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Exhibit 10.22

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of January 29, 2010 (the
“Effective Date”) between SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation (“Bank”), and CERES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), provides the terms on which Bank shall lend to Borrower and
Borrower shall repay Bank. The parties agree as follows:

     1 ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS

     Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed following GAAP.
Calculations and determinations must be made following GAAP. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Section 13. All other terms
contained in this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning provided by the
Code to the extent such terms are defined therein.

     2 LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT

     2.1 Promise to Pay. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay Bank the outstanding
principal amount of all Credit Extensions and accrued and unpaid interest thereon as and when due
in accordance with this Agreement. The Credit Extensions may be prepaid in whole or in part
without penalty or premium at any time or times. If all Credit Extensions and other Obligations
are prepaid in full in cash on or prior to satisfaction of the Equipment Advance B Conditions and
Borrower confirms in writing to Bank that Borrower has terminated any and all further rights under
this Agreement, then this Agreement and the Warrants Regarding Equipment Advances B shall be deemed
terminated, and of no further force and effect, except for those provisions which expressly survive
termination.

     2.1.1 Equipment Advances A.

          (a) Availability of Equipment Advances A. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, during Draw Period A, Bank shall make advances (each, an “Equipment Advance A” and,
collectively, the “Equipment Advances A”) not exceeding, in the aggregate, the Equipment Line A
Amount. Equipment Advances A may only be used to finance Eligible Equipment purchased within
one-hundred eighty (180) days (determined based upon the applicable invoice date of such Eligible
Equipment) before the date of the making of such Equipment Advance A, provided,
however, with respect to the first Equipment Advance A made hereunder on or about the
Effective Date or at Bank’s election, upon delivery to Bank of the completed Borrowing Resolutions,
such Equipment Advance A may be based on invoices for Eligible Equipment in an aggregate amount up
to $2,000,000 and which related Eligible Equipment was purchased no earlier than July 1, 2008,
provided, further, separate and apart from the financing of Eligible Equipment, it
is agreed that Borrower may use up to $1,000,000 in an aggregate amount of Equipment Advances (as
defined in Section 2.1.2(a) below) shall be based on Borrower’s documented cost to purchase that
certain real property and improvements thereon commonly known as 14711 Garrison Drive, Amarillo,
Texas (the “Real Property” and the allowance for Equipment Advances to be made based on the cost to
purchase the Real Property is referred to herein as the “Real Property Advance Provision”).

          (ii) All Eligible Equipment must have been new when purchased by Borrower, except for such
Eligible Equipment that is disclosed in writing to Bank by Borrower, and that Bank in its sole
discretion has agreed to finance, prior to being financed by Bank. No Equipment Advance A may
exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the total invoice amount for Eligible Equipment (excluding
taxes, shipping, warranty charges, freight discounts and installation expenses relating to such
Eligible Equipment except to the extent such are allowed to be financed pursuant hereto as Other
Equipment). Unless otherwise agreed to by Bank, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of
Equipment Advances A made under the Equipment Line A may be based on the financing of Other
Equipment.

          (iii) Each Equipment Advance A must be in an amount equal to the lesser of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or the amount that has not yet been drawn under the Equipment Line A.
After repayment, no Equipment Advance A may be reborrowed.

          (b) Repayment. Equipment Advances A outstanding on the last day of the Draw Period A
are repayable in (i) forty (40) consecutive equal monthly installments of principal plus (ii)
monthly payments of accrued interest, beginning on first day of each month following the last day
of the Draw Period A and ending on June 1, 2013, on which date all remaining Equipment Advances A
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accrued interest and all other Obligations relating thereto; provided,
however, if none of the Equipment Advance B Conditions are satisfied on or before June 15,
2010, then the aggregate amount of Equipment Advances A then outstanding shall instead be repaid in
(x) 30 consecutive equal monthly installments of principal commencing on July 1, 2010, plus (y)
monthly payments of accrued interest, ending on December 1, 2012 on which date all remaining
Equipment Advances A shall be repaid in full together with all unpaid and accrued interest and all
other Obligations relating thereto.

     2.1.2 Equipment Advances B.

          (a) Availability of Equipment Advances B. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and only upon the satisfaction of the Equipment Advance B Conditions, during the
Draw Period B, Bank shall make advances (each, an “Equipment Advance B” and, collectively, the
“Equipment Advances B” and together with Equipment Advances A referred to herein as the “Equipment
Advances”) not exceeding, in the aggregate, the Equipment Line B Amount. Equipment Advances B may
only be used to finance Eligible Equipment purchased within one-hundred eighty (180) days
(determined based upon the applicable invoice date of such Eligible Equipment) before the date of
the making of such Equipment Advance B, subject, however, to the allowance for Equipment Advances
to be used to purchase the Real Property as more fully set forth in and as limited by the
provisions of the set forth in the Real Property Advance Provision.

          (ii) All Eligible Equipment must have been new when purchased by Borrower, except for such
Eligible Equipment that is disclosed in writing to Bank by Borrower, and that Bank in its sole
discretion has agreed to finance, prior to being financed by Bank. No Equipment Advance B may
exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the total invoice amount for Eligible Equipment (excluding
taxes, shipping, warranty charges, freight discounts and installation expenses relating to such
Eligible Equipment except to the extent such are allowed to be financed pursuant hereto as Other
Equipment). Unless otherwise agreed to by Bank, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
Equipment Advances may be based on the financing of Other Equipment.

          (iii) Each Equipment Advance B must be in an amount equal to the lesser of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or the amount that has not yet been drawn under the Equipment Line B.
After repayment, no Equipment Advance B may be reborrowed.

          (b) Repayment. Equipment Advances B outstanding on the last day of the Draw Period B
are payable in (i) thirty-four (34) consecutive equal monthly installments of principal plus (ii)
monthly payments of accrued interest, beginning on first day of each month following the last day
of the Draw Period B and ending on June 1, 2013, on which all remaining Equipment Advances B shall
be repaid in full together with all unpaid and accrued interest and all other Obligations relating
thereto.

     2.2 [Reserved].

     2.3 Payment of Interest on the Credit Extensions.

          (a) Interest Rate.

               (i) Equipment Advances. Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding
for each Equipment Advance shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to two and
three-quarters of one percentage points (2.75%) above the Prime Rate, which interest shall be
payable monthly commencing upon the making of each Equipment Advance.

               (b) Default Rate. Immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is five percentage
points (5.00%) above the rate that is otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default Rate”) unless Bank
otherwise elects from time to time in its sole discretion to impose a smaller increase. Fees and
expenses which are required to be paid by Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents (including,
without limitation, Bank Expenses) but are not paid when due shall bear interest until paid at a
rate equal to the Default Rate. Payment or acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in
this Section 2.3(b) is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a
waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Bank.

               (c) Adjustment to Interest Rate. Changes to the interest rate of any Credit Extension
based on changes to the Prime Rate shall be effective on the effective date of any change to the
Prime Rate and to the extent

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of any such change. Bank will provide notice of changes to the Prime Rate in accordance with
its ordinary course delivery of its loan account statements to Borrower.

               (d) Computation; 360-Day Year. In computing interest, the date of the making of any
Credit Extension shall be included and the date of payment shall be excluded; provided,
however, that if any Credit Extension is repaid on the same day on which it is made, such
day shall be included in computing interest on such Credit Extension. Interest shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.

               (e) Debit of Accounts. Bank may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including
the Designated Deposit Account, for principal and interest payments or any other amounts Borrower
owes Bank when due. These debits shall not constitute a set-off. Bank will provide notice of the
foregoing in accordance with its ordinary course delivery of its loan account statements to
Borrower.

               (f) Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise provided, interest is payable monthly in
arrears on the first calendar day of each month.

     2.4 Fees. Borrower shall pay to Bank:

          (a) Loan Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable loan fee of $42,000 on the Effective
Date; and

          (b) Bank Expenses. All Bank Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement) incurred through and after the
Effective Date, when due.

     2.5 Payments; Application of Payments.

          (a) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Borrower under any Loan Document shall
be made in immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars, without setoff or counterclaim, before
12:00 p.m. Pacific time on the date when due. Payments of principal and/or interest received after
12:00 p.m. Pacific time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business
Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment shall be due the next
Business Day, and additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to accrue until paid.

     3 CONDITIONS OF LOANS

     3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension. Bank’s obligation to make the initial
Credit Extension is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received, in form and
substance satisfactory to Bank, such documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation:

          (a) duly executed original signatures to the Loan Agreement;

          (b) duly executed original signatures to the Warrants together with evidence of shareholder
approval relating thereto, subject to the post-closing delivery of the Warrants to Bank based on
the availability of shareholder approval therefor, as otherwise set forth in Section 3.3 hereof;

          (c) duly executed original signatures to the Warrant Modification Agreement together with
evidence of shareholder approval relating thereto, subject to the post-closing delivery of the
Warrant Modification Agreement to Bank based on the availability of shareholder approval therefor,
as otherwise set forth in Section 3.3 hereof;

          (d) establishment of a restricted cash collateral account at Bank in favor of Bank with a
minimum cash balance of $1,500,000 (the “Cash Collateral Account”);

          (e) duly executed original signatures to the Control Agreements;

          (f) Borrower’s Operating Documents and a good standing certificate of Borrower certified by
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior
to the Effective Date;

          (g) duly executed original signatures to the completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;

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          (h) certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of financing statement searches, as Bank
shall request, accompanied by written evidence (including any UCC termination statements) that the
Liens indicated in any such financing statements either constitute Permitted Liens or have been or,
in connection with the initial Credit Extension, will be terminated or released;

          (i) the Perfection Certificate of Borrower, together with the duly executed original signature
of Borrower thereto;

          (j) a copy of its Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated September 5, 2007 and
any amendments thereto; and

          (k) payment of the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.4 hereof.

     3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions. Bank’s obligations to make each Credit
Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is subject to the following conditions
precedent:

          (a) except as otherwise provided in Section 3.5(a), timely receipt of an executed
Payment/Advance Form;

          (b) the representations and warranties in this Agreement shall be true, accurate, and complete
in all material respects on the date of the Payment/Advance Form and on the Funding Date of each
Credit Extension; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a
specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date, and no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the Credit Extension. Each
Credit Extension is Borrower’s representation and warranty on that date that the representations
and warranties in this Agreement remain true, accurate, and complete in all material respects;
provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations
and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and
provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date
shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date; and

          (c) in Bank’s good faith business judgment determination, there has not been a Material
Adverse Change.

     3.3 Post-Closing Conditions. Unless otherwise provided in writing, within 45 days after the
Effective Date, Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the Warrants
and the Warrant Modification Agreement together with, in each case, evidence of shareholder
approval relating thereto. Failure to comply with the conditions set forth in this Section 3.3
shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder. Further, within 30 days after the Effective Date,
Borrower shall (A) provide to Bank a landlord’s consent in favor of Bank for 1535 Rancho Conejo
Blvd., Thousand Oaks, California 91320 by the respective landlord thereof, together with the duly
executed original signatures thereto; and (B) provide to Bank evidence satisfactory to Bank that
the insurance policies required by Section 6.5 hereof are in full force and effect, together with
appropriate evidence showing lender loss payable and additional insured clauses or endorsements in
favor of Bank.

     3.4 Covenant to Deliver. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3, Borrower agrees to
deliver to Bank each item required to be delivered to Bank under this Agreement as a condition
precedent to any Credit Extension. Borrower expressly agrees that a Credit Extension made prior to
the receipt by Bank of any such item shall not constitute a waiver by Bank of Borrower’s obligation
to deliver such item, and the making of any Credit Extension in the absence of a required item
shall be in Bank’s sole discretion.

     3.5 Procedures for Borrowing.

          (a) Equipment Advances. Subject to the prior satisfaction of all other applicable
conditions to the making of an Equipment Advance set forth in this Agreement, to obtain an
Equipment Advance, Borrower must notify Bank (which notice shall be irrevocable) by electronic mail
or facsimile no later than 12:00 p.m. Pacific time one (1) Business Day before the proposed Funding
Date. The notice shall be a Payment/Advance Form, must be signed by a Responsible Officer or
designee, and shall include a copy of the invoice for the Equipment being financed. Borrower shall
also deliver to Bank by electronic mail or facsimile a completed Loan Supplement, executed by a
Responsible Officer or his or her designee, copies of invoices for the Financed Equipment and such

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additional information as Bank may reasonably request at least five (5) Business Days before
the proposed Funding Date. If Borrower satisfies the conditions of each Equipment Advance, Bank
shall disburse such Equipment Advance by transfer to the Designated Deposit Account.

     4 CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

     4.1 Grant of Security Interest. Borrower hereby grants Bank, to secure the payment
and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges
to Bank, the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and
all proceeds and products thereof.

     4.2 Priority of Security Interest. Borrower represents, warrants, and covenants that the
security interest granted herein is and shall at all times continue to be a first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens that may have
superior priority to Bank’s Lien under this Agreement). If Borrower shall acquire a commercial
tort claim, Borrower shall promptly notify Bank in a writing signed by Borrower of the general
details thereof and grant to Bank in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds
thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Bank.

     If this Agreement is terminated, Bank’s Lien in the Collateral shall continue until the
Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) are repaid in full in cash. Upon payment
in full in cash of the Obligations and at such time as Bank’s obligation to make Credit Extensions
has terminated, Bank shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, release its Liens in the
Collateral and all rights therein shall revert to Borrower.

     4.3 Authorization to File Financing Statements. Borrower hereby authorizes Bank to file
financing statements, without notice to Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect or
protect Bank’s interest or rights hereunder, including a notice that any disposition of the
Collateral, by either Borrower or any other Person, other than in the ordinary course of business
pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to violate the rights of Bank under the Code. Bank hereby
notifies Borrower that concurrently herewith Bank is filing a UCC-1 financing statement in the
Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware and will provide Borrower with a copy thereof. Bank
will promptly notify Borrower of additional jurisdictions where it files financing statements,
provided that the failure to do so shall not affect the validity or the authorization of Borrower
with respect to the making of any such filing. Within 30 days of payment in full of principal,
interest and all other Obligations following the termination of this Agreement and the agreement of
Bank to make any advances or loans, Bank shall, at Borrower’s expense, file termination statements
with respect to each financing statement previously filed or entered into with respect to the
Collateral. Within 30 calendar days of the date hereof, Bank shall deliver to Borrower evidence
that Bank has filed termination statements with respect to each financing statement filed by Bank
in connection with that certain loan dated July 30, 2004 (the “Prior Loan”).

     5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

     5.1 Due Organization, Authorization; Power and Authority. Borrower is duly existing and in
good standing as a Registered Organization in its jurisdiction of formation and is qualified and
licensed to do business and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s business. In
connection with this Agreement, Borrower has delivered to Bank a completed certificate signed by
Borrower, entitled “Perfection Certificate” (and referred to and defined herein as the “Perfection
Certificate”). Borrower represents and warrants to Bank that (a) Borrower’s exact legal name is
that indicated on the Perfection Certificate and on the signature page hereof; (b) Borrower is an
organization of the type and is organized in the jurisdiction set forth in the Perfection
Certificate; (c) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth Borrower’s organizational
identification number or accurately states that Borrower has none; (d) the Perfection Certificate
accurately sets forth Borrower’s place of business, or, if more than one, its chief executive
office as well as Borrower’s mailing address (if different than its chief executive office); (e)
Borrower (and each of its predecessors) has not, in the past five (5) years, changed its
jurisdiction of formation, organizational structure or type, or any organizational number assigned
by its jurisdiction; and (f) all other information set forth on the Perfection Certificate
pertaining to Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is accurate and complete (and with it being
understood and agreed that Borrower may from time to time update certain information in the
Perfection Certificate after the Effective Date to the extent permitted by one or more specific
provisions in this Agreement). If Borrower

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is not now a Registered Organization but later becomes one, Borrower shall promptly notify
Bank of such occurrence and provide Bank with Borrower’s organizational identification number.

     The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party have been duly authorized, and do not (i) conflict with any of Borrower’s organizational
documents, (ii) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or violate any material
Requirement of Law, (iii) contravene, conflict or violate any applicable order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority by which Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their property or assets may be bound or affected, (iv) require any
action by, filing, registration, or qualification with, or Governmental Approval from, any
Governmental Authority (except such Governmental Approvals which have already been obtained and are
in full force and effect or (v) constitute an event of default under any material agreement by
which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default under any agreement to which it is a party or
by which it is bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on Borrower’s business.

     5.2 Collateral. Borrower has good title to, has rights in, and the power to transfer each
item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder, free and clear of any and
all Liens except Permitted Liens. Borrower has no deposit accounts other than the deposit accounts
with Bank, the deposit accounts, if any, described in the Perfection Certificate delivered to Bank
in connection herewith, or of which Borrower has given Bank notice and taken such actions as are
necessary to give Bank a perfected security interest therein. The Accounts are bona fide, existing
obligations of the Account Debtors.

