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OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM
OFFER TO EXCHANGE CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OPTIONS FOR NEW STOCK
OPTIONS
Exhibit 99.(a)(1)(E)

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PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION
•
Remind Zymers of the key dates and terms of the Exchange Offer
•
Provide you with considerations for your decision making
•
Illustrate what terms mean
•
Review exchange mechanics
•
Ensure you know where to go for help
Reminder:
Solazyme is not authorized to give financial, legal or tax advice

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AGENDA
•
Review of Offer Terms, Eligibility, and Key Dates
•
Considerations and Trade-offs
•
Illustrations
•
Tender Mechanics
•
Where to go for help

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OFFER TERMS, ELIGIBILITY AND KEY DATES
Eligibility
All options held by Solazyme, Inc.
employees that have exercise prices of 
$6.79 or more
Exchange Ratio
2 for 1 (two old options for one new
option)
Exercise Price
Closing price on grant date (expected to
be February 19, 2015)
Vesting
Same rate as surrendered option except
vesting will cumulate and cliff vest on
January 1, 2016
Term
Same as surrendered option
Tax Treatment of New Options
Non-qualified stock options
Offering Begins
January 21, 2015
Offering Ends
February 18, 2015
New Option Grant Date
February 19, 2015

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CONSIDERATIONS AND TRADE OFFS
Deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer is a personal
decision.  This is a voluntary program, you are not required to
participate.
Among the many factors to keep in mind:
•
Would
you
rather
have
more
options
with
a
higher
exercise
price
or
fewer
options
with
a
lower
exercise
price?
•
If
your
existing
option
is
an
incentive
stock
option
(ISO),
would
you
rather
have
ISOs
or
non-qualified
stock
options
(NQ)?
•
Where
do
you
see
the
Solazyme
stock
price
moving?
When?
•
What
is
your
investment
time
horizon?
Please consider consulting with a professional financial, legal or
tax advisor for your specific situation.

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ILLUSTRATION
Employee has an incentive stock option covering 1,000 shares with an exercise price of
$8.00/share.
Should s/he exchange this option for a non-qualified stock option covering 500 shares with an
exercise price of $2.50/share*
Possible economic analysis:
Ignoring the tax differences between the two options, at stock prices below $13.50 the
employee is better off having 500 options @ $2.50 than 1,000 options @ $8.00; however at
prices above $13.50, the employee is better off having 1,000 options @ $8.00 than 500
options
@
$2.50
(thus
for
this
option,
the
“equalization
price”
would
be
$13.50).
In addition, exercise of the old ISO option may not trigger immediate taxation and would not
trigger
certain
other
taxes
(like
FICA).
Exercise
of
the
new
NQ
option
would
trigger
immediate
taxes (including FICA).  This will also have an impact on the economic analysis.
*hypothetical new option exercise price

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“EQUALIZATION PRICE”
†
FOR NEW OPTIONS WITH A $2.50 EXERCISE PRICE
Old Option Exercise Price ($)
Equalization Price
†
($)
6.79
11.08
7.80
13.10
8.77
15.04
10.89
19.28
11.24
19.98
11.49
20.48
14.38
26.26
If the existing option is an ISO, exercise of that ISO may not trigger immediate taxation
and
would
not
trigger
certain
other
taxes
(like
FICA).
Exercise
of
the
new
NQ
option
would trigger immediate taxes (including FICA).
†
Solazyme
can
make
no
assurance
as
to
what
its
stock
price
may
be
in
the
future.

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VESTING
New stock options will be subject to the same rate of vesting, from the same
vesting commencement date, as the exchanged options, provided that any vesting
that would have occurred prior to January 1, 2016 will cumulate and cliff vest on
January 1, 2016
Example:
If you tendered an option for exchange that covered 9,600 shares
that vested
monthly over four years from May 1, 2014 (200 shares per month),
your new
option will cover 4,800 shares (based on the two-for-one exchange rate) with the
same vesting rate (1/48, or 100 shares, per month) with a cliff vest of 2,000 shares
on January 1, 2016 and 100 shares vesting per month thereafter until fully vested
on May 1, 2018
Each new option will have the same final vest date as the corresponding eligible
option.
There
will
be
no
vesting
prior
to
January
1,
2016
even
if
the
tendered
option was partially or fully vested at the time of exchange.

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TENDER MECHANICS
Complete the Election Form provided to you
•
Election
Form
includes
a
listing
of
all
your
eligible
option
grants
Complete, execute and deliver the Election Form so it is received by Solazyme prior
to the offer termination (9:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 18,
2015)
Delivery options:
•
Via
electronic
delivery
to
options-exchange@solazyme.com
•
Via
facsimile
to
650-989-6700
Attn:
Idalina
Chan
•
Via
mail
courier
or
hand
delivery
to:
Solazyme,
225
Gateway
Boulevard,
South
San
Francisco,
CA
94080
Attn:
Idalina
Chan
Election Form must be received by the offer termination.
If you do not wish to participate in the offering you need not do anything and your
existing options will remain outstanding with their current terms and exercise
price.

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WHERE TO GO FOR HELP
For a complete description of the exchange offer, terms and mechanics please review the
exchange offer documents (in particular the Offer to Exchange) found at:
•
https://intranet.internal.solazyme.com/index.php/Options-Exchange
For questions on the exchange offer please call:
•
Paul
Quinlan;
•
Lori
Urushima;
•
Megan
Comport;
or
•
Kathy
Stafford
or send an e-mail with your question(s) to options-exchange@solazyme.com
To review a list of your eligible options please consult your personalized Election Form.  For an
additional copy of your Election Form please send an e-mail request to options-
exchange@solazyme.com.