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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Stockholder Meeting of

GEVO, INC.

To Be Held On: June 14, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at 345 Inverness Drive South, Building C, Suite 310, Englewood, Colorado 80112

COMPANY NUMBER ACCOUNT NUMBER CONTROL NUMBER

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gevo, Inc. will be held at 345 Inverness Drive South, Building C, Suite 310, Englewood, Colorado on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 1:00 p.m., local time.

You are receiving this communication because you held shares in Gevo, Inc. as of the close of business on April 18, 2011, the record date for the Annual Stockholder Meeting.

This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote your shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy materials you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. To facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below before 5/31/11.

Please visit http://www.amstock.com/ProxyServices/ViewMaterial.asp CoNumber=16912, where the following materials are available for view:

TO REQUEST MATERIAL:

TO VOTE:

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Proxy Statement

Form of Electronic Proxy Card

Annual Report on Form 10-K

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instructions. You may enter your voting instructions at www.voteproxy.com up until 11:59 PM Eastern

Daylight Time the day before the cut-off or meeting date.

IN PERSON: You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Stockholder Meeting. Directions

to the Gevo, Inc. Annual Stockholder Meeting are available in the Proxy Statement which can be viewed at

http://www.amstock.com/ProxyServices/ViewMaterial.asp CoNumber=16912.

TELEPHONE: To vote by telephone, please visit https://secure.amstock.com/voteproxy/login2.asp to

view the materials and to obtain the toll free number to call.

MAIL: You may request a voting card by following the instructions above.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE BOARD’S DIRECTOR CANDIDATES, “FOR” PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 AND FOR “2 YEARS” ON PROPOSAL 4.

1. To elect the following two nominees as Class I members of Gevo’s Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term:

NOMINEES:

Ganesh M. Kishore, Ph.D. Patrick R. Gruber, Ph.D.

Please note that you cannot use this notice to vote by mail.

2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

3. To approve an advisory (non-binding) resolution on the compensation of our named executive officers, as presented in the proxy statement.

4. An advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as presented in the proxy statement.

5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.