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 11, 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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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 11, 2017, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) approved bonus payments for the Company’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017 to the Company’s executives, including the Company’s current “named executive officers” listed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 27, 2017 (the “NEOs”), under the Company’s 2017 cash bonus plan (the “Bonus Plan”), which included an exercise of discretion by the Committee to award a one-time cash bonus, in addition to the plan-based bonus, in the amount of $300,000 to John Melo, the Company’s president and chief executive officer.
In addition, on May 11, 2017, the Committee approved 2017 target bonuses for the NEOs under the Bonus Plan as follows:
Named Executive Officer |
Title | Target Bonus (% of Base Salary) | |
| John Melo | President and Chief Executive Officer | 100% | |
| Kathleen Valiasek | Chief Financial Officer | 40% | |
| Joel Cherry | President, Research and Development | 50% |
Actual amounts paid to the NEOs under the Bonus Plan may be more or less than the target bonus amounts in accordance with the terms of the Bonus Plan, which were previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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 17, 2017 | By: | /s/ Kathleen Valiasek | |
| Kathleen Valiasek | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||