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

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2017

 

Amyris, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-34885 55-0856151

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

  5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100, Emeryville, CA 94608      
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)  

 

 

  (510) 450-0761  
  (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

 

     
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)  

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 23, 2017, Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the following purposes:

 

  To elect the four Class I directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve on the Board for a three-year term (“Proposal 1”).
     
  To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (“Proposal 2”).
     
  To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s “named executive officers” as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2017 (the “stockholder say-on-pay vote”) (“Proposal 3”).
     
  To hold a non-binding advisory vote regarding the frequency of future stockholder say-on-pay votes (every one, two or three years) (“Proposal 4”).
     
  To re-approve the performance factors set forth in the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Proposal 5”).
     
  To approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect, at the discretion of the Board, a fifteen-to-one reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) (“Proposal 6”).
     
  Subject to the approval of Proposal 6, to approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect, at the discretion of the Board, a reduction in the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 500,000,000 to 250,000,000 (“Proposal 7”).
     
  To act upon such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

The following Class I directors listed in Proposal 1 were elected to the Board based on the following votes:

 

  For Withhold Broker Non-Vote
Geoffrey Duyk 175,083,068 2,267,389 61,967,738
Carole Piwnica 176,071,043 1,279,414 61,967,738
Fernando Reinach 176,845,139 505,318 61,967,738
HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani 120,261,357 57,089,100 61,967,738

 

Proposal 2 was approved by the following vote:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
236,781,530 508,400 2,028,265 --

 

Proposal 3 was approved by the following vote:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
176,016,027 1,194,730 139,700 61,967,738

 

The “every three years” option in Proposal 4 was approved by the following vote:

 

One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote
58,524,756 10,441,007 107,916,444 468,250 61,967,738

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 5 was approved by the following vote:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
174,827,146 2,143,500 379,811 61,967,738

 

 

Proposal 6 was approved by the following vote:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
219,285,869 15,800,440 417,135 --

 

Proposal 7 was approved by the following vote:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
175,848,276 1,279,895 222,286 61,967,738

 

 

No further business was brought before the Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

    AMYRIS, INC.  
       
       
Date: May 25, 2017 By:    /s/ Kathleen Valiasek  
    Kathleen Valiasek  
    Chief Financial Officer