Amyris, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2021
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 26, 2021, Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) for the following purposes:
1.To approve the issuance to John Melo, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), of (x) a performance-vesting restricted stock unit award (the “CEO PSU”) representing the right to receive up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) based on the achievement of four specified stock price performance metrics over a four-year period and (y) a one-time waiver of the annual per-person award limit under the 2020 Plan of 4,000,000 shares with respect to the CEO PSU and all other awards representing the right to receive shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2020 Plan that may be granted to the CEO in calendar year 2021 (“Proposal 1”);
2.To approve an amendment of the 2020 Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance by 2,750,000 shares (“Proposal 2”); and
3.To act upon such other matters as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Proposal 1 was approved by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 104,403,912 | 67,789,005 | 12,550,630 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 2 was approved by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 104,481,642 | 67,825,341 | 12,436,563 | — | ||||||||
No further business was brought before the Special Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are furnished herewith:
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | ||||
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: July 27, 2021 | By: | /s/ Nicole Kelsey | |||||||||
| Nicole Kelsey | |||||||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||