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): June 20, 2012
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.) |
| 3550 John Hopkins Court, San Diego, CA | 92121 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 431-8500
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| Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
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 For | Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
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| 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.
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
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| 7,006,242 |
26,415 | 194,572 | 0 | |||||||||
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.
| VERENIUM CORPORATION | ||||
| Dated: June 21, 2012 |
By: |
/s/ James E. Levine | ||
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| Name: | James E. Levine | |||
| Title: | President, Chief Executive Officer | |||