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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-348608
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-Q/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140922
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140922

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CERUS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001020214
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				680262011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-Q/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21937
		FILM NUMBER:		141114242

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 STANWELL DRIVE
		CITY:			CONCORD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94520
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9252886000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 STANWELL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			CONCORD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94520

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960731
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 10-Q/A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;1) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(Mark One) </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2014 </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the transition period from: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> to
<U></U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number 000-21937 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERUS CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>68-0262011</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2550 Stanwell Dr.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Concord, California</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(925) 288-6000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by Section&nbsp;13 or 15 (d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)&nbsp;has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YES&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NO&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (&#167;232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YES&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NO&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YES&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NO&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of July&nbsp;25, 2014, there were 74,048,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock outstanding. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q/A </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cerus Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (this
&#147;Amendment&#148;) to amend the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on August&nbsp;8, 2014 (the &#147;Original
10-Q&#148;). This Amendment is being filed solely to re-file Exhibit 10.2 to the Original 10-Q in response to comments received from the staff of the SEC relating to a confidential treatment request that the Company submitted with respect to Exhibit
10.2 to the Original Filing, and in connection therewith, to amend Part II, Item&nbsp;6 of the Original 10-Q and the Exhibit Index to the Original 10-Q. In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
new certifications by the Company&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are filed as exhibits to this Amendment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No attempt has been made in this Amendment to modify or update the other disclosures presented in the Original 10-Q. This Amendment does not
reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original 10-Q (i.e., those events occurring after August&nbsp;8, 2014) or modify or update those disclosures that may be affected by subsequent events. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><A NAME="toc792347_2"></A>ITEM&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:75.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Designation of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Stock Certificate.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1999, as amended as of August 6, 2001, between Cerus Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2009, between Cerus Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (which includes the form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B thereto).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 2009 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 2010 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2014, by and among Cerus Corporation and Oxford Finance LLC, as collateral agent and a lender.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Supply Agreement, dated April 21, 2014, by and between Cerus Corporation and Purolite Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>101.INS&nbsp;(8)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Instance Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>101.CAL&nbsp;(8)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant has requested confidential treatment for portions of this exhibit. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;19, 2008. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-11341) and amendments thereto. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;30, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;20, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;12, 2010. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;8, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This certification accompanies the original Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the original Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">CERUS CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: September&nbsp;22, 2014</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin D. Green</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:75.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.3&nbsp;(8)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.4&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Designation of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.5&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cerus Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Stock Certificate.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;(4)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1999, as amended as of August 6, 2001, between Cerus Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3&nbsp;(5)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2009, between Cerus Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (which includes the form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B thereto).