Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01
DSM Agreements
On November 19, 2018, Amyris, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into certain agreements (the “Agreements”) with affiliates of Koninklijke DSM N.V. (collectively, “DSM”), a commercial partner of the Company and an owner of greater than five percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), with the right to designate two members of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Agreements provide for additional production capacity for the Company’s new sweetener product at DSM’s manufacturing facility located in Brotas, Brazil. In consideration of certain agreements by DSM set forth in the Agreements, including dedicated time and labor to operate the facility to manufacture Company products and an extension of the current supply agreement between the Company and DSM to help ensure the Company has the necessary capacity to meet customer demand through the end of 2022, the Company has agreed to provide DSM consideration in the form of cash and shares of Common Stock. The terms of the Agreements are further described below and in the exhibits filed herewith.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On November 19, 2018, the Company and DSM entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”), to which the Company agreed to issue 1,643,991 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) to DSM in consideration of certain agreements of DSM set forth in the Supply Agreement Amendment (as defined below). The SPA contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties. In addition, the Company agreed to file a registration statement providing for the resale by DSM of the Shares and to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such registration statement to become effective within 181 days following the date of the SPA and (ii) keep such registration statement effective until DSM does not own any Shares or the Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144 without regard to volume limitations. The Shares were issued on November 20, 2018 in a private placement to the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), without general solicitation, made only to and with “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D. No underwriters or agents were involved in the offering or issuance of the Shares.
Supply Agreement Amendment
On November 19, 2018, the Company and DSM entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Supply Agreement, dated December 28, 2017 (the “Supply Agreement”), by and between the Company and DSM. Under the Supply Agreement, DSM agreed to manufacture and supply to the Company certain products useful in the Company’s business, at prices and on production and delivery terms and specifications set forth in the Supply Agreement, which prices are based upon DSM’s manufacturing cost plus an agreed margin. The Supply Agreement originally provided that it would expire (i) with respect to non-farnesene related products, on the date that the Company’s planned new specialty ingredients manufacturing facility in Brazil is fully operational and meets its production targets, but in any event no later than December 31, 2021 and (ii) with respect to farnesene related products, on December 28, 2037, subject in each case to earlier termination in certain circumstances. to Amendment No. 1 to the Supply Agreement (the “Supply Agreement Amendment”), (i) the outside expiration date of the Supply Agreement with respect to non-farnesene related products was extended to December 31, 2022, with specified pricing terms added for products manufactured during 2022, (ii) DSM committed to produce certain non-farnesene related products for the Company for two months of each calendar year during the term of the Supply Agreement and (iii) the Company agreed to (A) pay DSM a cash reservation fee in the total amount of $17.3 million, payable in installments during 2018 and 2019, (B) issue the Shares to DSM and (C) pay DSM a cash fee of $7.3 million, payable on or before March 29, 2019, plus, if the closing price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of such payment is less than $4.41 per share, an amount equal to such deficiency multiplied by 1,643,991.
Letter Agreement
On November 19, 2018, the Company and DSM entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”), to which, in consideration of the agreements of DSM set forth in the Supply Agreement Amendment, the Company agreed (i) to cause the removal of certain existing liens on intellectual property owned by the Company and licensed to DSM and (ii) if such liens are not removed prior to December 15, 2018, to issue to DSM shares of Common Stock with a value equal to $5,000,000. The Company expects to issue such shares, if required, in a private placement to the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, without the involvement of any underwriters or agents.
The foregoing description of the SPA and the Letter Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the SPA and the Letter Agreement, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 1.01 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information contained in Item 1.01 above under the headings “Securities Purchase Agreement” and “Letter Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 1.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
AMYRIS, INC. ExhibitEX-10.1 2 exh_101.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit 10.1 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 19,…To view the full exhibit click here
About Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS)
Amyris, Inc. is an integrated industrial biotechnology company. The Company is engaged in research and development and sales of fuels and farnesene-derived products. It is applying its industrial synthetic biology platform to engineer, manufacture and sell products into a range of consumer and industrial markets, including cosmetics, flavors and fragrances (F&F), solvents and cleaners, polymers, lubricants, healthcare products and fuels. The Company focuses on a renewable hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (Biofene). The Company is expanding its range of products across various categories divided into consumer and industrial applications. For consumer applications, the Company is developing and selling personal care products (which include ingredients for cosmetics and F&F), healthcare products and formulated end user products, such as Biossance brand skincare products and Muck Daddy brand hand cleaner product.
