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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 2, 2010.
CERUS CORPORATION
ATTN: LORI ROLL
2411 STANWELL DRIVE
CONCORD, CA 94520
Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: April 5, 2010
Date: June 2, 2010 Time: 9:00 a.m., PDT
Location: CERUS CORPORATION
2411 Stanwell Drive,
Concord, CA 94520
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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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Voting Items
2. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase
the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 50,000,000 to 112,500,000.
01) Dr. Laurence M. Corash
02) Gail Schulze
1. To elect the following nominees for director to the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office until the
2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Nominees:
3. 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, 2010.
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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The Board of Directors recommends you vote “FOR” Proposals 1, 2 and 3.
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