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Cyanotech Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 11/14/11, at 8:31am ET · For: 9/30/11 · Accession #: 1104659-11-63540 · File #: 0-14602

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

11/14/11  Cyanotech Corp                    10-Q        9/30/11   30:2.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    427K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     65K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     69K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 6: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
16: R1          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    100K 
28: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     70K 
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    100K 
26: R5          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     24K 
22: R6          Inventories                                         HTML     29K 
27: R7          Equipment and Leasehold Improvements                HTML     37K 
18: R8          Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     26K 
23: R9          Line of Credit                                      HTML     17K 
24: R10         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     38K 
25: R11         Leases                                              HTML     27K 
17: R12         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    105K 
21: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     21K 
19: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     77K 
20: R15         Document and Entity Information                     HTML     30K 
29: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     35K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    303K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- cyan-20110930                       XML    373K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cyan-20110930_cal               XML     84K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cyan-20110930_def                XML    149K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cyan-20110930_lab                     XML    442K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cyan-20110930_pre              XML    216K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cyan-20110930                         XSD     36K 
15: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-11-063540-xbrl      Zip     45K

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3 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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

 6/27/23  Cyanotech Corp.                   10-K        3/31/23   89:8.7M                                   RDG Filings/FA
 6/22/22  Cyanotech Corp.                   10-K        3/31/22   86:8.1M                                   RDG Filings/FA
 6/22/21  Cyanotech Corp.                   10-K        3/31/21   92:8M                                     RDG Filings/FA

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Filing Submission 0001104659-11-063540 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Cyanotech Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 11/14/11, at 8:31am ET · For: 9/30/11 · Accession #: 1104659-11-63540 · File #: 0-14602

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

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — cyan-20110930_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

3 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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