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Sunpower Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 7/3/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/9/16, at 7:08pm ET   ·   As of:  8/10/16   ·   For:  7/3/16   ·   Accession #:  867773-16-145   ·   File #:  1-34166

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

 8/10/16  Sunpower Corp                     10-Q        7/03/16   83:21M

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   1.11M 
 2: EX-10.61    Material Contract                                   HTML   1.09M 
 3: EX-10.62    Material Contract                                   HTML    185K 
 4: EX-10.63    Material Contract                                   HTML    142K 
 5: EX-10.64    Material Contract                                   HTML    271K 
 6: EX-10.65    Material Contract                                   HTML    322K 
 7: EX-10.66    Material Contract                                   HTML    341K 
 8: EX-10.67    Material Contract                                   HTML     58K 
 9: EX-10.68    Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
10: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
11: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
12: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
19: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     50K 
20: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    148K 
21: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     41K 
22: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
23: R5          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     52K 
                (Loss) Statement                                                 
24: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     79K 
25: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parentheticals)  HTML     26K 
26: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    158K 
27: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     30K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
28: R10         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     59K 
                Policies                                                         
29: R11         Transactions with Total and Total S.A.              HTML     81K 
30: R12         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     85K 
31: R13         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    190K 
32: R14         Leasing                                             HTML     93K 
33: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    100K 
34: R16         Restructuring                                       HTML     63K 
35: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    116K 
36: R18         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     84K 
37: R19         Debt and Credit Sources                             HTML    230K 
38: R20         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    171K 
39: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
40: R22         Net Income (Loss) Per Share                         HTML    138K 
41: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     65K 
42: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML    101K 
43: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
44: R26         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     52K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
45: R27         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     48K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
46: R28         Transactions with Total and Total S.A. (Tables)     HTML     80K 
47: R29         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     84K 
48: R30         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML    211K 
49: R31         Leasing (Tables)                                    HTML     85K 
50: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    149K 
51: R33         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     64K 
52: R34         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     81K 
53: R35         Equity Method Investments Schedule of Related       HTML     81K 
                Party Transactions (Tables)                                      
54: R36         Debt and Credit Sources (Tables)                    HTML    155K 
55: R37         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    160K 
56: R38         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML    134K 
57: R39         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     66K 
58: R40         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    380K 
59: R41         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     42K 
                Policies Property, Plant & Equipment, Estimated                  
                Useful Life (Details)                                            
60: R42         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     27K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
61: R43         Transactions with Total and Total S.A. (Details)    HTML    137K 
62: R44         8point3 Energy Partners LP (Details)                HTML     42K 
63: R45         Business Combinations (Details)                     HTML     24K 
64: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     37K 
                RollForward (Details)                                            
65: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     51K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
66: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     39K 
                Amortization (Details)                                           
67: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R50         Balance Sheet Components (Details)                  HTML    261K 
69: R51         Leasing (Details)                                   HTML    129K 
70: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML    140K 
71: R53         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     57K 
72: R54         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    189K 
73: R55         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML    114K 
74: R56         Debt and Credit Sources (Details)                   HTML    447K 
75: R57         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML    137K 
76: R58         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
77: R59         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Details)               HTML    117K 
78: R60         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     44K 
79: R61         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    164K 
80: R62         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     61K 
82: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    136K 
81: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    123K 
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15: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spwr-20160703_cal               XML    430K 
16: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spwr-20160703_def                XML   1.50M 
17: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spwr-20160703_lab                     XML   3.33M 
18: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spwr-20160703_pre              XML   1.89M 
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83: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000867773-16-000145-xbrl      Zip    462K

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