Corporate Profile

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is an on-demand molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets fully-integrated systems and tests for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and biothreat markets. The Company's systems enable rapid, sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges.

Shareholder Information Exchange NASDAQ Global Market (.O) Stock Quote (CPHD) 13.37  As of November 20, 2009 4:00 PM Minimum 20 minutes delayed Listed Security CPHD Common Stock Transfer Agent Computershare Investor Services L.L.C. 2 North La Salle Street - 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60602  Phone 866-222-5603 E-mail inquiry@computershare.com Corporate Counsel Fenwick & West, LLP Independent Accountants Ernst & Young LLP 303 Almaden Boulevard San Jose, CA 95110  URL http://www.ey.com