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Energy Focus, Inc./DE – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 5/12/22, at 8:03am ET   ·   For:  3/31/22   ·   Accession #:  924168-22-41   ·   File #:  1-36583

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

 5/12/22  Energy Focus, Inc./DE             10-Q        3/31/22   73:6.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    691K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     75K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    129K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     41K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     97K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     63K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    109K 
16: R7          Nature of Operations                                HTML     24K 
17: R8          Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     74K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
18: R9          Restructuring                                       HTML     45K 
19: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     36K 
20: R11         Property and Equipment                              HTML     37K 
21: R12         Leases                                              HTML    121K 
22: R13         Debt                                                HTML     38K 
23: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
24: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     75K 
25: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
26: R17         Other Income                                        HTML     26K 
27: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
28: R19         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     67K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
29: R20         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     54K 
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
30: R21         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     31K 
31: R22         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     37K 
32: R23         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     37K 
33: R24         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     83K 
34: R25         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     74K 
35: R26         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     50K 
                Accounting Policies - Certain Risks and                          
                Concentrations (Details)                                         
36: R27         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     34K 
                Accounting Policies - Disaggregation of Revenue                  
                (Details)                                                        
37: R28         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     27K 
                Accounting Policies - Geographic information                     
                (Details)                                                        
38: R29         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     41K 
                Accounting Policies - Reconciliation of Basic and                
                Diluted Loss per Share (Details)                                 
39: R30         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     31K 
                Accounting Policies - Net Loss per Share (Details)               
40: R31         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     32K 
                Accounting Policies - Product Warranties (Details)               
41: R32         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     30K 
                Accounting Policies - Warranty Activity (Details)                
42: R33         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     82K 
                Accounting Policies - Financial Instruments                      
                (Details)                                                        
43: R34         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     42K 
44: R35         Restructuring - Reconciliation of Restructuring     HTML     33K 
                Liability (Details)                                              
45: R36         Inventories - Inventories, Net (Details)            HTML     29K 
46: R37         Inventories - Reserve Rollforward (Details)         HTML     26K 
47: R38         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     64K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
48: R39         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     33K 
49: R40         Leases - Components of Lease Cost (Details)         HTML     34K 
50: R41         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     34K 
                Information (Details)                                            
51: R42         Leases - Schedule of Future Maturities of Lease     HTML     40K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
52: R43         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     27K 
                Information (Details)                                            
53: R44         Debt - Credit Facilities (Details)                  HTML     59K 
54: R45         Debt - Streeterville Notes (Details)                HTML     74K 
55: R46         Debt - PPP Loan (Details)                           HTML     29K 
56: R47         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     33K 
57: R48         Stockholders' Equity - December 2021 Private        HTML     52K 
                Placement (Details)                                              
58: R49         Stockholders' Equity - June 2021 Equity Offering    HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R50         Stockholders' Equity - Preferred Stock (Details)    HTML     58K 
60: R51         Stockholders' Equity - June 2020 Equity Offering    HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R52         Stockholders' Equity - Outstanding Warrants from    HTML     38K 
                the January 2020 Equity Offering (Details)                       
62: R53         Stockholders' Equity - Stock-Based Compensation     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R54         Stockholders' Equity - Estimates Utilized           HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R55         Stockholders' Equity - Stock Options and a Summary  HTML     56K 
                of Activity (Details)                                            
65: R56         Stockholders' Equity - Restricted Stock Units       HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R57         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     26K 
67: R58         Other Income (Details)                              HTML     34K 
68: R59         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     51K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    130K 
69: XML         XBRL Instance -- efoi-20220331_htm                   XML   1.38M 
70: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     89K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- efoi-20220331_cal               XML    150K 
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72: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              337±   496K 
73: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000924168-22-000041-xbrl      Zip    251K

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