During the one-year period commencing on the date of this Agreement (the “Standstill Period”), neither the Company nor any of its Representatives will, in any manner, directly or indirectly (except to the extent agreed by Verenium): (a) make, effect, initiate, cause or participate in (i) any acquisition of beneficial ownership of any securities of Verenium or any securities of any subsidiary or other Affiliate of Verenium, in excess of five (5) percent of the outstanding securities of any such company (with any such acquisition, regardless of size, only being made at such time as neither the acquiring party nor any of its Affiliates is in possession of material, non-public information about Verenium), (ii) any acquisition of any assets of Verenium or any assets of any subsidiary or other Affiliate of Verenium, (iii) any tender offer, exchange offer, merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or extraordinary transaction involving Verenium or any subsidiary or other Affiliate of Verenium, or involving any securities or assets of Verenium or any securities or assets of any subsidiary or other Affiliate of Verenium, or (iv) any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as those terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or consents with respect to any securities of Verenium; (b) form, join or participate in a “group” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder) with respect to the beneficial ownership of any securities of Verenium; (c) act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management, board of directors or policies of Verenium; (d) take any action that might require Verenium to make a public announcement regarding any of the types of matters set forth in clause “(a)” of this sentence; (e) agree or offer to take, or encourage or propose (publicly or otherwise) the taking of, any action referred to in clause “(a)”, “(b)”, “(c)” or “(d)” of this sentence; (f) assist, induce or encourage any other person or entity to take any action of the type referred to in clause “(a)”, “(b)”, “(c)”, “(d)” or “(e)” of this sentence; or (g) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangement or agreement with any other person or entity relating to any of the foregoing.