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SPI Energy Co., Ltd. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/15 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 5/17/16, at 5:10pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/15   ·   Accession #:  1193125-16-593321   ·   File #:  1-37678

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 5/17/16  SPI Energy Co., Ltd.              20-F       12/31/15  146:11M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer      HTML   1.40M 
 2: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     55K 
 6: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     40K 
 7: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     40K 
 3: EX-11.1     Statement re: Computation of Earnings Per Share     HTML     76K 
 4: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     44K 
 5: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     44K 
 8: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     42K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     64K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    190K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     63K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    112K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     62K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     93K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    228K 
22: R8          Description of Business                             HTML     53K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    125K 
24: R10         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     84K 
25: R11         Restricted cash                                     HTML     43K 
26: R12         Short-term investments                              HTML     44K 
27: R13         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     65K 
28: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     47K 
29: R15         Project Assets                                      HTML     63K 
30: R16         Prepaid expenses and other current assets           HTML     51K 
31: R17         Finance lease receivables                           HTML     52K 
32: R18         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     53K 
33: R19         Investment in an affiliate                          HTML     58K 
34: R20         Fair value measurement                              HTML     74K 
35: R21         Notes payable                                       HTML     41K 
36: R22         Accrued liabilities                                 HTML     47K 
37: R23         Advance from customers                              HTML     42K 
38: R24         Convertible Bonds                                   HTML     61K 
39: R25         Other liabilities                                   HTML     51K 
40: R26         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     66K 
41: R27         Stock option                                        HTML     44K 
42: R28         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     61K 
43: R29         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML    106K 
44: R30         Impairment charges                                  HTML     47K 
45: R31         Income Taxes                                        HTML     81K 
46: R32         Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock                  HTML     51K 
47: R33         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     61K 
48: R34         Operating Risk                                      HTML     63K 
49: R35         Segment information                                 HTML     67K 
50: R36         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     56K 
51: R37         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     50K 
52: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    195K 
                (Policies)                                                       
53: R39         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     52K 
54: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R41         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     67K 
56: R42         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     61K 
57: R43         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     46K 
58: R44         Project Assets (Tables)                             HTML     46K 
59: R45         Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Tables)  HTML     52K 
60: R46         Finance lease receivables (Tables)                  HTML     52K 
61: R47         Investment in an affiliate (Tables)                 HTML     59K 
62: R48         Fair value measurement (Tables)                     HTML     63K 
63: R49         Accrued liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     46K 
64: R50         Convertible Bonds (Tables)                          HTML     49K 
65: R51         Other liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     49K 
66: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     65K 
67: R53         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     51K 
68: R54         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    109K 
69: R55         Impairment charges (Tables)                         HTML     47K 
70: R56         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     83K 
71: R57         Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock (Tables)         HTML     48K 
72: R58         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     46K 
73: R59         Operating Risk (Tables)                             HTML     64K 
74: R60         Segment information (Tables)                        HTML     67K 
75: R61         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    175K 
                Additional information (Detail)                                  
76: R62         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     69K 
                Property , Plant and Equipment (Detail)                          
77: R63         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     47K 
                Reconciliation of Total Interest Cost (Detail)                   
78: R64         Business Acquisitions - Additional Information      HTML    189K 
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R65         Business Acquisitions - Allocation of Purchase      HTML    104K 
                Price (Detail)                                                   
80: R66         Business Acquisitions - Unaudited Proforma          HTML     48K 
                Consolidated Results of Acquisitions (Detail)                    
81: R67         Restricted Cash - Additional Information (Detail)   HTML     59K 
82: R68         Short-term Investments - Additional Information     HTML     64K 
                (Detail)                                                         
83: R69         Accounts Receivable - Additional Information        HTML     90K 
                (Detail)                                                         
84: R70         Accounts Receivable - Schedule of Movement of       HTML     50K 
                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Detail)                         
85: R71         Accounts Receivable - Ageing of Accounts            HTML     63K 
                Receivable (Detail)                                              
86: R72         Inventories - Components of Inventories (Detail)    HTML     51K 
87: R73         Inventories - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML     42K 
88: R74         Project Assets - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    183K 
89: R75         Project Assets - Summary of Project Assets          HTML     51K 
                (Detail)                                                         
90: R76         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets -         HTML     59K 
                Summary of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current                    
                Assets (Detail)                                                  
91: R77         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets -         HTML     84K 
                Summary of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current                    
                Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                  
92: R78         Finance Lease Receivables - Additional Information  HTML     48K 
                (Detail)                                                         
93: R79         Finance Lease Receivables - Schedule of Finance     HTML     54K 
                Lease Receivable (Detail)                                        
94: R80         Finance Lease Receivables - Schedule of Future      HTML     56K 
                Maturities of Minimum Lease Payments Receivable                  
                (Detail)                                                         
95: R81         Property, Plant and Equipment - Property, Plant     HTML     65K 
                and Equipment (Detail)                                           
96: R82         Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional          HTML     50K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
97: R83         Investment in an Affiliate - Additional             HTML     52K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
