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Emcore Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 12/3/21, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/21   ·   Accession #:  808326-21-44   ·   File #:  1-36632

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12/03/21  Emcore Corp.                      10-K        9/30/21   93:23M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.11M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     39K 
 3: EX-10.15    Material Contract                                   HTML     95K 
 4: EX-10.38    Material Contract                                   HTML     24K 
 5: EX-10.39    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
 6: EX-10.40    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
 7: EX-10.41    Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
 8: EX-10.42    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
 9: EX-10.43    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
10: EX-10.44    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
11: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     23K 
12: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     25K 
13: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
14: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
15: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
16: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
23: R1          Cover                                               HTML     89K 
24: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    106K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
25: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
26: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
27: R5          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    105K 
28: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    121K 
29: R7          Description of Business                             HTML     29K 
30: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     54K 
31: R9          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     29K 
32: R10         Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash         HTML     36K 
33: R11         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     41K 
34: R12         Inventory                                           HTML     32K 
35: R13         Property, Plant, and Equipment, net                 HTML     41K 
36: R14         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     47K 
37: R15         Credit Facility and Debt                            HTML     30K 
38: R16         Income and Other Taxes                              HTML    103K 
39: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     63K 
40: R18         Equity                                              HTML    117K 
41: R19         Segment and Revenue Information                     HTML     87K 
42: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
43: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    101K 
                (Policies)                                                       
44: R22         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R23         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     41K 
46: R24         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     33K 
47: R25         Property, Plant, and Equipment, net (Tables)        HTML     37K 
48: R26         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     48K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R27         Income and Other Taxes (Tables)                     HTML    105K 
50: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     50K 
51: R29         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    118K 
52: R30         Segment and Revenue Information (Tables)            HTML     86K 
53: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)                         
54: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Revenue Recognition (Details)                                    
55: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     33K 
                Performance Obligations (Details)                                
56: R34         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R35         Accounts Receivable - Schedule of Components of     HTML     32K 
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
58: R36         Accounts Receivable - Allowance for Credit Loss     HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R37         Inventory - Schedule of Components of Inventory     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R38         Property, Plant, and Equipment, net - Schedule of   HTML     44K 
                Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)                         
61: R39         Property, Plant and Equipment, net - Narrative      HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R40         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities -    HTML     45K 
                Schedule of Accrued Liabilities (Details)                        
63: R41         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities -    HTML     28K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
64: R42         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities -    HTML     34K 
                Schedule of Product Warranty Accruals (Details)                  
65: R43         Credit Facility and Debt - Narrative (Details)      HTML     57K 
66: R44         Income and Other Taxes - Continuing Operations      HTML     35K 
                before Income Taxes (Details)                                    
67: R45         Income and Other Taxes - Income Tax Expense         HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R46         Income and Other Taxes - Provision for Income       HTML     54K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
69: R47         Income and Other Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets        HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R48         Income and Other Taxes - Narrative (Details)        HTML     50K 
71: R49         Income and Other Taxes - Unrecognized Gross Tax     HTML     32K 
                Benefit (Details)                                                
72: R50         Commitments and Contingencies - Leases and Asset    HTML     46K 
                Retirement Obligations Narrative (Details)                       
73: R51         Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Lease   HTML     44K 
                Maturities (Details)                                             
74: R52         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Lease    HTML     34K 
                Information (Details)                                            
75: R53         Commitments and Contingencies - ARO Rollforward     HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R54         Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Proceedings   HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R55         Equity - Narrative (Details)                        HTML    140K 
78: R56         Equity - Schedule of Stock Options Activity         HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R57         Equity - Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity      HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R58         Equity - Schedule of Performance Stock Activity     HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R59         Equity - Schedule of Stock-based Compensation       HTML     39K 
                Expense - by Award Type (Details)                                
82: R60         Equity - Schedule of Stock-based Compensation       HTML     35K 
                Expense - by Expense Category (Details)                          
83: R61         Equity - Schedule of Earnings per Share (Details)   HTML     63K 
84: R62         Equity - Schedule of Common Stock Reserved for      HTML     44K 
                Future Issuances (Details)                                       
85: R63         Segment and Revenue Information - Schedule of       HTML     59K 
                Reportable Segment (Details)                                     
86: R64         Segment and Revenue Information - Revenue by        HTML     43K 
                Category (Details)                                               
87: R65         Segment and Revenue Information - Schedule of       HTML     39K 
                Revenue by Geographic Region (Details)                           
88: R66         Segment and Revenue Information - Narrative         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R67         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     36K 
91: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    153K 
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