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KVH Industries Inc/DE – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 2/28/20, at 4:12pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1007587-20-4   ·   File #:  0-28082

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 2/28/20  KVH Industries Inc/DE             10-K       12/31/19  108:11M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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30: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    166K 
43: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     54K 
107: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     97K  
70: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     54K 
                (Loss)                                                           
33: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     91K 
45: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    143K 
108: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    186K  
65: R9          Marketable Securities                               HTML     63K 
74: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     40K 
89: R11         Property and Equipment                              HTML     49K 
48: R12         Debt and Line of Credit                             HTML     59K 
14: R13         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     43K 
73: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    156K 
88: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML    156K 
47: R16         401(k) Plan                                         HTML     34K 
13: R17         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     86K 
75: R18         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Asc 606)     HTML     58K 
86: R19         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     78K 
46: R20         Share Buyback Program                               HTML     35K 
34: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     64K 
69: R22         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     46K 
106: R23         Legal Matters                                       HTML     43K  
44: R24         Leases                                              HTML    153K 
31: R25         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations     HTML     85K 
67: R26         Quarterly Financial Results (Unaudited)             HTML    144K 
105: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    214K  
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R29         Marketable Securities (Tables)                      HTML     62K 
16: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     41K 
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84: R32         Debt and Line of Credit (Tables)                    HTML     49K 
71: R33         Commitment and Contingencies (Tables)               HTML     38K 
17: R34         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    145K 
50: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    147K 
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72: R37         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606)     HTML     45K 
                Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Asc 606)                  
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51: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
26: R40         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     42K 
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63: R43         Quarterly Financial Results (Unaudited) (Tables)    HTML    143K 
27: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     75K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
37: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     39K 
                Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Rollforward                      
                (Details)                                                        
104: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K  
                Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Life                        
                (Details)                                                        
64: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     43K 
                Product Warranty (Details)                                       
25: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Research and Development (Details)                               
38: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Net    HTML     42K 
                Income per Common Share (Details)                                
54: R50         Marketable Securities (Details)                     HTML     43K 
19: R51         Marketable Securities - Maturity Schedule           HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R52         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     43K 
97: R53         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     57K 
53: R54         Debt and Line of Credit - Schedule of Long-Term     HTML     57K 
                debt (Details)                                                   
18: R55         Debt and Line of Credit (Details Textual)           HTML    103K 
82: R56         Commitment and Contingencies (Details)              HTML     62K 
96: R57         Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML     96K 
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                Assumptions (Details)                                            
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
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                Outstanding Rollforward (Details)                                
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                Expense (Details)                                                
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29: R63         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit)         HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R64         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit),        HTML     78K 
                Continuing Operations, Income Tax Reconciliation                 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Operations Before Income Tax (Details)                           
39: R66         Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax Assets    HTML     96K 
                and Liabilities (Details)                                        
28: R67         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     81K 
62: R68         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax   HTML     39K 
                Benefits (Expenses) (Details)                                    
98: R69         401(k) Plan (Details)                               HTML     36K 
91: R70         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Textual)    HTML     60K 
79: R71         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     54K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
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                Remaining Useful Life (Details)                                  
56: R73         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Future             HTML     43K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
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                Adjusted Narrative (Details)                                     
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95: R78         Segment Reporting (Details Textual)                 HTML     46K 
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                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
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                Expense (Details)                                                
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55: R83         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     42K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
93: R84         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
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24: R86         Leases - Future Minimum Operating Lease Payments    HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R87         Leases - Future Minimum Capital Lease Payments      HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R88         Leases - Sales-type Lease Future Undiscounted Cash  HTML     47K 
                Flows (Details)                                                  
76: R89         Discontinued Operations Major Classes of Assets     HTML    102K 
                and Liabilities of the Discontinued Operation                    
                (Details)                                                        
61: R90         Discontinued Operations Results for Discontinued    HTML     97K 
                Operations to the Net Income (Details)                           
102: R91         Discontinued Operations Supplemental Cash Flow for  HTML     40K  
                Discontinued Operations (Details)                                
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