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Exelixis, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/29/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Tuesday, 2/6/24, at 4:49pm ET · For: 12/29/23 · Accession #: 939767-24-28 · File #: 0-30235

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

 2/06/24  Exelixis, Inc.                    10-K       12/29/23   95:11M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.26M 
 2: EX-10.18    Material Contract                                   HTML     39K 
 3: EX-10.23    Material Contract                                   HTML     30K 
 4: EX-10.24    Material Contract                                   HTML    190K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     27K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
10: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     62K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
16: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     93K 
17: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     32K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    132K 
19: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     96K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     81K 
24: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    110K 
25: R10         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     82K 
                Policies                                                         
26: R11         Revenues                                            HTML    126K 
27: R12         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     89K 
                Activities                                                       
28: R13         Cash and Investments                                HTML    116K 
29: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     64K 
30: R15         Inventory                                           HTML     40K 
31: R16         Property and Equipment                              HTML     43K 
32: R17         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML    128K 
33: R18         Provision For Income Taxes                          HTML     96K 
34: R19         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     51K 
35: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     75K 
36: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
37: R22         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     39K 
38: R23         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     45K 
39: R24         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    132K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
40: R25         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    128K 
41: R26         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     47K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
42: R27         Cash and Investments (Tables)                       HTML    117K 
43: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
44: R29         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     41K 
45: R30         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     42K 
46: R31         Stockholders? Equity (Tables)                       HTML    141K 
47: R32         Provision For Income Taxes (Tables)                 HTML     97K 
48: R33         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     52K 
49: R34         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     60K 
50: R35         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     46K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
51: R36         Revenues - Revenues by Disaggregated Category       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R37         Revenues - Net Product Revenues Disaggregated by    HTML     41K 
                Product (Details)                                                
53: R38         Revenues - Revenues Disaggregated by Significant    HTML     53K 
                Customer (Details)                                               
54: R39         Revenues - Revenues Disaggregated by Geographic     HTML     41K 
                Region (Details)                                                 
55: R40         Revenues - Activities and Ending Reserve Balances   HTML     50K 
                for Significant Categories of Discounts and                      
                Allowances (Details)                                             
56: R41         Revenues - Contract Assets and Liabilities          HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R42         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     60K 
                Activities - Ipsen Collaboration Narrative                       
                (Details)                                                        
58: R43         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     42K 
                Activities - Collaboration Revenues under the                    
                Collaboration Agreement with Ipsen (Details)                     
59: R44         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     65K 
                Activities - Takeda Collaboration Narrative                      
                (Details)                                                        
60: R45         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     42K 
                Activities - Collaboration Revenues under the                    
                Collaboration Agreement with Takeda (Details)                    
61: R46         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     36K 
                Activities - Royalty Pharma (Details)                            
62: R47         Collaboration Agreements And Business Development   HTML     54K 
                Activities - Other Collaborations Narrative                      
                (Details)                                                        
63: R48         Cash and Investments - Investments by Security      HTML     76K 
                Type (Details)                                                   
64: R49         Cash and Investments - Narrative (Details)          HTML     44K 
65: R50         Cash and Investments - Fair Value and Gross         HTML     59K 
                Unrealized Losses of Investments                                 
                Available-for-Sale in an Unrealized Loss Position                
                (Details)                                                        
66: R51         Cash and Investments - Fair Value of Cash           HTML     35K 
                Equivalents and Investments by Contractual                       
                Maturity (Details)                                               
67: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     75K 
68: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Narratives (Details)      HTML     39K 
69: R54         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     39K 
70: R55         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     49K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
71: R56         Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details)        HTML     29K 
72: R57         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of Allocated        HTML     35K 
                Employee Stock-Based Compensation Expense                        
                (Details)                                                        
73: R58         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of Employee         HTML     46K 
                Service Share - Based Compensation Expense                       
                (Details)                                                        
74: R59         Stockholders? Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML    179K 
75: R60         Stockholders? Equity - Weighted Average Grant Date  HTML     41K 
                Fair Value (Details)                                             
76: R61         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of Fair Value of    HTML     49K 
                Employee Share-Based Payments Awards ESPP                        
                Assumptions and Weighted Average Fair Values                     
                (Details)                                                        
77: R62         Stockholders? Equity - Summary of All Stock Option  HTML     64K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
78: R63         Stockholders? Equity - Summary of All RSU & PSU     HTML     65K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
79: R64         Stockholders? Equity - Estimated Grant-Date Fair    HTML     52K 
                Value (Details)                                                  
80: R65         Provision For Income Taxes - Components of Income   HTML     50K 
                Tax Expense (Benefit) (Details)                                  
81: R66         Provision For Income Taxes - Schedule of            HTML     51K 
                Reconciliation of Income Taxes at the Statutory                  
                Federal Income Tax Rate to Net Income Taxes                      
                (Details)                                                        
82: R67         Provision For Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred   HTML     54K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
83: R68         Provision For Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)    HTML     44K 
84: R69         Provision For Income Taxes - Schedule of            HTML     37K 
                Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)                              
85: R70         Net Income Per Share - Computation of Basic and     HTML     61K 
                Diluted Net Income Per Share (Details)                           
86: R71         Net Income Per Share - Potentially Dilutive Shares  HTML     32K 
                of Common Stock (Details)                                        
87: R72         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R73         Commitments and Contingencies - Balance Sheet       HTML     42K 
                Classification of Lease Liabilities (Details)                    
89: R74         Commitments And Contingencies - Components of       HTML     34K 
                Lease Expense (Details)                                          
90: R75         Commitments and Contingencies - Maturities of       HTML     50K 
                Operating Lease Liabilities (Details)                            
92: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    167K 
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Exelixis, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/29/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Tuesday, 2/6/24, at 4:49pm ET · For: 12/29/23 · Accession #: 939767-24-28 · File #: 0-30235

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

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