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Lifeway Foods, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 3/25/21, at 9:00am ET · For: 12/31/20 · Accession #: 1683168-21-1046 · File #: 0-17363

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

 3/25/21  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K       12/31/20   72:3.4M                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    403K 
 2: EX-21       Subsidiaries of Lifeway Foods, Inc.                 HTML     19K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Independent Registered Public            HTML     18K 
                Accounting Firm                                                  
 8: EX-99.1     Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and    HTML     70K 
                Full Year Ended December 31, 2020                                
 4: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive        HTML     24K 
                Officer                                                          
 5: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial        HTML     24K 
                Officer                                                          
 6: EX-32.1     Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive        HTML     20K 
                Officer                                                          
 7: EX-32.2     Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial        HTML     20K 
                Officer                                                          
15: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     58K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    112K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     59K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    118K 
21: R7          1. Basis of presentation                            HTML     23K 
22: R8          2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     52K 
23: R9          3. Inventories, net                                 HTML     24K 
24: R10         4. Property, Plant and Equipment, net               HTML     27K 
25: R11         5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets                   HTML     32K 
26: R12         6. Accrued Expenses                                 HTML     25K 
27: R13         7. Debt                                             HTML     27K 
28: R14         8. Leases                                           HTML     28K 
29: R15         9. Commitments And Contingencies                    HTML     25K 
30: R16         10. Income taxes                                    HTML     50K 
31: R17         11. Stock-based and Other Compensation              HTML     39K 
32: R18         12. Segments, Products and Customers                HTML     38K 
33: R19         13. Share repurchase program                        HTML     24K 
34: R20         14. Related party transactions                      HTML     25K 
35: R21         15. Covid-19                                        HTML     21K 
36: R22         2. Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)       HTML     92K 
37: R23         2. Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     26K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R24         3. Inventories, net (Tables)                        HTML     25K 
39: R25         4. Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Tables)      HTML     26K 
40: R26         5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)          HTML     32K 
41: R27         6. Accrued Expenses (Tables)                        HTML     24K 
42: R28         8. Leases (Tables)                                  HTML     24K 
43: R29         10. Income taxes (Tables)                           HTML     55K 
44: R30         11. Stock-based and Other Compensation (Tables)     HTML     32K 
45: R31         12. Segments, Products and Customers (Tables)       HTML     29K 
46: R32         2. Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     29K 
                (Details - Property useful lives)                                
47: R33         2. Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     32K 
                (Details - Intangible Useful lives)                              
48: R34         2. Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     31K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
49: R35         3. Inventories, net (Details)                       HTML     29K 
50: R36         4. Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details)     HTML     37K 
51: R37         5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details -        HTML     31K 
                Indefinite assets)                                               
52: R38         5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details -        HTML     34K 
                Finite lived)                                                    
53: R39         6. Accrued Expenses (Details)                       HTML     32K 
54: R40         7. Debt (Details Narrative)                         HTML     37K 
55: R41         8. Leases (Details)                                 HTML     34K 
56: R42         8. Leases (Details Narrative)                       HTML     29K 
57: R43         10. Income taxes (Details - Provision)              HTML     35K 
58: R44         10. Inccome taxes (Details - Reconciliation)        HTML     69K 
59: R45         10. Income taxes (Details - Deferred tax assets)    HTML     50K 
60: R46         10. Income taxes (Details - Tax attributes related  HTML     26K 
                to net operating losses )                                        
61: R47         10. Income taxes (Details - Unrecognized tax        HTML     26K 
                benefits)                                                        
62: R48         10. Income taxes (Details Narrative)                HTML     24K 
63: R49         11. Stock-based Compensation (Details - Option      HTML     49K 
                Activity)                                                        
64: R50         11. Stock-based Compensation (Details - RSA         HTML     31K 
                Activity)                                                        
65: R51         11. Stock-based Compensation (Details Narrative)    HTML     61K 
66: R52         12. Segments, Products and Customers (Details)      HTML     40K 
67: R53         12. Segments, Products and Customers (Details       HTML     28K 
                Narrative)                                                       
68: R54         13. Share RepurchaseProgram (Detail Narrative)      HTML     30K 
69: R55         14. Related party transactions (Details Narrative)  HTML     23K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    122K 
70: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     77K 
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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/30/21  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K/A     12/31/20    3:402K                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA

13 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

12/28/20  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:1,9    12/21/20    2:51K                                    GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
10/06/20  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:1,9     9/30/20    2:96K                                    GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
12/10/19  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:1,8,9  12/10/19    2:134K                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
 4/15/19  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K       12/31/18   76:3.4M                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
 1/23/19  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:5,9     1/18/19    2:143K                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
11/01/18  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:5,9    10/26/18    3:144K                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
 5/11/18  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:1,2,5,9 5/07/18    2:808K                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
 3/30/18  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K       12/31/17   76:3.5M                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA
 3/16/16  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K       12/31/15   77:4.3M                                   Go2 EDGAR SOLUTIONS… /FA
 4/02/14  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10-K       12/31/13   71:6.7M                                   Go2 EDGAR SOLUTIONS… /FA
 4/30/03  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               10QSB/A     9/30/02    2:24K                                    Go2 EDGAR SOLUTIONS… /FA
 1/12/00  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:5,7    12/24/99    3:41K                                    RR Donnelley
10/12/99  Lifeway Foods, Inc.               8-K:5,7    10/01/99    3:189K                                   RR Donnelley

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Lifeway Foods, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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