     The Collateral is not in the possession of any third party bailee (such as a warehouse) except
as otherwise provided in the Perfection Certificate. None of the components of the Collateral
shall be maintained at locations other than as provided in the Perfection Certificate or as
permitted pursuant to Section 7.2.

     All Financed Equipment is new, except for such Financed Equipment that has been disclosed in
writing to Bank by Borrower as “used” and that Bank, in its sole discretion, has agreed to finance.

     Except as noted on the Perfection Certificate, Borrower is not a party to, nor is it bound by,
any Restricted License.

     5.3 Intellectual Property. Borrower has not been notified in writing of any inventorship
challenges or any interference, material claim or challenge having been declared, provoked or
otherwise made with respect to any patent or patent application included in the Intellectual
Property owned by Borrower that is material to the business of the Borrower. All material
Intellectual Property licensed to Borrower is noted on the Perfection Certificate (as may be
updated periodically upon the request of Bank). No part of the Intellectual Property which
Borrower owns and which is material to Borrower’s business has been judged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, under law. To the best knowledge of the Key Persons, no
written claim has been made upon Borrower that any part of the Intellectual Property owned by
Borrower infringes upon the rights of any third party except to the extent such claim would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s business.

     5.4 Litigation. There are no actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Responsible Officers, threatened in writing by or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
involving more than, individually or in the aggregate, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).

     5.5 Financial Statements; Financial Condition. All consolidated financial statements for
Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries delivered to Bank fairly present in all material respects, as
of the date or dates set forth in such statements, Borrower’s consolidated financial condition and
Borrower’s consolidated results of operations. There has not been any material deterioration in
Borrower’s consolidated financial condition since the date of the most recent financial statements
submitted to Bank.

     5.6 Solvency. The fair salable value of Borrower’s assets (including goodwill minus
disposition costs) exceeds the fair value of its liabilities; Borrower is not left with
unreasonably small capital after the transactions in this Agreement; and Borrower is able to pay
its debts (including trade debts) as they mature.

     5.7 Regulatory Compliance. Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled”
by an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Borrower is not
engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U
of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors). Borrower has complied in all material respects with
the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, to

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the extent applicable. Neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company” as each term is defined and used in the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005. Borrower has not violated any laws, ordinances or rules, the violation of
which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its business. None of
Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has been used by Borrower or any
Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing, producing,
storing, treating, or transporting any hazardous substance other than legally. Borrower and each
of its Subsidiaries have obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, made all
declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all Government Authorities that are
necessary to continue their respective businesses as currently conducted.

     5.8 Subsidiaries; Investments. Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other
equity securities except for Permitted Investments.

     5.9 Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions. Borrower has timely filed all required
tax returns and reports, and Borrower has timely paid all foreign, federal, state and local taxes,
assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower. Borrower may defer payment of any
contested taxes, provided that Borrower (a) in good faith contests its obligation to pay the taxes
by appropriate proceedings promptly and diligently instituted and conducted, (b) notifies Bank in
writing of the commencement of, and any material development in, the proceedings, (c) posts bonds
or takes any other steps required to prevent the governmental authority levying such contested
taxes from obtaining a Lien upon any of the Collateral that is other than a “Permitted Lien”.
Borrower is unaware of any claims or adjustments proposed for any of Borrower’s prior tax years
which could result in additional taxes becoming due and payable by Borrower. Borrower has paid all
amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in
accordance with their terms, and Borrower has not withdrawn from participation in, and has not
permitted partial or complete termination of, or permitted the occurrence of any other event with
respect to, any such plan which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of
Borrower, including any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its successors or
any other governmental agency.

     5.10 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions solely in
connection with the finance of Eligible Equipment and the Real Property, and improvements thereon,
and not for personal, family, or household purposes.

     5.11 Full Disclosure. No written representation, warranty or other statement of Borrower in
any certificate or written statement given to Bank, as of the date such representation, warranty,
or other statement was made, taken together with all such written certificates and written
statements given to Bank, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained in the certificates or statements not
misleading (it being recognized by Bank that the projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in
good faith and based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that actual results
during the period or periods covered by such projections and forecasts may differ from the
projected or forecasted results).

     5.12 Definition of “Knowledge.” For purposes of the Loan Documents, whenever a representation
or warranty is made to Borrower’s knowledge or awareness, to the “best of” Borrower’s knowledge, or
with a similar qualification, knowledge or awareness means the actual knowledge, after reasonable
investigation, of the Responsible Officers.

     6  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     Borrower shall do all of the following:

     6.1 Government Compliance.

          (a) Maintain its and all its Subsidiaries’ legal existence and good standing in their
respective jurisdictions of formation and maintain qualification in each jurisdiction in which the
failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business or operations. Borrower shall comply, and have each Subsidiary comply, with all laws,
ordinances and regulations to which it is subject, noncompliance with which could have a material
adverse effect on Borrower’s business.

          (b) Obtain all of the Governmental Approvals necessary for the performance by Borrower of its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the grant of a security interest to
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          its property. Borrower shall reasonably promptly provide copies of any such
obtained Governmental Approvals to Bank.

     6.2 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Bank:

          (a) Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but no later than thirty (30)
days after the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet and income
statement covering Borrower’s consolidated operations for such month certified by a Responsible
Officer and in a form acceptable to Bank (the “Monthly Financial Statements”);

          (b) Monthly Compliance Certificate. Within thirty (30) days after the last day of
each month and together with the Monthly Financial Statements, a duly completed Compliance
Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such month, Borrower
was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth
calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such
other information as Bank shall reasonably request;

          (c) Annual Audited Financial Statements. As soon as available, but no later than
one-hundred eighty (180) days after the last day of Borrower’s fiscal year, audited consolidated
financial statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified
opinion on the financial statements from an independent certified public accounting firm acceptable
to Bank in its reasonable discretion;

          (d) Other Statements. Within five (5) days of delivery, copies of all statements,
reports and notices made available to Borrower’s security holders or to any holders of Subordinated
Debt;

          (e) Legal Action Notice. A prompt report of any legal actions pending or threatened in
writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, to the best knowledge of the Responsible
Officers or other officers of Borrower with the obligation to so inform the Responsible Officers,
could result in damages or costs to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, individually or in the
aggregate, One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more;

          (f) Intellectual Property Notice. Reasonably prompt written notice of any written
communication received by a Key Person from a third party alleging that Borrower is infringing the
rights of such third party to the Intellectual Property.

          (g) Projections. Financial projections regarding Borrower as approved by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower, within thirty (30) days of any such approval; and

          (h) Other Financial Information. Budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other
financial information as approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, and as reasonably
requested by Bank.

     6.3 Inventory; Returns. Keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, free from
material defects. Returns and allowances between Borrower and its Account Debtors shall follow
Borrower’s customary practices as they exist at the Effective Date. Borrower must promptly notify
Bank of all returns, recoveries, disputes and claims that Borrower reasonably believes involve more
than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).

     6.4 Taxes; Pensions. Timely file all required tax returns and reports and timely pay all
foreign, federal, state and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower,
except for deferred payment of any taxes contested pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9 hereof, and
shall deliver to Bank, on demand, appropriate certificates attesting to such payments, and pay all
amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in
accordance with their terms.

          In the event any payments are received by Bank from Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, such
payments will be made subject to applicable withholding for any taxes, levies, fees, deductions,
withholding, restrictions or conditions of any nature whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if at any time any Governmental Authority, applicable law, regulation or international agreement
requires Borrower to make any such deduction or withholding from any such payment or other sum
payment hereunder to Bank, the amount due from Borrower with respect to such payment or other sum
payable hereunder will be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such required deduction or withholding, Bank receives a net sum equal to
the sum which it would have received had no deductions or withholding been required, and Borrower
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 deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority. Borrower
will, upon request, furnish Bank with proof satisfactory to Bank indicating that Borrower has made
such withholding payment; provided, however, that Borrower need not make any withholding payment if
the amount or validity of such withholding payment is contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which payment in full is bonded or reserved against by Borrower. The
agreements and obligations of Borrower contained in this provision shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.

     6.5 Insurance. Keep its business and the Collateral insured for risks and in amounts standard
for companies in Borrower’s industry and location and as Bank may reasonably request in light of
the equipment financing facility being entered into under this Agreement. Insurance policies shall
be in a form, with companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to Bank. All property policies
shall have a lender’s loss payable endorsement showing Bank as the sole lender loss payee and waive
subrogation against Bank. All liability policies shall show, or have endorsements showing, Bank as
an additional insured. All policies (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements)
shall provide that the insurer shall give Bank at least twenty (20) days notice before canceling,
amending, or declining to renew its policy. At Bank’s request, Borrower shall deliver certified
copies of policies and evidence of all premium payments. Proceeds payable to Borrower under any
policy shall, at Bank’s option, be payable to Bank on account of the Obligations. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall
have the option of applying the proceeds of any casualty policy up to Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000) with respect to any loss, but not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in
the aggregate for all losses under all casualty policies in any one year, toward the replacement or
repair of destroyed or damaged property; provided that any such replaced or repaired property (i)
shall be of equal or like value as the replaced or repaired Collateral and (ii) shall be deemed
Collateral in which Bank has been granted a first priority security interest, and (b) after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all proceeds payable under such
casualty policy shall, at the option of Bank, be payable to Bank on account of the Obligations. If
Borrower fails to obtain insurance as required under this Section 6.5 or to pay any amount or
furnish any required proof of payment to third persons and Bank, Bank may make all or part of such
payment or obtain such insurance policies required in this Section 6.5, and take any action under
the policies Bank deems prudent. Further, it is understood and agreed that any insurance
proceeds with respect to Borrower and the Collateral that Bank may receive under this Section will
not, at any time, exceed the aggregate outstanding amount of all Obligations owing to the Bank at
such time.

     6.6 Operating Accounts.

          (a) Maintain its primary operating and other deposit accounts and securities accounts with
Bank and Bank’s Affiliates, on a consolidated basis, which accounts shall represent at least 85% of
the dollar value of Borrower’s and such Subsidiaries accounts at all financial institutions.

          (b) Provide Bank five (5) days prior written notice before establishing any Collateral Account
at or with any bank or financial institution other than Bank or Bank’s Affiliates. For each
Collateral Account that Borrower at any time maintains, Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or
financial institution (other than Bank) at or with which any Collateral Account is maintained to
execute and deliver a Control Agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to such
Collateral Account to perfect Bank’s Lien in such Collateral Account in accordance with the terms
hereunder which Control Agreement may not be terminated without the prior written consent of Bank.
The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to deposit accounts exclusively used for
payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of
Borrower’s employees and identified to Bank by Borrower as such.

     6.7 Financial Covenant. Maintain at all times, to be tested as of the last day of each month,
on a consolidated basis with respect to Borrower:

          (a) Quick Ratio. A ratio of Quick Assets to Current Liabilities of at least 1.50 to
1.0.

     6.8 Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

          (a) (i) Protect, defend and maintain its Intellectual Property in accordance with its best
business judgment; (ii) reasonably promptly advise Bank in writing of material infringements of its
Intellectual Property that come to the knowledge of any Key Person; and (iii) not allow any material
portion of the Intellectual Property that is also, in any event, material to the operation of
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dedicated to the public without providing
reasonable written notice to Bank in connection therewith, provided, however, no action by Borrower
regarding Intellectual Property as otherwise permitted under the foregoing provisions of this
clause (iii) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change may be taken
by Borrower without Bank’s prior written consent.

          (b) Provide written notice to Bank within thirty (30) days of entering or becoming bound by
any Restricted License (other than over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the
public). Borrower shall take such steps as Bank requests to obtain the consent of, or waiver by,
any person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (i) any Restricted License to be deemed
“Collateral” and for Bank to have a security interest in it that might otherwise be restricted or
prohibited by law or by the terms of any such Restricted License, whether now existing or entered
into in the future, and (ii) Bank to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any
Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Bank’s rights and remedies under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     6.9 Litigation Cooperation. From the date hereof and continuing through the termination of
this Agreement, make available to Bank, without expense to Bank, Borrower and its officers,
employees and agents and Borrower’s books and records, to the extent that Bank may deem them
reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or
against Bank with respect to any Collateral or relating to Borrower.

     6.10 Access to Collateral; Books and Records. Allow Bank, or its agents, subject to
reasonable notice prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, to inspect the Collateral and
audit and copy Borrower’s Books. The foregoing inspections and audits shall be at Borrower’s
expense following the occurrence of an Event of Default.

     6.11 Further Assurances. Execute any further instruments and take further action as Bank
reasonably requests to perfect or continue Bank’s Lien in the Collateral or to effect the purposes
of this Agreement. Deliver to Bank, within five (5) days after the same are sent or received,
copies of all correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any Governmental Authority
regarding compliance with or maintenance of Governmental Approvals or Requirements of Law or that
could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on any of the operations of Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries.

     6.12 Brazilian Subsidiary. Borrower has indicated to Bank that it is in the process of
forming a Subsidiary in Brazil (the “Brazilian Company”). Borrower shall provide to Bank all
material documentation regarding any such Subsidiary, and shall comply with the provisions of
Permitted Investments hereunder in connection with the formation and operation thereof. Further,
at such time as the Brazilian Company attains fiscal year-to-date revenue of $1,000,000 or more,
then, at the request of Bank, Borrower shall cause the Brazilian Company to enter into such
guaranty and security agreement documentation with respect to the Obligations as Bank shall
determine is necessary or advisable in order to protect its interests and the Brazilian Company
shall take such other actions and execute such other documentation relating thereto as Bank
determines is appropriate.

     7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     Borrower shall not do any of the following without Bank’s prior written consent:

     7.1 Dispositions. Convey, sell, lease, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of
(collectively, “Transfer”), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its
business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory in the ordinary course of business; (b)
of worn-out or obsolete Equipment that does not constitute Financed Equipment; and (c) in
connection with Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; and (d) of licenses for the use of the
property of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with the
past business practices of Borrower.

     7.2 Changes in Business, Management, Ownership, or Business Locations. (a) Engage in or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business other than the businesses currently
engaged in by Borrower and such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related thereto; (b)
liquidate or dissolve; or (c) (i) any Key Person ceases to hold such office with Borrower and a
reasonable replacement plan reasonably satisfactory to Bank are not made within 45 days after such
Person’s departure from Borrower; or (ii) enter into any
transaction or series of related transactions in which the stockholders of Borrower who were not stockholders
immediately prior to the first such transaction own more than 45% of the voting stock of Borrower
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transaction or related series of such transactions (other
than by the sale of Borrower’s equity securities in a public offering or to venture capital
investors so long as Borrower identifies to Bank the venture capital investors prior to the closing
of the transaction and provides to Bank a description of the material terms of the transaction).

          Borrower shall not, without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Bank: (1) add
any new offices or business locations, including warehouses (unless such new offices or business
locations contain less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in Borrower’s assets or property) or
deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to a bailee at a location other than to a bailee and at a
location already disclosed in the Perfection Certificate, (2) change its jurisdiction of
organization, (3) change its organizational structure or type, (4) change its legal name, or (5)
change any organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of organization. If
Borrower intends to deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the aggregate,
in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to a bailee at a location other than as
provided in the Perfection Certificate, Borrower will first receive the written consent of Bank,
and such bailee shall execute and deliver a bailee agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
Bank in its sole discretion.

     7.3 Mergers or Acquisitions. Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge
or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire,
all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person except (with respect to
each of the foregoing) where (a) total consideration including cash and the value of any non-cash
consideration, for all such transactions does not in the aggregate exceed One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) in any fiscal year of Borrower; (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would exist after giving effect to the transactions; and (c) Borrower is the surviving legal
entity. A Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower.. A
Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower.

     7.4 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness, or permit any
Subsidiary to do so, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

     7.5 Encumbrance. Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on any of its property, or assign
or convey any right to receive income, including the sale of any Accounts, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so, except for Permitted Liens, permit any Collateral not to be subject to the
first priority security interest granted herein, or enter into any agreement, document, instrument
or other arrangement (except with or in favor of Bank) with any Person which directly or indirectly
prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting Borrower from assigning, mortgaging, pledging, granting
a security interest in or upon, or encumbering any of Borrower’s Intellectual Property, except as
is otherwise permitted in Section 7.1 hereof and the definition of “Permitted Liens” herein.

     7.6 Maintenance of Collateral Accounts. Maintain any Collateral Account except pursuant to
the terms of Section 6.6(b) hereof.

     7.7 Distributions; Investments. (a) Pay any dividends or make any distribution or payment or
redeem, retire or purchase any capital stock provided that (i) Borrower may convert any of its
convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities
or otherwise in exchange thereof, (ii) Borrower may pay dividends solely in common stock; and (iii)
Borrower may repurchase the stock of former employees or consultants pursuant to stock repurchase
agreements so long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such repurchase and would
not exist after giving effect to such repurchase, provided such repurchase does not exceed in the
aggregate of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per fiscal year; or (b) directly or indirectly make
any Investment other than Permitted Investments, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so.

