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General Cannabis Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 3/30/17, at 7:14pm ET   ·   As of:  3/31/17   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1398432-17-58   ·   File #:  0-54457

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

 3/31/17  General Cannabis Corp             10-K       12/31/16   94:5.5M                                   Int’l Print Group/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    613K 
 2: EX-14.1     Code of Ethics                                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification Pursuant to Section 302               HTML     30K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification Pursuant to Section 302               HTML     30K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification Pursuant to Section 906               HTML     28K 
13: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     54K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    118K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     43K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     82K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    120K 
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    126K 
                Stockholders? Equity (Deficit)                                   
19: R7          Nature of Operations, History and Presentation      HTML     71K 
20: R8          Business Acquisitions                               HTML     48K 
21: R9          Receivables                                         HTML     34K 
22: R10         Property and Equipment                              HTML     35K 
23: R11         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     41K 
24: R12         Debt                                                HTML     51K 
25: R13         Accrued Stock Payable                               HTML     45K 
26: R14         Derivative Warrant Liability                        HTML     52K 
27: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     32K 
28: R16         Deferred Taxes                                      HTML     41K 
29: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     99K 
30: R18         Net Loss Per Share                                  HTML     34K 
31: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
32: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     57K 
33: R21         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    121K 
34: R22         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     46K 
35: R23         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     38K 
36: R24         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     34K 
37: R25         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     38K 
38: R26         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     38K 
39: R27         Accrued Stock Payable (Tables)                      HTML     41K 
40: R28         Derivative Warrant Liability (Tables)               HTML     58K 
41: R29         Deferred Taxes (Tables)                             HTML     41K 
42: R30         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     91K 
43: R31         Net Loss Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     31K 
44: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     56K 
45: R33         Nature of Operations, History and Presentation      HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R34         Business Acquisitions (Details)                     HTML     68K 
47: R35         Business Acquisitions (Details) - IPG Acquisition,  HTML     36K 
                Aggregate Consideration                                          
48: R36         Business Acquisitions (Details) - IPG Acquisition,  HTML     37K 
                Purchase Price Allocation                                        
49: R37         Business Acquisitions (Details) - IPG Acquisition,  HTML     35K 
                Pro Forma Effects                                                
50: R38         Business Acquisitions (Details) - Chiefton          HTML     36K 
                Acquisition, Aggregate Consideration                             
51: R39         Business Acquisitions (Details) - Chiefton          HTML     33K 
                Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation                           
52: R40         Receivables (Details)                               HTML     37K 
53: R41         Receivables (Details) - Schedule of Accounts        HTML     34K 
                Receivable                                                       
54: R42         Receivables (Details) - Schedule of Account         HTML     39K 
                Receivable, Future Minimum Payments                              
55: R43         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     28K 
56: R44         Property and Equipment (Details) - Schedule of      HTML     45K 
                Property, Plant, and Equipment                                   
57: R45         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Details)            HTML     36K 
58: R46         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Details) -          HTML     48K 
                Schedule of Intangible Assets                                    
59: R47         DEBT (Details) - Infinity Note                      HTML     37K 
60: R48         DEBT (Details) - 12% Notes                          HTML     78K 
61: R49         DEBT (Details) - 8% Notes                           HTML     43K 
62: R50         DEBT (Details) - 10% Notes                          HTML     78K 
63: R51         DEBT (Details) - 14% Greenhouse Mortgage            HTML     50K 
64: R52         DEBT (Details) - 8.5% Pueblo Mortgage               HTML     40K 
65: R53         DEBT (Details) - 12% Convertible Notes              HTML     61K 
66: R54         DEBT (Details) - Line of Credit - Related Party     HTML     50K 
67: R55         ACCRUED STOCK PAYABLE (Details) - Feinsod           HTML     46K 
                Agreement                                                        
68: R56         ACCRUED STOCK PAYABLE (Details) - Architectural     HTML     33K 
                Services                                                         
69: R57         ACCRUED STOCK PAYABLE (Details) - Employment        HTML     44K 
                Agreement                                                        
70: R58         ACCRUED STOCK PAYABLE (Details) - Consulting        HTML     30K 
                Agreement                                                        
71: R59         ACCRUED STOCK PAYABLE (Details) - Changes in        HTML     59K 
                Accrued Common Stock Payable                                     
72: R60         Derivative Warrant Liability (Details)              HTML     53K 
73: R61         Derivative Warrant Liability (Details) - Schedule   HTML     39K 
                of Assumptions for Determining Derivative Warrant                
                Liability Fair Value                                             
74: R62         Derivative Warrant Liability (Details) - Schedule   HTML     38K 
                of Derivative Warrant Liability Fair Value                       
75: R63         Derivative Warrant Liability (Details) - Schedule   HTML     38K 
                of Derivative Warrant Liability Gain (Loss)                      
76: R64         Derivative Warrant Liability (Details) - Schedule   HTML     44K 
                of Derivative Warrant Liability Gain (Loss) and                  
                Cumulative Expense                                               
77: R65         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     42K 
78: R66         DEFERRED TAXES (Details) - Schedule of Deferred     HTML     40K 
                Tax Assets                                                       
79: R67         DEFERRED TAXES (Details) - Schedule of Effective    HTML     46K 
                Income Tax Rate Reconciliation                                   
80: R68         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Employee Stock     HTML     47K 
                Options                                                          
81: R69         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Warrants for       HTML     41K 
                Consulting Services                                              
82: R70         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - DB Option          HTML     33K 
                Agreement Warrants                                               
83: R71         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - IPG Acquisition    HTML     37K 
                Warrants                                                         
84: R72         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - 2013 Warrants      HTML     35K 
85: R73         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based        HTML     38K 
                expense                                                          
86: R74         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based        HTML     74K 
                compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions                       
87: R75         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Schedule of        HTML     82K 
                Stockholders' Equity, Warrants or Rights                         
88: R76         NET LOSS PER SHARE (Details) - Schedule of          HTML     42K 
                Dilutive Effect on Earnings Per Share                            
89: R77         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     43K 
90: R78         SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - Schedule of         HTML     49K 
                Segment Reporting Information, by Segment                        
91: R79         SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - Schedule of Total   HTML     40K 
                Assets by Segment                                                
93: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    175K 
92: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    100K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- cann-20161231                       XML   1.42M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cann-20161231_cal               XML    117K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cann-20161231_def                XML   1.05M 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cann-20161231_lab                     XML   1.09M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cann-20161231_pre              XML    998K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cann-20161231                         XSD    259K 
94: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001398432-17-000058-xbrl      Zip    170K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cann-20161231_def

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