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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2014</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br> UNDER<br> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">METABOLIX,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04-3158289</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Metabolix,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">21 Erie Street</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cambridge, MA 02139</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph Shaulson Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph Shaulson Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph Shaulson</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Metabolix,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">21 Erie Street</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cambridge, MA 02139</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(617) 583-1700</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sarah   P. Cecil</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General   Counsel</font></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Metabolix,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21   Erie Street</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John   M. Mutkoski,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Goodwin   Procter LLP</font></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exchange   Place</font></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boston,   MA 02109</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph   Shaulson Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">600,000   shares</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.445</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">867,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.0%;">
<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph   Shaulson Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,150,000   shares</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.33</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,529,500</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">197</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:2.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The price of $1.445 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales price for a share of Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March&nbsp;24, 2014, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:2.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Such shares are issuable upon the exercise of an outstanding option with a fixed exercise price. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of the price at which the option may be exercised.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:2.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Calculated pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(A)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The document(s)&nbsp;containing the information required in this Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>SEC</u>&#148;) and the instructions to Form&nbsp;S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement relates to an employment inducement option to purchase 1,150,000 shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock and an employment inducement grant of restricted stock units with respect to 600,000 shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (collectively, the &#147;<u>Inducement Grants</u>&#148;), each awarded to Joseph Shaulson.&nbsp; The Inducement Grants were made outside of the Company&#146;s 2006 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, as a material inducement to the decision by Mr.&nbsp;Shaulson to accept employment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3. <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed on March&nbsp;28, 2014;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147; <u>Exchange Act</u> &#148;) since December&nbsp;31, 2013; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The section entitled &#147;Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered&#148; contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, on November&nbsp;6, 2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:34.55pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6. <u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Delaware General Corporation Law and our By-laws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in those capacities.&nbsp;&nbsp;In general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.&nbsp;&nbsp;We refer you to our Amended and Restated By-laws filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;14, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-135760).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors that also provide for such indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement. These agreements require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as officers and directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. In addition, the Registrant has an existing directors and officers liability insurance policy to insure such persons against certain liabilities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8. <u>Exhibits</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:34.55pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index on the page&nbsp;immediately preceding the exhibits for a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, which Exhibit&nbsp;Index is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9. <u>Undertakings</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;text-indent:-.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 56.9pt;text-indent:-.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item&nbsp;6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March&nbsp;28, 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Metabolix,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147; <u>Company</u> &#148;), hereby severally constitute and appoint Joseph Shaulson, Joseph D. Hill, and Sarah P. Cecil, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Oliver P. Peoples</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Anthony J. Sinskey</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;28,   2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Anthony   J. Sinskey</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Matthew Strobeck</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;28,   2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Matthew   Strobeck</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Robert L. Van Nostrand</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;28,   2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert   L. Van Nostrand</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description&nbsp;of&nbsp;Exhibit</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Goodwin Procter LLP</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting   firm</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
METABOLIX, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
04-3158289
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Metabolix, Inc.
21 Erie Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Joseph Shaulson Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Joseph Shaulson Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
(Full Title of the Plans)
Joseph Shaulson
Chief Executive Officer
Metabolix, Inc.
21 Erie Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(617) 583-1700
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Sarah   P. Cecil
General   Counsel
Metabolix, Inc.
21   Erie Street
Cambridge,   MA 02139
(617)   583-1700
John   M. Mutkoski, Esq.
Goodwin   Procter LLP
Exchange   Place
Boston,   MA 02109
(617)   570-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee(4)
Joseph   Shaulson Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
600,000   shares
$
1.445
(2)
$
867,000
$
112
Joseph   Shaulson Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,150,000   shares
$
1.33
(3)
$
1,529,500
$
197
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
The price of $1.445 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales price for a share of Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 24, 2014, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.
(3)
Such shares are issuable upon the exercise of an outstanding option with a fixed exercise price. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of the price at which the option may be exercised.
(4)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.  In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
") and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement relates to an employment inducement option to purchase 1,150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock and an employment inducement grant of restricted stock units with respect to 600,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (collectively, the "
Inducement Grants
"), each awarded to Joseph Shaulson.  The Inducement Grants were made outside of the Company's 2006 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, as a material inducement to the decision by Mr. Shaulson to accept employment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed on March 28, 2014;
(b)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") since December 31, 2013; and
(c)     The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, on November 6, 2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Delaware General Corporation Law and our By-laws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in those capacities.  In general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.  We refer you to our Amended and Restated By-laws filed as Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 14, 2006 (File No. 333-135760).
The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors that also provide for such indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement. These agreements require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as officers and directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. In addition, the Registrant has an existing directors and officers liability insurance policy to insure such persons against certain liabilities.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See the Exhibit Index on the page immediately preceding the exhibits for a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)  The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement.
(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(b)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 28, 2014.
METABOLIX, INC.
By:
/s/   Joseph Shaulson
Joseph   Shaulson
President,   Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Metabolix, Inc. (the "
Company
"), hereby severally constitute and appoint Joseph Shaulson, Joseph D. Hill, and Sarah P. Cecil, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/   Joseph Shaulson
Director,   President and Chief Executive Officer
March 28,   2014
Joseph   Shaulson
(Principal   Executive Officer)
/s/   Joseph D. Hill
Chief   Financial Officer
March 28,   2014
Joseph   D. Hill
(Principal   Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/   Peter N. Kellogg
Director
March 28,   2014
Peter   N. Kellogg
/s/   Celeste Beeks Mastin
Director
March 28,   2014
Celeste   Beeks Mastin
/s/   Oliver P. Peoples
Director
March 28,   2014
Oliver   P. Peoples
/s/   Anthony J. Sinskey
Director
March 28,   2014
Anthony   J. Sinskey
/s/   Matthew Strobeck
Director
March 28,   2014
Matthew   Strobeck
/s/   Robert L. Van Nostrand
Director
March 28,   2014
Robert   L. Van Nostrand
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion   of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1
Consent   of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent   of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting   firm
24.1
Power   of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this Registration   Statement)
99.1
Restricted   Stock Unit Award Agreement between the Registrant and Joseph Shaulson dated   January 2, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the   Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on   March 28, 2014)
99.2
Non-Qualified   Stock Option Agreement between the Registrant and Joseph Shaulson dated   December 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to   the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on   March 28, 2014)
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