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AMETEK, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 2/22/24, at 1:49pm ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1037868-24-9 · File #: 1-12981

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

 2/22/24  AMETEK, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/23  119:13M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.07M 
 3: EX-10.36    Material Contract                                   HTML    108K 
 4: EX-10.37    Material Contract                                   HTML     72K 
 5: EX-10.38    Material Contract                                   HTML    173K 
 6: EX-10.39    Material Contract                                   HTML    156K 
 2: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML    119K 
 7: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML    184K 
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     34K 
13: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     44K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
19: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     99K 
20: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     38K 
21: R3          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML     94K 
22: R4          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     74K 
23: R5          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
24: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    136K 
25: R7          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     48K 
26: R8          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML    108K 
27: R9          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     47K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
28: R10         Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    117K 
29: R11         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     74K 
30: R12         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     44K 
31: R13         Revenues                                            HTML    164K 
32: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     56K 
33: R15         Hedging Activities                                  HTML     38K 
34: R16         Acquisitions                                        HTML     60K 
35: R17         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     68K 
36: R18         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information        HTML     58K 
37: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    120K 
38: R20         Debt                                                HTML     70K 
39: R21         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    106K 
40: R22         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML    248K 
41: R23         Contingencies                                       HTML     43K 
42: R24         Leases and Other Commitments                        HTML     68K 
43: R25         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML    101K 
                Information                                                      
44: R26         Additional Consolidated Income Statement and Cash   HTML     35K 
                Flow Information                                                 
45: R27         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     41K 
46: R28         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     45K 
47: R29         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     39K 
48: R30         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    108K 
49: R31         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     42K 
50: R32         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    167K 
51: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     50K 
52: R34         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     53K 
53: R35         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     73K 
54: R36         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information        HTML     58K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R37         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    116K 
56: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     62K 
57: R39         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    106K 
58: R40         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML    248K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R41         Leases and Other Commitments (Tables)               HTML     71K 
60: R42         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     97K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
61: R43         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML     84K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
62: R44         Significant Accounting Policies - Number of         HTML     41K 
                Weighted Average Shares (Detail)                                 
63: R45         Revenues - Outstanding Contract Asset and           HTML     45K 
                (Liability) Accounts (Detail)                                    
64: R46         Revenues - Additional Information (Detail)          HTML     49K 
65: R47         Revenues - Information about Operations in          HTML     72K 
                Different Geographic Areas (Detail)                              
66: R48         Revenues - Major Products and Services in           HTML     59K 
                Reportable Segments (Detail)                                     
67: R49         Revenues - Timing of Revenue Recognition (Detail)   HTML     54K 
68: R50         Revenues - Changes in Accrued Product Warranty      HTML     42K 
                Obligation (Detail)                                              
69: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value of Assets      HTML     47K 
                Measured on Recurring Basis (Detail)                             
70: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     49K 
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R53         Hedging Activities - Additional Information         HTML     46K 
                (Detail)                                                         
72: R54         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     81K 
73: R55         Acquisitions - Allocation of Aggregate Purchase     HTML     70K 
                Price of Acquired Net Assets (Detail)                            
74: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in   HTML     51K 
                Carrying Amounts of Goodwill by Segment (Detail)                 
75: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     54K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
76: R58         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     48K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
77: R59         Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information -      HTML     76K 
                Other Consolidated Balance Sheet Information                     
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R60         Income Taxes - Components of Income before Income   HTML     73K 
                Taxes and Details of Provision for Income Taxes                  
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R61         Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax Asset     HTML     70K 
                and Liability (Detail)                                           
80: R62         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Effective Tax      HTML     54K 
                Rate to U.S. Federal Statutory Rate (Detail)                     
81: R63         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    104K 
82: R64         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Liability for      HTML     47K 
                Uncertain Tax Positions (Detail)                                 
83: R65         Debt - Long-term Debt (Detail)                      HTML    105K 
84: R66         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML    150K 
85: R67         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    108K 
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R68         Share-Based Compensation - Total Share-Based        HTML     41K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
87: R69         Share-Based Compensation - Weighted Average         HTML     45K 
                Assumptions Used for Estimating Fair Values of                   
                Stock Options Granted (Detail)                                   
88: R70         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     78K 
                Activity and Related Information (Detail)                        
89: R71         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     54K 
                Stock Option Activity and Related Information                    
                (Detail)                                                         
90: R72         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     71K 
                Restricted Stock Activity and Related Information                
                (Detail)                                                         
91: R73         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     97K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
92: R74         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     87K 
                - Net Projected Benefit Obligation and Fair Value                
                of Plan Assets for Funded and Unfunded Defined                   
                Benefit Plans (Detail)                                           
93: R75         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     45K 
                - Accumulated Benefit Obligation ("Abo") (Detail)                
94: R76         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     43K 
                - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                 
                Benefit Obligations (Detail)                                     
95: R77         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     78K 
                - Fair Value of Plan Assets (Detail)                             
96: R78         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     51K 
                - Fair Value of Plan Assets for Foreign Defined                  
                Benefit Pension Plans (Detail)                                   
97: R79         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     58K 
                - Summary of Changes of Fair Value of Foreign                    
                Plans' Investments Using Significant Unobservable                
                Inputs (Detail)                                                  
98: R80         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     50K 
                - Defined Benefit Plan, Plans with Benefit                       
                Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Detail)                    
99: R81         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     56K 
                - Funded Status of Plan and Amounts Recognized in                
                Balance Sheet (Detail)                                           
100: R82         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     43K  
                - Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other                        
                Comprehensive Income, Net of Taxes (Detail)                      
101: R83         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     74K  
                - Components of Net Periodic Pension Benefit                     
                Expense (Income) (Detail)                                        
102: R84         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     45K  
                - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine                 
                Net Periodic Pension Benefit Expense (Detail)                    
103: R85         Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     43K  
104: R86         Leases and Other Commitments - Additional           HTML     45K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
105: R87         Leases and Other Commitments - Components of Lease  HTML     40K  
                Expense (Detail)                                                 
106: R88         Leases and Other Commitments - Supplemental         HTML     45K  
                Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases                      
                (Detail)                                                         
107: R89         Leases and Other Commitments - Supplemental Cash    HTML     42K  
                Flow Information Related to Leases (Detail)                      
108: R90         Leases and Other Commitments - Maturities of lease  HTML     52K  
                liabilities (Detail)                                             
109: R91         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     35K  
                Information - Additional Information (Detail)                    
110: R92         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     80K  
                Information - Reportable Segment Financial                       
                Information (Detail)                                             
111: R93         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     35K  
                Information - Reportable Segment Financial                       
                Information (Detail)                                             
112: R94         Reportable Segments and Geographic Areas            HTML     49K  
                Information - Information about Company's                        
                Operations in Different Geographic Areas (Detail)                
113: R95         Additional Consolidated Income Statement and Cash   HTML     40K  
                Flow Information - Additional Information (Detail)               
114: R96         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     62K  
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