Form 8-K

VERENIUM CORPORATION

Dated: April 22, 2010

/s/ JAMES LEVINE

James Levine

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): April 22, 2010

VERENIUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-29173

22-3297375

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


55 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA		02142
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 674-5300

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 22, 2010, Verenium Corporation issued a press release announcing the departure of Gregory Powers, Executive Vice President of Research and Development to pursue another opportunity. Nelson Barton, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, will assume leadership of the research and development group effective May 1, 2010. Prior to joining the Company in 2000, Mr. Barton served as Manager of Research and Development at Calbiochem-Novabiochem International. Mr. Nelson completed his postdoctoral work at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California San Diego and at Harvard University and received his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology in 1990.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release of Verenium Corporation dated April 22, 2010.

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 hereunto duly authorized.