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Sunpower Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 10/2/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/10/11, at 5:10pm ET   ·   For:  10/2/11   ·   Accession #:  867773-11-62   ·   File #:  1-34166

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

11/10/11  Sunpower Corp                     10-Q       10/02/11   86:20M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.01M 
 2: EX-10.1     Amendment No. 4 to Ingot Supply Agreement           HTML     37K 
11: EX-10.10    Continuing Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit  HTML    130K 
                and Demand Guarantees                                            
12: EX-10.11    Security Agreement                                  HTML     81K 
 3: EX-10.2     Credit Agreement                                    HTML    550K 
 4: EX-10.3     Letter of Credit Facility Agreement                 HTML    728K 
 5: EX-10.4     Warrant Adjustment Notice                           HTML     30K 
 6: EX-10.5     Warrant Adjustment Notice                           HTML     32K 
 7: EX-10.6     Warrant Adjustment Notice                           HTML     31K 
 8: EX-10.7     Warrant Adjustment Notice                           HTML     33K 
 9: EX-10.8     Warrant Adjustment Notice                           HTML     28K 
10: EX-10.9     Revolving Credit Agreement                          HTML    640K 
13: EX-31.1     Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     31K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A).                                     
14: EX-31.2     Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     31K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A).                                     
15: EX-32.1     Certification Furnished Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.       HTML     27K 
                Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of               
                the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                  
27: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     47K 
77: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    175K 
23: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     50K 
                Parentheticals                                                   
24: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    172K 
67: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    268K 
46: R6          The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     44K 
                Policies                                                         
71: R7          Transactions with Total and Total S.A.              HTML     64K 
38: R8          Sale of Discontinued Operations                     HTML     46K 
47: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     94K 
53: R10         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    177K 
63: R11         Investments                                         HTML    102K 
32: R12         Restructuring                                       HTML     64K 
44: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    126K 
40: R14         Joint Ventures                                      HTML     84K 
42: R15         Debt and Credit Sources                             HTML    218K 
72: R16         Comprehensive Income (Loss)                         HTML     71K 
37: R17         Foreign Currency Derivatives                        HTML    133K 
60: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
41: R19         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Class A and Class B  HTML    157K 
                Common Stock                                                     
76: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     68K 
64: R21         Segment and Geographical Information                HTML    162K 
68: R22         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     55K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
26: R23         Sale of Discontinued Operations (Tables)            HTML     41K 
70: R24         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     86K 
36: R25         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML    194K 
30: R26         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     96K 
33: R27         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     58K 
55: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     86K 
66: R29         Joint Ventures (Tables)                             HTML     37K 
59: R30         Debt and Credit Sources (Tables)                    HTML    145K 
49: R31         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                HTML     68K 
43: R32         Foreign Currency Derivatives (Tables)               HTML    113K 
57: R33         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Class A and Class B  HTML    147K 
                Common Stock (Tables)                                            
75: R34         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     71K 
39: R35         Segment and Geographical Information (Tables)       HTML    163K 
78: R36         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     24K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
86: R37         Transactions with Total (Details)                   HTML     56K 
35: R38         Sale of Discontinued Operations (Details)           HTML     54K 
65: R39         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R40         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     68K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
58: R41         Balance Sheet Components (Details)                  HTML    231K 
54: R42         Investments (Details)                               HTML     49K 
34: R43         Investments - Available for Sale (Details)          HTML     52K 
69: R44         Investments - Equity Method (Details)               HTML     26K 
83: R45         Investments - Cost Method (Details)                 HTML     28K 
84: R46         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     70K 
31: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    121K 
29: R48         Commitments and Contingencies - Advances to         HTML     43K 
                Suppliers (Details)                                              
81: R49         Commitments and Contingencies - Future Financing    HTML     41K 
                Commitments (Details)                                            
22: R50         Joint Ventures (Details)                            HTML    131K 
52: R51         Debt and Credit Sources (Details)                   HTML    268K 
45: R52         Debt and Credit Sources - Convertible Debenture     HTML     93K 
                and Related Transactions (Details)                               
25: R53         Comprehensive Income (Details)                      HTML     87K 
85: R54         Foreign Currency Derivatives (Details)              HTML     43K 
73: R55         Foreign Currency Derivatives - Net Gain (Loss)      HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R56         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     30K 
82: R57         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Class A and Class B  HTML     98K 
                Common Stock (Details)                                           
50: R58         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Class A and Class B  HTML     38K 
                Common Stock - Anti-Dilutive Securities (Details)                
74: R59         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     33K 
51: R60         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock-Based              HTML     32K 
                Compensation By Award Type (Details)                             
62: R61         Segment and Geographical Information (Details)      HTML     66K 
56: R62         Segment and Geographical Information - Major        HTML     29K 
                Customer (Details)                                               
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    124K 
80: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.85M 
16: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- spwra-20111002                      XML   3.97M 
18: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spwra-20111002_cal              XML    325K 
19: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spwra-20111002_def               XML   1.01M 
20: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spwra-20111002_lab                    XML   2.30M 
21: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spwra-20111002_pre             XML   1.23M 
17: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- spwra-20111002                        XSD    226K 
28: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000867773-11-000062-xbrl      Zip    363K

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