Verenium Corporation (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on June 20, 2012. There were 12,612,304 shares of common stock entitled to be voted as of April 25, 2012, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 7,227,229 shares were present in person or by proxy.

Two items of business were acted upon by stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The voting results are as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors.

Stockholders elected the two nominees to serve on the board of directors until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

                                                       Votes         Broker
                                      Votes For      Withheld       Non-Votes
            Dr. James H. Cavanaugh     2,323,118       667,492       4,236,619
            Mr. Joshua Ruch            2,313,131       677,479       4,236,619

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

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

                                                                  Broker
              Votes For    Votes Against       Abstentions       Non-Votes
              7,006,242            26,415           194,572               0