Document:

Exhibit 4.37

 

 

Sixth
Amendment To Loan And Security Agreement

 

This SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 28, 2017, is among AMYRIS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Parent”), and each of its Subsidiaries that has delivered a Joinder Agreement (as defined
herein) (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and
together with Parent, collectively, “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities
from time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively, referred to as “Lender”) and STEGODON CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation, as successor-in-interest to Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity
as administrative agent for itself and the Lender (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.        WHEREAS,
Parent, Subsidiary Guarantors, Lender and Agent have previously entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as
of March 29, 2014, as amended on June 12, 2014, March 31, 2015, November 30, 2015, October 6, 2016, and January 10, 2017, (as further
amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Lender has provided
certain term loans and other financial accommodations to Borrower. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement;

 

B.        WHEREAS,
Borrower desires to sell to DSM Productos Nutricionais Brasil S.A., a Brazilian corporation (“DSM”) all of its
right, title and interest in and to its subsidiary, Amyris Brasil Ltda. (“Amyris Brazil”), pursuant to a certain
Quota Purchase Agreement between Amyris, AB Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Amyris,
and DSM dated as of November 17, 2017 (such transaction, the “Brazil Sale”). To facilitate the Brazil Sale,
Amyris and its subsidiaries intend to undertake a corporate restructuring in which certain assets will be transferred among Amyris
and its subsidiaries (the “Restructuring”);

 

C.        WHEREAS,
Parent has pledged to Agent 65% of its equity interest in Amyris Brazil to secure the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations
under the Loan Agreement;

 

D.        WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Loan Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 7.4 (Indebtedness), Section 7.8 (Transfers), Section 7.9
(Mergers or Acquisitions), and Section 7.11 (Corporate Changes), Amyris may not undertake the Restructuring and enter into the
Brazil Sale without the prior written consent of Agent; and

 

E.        WHEREAS,
Agent and the Lenders are willing to release their security interest in Amyris’ equity in Amyris Brazil and to provide their
consent to the Brazil Sale, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein and set forth in the Waiver Agreement (as defined
below).

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), in reliance upon the representations
and warranties made in support thereof and contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.        Defined
Terms. Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.

 

     

    

    

 

2.        Amendments
to Loan and Security Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment
and effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date (notwithstanding the date of execution of this Amendment), the Loan Agreement
is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)        Section
1.1 (Definitions). The definition of “Maturity Date” is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“ “Term Loan Maturity Date” means
July 15, 2018. For the sake of clarification, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (a) that certain Amendment
to Loan and Security Agreement Relating to (i) Maturity Date, (ii) Payments and (iii) Cash Covenants dated as of October 6, 2016
(the “October Amendment”) or (b) that certain Waiver of Debt Covenant in Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of January 11, 2017, the Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean July 15, 2018 without condition and regardless of any extensions to
the maturity dates of any other indebtedness of Borrower, including, without limitation, those set forth on Exhibit B to
the October Amendment which shall not affect the Term Loan Maturity Date or the date of any required payments of the Secured Obligations.”

 

(b)        Section
2.2(d) (Payments). The Loan Agreement is hereby amended by amending Section 2.2(d) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“(d) Payment.

 

(i)        Borrower
will pay interest on each Term Loan Advance on the first Business Day of each month, beginning the month after the (i) Closing
Date with respect to the Closing Date Term Loan Advance, (ii) First Amendment Effective Date with respect to the Additional Term
Loan Advance and (iii) the Third Amendment Effective Date for the Third Amendment Term Loan Advance. At its sole discretion, Lender
will either (i) initiate debit entries to the Borrower’s account as authorized on the ACH Authorization on each payment date
of all periodic interest obligations payable to Lender under each Term Loan Advance and any costs and expenses reimbursable to
Lender, (ii) submit a written invoice to Borrower for all amounts due by Borrower on each payment date of all periodic interest
obligations payable to Lender under each Term Loan Advance and any costs and expenses reimbursable to Lender, which invoice must
be paid by Borrower within five days of receipt or (iii) submit other written instructions to Borrower regarding the proper method
for payment of such periodic interest obligations and costs and expenses. The entire Term Loan Advance principal balance outstanding
and all accrued but unpaid interest hereunder shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower shall make all
payments due under this Agreement without setoff, recoupment or deduction and regardless of any counterclaim or defense.