     7.8 Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any
material transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower, except for transactions that are in the
ordinary course of Borrower’s business, upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable
to Borrower than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated Person.

     7.9 Subordinated Debt. (a) Make or permit any payment on any Subordinated Debt, except under
the terms of the subordination, intercreditor, or other similar agreement to which such
Subordinated Debt is subject, or (b) amend any provision in any document relating to the
Subordinated Debt which would increase the amount thereof or adversely affect the subordination
thereof to Obligations owed to Bank.

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     7.10 Compliance. Become an “investment company” or a company controlled by an “investment
company”, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or undertake as one of its
important activities extending credit to purchase or carry margin stock (as defined in Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), or use the proceeds of any Credit
Extension for that purpose; fail to meet the minimum funding requirements of ERISA, permit a
Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, as defined in ERISA, to occur; fail to comply with the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act or violate any other law or regulation, if the violation could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s business, or permit any of
its Subsidiaries to do so; withdraw or permit any Subsidiary to withdraw from participation in,
permit partial or complete termination of, or permit the occurrence of any other event with respect
to, any present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plan which could reasonably be
expected to result in any liability of Borrower, including any liability to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation or its successors or any other governmental agency.

     8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     Any one of the following shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of Default”) under
this Agreement:

     8.1 Payment Default. Borrower fails to (a) make any payment of principal or interest on any
Credit Extension on its due date, or (b) pay any other Obligations within three (3) Business Days
after such Obligations are due and payable (which three (3) Business Day cure period shall not
apply to payments due on the scheduled maturity date therefor in accordance with the provisions set
forth in Section 2.1.1 and 2.1.2, as applicable). During the cure period, the failure to make or
pay any payment specified under clause (a) or (b) hereunder is not an Event of Default (but no
Credit Extension will be made during the cure period);

     8.2 Covenant Default.

          (a) Borrower fails or neglects to perform any obligation in Sections 3.3, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6,
6.7, 6.10, 6.11 or violates any covenant in Section 7; or

          (b) Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any other term, provision,
condition, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any Loan Documents, and as to any
default (other than those specified in this Section 8) under such other term, provision, condition,
covenant or agreement that can be cured, has failed to cure the default within ten (10) days after
the occurrence thereof; provided, however, that if the default cannot by its nature be cured within
the ten (10) day period or cannot after diligent attempts by Borrower be cured within such ten (10)
day period, and such default is likely to be cured within a reasonable time, then Borrower shall
have an additional period (which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30) days) to attempt to cure
such default, and within such reasonable time period the failure to cure the default shall not be
deemed an Event of Default (but no Credit Extensions shall be made during such cure period). Cure
periods provided under this section shall not apply, among other things, to financial covenants or
any other covenants set forth in clause (a) above;

     8.3 Material Adverse Change. A Material Adverse Change occurs;

     8.4 Attachment; Levy; Restraint on Business.

          (a) (i) The service of process seeking to attach, by trustee or similar process, any funds of
Borrower or of any entity under the control of Borrower (including a Subsidiary) on deposit or
otherwise maintained with Bank or any Bank Affiliate, or (ii) a notice of lien or levy is filed
against any of Borrower’s assets by any government agency, and the same under subclauses (i) and
(ii) hereof are not, within ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof, discharged or stayed
(whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise); provided, however, no Credit Extensions shall
be made during any ten (10) day cure period; or

          (b) (i) any material portion of Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, levied on, or comes
into possession of a trustee or receiver, or (ii) any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents
Borrower from conducting any material part of its business;

     8.5 Insolvency (a) Borrower is unable to pay its debts (including trade debts) as they become
due or otherwise becomes insolvent; (b) Borrower begins an Insolvency Proceeding; or (c) an
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begun against Borrower and not dismissed or stayed within thirty (30) days (but no Credit
Extensions shall be made while of any of the conditions described in clause (a) exist and/or until
any Insolvency Proceeding is dismissed);

     8.6 Other Agreements. There is, under any agreement to which Borrower or any Guarantor is a
party with a third party or parties, (a) any default resulting in a right by such third party or
parties, whether or not exercised, to accelerate the maturity of any Indebtedness in an amount
individually or in the aggregate in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000); or (b)
any default by Borrower or guarantor, the result of which could have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s or any guarantor’s business;

     8.7 Judgments. One or more final judgments, orders, or decrees for the payment of money in an
amount, individually or in the aggregate, of at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000)
(not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which liability has been accepted by such
insurance carrier) shall be rendered against Borrower and the same are not, within ten (10) days
after the entry thereof, discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such
judgments are not discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay (provided that no Credit
Extensions will be made prior to the discharge, stay, or bonding of such judgment, order, or
decree);

     8.8 Misrepresentations. Borrower or any Person acting for Borrower makes any representation,
warranty, or other statement now or later in this Agreement, any Loan Document or in any writing
delivered to Bank or to induce Bank to enter this Agreement or any Loan Document, and such
representation, warranty, or other statement is incorrect in any material respect when made;

     8.9 Subordinated Debt. Any document, instrument, or agreement evidencing any Subordinated
Debt shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated or otherwise cease to be in full force and
effect, any Person shall be in breach thereof or contest in any manner the validity or
enforceability thereof or deny that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder, or the
Obligations shall for any reason be subordinated or shall not have the priority contemplated by
this Agreement; or

     8.10 Governmental Approvals. Any Governmental Approval shall have been (a) revoked,
rescinded, suspended, modified in an adverse manner or not renewed in the ordinary course for a
full term or (b) subject to any decision by a Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with
respect to any applications for renewal of any of such Governmental Approval or that could result
in the Governmental Authority taking any of the actions described in clause (a) above, and such
decision or such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or non-renewal (i) has, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Change, or (ii) adversely affects the legal
qualifications of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to hold such Governmental Approval in any
applicable jurisdiction and such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or non-renewal
could reasonably be expected to affect the status of or legal qualifications of Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries to hold any Governmental Approval in any other jurisdiction.

     9 BANK’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

     9.1 Rights and Remedies. While an Event of Default occurs and continues Bank may, without
notice or demand, do any or all of the following:

          (a) declare all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of Default described
in Section 8.5 occurs all Obligations are immediately due and payable without any action by Bank);

          (b) stop advancing money or extending credit for Borrower’s benefit under this Agreement or
under any other agreement between Borrower and Bank;

          (c) settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with Account Debtors for amounts on terms
and in any order that Bank considers advisable, notify any Person owing Borrower money of Bank’s
security interest in such funds, and verify the amount of such account;

          (d) make any payments and do any acts it considers necessary or reasonable to protect the
Collateral and/or its security interest in the Collateral. Borrower shall assemble the Collateral
if Bank requests and make it available as Bank designates. Bank may enter premises where the
Collateral is located, take and maintain possession of any part of the Collateral, and pay,
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prior or superior to its security interest and pay all expenses incurred. Borrower grants Bank
a license to enter and occupy any of its premises, without charge, to exercise any of Bank’s rights
or remedies;

          (e) apply to the Obligations any (i) balances and deposits of Borrower it holds, or (ii) any
amount held by Bank owing to or for the credit or the account of Borrower;

          (f) ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for
sale, and sell the Collateral. Bank is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or
other right to use, without charge, Borrower’s labels, Patents, Copyrights, mask works, rights of
use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, Trademarks, and advertising matter, or any similar
property as it pertains to the Collateral (from which the Intellectual Property is excluded per the
definition of Collateral), in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any
Collateral and, in connection with Bank’s exercise of its rights under this Section, Borrower’s
rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements inure to Bank’s benefit;

          (g) place a “hold” on any account maintained with Bank and/or deliver a notice of exclusive
control, any entitlement order, or other directions or instructions pursuant to any Control
Agreement or similar agreements providing control of any Collateral;

          (h) demand and receive possession of Borrower’s Books; and

          (i) exercise all rights and remedies available to Bank under the Loan Documents or at law or
equity, including all remedies provided under the Code (including disposal of the Collateral
pursuant to the terms thereof).

     9.2 Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Bank as its lawful
attorney-in-fact, exercisable upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, to: (a) endorse Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security; (b)
sign Borrower’s name on any invoice or bill of lading for any Account or drafts against Account
Debtors; (c) settle and adjust disputes and claims about the Accounts directly with Account
Debtors, for amounts and on terms Bank determines reasonable; (d) make, settle, and adjust all
claims under Borrower’s insurance policies; (e) pay, contest or settle any Lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, and adverse claim in or to the Collateral, or any judgment based
thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; and (f) transfer the
Collateral into the name of Bank or a third party as the Code permits. Borrower hereby appoints
Bank as its lawful attorney-in-fact to sign Borrower’s name on any documents necessary to perfect
or continue the perfection of Bank’s security interest in the Collateral regardless of whether an
Event of Default has occurred until all Obligations have been satisfied in full and Bank is under
no further obligation to make Credit Extensions hereunder. Bank’s foregoing appointment as
Borrower’s attorney in fact, and all of Bank’s rights and powers, coupled with an interest, are
irrevocable until all Obligations have been fully repaid and performed and Bank’s obligation to
provide Credit Extensions terminates.

     9.3 Protective Payments. If Borrower fails to obtain the insurance called for by Section 6.5
or fails to pay any premium thereon or fails to pay any other amount which Borrower is obligated to
pay under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Bank may obtain such insurance or make such
payment, and all amounts so paid by Bank are Bank Expenses and immediately due and payable, bearing
interest at the then highest rate applicable to the Obligations, and secured by the Collateral.
Bank will make reasonable efforts to provide Borrower with notice of Bank obtaining such insurance
at the time it is obtained or within a reasonable time thereafter. No payments by Bank are deemed
an agreement to make similar payments in the future or Bank’s waiver of any Event of Default.

     9.4 Application of Payments and Proceeds Upon Default. If an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, Bank may apply any funds in its possession, whether from Borrower account
balances, payments, proceeds realized as the result of any collection of Accounts or other
disposition of the Collateral, or otherwise, to the Obligations in such order as Bank shall
determine in its sole discretion. Any surplus shall be paid to Borrower or other Persons legally
entitled thereto; Borrower shall remain liable to Bank for any deficiency. If Bank, in its good
faith business judgment, directly or indirectly enters into a deferred payment or other credit
transaction with any purchaser at any sale of Collateral, Bank shall have the option, exercisable
at any time, of either reducing the Obligations by the principal amount of the purchase price or
deferring the reduction of the Obligations until the actual receipt by Bank of cash therefor.

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     9.5 Bank’s Liability for Collateral. So long as Bank complies with reasonable banking
practices regarding the safekeeping of the Collateral in the possession or under the control of
Bank, Bank shall not be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any
loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of the Collateral; or (d) any act
or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or other Person. Borrower bears all risk of loss,
damage or destruction of the Collateral, except for Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

     9.6 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. Bank’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict
performance by Borrower of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not
waive, affect, or diminish any right of Bank thereafter to demand strict performance and compliance
herewith or therewith. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless signed by the party granting
the waiver and then is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it is given.
Bank’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative. Bank
has all rights and remedies provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. Bank’s exercise of one
right or remedy is not an election and shall not preclude Bank from exercising any other remedy
under this Agreement or other remedy available at law or in equity, and Bank’s waiver of any Event
of Default is not a continuing waiver. Bank’s delay in exercising any remedy is not a waiver,
election, or acquiescence.

     9.7 Demand Waiver. Borrower waives demand, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment
and nonpayment, notice of any default, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement,
extension, or renewal of accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees held by
Bank on which Borrower is liable.

     10 NOTICES

     All notices, consents, requests, approvals, demands, or other communication by any party to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
validly served, given, or delivered: (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3) Business
Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class, registered or certified mail return receipt
requested, with proper postage prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when sent by electronic mail or
facsimile transmission; (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier
with all charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall
be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address, facsimile number, or email
address indicated below. Bank or Borrower may change its mailing or electronic mail address or
facsimile number by giving the other party written notice thereof in accordance with the terms of
this Section 10.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to Borrower:
	 	Ceres, Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
	 

	 	 	 	Thousand Oaks, California 91320
	 

	 	 	 	Attn Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 	 	 	Cc: Legal Department
	 

	 	 	 	Fax (805) 376-6549
	 

	 	 	 	Email: pkuc@ceres-inc.com
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Bank:
	 	Silicon Valley Bank
	 

	 	 	 	5820 Canoga Ave., Suite 210
	 

	 	 	 	Woodland Hills, CA 91367
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Mr. Jack Garza
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: (818) 340-0395
	 

	 	 	 	Email: jgarza@svb.com

     11 CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE, JURY TRIAL WAIVER, AND JUDICIAL REFERENCE

     California law governs the Loan Documents without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
Borrower and Bank each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in Los
Angeles County, California; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
operate to preclude Bank from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction
to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or
other court order in favor of Bank. Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such
jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and Borrower hereby waives any
objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non
conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed
appropriate by such court. Borrower hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and
other process issued in such

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action or suit and agrees that service of such summons, complaints, and other process may be
made by registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth in, or
subsequently provided by Borrower in accordance with, Section 10 of this Agreement and that service
so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of Borrower’s actual receipt thereof or
three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid.

     TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER AND BANK EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO
A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER
CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BOTH PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH
PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL.

     WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, if the above waiver of the right to a trial by jury is not
enforceable, the parties hereto agree that any and all disputes or controversies of any nature
between them arising at any time shall be decided by a reference to a private judge, mutually
selected by the parties (or, if they cannot agree, by the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles
County, California Superior Court) appointed in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure
Section 638 (or pursuant to comparable provisions of federal law if the dispute falls within the
exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts), sitting without a jury, in Los Angeles County,
California; and the parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The reference
proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of California Code
of Civil Procedure §§ 638 through 645.1, inclusive. The private judge shall have the power, among
others, to grant provisional relief, including without limitation, entering temporary restraining
orders, issuing preliminary and permanent injunctions and appointing receivers. All such
proceedings shall be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto shall
be permanently sealed. If during the course of any dispute, a party desires to seek provisional
relief, but a judge has not been appointed at that point pursuant to the judicial reference
procedures, then such party may apply to the Los Angeles County, California Superior Court for such
relief. The proceeding before the private judge shall be conducted in the same manner as it would
be before a court under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings. The parties
shall be entitled to discovery which shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a
court under the rules of discovery applicable to judicial proceedings. The private judge shall
oversee discovery and may enforce all discovery rules and orders applicable to judicial proceedings
in the same manner as a trial court judge. The parties agree that the selected or appointed
private judge shall have the power to decide all issues in the action or proceeding, whether of
fact or of law, and shall report a statement of decision thereon pursuant to California Code of
Civil Procedure § 644(a). Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of any party at any time
to exercise self-help remedies, foreclose against collateral, or obtain provisional remedies. The
private judge shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation, and
enforceability of this paragraph.

     12 GENERAL PROVISIONS

     12.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement binds and is for the benefit of the successors
and permitted assigns of each party. Borrower may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations under it without Bank’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in
Bank’s discretion). Bank has the right, without the consent of or notice to Borrower, to sell,
transfer, assign, negotiate, or grant participation in all or any part of, or any interest in,
Bank’s obligations, rights, and benefits under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
provided Bank agrees not to transfer or assign its rights herein to any person or entity
who is engaged in research and development in the field of plant biotechnology or plant genomics or
in the seed business or any Affiliate of such person or entity.

     12.2 Indemnification. Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Bank and its directors,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys, or any other Person affiliated with or representing Bank
(each, an “Indemnified Person”) harmless against: (a) all obligations, demands, claims, and
liabilities (collectively, “Claims”) claimed or asserted by any other party in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and (b) all losses or expenses (including Bank
Expenses) in any way suffered, incurred, or paid by such Indemnified Person as a result of,
following from, consequential to, or arising from transactions between Bank and Borrower
contemplated by the Loan Documents (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), except for
Claims and/or losses directly caused by such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.

     12.3 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence for the performance of all Obligations in this
Agreement.

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     12.4 Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every
other provision in determining the enforceability of any provision.

     12.5 Correction of Loan Documents. Bank may correct patent errors and fill in any blanks in
the Loan Documents consistent with the agreement of the parties.

     12.6 Amendments in Writing; Waiver; Integration. No purported amendment or modification of
any Loan Document, or waiver, discharge or termination of any obligation under any Loan Document,
shall be enforceable or admissible unless, and only to the extent, expressly set forth in a writing
signed by the party against which enforcement or admission is sought. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, no oral promise or statement, nor any action, inaction, delay, failure
to require performance or course of conduct shall operate as, or evidence, an amendment, supplement
or waiver or have any other effect on any Loan Document. Any waiver granted shall be limited to
the specific circumstance expressly described in it, and shall not apply to any subsequent or other
circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar, or give rise to, or evidence, any obligation or
commitment to grant any further waiver. The Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about
this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements,
understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject
matter of the Loan Documents merge into the Loan Documents.

