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Sunpower Corp – ‘10-K’ for 1/1/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/17/17, at 6:08am ET · For: 1/1/17 · Accession #: 867773-17-13 · File #: 1-34166

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

 2/17/17  Sunpower Corp                     10-K        1/01/17   84:22M

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   1.95M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     26K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     22K 
 4: EX-24.1     Power of Attorney                                   HTML     36K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     50K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    141K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     41K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    107K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     52K 
                (Loss) Statement                                                 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML    128K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parentheticals)  HTML     26K 
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    212K 
22: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     30K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
23: R10         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML    136K 
                Policies                                                         
24: R11         Transactions with Total and Total S.A.              HTML     78K 
25: R12         Business Combinations                               HTML     74K 
26: R13         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     94K 
27: R14         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    233K 
28: R15         Leasing                                             HTML     92K 
29: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    101K 
30: R17         Restructuring                                       HTML    155K 
31: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    114K 
32: R19         Equity Method Investments                           HTML    114K 
33: R20         Debt and Credit Sources                             HTML    227K 
34: R21         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    160K 
35: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    184K 
36: R23         Common Stock                                        HTML     36K 
37: R24         Net Income (Loss) Per Share                         HTML    116K 
38: R25         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    102K 
39: R26         Segment Information                                 HTML    314K 
40: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
41: R28         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     62K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
42: R29         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     77K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
43: R30         Transactions with Total and Total S.A. (Tables)     HTML     73K 
44: R31         Business Combinations Purchase Price Allocation     HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R32         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     89K 
46: R33         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML    255K 
47: R34         Leasing (Tables)                                    HTML     87K 
48: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    138K 
49: R36         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML    150K 
50: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     70K 
51: R38         Equity Method Investments Equity Method             HTML    102K 
                Investments (Tables)                                             
52: R39         Debt and Credit Sources (Tables)                    HTML    151K 
53: R40         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    148K 
54: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    168K 
55: R42         Common Stock (Tables)                               HTML     27K 
56: R43         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML    112K 
57: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     93K 
58: R45         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    301K 
59: R46         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     44K 
                Policies Property, Plant & Equipment, Estimated                  
                Useful Life (Details)                                            
60: R47         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     32K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
61: R48         Transactions with Total and Total S.A. (Details)    HTML    130K 
62: R49         Business Combinations (Details)                     HTML     71K 
63: R50         Business Combinations Fair Value of Net assets      HTML     67K 
                acquired (Details)                                               
64: R51         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     55K 
                RollForward (Details)                                            
65: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     49K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
66: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     36K 
                Amortization (Details)                                           
67: R54         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R55         Balance Sheet Components (Details)                  HTML    295K 
69: R56         Leasing (Details)                                   HTML    123K 
70: R57         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML    133K 
71: R58         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML    112K 
72: R59         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    171K 
73: R60         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML    160K 
74: R61         Debt and Credit Sources (Details)                   HTML    447K 
75: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML    127K 
76: R63         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    217K 
77: R64         Common Stock (Details)                              HTML     23K 
78: R65         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Details)               HTML    112K 
79: R66         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     96K 
80: R67         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    192K 
81: R68         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     71K 
83: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    147K 
82: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    158K 
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12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spwr-20170101_lab                     XML   3.57M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spwr-20170101_pre              XML   2.09M 
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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

11/14/17  SEC                               UPLOAD¶    12/13/17    1:35K  SunPower Corp.
 9/22/17  SEC                               UPLOAD¶    12/13/17    1:140K SunPower Corp.

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Filing Submission 0000867773-17-000013 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Sunpower Corp – ‘10-K’ for 1/1/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/17/17, at 6:08am ET · For: 1/1/17 · Accession #: 867773-17-13 · File #: 1-34166

Previous ‘10-K’: ‘10-K’ on 2/19/16 for 1/3/16 · Next: ‘10-K’ on 2/15/18 for 12/31/17 · Latest: ‘10-K/A’ on 12/18/23 for 1/1/23 · 2 References: By: SEC – ‘UPLOAD’ on 11/14/17 By: SEC – ‘UPLOAD’ on 9/22/17

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

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — spwr-20170101_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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Previous ‘10-K’: ‘10-K’ on 2/19/16 for 1/3/16 · Next: ‘10-K’ on 2/15/18 for 12/31/17 · Latest: ‘10-K/A’ on 12/18/23 for 1/1/23 · 2 References:

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