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Energy Focus, Inc/DE – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 3/24/20, at 5:19pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  924168-20-13   ·   File #:  1-36583

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

 3/24/20  Energy Focus, Inc/DE              10-K       12/31/19   92:8.5M

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    978K 
 6: EX-3.10     Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     26K 
 2: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     27K 
 3: EX-3.3      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     27K 
 4: EX-3.4      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     27K 
 5: EX-3.7      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     26K 
 7: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     36K 
 8: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     22K 
 9: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
10: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
11: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
12: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
13: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
35: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     58K 
65: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    142K 
90: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
47: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     78K 
34: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     38K 
63: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     68K 
88: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    144K 
45: R8          Nature of Operations                                HTML     38K 
37: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     97K 
31: R10         Restructuring                                       HTML     61K 
43: R11         Leases                                              HTML    142K 
84: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     35K 
57: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     47K 
30: R14         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     37K 
42: R15         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     39K 
83: R16         Debt                                                HTML     49K 
56: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
32: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    145K 
41: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     81K 
82: R20         Product and Geographic Information                  HTML     49K 
72: R21         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     35K 
27: R22         Legal Matters                                       HTML     27K 
55: R23         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     32K 
81: R24         Supplementary Financial Information to Item 8.      HTML     64K 
71: R25         Schedule II - Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying  HTML     63K 
                Accounts                                                         
26: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML    119K 
                of Significant Accounting (Policies)                             
54: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     50K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
80: R28         Restructuring Restructuring (Tables)                HTML     39K 
73: R29         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    104K 
59: R30         Inventories Inventories (Tables)                    HTML     36K 
85: R31         Property and Equipment Property and Equipment       HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R32         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets Prepaid   HTML     37K 
                Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)                       
28: R33         Accrued Liabilities Accrued Liabilities (Tables)    HTML     38K 
60: R34         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity (Tables)  HTML    140K 
86: R35         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)                  HTML     77K 
40: R36         Product and Geographic Information (Tables)         HTML     50K 
29: R37         Supplementary Financial Information to Item 8.      HTML     62K 
                (Tables)                                                         
58: R38         Nature of Operations - Narrative (Details)          HTML     61K 
87: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    115K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
67: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     37K 
                Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Income (Loss)                
                per Share (Details)                                              
74: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Schedule of Warranty Activity (Details)                          
52: R42         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     75K 
24: R43         Restructuring - Reconciliation of Restructuring     HTML     46K 
                Liability (Details)                                              
68: R44         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     45K 
75: R45         Leases - Components of Lease Cost (Details)         HTML     40K 
53: R46         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     43K 
                Information (Details)                                            
25: R47         Leases - Schedule of Future Maturities of Lease     HTML     98K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
66: R48         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     30K 
                Information (Details)                                            
76: R49         Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Details)       HTML     37K 
92: R50         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     78K 
62: R51         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R52         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     48K 
46: R53         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    153K 
91: R54         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R55         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML    101K 
36: R56         Stockholders' Equity - Impact of Results for        HTML     35K 
                Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                               
44: R57         Stockholders' Equity - Estimates Utilized           HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R58         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Option Activity   HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R59         Stockholders' Equity - Options Outstanding and      HTML     72K 
                Exercisable (Details)                                            
22: R60         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     52K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
50: R61         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     58K 
78: R62         Income Taxes - Components (Details)                 HTML     35K 
70: R63         Income Taxes - Reconciliation (Details)             HTML     45K 
20: R64         Income Taxes - Temporary Differences (Details)      HTML     44K 
49: R65         Product and Geographic Information (Details)        HTML     45K 
77: R66         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     48K 
69: R67         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     57K 
23: R68         Supplementary Financial Information to Item 8.      HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R69         Schedule II - Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying  HTML     40K 
                Accounts (Details)                                               
79: R9999       Uncategorized Items - efoi-20191231.xml             HTML     25K 
21: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    151K 
51: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K 
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