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

On:  Friday, 3/15/13, at 4:01pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1193125-13-109891   ·   File #:  1-34490

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

 3/15/13  Sooner Holdings, Inc.             10-K       12/31/12   69:5.1M                                   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    768K 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     19K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     21K 
 2: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    170K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
46: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
36: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    118K 
44: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
48: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Operations               HTML    118K 
64: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Operations               HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
38: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     84K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
43: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    141K 
33: R8          Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     62K 
25: R9          Operations And Liquidity                            HTML     28K 
65: R10         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     30K 
50: R11         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels            HTML     57K 
49: R12         Deferred Revenue                                    HTML     26K 
54: R13         Common Stock And Warrant Sale And Common Stock      HTML     29K 
                Purchase Agreements (Imported)                                   
55: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     29K 
53: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     56K 
56: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     39K 
45: R17         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
47: R18         Significant Customers                               HTML     23K 
52: R19         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML     31K 
69: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     30K 
60: R21         Quarterly Data                                      HTML     61K 
40: R22         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    143K 
                (Policy)                                                         
51: R23         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R24         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Tables)   HTML     45K 
19: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     53K 
61: R26         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     33K 
66: R27         Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     26K 
29: R28         Quarterly Data (Tables)                             HTML     58K 
28: R29         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     54K 
                (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     35K 
                (Schedule Of Weighted Average Number Of Shares)                  
                (Details)                                                        
18: R33         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Schedule Of Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded                   
                From Computation Of Earnings Per Share) (Details)                
57: R34         Operations And Liquidity (Details)                  HTML     44K 
39: R35         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     34K 
41: R36         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels            HTML     76K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
22: R37         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Schedule  HTML     59K 
                Of Equity Method Investments) (Details)                          
68: R38         Investment In And Loans To Dynamic Fuels (Schedule  HTML     36K 
                Of Equity Method Investments, Statement Of                       
                Operations) (Details)                                            
15: R39         Deferred Revenue (Details)                          HTML     27K 
35: R40         Common Stock And Warrant Sale And Common Stock      HTML     56K 
                Purchase Agreements (Details)                                    
63: R41         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     55K 
21: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     67K 
27: R43         Stock-Based Compensation (Number And Weighted       HTML     46K 
                Average Exercise Price Of Stock Options                          
                Outstanding) (Details)                                           
30: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Stock Options  HTML     61K 
                Outstanding By Exercise Price Range) (Details)                   
37: R45         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Restricted     HTML     50K 
                Stock Unit Activity) (Details)                                   
17: R46         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     34K 
24: R47         Income Taxes (Schedule Of Deferred Taxes)           HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R48         Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Commitments And Contingencies (Schedule Of Future   HTML     41K 
                Minimum Lease Payments) (Details)                                
20: R50         Significant Customers (Details)                     HTML     25K 
59: R51         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     22K 
23: R52         Quarterly Data (Details)                            HTML     63K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    104K 
26: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    530K 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- synm-20121231                       XML    875K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- synm-20121231_cal               XML    156K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- synm-20121231_def                XML    274K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- synm-20121231_lab                     XML    895K 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- synm-20121231_pre              XML    647K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- synm-20121231                         XSD    132K 
58: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-13-109891-xbrl      Zip    103K

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