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Mimedx Group, Inc. – ‘10-K/A’ for 12/31/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/22/17, at 9:12am ET   ·   For:  12/31/15   ·   Accession #:  1376339-17-18   ·   File #:  1-35887

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

 2/22/17  Mimedx Group, Inc.                10-K/A     12/31/15   83:6.7M

Amendment to Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K/A      Amendment to Annual Report                          HTML    421K 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     99K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     44K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     74K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    105K 
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    107K 
20: R8          Nature of Business                                  HTML     27K 
21: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     65K 
22: R10         Liquidity and Capital Resources                     HTML     27K 
23: R11         Cash Equivalents and Short Term Investments         HTML     25K 
24: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     36K 
25: R13         Investments                                         HTML     24K 
26: R14         Property and Equipment                              HTML     40K 
27: R15         Intangible Assets and Royalty Agreement             HTML     62K 
28: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     32K 
29: R17         Net Income (loss) Per Share                         HTML     49K 
30: R18         Common Stock Placements                             HTML     31K 
31: R19         Equity                                              HTML    137K 
32: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     91K 
33: R21         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow and Non-Cash   HTML     53K 
                Investing and Financing Activities                               
34: R22         401k Plan                                           HTML     28K 
35: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     62K 
36: R24         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     92K 
37: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
38: R26         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     70K 
39: R27         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    128K 
40: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     35K 
41: R29         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     37K 
42: R30         Intangible Assets and Royalty Agreement (Tables)    HTML     62K 
43: R31         Net Income (loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML     50K 
44: R32         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    136K 
45: R33         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     85K 
46: R34         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow and Non-Cash   HTML     52K 
                Investing and Financing Activities (Tables)                      
47: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     30K 
48: R36         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML     90K 
49: R37         Nature of Business (Details)                        HTML     24K 
50: R38         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     64K 
51: R39         Liquidity and Capital Resources (Details)           HTML     45K 
52: R40         Cash Equivalents and Short Term Investments         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R41         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     36K 
54: R42         Investments (Details)                               HTML     26K 
55: R43         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     50K 
56: R44         Intangible Assets and Royalty Agreement Intangible  HTML     87K 
                Asssets Activity Summary (Details)                               
57: R45         Intangible Assets and Royalty Agreement Expected    HTML     38K 
                Future Amortization of Intangible Assets (Details)               
58: R46         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     78K 
59: R47         Net Income (loss) Per Share Computation of Basic    HTML     49K 
                and Dilutive Net Loss per Share (Details)                        
60: R48         Net Income (loss) Per Share Summary of              HTML     34K 
                Antidilutive Securities (Details)                                
61: R49         Common Stock Placements (Details)                   HTML     32K 
62: R50         Equity Narrative (Details)                          HTML     82K 
63: R51         Equity Activity of Stock Options (Details)          HTML     77K 
64: R52         Equity Exercise Price Ranges (Details)              HTML     74K 
65: R53         Equity Summary of Unvested Stock Options (Details)  HTML     42K 
66: R54         Equity Assumptions (Details)                        HTML     39K 
67: R55         Equity Summary of Restricted Stock Awards           HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R56         Equity Recognized Stock-Based Compensation          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R57         Income Taxes Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities    HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R58         Income Taxes Reconciliation of the Federal          HTML     46K 
                Statutory Income Tax (Details)                                   
71: R59         Income Taxes Schedule of current and deferred       HTML     48K 
                income tax expense (Benefit) (Details)                           
72: R60         Income Taxes Reconciliation of unrecognized tax     HTML     27K 
                benefits (Details)                                               
73: R61         Income Taxes Narrative (Details)                    HTML     49K 
74: R62         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow and Non-Cash   HTML     60K 
                Investing and Financing Activities (Details)                     
75: R63         401k Plan (Details)                                 HTML     34K 
76: R64         Commitments and Contingencies Estimated Annual      HTML     33K 
                Lease, Royalty, and Employment Agreement Expenses                
                (Details)                                                        
77: R65         Commitments and Contingencies Narrative (Details)   HTML     64K 
78: R66         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     45K 
79: R67         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     41K 
80: R68         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    141K 
81: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     92K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- mdxg-20151231_lab                     XML   1.70M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- mdxg-20151231_pre              XML    965K 
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