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4&nbsp;(6)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 2009 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5&nbsp;(7)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 2010 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1&nbsp;(8)#</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2014, by and among Cerus Corporation and Oxford Finance LLC, as collateral agent and a lender.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2 #</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Supply Agreement, dated April 21, 2014, by and between Cerus Corporation and Purolite Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;31.2&nbsp;(8)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;31.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of Cerus Corporation pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Instance Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant has requested confidential treatment for portions of this exhibit. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;19, 2008. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-11341) and amendments thereto. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;30, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;20, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;12, 2010. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the like-described exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-21937), filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;8, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL> <SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL>
<SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL> <SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL>
<SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL>
<SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> 10.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLY AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>T<SMALL>HIS</SMALL> A<SMALL>MENDED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> R<SMALL>ESTATED</SMALL> S<SMALL>UPPLY</SMALL>
A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL> (<SMALL>THE</SMALL> &#147;<B>S<SMALL>UPPLY</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>&#148;) is made effective as of the 21<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> day of April,
2014 (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;) by and between Cerus Corporation (&#147;<B>Cerus</B>&#148;), a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business at 2550 Stanwell Drive, Concord, CA 94520, and Purolite Corporation
(&#147;<B>Purolite</B>&#148;), a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business at 150 Monument Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. (Cerus and Purolite are each individually referred to in this Supply Agreement as a &#147;Party&#148; and,
collectively, as the &#147;Parties&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W<SMALL>ITNESSETH</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>W<SMALL>HEREAS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>, Cerus develops, markets and sells products and technology for the inactivation of pathogens in
blood and blood components, and Purolite is a global manufacturer and supplier of specialty resins; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>W<SMALL>HEREAS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>, the Parties desire to set forth the terms under which Cerus may purchase from Purolite<B> [ *
]</B> and <B>[ * ]</B> (collectively, the &#147;<B>Raw Materials</B>&#148;) made to Cerus specifications as further detailed, respectively in <B>Exhibit A</B> and <B>Exhibit B </B>attached hereto (the<B> &#147;Specifications&#148;</B>); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>W<SMALL>HEREAS</SMALL>, </B>the Raw Materials will be used in the manufacture of disposable products forming part of the INTERCEPT Blood
System for platelets and the INTERCEPT Blood System for plasma for sale by Cerus and its affiliates, and disposable products forming part of similar systems for sale by third parties (collectively, the &#147;<B>Products</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>N<SMALL>OW</SMALL> T<SMALL>HEREFORE</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants set
forth herein, Cerus and Purolite agree as follows:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1. P<SMALL>URCHASES</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1.1 Purchase and Sale. </B>During the term of this Supply Agreement, Purolite shall sell to Cerus Raw Materials ordered pursuant to
Section&nbsp;1.2 of this Agreement. Cerus may designate, from time to time, one or more third parties (hereinafter referred to individually as a &#147;<B>Designee</B>&#148;) that are authorized to receive, inspect and test shipments from Purolite
for such ordered Raw Materials pursuant to Section 2.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1.2 Forecasts/Purchase Orders. </B>No later than the end of the third
quarter of each calendar year, Cerus will provide Purolite with written, non-binding rolling <B>[ * ]</B> month <B>[ * ]</B> forecasts of its requirements of Raw Materials for the following <B>[ * ]</B> (each a &#147;<B>Forecast</B>&#148;),
including requested delivery dates. On or before the end of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement, Cerus will provide a binding <B>[ * ]</B> order for the immediately following calendar quarter, with estimated delivery dates set
forth therein (<B>&#147;Purchase Order(s)&#148;</B>) and a non-binding <B>[ * ]</B> forecast, with estimated monthly delivery dates set forth therein. Within ten (10)&nbsp;business days after receipt of the Purchase Order, Purolite shall provide
confirmation of its ability to meet the monthly requirements in a Purchase Order, including the requested delivery dates set forth therein. All sales of Raw Materials shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, to the extent
they specify quantities, destinations and delivery dates, to Cerus&#146; Purchase Orders, as the case may be. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2. D<SMALL>ELIVERY</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> A<SMALL>CCEPTANCE</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.1 Testing and Release of Raw Materials. </B>Purolite shall ship a representative sample of each batch of Raw Materials produced with all
relevant documentation (including Batch Record and Certificate of Analysis) to Cerus&#146; or its Designee&#146;s testing facility, as applicable, for testing as further detailed in the &#147;<B>Quality Obligations</B>&#148; provided in <B>Exhibit
C</B> attached hereto. If the analysis of the sample batch performed by Cerus or its Designee, as applicable, indicates that said batch does not meet Specifications or is otherwise non-conforming, Cerus shall provide written notification of such to
Purolite. A Certificate of Analysis shall be issued to Cerus for each accepted batch.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.2 Shipment. </B>Purolite shall, upon