 

(ii)        Borrower
shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the following payments:

 

(x) on or prior to January 15, 2018,
a principal payment of $1,250,000, which payment shall be applied to the principal amount of Secured Obligations then outstanding;
and

 

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(y) on or prior to March 31, 2018,
a principal payment of $5,500,000, which payment shall be applied to the principal amount of Secured Obligations then outstanding.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower
and Agent confirm, acknowledge, and agree that no invoice shall be sent in connection with collection of the above payments and
receipt of an invoice in connection therewith shall not be a condition of such payments becoming due and payable hereunder. For
the sake of clarification, the payments made pursuant to this Section 2.2(d)(ii) shall not be subject to any Prepayment Charge
under Section 2.5 hereof.

 

(iii)        The
entire Term Loan Advance principal balance outstanding and all accrued but unpaid interest hereunder shall be due and payable on
the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower shall make all payments due under this Agreement without setoff, recoupment or deduction
and regardless of any counterclaim or defense.”

 

(c)        Section
3.2 (Security Interest). Clause (iii) appearing in Section 3.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced
with the following:

 

“(iii) Borrower’s
equity interests in Novvi, LLC and”

 

3.        Conditions
to Effectiveness. The provisions of this Amendment shall become effective on the date, which date (if ever) shall be prior
to December 31, 2017, that all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (the “Sixth Amendment Effective
Date”):

 

(a)        Agent
shall have received a pdf copy of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(b)        Agent
shall have received a pdf copy of a Pledge and Security Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion,
pledging 65% of Parent’s equity interest in SMA Industria Quimica S.A. to secure the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, duly executed and delivered by Parent;

 

(c)        Agent
shall have received a pdf copy of the letter agreement titled “Waiver of Debt, Transfer, Merger and Corporate Change Covenants
under Loan and Security Agreement” dated as of the date hereof and delivered by Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantor (the
“Waiver Agreement”);

 

(d)        Each
of the representations and warranties of Borrower in Section 4 of this Amendment shall be true, correct and accurate in all material
respects as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date;

 

(e)        No
Material Adverse Effect has occurred;

 

(f)        Agent
shall have received either (i) a secretary’s certificate certifying as to the Borrower’s charter documents, authorizations
and incumbency matters in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, or (ii) a confirmation satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion
that the Borrower’s charter documents, authorizations and incumbency have not changed since previously delivered to Agent;

 

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(g)        No
Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement or any Loan Document;

 

(h)        Borrower
shall have paid to Agent’s counsel all legal fees and out-of- pocket expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment
which shall be payable by Borrower to Agent no later than January 5, 2017; and

 

(i)        All
legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be satisfactory to Agent and its counsel.

 

4.        Representations,
Warranties and Agreements. Borrower hereby represents, warrants and agrees in favor of Agent and Lender as follows:

 

(a)        The
Intellectual Property assets to be transferred in connection with the Brazil Sale and the Restructuring, whether transferred between
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, between Borrower’s Subsidiaries, between Amyris Brazil and DSM, or between Borrower or its
Subsidiaries and DSM or its subsidiaries and affiliates, do not constitute part of the Collateral;

 

(b)        No
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would result from the amendment of the Loan Agreement contemplated hereby);

 

(c)        The
execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and/or other
action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, notice to or action by, any Person in order
to be effective and enforceable. Each of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party constitutes
and continues to constitute the legally, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, in each case enforceable against Borrower in
accordance with its terms;

 

(d)        All
of the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and will be true and correct on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date (except
to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true
and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(e)        No
Material Adverse Effect has occurred;

 

(f)        Borrower
is entering into this Amendment on the basis of such Person’s own business judgment, without reliance upon Agent or Lender;
and

 

(g)        Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery by Agent and Lender of this Amendment shall not be deemed to create a course
of dealing or otherwise obligate Agent or Lender to execute similar agreements under the same or similar circumstances in the future.
Neither Agent nor Lender has any obligation to Borrower or any other Person to further amend provisions of the Loan Agreement or
the other Loan Documents. Other than as specifically contemplated hereby, all of the terms, covenants and provisions of the Loan
Agreement (and the other Loan Documents) are and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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5. General Provisions.

