                                                 
32: R21         Net Income (Loss) per Common Share (Tables)         HTML     46K 
33: R22         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     32K 
34: R23         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     26K 
35: R24         Credit Losses (Details)                             HTML     26K 
36: R25         Credit Losses - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     18K 
37: R26         Discontinued Operations and Special (Gains)         HTML     33K 
                Charges - Narrative (Details)                                    
38: R27         Discontinued Operations and Special (Gains)         HTML     23K 
                Charges - Special Charges Liabilities (Details)                  
39: R28         Net Income (Loss) per Common Share - Schedule of    HTML     78K 
                Net Income (Loss) per Share (Details)                            
40: R29         Credit Facilities (Details)                         HTML     36K 
41: R30         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     15K 
42: R31         Stock Repurchases (Details)                         HTML     21K 
43: R32         Legal Proceedings (Details)                         HTML     17K 
45: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     76K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- syx-20210331_htm                    XML    560K 
44: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     43K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- syx-20210331_cal                XML    134K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- syx-20210331_def                 XML    189K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- syx-20210331_lab                      XML    750K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- syx-20210331_pre               XML    421K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- syx-20210331                          XSD     66K 
46: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              199±   281K 
47: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000945114-21-000025-xbrl      Zip    138K

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