notification by Cerus, ship released batches for said materials to the location designated by Cerus in the applicable purchase order, using a mutually agreed carrier. Freight terms are <B>[ * ]</B>. <B>[ * ]</B> will prepay and add the freight costs
from the Philadelphia Warehouse to the requested Cerus destination. Title and risk of loss to the Raw Materials shall pass to Cerus <B>[ * ]</B> by Purolite. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, Cerus shall pay all shipping charges. Purolite shall
provide Cerus with all documentation necessary to accomplish shipment to such designated locations as further described in the Specifications. Should Purolite be unable to provide Raw Materials by the agreed upon date of shipment set forth in the
applicable purchase order within agreed upon lead time, Purolite will bear the premium freight cost (including airfreight) to deliver the Raw Materials to Cerus&#146; final destination, as specified in the purchase order. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.3 Quality Assurance. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.3.1</B> All Raw Materials shipped hereunder shall meet the Specifications and shall be subjected to a quality control inspection and final
release by Purolite in accordance with the Quality Obligations set forth in <B>Exhibit C</B> attached hereto, and Purolite shall maintain compliance with said Quality Obligations. If Cerus or said Designee, as applicable, rejects Products as a
result of Raw Materials non-conformance, Cerus shall notify Purolite in writing within 60 days. At Cerus option, and at Purolite&#146;s expense, as the case may be, Cerus shall receive a credit, refund or replacement for such Raw Materials if the
non-conformance can be directly attributed to Purolite&#146;s Raw Materials. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.3.2</B> Purolite shall permit Cerus to review
periodically Purolite&#146;s production and quality control procedures and records and to visit Purolite&#146;s facilities at reasonable times with a representative of Purolite present in order to assure satisfaction of the requirements of this
Agreement. Purolite will also notify Cerus immediately of any inspection of its facilities by a federal, state or local regulatory agency as well as the results of such inspection. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.3.3 </B>In the event that either Party receives any complaint regarding the Raw Materials,
it shall notify the other Party promptly. Purolite will be responsible for evaluating these complaints and responding to Cerus in writing. Cerus will make a preliminary evaluation of each complaint and will conduct all follow-up and communicating
which it deems appropriate.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3. P<SMALL>AYMENT</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3.1 </B>Prices to be paid by Cerus (the &#147;Prices&#148;) are set forth on <B>Exhibit D</B>. Price adjustments and terms will be
determined by the formula and terms listed on Exhibit D. <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3.2 </B>Immediately following each shipment, Purolite shall invoice
Cerus for Raw Materials produced, released and shipped in accordance with this Agreement and pursuant to Cerus&#146; Purchase Order for that shipment. Cerus will pay the amount of the invoice within <B>[ * ]</B> days of shipment from Philadelphia
warehouse with proof of shipment. covered by such invoice sent by Purolite. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4. R<SMALL>AW</SMALL> M<SMALL>ATERIAL</SMALL> C<SMALL>HANGES</SMALL>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.1 </B>Purolite shall notify Cerus in advance and in writing of any proposed change in the following aspects of the Raw Materials
or their components: (i)&nbsp;composition or source of any raw material; (ii)&nbsp;method of producing, processing or testing; (iii)&nbsp;change in subcontractors for producing, processing or testing; (iv)&nbsp;site of manufacture; and/or
(v)&nbsp;labeling. No such change shall be made without Cerus&#146; prior written consent.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.2 </B>Purolite shall make
available to Cerus all developments or enhancements to the Products and other products that accomplish the same or similar functions as the Products. If Cerus shall agree in writing to accept any such enhancement, development or other product, it
shall be added as an amendment to the applicable Specifications or as a new Specification, as applicable. Changes in the price of Products as a result of enhancements or developments accepted by Cerus shall be mutually agreed in writing.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5. F<SMALL>ORCE</SMALL> M<SMALL>AJEURE</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purolite shall not be liable for delays in performance or for non-performance of its obligations hereunder if prevented by unforeseeable causes
outside of its reasonable control. Without limiting the foregoing, such causes shall include but not be limited to, acts of God or the public enemy, fires, floods, earthquake, riots, boycotts, strikes, lock-outs, and delays in transportation or
shortage of supplies necessary for production, in each case where delays could not reasonably have been prevented. Upon discovering that timely performance will be delayed, Purolite will immediately notify Cerus of the nature of the delay and
Purolite&#146;s disaster recovery plan along with timing expectations. Purolite will develop and furnish to Cerus a copy of a proposed disaster recovery plan promptly following execution of this Supply Agreement. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.1 Purolite Warranties </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.1.1 </B>PUROLITE WARRANTS THAT PUROLITE TRANSFERS GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE TO THE RAW MATERIALS SOLD TO CERUS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AS OF
THE TIME THAT PUROLITE SHIPS SUCH RAW MATERIALS. THE WARRANTIES IN THIS SECTION 6.1.1 ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHICH ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED BY PUROLITE, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OR ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.1.2</B>
All Raw Materials provided to Cerus are hereby guaranteed by Purolite, as of the date of shipment or delivery, to meet the Specifications and requirements specified by Cerus under this Supply Agreement and, to be, on such date, not adulterated or
misbranded. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.2 Indemnification </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.2.1</B> Cerus, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purolite, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and
