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Primo Water Corp./CN – ‘10-Q’ for 4/3/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 5/7/21, at 11:44am ET   ·   For:  4/3/21   ·   Accession #:  884713-21-10   ·   File #:  1-31410

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 5/07/21  Primo Water Corp./CN              10-Q        4/03/21   70:6.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    646K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    123K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    124K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     66K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     75K 
16: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    109K 
17: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     38K 
                Loss                                                             
18: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     23K 
                Loss (Parenthetical)                                             
19: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    101K 
20: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     26K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    144K 
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     84K 
23: R9          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical)   HTML     24K 
24: R10         Business and Recent Accounting Pronouncements       HTML     33K 
25: R11         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     31K 
26: R12         Revenue                                             HTML     38K 
27: R13         Acquisitions                                        HTML     62K 
28: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
29: R15         Net (Loss) Income per Common Share                  HTML     54K 
30: R16         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     88K 
31: R17         Inventories                                         HTML     29K 
32: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     75K 
33: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
34: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     39K 
35: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
36: R22         Business and Recent Accounting Pronouncements -     HTML     34K 
                (Policies)                                                       
37: R23         Discontinued Operations - (Tables)                  HTML     34K 
38: R24         Revenue - (Tables)                                  HTML     31K 
39: R25         Acquisitions - (Tables)                             HTML     65K 
40: R26         Net (Loss) Income per Common Share - (Tables)       HTML     55K 
41: R27         Segment Reporting - (Tables)                        HTML     87K 
42: R28         Inventories - (Tables)                              HTML     30K 
43: R29         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income -     HTML     76K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R30         Fair Value Measurements - (Tables)                  HTML     34K 
45: R31         Business and Recent Accounting Pronouncements -     HTML     48K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
46: R32         Discontinued Operations - Additional Information    HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R33         Discontinued Operations - Major Components of Net   HTML     59K 
                Income from Discontinued Operations (Details)                    
48: R34         Revenue - Additional Information (Details)          HTML     26K 
49: R35         Revenue - Schedule of Revenue to External           HTML     33K 
                Customers (Details)                                              
50: R36         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     30K 
51: R37         Acquisitions - Total Cash and Stock Consideration   HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R38         Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation (Details)  HTML     72K 
53: R39         Acquisitions - Unaudited Pro Forma Financial        HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
54: R40         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     29K 
55: R41         Net (Loss) Income per Common Share -                HTML     84K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
56: R42         Net (Loss) Income per Common Share - Anti-dilutive  HTML     29K 
                Securities Excluded from the Computation (Details)               
57: R43         Net (Loss) Income per Common Share - Additional     HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
58: R44         Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R45         Segment Reporting - Information by Operating        HTML     43K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
60: R46         Segment Reporting - Revenues by Channel Reporting   HTML     59K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
61: R47         Inventories - Summary of Inventories (Details)      HTML     30K 
62: R48         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income -     HTML     47K 
                Changes by Component (Details)                                   
63: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income -     HTML     65K 
                Reclassifications (Details)                                      
64: R50         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Detail)  HTML     27K 
65: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Carrying Value and        HTML     37K 
                Estimated Fair Values of Outstanding Debt                        
                (Details)                                                        
66: R52         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    117K 
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