X0304 4 2012-02-27 0 0000767884 Ceres, Inc. CERE 0001332737 Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 1 0 1 1 See Remark ** 0001342445 Warburg Pincus IX LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 1 0 1 1 See Remark ** 0001322709 Warburg Pincus Partners LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 1 0 1 1 See Remark ** 0000929408 WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY NY 100173147 1 0 1 1 See Remark ** 0001162870 WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 0 0 1 0 0001239318 KAYE CHARLES R C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 0 0 1 0 0001220638 Landy Joseph P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2012-02-27 4 C 0 2307692 A 2307692 D Common Stock 2012-02-27 4 C 0 153115 A 2460807 D Series F Convertible Preferred Stock 2012-02-27 4 C 0 6923078 0 D Common Stock 2307692 0 D Convertible Subordinated Promissory Note 10.40 2012-02-27 4 C 0 1592400 D Common Stock 153115 0 D The 6,923,078 shares of Series F Convertible Preferred stock of Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), were held by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP IX"), and automatically converted upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering on a one-for-one-third basis into 2,307,692 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock"), of the Issuer. Warburg Pincus IX LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP IX GP"), is the general partner of WP IX. Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP Partners"), is the sole member of WP IX GP. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), is the managing member of WP Partners. Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"), manages WP IX. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are the Managing General Partners of WP and the Co-Presidents and Managing Members of WP LLC and may be deemed to control WP IX, WP IX GP, WP Partners, WP and WP LLC (together with Messrs. Kaye and Landy, the "Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons"). By reason of the provisions of Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), WP IX GP, WP Partners, WP, WP LLC and Messrs. Kaye and Landy may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the Common Stock of the Issuer held by WP IX. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons, other than WP IX, herein states that this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of any of the Common Stock or any other securities of the Issuer reported in this Form 4. Each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent it or he has a pecuniary interest in such securities. The Convertible Subordinated Promissory Note (the "Convertible Note") was purchased by WP IX in connection with an August 2011 financing. The Convertible Note automatically converted into 153,115 shares of Common Stock upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering ("IPO") at a price per share equal to the public offering price with a 20% discount. Since the public offering price was $13.00, the price per share was $10.40. * Powers of Attorney given by Messrs. Kaye and Landy were previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2006 as exhibits to the Schedule 13D filed by Building Products, LLC with respect to Builders FirstSource, Inc. ** Solely for the purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, each of WP IX, WP IX GP, WP Partners and WP may be deemed a director-by-deputization. Although after the completion of the IPO the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons no longer have a contractual right to a seat on the board of directors of the Issuer, Mr. Krieger is an elected director of the board of directors of the Issuer, and is also a Partner of WP and a Member and Managing Director of WP LLC. *** Information with respect to each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons is given solely by such Warburg Pincus Reporting Person, and no Warburg Pincus Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Warburg Pincus Reporting Person. /s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, the sole member of Warburg Pincus IX LLC, the general partner of Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, the sole member of Warburg Pincus IX LLC 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co. 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, as attorney-in-fact for Charles R. Kaye * 2012-02-28 /s/ Scott A. Arenare, as attorney-in-fact for Joseph P. Landy * 2012-02-28