Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07
On July 7, 2017, Amyris,Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to vote on the following proposals:
| • | Approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock upon the conversion of shares of preferred stock and the exercise of warrants issued in securities offerings completed in May2017 in accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules 5635(b), (c), and (d) (“Proposal 1”). |
| • | Approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock, including shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of preferred stock and the exercise of warrants, to be sold in additional securities offerings of up to $75 million in accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules 5635(b), (c), and (d) (“Proposal 2”). |
Proposal 1 was approved by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| 171,856,267 | 2,088,888 | 393,937 | — |
Proposal 2 was approved by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| 171,622,381 | 2,155,488 | 561,223 | — |
No further business was brought before the Special Meeting.
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.
