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Luna Innovations Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 3/13/20, at 4:59pm ET · For: 12/31/19 · Accession #: 1239819-20-32 · File #: 0-52008

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

 3/13/20  Luna Innovations Inc              10-K       12/31/19  116:31M

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    941K 
 2: EX-4.8      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     50K 
 3: EX-10.27    Material Contract                                   HTML    196K 
 4: EX-10.28    Material Contract                                   HTML     30K 
 5: EX-10.29    Material Contract                                   HTML     30K 
 6: EX-10.30    Material Contract                                   HTML     28K 
 7: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     28K 
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     31K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
82: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     64K 
27: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    130K 
60: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     52K 
94: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    143K 
80: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
25: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    101K 
                Stockholders? Equity                                             
58: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    130K 
96: R8          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    116K 
                Policies                                                         
77: R9          Business Acquisitions                               HTML     87K 
65: R10         Accounts Receivable, net                            HTML     42K 
33: R11         Intangible Assets, Net                              HTML     58K 
88: R12         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     47K 
104: R13         Inventory                                           HTML     41K  
64: R14         Goodwill                                            HTML     37K 
32: R15         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     54K 
87: R16         Debt                                                HTML     47K 
103: R17         Leases                                              HTML    148K  
66: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    161K 
31: R19         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    160K 
69: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    106K 
109: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K  
44: R22         Employee Profit Sharing Plan                        HTML     35K 
35: R23         Relationship with Major Customers                   HTML     34K 
68: R24         Financial Information About Segments                HTML     69K 
108: R25         Quarterly Results (Unaudited)                       HTML    153K  
43: R26         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     54K 
34: R27         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts                   HTML     66K 
67: R28         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    169K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
110: R29         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     63K  
                Policies (Tables)                                                
106: R30         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     78K  
90: R31         Accounts Receivable, net (Tables)                   HTML     42K 
29: R32         Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)                     HTML     60K 
62: R33         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     46K 
107: R34         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     42K  
91: R35         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     37K 
30: R36         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     53K 
63: R37         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     42K 
105: R38         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     89K  
92: R39         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    151K 
112: R40         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    152K  
70: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    106K 
41: R42         Financial Information About Segments (Tables)       HTML     66K 
50: R43         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Tables)              HTML    153K 
113: R44         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     55K  
72: R45         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     60K 
                Policies - Additional Information (Details)                      
42: R46         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     41K 
                Policies - Property and Equipment Estimated Useful               
                Lives (Details)                                                  
51: R47         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     61K 
                Policies - Schedule of the Cumulative Effect of                  
                Adoption of Topic 842 (Details)                                  
111: R48         Business Acquisitions - Additional Information      HTML     85K  
                (Details)                                                        
73: R49         Business Acquisitions - Allocation of Purchase      HTML     60K 
                Consideration (Details)                                          
81: R50         Business Acquisitions - Preliminary Identifiable    HTML     61K 
                Intangible Assets Acquired and their Estimated                   
                Lives (Details)                                                  
95: R51         Business Acquisitions - Pro Forma Consolidated      HTML     36K 
                Results of Operations (Details)                                  
61: R52         Accounts Receivable, net (Details)                  HTML     44K 
28: R53         Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Intangible      HTML     62K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
79: R54         Property and Equipment, Net - Components of         HTML     54K 
                Property and Equipment, Net (Details)                            
93: R55         Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R56         Property and Equipment, Net - Additional            HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
26: R57         Intangible Assets, Net - Estimated Aggregate        HTML     47K 
                Amortization (Details)                                           
78: R58         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     39K 
97: R59         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     38K 
48: R60         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     65K 
40: R61         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     50K 
76: R62         Debt - Interest Expense (Details)                   HTML     41K 
116: R63         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     45K  
45: R64         Leases - Lease Components (Details)                 HTML     46K 
37: R65         Leases - Rent Expense (Details)                     HTML     37K 
74: R66         Leases - Future Lease Payments (Details)            HTML     52K 
114: R67         Leases - Finance Lease Payments (Details)           HTML     52K  
49: R68         Leases - Other Lease Information (Details)          HTML     57K 
36: R69         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML    123K 
                (Details)                                                        
19: R70         Stockholders' Equity - Activity of Stock Options    HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R71         Stockholders' Equity - Assumptions Used to          HTML     41K 
                Estimate Fair Value of Options Granted (Details)                 
98: R72         Stockholders' Equity - Activity of Stock Option by  HTML     67K 
                Exercise Price Range (Details)                                   
83: R73         Stockholders' Equity - Activity of Restricted       HTML     68K 
                Stock Issuances (Details)                                        
22: R74         Stockholders' Equity - Activity of Restricted       HTML     50K 
                Stock Units (Details)                                            
57: R75         Stockholders' Equity - Share Repurchase Program     HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
101: R76         Revenue Recognition - (Details)                     HTML     32K  
86: R77         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Disaggregation    HTML    145K 
                of Revenue (Details)                                             
23: R78         Revenue Recognition - Contract Balances (Details)   HTML     40K 
52: R79         Revenue Recognition - Performance Obligation        HTML     36K 
                Amount (Details)                                                 
20: R80         Revenue Recognition - Performance Obligation        HTML     41K 
                Percent (Details)                                                
55: R81         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R82         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     87K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R83         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax         HTML     58K 
                Benefit (Expense) (Details)                                      
21: R84         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     39K 
56: R85         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     63K 
                Information (Details)                                            
100: R86         Employee Profit Sharing Plan (Details)              HTML     38K  
85: R87         Relationship with Major Customers (Details)         HTML     39K 
24: R88         Financial Information About Segments - Additional   HTML     42K 
                Information (Details)                                            
53: R89         Financial Information About Segments - Information  HTML     54K 
                About Results of Operations for Each Segment                     
                (Details)                                                        
47: R90         Financial Information About Segments - Segment      HTML     43K 
                Information (Details)                                            
39: R91         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Details)             HTML    113K 
75: R92         Discontinued Operations - Additional Information    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
115: R93         Discontinued Operations - Summary of Transactions   HTML     55K  
                Related to Sale (Details)                                        
46: R94         Discontinued Operations - Components of Income      HTML     65K 
                from Discontinued Operations (Details)                           
38: R95         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details)         HTML     44K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    202K 
102: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    122K  
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 3/16/23  Luna Innovations Inc.             10-K       12/31/22  108:10M
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Luna Innovations Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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