 

(a)        Upon
the effectiveness of this Amendment, all references in the Loan Agreement and in the other Loan Documents to the Loan Agreement
shall refer to the Loan Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, the Loan
Agreement. This Amendment is a Related Document. THIS AMENDMENT IS EXPRESSLY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11.8 (GOVERNING
LAW), SECTION 11.9 (CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE) AND SECTION 11.10 (MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; JUDICIAL REFERENCE)
OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT, WHICH PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE APPLICABLE HERETO BY THIS REFERENCE.

 

(b)        This
Amendment is made pursuant to Section 11.3(b) and 11.7 of the Loan Agreement and shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns. No third party beneficiaries are
intended in connection with this Amendment.

 

(c)        This
Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute
an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

(d)        Each
provision of this Amendment shall be severable from every other provision of this Amendment for the purpose of determining the
legal enforceability of any specific provision.

 

(e)        Borrower
shall promptly pay to Agent’s counsel all attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and closing of this Amendment.

 

(f)        The
appearing parties herein declare that all the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement continue to remain, as herein amended,
in full force and effect and by these presents the appearing parties hereby ratify, reaffirm and confirm all the terms and conditions
of the Loan Agreement and further declare that it is their express intention that the transactions set forth in this Amendment
shall in no way, manner or form be construed or be interpreted as an extinctive novation of any of the obligations and agreements
set forth in the Loan Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parities hereto have caused this Sixth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

	 	AMYRIS, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John Melo	 
	 	 	Name:	John Melo	 
	 	 	Title: 	CEO	 

 

	 	AMYRIS FUELS, LLC	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John Melo	 
	 	 	Name:	John Melo	 
	 	 	Title:	CEO	 

 

	 	AGENT:	 
	 	 	 
	 	STEGODON CORPORATION	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

	 	LENDER:	 
	 	 	 
	 	STEGODON CORPORATION	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

     

    

    

 

IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parities hereto have caused this Sixth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

	 	AMYRIS, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:		 
	 	 	Name:		 
	 	 	Title: 		 

 

	 	AMYRIS FUELS, LLC	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:		 
	 	 	Name:		 
	 	 	Title:		 

 

	 	AGENT:	 
	 	 	 
	 	STEGODON CORPORATION	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Austin Che	 
	 	 	Name:	Austin Che	 
	 	 	Title:	President	 

 

	 	LENDER:	 
	 	 	 
	 	STEGODON CORPORATION	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Austin Che	 
	 	 	Name:	Austin Che	 
	 	 	Title:	PresidentExhibit 4.62

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO UNSECURED PROMISSORY
NOTE

 

This Second Amendment to
Unsecured Promissory Note (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of November 13, 2017, by and between
Amyris, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Bolding Investment S.A. (the “Investor”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on February
12, 2016, the Company issued to the Investor an Unsecured Promissory Note in the principal amount of $2,000,000 (as previously
amended, the “Note”), which Note is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

WHEREAS, on May
15, 2017, the Company and the Investor amended the Note to extend the maturity date of the Note from May 15, 2017 to November 15,
2017.

 

WHEREAS, the Company
and the Investor desire to further amend the Note as set forth herein.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 8.7 of the Note, the Note may be amended with the written consent of the Company and the Investor.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

		1.	Extension of Maturity Date. The definition of “Maturity Date” in Section
1 of the Note is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“Maturity
Date” means December 31, 2017.

 

		2.	Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the terms
of the Note shall remain in full force and effect.

 

		3.	Integration. This Amendment and the Note constitute the entire agreement and understanding
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior understandings and agreements, whether oral or
written, between or among the parties hereto with respect to the specific subject matter hereof.

 

		4.	Counterparts; Facsimile. This Amendment may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment
may be executed and delivered by facsimile, or by email in portable document format (.pdf), and delivery of any signature page
by such method will be deemed to have the same effect as if the original signature had been delivered to the other party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

	AMYRIS, INC.	 
	By:	/s/ John Melo	 
	Name:	John Melo	 
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer	 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to
Second Amendment to Unsecured Promissory Note]

 

     

    

    

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

	BIOLDING INVESTMENT S.A.	 
	By:	Jean Paul C. Soulie	 
	Name:	Director	 
	Title: 	 	 

 

 

	 	/s/ Jean Paul C. Soulie	8/11/2017	 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Unsecured Promissory Note]

 

     

    

    

 

Exhibit A

 

See attached.

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