Document:

EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 
 ***Text Omitted and Filed Separately 
 with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 Confidential Treatment Requested 
 Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) 
 and 240.24b-2 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE 
 THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this “Second Amendment”) is made as of September 7, 2012, by and between ARE-JOHN HOPKINS COURT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Landlord”), and VERENIUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”). 

RECITALS 

A. Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain Lease Agreement dated as of June 24, 2011, as amended by that certain
First Amendment to Lease dated as of August 6, 2012 (as so amended, the “Lease”). Pursuant to the Lease, Tenant leases certain premises consisting of approximately 59,199 rentable square feet (“Premises”) in a
building located at 3550 John Hopkins Court, San Diego, California. The Premises are more particularly described in the Lease. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings defined for such terms in the Lease. 

B. Landlord and Tenant desire, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to amend the Lease to, among other things,
replace Exhibit H to the Lease. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals, which are incorporated
herein by this reference, the mutual promises and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows: 

 

	1.	Funded Equipment. Exhibit H to the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A to this Second Amendment. 

 

	2.	Brokers. Landlord and Tenant each represents and warrants that it has not dealt with any broker, agent or other person (collectively,
“Broker”) in connection with the transaction reflected in this Second Amendment and that no Broker brought about this transaction. Landlord and Tenant each hereby agree to indemnify and hold the other harmless from and against any
claims by any Broker claiming a commission or other form of compensation by virtue of having dealt with Tenant or Landlord, as applicable, with regard to this leasing transaction. 

 

	3.	Miscellaneous. 

 a.
This Second Amendment is the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral and written agreements and discussions. This Second Amendment may be amended only by an
agreement in writing, signed by the parties hereto. 
 b. This Second Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto, their respective agents, employees, representatives, officers, directors, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, heirs, successors in interest and shareholders. 

c. This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The signature page of any counterpart may be detached therefrom without impairing the legal effect of the signature(s) thereon provided such signature page is attached to any other
counterpart identical thereto except having additional signature pages executed by other parties to this Second Amendment attached thereto. 

  

			
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 d. Neither this Second Amendment nor a memorandum of this second amendment shall be
filed by or on behalf of Tenant in any public record. The foregoing is not intended to prohibit Tenant from filing this Second Amendment to the extent that Tenant is required to do so pursuant to applicable SEC requirements. 

e. Except as amended and/or modified by this Second Amendment, the Lease is hereby ratified and confirmed and all other terms of the Lease
shall remain in full force and effect, unaltered and unchanged by this Second Amendment. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Second Amendment and the provisions of the Lease, the provisions of this Second Amendment shall
prevail. Whether or not specifically amended by this Second Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Lease are hereby amended to the extent necessary to give effect to the purpose and intent of this Second Amendment. 

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	Second Amendment to Lease	 	3550 John Hopkins Court / Verenium

  

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of
the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	 LANDLORD:
	 		 	 ARE-JOHN HOPKINS COURT, LLC,
 a Delaware limited liability company

				
		 		 	By:	 	ARE-QRS CORP.,
		 		 		 	a Maryland corporation,
		 		 		 	managing member
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Gary Dean

		 		 		 	Its:	 	VP – RE Legal Affairs
			
	 TENANT:
	 		 	VERENIUM CORPORATION,
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Jeffrey G. Black

		 		 	Its:	 	CFO

  

	
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 EXHIBIT A 
 FUNDED EQUIPMENT 
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 ***Confidential
Treatment RequestedEX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 
 ***Text Omitted and Filed Separately 
 with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 Confidential Treatment Requested 
 Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) 
 and 240.24b-2 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE 
 THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this “Third Amendment”) is made as of October 17, 2012, by and between ARE-JOHN HOPKINS COURT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Landlord”), and VERENIUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”). 

RECITALS 

A. Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain Lease Agreement dated as of June 24, 2011, as amended by that certain
First Amendment to Lease dated as of August 6, 2012, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease dated as of September 7, 2012 (as so amended, the “Lease”). Pursuant to the Lease, Tenant leases certain premises
consisting of approximately 59,199 rentable square feet (“Premises”) in a building located at 3550 John Hopkins Court, San Diego, California. The Premises are more particularly described in the Lease. Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings defined for such terms in the Lease. 
 B. Landlord and Tenant desire, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth below, to amend the Lease to, among other things, replace Exhibit H to the Lease. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals, which are incorporated herein by this reference, the mutual promises
and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows: 

 

	1.	Funded Equipment. Exhibit H to the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A to this Third Amendment. 

 

	2.	Brokers. Landlord and Tenant each represents and warrants that it has not dealt with any broker, agent or other person (collectively,
“Broker”) in connection with the transaction reflected in this Third Amendment and that no Broker brought about this transaction. Landlord and Tenant each hereby agree to indemnify and hold the other harmless from and against any
claims by any Broker claiming a commission or other form of compensation by virtue of having dealt with Tenant or Landlord, as applicable, with regard to this leasing transaction. 

 

	3.	Miscellaneous. 

 a.
This Third Amendment is the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral and written agreements and discussions. This Third Amendment may be amended only by an
agreement in writing, signed by the parties hereto. 
 b. This Third Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto, their respective agents, employees, representatives, officers, directors, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, heirs, successors in interest and shareholders. 

c. This Third Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The signature page of any counterpart may be detached therefrom without impairing the legal effect of the signature(s) thereon provided such signature page is attached to any other
counterpart identical thereto except having additional signature pages executed by other parties to this Third Amendment attached thereto. 

			
	Third Amendment to Lease	 	3550 John Hopkins Court / Verenium

  

 d. Neither this Third Amendment nor a memorandum of this Third Amendment shall be filed
by or on behalf of Tenant in any public record. The foregoing is not intended to prohibit Tenant from filing this Third Amendment to the extent that Tenant is required to do so pursuant to applicable SEC requirements. 

e. Except as amended and/or modified by this Third Amendment, the Lease is hereby ratified and confirmed and all other terms of the Lease
shall remain in full force and effect, unaltered and unchanged by this Third Amendment. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Third Amendment and the provisions of the Lease, the provisions of this Third Amendment shall
prevail. Whether or not specifically amended by this Third Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Lease are hereby amended to the extent necessary to give effect to the purpose and intent of this Third Amendment. 

[Signatures are on the next page.] 

  

	
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	Third Amendment to Lease	 	3550 John Hopkins Court / Verenium

  

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Third Amendment as of
the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	LANDLORD:	 		 	 ARE-JOHN HOPKINS COURT, LLC,
 a Delaware limited liability company

				
		 		 	By:	 	ARE-QRS CORP.,
		 		 		 	a Maryland corporation,
		 		 		 	managing member
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Gary Dean

		 		 		 	Its:	 	VP – RE Legal Affairs
			
	TENANT:	 		 	VERENIUM CORPORATION,
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Jeffrey G. Black

		 		 	Its:	 	CFO

  

	
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	Third Amendment to Lease	 	3550 John Hopkins Court / Verenium

  

 EXHIBIT A 
 FUNDED EQUIPMENT 
 [...***...] 

  

	
	
	

	
	***Confidential Treatment Requested

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