0001193125-12-249217.txt : 20120525 0001193125-12-249217.hdr.sgml : 20120525 20120525160603 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-249217 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120524 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120525 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: 12871390 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 d358880d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 24, 2012

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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

On May 24, 2012, Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the following purposes:

 

  •  

To elect the three Class II directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve on the Board for a three-year term.

 

  •  

To approve a one-time stock option re-pricing program under which employees with eligible stock options (excluding the Company’s executive officers and members of the Board) would receive a one-time reduction in the exercise price for such options to $16.00 per share.

 

  •  

To re-approve the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan for purposes of complying with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

  •  

To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

  •  

To act upon such other matters properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

The following Class II directors were elected to the Board based on the following votes:

 

     For    Withhold    Broker Non-Vote

Ralph Alexander

    42,364,279    768,600    4,657,963

John Melo

    43,054,622    78,257    4,657,963

Patrick Pichette

    43,082,786    50,093    4,657,963

The re-pricing program was approved by the following vote:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

38,815,798

    4,312,971    4,110    4,657,963

The 2010 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the following vote:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

38,712,498

    4,414,570    5,811    4,657,963

The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was approved by the following vote:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

47,581,874

    208,414    554    0

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, 2012     By:   /s/ Gary Loeb
       

Gary Loeb

SVP and General Counsel