As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2020
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CERUS CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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68-0262011
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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1220 Concord Ave., Suite 600
Concord, California
(925) 288-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrants principal executive offices)
William M.
Greenman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cerus Corporation
1220
Concord Ave., Suite 600
Concord, California
(925) 288-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Chrystal Menard
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Cerus Corporation
1220
Concord Ave., Suite 600
Concord, California
(925) 288-6000
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Chadwick L. Mills
Karen Elizabeth Deschaine
Cooley LLP
101 California
Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5800
(415) 693-2000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this
Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following
box: ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following
box. ☒
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D.
filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting
company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each
Class of
Securities to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(2)
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Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(2)
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Debt Securities
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(2)
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Warrants
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(2)
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(1)
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Omitted pursuant to General Instructions II.E of Form S-3. An
indeterminate number or amount, as the case may be, of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants are being registered hereunder as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. The securities being registered hereunder
may be convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for other securities of any identified class, and may be sold separately or in combination with the other securities registered hereunder. In addition to the securities that may be issued
directly under this registration statement, there is being registered hereunder such indeterminate aggregate number or amount, as the case may be, of the securities of each identified class as may from time to time be issued upon the conversion,
exchange, settlement or exercise of other securities offered hereby. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon the conversion or exercise of, or in exchange for, other securities offered hereby.
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(2)
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Pursuant to Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of all applicable registration fees.
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