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Offer Letter - Tamara Tompkins

 Exhibit 10.35 

 

 

 AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

January 
24th, 2005 

Re: Offer of Employment with Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. 

Dear Tamara Tompkins 

On behalf of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. (“Amyris”), I am delighted to offer to you employment with Amyris. If
you accept this offer and satisfy the conditions of acceptance set forth herein, your employment with Amyris will commence on February 7, 2005, under the following terms: 

Position. 

You will be employed full-time by Amyris initially as its Vice President of Operations and Legal Affairs, reporting to Kinkead Reiling,
Ph.D. 
 Cash Compensation. 

You will initially earn a monthly base salary of $8333.33 annualized at $100,000, which shall be paid in accordance with Amyris’
regular payroll schedule. Upon Amyris’ first equity funding event or corporate partnership to which you contribute materially and which is worth at least $4,000,000 your annualized salary will be increased by $50,000 to $150,000. Further, this
pay raise will be retroactive to your initial date of employment. For funding events of less than $4,000,000 and more than $1,000,000, the aforementioned raise will be a based on the following formula: $50,000*(Funding-1,000,000)/3,000,000.

 Benefits. 

You will be eligible to participate in the employee benefits plans, including paid time off, that are generally made available to the
employees of Amyris, as those benefits become available. At this time, Amyris can offer you three (3) weeks of vacation and the payment of your California Bar Dues. Further, Amyris will contribute to you MCLE fees in accordance with our
standard budget for employee attendance of conferences (currently estimated at $1500/year). Because Amyris is newly-formed, we are working diligently to put in place a full range of benefits as soon as possible. 

Equity. 

You will be recommended to Amyris’ Board of Directors (the “Board”) to be granted a stock option to purchase 75,000 shares
of common stock of Amyris (the “Option Shares”) at the strike price of $0.10 per share, which will vest as follows: (i) except as provided below, twenty-five percent (25%) of the Option Shares will vest upon completion of your
twelfth (12th) month of employment with Amyris, and (ii) the balance of the Option Shares will vest in a series of thirty- six (36) successive equal monthly instalments upon your completion of each additional month of employment with
Amyris thereafter. 
 Notwithstanding clause (i) of the preceding paragraph, if, at any time during the initial twelve
(12) months of your employment with Amyris, there is an Involuntary Termination of your 

 

 

 employment, a number of Option Shares equal to (x) 1/48 of the Option Shares, multiplied by
(y) the number of months you were employed by Amyris prior to the effective date of such Involuntary Termination (pro-rated for any month(s) of partial employment) shall accelerate and become immediately vested. For purposes of this offer
letter, an “Involuntary Termination” shall mean the termination of your employment with Amyris for one or more of the following reasons: 

(1) You are involuntary dismissed or discharged by Amyris for reasons other than: (a) an act of fraud, embezzlement,
or dishonesty, (b) the unauthorized use or disclosure by you of confidential information or trade secrets of Amyris, (c) any misconduct by you that has a material adverse affect on the business or affairs of Amyris, or (d) one or more
unsatisfactory performance reviews; or 
 (2) You voluntarily resign following: (a) a change in your
position with Amyris which materially reduces your duties and responsibilities or the level of management of Amyris to which you report, or (b) a reduction in your level of compensation by more than fifteen percent (15%). 

Company Policy. 

As an employee of Amyris, you will be subject to, and will be expected to comply with its policies and procedures, personnel and
otherwise, as those policies are developed and communicated to you. 
 “At-Will” Employment. 

Employment with Amyris is “at-will”. This means that it is not for any specified period of time and can be terminated by you or
by Amyris at any time, with or without advance notice, and for any or no particular reason or cause. It also means that your job duties, title and responsibility and reporting level, compensation and benefits, as well as Amyris’ personnel
policies and procedures, may be changed at any time in the sole discretion of Amyris. However, the “at-will” nature of your employment shall remain unchanged during your tenure as an employee of Amyris and may not be changed, except in an
express writing signed by you and by Amyris’ President. 
 Full-time Services to The Company 

The Company requires that, as a full-time employee, you devote your full business time, attention, skills and efforts to the tasks and
duties of your position as assigned by the Company. If you wish to request consent to provide services (for any or no form of compensation) to any other person or business entity while employed by the Company, please contact Kinkead Reiling.

