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Exagen Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 3/16/21, at 5:22pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1274737-21-15   ·   File #:  1-39049

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

 3/16/21  Exagen Inc.                       10-K       12/31/20   78:8.7M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.21M 
 3: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 4: EX-10.34    Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
 5: EX-10.46    Material Contract                                   HTML     99K 
 2: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     42K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     21K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
16: R1          Cover                                               HTML     87K 
17: R2          Balance Sheets                                      HTML     90K 
18: R3          Balance Sheets - (Parenthetical)                    HTML     40K 
19: R4          Statements of Operations                            HTML     74K 
20: R5          Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred      HTML    113K 
                Stock and Stockholders' Equity                                   
21: R6          Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred      HTML     26K 
                Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical)                   
22: R7          Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML    130K 
23: R8          Organization                                        HTML     26K 
24: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    109K 
25: R10         Other Financial Information                         HTML     53K 
26: R11         Borrowings                                          HTML     36K 
27: R12         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     41K 
28: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     36K 
29: R14         Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock              HTML     25K 
30: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     35K 
31: R16         Stock Option Plan                                   HTML     66K 
32: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     73K 
33: R18         Related Parties                                     HTML     24K 
34: R19         401(k) Plan                                         HTML     27K 
35: R20         Covid-19                                            HTML     26K 
36: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     89K 
                (Policies)                                                       
37: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R23         Other Financial Information - (Tables)              HTML     57K 
39: R24         Borrowings - (Tables)                               HTML     29K 
40: R25         Commitment and Contingencies (Tables)               HTML     51K 
41: R26         Fair Value Measures and Disclosures (Tables)        HTML     35K 
42: R27         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     33K 
43: R28         Stock Option Plan (Tables)                          HTML     70K 
44: R29         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     74K 
45: R30         Organization - (Details)                            HTML     27K 
46: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     41K 
                Revenue by Major Payers (Details)                                
47: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     96K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
48: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
49: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Cash,  HTML     30K 
                cash equivalents and restricted cash (Details)                   
50: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     31K 
                Securities (Details)                                             
51: R36         Other Financial Information - Prepaid expenses      HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R37         Other Financial Information - Property and          HTML     40K 
                equipment (Details)                                              
53: R38         Other Financial Information - Narrative (Details)   HTML     28K 
54: R39         Other Financial Information - Accrued liabilities   HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R40         Borrowings - Narrative (Details)                    HTML     58K 
56: R41         Borrowings - Future minimum payments (Details)      HTML     40K 
57: R42         Commitment and Contingencies - Narrative (Details)  HTML     50K 
58: R43         Commitment and Contingencies - Minimum annual       HTML     66K 
                lease payments under non-cancelable lease                        
                arrangements (Details)                                           
59: R44         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     31K 
60: R45         Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (Details)    HTML     47K 
61: R46         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     40K 
62: R47         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     38K 
63: R48         Stock Option Plan - Narrative (Details)             HTML     60K 
64: R49         Stock Option Plan - Stock Option Activity           HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R50         Stock Option Plan - Fair Value Assumptions          HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R51         Stock Option Plan - Stock-Based Compensation        HTML     31K 
                Expense (Details)                                                
67: R52         Stock Option Plan - Common Stock Reserved For       HTML     32K 
                Future Issuance (Details)                                        
68: R53         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     44K 
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
69: R54         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Effective Income   HTML     38K 
                Tax Rate (Details)                                               
70: R55         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Deferred Tax       HTML     51K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
71: R56         Income Taxes - Change In Valuation Allowance        HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R57         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     33K 
73: R58         401(k) Plan (Details)                               HTML     25K 
74: R59         Covid-19 (Details)                                  HTML     33K 
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
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11 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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 5/13/24  Exagen Inc.                       S-8         5/13/24    4:130K
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 5/18/23  Exagen Inc.                       S-8         5/18/23    4:132K
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 5/11/21  Exagen Inc.                       S-8         5/11/21    3:135K
 5/11/21  Exagen Inc.                       10-Q        3/31/21   59:5M
 4/01/21  Exagen Inc.                       10-K/A     12/31/20   14:498K
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11/10/20  Exagen Inc.                       10-Q        9/30/20   62:5.7M
 7/28/20  Exagen Inc.                       10-Q        6/30/20   62:6.3M
 3/25/20  Exagen Inc.                       10-K       12/31/19   88:11M
 9/23/19  Exagen Inc.                       8-K:5,8,9   9/23/19    3:227K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/09/19  Exagen Inc.                       S-1/A                 12:4.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/23/19  Exagen Inc.                       S-1                   51:8.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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