Thousand Oaks, California, USA
March 10, 2014
Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology and seed company, announced today the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $1.00 per share. In connection with this offering, the underwriter exercised in full its option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock from the company. Total gross proceeds from the offering were $23,000,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the company.
Aegis Capital Corp acted as sole book-running manager for the offering.
Trout Capital LLC acted as financial advisor to Ceres.
A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to this offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014. This offering is being made solely by means of a written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement relating to these securities. Copies of the prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Prospectus Department, 810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone: (212) 813-1010, e-mail: prospectus@aegiscap.com. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
ABOUT CERES
Ceres, Inc. is an agricultural biotechnology company that markets seeds for energy crops used in the production of renewable transportation fuels, electricity and bio-based products. The company combines advanced plant breeding and biotechnology to develop products that can address the limitations of first-generation bioenergy feedstocks, increase biomass productivity, reduce crop inputs and improve cultivation on marginal land. Its development activities include sweet sorghum, high-biomass sorghum, switchgrass and miscanthus. Ceres markets its products under its Blade brand.
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