 Conditions of Offer. 

In order to accept this offer, and for your acceptance to be effective, you must satisfy the following conditions: 

 

	 •
	 	 Your ability to provide satisfactory documentary proof of your identity and right to work in the United States of America on your first day of
employment. 

 

 

  

	 •
	 	 Your signed agreement to, and ongoing compliance with, the terms of the enclosed Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement without
modification, 

  

	 •
	 	 Your consent to, and results satisfactory to the Company of, reference and background checks. Until you have been informed in writing by the Company
that such checks have been completed and the results satisfactory, you may wish to defer reliance on this offer. 

  

	 •
	 	 Your signed agreement to the terms of the enclosed Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Disputes without modification.

  

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	 	 Your return of the enclosed copy of this letter, after being signed by you without modification, to the Company no later than February 5, 2005,
after which time this offer will expire. By signing and accepting this offer, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are not subject to any pre- existing contractual or other legal obligation with any person, company or business enterprise
which may be an impediment to your employment with, or your providing services to, the Company as its employee; and (ii) you have not and shall not bring onto Company premises, or use in the course of your employment with the Company, any
confidential or proprietary information of another person, company or business enterprise to whom you previously provided services. 

Entire Agreement. 

Provided that the conditions of this offer and your acceptance are satisfied, this letter and the enclosed PIIA shall constitute the full
and complete agreement between you and Amyris regarding the terms and conditions of your employment. This letter and the enclosed PIIA cancel supersede and replace any and all prior negotiations, representations or agreements, written and oral,
between you and Amyris or any representative or agent of Amyris regarding any aspect of your employment. Any change to the terms of your employment with Amyris, as set forth in this letter, must be in an individualized writing to you, signed by
Amyris to be effective. 
 Please confirm your acceptance of this offer, by signing and returning the enclosed copy of this
letter and the PIIA to Kinkead Reiling by February 5, 2005. If not accepted by you as of that date, this offer will expire. We look forward to having you join Amyris. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kinkead at
(415) 640-9742. 
 Sincerely, 
  

	
	
	 /s/ Kinkead Reiling

	 Kinkead Reiling

	 President, Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

I ACCEPT AMYRIS’S OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, ABOVE. 

 

					
			
	 /s/ Tamara Tompkins
	 		 	 February 7, 2005

	 Tammy Tompkins
	 		 	 DateAmendment to Offer Letter - Tamara Tompkins

 Exhibit 10.36 

 

 

 Tamara L. Tompkins 

1040 Continentals Way #13 

Belmont, CA 94002 

January 15, 2009 

Re: Amendment to Offer Letter  

Dear Tammy: 

This letter amends the offer letter between you and Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. (“Amyris”) dated January 25, 2005 (the
“Original Offer Letter”). The Original Offer Letter shall be amended by adding the following provisions: 
  

	 	 1.
	 Termination of Employment. If you resign your employment with Amyris or if Amyris terminates your employment for Cause (as defined below) at
any time, you will receive your base salary as well as any accrued but unused vacation (if applicable) earned through the effective resignation or termination date and no additional compensation. If Amyris terminates your employment for any reason
other than Cause, it will give you written notice of termination, any base salary and accrued but unused vacation that is earned through the effective termination date and, conditioned on your (i) signing and not revoking a release of any and
all claims, in a form prescribed by Amyris, and (ii) returning to Amyris all of its property and confidential information that is in your possession, you will receive the following: 

 

