X0303 4/A 2009-11-11 2009-11-16 0 0001049210 VERENIUM CORP VRNM 0001307625 KAUFMANN FERNAND JOSEPH PHD 55 CAMBRIDGE PARKWAY CAMBRIDGE MA 02142 1 0 0 0 Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 2083 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 2083 2083 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 1041 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 1041 3124 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 1041 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 1041 4165 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 810 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 810 4975 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 2083 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 2083 7058 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.85 2009-11-12 4 A 0 2083 A 2019-11-12 Common Stock 2083 9141 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 7.1472 2009-11-11 4 D 0 2083 0 D 2019-09-02 Common Stock 2083 0 D Granted in exchange for options surrendered pursuant to the Company's stock option exchange program which commenced on 10/13/2009 and terminated 11/12/2009. Options will vest according to the following schedule: 58 options vest on 11/12/2009, 1,500 options vest in equal quarterly installments beginning 12/2/2009 and ending 9/2/2012, and the remaining 525 options vest in equal quarterly installments beginning 12/2/2012 becoming fully vested 9/2/2015. Half of the shares vest on 11/12/2009 and half of the shares vest in equal quarterly installments over the next consecutive 12 quarters. Options will vest according to the following schedule: 636 options vest on 11/12/2009, 665 options vest in equal quarterly amounts beginning 12/7/2009 and ending 12/7/2010, and the remaining 782 options vest in equal quarterly installments beginning 3/7/2011 becoming fully vested 12/7/2013. Options will vest according to the following schedule: 203 options vest on 11/12/2009, 1,279 options vest in equal quarterly installments beginning 11/13/2009 and ending 2/13/2012, and the remaining 601 options vest in equal quarterly installments beginning 5/13/2012 becoming fully vested 2/13/2015. Exchanged for new options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.85 per share pursuant to the Company's stock option exchange program which commenced on 10/13/2009 and terminated 11/12/2009. The option vests monthly for a period of three years. THIS FORM 4A IS BEING FILED TO CORRECT THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED VESTING SCHEDULES FOR OPTIONS GRANTED AS PART OF THE COMPANY'S OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT COMMENCED ON OCTOBER 13, 2009 AND TERMINATED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2009, AND ALSO TO REPORT A TRANSACTION THAT WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE ORIGINAL FORM 4 FILING. By: /s/Gerald M. Haines II For: Fernand Kaufmann 2010-05-19