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SPI Energy Co., Ltd. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Friday, 4/1/22, at 2:03pm ET · For: 12/31/21 · Accession #: 1683168-22-2280 · File #: 1-37678

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

 4/01/22  SPI Energy Co., Ltd.              10-K       12/31/21  133:11M                                    GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.27M 
 2: EX-4.3      Description of Securities                           HTML     50K 
 3: EX-8.1      List of Subsidiaries                                HTML     42K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
13: R1          Cover                                               HTML    100K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    183K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    127K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     61K 
18: R6          Statements of Changes in Stockholder's Equity       HTML    119K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    189K 
20: R8          Reconciliation of Cash, Cash Equivalents and        HTML     41K 
                Restricted Cash                                                  
21: R9          Description of Business and Organization            HTML     56K 
22: R10         Going concern                                       HTML     39K 
23: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    207K 
24: R12         Disposition of Italy Subsidiaries                   HTML     38K 
25: R13         Acquisitions                                        HTML     60K 
26: R14         Accounts Receivable, Net                            HTML     47K 
27: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     40K 
28: R16         Project Assets                                      HTML     45K 
29: R17         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, Net      HTML     45K 
30: R18         Intangible Assets, Net                              HTML     80K 
31: R19         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     51K 
32: R20         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     50K 
33: R21         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     42K 
34: R22         Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Borrowings      HTML     73K 
35: R23         Convertible Bonds                                   HTML     61K 
36: R24         Amount Due to an Affiliate                          HTML     40K 
37: R25         Ordinary Shares                                     HTML     55K 
38: R26         Noncontrolling Interests                            HTML     38K 
39: R27         Share-based Compensation                            HTML    197K 
40: R28         Income Taxes                                        HTML     86K 
41: R29         Net Loss Per Share                                  HTML     52K 
42: R30         Leases                                              HTML     48K 
43: R31         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
44: R32         Concentration Risk                                  HTML     37K 
45: R33         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     37K 
46: R34         Segment information                                 HTML     79K 
47: R35         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     36K 
48: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    282K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R37         Description of Business and Organization (Tables)   HTML     47K 
50: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    122K 
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R39         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     44K 
52: R40         Accounts Receivable, Net (Tables)                   HTML     46K 
53: R41         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     39K 
54: R42         Project Assets (Tables)                             HTML     39K 
55: R43         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, Net      HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R44         Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)                     HTML     78K 
57: R45         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     47K 
58: R46         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
59: R47         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     39K 
60: R48         Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Borrowings      HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R49         Convertible Bonds (Tables)                          HTML     42K 
62: R50         Amount Due to an Affiliate (Tables)                 HTML     38K 
63: R51         Share-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    188K 
64: R52         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     84K 
65: R53         Net Loss Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     52K 
66: R54         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     46K 
67: R55         Segment information (Tables)                        HTML     82K 
68: R56         Description of Business and Organization (Details)  HTML     58K 
69: R57         Description of Business and Organization (Details   HTML     47K 
                Narrative)                                                       
70: R58         Going concern (Details Narrative)                   HTML     44K 
71: R59         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Details - PPE useful lives)                                     
72: R60         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    115K 
                (Details - Disaggregation of revenue by revenue                  
                stream)                                                          
73: R61         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Details - Contract balance)                                     
74: R62         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     51K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
75: R63         Disposition of Italy Subsidiaries (Details          HTML     48K 
                Narrative)                                                       
76: R64         Acquisitions (Details - Allocation of purchase      HTML     66K 
                price)                                                           
77: R65         Acquisitions (Details Narrative)                    HTML     71K 
78: R66         Accounts Receivable, net (Details - Accounts        HTML     39K 
                receivable)                                                      
