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CERUS CORPORATION

 

 

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CERUS CORPORATION

ATTN: LORI ROLL

2550 STANWELL DRIVE

CONCORD, CA 94520

 

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Meeting Information

 
Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

 

For holders as of:    April 15, 2015

 

Date:  June 10, 2015     Time:  9:00 a.m., PDT

 

Location:

     CERUS CORPORATION  
      2550 Stanwell Drive  
      Concord, CA 94520  

 

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                    Voting Items                       

The Board of Directors recommends you vote “FOR” all of the nominees for director set forth in Proposal 1 and “FOR” Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

1.  

 

To elect the following two nominees for director to the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Nominees:

 

01)    Daniel N. Swisher Jr.
02)    Frank Witney, PhD

 

2.

 

To approve an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 5,000,000 shares and to make certain other changes thereto as described in the accompanying proxy statement.

 

3.

 

To approve an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000 shares.

 

4.

 

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the accompanying proxy statement.

 

5.

 

To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

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