SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Kaul Samir

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2128 SAND HILL ROAD

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Gevo, Inc. [ GEVO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/12/2014
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $1.46 03/12/2014 A 67,204 (1) 03/11/2024 Common Stock 67,204 $0.00 67,204 D(2)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Kaul Samir

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2128 SAND HILL ROAD

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Khosla Ventures I, L.P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Khosla Ventures Associates I, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Khosla Ventures III, L.P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Khosla Ventures Associates III, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
VK Services, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KHOSLA VINOD

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3000 SAND HILL ROAD
BUILDING THREE, SUITE 190

(Street)
MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)
Explanation of Responses:
1. The shares subject to this award vest and become exercisable in equal monthly installments over three years beginning on March 12, 2014.
2. Pursuant to agreements between Mr. Kaul and certain of the Reporting Persons, Mr. Kaul holds the shares for the benefit of such Reporting Persons.
Remarks:
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Samir Kaul 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla, as Managing Member of VK Services, LLC, in its capacity as Manager of Khosla Ventures Associates I, LLC, in its capacity as general partner of Khosla Ventures I, L.P. 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla, as Managing Member of VK Services, LLC, in its capacity as Manager of Khosla Ventures Associates I, LLC 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla, as Managing Member of VK Services, LLC, in its capacity as Manager of Khosla Ventures Associates III, LLC, in its capacity as general partner of Khosla Ventures III, L.P. 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla, as Managing Member of VK Services, LLC, in its capacity as Manager of Khosla Ventures Associates III, LLC 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla, as Managing Member of VK Services, LLC 03/14/2014
/s/ Kimberly Totah, as attorney in fact for Vinod Khosla 03/14/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Tammy Tompkins and Kimberly Totah, signing singly and each
acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney- in-fact with
full power and authority as hereinafter described to:

(1)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director of Gevo, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

(2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, or other form or report, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form or report with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority;

(3)   seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

(4)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming or
relieving, nor is the Company assuming or relieving, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned
acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14th day of March, 2014.


                                                  /s/ Samir Kaul
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                                                  Samir Kaul
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