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Workhorse Group Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 3/13/20, at 4:17pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1628280-20-3532   ·   File #:  1-37673

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 3/13/20  Workhorse Group Inc.              10-K       12/31/19   85:9.5M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     37K 
 3: EX-10.41    Material Contract                                   HTML     80K 
 4: EX-10.42    Material Contract                                   HTML    141K 
 5: EX-10.47    Material Contract                                   HTML    112K 
 6: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     21K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     23K 
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
17: R1          Cover Page.                                         HTML     82K 
63: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    105K 
71: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     45K 
42: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     66K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     81K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
65: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    132K 
73: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
39: R8          Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     88K 
                Principles                                                       
21: R9          Inventory                                           HTML     39K 
43: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     39K 
24: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     45K 
57: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     65K 
69: R13         Duke Financing Obligation                           HTML     26K 
44: R14         Mandatory Redeemable Series B Preferred Stock       HTML     32K 
25: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     95K 
58: R16         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     44K 
70: R17         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     90K 
45: R18         Recent Pronouncements                               HTML     28K 
23: R19         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     54K 
54: R20         Related Parties                                     HTML     27K 
83: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
36: R22         Other Income                                        HTML     51K 
31: R23         Other Transaction                                   HTML     27K 
55: R24         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML    145K 
                Principles (Policies)                                            
84: R25         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     65K 
                Principles (Tables)                                              
37: R26         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     40K 
32: R27         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     34K 
53: R28         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)         HTML     45K 
85: R29         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     53K 
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22: R32         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     88K 
40: R33         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     45K 
74: R34         Other Income (Tables)                               HTML     49K 
59: R35         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     43K 
                Principles (Details)                                             
19: R36         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     37K 
                Principles - Estimated Useful Lives (Details)                    
38: R37         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     30K 
                Principles - Warranty Accrual (Details)                          
72: R38         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     48K 
                Principles - Earnings Per Share (Details)                        
64: R39         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     40K 
81: R40         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     30K 
49: R41         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)        HTML     48K 
30: R42         Long-Term Debt - Type (Details)                     HTML     42K 
35: R43         Long-Term Debt - Maturities (Details)               HTML     33K 
80: R44         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML    143K 
48: R45         Duke Financing Obligation (Details)                 HTML     41K 
29: R46         Mandatory Redeemable Series B Preferred Stock       HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
34: R47         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     42K 
79: R48         Income Taxes - Components of Loss Before Income     HTML     42K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
50: R49         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Statutory Federal  HTML     42K 
                Income Tax (Details)                                             
67: R50         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R51         Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)  HTML     38K 
46: R52         Fair Value Measurement - Warrants (Details)         HTML     34K 
26: R53         Fair Value Measurement - Convertible Note           HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R54         Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     43K 
77: R55         Stock Based Compensation - Share Based              HTML     31K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
47: R56         Stock Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
27: R57         Stock Based Compensation - Restricted Stock         HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R58         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     82K 
78: R59         Stockholders' Equity - Warrants (Details)           HTML     48K 
33: R60         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     37K 
28: R61         Other Income (Details)                              HTML     33K 
51: R62         Other Income - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     67K 
82: R63         Other Transaction (Details)                         HTML     41K 
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