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Positiveid Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 4/2/18, at 4:20pm ET · For: 12/31/17 · Accession #: 1493152-18-4479 · File #: 1-33297

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

 4/02/18  Positiveid Corp                   10-K       12/31/17   83:10M                                    M2 Compliance/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   1.08M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     55K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     49K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     87K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     83K 
                Stockholders' Deficit                                            
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    136K 
18: R8          Organization                                        HTML     40K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    111K 
20: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     31K 
21: R11         Acquisitions/Dispositions                           HTML     74K 
22: R12         Non-Controlling Interest in Consolidated            HTML     51K 
                Subsidiary                                                       
23: R13         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     54K 
24: R14         Deferred Revenue                                    HTML     28K 
25: R15         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     32K 
26: R16         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML    236K 
                Value Measurements                                               
27: R17         Stockholders' Deficit                               HTML    113K 
28: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     50K 
29: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     34K 
30: R20         Employment Contracts and Stock Compensation         HTML     31K 
31: R21         Segments                                            HTML     64K 
32: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     32K 
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    185K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     33K 
36: R26         Acquisitions/Dispositions (Tables)                  HTML     43K 
37: R27         Non-Controlling Interest in Consolidated            HTML     36K 
                Subsidiaries (Tables)                                            
38: R28         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     53K 
39: R29         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     31K 
40: R30         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML     81K 
                Value Measurements (Tables)                                      
41: R31         Stockholders' Deficit (Tables)                      HTML     82K 
42: R32         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     44K 
43: R33         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     28K 
44: R34         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     62K 
45: R35         Organization (Details Narrative)                    HTML     61K 
46: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    113K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
47: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     49K 
                Schedule of Equipment (Details)                                  
48: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     39K 
                Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from                
                Computation of Earnings Per Share (Details)                      
49: R39         Inventories - Schedule of Inventories (Details)     HTML     34K 
50: R40         Acquisitions/Dispositions (Details Narrative)       HTML    186K 
51: R41         Acquisitions/Dispositions - Schedule of Asset and   HTML     46K 
                Liabilities Acquired (Details)                                   
52: R42         Acquisitions/Dispositions - Schedule of Business    HTML     36K 
                Acquisitions by Acquisition, Contingent                          
                Consideration (Details)                                          
53: R43         Non-Controlling Interest in Consolidated            HTML    107K 
                Subsidiary (Details Narrative)                                   
54: R44         Non-Controlling Interest in Consolidated            HTML     36K 
                Subsidiary - Schedule of Sale on Non-controlling                 
                Interest Reconciliation (Details)                                
55: R45         Non-Controlling Interest in Consolidated            HTML     32K 
                Subsidiary - Schedule of Non-controlling Interest                
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
56: R46         Intangible Assets (Details Narrative)               HTML     40K 
57: R47         Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets   HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R48         Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets   HTML     34K 
                Future Amortization Expense (Details)                            
59: R49         Intangible Assets - Schedule of Goodwill (Details)  HTML     31K 
60: R50         Deferred Revenue (Details Narrative)                HTML     30K 
61: R51         Accrued Expenses - Schedule of Accrued Expenses     HTML     35K 
                and Other Current Liabilities (Details)                          
62: R52         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML   1.92M 
                Value Measurements (Details Narrative)                           
63: R53         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML     50K 
                Value Measurements - Schedule of Short-term Debt                 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML     38K 
                Value Measurements - Schedule of Assumption Used                 
                Valuation Techniques (Details)                                   
65: R55         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML     36K 
                Value Measurements - Fair Value Option                           
                Quantitative Disclosures (Details)                               
66: R56         Equity and Debt Financing Agreements and Fair       HTML     34K 
                Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value Assets               
                and Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Stockholders' Deficit (Details Narrative)           HTML    277K 
68: R58         Stockholders' Deficit - Schedule of Stockholders'   HTML     65K 
                Equity Note, Warrants or Rights (Details)                        
69: R59         Stockholders' Deficit - Schedule of Share-based     HTML     53K 
                Compensation, Stock Options, Activity (Details)                  
70: R60         Stockholders' Deficit - Schedule of Share-based     HTML     55K 
                Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option               
                Plans, by Exercise Price Range (Details)                         
71: R61         Stockholders' Deficit - Schedule of Share-based     HTML     40K 
                Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation                          
                Assumptions (Details)                                            
72: R62         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     60K 
73: R63         Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and  HTML     47K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
74: R64         Income Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax     HTML     43K 
                Rate Reconciliation (Details)                                    
75: R65         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     43K 
76: R66         Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future  HTML     30K 
                Minimum Lease Payments Under Operating Leases                    
                (Details)                                                        
77: R67         Employment Contracts and Stock Compensation         HTML     55K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
78: R68         Segments (Details Narrative)                        HTML     29K 
79: R69         Segments - Schedule of Segment Reporting            HTML     59K 
                Information by Segment (Details)                                 
80: R70         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     58K 
82: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    157K 
81: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    129K 
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