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Energy Focus, Inc./DE – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/10/23, at 9:02am ET   ·   For:  6/30/23   ·   Accession #:  924168-23-84   ·   File #:  1-36583

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

 8/10/23  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             10-Q        6/30/23   79:6.7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.14M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 9: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
10: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    132K 
11: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     47K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
12: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     97K 
13: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     24K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
14: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    145K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
15: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    121K 
16: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     24K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals)                            
17: R9          Nature of Operations                                HTML     29K 
18: R10         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML    110K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
19: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     44K 
20: R12         Other Current Assets                                HTML     26K 
21: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     35K 
22: R14         Leases                                              HTML    118K 
23: R15         Debt                                                HTML     64K 
24: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
25: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     94K 
26: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
27: R19         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     82K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
28: R20         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     76K 
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
29: R21         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
30: R22         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     34K 
31: R23         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     74K 
32: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     51K 
33: R25         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     81K 
34: R26         Nature of Operations - Narrative (Details)          HTML     39K 
35: R27         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     54K 
                Accounting Policies - Basis of presentation                      
                (Details)                                                        
36: R28         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     36K 
                Accounting Policies - Disaggregation of Revenue                  
                (Details)                                                        
37: R29         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     43K 
                Accounting Policies - Accounts Receivable and                    
                Geographic information (Details)                                 
38: R30         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     33K 
                Accounting Policies - Net Accounts Receivable                    
                (Details)                                                        
39: R31         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     46K 
                Accounting Policies - Reconciliation of Basic and                
                Diluted Loss per Share (Details)                                 
40: R32         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     32K 
                Accounting Policies - Net Loss per Share (Details)               
41: R33         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     31K 
                Accounting Policies - Product Warranties (Details)               
42: R34         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     33K 
                Accounting Policies - Warranty Activity (Details)                
43: R35         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     64K 
                Accounting Policies - Certain Risks and                          
                Concentrations (Details)                                         
44: R36         Inventories - Inventories, Net (Details)            HTML     31K 
45: R37         Inventories - Reserve Rollforward (Details)         HTML     30K 
46: R38         Other Current Assets (Details)                      HTML     26K 
47: R39         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     47K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
48: R40         Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details)        HTML     25K 
49: R41         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     30K 
50: R42         Leases - Components of Lease Cost (Details)         HTML     29K 
51: R43         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     34K 
                Information (Details)                                            
52: R44         Leases - Schedule of Future Maturities of Lease     HTML     38K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
53: R45         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     27K 
                Information (Details)                                            
54: R46         Debt - Credit Facilities (Details)                  HTML     70K 
55: R47         Debt - Promissory Note Narrative (Details)          HTML     35K 
56: R48         Debt - Promissory Notes (Details)                   HTML     66K 
57: R49         Debt - Streeterville Notes (Details)                HTML     86K 
58: R50         Income Taxes - (Details)                            HTML     35K 
59: R51         Stockholders' Equity - June 2023 private placement  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R52         Stockholders' Equity - 1-for-7 Reverse Stock Split  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R53         Stockholders' Equity - March 2023 Private           HTML     39K 
                Placements (Details)                                             
62: R54         Stockholders' Equity - February 2023 Private        HTML     38K 
                Placement (Details)                                              
63: R55         Stockholders' Equity - January 2023 Sander          HTML     42K 
                Electronics Private Placement (Details)                          
64: R56         Stockholders' Equity - January 2023 Transactions    HTML     39K 
                with Mei Yun (Gina) Huang (Details)                              
65: R57         Stockholders' Equity - June 2022 Private Placement  HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R58         Stockholders' Equity - December 2021 Private        HTML     55K 
                Placement (Details)                                              
67: R59         Stockholders' Equity - Preferred Stock (Details)    HTML     77K 
68: R60         Stockholders' Equity - January 2020 Equity          HTML     56K 
                Offering (Details)                                               
69: R61         Stockholders' Equity - Outstanding Warrants from    HTML     45K 
                the January 2020 Equity Offering (Details)                       
70: R62         Stockholders' Equity - Stock-Based Compensation     HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R63         Stockholders' Equity - Estimates Utilized           HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R64         Stockholders' Equity - Stock Options and a Summary  HTML     67K 
                of Activity (Details)                                            
73: R65         Stockholders' Equity - Restricted Stock Units       HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R66         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     28K 
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    145K 
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76: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    154K 
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11 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

 7/05/23  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:1,3,5,7 6/28/23   12:408K
 6/22/23  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:3,5     6/15/23   11:192K
 6/11/20  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:3,5,7,9 6/11/20    3:92K
 5/18/20  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:5,9     5/12/20   13:448K
 3/24/20  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             10-K       12/31/19   92:8.5M
 5/30/19  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:1,3,4,5 5/21/19    3:116K
 4/01/19  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:1,2,3,5 3/29/19    8:1M
 7/27/15  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:5,9     7/22/15    2:320K                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
 7/16/14  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             8-K:5,9     7/15/14    7:594K                                   RDG Filings/FA
11/13/13  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             10-Q        9/30/13   76:7.6M                                   RDG Filings/FA
 5/10/07  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             10-Q        3/31/07    6:427K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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