employees (each a <B>&#147;Purolite Indemnified Party&#148;</B>) from and against any and all claims, actions and causes of action from third parties, and liabilities, losses, costs, damages or expenses (including reasonable attorney&#146;s fees)
arising therefrom out of or in consequence of (i)&nbsp;the possession or use of any Products containing the Raw Materials, except to the extent caused by a matter covered by Purolite&#146;s indemnity in Section&nbsp;6.2.2; (ii)&nbsp;the death of or
bodily injury to any person on account of the use of any Product containing the Raw Materials, except to the extent caused by a matter covered by Purolite&#146;s indemnity in Section&nbsp;6.2.2; or, (iii)&nbsp;any claim that the Products violate a
patent or trademark. However, Cerus shall not be obligated to indemnify a Purolite Indemnified Party from any liability to the extent caused by a Purolite Indemnified Party&#146;s negligence or misconduct. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.2.2</B> Purolite will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Cerus and its respective officers, directors, agents, employees and affiliates
(each a <B>&#147;Cerus Indemnified Party&#148;</B>) from and against any and all third party claims, actions, causes of action, liabilities, losses, costs, damages or expenses (including reasonable attorney&#146;s fees) to the extent arising out of
or in consequence of any (a)&nbsp;claim of patent or trade secrets infringement which relates to the Raw Materials. However, Purolite shall not be obligated to indemnify a Cerus Indemnified Party from any liability to the extent caused by such Cerus
Indemnified Party&#146;s negligence or misconduct. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.2.3</B> Each Party agrees to give the other Party prompt written notice of any
claims, including any claims asserted or made by any governmental authority, for which the other might be liable under the foregoing indemnification, together with the opportunity to defend, negotiate and settle such claims. Such notice shall be
given to the other Party promptly after receipt of such claim. Failure to provide or promptly provide such notice shall not release the other Party </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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from any of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. Each Party will cooperate fully with the other Party in defending
or otherwise resolving any such action, and each indemnified Party in any such action may at its option and expense be represented in such action. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.3 Insurance. </B>Each Party shall obtain and keep in force during the term of this Agreement <B>[ * ]</B> comprehensive liability
insurance covering each occurrence of bodily injury (including death) and property damage in an amount of not less than $<B>[ * ]</B> combined in a single limit, including: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Products and Completed Operations Liability; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Contractual Liability. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The insurance policy shall be endorsed to name the other Party as additional insured and to provide for written notification to the other
parties by the insurer not less than thirty (30)&nbsp;days prior to cancellation, expiration or modification. If requested in writing, a certificate of insurance evidencing compliance with this Section and referencing this Supply Agreement shall be
furnished to each Party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>7. D<SMALL>ISCLOSURE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL>; I<SMALL>NTELLECTUAL</SMALL>
P<SMALL>ROPERTY</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>7.1 </B>Purolite shall maintain in confidence information received prior to and in the course of this
Agreement from Cerus or its Designee(s) relating to Cerus and its Products, including, but not limited to, Cerus&#146; supply chain and business activities (&#147;<B>Confidential Information</B>&#148;) and shall not disclose the same to any third
party or use the same except for the purposes of this Agreement. The term &#147;Confidential Information&#148; shall not be deemed to include information which: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on the part of Purolite, generally known or available; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) is known by Purolite at the time of receiving such information, as evidenced by his or her written records; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) is hereafter furnished to Purolite by a third party, as a matter of right and without restriction of disclosure; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) is the subject of a written permission to disclose provided by Cerus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purolite understands and agrees that this Supply Agreement is not intended to grant Purolite any right, title, interest or license to use or disclose
Cerus&#146; Confidential Information and intellectual property, including, but not limited to Products designs and Specifications. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>7.2 </B>Cerus understands and agrees that this Supply Agreement is not intended to grant Cerus
any right, title, interest or license to use Purolite&#146;s manufacturing processes.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8. T<SMALL>ERM</SMALL>; T<SMALL>ERMINATION</SMALL>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.1 </B>This Supply Agreement will have a term (the &#147;<B>Initial Term</B>&#148;) which will run for Eighty-Four
(84)&nbsp;months commencing on the Effective Date, subject to extension as provided in Section&nbsp;8.2. <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.2 </B>At the end of
the Initial Term and each renewal term, this Supply Agreement shall automatically renew from year to year for successive one (1)&nbsp;year periods, unless either Party shall have given the other Party written notice of non-renewal at least two years
prior to the last day of the Initial Term or renewal term, as the case may be.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.3 </B>If a Party materially breaches this
Supply Agreement and such breach remains uncured for a period of ninety (90)&nbsp;days after written notice containing details of the breach is delivered to the breaching Party, then the non-breaching Party may terminate this Supply Agreement as to
the breaching Party by further notice delivered no later than thirty (30)&nbsp;days after the expiration of the initial ninety (90)&nbsp;day cure period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.4 </B>The provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of this Supply Agreement shall survive termination of the Supply Agreement and remain in effect
