Edgar Filing: Landy Joseph P.

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/21/2012

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ceres, Inc. [CERE]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC,Â 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See Remark **

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series F Convertible Preferred Stock	Â ⁽¹⁾	Â ⁽¹⁾	Common Stock ⁽¹⁾	2,307,692	$ 0 ⁽¹⁾	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Â
Series F Common Stock Warrants	Â ⁽⁴⁾	09/04/2015	Common Stock	461,538	$ 19.5	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â X	Â X	Â	See Remark **
Warburg Pincus IX LLC C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â X	Â X	Â	See Remark **
Warburg Pincus Partners LLC C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â X	Â X	Â	See Remark **
WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â X	Â X	Â	See Remark **
WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â	Â X	Â	Â
KAYE CHARLES R C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â	Â X	Â	Â
Landy Joseph P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10017	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, sole member of Warburg Pincus IX LLC, general partner of Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, sole member of Warburg Pincus IX LLC		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners LLC		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co.		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, as attorney-in-fact for Charles R. Kaye *		02/21/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Scott A. Arenare, as attorney-in-fact for Joseph P. Landy *		02/12/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series F Preferred Stock") of Ceres, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), is held by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP IX"), and is convertible at any time on a one-for-one-third basis into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), at WP IX's election, and has no expiration date. The Series F Preferred Stock will automatically convert upon the closing of the initial public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock.
(2)	Warburg Pincus IX LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP IX GP"), is the general partner of WP IX. Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP Partners"), is the sole member of WP IX GP. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), is the managing member of WP Partners. Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"), manages WP IX. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are the Managing General Partners of WP and the Co-Presidents and Managing Members of WP LLC and may be deemed to control WP IX, WP IX GP, WP Partners, WP and WP LLC (together with Messers. Kaye and Landy, the "Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons").
(3)	By reason of the provisions of Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), WP IX GP, WP Partners, WP, WP LLC and Messrs. Kaye and Landy may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the Series F Preferred Stock and the Series F Warrants (as defined below) of the Issuer held by WP IX. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons, other than WP IX, herein states that this Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of any of the Common Stock or any other securities of the Issuer reported in this Form 3. Each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent it or he has a pecuniary interest in such securities.
(4)	The Series F Common Stock Warrants (the "Series F Warrants") are held by WP IX and are exercisable at any time, at WP IX's election. The Series F Warrants expire on the earlier of September 4, 2015, and the occurrence of a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Issuer.
Â Remarks: Â Â PowersÂ ofÂ attorneyÂ givenÂ byÂ Messrs.Â KayeÂ andÂ LandyÂ wereÂ previouslyÂ filedÂ withÂ theÂ U.S.Â SecuritiesÂ andÂ ExchangeÂ CommissionÂ onÂ MarchÂ 2,Â 2006Â asÂ exhibitsÂ toÂ theÂ ScheduleÂ 13DÂ filedÂ byÂ BuildingÂ Products,Â LLCÂ withÂ respectÂ toÂ BuildersÂ FirstSource,Â Inc. Â Â SolelyÂ forÂ theÂ purposesÂ ofÂ SectionÂ 16Â ofÂ theÂ ExchangeÂ Act,Â eachÂ ofÂ WPÂ IX,Â WPÂ IXÂ GP,Â WPÂ PartnersÂ andÂ WPÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ aÂ director-by-deputization.Â Â AlthoughÂ afterÂ theÂ completionÂ ofÂ theÂ initialÂ publicÂ offeringÂ theÂ WarburgÂ PincusÂ ReportingÂ PersonsÂ willÂ notÂ haveÂ aÂ contractualÂ rightÂ toÂ aÂ seatÂ onÂ theÂ boardÂ ofÂ directorsÂ ofÂ theÂ Issuer,Â Mr.Â KriegerÂ isÂ anÂ electedÂ directorÂ ofÂ theÂ boardÂ ofÂ directorsÂ ofÂ theÂ Issuer,Â andÂ isÂ alsoÂ aÂ PartnerÂ ofÂ WPÂ andÂ aÂ MemberÂ andÂ ManagingÂ DirectorÂ ofÂ WPÂ LLC. **Â Â InformationÂ withÂ respectÂ toÂ eachÂ ofÂ theÂ WarburgÂ PincusÂ ReportingÂ PersonsÂ isÂ givenÂ solelyÂ byÂ suchÂ WarburgÂ PincusÂ ReportingÂ Person,Â andÂ noÂ WarburgÂ PincusÂ ReportingÂ PersonÂ hasÂ responsibilityÂ forÂ theÂ accuracyÂ orÂ completenessÂ ofÂ informationÂ suppliedÂ byÂ anotherÂ WarburgÂ PincusÂ ReportingÂ Person.

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