     12.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, is an
original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement.

     12.8 Survival. All covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement continue
in full force until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations (other
than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive
the termination of this Agreement) have been paid in full and satisfied. The obligation of
Borrower in Section 12.2 to indemnify Bank shall survive until the statute of limitations with
respect to such claim or cause of action shall have run.

     12.9 Confidentiality. In handling any confidential information, Bank shall exercise the same
degree of care that it exercises for its own proprietary information, but disclosure of information
may be made: (a) to Bank’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (b) to prospective transferees or purchasers
of any interest in the Credit Extensions (provided, however, Bank shall use its best efforts to
obtain any prospective transferee’s or purchaser’s agreement to the terms of this provision); (c)
as required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other order; (d) to Bank’s regulators or as otherwise
required in connection with Bank’s examination or audit; (e) as Bank considers appropriate in
exercising remedies under the Loan Documents; and (f) to third-party service providers of Bank so
long as such service providers have executed a confidentiality agreement with Bank with terms no
less restrictive than those contained herein. Confidential information does not include
information that is either: (i) in the public domain or in Bank’s possession when disclosed to
Bank, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to Bank; or (ii) disclosed to Bank by a
third party if Bank does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the
information.

     Bank may use confidential information for the development of databases, reporting purposes,
and market analysis so long as such confidential information is aggregated and anonymized prior to
distribution unless otherwise expressly permitted by Borrower. The provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

     12.10 Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Expenses. In any action or proceeding between Borrower and
Bank arising out of or relating to the Loan Documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred, in addition to any
other relief to which it may be entitled.

     12.11 Electronic Execution of Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and
words of like import in any Loan Document shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the
keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity
and enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping
systems, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including,
without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

     12.12 Captions. The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

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     12.13 Construction of Agreement. The parties mutually acknowledge that they and their
attorneys have participated in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement. In cases of
uncertainty this Agreement shall be construed without regard to which of the parties caused the
uncertainty to exist.

     12.14 Relationship. The relationship of the parties to this Agreement is determined solely by
the provisions of this Agreement. The parties do not intend to create any agency, partnership,
joint venture, trust, fiduciary or other relationship with duties or incidents different from those
of parties to an arm’s-length contract.

     12.15 Third Parties. Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to:
(a) confer any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any persons
other than the express parties to it and their respective permitted successors and assigns; (b)
relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any person not an express party to this
Agreement; or (c) give any person not an express party to this Agreement any right of subrogation
or action against any party to this Agreement.

     13 DEFINITIONS

     13.1 Definitions. As used in the Loan Documents, the word “shall” is mandatory, the word
“may” is permissive, the word “or” is not exclusive, the words “includes” and “including” are not
limiting, the singular includes the plural, and numbers denoting amounts that are set off in
brackets are negative. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:

     “Account” is any “account” as defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may
hereafter be made, and includes, without limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing
to Borrower.

     “Account Debtor” is any “account debtor” as defined in the Code with such additions to such
term as may hereafter be made.

     “Advance” or “Advances” means an advance (or advances) under the Revolving Line.

     “Affiliate” is, with respect to any Person, each other Person that owns or controls directly
or indirectly the Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control
with the Person, and each of that Person’s senior executive officers, directors, partners and, for
any Person that is a limited liability company, that Person’s managers and members.

     “Agreement” is defined in the preamble hereof.

     “Bank” is defined in the preamble hereof.

     “Bank Expenses” are all bank commercially reasonable audit fees and expenses, bank
commercially reasonable costs, and bank commercially reasonable expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) for preparing, amending, negotiating, administering, defending and
enforcing the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with
appeals or Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred with respect to Borrower.

     “Borrower” is defined in the preamble hereof.

     “Borrower’s Books” are all Borrower’s books and records including ledgers, federal and state
tax returns, records regarding Borrower’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business
operations or financial condition, and all computer programs or storage or any equipment containing
such information.

     “Borrowing Resolutions” are, with respect to any Person, those resolutions adopted by such
Person’s Board of Directors and delivered by such Person to Bank approving the Loan Documents to
which such Person is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, together with a certificate
executed by its Secretary on behalf of such Person certifying that (a) such Person has the
authority to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, (b) that attached as Exhibit A to such certificate is a true, correct, and
complete copy of the resolutions then in full force and effect authorizing and ratifying the
execution, delivery, and performance by such Person of the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
(c) the name(s) of the Person(s) authorized to execute the Loan Documents on behalf of such Person,
together with a sample of the true signature(s)

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of such Person(s), and (d) that Bank may conclusively rely on such certificate unless and
until such Person shall have delivered to Bank a further certificate canceling or amending such
prior certificate.

     “Business Day” is any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which Bank is closed.

     “Cash Collateral Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).

     “Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more
than one (1) year from the date of acquisition; (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1)
year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group
or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (c) Bank’s certificates of deposit issued maturing no more than
one (1) year after issue; and (d) money market funds at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the
assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (c) of
this definition.

     “Code” is the Uniform Commercial Code, as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in
effect in the State of California; provided, that, to the extent that the Code is used to define
any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles
or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall
govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or
all of the attachment, perfection, or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Bank’s Lien on any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the
State of California, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in
effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such
attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of definitions relating to such
provisions.

     “Collateral” is any and all properties, rights and assets of Borrower described on Exhibit
A.

     “Collateral Account” is any Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account.

     “Commodity Account” is any “commodity account” as defined in the Code with such additions to
such term as may hereafter be made.

     “Compliance Certificate” is that certain certificate in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B.

     “Contingent Obligation” is, for any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or
not, of that Person for (a) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation
of another such as an obligation, in each case, directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed,
co-made, discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is directly or
indirectly liable; (b) any obligations for undrawn letters of credit for the account of that
Person; and (c) all obligations from any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement,
interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a
Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; but
“Contingent Obligation” does not include endorsements in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of a Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation for
which the Contingent Obligation is made or, if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability for it determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may not exceed the maximum
of the obligations under any guarantee or other support arrangement.

     “Control Agreement” is any control agreement entered into among the depository institution at
which Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary
at which Borrower maintains a Securities Account or a Commodity Account, Borrower, and Bank
pursuant to which Bank obtains control (within the meaning of the Code) over such Deposit Account,
Securities Account, or Commodity Account.

     “Copyrights” are any and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations
and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative work thereof, whether published or
unpublished and whether or not the same also constitutes a trade secret.

     “Credit Extension” is any Equipment Advance and each other credit accommodation or extension
of credit by Bank for Borrower’s benefit.

     “Current Assets” are amounts that under GAAP should be included on that date as current assets
on Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet.

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     “Current Liabilities” are the aggregate amount of Borrower’s Total Liabilities that mature
within one (1) year.

     “Default Rate” is defined in Section 2.3(b).

     “Deposit Account” is any “deposit account” as defined in the Code with such additions to such
term as may hereafter be made.

     “Designated
Deposit Account” is Borrower’s deposit account, account
number 3300497094,
maintained with Bank.

     “Dollars,” “dollars” or use of the sign “$” means only lawful money of the United States and
not any other currency, regardless of whether that currency uses the “$” sign to denote its
currency or may be readily converted into lawful money of the United States.

     “Dollar Equivalent” is, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars,
such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a Foreign Currency, the equivalent
amount therefor in Dollars as determined by Bank at such time on the basis of the then-prevailing
rate of exchange in San Francisco, California, for sales of the Foreign Currency for transfer to
the country issuing such Foreign Currency.

     “Domain Name” is a name as registered by a domain name registrar, typically an
ICANN-accredited registrar, and any applications for such name.

     “Draw Period A” is the period of time from the Effective Date through the earlier to occur of
(a) February 28, 2010 or (b) an Event of Default.

     “Draw Period B” is the period of time from January 1, 2010 through the earlier to occur of (a)
August 31, 2010 or (b) an Event of Default, which shall only be an available draw period upon
Borrower’s satisfaction of the Equipment Advance B Conditions.

     “Effective Date” is defined in the preamble hereof.

     “Eligible Equipment” is the following to the extent it complies with all of Borrower’s
representations and warranties to Bank, is acceptable to Bank in all respects, is located at the
premises of Borrower indicated in Section 10 hereof or such other location of which Bank has
approved in writing, and is subject to a first priority Lien in favor of Bank: (a) general purpose
equipment computer equipment, office equipment, test and laboratory equipment, agricultural
equipment, seed business related equipment, furnishings, subject to the limitations set forth
herein, and (b) Other Equipment.

     “Equipment” is all “equipment” as defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may
hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all machinery, fixtures, goods, vehicles
(including motor vehicles and trailers), and any interest in any of the foregoing.

     “Equipment Advance A” and “Equipment Advances A” are defined in Section 2.1.1.

     “Equipment Advance B” and “Equipment Advances B” are defined in Section 2.1.2.

     “Equipment Advance B Conditions” shall mean (1) the satisfaction and attainment of one of (A),
(B) or (C) below, plus (2) the establishment and maintenance by Borrower of a cash balance of at
least $3,000,000 in the Cash Collateral Account:

     (A) The closing of, or the execution of definitive documentation and agreements that
establish, new collaborations or partnerships that have as their core business purpose the
commercialization of energy crops for biofuel or biopower production, which have a legal structure
that does not adversely impair the rights of Bank hereunder (“Commercialization Transactions”).
Further, the agreements relating thereto shall have an aggregate contract value of greater than
$25,000,000 that do not exceed a five (5) year-term and that provide for aggregate minimum payments
to Borrower of at least $5,000,000 in each year of the term.

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     (B) Borrower receives minimum net proceeds of $25,000,000 from the closing of an equity
financing transaction or transactions, in form and substance acceptable to Bank, consummated after:
(i) the Effective Date and (ii) the occurrence of such events that evidence the commercialization
of energy crops for biofuel or biopower production, as Bank shall determine is acceptable in its
reasonable discretion.

     (C) The occurrence of Commercialization Transactions together with receipt by Borrower of net
proceeds from the closing of an equity financing or financings of Borrower, arising after the
Effective Date, in form and substance acceptable to Bank, that together result in an combined
aggregate contractual value of such Commercialization Transactions plus such aggregate net proceeds
as received by Borrower of greater than $25,000,000.

     “Equipment Advances” is defined in Section 2.1.2.

     “Equipment Line A” is an Equipment Advance A or Equipment Advances A in an aggregate amount of
up to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (and with such maximum amount being referred to as the
“Equipment Line A Amount”).

     “Equipment Line B” is an Equipment Advance B or Equipment Advances B in an aggregate amount of
up to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) (and with such maximum amount being referred to as the
“Equipment Line B Amount”).

     “ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and its regulations.

     “Event of Default” is defined in Section 8.

     “Financed Equipment” is all present and future Eligible Equipment in which Borrower has any
interest which is financed by an Equipment Advance.

     “Funding Date” is any date on which a Credit Extension is made to or for the account of
Borrower which shall be a Business Day.

     “GAAP” is generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other Person as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

     “General Intangibles” is all “general intangibles” as defined in the Code in effect on the
date hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without
limitation, all Intellectual Property, claims, income and other tax refunds, security and other
deposits, payment intangibles, contract rights, options to purchase or sell real or personal
property, rights in all litigation presently or hereafter pending (whether in contract, tort or
otherwise), insurance policies (including without limitation key man, property damage, and business
interruption insurance), payments of insurance and rights to payment of any kind.

     “Governmental Approval” is any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise,
permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice, of, issued by, from or to, or
other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority.

     “Governmental Authority” is any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions
of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization.

     “Indebtedness” is (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred price of property or
services, such as reimbursement and other obligations for surety bonds and letters of credit, (b)
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) capital lease
obligations, and (d) Contingent Obligations.

     “Indemnified Person” is defined in Section 12.2.

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     “Insolvency Proceeding” is any proceeding by or against any Person under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit
of creditors, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.

     “Intellectual Property” means all of Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and to the
following:

     (a) Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Plant Variety Protection Certificates, Plant Breeder’s
Rights and Domain Names;

     (b) any and all trade secrets and trade secret rights, including, without limitation, any
rights to unpatented inventions, know-how, operating manuals;

     (c) any and all source code;

     (d) any and all design rights which may be available to a Borrower;

     (e) any and all biological material except seed of finished commercial varieties;

     (f) any and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future infringement of any of
the foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect such damages for said
use or infringement of the Intellectual Property rights identified above; and

     (g) all amendments, renewals and extensions of any of the Copyrights, Trademarks Patents,
Plant Variety Protection Certificates, Plant Breeder’s Rights or Domain Names.

     “Inventory” is all “inventory” as defined in the Code in effect on the date hereof with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all merchandise,
raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished
products, including without limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of Borrower’s custody
or possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of title
representing any of the above, provided, however, it is understood and agreed that Inventory shall
not include Intellectual Property.

     “Investment” is any beneficial ownership interest in any Person (including stock, partnership
interest or other securities), and any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person.

     “Key Person” is any of Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer who are,
as of the Effective Date, Richard Hamilton and Paul Kuc, respectively.

     “Lien” is a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security interest or other
encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise
against any property.

     “Loan Documents” are, collectively, this Agreement, the Warrant, the Perfection Certificate,
any note, or notes or guaranties executed by Borrower or any guarantor, and any other present or
future agreement between Borrower, any guarantor and/or for the benefit of Bank in connection with
this Agreement, all as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Loan Supplement” is the form attached hereto as Schedule 1.

     “Material Adverse Change” is (a) a material impairment in the perfection or priority of Bank’s
Lien in the Collateral or in the value of such Collateral; (b) a material adverse change in the
business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower; (c) a material impairment
of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations or (d) Bank determines, based upon
information available to it and in its reasonable judgment, that there is a reasonable likelihood
that Borrower shall fail to comply with one or more of the financial covenants in Section 6 during
the next succeeding financial reporting period.

     “Monthly Financial Statements” is defined in Section 6.2(a).

     “Obligations” are Borrower’s obligations to pay when due any debts, principal, interest, Bank
Expenses and other amounts Borrower owes Bank now or later, whether under this Agreement, the Loan
Documents, or

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otherwise, including, without limitation, all obligations relating to letters of credit
(including reimbursement obligations for drawn and undrawn letters of credit), cash management
services, and foreign exchange contracts, if any, and including interest accruing after Insolvency
Proceedings begin and debts, liabilities, or obligations of Borrower assigned to Bank, and to
perform Borrower’s duties under the Loan Documents.

     “Operating Documents” are, for any Person, such Person’s formation documents, as certified
with the Secretary of State of such Person’s state of formation on a date that is no earlier than
30 days prior to the Effective Date, and, (a) if such Person is a corporation, its bylaws in
current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company
agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a partnership, its partnership
agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or
modifications thereto.

     “Other Equipment” is leasehold improvements, intangible property such as computer software and
software licenses, equipment specifically designed or manufactured for Borrower, other intangible
property, limited use property and other similar property and soft costs approved by Bank,
including taxes, shipping, warranty charges, freight discounts and installation expenses.

     “Patents” means all patents (including without limitation utility patents, plant patents and
design patents), patent applications and like protections including without limitation
improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of
the same.

     “Payment/Advance Form” is that certain form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

     “Perfection Certificate” is defined in Section 5.1.

     “Permitted Indebtedness” is:

     (a) Borrower’s Indebtedness to Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

     (b) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and shown on the Perfection Certificate;

     (c) Subordinated Debt;

     (d) unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (e) Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the
ordinary course of business;

     (f) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under clauses (a) and (c) of the definition of
“Permitted Liens” hereunder;

     (g) Indebtedness of Borrower to any Subsidiary and Contingent Obligations of any Subsidiary
with respect to obligations of Borrower (provided that the primary obligations are not prohibited
hereby), and Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $400,000 or any other Subsidiary and Contingent Obligations of any Subsidiary with respect
to obligations of any other Subsidiary (provided that the primary obligations are not prohibited
hereby), with the understanding that the cap of $400,000 as set forth herein shall be viewed and
determined on a collective basis together with the permitted amounts under clause (f) of the
definition of Permitted Investments; and

     (h) extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any items of
Permitted Indebtedness (a) through (g) above, provided that the principal amount thereof is not
increased or the terms thereof are not modified to impose more burdensome terms upon Borrower or
its Subsidiary, as the case may be, provided, further, that any terms and provisions of any
extension, refinancing, modification, amendment or restatement of any Subordinated Debt shall be
determined to be acceptable to Bank in its discretion.

