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Sooner Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/13 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 3/13/14, at 4:01pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/13   ·   Accession #:  1193125-14-97644   ·   File #:  1-34490

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

 3/13/14  Sooner Holdings, Inc.             10-K       12/31/13   68:7.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    648K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     18K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     21K 
 2: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    152K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
47: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
36: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    117K 
44: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
49: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Operations               HTML    111K 
63: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Operations               HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
38: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     82K 
43: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    144K 
33: R8          Business And Organization                           HTML     38K 
25: R9          Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    155K 
64: R10         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     32K 
51: R11         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels            HTML    110K 
50: R12         Deferred Revenue                                    HTML     29K 
55: R13         Common Stock And Warrant Sale And Common Stock      HTML     26K 
                Purchase Agreements (Imported)                                   
56: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     32K 
54: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    130K 
57: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     73K 
46: R17         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     37K 
48: R18         Significant Customers                               HTML     24K 
53: R19         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML     31K 
68: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     30K 
59: R21         Quarterly Data                                      HTML    162K 
40: R22         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    233K 
                (Policy)                                                         
52: R23         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    132K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R24         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Tables)   HTML     87K 
20: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    117K 
60: R26         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     64K 
65: R27         Quarterly Data (Tables)                             HTML    159K 
29: R28         Business And Organization (Details)                 HTML     38K 
28: R29         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
31: R30         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
                (Schedule Of Property And Equipment) (Details)                   
32: R31         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     29K 
                (Schedule Of Patent Costs) (Details)                             
34: R32         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Schedule Of Weighted Average Number Of Shares)                  
                (Details)                                                        
19: R33         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Schedule Of Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded                   
                From Computation Of Earnings Per Share) (Details)                
58: R34         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     33K 
39: R35         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels            HTML     99K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
41: R36         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Schedule  HTML     60K 
                Of Equity Method Investments, Balance Sheet)                     
                (Details)                                                        
23: R37         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Schedule  HTML     37K 
                Of Equity Method Investments, Statement Of                       
                Operations) (Details)                                            
67: R38         Deferred Revenue (Details)                          HTML     26K 
15: R39         Common Stock And Warrant Sale And Common Stock      HTML     42K 
                Purchase Agreements (Details)                                    
35: R40         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     56K 
62: R41         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     66K 
22: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Number And Weighted       HTML     46K 
                Average Exercise Price Of Stock Options                          
                Outstanding) (Details)                                           
27: R43         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Stock Options  HTML     61K 
                Outstanding By Exercise Price Range) (Details)                   
30: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Restricted     HTML     50K 
                Stock Unit Activity) (Details)                                   
37: R45         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     35K 
18: R46         Income Taxes (Schedule Of Deferred Taxes)           HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
24: R47         Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R48         Significant Customers (Details)                     HTML     24K 
61: R49         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     22K 
21: R50         Quarterly Data (Details)                            HTML     62K 
66: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    100K 
17: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    119K 
26: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.37M 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- synm-20131231                       XML   1.64M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- synm-20131231_cal               XML    147K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- synm-20131231_def                XML    233K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- synm-20131231_lab                     XML    811K 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- synm-20131231_pre              XML    607K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- synm-20131231                         XSD    129K 
45: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-14-097644-xbrl      Zip    119K

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