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Fuel Tech, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/15 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 3/23/16, at 7:46pm ET   ·   As of:  3/24/16   ·   For:  12/31/15   ·   Accession #:  846913-16-116   ·   File #:  1-33059

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 3/24/16  Fuel Tech, Inc.                   10-K       12/31/15   95:10M

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

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28: R12         Common Shares                                       HTML     30K 
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33: R17         Debt Financing                                      HTML     44K 
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35: R19         Defined Contribution Plan                           HTML     31K 
36: R20         Business Segment, Geographic and Quarterly          HTML    189K 
                Financial Data                                                   
37: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     55K 
38: R22         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies    HTML    141K 
                (Policies)                                                       
39: R23         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies    HTML    191K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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                Financial Data (Tables)                                          
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                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Detail)                         
49: R33         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     50K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                 
50: R34         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     42K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
51: R35         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     51K 
                Summary of Intangible Asset Activity (Detail)                    
52: R36         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     43K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Detail)                   
53: R37         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     56K 
                Property and Equipment (Detail)                                  
54: R38         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies -  HTML     38K 
                Summary of Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Detail)                    
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56: R40         Business Acquisitions Purchase Price (Details)      HTML     59K 
57: R41         Business Acquisitions Acquired Intangible Assets    HTML     47K 
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60: R44         Construction Contracts in Progress (Detail)         HTML     31K 
61: R45         Construction Contracts in Progress - Summary of     HTML     47K 
                Contracts in Progress (Detail)                                   
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63: R47         Income Taxes - Components of Income (Loss)          HTML     34K 
                Domestic and Foreign (Detail)                                    
64: R48         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     59K 
                (Benefit) (Detail)                                               
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66: R50         Income Taxes - Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and   HTML     70K 
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
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                Benefits (Detail)                                                
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                Activity (Detail)                                                
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                Operating Lease Obligations (Detail)                             
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                Lease Income (Detail)                                            
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