0001171843-17-001290.txt : 20170303 0001171843-17-001290.hdr.sgml : 20170303 20170303161724 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-17-001290 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170227 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20170303 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170303 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMYRIS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001365916 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34885 FILM NUMBER: 17663800 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5885 HOLLIS ST SUITE 100 CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 BUSINESS PHONE: 510-450-0761 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5885 HOLLIS ST SUITE 100 CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060613 8-K 1 f8k_030317.htm FORM 8-K

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): February 27, 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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously reported, on March 21, 2016, in connection with the restructuring of the ownership and rights of Total Amyris BioSolutions B.V. (“TAB”), the jointly owned entity incorporated on November 29, 2013 to house a fuels joint venture between Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) and Total Energies Nouvelles Activités USA (formerly known as Total Gas & Power USA, SAS) (“Total”), a commercial partner of the Company and an owner of greater than five percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock, the Company issued to Total a senior convertible note (the “R&D Note”) in the principal amount of $3.7 million. The restructuring of TAB and the issuance of the R&D Note were previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference.

On February 27, 2017, the Company and Total entered into a first amendment to the R&D Note (the “First Amendment”). Pursuant to the First Amendment, the parties agreed to extend the maturity date of the R&D Note from March 1, 2017 to May 15, 2017.

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: March 3, 2017	By:	/s/ Kathleen Valiasek
		Kathleen Valiasek
		Chief Financial Officer