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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 39, 2014

KiOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35213

51-0652233

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

13001 Bay Park Road, Pasadena, Texas 77507

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 694-8700

N/A

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

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Item 1.0103 ~~Entry~~Bankruptcy ~~Into~~or ~~Material Definitive Agreement~~Receivership.

~~First~~On ~~Amendment~~November 9, 2014, KiOR, Inc. (“KiOR”) filed a voluntary petition for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) Case No. 14-12514 (the “Chapter 11 Case”). All documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court are available for inspection at the Office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court or by visiting http://dm.epiq11.com/KiOR. KiOR will continue to ~~Protective~~operate ~~Advance~~its ~~Loan~~businesses as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and ~~Security~~in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court. KiOR Columbus LLC (“KiOR Columbus”), KiOR’s wholly-owned subsidiary, is not a party to the Chapter 11 ~~Agreement~~Case.

~~On November 6, 2014,~~ KiOR, ~~Inc.~~currently ~~(“KiOR”)~~intends ~~and its wholly-owned subsidiary Kior Columbus LLC (“KiOR Columbus,” together, with KiOR, the “Company”), KFT Trust (the “Lender” and, together with other lenders who may become party~~ to ~~the~~seek ~~agreement~~approval from ~~time to time,~~ the ~~“Lenders”)~~Bankruptcy ~~and~~Court ~~KFT Trust in its capacity as agent (the “Agent”)~~ for ~~the~~an ~~Lenders~~auction ~~entered into a First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Protective Advance Loan~~ and ~~Security~~sale ~~Agreement~~of byits ~~and~~assets ~~among~~under ~~the~~Section 363 ~~Company and the Lenders, dated as~~ of ~~July 17, 2014 (~~the ~~“Original~~Bankruptcy ~~Agreement” and, together with the First Amendment, the “Protective Advance Agreement”)~~Code. ~~The First Amendment is effective as of October 31, 2014.~~

~~The~~A ~~First~~copy ~~Amendment,~~of ~~among other things, (i) increases~~ the ~~aggregate~~press ~~commitment~~release byKiOR ~~the~~issued ~~Lenders~~ to ~~make~~announce ~~protective advance loans (each, a “Protective Advance” and, collectively,~~ the ~~“Protective~~Chapter ~~Advances”)~~11 ~~from~~Case ~~$15 million to $17.7 million and (ii) modifies the maturity date, so that the entire principal balance of the Protective Advances and all accrued but unpaid interest~~ is ~~due~~ ~~and~~attached ~~payable~~as onExhibit ~~the~~99.1 ~~earlier~~to ofthis ~~(i) November 14,~~Current ~~2014~~Report ~~and (ii) date~~ on ~~which~~Form ~~all Protective Advances and other Secured Obligations become due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Protective Advance Agreement~~8-K.

On November 7, 2014, KFT Trust made a Protective Advance to KiOR in the aggregate principal amount of $1,102,691.

The foregoing description of the First Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Amendment filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Disclosure of Related Party Transactions

Vinod Khosla is a trustee and beneficiary of KFT Trust. He is also the managing member of VK Services, LLC which is the manager of Khosla Ventures Associates II, LP (“KVA II”) and Khosla Ventures Associates III, LP (“KVA III”). KVA II and KVA III are the general partners of Khosla Ventures II, LP and KV III, respectively, who are stockholders of KiOR. Certain shares of Class A common stock of KiOR are held by an entity affiliated with Mr. Khosla, and Mr. Khosla may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of such shares. As a result, each of Khosla Ventures, KV III and Mr. Khosla may be deemed to possess voting and investment control over (and indirect beneficial ownership of) approximately 63% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock of KiOR. Samir Kaul, a director of KiOR, is also a member of KVA II and KVA III. Khosla Ventures is a significant stockholder of KiOR.

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

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03. The obligations of the Company under the Protective Advance Agreement, including the material terms under which such obligations may be accelerated or increased, were previously disclosed in Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2014, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 2.04 Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

