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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 6, 2012.

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 12, 2012
Date: June 6, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m., PDT
Location:		CERUS CORPORATION
		2550 Stanwell Drive
		Concord, CA 94520
Meeting Directions: For driving directions to the meeting, please visit: www.cerus.com/About-Cerus/map-and-directions-usa/default.aspx


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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 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
				Nominees:
				01) B.J. Cassin
				02) Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.
		2.		To approve the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan as amended.
		3.		To approve an amendment to the Company’s 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the ESPP, to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the ESPP by 500,000 shares.
		4.		To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 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, 2012.
		Although the Board of Directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting, if any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote on those matters in accordance with their best judgment.

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