UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
August 5, 2011
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
SOLAZYME, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35189 | 33-1077078 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
225 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 |
94080 | |||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(650) 780-4777
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On August 5, 2011, Solazyme, Inc. (Solazyme) entered into a Joint Venture Framework Agreement (the JVFA) by and between Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovations, L.L.C. (Bunge), related to the formation of a joint venture entity (the JV), which would focus on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil from sugar cane feedstock to be provided by an affiliate of Bunge. The parties have agreed to immediately begin engineering and permitting for an oil production facility to be built by the JV adjacent to a sugar cane processing mill in Brazil that is owned by an affiliate of Bunge. Upon successful completion of site-specific engineering designs and execution of final JV agreements, construction on the facility will commence.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SOLAZYME, INC. | ||||||
Date: August 9, 2011 | By: | /s/ PAUL T. QUINLAN | ||||
Paul T. Quinlan | ||||||
General Counsel and Secretary |