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Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/1/21, at 4:12pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1628280-21-3623   ·   File #:  1-36579

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

 3/01/21  Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.     10-K       12/31/20   79:8.6M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.24M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     36K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     23K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     23K 
 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     24K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
15: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     87K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     88K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     69K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     97K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    114K 
22: R8          Description of the Business                         HTML     26K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     55K 
24: R10         Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of           HTML     65K 
                Financial Instruments                                            
25: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     28K 
26: R12         Leases                                              HTML     33K 
27: R13         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML     43K 
28: R14         Financing Arrangements                              HTML     25K 
29: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
30: R16         Common Stock Warrants                               HTML     29K 
31: R17         Stock Plans                                         HTML     98K 
32: R18         401(k) Savings Plan                                 HTML     25K 
33: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     97K 
34: R20         Net Loss per Share                                  HTML     33K 
35: R21         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     25K 
36: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     33K 
37: R23         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    103K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R24         Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of           HTML     59K 
                Financial Instruments (Tables)                                   
39: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     37K 
40: R26         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML     45K 
41: R27         Common Stock Warrants (Tables)                      HTML     30K 
42: R28         Stock Plans (Tables)                                HTML     99K 
43: R29         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    102K 
44: R30         Net Loss per Share (Tables)                         HTML     34K 
45: R31         Subsequent Events (Tables)                          HTML     38K 
46: R32         Description of the Business - Additional            HTML     25K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
47: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     41K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
48: R34         Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of           HTML     27K 
                Financial Instruments - Additional Information                   
                (Detail)                                                         
49: R35         Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value of           HTML     54K 
                Financial Instruments - Summary of Cash                          
                Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail)                  
50: R36         Revenue - Additional Information (Detail)           HTML     41K 
51: R37         Leases - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     48K 
52: R38         Leases - Schedule of Future Non-cancellable Lease   HTML     41K 
                Payments under Operating Lease (Detail)                          
53: R39         Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Property     HTML     42K 
                and Equipment, Net (Detail)                                      
54: R40         Balance Sheet Components - Additional Information   HTML     25K 
                (Detail)                                                         
55: R41         Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Accrued      HTML     36K 
                Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Detail)                  
56: R42         Financing Arrangements - Additional Information     HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R43         Commitments and Contingencies (Detail)              HTML     36K 
58: R44         Common Stock Warrants - Outstanding Warrants to     HTML     34K 
                Purchase Common Stock (Detail)                                   
59: R45         Common Stock Warrants - Additional Information      HTML     30K 
                (Detail)                                                         
60: R46         Stock Plans - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML     85K 
61: R47         Stock Plans - Summary of Stock Options Activity     HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R48         Stock Plans - Schedule of Stock Purchase Plan       HTML     38K 
                Valuation Assumptions (Detail)                                   
63: R49         Stock Plans - Summary of Restricted Stock Units     HTML     52K 
                Activity (Detail)                                                
64: R50         Stock Plans - Stock-Based Compensation Expense      HTML     30K 
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R51         401(k) Savings Plan - Additional Information        HTML     24K 
                (Detail)                                                         
66: R52         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     37K 
                Tax Provision (Benefit) (Details)                                
67: R53         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Loss       HTML     30K 
                Before Income Taxes (Detail)                                     
68: R54         Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of        HTML     50K 
                Income Tax Expense Computed Statutory Federal                    
                Income Tax and Financial Statements (Detail)                     
69: R55         Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets      HTML     58K 
                (Detail)                                                         
70: R56         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     47K 
71: R57         Income Taxes - Schedule of Unrecognized Tax         HTML     32K 
                Benefits (Detail)                                                
72: R58         Net Loss per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive       HTML     36K 
                Common Stock Equivalents Excluded from Calculation               
                of Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Detail)                           
73: R59         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     35K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
74: R60         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     56K 
                (Detail)                                                         
75: R61         Subsequent Event - Schedule of Undiscounted Future  HTML     43K 
                Non-cancellable Lease Payments (Details)                         
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    138K 
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