UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2018

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(713) 579-0600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Explanatory Note

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2018 to include the information in Item 5.02 below on Form 8-K/A as required pursuant to Item 5.02(d)(3) of Form 8-K.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

As disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2018, on March 8, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws, voted unanimously to expand the Board from seven directors to eight directors and to appoint Robert Anderson to fill the vacancy on the Board.

On June 6, 2018, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), the Board unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. Anderson as a member of each of the Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee.

SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.