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Lordstown Motors Corp. – ‘S-1’ on 11/12/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 11/12/20, at 5:29pm ET · Accession #: 1104659-20-124501 · File #: 333-250045

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

11/12/20  Lordstown Motors Corp.            S-1                   72:7.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Registration Statement (General Form) — Form S-1 — SA’33
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-1         Registration Statement (General Form)               HTML   1.99M 
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Legality                     HTML     24K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     18K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     19K 
 5: EX-23.2     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     18K 
12: R1          Condensed Balance Sheets                            HTML     83K 
13: R2          Condensed Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)            HTML     45K 
14: R3          Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited)      HTML     58K 
15: R4          Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders'    HTML     81K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
16: R5          Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders'    HTML     31K 
                Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
17: R6          Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)      HTML     85K 
18: R7          Description of Organization and Business            HTML     58K 
                Operations                                                       
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
20: R9          Initial Public Offering                             HTML     22K 
21: R10         Private Placement                                   HTML     24K 
22: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     37K 
23: R12         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     32K 
24: R13         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     61K 
25: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     36K 
26: R15         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
27: R16         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
                (Policies)                                                       
28: R17         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     25K 
29: R18         Description of Organization and Business            HTML     84K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
30: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R20         Initial Public Offering (Details)                   HTML     30K 
32: R21         Private Placement (Details)                         HTML     38K 
33: R22         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     83K 
34: R23         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     32K 
35: R24         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     57K 
36: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     23K 
37: R26         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     23K 
38: R27         Document and Entity Information                     HTML     32K 
39: R28         Balance Sheets                                      HTML     90K 
40: R29         Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)                      HTML     45K 
41: R30         Statements of Operations                            HTML     58K 
42: R31         Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity        HTML     89K 
43: R32         Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity        HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
44: R33         Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML     84K 
45: R34         Description of Organization and Business            HTML     58K 
                Operations                                                       
46: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
47: R36         Initial Public Offering                             HTML     22K 
48: R37         Private Placement                                   HTML     24K 
49: R38         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     37K 
50: R39         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     32K 
51: R40         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     61K 
52: R41         Income Tax                                          HTML     32K 
53: R42         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     36K 
54: R43         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
55: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
                (Policies)                                                       
56: R45         Income Tax (Tables)                                 HTML     32K 
57: R46         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     25K 
58: R47         Description of Organization and Business            HTML     84K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
59: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         Initial Public Offering (Details)                   HTML     30K 
61: R50         Private Placement (Details)                         HTML     38K 
62: R51         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     83K 
63: R52         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     32K 
64: R53         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     57K 
65: R54         Income Tax (Details)                                HTML     27K 
66: R55         Income Tax (Details 1)                              HTML     39K 
67: R56         Income Tax (Details 2)                              HTML     29K 
68: R57         Income Tax (Details Textual)                        HTML     21K 
69: R58         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     25K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    126K 
70: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    119K 
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72: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-20-124501-xbrl      Zip    132K

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Lordstown Motors Corp. – ‘S-1’ on 11/12/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 11/12/20, at 5:29pm ET · Accession #: 1104659-20-124501 · File #: 333-250045

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7 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

6 Previous Filings that this Filing References

Registration Statement (General Form) — Form S-1 — SA’33
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