AsKiOR’s ~~previously~~Bankruptcy ~~disclosed~~Filing described in Item 1.03 above constitutes an event of default that accelerates KiOR’s obligations under the Protective Advance Loan and Security Agreement, ondated July 317, 2014, ~~the~~as ~~Company~~amended ~~entered~~on ~~into~~November 6, a2014, ~~Forbearance~~among ~~Agreement~~KiOR, ~~(the~~KiOR ~~“Forbearance~~Columbus ~~Agreement”)~~and ~~with~~KFT ~~the~~Trust, ~~Mississippi Development~~Vinod ~~Authority~~Khosla, ~~acting~~Trustee. ~~for~~As ~~and~~of onNovember 9, ~~behalf~~2014, ofan ~~the~~aggregate ~~State~~amount of ~~Mississippi~~approximately ~~(the~~$14.8 ~~“MDA”)~~million is immediately due and payable. ~~Under~~As ~~the~~a ~~Forbearance~~result ~~Agreement~~of the default, the ~~MDA~~loan ~~agreed~~accrues toan ~~forebear~~additional ~~from~~two ~~exercising~~percent ~~its~~(2%) per ~~rights~~annum ~~and~~default ~~remedies~~interest rate.

KiOR ~~with~~believes ~~respect~~that to the ~~Company’s~~ability ~~default~~ of ~~certain~~the ~~payment~~above-listed ~~obligations~~creditors ~~under~~to ~~the~~seek ~~Loan~~remedies ~~Agreement,~~to ~~dated~~enforce astheir ofrights ~~March 17,~~against ~~2011,~~KiOR byunder these and ~~between~~other ~~KiOR~~agreements ~~Columbus~~are ~~and~~stayed as a result of the ~~MDA~~Bankruptcy ~~(collectively,~~Filing ~~with other~~and ~~related~~creditor ~~agreements,~~rights ~~the~~of ~~“Loan~~enforcement ~~Documents”).~~against ~~KIOR~~KiOR isare subject ato ~~guarantor~~the ~~under~~applicable provisions of the ~~Loan~~Bankruptcy ~~Documents~~Code.

OnItem November 3, 2014, the Company received a Notice of Default and Acceleration from the MDA (the “MDA Notice”) notifying the Company that the forbearance period expired on October 31, 2014 and that all obligations under the Loan Documents are due and payable within three (3) business days from November 3, 20149.01. AsFinancial ofStatements ~~October 31, 2014, the aggregate amount due~~ and ~~payable to the MDA is $78,572,515~~Exhibits.~~34 plus any expenses incurred by the MDA that also constitute “Obligations” of the Company under the Loan Documents.~~

~~The~~(d) ~~above-mentioned MDA Notice constitutes an event of default that accelerates the Company’s obligations under the following debt agreements:~~ Exhibits

• Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 26, 2012, among the Company and each of 1538731 Alberta Ltd. as agent and lender, 1538716 Alberta Ltd. and KFT Trust, as amended on March 17, 2013, October 21, 2013 and March 31, 2014. As of November 3, 2014, an aggregate amount of approximately $127.8 million is immediately due and payable. As a result of the MDA Notice, the loan accrues an additional four percent (4%) per annum default interest rate.


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated November 9, 2014

•SIGNATURES Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement, dated October 18, 2013, among the Company, KiOR Columbus, KV III, KFT Trust and VNK Management, LLC and KV III in its capacity as agent, as amended on October 20, 2013 and on March 31, 2014. As of November 3, 2014, an aggregate amount of approximately $95.7 million is immediately due and payable.

•Pursuant ~~Senior~~to ~~Secured~~the ~~Convertible~~requirements ~~Promissory~~of ~~Note~~the ~~Purchase~~Securities ~~Agreement,~~Exchange ~~dated~~Act ~~March~~of 311934, ~~2014, as amended on July 3, 2014, among~~ the ~~Company,~~registrant ~~KiOR~~has ~~Columbus~~duly ~~and~~caused ~~KFT~~this ~~Trust~~report ~~and~~to ~~KFT~~be ~~Trust~~signed inon its ~~capacity~~behalf asby ~~agent.~~the Asundersigned hereunto ofduly ~~November 3, 2014, an aggregate amount of approximately $10~~authorized.4 ~~million is immediately due and payable.~~

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~(d)~~EXHIBIT ~~Exhibits~~INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		~~First~~Press ~~Amendment to Protective Advance Loan and Security Agreement~~Release, dated ~~as of~~ November 69, 2014~~, among the Company, the Lenders and KFT Trust, Vinod Khosla, Trustee as agent for the Lenders~~

SIGNATURES

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

EXHIBIT INDEX

ExhibitNo.		Description
99.1		First Amendment to Protective Advance Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2014, among the Company, the Lenders and KFT Trust, Vinod Khosla, Trustee as agent for the Lenders

KiOR, INC.

Date: November 10, 2014

/s/ Christopher A. Artzer

Christopher A. Artzer

President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, General
Counsel and Secretary

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