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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMRS), a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.

"During the third quarter, we realized the benefits of our focused strategy with lower operating costs and increased sales of our renewable products. Our technology improvements continue and our commercialization activities remain on track," said John Melo, President & CEO of Amyris.

"Amyris's industrial-scale farnesene production facility at Paraíso is in the final stages of a successful commissioning and we remain confident about commercial production in early 2013," Melo concluded.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Aggregate revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 were $19.1 million versus $36.3 million in the third quarter of 2011. The decline in revenue was due to the Company's planned transition out of the ethanol and ethanol-blended gasoline business, which is now complete. Partially offsetting this decline were increased revenues from renewable products sales and collaborations, primarily related to the amendment of the Company's collaboration agreement with Total.

Total research & development and sales, general & administrative expenses declined 26% to $33.1 million for the quarter from the same quarter the prior year primarily due to lower compensation and benefits expense.

GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders for the quarter was $20.3 million ($0.34 per share) compared to a loss of $43.7 million ($0.97per share) in the same quarter of 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding non-cash items such as stock-based compensation, the net loss attributable to common stockholders was $12.9 million ($0.22 per share) compared to $36.8 million ($0.82 per share) in the prior year. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in this release.

The Company's balance of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at the end of the third quarter was $44.4 million.

CONFERENCE CALL 

Amyris will discuss these results and provide a business update, including funding requirements, in a conference call scheduled for today at 5:00 pm ET (2:00 pm PT). Investors may access a live audio webcast of this conference call and the earnings call presentation in the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.amyris.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the investor relations section of the Company's website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for approximately 60 calendar days.

About Amyris

Amyris is an integrated renewable products company focused on providing sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products. Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of molecules -- flexible building blocks that can be used in a wide range of products. Amyris's initial portfolio of commercial products is based on Biofene®, Amyris's brand of renewable farnesene, a long-chain hydrocarbon. Amyris is commercializing these products both as No Compromise® renewable ingredients in cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, polymers, lubricants and consumer products, and also as No Compromise renewable diesel and jet fuel. Amyris Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Amyris, oversees the establishment and expansion of Amyris's production in Brazil. More information about Amyris is available at www.amyris.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements 

This release contains forward-looking statements, and any statements other than statements of historical facts could be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding future events (such as commercialization activities, commissioning of a planned production facility, and commercial production commencement) that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on management's current expectations and actual results and future events may differ materially due to risks and uncertainties, including those associated with any delays or failures in development, production and commercialization of products, liquidity and ability to fund capital expenditures, Amyris's reliance on third parties to achieve its goals, and other risks detailed in the "Risk Factors" section of Amyris's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2012. Amyris disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Consolidated financial information has been presented in accordance with GAAP as well as on a non-GAAP basis. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude non-cash items such as stock-based compensation. Management believes that it is useful to supplement its GAAP financial statements with this non-GAAP information because management uses such information internally for its operating, budgeting and financial planning purposes. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to Amyris's historical performance as well as comparisons to the operating results of other companies. In addition, Amyris believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for greater transparency into the indicators used by management as a basis for its financial and operational decision making. Non-GAAP information is not prepared under a comprehensive set of accounting rules and therefore, should only be read in conjunction with financial information reported under U.S. GAAP when understanding Amyris's operating performance. Reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial information is provided in the financial statement tables below.

Amyris, the Amyris logo, Biofene and No Compromise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Amyris, Inc.

Source:  Amyris, Inc.

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