     “Permitted Investments” are:

     (a) Investments (including, without limitation, Subsidiaries) existing on the Effective Date
and shown on the Perfection Certificate and;

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     (b) (i) Investments consisting of Cash Equivalents or United States government-issued
instruments;

     (c) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of Borrower;

     (d) Investments consisting of deposit accounts in which Bank has a perfected security
interest;

     (e) Investments accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 7.1;

     (f) Investments (i) by Borrower in Subsidiaries not to exceed $400,000 in the aggregate in any
fiscal year, provided that no new Investment in any Subsidiaries may be made if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would otherwise arise upon the making thereof, provided, further,
the amount of Permitted Investments under this clause (f) shall be viewed and determined on a
collective basis together with the permitted amounts under clause (g) of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness;

     (g) Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other
employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) loans to employees,
officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors;

     (h) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other
disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business; and

     (i) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit
extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business;
provided that this paragraph (i) shall not apply to Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary;

     (j) transactions that are otherwise included in clauses (A) and (C) of the definition of
Equipment Advance B Conditions; and

     (k) joint ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business
consisting of the licensing of technology, the development of technology or the providing of
technical support (with any such joint venture or strategic alliance referred to herein as a “Ceres
JV/Alliance”), provided that:

(i) the aggregate amount of all cash investments made by Borrower in all Ceres JV/Alliances
may not exceed $500,000 per fiscal year; or

(ii) to the extent the amount of cash investments by Borrower in any and all Ceres
JV/Alliances exceeds $500,000 per fiscal year, such excess amount represents proceeds
received by Borrower from an investment or a series of investment transactions made by third
parties in Borrower, and, in each case,

(1) only as to such third party investment transactions that are consummated
substantially concurrently with the consummation of the transaction or transactions, as
applicable, giving rise to such Ceres JV/Alliance;

(2) only as long as such proceeds have been designated or intended by the provider
thereof specifically for the purpose of funding such Ceres JV/Alliance; and

(3) for clarification purposes, such third party cash investment proceeds shall
specifically, and notwithstanding any other term or provision above, not include any
amounts, proceeds or funds received by Borrower from or otherwise relating to any of the
Commercialization Transactions (as such term is defined in the definition of “Equipment
Advance B Conditions”).

     “Permitted Liens” are:

     (a) Liens existing on the Effective Date and shown on the Perfection Certificate or arising
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

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     (b) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either (i) not
due and payable or (ii) being contested in good faith and for which Borrower maintains adequate
reserves on its Books, provided that no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations adopted
thereunder;

     (c) purchase money Liens (i) on Equipment (other than Financed Equipment) acquired or held by
Borrower incurred for financing the acquisition of the Equipment securing no more than One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate amount outstanding, or (ii) existing on Equipment (other than
Financed Equipment) when acquired, if the Lien is confined to the property and improvements
and the proceeds of the Equipment;

     (d) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, suppliers, or other Persons that are possessory in nature
arising in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory, securing
liabilities in the aggregate amount not to exceed One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and which
are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale
of the property subject thereto;

     (e) Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions,
social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than
Liens imposed by ERISA);

     (f) Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by
Liens described in (a) through (c), but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be
limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the
indebtedness may not increase;

     (g) leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business
(or, if referring to another Person, in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), and leases,
subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of personal property (other than Intellectual
Property) granted in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business (or, if referring to another
Person, in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), if the leases, subleases,
licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Bank a security interest therein;

     (h) license of Intellectual Property granted to third parties in the ordinary course of
business consistent with the past business practices of Borrower;

     (i) Liens arising from attachments or judgments, orders, or decrees in circumstances not
constituting an Event of Default under Sections 8.4 and 8.7; and

     (j) Liens in favor of other financial institutions arising in connection with Borrower’s
deposit and/or securities accounts held at such institutions, provided that Bank has a perfected
security interest in the amounts held in such deposit and/or securities accounts.

     “Person” is any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public
benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.

     “Plant Breeder Rights” means plant variety-related proprietary rights as available in
jurisdictions outside the United States, whether or not under an authority consistent with the
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), 1961, revised in
1972, 1978 and 1991, and applications for any such rights.

     “Plant Variety Protection Certificates” means Plant Variety Protection rights or provisional
rights, and applications for any such rights, as administered by USDA, Agricultural Marketing
Service, Plant Variety Protection Office, under 7 U.S.C. §§ 2321-2583.

     “Prime Rate” is Bank’s most recently announced “prime rate,” even if it is not Bank’s lowest
rate.

     “Quick Assets” is, on any date, Borrower’s consolidated, unrestricted cash and Cash
Equivalents, net billed accounts receivable and investments with maturities of fewer than 12 months
determined according to GAAP together with the aggregate balance of the Cash Collateral Account.

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     “Registered Organization” is any “registered organization” as defined in the Code with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

     “Requirement of Law” is as to any Person, the organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

     “Responsible Officer” is any of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial
Officer and Controller of Borrower.

     “Restricted License” is any material license or other agreement with respect to which Borrower
is the licensee (a) that prohibits or otherwise restricts Borrower from granting a security
interest in Borrower’s interest in such license or agreement or any other property, or (b) for
which a default under or termination of could interfere with the Bank’s right to sell any
Collateral.

     “Securities Account” is any “securities account” as defined in the Code with such additions to
such term as may hereafter be made.

     “Subordinated Debt” is indebtedness incurred by Borrower subordinated to all of Borrower’s now
or hereafter indebtedness to Bank (pursuant to a subordination, intercreditor, or other similar
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Bank entered into between Bank and the other
creditor), on terms acceptable to Bank.

     “Subsidiary” is, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power
(other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary herein shall be a
reference to a Subsidiary of Borrower.

     “Total Liabilities” is on any day, obligations that should, under GAAP, be classified as
liabilities on Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet, including all Indebtedness and current
portion of Subordinated Debt permitted by Bank to be paid by Borrower, but excluding all other
Subordinated Debt.

     “Trademarks” means any trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or not,
applications to register and registrations of the same and like protections, and the entire
goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized by such trademarks.

     “Transfer” is defined in Section 7.1.

     “Warrant Modification Agreement” shall mean that certain Warrant Modification Agreement
between Borrower and the holder of the warrant to issue stock that was granted in favor of Bank in
connection with that certain Loan and Security Agreement between Bank and Borrower entered into on
or about July 30, 2004.

     “Warrants” are: (A) that certain Warrant to Purchase Stock dated on or about the Effective
Date executed by Borrower in favor of Bank with respect to 18,461 shares of Series F Preferred
Stock of Borrower; and (B) that certain Warrant to Purchase Stock dated on or about the Effective
Date executed by Borrower in favor of Bank with respect to 24,615 shares of Series F Preferred
Stock of Borrower (with the Warrant specified in this clause (B) being referred to as the
“Warrants Regarding Equipment Advances B”), in each case subject to the terms and
conditions as are set forth therein.

[Signature page follows.]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
Effective Date.

	 	 	 	 	 

	BORROWER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By 

Name:

	 	 /s/ Paul Kuc
 

Paul Kuc
	 	 
	Title:

	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By 

Name:

	 	 /s/ Richard Hamilton
 

Richard Hamilton
	 	 
	Title:

	 	President & Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BANK:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SILICON VALLEY BANK	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By 

Name:

	 	 /s/ Jack Garza
 

Jack Garza
	 	 
	Title:

	 	Relationship Manager	 	 

[Signature Page
to Loan and Security Agreement]

 

EXHIBIT A — COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION

The
Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following
personal property:

     All goods, Accounts (including health-care receivables), Equipment, Inventory, contract rights
or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, General
Intangibles (except as provided below), commercial tort claims, documents, instruments (including
any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts,
fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit in evidenced by a writing),
securities, and all other investment property, supporting obligations, and financial assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and

     All Borrower’s Books relating to the foregoing, and any and all claims, rights and interests
in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions
and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of
the foregoing.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral does not include any Intellectual Property;
provided, however, the Collateral shall include all Accounts and all proceeds of Intellectual
Property. If a judicial authority (including a U.S. Bankruptcy Court) would hold that a security
interest in the underlying Intellectual Property is necessary to have a security interest in such
Accounts and such property that are proceeds of Intellectual Property, then the Collateral shall
automatically, and effective as of the Effective Date, include the Intellectual Property to the
extent necessary to permit perfection of Bank’s security interest in such Accounts and such other
property of Borrower that are proceeds of the Intellectual Property.

     Pursuant to the terms of a certain negative pledge arrangement with Bank, Borrower has
agreed not to encumber any of its Intellectual Property without
Bank’s prior written consent.

 

 

EXHIBIT B — LOAN PAYMENT/ADVANCE REQUEST FORM

Deadline for same day processing is Noon Pacific Time

	Fax To: Date; loan payment: From Account To Account (Deposit
Account ) (Loan Accoun t )Principal I and/or Interest $ Authorized Signature: Phone
Number: Priiu Name/Title: loan advance: Complete Outgoing Wire
Kequcsl section helow if in or a portion of the funds from this loan stdvancc are for an outgoing
wire. From Account            To Account if (Loan Account ) (Deposit Account )
Amount of Advance J All Borrower’s representations and warranties in (he Loan and
Security Agreement arc true, correct and complete in all material respects on the date of the
request for an advance; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applieabie
to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality ii\ ihe
text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring
to a specific dele shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such
date: Authorized Signature: Phone Number: Print NamcyTitle:
outgoing wiiie request: Complete only If all or a portion of funds from I
lie loan advance above is to be wired. Deadline for satire day processing is noon, Pacific
Time Beneficiary Mams: ., . Amount of Wire: I Beneficiary Bank:, Account
Number: City and State: Beneficiary Hank Transit (ABA) : Beneficiary Bank
Code (Swift, Sort, Chip, c!c,}: {For International Wire On!y> Intermediary
Bantc: Transit (ABA) K: For Further Credit to: Special Instruction:
By signing beluw. l{we) ti(£aou>!tx!gc and ogres that niy (our) funds transfer request
shall beprocesseii in accordance with and subject to Ihc terms and conditions set forth in the
agreements(s) covering funds transfer service ), which agreements ) were pivvitntfty received and
executed by me (us). Authorized Signature:— Signature-(if requiredj: Print
Name/Ti [le: Print Name/Title: Telephone : Telephone

 

 

EXHIBIT C

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

			
	 	 	 
	TO: SILICON VALLEY BANK
	 	Date:                                                             
	FROM: CERES, INC.	 	 

     The undersigned authorized officer of Ceres, Inc. (“Borrower”) certifies that under the terms
and conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement between Borrower and Bank (the “Agreement”):

     (1) Borrower is in compliance for the period ending                                          with all required covenants except as
noted below;
(2) there are no Events of Default; (3) all representations and warranties in the Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects on this date except as noted below; provided, however,
that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that
those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true,
accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date; (4) Borrower, and each of its
Subsidiaries, has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and Borrower has timely paid
all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by
Borrower except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of
Section 5.9 of the Agreement; and
(5) no Liens have been levied or claims made against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating
to unpaid employee payroll or benefits of which Borrower has not previously provided written
notification to Bank.

     Attached are the required documents supporting the certification. The undersigned certifies
that these are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied from one period to the next
except as explained in an accompanying letter or footnotes. The undersigned acknowledges that no
borrowings may be requested at any time or date of determination that Borrower is not in
compliance with any of the terms of the Agreement, and that compliance is determined not just
at the date this certificate is delivered. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement.

Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes /No under “Complies” column.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Reporting Covenant	 	Required	 	Complies
	Monthly financial statements with Compliance Certificate

	 	Monthly within 30 days
	 	Yes      No
	Annual
financial statement (CPA Audited) + CC

	 	FYE within 180 days
	 	Yes      No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Financial Covenant	 	Required	 	Actual	 	Complies
	Maintain on a Monthly Basis:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Minimum Quick Ratio

	 	1.50:1.0
	 	___:1.0	 	Yes      No

     The following financial covenant analysis and information set forth in Schedule 1
attached hereto are true and accurate as of the date of this
Certificate. The following are the
exceptions with respect to the certification above: (If no exceptions exist, state “No
exceptions to note.”)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Ceres, Inc.	 	 	 	BANK USE ONLY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Received by:	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

AUTHORIZED SIGNER
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	 	 	 	 	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	Title:

	 	  
	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	 

	 	
	 	 	 	Verified:	 	

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNER
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Compliance Status:        Yes     No	 	 

 

Schedule 1 to Compliance Certificate

Financial Covenants of Borrower

     In the event of a conflict between this Schedule and the Loan Agreement, the terms of the
Loan Agreement shall govern.

Dated:                                         

I. Quick Ratio (Section 6.7)

Required:      1.50:1.00

Actual:

	 	 	 	 	 

	A.

	 	Aggregate value of the Cash Collateral Account and unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Aggregate value of the net billed accounts receivable of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Aggregate value of the Investments with maturities of fewer than 12 months
of Borrower and it Subsidiaries
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	D.

	 	Quick Assets (the sum of lines A through C)
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	E.

	 	Aggregate value of Obligations to Bank that mature within one (1) year
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	F.

	 	Aggregate value of liabilities that should, under GAAP, be classified as liabilities on
Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet, including all Indebtedness, and not
otherwise reflected
in line E above that matures within one (1) year
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	G.

	 	Current Liabilities (the sum of lines E and F)
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	H.

	 	Quick Ratio (line D divided by line G)
	 	                    

Is line H equal to or greater than 1.50:1:00?

	 	 	 

	                     No, not in compliance
	 	                     Yes, in compliance

 

SCHEDULE
1 — FORM OF LOAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT

LOAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT No. [ ]

     LOAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT No. [    ],
dated                     , 20___
(“Loan Supplement”), to the Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of January ___, 2010 (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) by and
between the undersigned Ceres, Inc. (“Borrower”) and
Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein are
used with the respective meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

     To secure the prompt payment by Borrower of all amounts from time to time outstanding
under the Loan Agreement, and the performance by Borrower of all the terms contained in the
Loan Agreement, Borrower grants Bank, a first priority security interest in each item of
equipment and other property described to Annex A hereto, which equipment and other
property shall be deemed to be additional Financed Equipment and Collateral. The Loan
Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein and is hereby ratified, approved and
confirmed. Annex A (Equipment Schedule) is attached hereto. The proceeds of the
Equipment Advance should be transferred to Borrower’s account with Bank set forth below:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Bank Name:
	 	Silicon Valley Bank
	 

	 	Account No.:
	 	                              

     Borrower hereby certifies that (a) the foregoing information is true and correct and
authorizes Bank to endorse in its respective books and records, the interest rate
applicable to the Funding Date of the Equipment Advance contemplated in connection
with this Supplement and the principal amount set forth below;
(b) the
representations and warranties made by Borrower in the Loan Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects on the date hereof and shall be true and correct on
such Funding Date, provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those
representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true,
accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date. No Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Agreement. This Supplement may be
executed by Borrower and Bank in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

Equipment Advance Funding Date:                     , 20___

Equipment Advance Amount: $                    

Interest Rate:                      %

     This Supplement is delivered as of this day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 
	SILICON VALLEY BANK

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	CERES, INC.

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Annex A - Description of Financed Equipment

 

Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement

			
	Borrower:
Address:	 	Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation

 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd.

Thousand Oaks, California 91320

     THIS AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of
March 17, 2010, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and CERES, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”),

Recitals

     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
January 29, 2010 (the “Loan Agreement”).

     B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

     C. Bank and Borrower desire to modify the Loan Agreement as set forth herein, subject, in all
respects, to the terms and conditions hereof.

Agreement

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows, effective as of the date hereof:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings
given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2. Modification to Landlord Consent Provision. That portion of Section 3.3 of the Loan Agreement
that reads as follows:

“Further, within 30 days after the Effective Date, Borrower shall (A) provide to
Bank a landlord’s consent in favor of Bank for 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Thousand
Oaks, California 91320 by the respective landlord thereof, together with the duly
executed original signatures thereto; and (B) provide to Bank evidence
satisfactory to Bank that the insurance policies required by Section 6.5 hereof
are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing lender
loss payable and additional insured clauses or endorsements in favor of Bank.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

 

“Further, within 30 days after the Effective Date, Borrower shall provide to Bank
evidence satisfactory to Bank that the insurance policies required by Section 6.5
hereof are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing
lender loss payable and additional insured clauses or endorsements in favor of
Bank. Additionally, Borrower shall use its best efforts to provide to Bank a
landlord consent in favor of Bank for 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Thousand Oaks,
California 91320 by the respective landlord thereof, together with the duly
executed original signatures thereto.”

3. Limitation of Amendments.

     3.1 The amendments set forth in this Amendment are effective for the purposes set forth herein
and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any
amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b)
otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with any Loan Document.

     3.2 This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and
all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan
Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full
force and effect.

4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

2

 

     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed
and delivered as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	BANK	 	BORROWER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SILICON VALLEY BANK	 	CERES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Jack Garza
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Paul Kuc	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Jack Garza
	 	Name:
	 	Paul Kuc	 	 
	Title:

	 	 Relationship Manager
	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:

Name:
	 	/s/ Richard Hamilton
 

Richard Hamilton
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 17, 2010]

 

Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement

			
	Borrower:
Address:	 	Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation

1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd.

