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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2014
  Registration No. 333-
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________
 
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
________________
 
Amyris, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
55-0856151
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)

Amyris, Inc.
5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 450-0761
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

2010 Equity Incentive Plan
2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 (Full title of the plans)
 
John G. Melo
President and Chief Executive Officer
Amyris, Inc.
5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 450-0761
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Please send copies of all communications to:
Gordon K. Davidson, Esq.
Daniel J. Winnike, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 988-8500
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):
 
  Large Accelerated Filer [  ] Accelerated Filer [x]
  Non-accelerated Filer [  ] Smaller Reporting Company [  ]
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  
 
 
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered
  
Amount to be
Registered(1)
    
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
    
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
    
Amount of
Registration
Fee
  
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
                        
-- To be issued under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
     3,833,141 (2)   $ 3.54 (3)   $ 13,569,319     $ 1,747,73  
-- To be issued under the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
     766,628 (4)   $ 3.01 (5)     2,307,550     $ 297.21  
Total
     4,599,769             $ 15,876,869     $ 2,044.94  
 
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (“2010 EIP”) or 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2010 ESPP”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.
 
(2)
Represents an automatic increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2010 EIP equal to approximately 5% of 76,662,812 shares, the total outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of December 31, 2013.  This automatic increase was effective as of January 1, 2014.  Shares available for issuance under the 2010 EIP were previously registered on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 1, 2010 (Registration No. 333-169715), February 28, 2011 (Registration No. 333-172514), March 9, 2012 (Registration No. 333-180006), March 28, 2013 (Registration No. 333-187598) and May 20, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188711).
 
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on April 11, 2014.
 
(4)
Represents an automatic increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2010 ESPP equal to approximately 1% of 76,662,812 shares, the total outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of December 31, 2013.  This automatic increase was effective as of January 1, 2014.  Shares available for issuance under the 2010 ESPP were previously registered on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October 1, 2010 (File No. 333-169715), February 28, 2011 (Registration No. 333-172514), March 9, 2012 (Registration No. 333-180006) and March 28, 2013 (Registration No. 333-187598).
 
(5)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on April 11, 2014, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the trading price per share applicable to purchasers under the Registrant’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
 
 
 
 
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement with the SEC to register (1) 3,833,141 additional shares of common stock under the Registrant’s 2010 EIP and (2) 766,628 additional shares of common stock under its 2010 ESPP pursuant to the provisions of those plans providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under such plans.  This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October 1, 2010 (Registration No. 333-169715), February 28, 2011 (Registration No. 333-172514), March 9, 2012 (Registration No. 333-180006), March 28, 2013 (Registration No. 333-187598) and May 20, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188711).
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Emeryville, State of California, on this 14th day of April, 2014.
 
 
AMYRIS, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ John G. Melo
   
John Melo
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John Melo, Paulo Diniz and Nicholas Khadder, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature
  
Title
  
Date
         
  /s/ John G. Melo
  
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
  
April 14, 2014
John G. Melo
  
(Principal Executive Officer)
    
         
/s/ Paulo Diniz
  
Interim Chief Financial Officer
  
January 27, 2014
Paulo Diniz
  
(Principal Financial Officer)
    
         
/s/    Karen Weaver
  
Vice President and Corporate Controller
  
January 29, 2014
Karen Weaver  
(Principal Accounting Officer)
    
         
/s/ Arthur Levinson
  
 
  
 
Arthur Levinson, Ph.D.
  
Director
  
January 28, 2014
         
/s/ Philippe Boisseau
  
 
  
 
Philippe Boisseau
  
Director
  
January 27, 2014
         
/s/ Nam-Hai Chua
        
Nam-Hai Chua, Ph.D.
  
Director
  
January 24, 2014
         
/s/ John Doerr
        
John Doerr
  
Director
  
January 28, 2014
         
/s/ Geoffrey Duyk
        
Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D.
  
Director
  
January 22, 2014
         
/s/ Carole Piwnica
        
Carole Piwnica
  
Director
  
January 23, 2014
         
/s/ Fernando Reinach
        
Fernando Reinach, Ph.D.
  
Director
  
January 23, 2014
         
/s/ HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani
        
HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani
  
Director
  
January 27, 2014
         
/s/ R. Neil Williams
        
R. Neil Williams
  
Director
  
January 22, 2014
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
  
Incorporated by Reference 
Filed
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Herewith
             
4.01
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
10-Q
001-34885
3.1
11/10/2010
  
             
4.02
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
S-8
333-188711
May 20, 2013
4.02
  
             
4.02
Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
10-Q
001-34885
3.2
11/10/2010
  
             
4.03
Form of Registrant’s common stock certificate
S-1
333-166135
4.01
07/06/2010
  
             
4.13
2010 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant and forms of award agreements thereunder
S-1
333-166135
10.44
06/23/2010
  
             
4.14
2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant and form of Subscription Agreement thereunder
S-1
333-166135
10.45
07/06/2010
  
             
5.01
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP
        
X
             
23.01
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
        
X
             
23.02
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.01)
        
X
             
24.01
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
        
X