in accordance with their terms.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9. M<SMALL>ISCELLANEOUS</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.1 Entire Agreement. </B>This Supply Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the Raw Materials and
supersedes all prior agreements and negotiations between Cerus and Purolite regarding the same. None of the terms of this Supply Agreement shall be deemed to be waived or amended by any Party unless such a waiver or amendment specifically references
this Supply Agreement and is in writing signed by the Party to be bound. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.2 Notices. </B>All notices and demands required or
permitted to be given or made pursuant to this Supply Agreement shall be in writing and effective when personally given or when placed in an envelope and deposited in the United States mail postage prepaid and return receipt requested, or delivered
by a recognized commercial courier service, addressed as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If to Cerus: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cerus
Corporation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2550 Stanwell Drive </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Concord, CA 94520 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">cc: Chief
Legal Officer by fax (<B>[ * ]</B>) </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ted Begg, Sales Mgr. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Purolite Company </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">150 Monument Road </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">cc: Jacob
Brodie, Vice President by email <B>[ * ]</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">or to such other address as to which either Party may notify the other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.3 Assignment. </B>This Supply Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties, their successors and assigns. This
Supply Agreement shall be assignable: (i)&nbsp;by any Party to an affiliate of the Party, in whole or in part, without the consent of the other Party; (ii)&nbsp;by any Party with the written consent of the other Party; or (iii)&nbsp;by any Party
without the consent of the other Party to the purchaser of substantially all the assets of its business to which this Supply Agreement relates or to any corporate successor to a Party by merger, consolidation or otherwise. Any attempted assignment
that does not comply with the terms of this Section shall be void. Each Party shall cause this Supply Agreement to be assumed by any business organization that purchases its operations supporting this Supply Agreement or to any corporate successor
to a Party by merger, consolidation or otherwise. Despite any assignment under this Section, the Party making the assignment shall remain liable for its obligations as a Party to this Supply Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.4 Governing Law. </B>This Supply Agreement is deemed to have been executed in and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of New York and other applicable laws of the State of New York. If particular portions of this Supply Agreement are ruled unenforceable, such portions shall be deleted and all other terms and
conditions of this Supply Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.5 Independent Contractors; Relationship of Parties
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.5.1 </B>The relationship of the Parties under this Supply Agreement shall be and at all times remains one of independent
contractors. No Party is an employee, agent or legal representative of any other Party or shall have any authority to assume or create obligations on any other Party&#146;s behalf. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.5.2 </B>Cerus shall have the right to revoke any designation as a Designee made pursuant to Subsection 1.1 of this Agreement, which
revocation shall be effective thirty (30)&nbsp;days following written notice of such to Purolite. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.5.3 </B>Nothing herein shall be
construed as giving any Designee any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of the Agreement as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise and the sole and intended beneficiaries of this Agreement and the
Supply Agreement are Cerus and Purolite. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
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parties have executed this Supply Agreement in counterparts, effective as of the day and year first written above. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Kevin D. Green</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President, Finance and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jacob Brodie</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President</TD></TR>
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<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">S<SMALL>IGNATURE</SMALL> P<SMALL>AGE</SMALL> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> . </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specifications for [ * ] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>{Attached separately} </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[ * ] </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[Eight (8) pages
have been omitted from this exhibit and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.] </B></P>
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<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> A </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specifications for [ * ] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>{Attached separately} </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[ * ] </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[Four (4) pages
have been omitted from this exhibit and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission] </B></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> B </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exhibit C </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Quality Obligations </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is to
set forth responsibilities of Cerus and Purolite with respect to Quality Obligations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(A) Cerus (directly or through its Designee) Responsibilities:
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Provide Purolite with current, approved regulatory documents including Specifications. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Approve manufacturing batch records, review validation documents and other manufacturing documents as applicable. If changes are indicated, provide edited copies to Purolite to facilitate revision. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Cerus will analyze pre-shipment samples of Product within <B>[ * ]</B> of receipt of said samples at the designated Cerus testing facility. Cerus will provide Purolite with the analysis data and if the Product is
