UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

July 22, 2014

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

SOLAZYME, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35189   33-1077078

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

225 Gateway Boulevard

South San Francisco, CA 94080

  94080
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(650) 780-4777

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 22, 2014, Solazyme, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a lease agreement (the “Lease”) with Britannia Gateway II Limited Partnership (the “Landlord”) to lease approximately 106,076 rentable square feet located at 225 Gateway Boulevard and 201 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California (collectively, the “Premises”). The Lease will commence on February 5, 2015 and expire on January 31, 2018 (the “Term”). The Lease payments will be approximately $12.4 million over the Term, and the Company will also pay the Landlord for certain operating expenses.

The Company currently occupies the Premises under a sublease dated December 31, 2009, between the Company, as sublessee, and FibroGen, Inc., as sublessor.

The above description is a summary of the material terms of the Lease, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

    SOLAZYME, INC.
    (Registrant)
Date: July 28, 2014     By:  

/s/ Tyler W. Painter

      Tyler W. Painter
     

Chief Operating Officer and

Chief Financial Officer