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Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 11/13/23, at 7:15am ET · For: 9/30/23 · Accession #: 950170-23-62430 · File #: 1-38467

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

11/13/23  Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.         10-Q        9/30/23   96:15M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   4.12M 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    124K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    189K 
 4: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML    141K 
 5: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML    151K 
 6: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML    147K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
16: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     79K 
17: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    141K 
18: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    114K 
20: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     70K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
21: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     29K 
                Income (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                    
22: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    122K 
                Equity                                                           
23: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     33K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
24: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    128K 
25: R10         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     40K 
26: R11         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     47K 
27: R12         Organization                                        HTML     31K 
28: R13         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     99K 
29: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    138K 
30: R15         Customer Funds                                      HTML    313K 
31: R16         Leases                                              HTML    130K 
32: R17         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    105K 
33: R18         Debt                                                HTML    145K 
34: R19         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     95K 
35: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    166K 
36: R21         Revenue                                             HTML    121K 
37: R22         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     75K 
38: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     39K 
39: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     33K 
40: R25         Net (Loss) Income per Share                         HTML    123K 
41: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    104K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     90K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    132K 
44: R29         Customer Funds (Tables)                             HTML    307K 
45: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    132K 
46: R31         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    104K 
47: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    127K 
48: R33         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     92K 
49: R34         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    157K 
50: R35         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    113K 
51: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     74K 
52: R37         Net (Loss) Income per Share (Tables)                HTML    121K 
53: R38         Organization - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     29K 
54: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
55: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     33K 
                Schedule of Immaterial Correction of Prior Period                
                Error Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets                      
                (Details)                                                        
56: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     43K 
                Schedule of Immaterial Correction of Prior Period                
                Error Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                       
                (Details)                                                        
57: R42         Fair Value Measurements - Asset and Liability       HTML     46K 
                Measured at Fair Value Measured on Recurring Basis               
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R43         Fair Value Measurements - Asset and Liability       HTML     33K 
                Measured at Fair Value Measured on Recurring Basis               
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
59: R44         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R45         Customer Funds - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML     42K 
61: R46         Customer Funds - Investment of Customer Funds       HTML     77K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R47         Customer Funds - Gross Unrealized Losses and        HTML     70K 
                Related Fair Value of Investment (Detail)                        
63: R48         Customer Funds - Amortized Cost and Fair Value of   HTML     47K 
                Investment Security Available for Sale (Detail)                  
64: R49         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     55K 
                Related to Leases (Detail)                                       
65: R50         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Detail)       HTML     40K 
66: R51         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     33K 
                Changes in Goodwill (Detail)                                     
67: R52         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     66K 
                Intangible Asset (Detail)                                        
68: R53         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     41K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
69: R54         Debt - Schedule of Debt Obligations (Detail)        HTML     55K 
70: R55         Debt - Schedule of Debt Obligations                 HTML     53K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
71: R56         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     94K 
72: R57         Debt - Schedule of Convertible Senior Notes         HTML     40K 
                (Detail)                                                         
73: R58         Debt - Schedule of Convertible Senior Notes         HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
74: R59         Debt - Summary of Interest Expense Recognized       HTML     44K 
                Related to Convertible Senior Notes (Detail)                     
75: R60         Debt - Schedule of Future Principal Payments and    HTML     40K 
                Maturities of Indebtedness, Excluding Financing                  
                Lease Obligations (Detail)                                       
76: R61         Employee Benefit Plans - Components of Net          HTML     46K 
                Periodic Cost for Defined Benefit Pension Plan and               
                for Postretirement Benefit Plan (Detail)                         
77: R62         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     90K 
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R63         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of               HTML     61K 
                Performance-Based Stock Option Activity (Detail)                 
79: R64         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Performance   HTML     41K 
                Stock Units (Detail)                                             
80: R65         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted    HTML     41K 
                Stock Units Activity (Detail)                                    
81: R66         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Term-Based    HTML     66K 
                Stock Option Activity (Detail)                                   
82: R67         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Global        HTML     43K 
                Employee Stock Purchase Plan Activity (Detail)                   
83: R68         Revenue - Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue      HTML     48K 
                (Detail)                                                         
84: R69         Revenue - Additional Information (Detail)           HTML     36K 
85: R70         Revenue - Schedule of Changes in Deferred Revenue   HTML     35K 
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R71         Revenue - Additional Information 1 (Detail)         HTML     32K 
87: R72         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Components   HTML     58K 
                of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                 
88: R73         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     58K 
89: R74         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Schedule of           HTML     63K 
                Computations of Net (Loss) Income per Basic and                  
                Diluted Share (Detail)                                           
90: R75         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Schedule of           HTML     38K 
                Potentially Dilutive Weighted Average Shares                     
                Excluded from Calculation of Net Loss per Diluted                
                Share (Detail)                                                   
91: R76         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Additional            HTML     35K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
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