{"url_path":"/sec/cers/8-k/2026-06-03/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-03","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020214/0001193125-26-255488-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-255488","cik":"0001020214","ticker":"CERS","issuer_name":"CERUS CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020214/0001193125-26-255488-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001020214","primary_entity_name":"CERUS CORP"},"word_count":328,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn June 2, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the number of votes cast for or against each matter and the number of votes withheld, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable. A more complete description of each matter is set forth in the Proxy Statement.\n\n \n\nProposal 1\n\n \n\nThe Company’s stockholders elected each of the two nominees named below to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified.\n\n \n\nNominee\n\nFor\n\nWithheld\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nWilliam M. Greenman\n\n124,675,657\n\n7,811,843\n\n34,678,292\n\nAnn Lucena\n\n124,854,827\n\n7,632,673\n\n34,678,292\n\n \n\nProposal 2\n\n \n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 10,000,000 shares as described in the Proxy Statement.\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n89,832,187\n\n42,567,475\n\n87,838\n\n34,678,292\n\n \n\nProposal 3\n\n \n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n120,905,509\n\n10,952,287\n\n629,704\n\n34,678,292\n\n \n\nProposal 4\n\n \n\nThe Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\n164,256,582\n\n2,173,933\n\n735,277\n\n \n\nNo other matters were submitted for stockholder action at the Annual Meeting.\n\n \n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCERUS CORPORATION\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDate:\n\nJune 3, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Chrystal N. Jensen\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nChrystal N. Jensen\nChief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary"}