98: R84         Investment in an Affiliate - Summary of Unaudited   HTML     99K 
                Financial Information (Detail)                                   
99: R85         Investment in an Affiliate - Schedule of            HTML     49K 
                Difference between Carrying Value of Investment in               
                Purchased Common Stock and Underlying Equity in                  
                Net Assets (Detail)                                              
100: R86         Investment in an Affiliate - Schedule of            HTML     44K  
                Difference between Carrying Value of Investment in               
                Purchased Common Stock and Underlying Equity in                  
                Net Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail)                              
101: R87         Fair Value Measurement - Carrying Amounts and       HTML    133K  
                Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments                   
                (Detail)                                                         
102: R88         Fair Value Measurement - Additional Information     HTML     80K  
                (Detail)                                                         
103: R89         Accrued Liabilities (Detail)                        HTML     53K  
104: R90         Accrued Liabilities - Additional Information        HTML     44K  
                (Detail)                                                         
105: R91         Advance from Customers - Additional Information     HTML     46K  
                (Detail)                                                         
106: R92         Short Term Borrowings and Long Term Borrowings      HTML     59K  
                (Detail)                                                         
107: R93         Short Term Borrowings and Long Term Borrowings -    HTML    136K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
108: R94         Other Liabilities - Summary of Other Liabilities    HTML     65K  
                (Detail)                                                         
109: R95         Other Liabilities - Additional Information          HTML     48K  
                (Detail)                                                         
110: R96         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Carrying     HTML     51K  
                Amount of Goodwill (Detail)                                      
111: R97         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional   HTML     53K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
112: R98         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     61K  
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
113: R99         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Estimated    HTML     57K  
                Future Amortization Expense Related to Other                     
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
114: R100        Convertible Bonds - Additional Information          HTML     77K  
                (Detail)                                                         
115: R101        Stock Option - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     79K  
116: R102        Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     60K  
                (Detail)                                                         
117: R103        Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Common Stock      HTML    119K  
                Issuances (Detail)                                               
118: R104        Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Common Stock      HTML     68K  
                Issuances (Parenthetical) (Detail)                               
119: R105        Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Consolidated  HTML     48K  
                Stock-based Compensation Expense, by Type of                     
                Awards (Detail)                                                  
120: R106        Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Consolidated  HTML     53K  
                Stock-based Compensation by Line Item (Detail)                   
121: R107        Stock-based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    108K  
                (Detail)                                                         
122: R108        Stock-based Compensation - Assumptions used to      HTML     55K  
                Estimate Fair Value of Share-based Payment Awards                
                (Detail)                                                         
123: R109        Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     86K  
                Activity (Detail)                                                
124: R110        Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Exercise      HTML     67K  
                Price and Remaining Life Information about Options               
                Exercisable (Detail)                                             
125: R111        Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Changes in   HTML     67K  
                Nonvested Stock Awards (Detail)                                  
126: R112        Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Share-based  HTML     58K  
                Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted                    
                Stock Units Activity (Detail)                                    
127: R113        Impairment Charges - Summary of Asset Impairment    HTML     52K  
                Charges (Detail)                                                 
128: R114        Income Taxes - Loss Before Provision for Income     HTML     48K  
                Taxes by Geographic Locations (Detail)                           
129: R115        Income Taxes - Schedule of Provision for Income     HTML     70K  
                Taxes (Detail)                                                   
130: R116        Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     68K  
131: R117        Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between Actual        HTML     71K  
                Income Tax Expense and Income Tax (Detail)                       
132: R118        Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Income Taxes    HTML     85K  
                (Detail)                                                         
133: R119        Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock - Additional     HTML     46K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
134: R120        Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock - Schedule of    HTML     58K  
                Earnings Per Share Basic and Diluted (Detail)                    
135: R121        Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML    107K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
136: R122        Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future  HTML     59K  
                Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases                     
                (Detail)                                                         
137: R123        Operating Risk - Concentrations of Credit Risk and  HTML     79K  
                Major Customers - Revenue (Detail)                               
138: R124        Operating Risk - Concentrations of Credit Risk and  HTML     65K  
                Major Customers - Receivables (Detail)                           
139: R125        Segment Information - Net Sales by Major Product    HTML     59K  
                and Services (Detail)                                            
140: R126        Segment Information - Net Sales by Geographic       HTML     60K  
                Location (Detail)                                                
141: R127        Segment Information - Geographic Information Based  HTML     59K  
                Upon Physical Location for Long-Lived Assets                     
                (Detail)                                                         
142: R128        Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML    140K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
143: R129        Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     97K  
                (Detail)                                                         
145: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    278K  
144: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    182K  
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- spi-20151231                        XML   2.64M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spi-20151231_cal                XML    516K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spi-20151231_def                 XML   1.46M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spi-20151231_lab                      XML   2.78M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spi-20151231_pre               XML   2.08M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- spi-20151231                          XSD    389K 
146: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-16-593321-xbrl      Zip    349K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — spi-20151231_pre

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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