approved, will provide a written release of the Product Lots for shipment to Cerus. If Product Lots are rejected, Cerus will provide an explanation of the rejection along with the analysis data. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Inspect and test all Products shipped hereunder and notify Purolite of any Products that do not comply with the Specifications within sixty (60)&nbsp;days from delivery. Such notice shall specify the reasons for
rejection, and Cerus or Designee giving notice (as the case may be) shall thereafter (insofar as they are in its possession and with Purolite&#146;s approval) return the rejected Products to Purolite at Purolite&#146;s risk and expense. If Cerus or
its Designee (as the case may be) does not deliver such written notice of rejection within such sixty (60)-day period, Cerus shall be deemed to have accepted the shipment. In the event that Cerus or Designee (as the case may be) delivers notice to
Purolite that Cerus or said Designee has rejected any shipment, Cerus or said Designee (as the case may be) shall promptly make available to Purolite for examination and testing the Products contained in such rejected shipment (excluding units
consumed in such Designee testing), and Purolite shall, within ninety (90)&nbsp;days, replace the defective and non-conforming Products contained in such shipment and return such Products to Cerus or said Designee (as the case may be),
transportation and insurance prepaid. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(B) Purolite Responsibilities: </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Maintain specifications and test methods according to Purolite SOPs and where applicable, according to mutually agreed upon specifications. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Sample and maintain reserve samples per the Specifications. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Test and perform quality release of Raw Materials and finished products according to Purolite SOPs and approved specification requirements. </TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> C </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> </P>


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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Provide prior notification to and obtain written approval from Cerus Quality Assurance of any significant change to production or test records, Raw Material Specifications, test methods or location relating to
manufacture of Products. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Perform testing as directed by approved master records, protocols, or validated analytical test procedures. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Maintain reasonable manufacturing records as agreed to by Cerus. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">7.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Perform cleaning and process validation as applicable per protocol (which shall be reviewed by Cerus prior to final approval by Purolite). </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">8.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Review and forward all deviation reports to Cerus for review as part of batch record documentation. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">9.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Review and forward copy of Certificates of Analysis, and related documents, as required, to Cerus for review. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">10.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Provide batch records and test records, as requested, to Cerus for review during audits. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">11.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Provide evidence of ISO 9001 certification, if requested. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">12.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Maintain facility and critical systems in a current state of compliance and validation per ISO 9001 requirements. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">13.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Agree to regular audits (no more frequently than annually or for cause) by Cerus at mutually acceptable times. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">14.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Support Cerus regulatory submissions by providing information requested in a timely manner provided such submissions do not require Purolite to provide Purolite Confidential Information or trade secrets.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">15.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Notify Cerus, within ten (10)&nbsp;business days, of pending ISO or FDA audits that may affect the supply of Raw Materials under this Agreement. Provide results of any ISO or FDA audit related to Cerus manufacturing.
</TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> C </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing and Formula </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] </B></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[ * ] = C<SMALL>ERTAIN</SMALL>
<SMALL>CONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>INFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>CONTAINED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>MARKED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>BRACKETS</SMALL>, <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>OMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>FILED</SMALL> <SMALL>SEPARATELY</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 24b-2 <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>AMENDED</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">E<SMALL>XHIBIT</SMALL> D </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C<SMALL>ERUS</SMALL> &#150;P<SMALL>UROLITE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GMT</SMALL> </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I have reviewed this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of Cerus Corporation; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: September&nbsp;22, 2014</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William M. Greenman</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 31.4 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I, Kevin D. Green, certify
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I have reviewed this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of Cerus Corporation; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date: September&nbsp;22, 2014</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin D. Green</P></TD></TR>
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