Thousand Oaks, California 91320

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment No. 2”) is entered
into as of August 10, 2010 by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and CERES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Borrower”),

Recitals

     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
January 29, 2010, as amended by that certain Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
March 17, 2010 (as so amended and as otherwise amended or modified from time to time being the
“Loan Agreement”).

     B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

     C. Bank and Borrower desire to modify the Loan Agreement as set forth herein, subject, in all
respects, to the terms and conditions hereof.

Agreement

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows, effective as of the date hereof:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 2 shall have the
meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2. Modification to Section 2.1.1(b). Section 2.1.1(b) that now reads as follows:

“(b) Repayment. Equipment Advances A outstanding on the last day of the
Draw Period A are repayable in (i) forty (40) consecutive equal monthly
installments of principal plus (ii) monthly payments of accrued interest,
beginning on first day of each month following the last day of the Draw Period A
and ending on June 1, 2013, on which date all remaining Equipment Advances A shall
be repaid in full together with all unpaid and accrued interest and all other
Obligations relating thereto; provided, however, if none of the
Equipment Advance B Conditions are satisfied on or before June 15, 2010, then the
aggregate amount of Equipment Advances A then outstanding shall instead be repaid
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equal monthly installments of principal commencing on July 1, 2010, plus (y)
monthly payments of accrued interest, ending on December 1, 2012 on which date all
remaining Equipment Advances A shall be repaid in full together with all unpaid
and accrued interest and all other Obligations relating thereto.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(b) Repayment. Equipment Advances A outstanding on the last day of the
Draw Period A are repayable in (i) forty (40) consecutive equal monthly
installments of principal plus (ii) monthly payments of accrued interest,
beginning on first day of each month following the last day of the Draw Period A
and ending on June 1, 2013, on which date all remaining Equipment Advances A shall
be repaid in full together with all unpaid and accrued interest and all other
Obligations relating thereto.”

3. Modification to Section 2.1.2. Section 2.1.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:

     “ Equipment Advances B.

(a) Availability of Equipment Advances B. (i) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and only upon the satisfaction of the Equipment
Advance B Conditions, during the Draw Period B, Bank shall make advances (each, an
“Equipment Advance B” and, collectively, the “Equipment Advances B” and together
with Equipment Advances A referred to herein as the “Equipment Advances”) not
exceeding, in the aggregate, the Equipment Line B Amount. Equipment Advances B
may be used for working capital or otherwise for any legitimate business purpose
and such advances are not limited to the purchase of or reimbursement of amounts
for equipment items. It is agreed by the parties that condition (2) within the
definition of Equipment Advance B Conditions regarding the establishment and
maintenance by Borrower of a cash balance of at least $3,000,000 in the Cash
Collateral Account shall be required to be satisfied upon the making of any
Equipment Advance B.

(ii) Each Equipment Advance B must be in an amount equal to the lesser of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or the amount that has not yet been drawn
under the Equipment Line B. After repayment, no Equipment Advance B may be
reborrowed.

(b) Repayment. Equipment Advances B outstanding on the last day of the
Draw Period B are payable in (i) thirty-six (36) consecutive equal monthly
installments of principal plus (ii) monthly payments of accrued interest,
beginning on September 1, 2010 and ending on August 1, 2013, on which all
remaining Equipment Advances B shall be repaid in full together with all unpaid
and accrued interest and all other Obligations

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relating thereto. Prior to the repayment of principal and interest as aforesaid,
interest shall otherwise be payable on the Equipment Advances B as set forth in
Section 2.3 hereof.”

4. Limited Waiver. As of the date hereof, Borrower has not yet provided to Bank its annual audited
financial statements for the 2009 fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.2(c), resulting in an Event of
Default under the Loan Agreement (as to such fiscal year only, the “Reporting Default”). Borrower
has requested that Bank waive the Reporting Default and Bank is amenable thereto, and therefore
Bank hereby waives the Reporting Default. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that
the limited waiver as set forth above does not constitute an agreement by Bank to waive any other
present or future Events of Default of any kind nor an agreement by Bank to waive or forbear from
exercising Bank’s rights and remedies regarding any other present or future Events of Default under
the Loan Agreement, whether or not similar to the foregoing.

5. Limitation of Amendments.

     5.1 The amendments set forth in this Amendment No. 2 are effective for the purposes set forth
herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any
amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b)
otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with any Loan Document.

     5.2 This Amendment No. 2 shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan
Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set
forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall
remain in full force and effect.

6. Counterparts. This Amendment No. 2 may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of
such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	BANK	 	BORROWER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SILICON VALLEY BANK	 	CERES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Jack Garza
 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Paul Kuc
 

	 	 
	Name:

	 	Jack Garza
	 	Name:
	 	Paul Kuc	 	 
	Title:

	 	Relationship Manager
	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 10, 2010]

 

Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement

	 	 	 

	Borrower:

	 	Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation
	Address:

	 	1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
	 

	 	Thousand Oaks, California 91320

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment No. 3”) is entered
into as of September 14, 2011 by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and CERES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“Borrower”),

Recitals

     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
January 29, 2010, as amended by that certain Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
March 17, 2010, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of August 10, 2010, and as modified by that certain Consent and Waiver dated July 28, 2011 among
Bank, SVB Financial Group and Borrower (as so amended and as otherwise amended or modified from
time to time being the “Loan Agreement”).

     B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

     C. Borrower has requested from Bank, and Bank is agreeable to extending to Borrower, a new
$3,500,000 term loan.

     D. Bank and Borrower desire to modify the Loan Agreement to include the new term loan and such
other changes and modifications as otherwise set forth herein, subject, in all respects, to the
terms and conditions hereof.

Agreement

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows, effective as of the date hereof:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 3 shall have the
meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2. Addition of New Section 2.1.3. A new section 2.1.3 regarding the new term loan facility is
hereby added to the Loan Agreement, which section shall be deemed placed immediately following the
end of Section 2.1.2 and which shall read as follows:

 

 

“2.1.3 Term Loan.

(a) Term Loan Advances. On or about the date of the Third Amendment, and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank shall make an initial
term loan advance under this Term Loan facility in the amount of $2,500,000 in a
single tranche (the “Initial Term Loan Advance”). Thereafter, subject to
the satisfaction of the Additional Term Loan Advance Conditions, Bank shall make
an additional term loan advance to Borrower of $1,000,000 in a single tranche
(referred to as the “Additional Term Loan Advance” and together with the
Initial Term Loan Advance being referred to herein collectively as the “Term
Loan”).

(b) Additional Term Loan Advance Conditions. As used herein,
“Additional Term Loan Advance Conditions” shall mean the following on a
collective basis: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing immediately prior to the making of the Additional Term Loan Advance or
would otherwise arise upon the making thereof; (ii) the date of the making of the
proposed Additional Term Loan Advance is on or before March 31, 2012; (iii)
Borrower has provided to Bank a written notice of its request for the Additional
Term Loan Advance in accordance with timing requirements set forth in Section 3.5
(but without the need to supply the other information required therein
specifically as to the making of an Equipment Advance) and (iv) (x) Borrower has
received at least $15,000,000 in the aggregate in proceeds from the Convertible
Note Offering (including proceeds therefrom received prior to the date of
the Third Amendment) or (y) Borrower has consummated its initial public offering
of common stock. As used herein the term “Convertible Note Offering”
shall have the meaning as set forth in the Consent and Waiver.

(c) Repayment. Prior to April 1, 2012, Borrower shall pay interest only
in arrears on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan on a monthly basis
in accordance herewith at the Applicable Term Loan Rate. Commencing on April 1,
2012 and continuing on the first day of the following thirty-five (35) months,
Borrower shall repay the Term Loan in (i) thirty-six (36) equal installments of
principal plus (ii) monthly payments of accrued applicable interest thereon. Once
repaid, the Term Loan or any portion thereof may not be reborrowed.

(d) Final Payment. In addition to the payment of all other Obligations
hereunder, Borrower shall pay to Bank the Final Payment on the final payment date
of the Term Loan under Section 2.1.3(c). As used herein the term “Final
Payment” is an amount equal to five and one-half percent (5.50%) of the
aggregate original principal amount of the sum of the Initial Term Loan Advance
and the Additional Term Loan Advance, as determined prior to any principal
repayments relating thereto. The Final Payment shall be considered an Obligation
hereunder and is deemed fully earned by Bank upon the making of each Term Loan
advance. The Final

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Payment is in addition to interest, fees and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(e) Cash Collateral Account. Borrower shall, after the date of the Third
Amendment, maintain an aggregate balance of $3,000,000 or more in the Cash
Collateral Account. After the earlier of the (i) closing of the IPO or (ii) the
repayment of all Obligations under this Agreement (after the Additional Term Loan
Advance has been made or is no longer available to be made pursuant to the terms
hereof), Borrower (x) shall have no obligation to maintain any balance in the Cash
Collateral Account; and (y) may elect to withdraw some or all funds from the Cash
Collateral Account, and to close the Cash Collateral Account. This Section
supersedes Section 3.1(d), which shall no longer be in effect.”

3. Modified Section 2.3(a). Section 2.3(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read as follow:

“(a) Interest Rate.

     (i) Equipment Advances. Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal
amount outstanding for each Equipment Advance shall accrue interest at a floating
per annum rate equal to two and three-quarters of one percentage points (2.75%)
above the Prime Rate, which interest shall be payable monthly commencing upon the
making of each Equipment Advance.

     (ii) Term Loan Advances. Subject to Section 2.3(b), (x) the
principal amount outstanding under the Initial Term Loan Advance shall accrue
interest at a fixed per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate in effect as of the
date of the making of the Initial Term Loan Advance; and (y) the principal amount
outstanding under the Additional Term Loan Advance shall accrue interest at a
fixed per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate in effect as of the date of the
making of the Additional Term Loan Advance (with the interest rate, as applicable,
to each of the Initial Term Loan Advance and the Additional Term Loan Advance
being referred to as the “Applicable Term Loan Rate”). Interest on the
Initial Term Loan Advance and the Additional Term Loan Advance shall be paid
monthly at the Applicable Term Loan Rate.”

4. Modified Section 6.2. Section 6.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read
as follow:

“6.2 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Bank:

(a) Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but no later than
thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated
balance sheet and income statement covering Borrower’s

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consolidated operations for such month certified by a Responsible Officer and in a
form acceptable to Bank (the “Monthly Financial Statements”);

(b) Compliance Certificate. Within thirty (30) days after the last day of
each month and together with the Monthly Financial Statements, a duly completed
Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the
end of such month, Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance
with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information
as Bank shall reasonably request;

(c) Annual Audited Financial Statements. As soon as available, but no
later than one-hundred eighty (180) days after the last day of Borrower’s fiscal
year, audited consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP, consistently
applied, together with an unqualified opinion on the financial statements from an
independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Bank in its reasonable
discretion (and with it being understood and agreed that the reporting requirement
under this clause (c) shall remain in force and effect until (i) the expiration or
exercise of all warrants issued by Borrower to Bank or its affiliates; or (ii) the
payment in full of the Obligations hereunder, whichever of (i) or (ii) is later to
occur, notwithstanding any termination otherwise of this Agreement;

(d) Other Statements. Within five (5) days of delivery, copies of all
statements, reports and notices made available to Borrower’s security holders or to
any holders of Subordinated Debt;

(e) Legal Action Notice. A prompt report of any legal actions pending or
threatened in writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, to the best
knowledge of the Responsible Officers or other officers of Borrower with the
obligation to so inform the Responsible Officers, could result in damages or costs
to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, individually or in the aggregate,
One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more;

(f) Intellectual Property Notice. Reasonably prompt written notice of any
written communication received by a Key Person from a third party alleging that
Borrower is infringing the rights of such third party to the Intellectual Property;

(g) Projections. Annual financial projections regarding Borrower as
approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower and the same as to scope, detail
and coverage as provided to Borrower’s investors, within thirty (30) days of any
such approval or within thirty (30) days of the beginning of each fiscal year as to
such fiscal year, whichever is earlier to arise;

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(h) Other Financial Information. Budgets, sales projections, operating
plans and other financial information as approved by the Board of Directors of the
Borrower, and as reasonably requested by Bank; and

(i) SEC Filings. In the event that Borrower becomes subject to the
reporting requirements under the Exchange Act within five (5) days of filing,
copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed by Borrower with the SEC. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the
terms hereof (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise
filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be
deemed to have been delivered on the date on which Borrower posts such documents,
or provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the Internet at Borrower’s
website address.”

5. Modified Section 6.6. Section 6.6 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read
as follows:

“6.6 Operating Accounts.

(a) Prior to the IPO, maintain its primary operating and other deposit accounts
and securities accounts with Bank and Bank’s Affiliates, on a consolidated basis,
which accounts shall represent at least 85% of the dollar value of Borrower’s and
such Subsidiaries accounts at all financial institutions. On and after the IPO,
maintain its primary operating and other deposit accounts and securities accounts
with Bank and Bank’s Affiliates, on a consolidated basis, subject to bank accounts
in Brazil of its Brazilian subsidiary containing amounts that only constitute the
proceeds of Permitted Investments by Borrower hereunder or revenues of such
subsidiary from its operations.

(b) Provide Bank five (5) days prior written notice before establishing any
Collateral Account at or with any bank or financial institution other than Bank or
Bank’s Affiliates. For each Collateral Account that Borrower at any time
maintains, Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or financial institution
(other than Bank) at or with which any Collateral Account is maintained to execute
and deliver a Control Agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to
such Collateral Account to perfect Bank’s Lien in such Collateral Account in
accordance with the terms hereunder which Control Agreement may not be terminated
without the prior written consent of Bank. The provisions of the previous
sentence shall not apply to deposit accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll
taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of
Borrower’s employees and identified to Bank by Borrower as such.”

6. Modified Section 6.7. Section 6.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read
as follows:

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“6.7 Financial Covenant.

(a) Prior to the IPO, Borrower shall maintain at all times, to be tested as of the
last day of each month, on a consolidated basis, a ratio of Quick Assets to
Current Liabilities of at least 1.50 to 1.0; and

(b) On and after the IPO, Borrower shall maintain at all time, to be tested as of
the last day of each quarter, on a consolidated basis, a ratio of (i) Quick Assets
to (ii) Current Liabilities plus, without duplication, all outstanding
Obligations, of at least 1.50 to 1.0.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, none of the obligations under the
convertible notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Convertible Note Offering
shall be considered Current Liabilities for purposes of the foregoing financial
covenant ratio as long as the indebtedness represented by such convertible notes
remains subordinated in favor of the Obligations hereunder and no payment on such
convertible notes indebtedness shall be made prior to the payment in full of the
Obligations.”

7. Modified Defined Term. The following existing defined terms in Section 13.1 of the Loan
Agreement are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

“Credit Extension” is any Equipment Advance, any Term Loan advance and each other
credit accommodation or extension of credit by Bank for Borrower’s benefit.

“Prime Rate” shall mean the Bank’s most recently announced “prime rate,” even if
it is not Bank’s lowest rate.

8. New Defined Terms. The following defined terms are hereby added to Section 13.1 of the Loan
Agreement and shall be deemed inserted in their appropriate alphabetical order therein:

“Additional Term Loan Advance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.3(a) hereof.

“Applicable Term Loan Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(a)(ii) hereof.

“Consent and Waiver” shall mean that certain Consent and Waiver dated July
28, 2011 among Bank, SVB Financial Group and Borrower.

“Convertible Note Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the Consent
and Waiver.

“Exchange Act” is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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“Final Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.3(d)
hereof.

“Initial Term Loan Advance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.3(a) hereof.

“IPO” shall mean the date of the closing of the Borrower initial public
offering of its common stock effected pursuant to a registration statement filed
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor
thereto, and any analogous Governmental Authority

“Term Loan” “ shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.3(a) hereof.

“Third Amendment” shall mean that certain Amendment No. 3 dated September
14, 2011 between Bank and Borrower.

9. Limitation of Amendments.

     (a) The amendments set forth in this Amendment No. 3 are effective for the purposes set forth
herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any
amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b)
otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with any Loan Document.

     (b) This Amendment No. 3 shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan
Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set
forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall
remain in full force and effect.

10. Counterparts. This Amendment No. 3 may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of
such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 3 to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	BANK	 	 	 	BORROWER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SILICON VALLEY BANK	 	 	 	CERES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Tim Barnes
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Paul Kuc	 	 
	Name:

	 	 

TIM BARNES
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 

Paul Kuc
	 	 
	Title:

	 	Relationship Manager
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 14, 2011]exv10w23

Exhibit 10.23

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2011 (this “Agreement”), is by and
between Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Richard W. Hamilton (the “Executive”).

          WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to enter into an employment agreement with the Executive and the Executive is willing
to continue to serve as an employee of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Definitions.

     1.1 “Annual Bonus” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

     1.2 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to
time.