	 	 (A)
	 Continuation of your base salary for twelve (12) months beyond the effective termination date, payable in accordance with the regular payroll
practices of Amyris, provided that these payments will be terminated as of the date you commence employment with another employer or engage or participate in any consulting or advisory arrangement or any other arrangement that involves any form of
remuneration, including remuneration for services performed by you as an officer, director, employee, representative or agent of, or in any other capacity for, any other person or entity (each, an “Engagement”);

  

	 	 (B)
	 If you elect to continue your health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended
(“COBRA”) following the termination of your employment, then Amyris shall pay your monthly premium under COBRA until the earlier of (x) twelve (12) months following the effective termination date, or (y) the date upon which
you commence employment with an entity other than Amyris or any other Engagement; and 

  

	 	 (C)
	 If your employment is terminated by Amyris for any reason other than for Cause within your first year of employment, a portion of your options
granted under 

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 Section 4 above will vest as follows: the number of shares that shall
vest shall be equal to the number obtained by multiplying the number of shares of common stock subject to the option granted pursuant to Section 4 by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of complete months you have been
employed by Amyris up to the date of termination and the denominator of which shall be 60. 
 You will notify
Amyris in writing within five (5) days of your receipt of an offer of employment with any entity other than Amyris or for any other type of Engagement, and will accordingly identify the date upon which you will commence such employment or
Engagement in such writing. These salary and benefits continuance benefits are intended to be provided to you as you actively seek future employment or another Engagement, and therefore, as noted, will cease once you have secured such employment or
Engagement. 
 For all purposes under this Agreement, a termination for “Cause” shall mean a
determination that your employment be terminated for any of the following reasons: (i) failure or refusal to comply in any material respect with lawful policies, standards or regulations of Amyris, (ii) a violation of a federal or state
law or regulation applicable to the business of Amyris, (iii) conviction or plea of no contest to a felony or to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any State, (iv) fraud or misappropriation of
property belonging to Amyris or its affiliates, (v) nonperformance, non-compliance or interference with any third party’s performance of the terms of any confidentiality, invention assignment or proprietary information agreement with
Amyris or with a former employer, (vi) your failure to satisfactorily perform your duties as assigned from time to time by Amyris after having received written notice of such failure and at least thirty (30) days to cure such failure, or
(vii) your misconduct or gross negligence in connection with the performance of your duties. 
  

	 	 2.
	 Change of Control. If, during your employment with Amyris, there is a Change of Control event (as defined below), and Amyris terminates your
employment without Cause or you are Constructively Terminated (as defined below) within six (6) months of that event, then you will be eligible to receive the benefits provided in Section 8, as well as immediate accelerated vesting of
fifty percent (50%) of any of the unvested shares under your outstanding options as of the date of termination, conditioned on your complying with the requirements of Section 8 above. 

“Change of Control” shall mean (i) a merger, reorganization, consolidation or other transaction (or
series of related transactions of such nature) pursuant to which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all outstanding equity securities of Amyris is transferred by the holders of Amyris’ outstanding shares (excluding a
reincorporation to effect a change in domicile), (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Amyris, or (iii) any other transaction or series of related transactions, in which Amyris’ stockholders immediately prior to
such transaction or transactions own immediately after such transaction less than fifty (50%) of the voting equity securities of the surviving corporation or its parent. 

 “Constructive Termination” shall mean a resignation of your
employment within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of any of the following events which occurs within six (6) months following a Change of Control: (i) a material reduction in your responsibilities, (ii) a material reduction in
your base salary, unless such reduction in your base salary is comparable in percentage to, and is part of, a reduction in the base salary of all or substantially all executive officers of Amyris, or (iii) a relocation of your principal office
to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the location of your principal office immediately preceding a Change of Control. 

Please confirm your acceptance of this amendment by signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter. 

 

	
	 Sincerely,

	
	
 

	 John G. Melo

	 Chief Executive Officer

I HAVE READ AND ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT: 
  

					
			
	
 

	 		 	 January 15, 2009

	 Tamara L. Tompkins
	 		 	 Date

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