Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 5, 2013, Michael Okada, age 44, was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cereplast, Inc. (the "Company"). Mr. Okada has served as the Company's Interim Chief Financial Officer since February 2012 and Vice President and Corporate Controller since April, 2011. From June, 2009 through February, 2011, Mr. Okada served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (MSPD - Nasdaq), a fabless semiconductor company based in Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Okada served as Interim Vice President of Financial Reporting from September, 2008 through April, 2009 of American Apparel, Inc. (APP - Amex), a publicly traded vertically integrated apparel company. Mr. Okada also served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ExtruMed, LLC, a medical device component manufacturer, from May, 2007 through August, 2008. Mr. Okada holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), licensed in the state of California.

There is no family relationship between Mr. Okada and any of the Company's directors or executive officers.

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