79: R67         Accounts Receivable, net (Details - Allowance for   HTML     43K 
                Doubtful Accounts)                                               
80: R68         Accounts Receivable, Net (Details Narrative)        HTML     35K 
81: R69         Inventories, net (Details)                          HTML     44K 
82: R70         Inventories (Details Narrative)                     HTML     34K 
83: R71         Project Assets, net (Details)                       HTML     45K 
84: R72         Project Assets (Details Narrative)                  HTML     51K 
85: R73         Prepaid expenses and other current assets, net      HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R74         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, Net      HTML     45K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
87: R75         Intangible Assets, net (Details - Intangible        HTML     65K 
                Assets)                                                          
88: R76         Intangible Assets, net (Details - Future            HTML     45K 
                Amortization)                                                    
89: R77         Intangible Assets, Net (Details Narrative)          HTML     37K 
90: R78         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details)        HTML     58K 
91: R79         Property and Equipment, Net (Details Narrative)     HTML     37K 
92: R80         Fair value measurement (Details - ILIAD and         HTML     45K 
                Streeterville Capital)                                           
93: R81         Fair value measurement (Details - Fair value of     HTML     43K 
                warrants)                                                        
94: R82         Fair Value Measurement (Details Narrative)          HTML     38K 
95: R83         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     45K 
96: R84         Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Borrowings      HTML     54K 
                (Details - Debt)                                                 
97: R85         Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Borrowings      HTML     53K 
                (Details - Maturities)                                           
98: R86         Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Borrowings      HTML    102K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
99: R87         Convertible Bonds (Details)                         HTML     46K 
100: R88         Convertible Bonds (Details Narrative)               HTML     75K  
101: R89         Amount Due to an Affiliate (Details)                HTML     41K  
102: R90         Ordinary Shares (Details Narrative)                 HTML    103K  
103: R91         Noncontrolling Interests (Details Narrative)        HTML     51K  
104: R92         Share-based Compensation (Details - Stock-Based     HTML     39K  
                Compensation Expense by Award type)                              
105: R93         Share-based Compensation (Details - Compensation    HTML     42K  
                expense by line item)                                            
106: R94         Share-based Compensation (Details - Assumptions)    HTML     62K  
107: R95         Share-based Compensation (Details - Option          HTML     83K  
                Activity)                                                        
108: R96         Share-based Compensation (Details - Options by      HTML     63K  
                Exercise Price)                                                  
109: R97         Share-based Compensation (Details - RSU's)          HTML     50K  
110: R98         Share-based Compensation (Details - Phoenix's       HTML     64K  
                stock option activities)                                         
111: R99         Share-based Compensation (Details - SJ group stock  HTML     67K  
                option activities)                                               
112: R100        Share-based Compensation (Details Narrative)        HTML     83K  
113: R101        Income Taxes (Details - Loss before Provision)      HTML     42K  
114: R102        Income Taxes (Details - Provision for income        HTML     58K  
                taxes)                                                           
115: R103        Income Taxes (Details - Tax reconciliation)         HTML     59K  
116: R104        Income Taxes (Details - Deferred income taxes)      HTML     72K  
117: R105        Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     39K  
118: R106        Net Loss Per Share (Details - Basic and Diluted)    HTML     47K  
119: R107        Net Loss Per Share (Details - Antidilutive shares)  HTML     42K  
120: R108        Leases (Details - Maturity of Lease Liabilities)    HTML     55K  
121: R109        Leases (Details - Supplemental information related  HTML     35K  
                to operating leases)                                             
122: R110        Leases (Details Narrative)                          HTML     38K  
123: R111        Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     33K  
124: R112        Concentration Risk (Details Narrative)              HTML     41K  
125: R113        Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     42K  
126: R114        Segment Information (Details - Segment              HTML     62K  
                information)                                                     
127: R115        Segment Information (Details - Segment assets)      HTML     39K  
128: R116        Segment Information (Details - intangible assets,   HTML     42K  
                long-term investment)                                            
131: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    249K  
129: XML         XBRL Instance -- spi_i10k_htm                        XML   2.77M  
130: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    164K  
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spi-20211231_cal                XML    302K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spi-20211231_def                 XML    827K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spi-20211231_lab                      XML   1.57M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spi-20211231_pre               XML   1.34M 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- spi-20211231                          XSD    291K 
132: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              567±   777K  
133: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001683168-22-002280-xbrl      Zip    418K

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