LS9 SELECTED BY ALWAYSON AS A
GOING GREEN 100 TOP PRIVATE COMPANY AWARD WINNER
Recognized for Leadership in Clean Technology and Global Business Potential

SAN CARLOS, CA - September 6, 2007 - LS9, the Renewable Petroleum Company(TM), today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2007. The first-annual elite GoingGreen 100 list was compiled by the AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the GoingGreen 100 list, companies had to be peer-nominated, with AlwaysOn receiving more than 500 nominations from venture investors, investment bankers and other industry experts.

"The AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 companies will accelerate the global movement to a more sustainable environment," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "The ideas and innovation we saw as we reviewed hundreds of clean technology companies will be foundational to the next wave of economic growth in California and beyond. My congratulations to each AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 winner -these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."

LS9 and the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2007 will be honored at AlwaysOn GoingGreen to be held at the University of California in Davis from September 10 - 12. GoingGreen is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant impact clean technologies have on new economic growth and in sustainable use of natural resources. The idea behind the GoingGreen 100 top private companies list is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the clean technology industry.

LS9 has developed products and technologies that directly overcome the primary hurdles facing the widespread adoption of renewable transportation fuels. Pushing the frontiers of synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology, LS9 has created industrial microbes that efficiently convert renewable feedstocks to a portfolio of "drop in compatible" products that are equivalent to petroleum, compatible with existing distribution and consumer infrastructure, renewable and cost competitive with petroleum - without subsidies. These products can either go directly into vehicles or be sent to a refinery for further processing.

A full list of all the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 Private Companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/18632

"We are extremely happy to be recognized for our pursuit of renewable and domestically-produced DesignerBiofuels(TM) products," said LS9 President Bob Walsh. "We believe our products will quickly and dramatically effect the transportation fuels landscape, such that one day, every vehicle might run on these products."

About LS9
LS9, Inc., the Renewable Petroleum Company(TM), is a privately-held biotechnology company and the pioneer in the commercial development of hydrocarbon biofuels. LS9 is pursuing industrial applications of synthetic biology to produce proprietary hydrocarbon biofuels that are compatible with existing fuel distribution and consumer infrastructure. LS9's patent-pending DesignerBiofuels(TM) products are custom engineered in the lab to address immediate market needs for clean energy alternatives to petroleum. The company was founded in 2005 by leading scientists along with specialized venture capital firms Flagship Ventures and Khosla Ventures. LS9 is headquartered in San Carlos, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

About AlwaysOn GoingGreen
AlwaysOn GoingGreen is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant impact clean technologies have on new economic growth and in sustainable use of natural resources. AlwaysOn GoingGreen features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The goal of the conference is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the clean tech industry.

About AlwaysOn
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