     1.3 Termination for “Cause” means termination of the Executive’s employment because
of:

     (a) any act or omission that constitutes a material breach by the Executive of any of
his/her obligations under this Agreement or any other written agreement with the Company,
which breach, to the extent curable, is not cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Board within 30 days following the Executive’s receipt of written notice from the Board of
the existence of the breach;

     (b) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to (i) any felony or (ii)
another crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or which could reflect negatively upon
the Company or otherwise impair or impede its operations, as determined by the Board;

     (c) the Executive’s engaging in any misconduct, negligence, act of dishonesty, violence
or threat of violence (including any violation of Federal securities laws) that is injurious
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates;

     (d) the Executive’s material breach of a written policy of the Company or the rules of
any governmental or regulatory body applicable to the Company, which breach, in the
reasonable opinion of the Board, may result in an adverse effect on the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates, or could reflect negatively upon otherwise impair or impede
the operations of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates; or

 

 

     (e) any other willful misconduct by the Executive that is materially injurious to the
financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates.

     1.4 “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

     (a) Any “person” or group of “persons” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing greater than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s
then outstanding voting securities (or has become the beneficial owner during the 12-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons);

     (b) The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially
all of the Company’s assets; or

     (c) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities
of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity
or its parent) 50% or more of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of
the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger
or consolidation;

provided, however, that if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with
respect to any payment that provides for the deferral of compensation and is subject to Section
409A of the Code, the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) herein, with
respect to such payment must also constitute a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury
Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5) to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code. The Board shall
have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in good faith, to determine conclusively
whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the
date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.

     1.5 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     1.6 “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

     1.7 “Company” means Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereof, and
its consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates.

     1.8 “Disability” means a physical or mental disability or infirmity of the Executive
that prevents the normal performance of substantially all his/her duties for a period in excess of
90 consecutive days or for more than 180 days in any consecutive 12-month period. Evidence of such
physical or mental disability or infirmity shall be certified by a physician licensed to

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practice in the state of residence of the Executive, which physician is mutually agreeable to
the Board and the Executive.

     1.9 Resignation for “Good Reason” means the Executive’s voluntary resignation because
of the occurrence of any of the following events:

     (a) an adverse change in the Executive’s position with the Company that materially
reduces his/her level of authority, duties or responsibility;

     (b) a reduction in the Executive’s level of Base Salary by more than 5 percent, except
a reduction of the Executive’s level of Base Salary by 15 percent or less if such reduction
is similarly applied to all of the Company’s then-current executive officers;

     (c) a relocation of the Executive’s place of employment by more than 50 miles, provided
without the Executive’s consent; or

     (d) a substantial change in the nature or orientation of the Company’s core business,
resulting in the Company no longer being substantially engaged in the agricultural
biotechnology business.

In the event of existence of grounds that would constitute Good Reason as contemplated in
subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, such grounds shall constitute Good Reason only if the
Executive provides written notice to the Company of the facts which constitute the grounds within
90 days following the initial existence of the grounds and the Company thereafter fails to cure
such grounds within 30 business days following its receipt of such notice (or, in the event that
such grounds cannot be corrected within such 30-day period, the Company has not taken all
reasonable steps within such 30-day period to correct such grounds as promptly as practicable
thereafter).

     1.10 “Separation Date” means the date of the Executive’s Separation from Service.

     1.11 “Separation from Service” means a termination of employment that is deemed a
separation from service for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

2. Employment and Duties.

     2.1 General. The Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
and shall report directly to the Board of the Company. The Executive shall have such duties and
responsibilities, commensurate with the Executive’s position, as may be assigned to the Executive
from time to time by the Board. The Executive’s principal place of employment shall be located in
Thousand Oaks, California; provided, however, that the Executive understands and
agrees that s/he will be required to travel from time to time for business reasons.

     2.2 Exclusive Services. For so long as the Executive is employed by the Company, the
Executive shall devote his/her full-time working time to his/her duties hereunder, shall faithfully
serve the Company, shall in all material respects conform to and comply with the lawful directions
and instructions given to him/her by the Board and shall use his/her reasonable best efforts to
promote and serve the interests of the Company. Further, without the prior written

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approval of the Board, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, render services to any
competitor, customer or supplier of the Company or to any other company or organization, or engage
in activities that would interfere in any material respect with his/her faithful performance of
his/her duties hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may serve on not-for-profit
corporate, civic or charitable boards or engage in charitable activities, speaking engagements and
teaching activities, provided that such activity does not contravene the first sentence of this
Section 2.2.

3. Term. The initial term of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall commence on
September 1, 2011 (the “Effective Date”) and shall expire on the first anniversary of the
Effective Date (the “Initial Term”); provided, however, that the Initial
Term of the Executive’s employment shall be automatically extended without further action of either
party for additional one-year periods, unless written notice of either party’s intention not to
extend the term has been given to the other party at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the
then-effective term. The Initial Term, together with any extensions, is referred to herein as the
“Term.”

4. Compensation and Other Benefits. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall
pay and provide the following compensation and other benefits to the Executive during the Term as
compensation for services rendered hereunder:

     4.1 Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Executive an annual salary (the
“Base Salary”) at the rate of $390,000, payable in substantially equal installments at such
intervals as may be determined by the Company in accordance with its ordinary payroll practices, as
established from time to time. The Base Salary shall be reviewed by the Committee or the Board not
less often than annually.

     4.2 Performance Bonus. For each fiscal year during the Term, the Executive shall be
eligible for a bonus opportunity under the Company’s performance incentive plan (the “Annual
Bonus”), at a level as determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion.
The actual payout of the Annual Bonus will be determined based upon the extent to which the
applicable performance goals established by the Company are satisfied. Such bonus, if any, shall
be paid to the Executive no later than March 15th of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the bonus is earned.

     4.3 Long-Term Incentive Awards. The Executive shall be eligible to receive
equity-based awards under the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (or any successor plan thereto)
from time to time as determined by the Committee or the Board.

     4.4 Savings and Retirement Plans. The Executive shall be eligible to participate in
all savings and retirement plans applicable generally to other executives of the Company, in
accordance with the terms of the plans, as may be amended from time to time.

     4.5 Welfare Benefit Plans. The Executive and his/her eligible dependents shall be
eligible to participate in and shall receive all benefits under the Company’s welfare benefit plans
and programs applicable generally to other executives of the Company, in accordance with the terms
of the plans, as may be amended from time to time.

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     4.6 Expenses. Upon presentation of written documentation thereof, in accordance with
the applicable expense reimbursement policies and procedures of the Company as in effect from time
to time, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for reasonable business-related expenses
incurred by the Executive in the fulfillment of his/her duties. Payments with respect to
reimbursements of expenses shall be made promptly and in accordance with the applicable expense
reimbursement policies and procedures of the Company, but in any event, on or before the last day
of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the relevant expense is incurred. The
amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses
eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year.

     4.7 Vacation and Other Paid Time Off. The Executive shall be entitled to vacation
time and other paid time off consistent with the applicable policies of the Company as in effect
from time to time.

5. Termination of Employment.

     5.1 Termination for Cause; Resignation without Good Reason. If, prior to the
expiration of the Term, the Executive incurs a Separation from Service by reason of the Company’s
termination of the Executive’s employment or nonrenewal of the Term for Cause, or if the Executive
resigns from his/her employment hereunder other than for Good Reason, the Executive shall be
entitled only to payment of any unpaid Base Salary through and including the date of termination or
resignation, any Annual Bonus earned, but unpaid, for the fiscal year immediately preceding the
fiscal year in which the Separation Date occurs (which unpaid Annual Bonus amount shall be paid no
later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the amount was earned), and any other
amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided by law or under any plan, program, policy or
practice of the Company (such other amounts or benefits being referred to collectively as the
“Other Accrued Compensation and Benefits”). Except as set forth in this Section 5.1, the
Executive shall have no further right to receive any other compensation or benefits after such
termination or resignation of employment.

     5.2 Termination without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason.

     (a) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, (X) the Executive incurs a Separation from
Service by reason of the Company’s termination of the Executive’s employment or nonrenewal
of the Term for reasons other than for Cause or the Executive’s resignation from his/her
employment hereunder for Good Reason, and (Y) the provisions of Section 5.2(b) do not apply,
the Executive shall be entitled to the following payments and benefits:

     (i) severance pay equal to the Executive’s annual Base Salary then in effect
(or, if the Executive is resigning for Good Reason due to a reduction in his/her
level of Base Salary, his/her annual Base Salary as in effect immediately prior to
such reduction);

     (ii) to the extent that the Separation from Service occurs on or after the
mid-point of the fiscal year of the Company, a pro-rated Annual Bonus for the fiscal
year during which the Separation from Service occurs (which pro-rated

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Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than March 15 of the calendar year
following the year during which the Separation from Service occurred); and

     (iii) any Other Accrued Compensation and Benefits.

     (b) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, (X) the Executive incurs a Separation from
Service by reason of the Company’s termination of the Executive’s employment or nonrenewal
of the Term for reasons other than for Cause, or if the Executive resigns from his/her
employment hereunder for Good Reason, and (Y) such termination or resignation occurs within
six months prior to or within 12 months following a Change in Control, the Executive shall
be entitled to (i) severance pay equal to two times the Executive’s annual Base Salary then
in effect (or, if the Executive is resigning for Good Reason due to a reduction in his/her
level of Base Salary, his/her annual Base Salary as in effect immediately prior to such
reduction) and (ii) any Other Accrued Compensation and Benefits.

     (c) If the Executive breaches any material provision of Sections 6 through 7 hereof or
breaches any material provision of the executed copy of the General Release of Claims, the
Executive shall not be eligible, as of the date of such breach, for the payments and
benefits described in Sections 5.2(a) or 5.2(b) and the Executive shall be required to repay
to the Company any payments or benefits received under Sections 5.2(a) or 5.2(b) to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

     (d) Unless otherwise provided herein, all payments and benefits provided under this
Section 5.2 shall be paid in a lump sum within 60 days after the Separation Date. The
Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for
under this Section 5.2 unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a General
Release of Claims substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and such
release has become effective and irrevocable in its entirety prior to the 60th
day following the Separation Date. The Executive’s failure or refusal to sign the release
(or the Executive’s revocation of such release in accordance with applicable laws) within
such time frame shall result his/her forfeiture of the payments and benefits provided for
under this Section 5.2 (other than those required to be provided by applicable law).

     5.3 Termination Due to Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment with the
Company shall terminate automatically on the Executive’s death. In the event of the Executive’s
Disability, the Company shall be entitled to terminate his/her employment. In the event of the
Executive’s death or if the Executive incurs a Separation from Service by reason of the Executive’s
Disability, the Executive (or his/her estate, if applicable) shall be entitled to those benefits
and payments described in Section 5.2(a).

     5.4 Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment by the Company or the
Executive shall be communicated by a written “Notice of Termination” to the other party
hereto given in accordance with Section 22 of this Agreement at least 90 calendar days prior to the
effective date of the termination (except in respect of a termination by the Company for Cause,
which termination shall be effective immediately upon the Company’s delivery of the Notice of

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Termination). In the event of a termination by the Company for Cause, or a resignation by the
Executive for Good Reason, the Notice of Termination shall (i) indicate the specific termination
provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the
provision so indicated and (iii) specify the date of termination, provided, that the date
of termination will not occur before the expiration of any applicable cure period. The failure by
the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance
which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive
or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively,
from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights
hereunder.

     5.5 Resignation from Directorships and Officerships. The termination of the
Executive’s employment for any reason shall constitute the Executive’s resignation from (i) any
director, officer or employee position the Executive has with the Company and (ii) all fiduciary
positions the Executive holds with respect to any employee benefit plans or trusts established by
the Company. The Executive agrees that this Agreement shall serve as written notice of resignation
in this circumstance.

     5.6 No Further Rights. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Executive
shall have no further rights under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or
benefits after such termination or resignation of employment.

6. Confidentiality, Proprietary Information and Inventions. The Confidentiality, Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreement entered into between the Company and the Executive on April
29, 1998, and attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is
hereby incorporated into this Agreement. The Executive hereby affirms and agrees that s/he
continues to be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement and s/he shall comply with
the terms thereof. Any breach of the Confidentiality Agreement shall also constitute a breach of
this Agreement.

7. Non-disparagement. Each party represents, warrants and covenants to the other that at no time
during the Term or thereafter shall such party make, or cause or assist any other person to make,
any statement or other communication to any third party which impugns or attacks, or is otherwise
critical of, the reputation, business or character of the other party or any of its respective
directors, officers or employees, as applicable.

8. Recoupment Provisions. Payments made under this Agreement that are in the form of incentive or
bonus payments or benefits may be subject to any clawback or recoupment policies and procedures
that are required under applicable law.

9. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement is intended to comply with the short-term deferral
exemption under Section 409A of the Code, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with
that intent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the right
to any payment (including the provision of benefits) hereunder provides for the “deferral of
compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code, if the Executive is a
“Specified Employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the

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Code on the date of the Employee’s Separation Date, then no such payment shall be made or commence
during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months
following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of the Executive’s death. The amount of
any payment that would otherwise be paid to the Executive during this period shall instead be paid
to the Executive on the 15th day of the first calendar month following the end of such
period.

10. Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company, the
Executive agrees that a material breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 6 through 7
of this Agreement may result in material and irreparable injury to the Company for which there is
no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries
precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, any member of the Company
shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction,
or both, without bond or other security, restraining the Executive from engaging in activities
prohibited by the covenants contained in Sections 6 through 7 of this Agreement or such other
relief as may be required specifically to enforce any of the covenants contained in this Agreement.
Such injunctive relief in any court shall be available to the Company in lieu of, or prior to or
pending determination in, any arbitration proceeding.

11. Defense of Claims. The Executive agrees that, during the Term, and for a period of six years
after termination of the Executive’s employment, upon request from the Company, the Executive will
reasonably cooperate with the Company in the defense of any claims or actions that may be made by
or against the Company that affect the Executive’s prior areas of responsibility, except if the
Executive’s reasonable interests are adverse to the Company in such claim or action. The Company
agrees to promptly pay in advance or reimburse the Executive for, as requested by the Executive,
all of the Executive’s reasonable travel, time and other direct costs and expenses incurred, or to
be reasonably incurred, to comply with the Executive’s obligations under this Section 11,
including, but not limited to, legal costs and expenses.

12. Source of Payments. All payments provided under this Agreement, other than payments made
pursuant to a plan which provides otherwise, shall be paid in cash from the general funds of the
Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established, and no other segregation of assets
shall be made, to assure payment. The Executive shall have no right, title or interest whatsoever
in or to any investments which the Company may make to aid the Company in meeting its obligations
hereunder.

13. Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the indemnification provisions of the laws
of the State of Delaware in effect from time to time, and subject to the conditions thereof, the
Company shall (A) indemnify the Executive, as an officer of the Company, against all liabilities
and reasonable expenses that the Executive may incur in any threatened, pending, or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether domestic or abroad, whether civil, criminal or administrative,
or investigative and whether formal or informal, because the Executive is or was an officer of the
Company (or is or was serving, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, trustee,
partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other entity), and against which the
Executive may be indemnified by the Company, and (B) upon submission of appropriate documentation,
pay for or reimburse in advance the reasonable expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Executive
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party because the Executive is or was an officer of the Company (or is or was serving, at the
request of the Company, as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary,
employee or agent of any other entity). The rights of the Executive hereunder and under the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and under the laws of the State of Delaware
shall survive the termination of the employment of the Executive by the Company. Unless
specifically so provided therein, no amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any
provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of the Executive under this Agreement in respect
of any action taken or omitted by the Executive prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To
the extent that a change in the laws of the State of Delaware, whether by statute or judicial
decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the laws of the
State of Delaware, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the Executive shall enjoy by this
Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy (including under the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company), and every other right or remedy shall be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise (including under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company).

14. Non-assignability; Binding Agreement.

     14.1 By the Executive. This Agreement and any and all rights, duties, obligations or
interests hereunder shall not be assignable or delegable by the Executive.

     14.2 By the Company. This Agreement and all of the Company’s rights and obligations
hereunder shall be assignable by the Company to any affiliate of the Company, or as incident to a
reorganization, merger or consolidation, or transfer of any business unit or other of the Company’s
assets.

     14.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto, any successors to or assigns of the Company and the Executive’s heirs and
the personal representatives of the Executive’s estate.

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15. Withholding. Any payments made or benefits provided to the Executive under this Agreement
shall be reduced by any applicable withholding taxes or other amounts required to be withheld by
law or contract.

16. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived in any manner, except
by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto. The waiver by either party of
compliance with any provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be
construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by such
party of a provision of this Agreement.

17. Governing Law and Forum. The Executive and the Company agree that this Agreement and all
matters or issues arising out of or relating to the Executive’s employment with the Company shall
be governed by the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts entered into and
performed entirely therein.

