Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain

Officers.

(c) The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Cerus Corporation (the "Company") appointed Vivek K. Jayaraman, the Company's current Chief Commercial Officer, as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, effective March 1, 2020.

Mr. Jayaraman, 45, has served as the Company's Chief Commercial Officer since August 2016. From October 2009 to February 2016, Mr. Jayaraman served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing of TriVascular Technologies, Inc. ("TriVascular"), where he oversaw TriVascular's commercial expansion as the company grew from a preclinical, venture-backed startup into a publicly traded, global medical device company. Mr. Jayaraman received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds dual bachelor's degrees from the University of Michigan.

In connection with Mr. Jayaraman's appointment as Chief Operating Officer, the Board approved the following changes to Mr. Jayaraman's compensation, effective as of March 1, 2020:

1. an increase in Mr. Jayaraman's annual base salary from $434,805 per year

to $478,286 per year;

2. the grant of an option to purchase 260,000 shares of the Company's Common


        Stock at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company's
        Common Stock on March 2, 2020, which shall vest as to 1/4 of the shares on
        March 1, 2021 and as to the remainder of the shares in 36 equal monthly
        installments thereafter; and

3. the grant of 130,000 restricted stock units, which shall vest in three

equal annual installments, commencing on March 12, 2021.

A copy of the Company's press release, entitled "Cerus Corporation Announces Strategic Organizational Changes" is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.



    The following exhibit is furnished with this report:


  99.1        Press release, dated March 2, 2020, entitled "Cerus Corporation
            Announces Strategic Organizational Changes."

  104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained
            in Exhibit 101)


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