© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Building a Valuable FC Company … Some Lessons Learned 26 Feb 2004

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© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Some Key Lessons Be in a desirable space and build a strong position Targeting specific investors is key to building value Careful planning is necessary but strategic flexibility is more important Being undercapitalised (in an effort to minimise dilution) destroys value Keeping shareholders well informed is never a waste of valuable management time

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Ceres Exploits a Clear Gap Low T PEM (<120 º C) High T SOFC (>800 º C) Ceres Mid T - SOFC (550 º C) + + …… - -  Fuel flexibility  High efficiency  Excellent durability  Cheap materials  Simple engineering  Fast response AND

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Market orientation and engagement Rapid progress exceeding milestones Growing IP pipeline & trade secrets Purpose built facilities in Crawley Significant industrial and financial experience IP transferred to Ceres Power Ltd Proof of concept demonstration >10 years of basic research Targeted innovation to explore clear gap World class technical team Company History

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Major Investors HNWI

© Ceres Power Limited 2003  Core 1990s R&D funded by ~£5M of grants  1 st Round Funding: ~£4M Q / Q  2 nd Round Funding: >£5M Dec 2003 / Feb additional soft money leverage  Major 3 rd Round planned by end 2004 of ~ £15-20M - Major private investment - Public offering - Strategic Funding History

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© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Ceres Team

© Ceres Power Limited 2003  Unique metal-supported design  Standard materials & processes used in novel ways  Mechanically robust  Dramatically simpler engineering  Lends itself to low cost mass production  Intermediate temperature operation (550 o C)  Fast start-up / load following  Fuel flexible (e.g. natural gas, LPG, hydrogen)  High efficiency  Usable / high grade heat Ceres Power Solution - Intermediate Temperature SOFC - * A real world solution for the consumer - exploiting a clear gap in the market using existing infrastructure

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Value Chain Positioning Materials suppliers Cell / stack subcontract manufacturers * Ceres to control key component and “design in” to complete system and capture up to half the total value System integrators / BOP suppliers Market channels to end users OEMs Ceres

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Facilities

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Facilities

© Ceres Power Limited 2003 Ceres judged to have the UK’s best:  Breakthrough innovation  Commercial potential  CO 2 savings / greenness