18. Survival of Certain Provisions. Unless expressly provided otherwise, the rights and
obligations set forth in this Agreement shall survive any termination or expiration of the Term.

19. Entire Agreement; Supersedes Previous Agreements. This Agreement contains the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered herein, and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, commitments, agreements and writings with respect to the
subject matter hereof (including the Offer Letter between the Company and the Executive, dated
September 17, 2002, but excluding the Confidentiality Agreement), all such other negotiations,
commitments, agreements and writings shall have no further force or effect, and the parties to any
such other negotiation, commitment, agreement or writing shall have no further rights or
obligations thereunder.

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by either of the parties hereto in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.

21. Headings. The headings of sections herein are included solely for convenience of reference and
shall not control the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

22. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder shall be in writing, addressed as follows:

     To the Company:

Ceres, Inc.

1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Attn: Chairman of the Board

with a copy to:

Ceres, Inc.

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1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Attn: General Counsel

     To the Executive:

Richard W. Hamilton

     All such notices shall be conclusively deemed to be received and shall be effective if sent by
hand delivery or nationally recognized courier, upon receipt.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed by its officer pursuant
to the authority of its Board, and the Executive has executed this Agreement, as of the day and
year first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CERES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Walter de Logi
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	WALTER DE LOGI 	 
	 	 	Title:  	CHAIRMAN 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	 	/s/ Richard W. Hamilton 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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Exhibit A

GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS

     This General Release of all Claims (this “Agreement”) is entered into by                     
(the “Executive”) and Ceres, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of                     ,
in connection with the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company as of
                    .

     In consideration of the promises set forth in the employment agreement between the Executive
and the Company, dated                      (the “Employment Agreement”), the Executive and the
Company agree as follows:

1. Return of Property. All Company files, access keys and codes, desk keys, ID badges,
computers, records, manuals, electronic devices, computer programs, papers, electronically stored
information or documents, telephones and credit cards, and any other property of the Company in the
Executive’s possession must be returned no later than the date of the Executive’s termination from
the Company; provided, that, after the notification of an consultation with the Company,
the Executive may keep one copy of such items as s/he may reasonably expect to use to protect
his/her rights under this Agreement.

2. Nondisparagement. Executive hereby agrees that at no time will s/he make, or cause or assist
any other person to make, any statement or other communication to any third party which impugns or
attacks, or is otherwise critical of, the reputation, business or character of the Company or any
of its respective directors, officers or employees, as applicable.

3. General Release and Waiver of Claims.

     3.1 Release. In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive
under the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive and each of the
Executive’s respective heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, agents, insurers,
successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”) hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and each
of their respective officers, employees, directors, shareholders and agents (“Releasees”)
from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages,
demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “Claims”),
including, without limitation, any Claims under any U.S. Federal, state, local or non-U.S. law,
that the Releasors may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of (i) the Executive’s
employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company or any
subsidiaries or affiliated companies and the termination of such relationship or service, and (ii)
any event, condition, circumstance or obligation that occurred, existed or arose on or prior to the
date hereof; provided, however, that the Executive does not release, discharge or waive any rights
to (i) payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement that are contingent upon the
execution by the Executive of this Agreement and (ii) any indemnification rights the Executive may
have under the Employment Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s governance instruments or
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respect to liabilities arising as a result of the Executive’s service as an officer and
employee of the Company. This Section 3.1 does not apply to any Claims that the Releasors may have
as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(“ADEA”). Claims arising under ADEA are addressed in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.

     3.2 [Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California Waiver. The Executive
acknowledges that s/he may hereafter discover Claims or facts in addition to or different from
those which the Executive now knows or believes to exist with respect to the subject matter of this
release and which, if known or suspected at the time of executing this release, may have materially
affected this release or the Executive’s decision to enter into it. Nevertheless, the Releasors
hereby waive any right or Claim that might arise as a result of such different or additional Claims
or facts and the Releasors hereby expressly waive any and all rights and benefits conferred upon
the Releasors by the provisions of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, which
provides as follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR
DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS/HER FAVOR AT THE TIME
OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM/HER MUST HAVE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS/HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE
DEBTOR.]1

     3.3 Specific Release of ADEA Claims. In further consideration of the payments and
benefits provided to the Executive under the Employment Agreement, the Releasors hereby
unconditionally release and forever discharge the Releasees from any and all Claims arising under
ADEA that the Releasors may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement. By signing
this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was
advised by the Company in connection with his/her termination to consult with an attorney of
his/her choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive
the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s
release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has in fact consulted with an attorney;
(ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this
Agreement and to consult with an attorney of his/her choosing with respect thereto; (iii) the
Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement; and (iv) the Executive is
providing this release and discharge only in exchange for consideration in addition to anything of
value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive also understands that s/he has
seven days following the date on which s/he signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release
contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company with a written notice of his/her revocation
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     3.4 No Assignment. The Executive represents and warrants that s/he has not assigned
any of the Claims being released under this Agreement. The Company may assign this Agreement, in
whole or in part, to any affiliated company or subsidiary of, or any successor in interest to, the
Company.

4. Proceedings.

     4.1 General Agreement Relating to Proceedings. The Executive has not filed, and
except as provided in Sections 4.2 and 4.3, the Executive agrees not to initiate or cause to be
initiated on his/her behalf, any complaint, charge, claim or proceeding against the Releasees
before any local, state or federal agency, court or other body relating to his/her employment or
the termination of his/her employment, other than with respect to the obligations of the Company to
the Executive under the Employment Agreement (each, individually, a “Proceeding”), and
agrees not to participate voluntarily in any Proceeding. The Executive waives any right s/he may
have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any
Proceeding.

     4.2 Proceedings Under ADEA. Section 4.1 shall not preclude the Executive from filing
any complaint, charge, claim or proceeding challenging the validity of the Executive’s waiver of
Claims arising under ADEA (which is set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement). However, both the
Executive and the Company confirm their belief that the Executive’s waiver of claims under ADEA is
valid and enforceable, and that their intention is that all claims under ADEA will be waived.

     4.3 Certain Administrative Proceedings. Section 4.1 shall not preclude the Executive
from filing a charge with or participating in any administrative investigation or proceeding by the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or another Fair Employment Practices agency. The Executive
is, however, waiving his/her right to recover money in connection with any such charge or
investigation. The Executive is also waiving his/her right to recover money in connection with a
charge filed by any other entity or individual, or by any federal, state or local agency.

     4.4 Remedies. In the event the Executive initiates or voluntarily participates in
any Proceeding in violation of this Agreement, or if s/he fails to abide by any of the terms of
this Agreement or his/her post-termination obligations contained in the Employment Agreement, or if
s/he revokes the ADEA release contained in Section 3.3 within the seven-day period provided under
Section 3.3, the Company may, in addition to any other remedies it may have, reclaim any amounts
paid to him/her under the termination provisions of the Employment Agreement or terminate any
benefits or payments that are subsequently due under the Employment Agreement, without waiving the
release granted herein. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at law available to
the Company for breach of any of his/her post-termination obligations under the Employment
Agreement or his/her obligations under Sections 1 through 4 herein would be inadequate and that
damages flowing from such a breach may not readily be susceptible to measurement in monetary terms.
Accordingly, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that, in addition to any other rights
or remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity or as may otherwise be set forth in the
Employment Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order or a
preliminary or permanent injunction,

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or both, without bond or other security, restraining the Executive from breaching his/her
post-termination obligations under the Employment Agreement or his/her obligations under Sections 1
through 4 herein. Such injunctive relief in any court shall be available to the Company, in lieu
of, or prior to or pending determination in, any arbitration proceeding. The Executive understands
that by entering into this Agreement s/he shall be limiting the availability of certain remedies
that s/he may have against the Company and limiting also his/her ability to pursue certain claims
against the Company.

     4.6 Severability Clause. In the event that any provision or part of this Agreement is
found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the
entire Agreement, shall be inoperative.

     4.7 Nonadmission. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed as an
admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or the Executive.

5. GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM. The Executive and the Company agree that this Agreement and all
matters or issues arising out of or relating to the Executive’s employment with the Company shall
be governed by the laws of the State of [California/Texas] applicable to contracts entered into and
performed entirely therein.

6. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder shall be in writing, addressed as follows:

To the Company:

Ceres, Inc.

1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Attn: [Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board]

with a copy to:

Ceres, Inc.

1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Attn: General Counsel

To the Executive:

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     All such notices shall be conclusively deemed to be received and shall be effective if sent by
hand delivery or nationally recognized courier, upon receipt.

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     THE EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT S/HE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT S/HE FULLY KNOWS,
UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT S/HE HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/HER OWN FREE
WILL.

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO BE ADDED UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.]

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Exhibit B

CONFIDENTIALITY, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT

CONFIDENTIALITY, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION & INVENTIONS

     The following confirms an agreement between me and Ceres, Inc. (the “Company”), which is a
material part of the consideration for my employment (which term shall include, for purposes of
this Agreement, the performance of services for the Company either as a consultant or as an
employee) by the Company:

     1. I recognize that the Company is engaged in a continuous program of research, development
and production respecting its business, present and future, including fields generally related to
its business. I understand that the Company possesses and will continue to possess information
that has been created, discovered or developed by or on behalf of the Company or which has
otherwise become known to the Company (including, without limitation, information created by,
discovered or developed by, or made known to, me during the period of or arising out of my
employment by the Company) and/or in which property rights have been assigned or otherwise conveyed
to the Company, which information has commercial value in the Company’s business. All of the
aforementioned information is hereinafter called “Proprietary Information.” By way of
illustration, but not limitation, Proprietary Information includes trade secrets, processes,
formulas, data, know-how, software programs, improvements, inventions (whether patentable or not),
techniques, marketing plans, market data or data concerning competitors’ strategies compiled by the
Company, forecasts, financial information, computer programs and other copyrightable material, the
compensation and terms of employment of other employees, customers and customer lists and other
information concerning the Company’s actual or anticipated business or which is received in
confidence by or for the Company from any other person or legal entity.

     2. I understand that my employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust between me
and the Company with respect to any information:

          (i) applicable to the business of the Company; or

          (ii) applicable to the business of any client, customer, research or strategic partner, or
ally of, or joint venturer with, the Company (collectively, the “Ceres Related Entities”), which
may be made known to me by the Company or by any Ceres Related Entity, or learned by me during the
period of my employment.

     3. In consideration of my employment by the Company and the compensation received (and to be
received) by me from the Company from time to time, I hereby agree as follows:

          (a) All Proprietary Information shall be the sole property of the

 

 

Company and its assigns, and
the Company and its assigns shall be the sole owner of all patents, copyrights, trade secret rights
and other rights in connection therewith. I hereby assign to the Company any rights I may have or
acquire in such Proprietary Information. At all times, both during my employment by the Company
and after its termination, I will keep in confidence and trust all Proprietary Information and I
will not use or disclose any Proprietary Information or anything relating to it without the prior
written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary and appropriate in the ordinary course
of performing my duties to the Company.

          (b) All documents, charts, graphs, notebooks, customer lists, computer disks, tapes or
printouts and other printed, typewritten or handwritten documents, whether or not pertaining to
Proprietary Information (collectively, “Company Materials”) furnished to me by the Company or the
Business or produced by myself or others in connection with my employment shall be and remain the
sole property of the Company. I agree that during my employment by the Company, I will not remove
any Company Materials from the business premises of the Company or deliver any Company Materials to
any person or entity outside the Company, except as I am required to do in connection with
performing the duties of my employment. I further agree that, immediately upon the termination of
my employment by me or by the Company for any reason (or no reason), or during my employment if
requested by the Company, I will return to the Company all Company Materials, apparatus, equipment
and other physical property (including all reproductions and copies thereof) in my possession or to
which I have access, excepting only (i) my personal copies of records relating to my compensation;
(ii) my personal copies of any materials previously distributed generally to stockholders of the
Company; and (iii) my copy of this Agreement.

          (c) I will promptly disclose to my immediate supervisor, with a copy to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, or any person designated by him, all “Inventions” (which term includes,
without limitation, improvements, inventions, works of authorship, trade secrets, technology,
computer programs, formulas, ideas, designs, processes, techniques, know-how and data, whether or
not patentable) made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by me, either alone or jointly
with others, during the term of my employment and for one (1) year thereafter. I will not disclose
Inventions covered by Section 3.e to any person outside the Company unless I am requested to do so
by management personnel of the Company.

          (d) I agree that I will not now or in the future disrupt, damage, impair or interfere with the
business of the Company or any Ceres Related Entity, whether by way of interfering with or raiding
its employees, disrupting its relationships with customers, agents,
vendors, distributors or representatives or otherwise. During the term of my employment

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and for
one (1) year thereafter, I will not encourage or solicit any employee of the Company or any Ceres
Related Entity to leave the Company or to work for any other employer or to devote less than all of
such employee’s efforts to the affairs of the Company, provided that the foregoing shall not affect
any responsibility I may have as an employee of the Company with respect to the bona fide hiring
and firing of Company personnel. During the term of my employment and for one (1) year thereafter,
I will not encourage or solicit any customer, client, agent, vendor, distributor, representative,
supplier or contractor of the Company to leave the Company, or to obtain services from other than
the Company, or to cease providing services to the Company.

          (e) I agree that all Inventions which I make, conceive, reduce to practice, develop or have
developed (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) and (i) which use or have used
equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information of the Company, or (ii) which use or
have used the hours for which I am to be or was compensated by the Company, or (iii) which relate
to the business of the Company or to its actual or demonstrably anticipated research and
development or (iv) which result, in whole or in part, from work performed by me for the Company
shall be the sole property of the Company and its assigns and the Company and its assigns, shall,
in any such case, be the sole owner of all patents, copyrights and other rights in connection
therewith. I hereby assign to the Company any rights I may have or acquire in such Inventions. I
further agree as to all such Inventions and improvements to assist the Company in every proper way
(but at the Company’s expense) to obtain and from time to time to enforce patents, copyrights or
other rights on said Inventions and improvements in any and all countries and to that end I will
execute all documents for use in applying for and obtaining such patents and copyrights thereon and
enforcing the same, as the Company may desire, together with any assignments thereof to the Company
or persons designated by it. My obligation to assist the Company in obtaining and enforcing
patents, copyrights or other rights for such Inventions and improvements in any and all countries
shall continue beyond the termination of my employment, but the Company shall compensate me at a
reasonable rate after such termination for time actually spent by me at the Company’s request on
such assistance. In the event that the Company is unable for any reason whatsoever to secure my
signature to any lawful and necessary documents required to apply for or execute any patent,
copyright or other applications with respect to such Inventions and improvements (including
renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions or continuations in part thereof), I hereby
irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents, and each
of them, as my agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and in my behalf and instead of me, to
execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the
prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights or other rights thereof with the same legal force
and effect as if executed by me.

          (f) As a matter of record, listed on page 4 of this Agreement is a

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complete list of all
existing Inventions or improvements relevant to the subject matter of my employment by the Company
or my employment with the Business to which I claim ownership as of the date of this Agreement and
that I desire to specifically clarify are not subject to this Agreement and I covenant that such
list is complete. If nothing is listed in this Agreement, I represent that I have no such
Inventions and improvements at the time of signing this Agreement.

          (g) I represent that my performance of all the terms and provisions of this Agreement will not
breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by me in confidence or
in trust prior to my employment by the Company or performance of services for the Company. I have
not entered into, and I agree I will not enter into, any agreement, either written or oral, in
conflict herewith.

          (h) I represent that the execution of this Agreement, my employment with the Company and my
performance of my proposed duties to the Company in the development of its business will not
violate any obligations I may have to any former employer.

          (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if employee is employed by the Company in the State of
California, then this Agreement does not require assignment of any Invention which an employee
cannot be obligated to assign under Section 2870 of the California Labor Code (hereinafter called
“Section 2870”). However, I will disclose any Inventions as required by Section 3(c) hereof
regardless of whether I believe the Invention is protected by Section 2870 in order to permit the
Company to engage in a review process to determine such issues as may arise. Such disclosure shall
be received in confidence by the Company.

          (j) I understand that this Agreement does not alter the at-will nature of my employment and
that I have the right to resign from my employment and the Company has the right to terminate my
employment at any time, for any reason, with or without cause unless I have a specific written
contract which states otherwise signed by the President of the Company.

     4. This Agreement shall be binding upon me, my heirs, executors, assigns and administrators
and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and
assigns. Should any provision be deemed unenforceable, it shall be severed from the Agreement and
the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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     I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND I UNDERSTAND AND VOLUNTARILY ACCEPT THE OBLIGATIONS
WHICH IT IMPOSES UPON ME WITHOUT RESERVATION.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Date: 4/29/98

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Richard Hamilton	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Employee/Consultant
	 	 

The following is a complete list of all existing Inventions or Improvements pursuant to paragraph
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If nothing is listed in this space, I represent I have no Inventions or Improvements.

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