In conjunction with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Life Technologies Corporation (the "Company") held on April 26, 2012, William H. Longfield retired from the Board of Directors (the "Board") in accordance with the retirement policy set forth in the Company's Corporate Governance Principles, which provides that the Board only nominate directors who will be 72 years of age or younger on the date of election.

(a) On April 26, 2012, the Company held its Annual Meeting. The Company filed its definitive proxy statement for the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2012.

(b) As of February 27, 2012, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 178,267,389 shares of the Company's common stock were issued and outstanding. A quorum of 155,426,952 shares of common stock were present or represented at the Annual Meeting. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, with respect to each proposal is set out below:

1. The following members of the Board of Directors were elected as directors to serve until the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

                                                  Total Votes
                           Total Votes for       Against from                       Broker
                            Each Director        Each Director      Abstain       Non-Votes
 Donald W. Grimm                139,840,674           2,717,192       44,697       12,824,389
 Ora H. Pescovitz, M.D.         140,199,501           2,346,588       56,474       12,824,389
 Per A. Peterson, Ph.D.         142,044,747             522,629       35,188       12,824,389

2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

For Against Abstain 154,053,401 1,258,262 115,289

3. The approval of an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. In accordance with the Company's Bylaws and as disclosed in the Company's 2012 Proxy Statement, neither abstentions nor broker non-votes have any effect upon the outcome of voting for this advisory vote. The advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 received approximately 77% of the affirmative vote of the votes cast (which excludes abstentions and broker non-votes).

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 108,393,997 31,880,665 2,327,899 12,824,391