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Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 11/13/20, at 5:15pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1104659-20-125153   ·   File #:  1-34058

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

11/13/20  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       10-Q        9/30/20   55:4.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    371K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     37K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     98K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     70K 
                and Comprehensive Loss                                           
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     98K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     86K 
19: R7          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    118K 
                Policies                                                         
20: R8          Note Payable                                        HTML     22K 
21: R9          Stockholder's Equity                                HTML     30K 
22: R10         Stock Awards, Warrants and Options                  HTML    143K 
23: R11         Concentrations                                      HTML     19K 
24: R12         Government Grant Awards                             HTML     23K 
25: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
26: R14         License Agreements                                  HTML     45K 
27: R15         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     26K 
28: R16         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     20K 
29: R17         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    166K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
30: R18         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     80K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
31: R19         Stock Awards, Warrants and Options (Tables)         HTML    146K 
32: R20         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     25K 
33: R21         ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     27K 
                POLICIES - Reconciliation of Cash, Cash                          
                Equivalents, and Restricted Cash (Details)                       
34: R22         ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     29K 
                POLICIES - Property and Equipment (Details)                      
35: R23         ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     21K 
                POLICIES - Intangible Assets (Details)                           
36: R24         ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     25K 
                POLICIES - Fair Value Measurements (Details)                     
37: R25         ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING  HTML     86K 
                POLICIES - Additional Information (Details)                      
38: R26         Note Payable (Details)                              HTML     23K 
39: R27         Stockholder's Equity (Details)                      HTML    148K 
40: R28         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Warrants       HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R29         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Outstanding    HTML     37K 
                Warrants (Details)                                               
42: R30         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Assumptions    HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R31         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Stock-based    HTML     25K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
44: R32         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Stock Option   HTML     56K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
45: R33         STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS - Additional     HTML     69K 
                Information (Details)                                            
46: R34         Concentrations (Details)                            HTML     22K 
47: R35         Government Grant Awards (Details)                   HTML     25K 
48: R36         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Future Minimum      HTML     21K 
                Rental Payments (Details)                                        
49: R37         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional          HTML     60K 
                Information (Details)                                            
50: R38         License Agreements (Details)                        HTML     67K 
51: R39         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     55K 
52: R40         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     33K 
54: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     92K 
53: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     82K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- capr-20200930                       XML   1.21M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- capr-20200930_cal               XML     89K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- capr-20200930_def                XML    418K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- capr-20200930_lab                     XML    873K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- capr-20200930_pre              XML    677K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- capr-20200930                         XSD    136K 
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-20-125153-xbrl      Zip    127K

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5 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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

 3/11/24  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       10-K       12/31/23   58:7.2M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 3/17/23  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       10-K       12/31/22   58:7.3M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 3/11/22  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       10-K       12/31/21   59:7.3M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 3/15/21  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       10-K       12/31/20   58:5.3M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/12/21  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       S-8         2/12/21    3:95K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA

7 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

 8/25/20  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,5,9   8/19/20    2:31K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/04/19  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:5,9     6/04/19    2:34K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
11/26/13  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,2,3,511/20/13    3:79K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
10/03/13  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,9     9/27/13    3:137K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/09/13  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,9     7/07/13    3:611K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/17/07  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,9     8/15/07    2:503K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/09/07  Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.       8-K:1,5,8,9 2/09/07    4:250K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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