EX-4.5





 EXHIBIT 4.5 

CERUS CORPORATION 
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 , AS WARRANT AGENT 
 FORM OF COMMON STOCK 

WARRANT AGREEMENT 
 DATED
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 CERUS CORPORATION 

FORM OF COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT 

THIS COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], between CERUS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [●], a [corporation] [national banking association] organized and existing under the laws of [●] and having a corporate trust office in [●], as
warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [If
Warrants are sold with other securities—[title of such other securities being offered] (the “Other Securities”) with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the “ Warrants ”
or, individually, a “Warrant”) representing the right to purchase Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Warrant Securities”), such warrant certificates and other warrant
certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the “Warrant Certificates”; and 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to
act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the
terms and conditions on which they may be issued, registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced. 
 NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
 ISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND 
 DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES 

1.1 Issuance Of Warrants. [If Warrants alone—Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more
Warrants.] [ If Other Securities and Warrants—Warrant Certificates will be issued in connection with the issuance of the Other Securities but shall be separately transferable and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more
Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase one Warrant Security. [If Other Securities and Warrants—Warrant Certificates will be issued
with the Other Securities and each Warrant Certificate will evidence [●] Warrants for each [$[●] principal amount] [[●] shares] of Other Securities issued.] 

1.2 Execution And Delivery Of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed,
lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the
Company by any of its present or future chief executive officers, presidents, senior vice presidents, vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers, treasurers, assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant controllers, secretaries
or assistant secretaries under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The seal of the Company
may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. 

No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such
Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so
countersigned has been duly issued hereunder. 
 In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and
delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of
such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer. 

  
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 The term “holder” or “holder of a Warrant
Certificate” as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose. 

1.3 Issuance Of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase Warrant Securities may be executed by the
Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign such Warrant
Certificates and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. 
 ARTICLE 2 

WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS 

2.1 Warrant Price. During the period specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the
applicable Warrant Certificate, entitle the holder thereof to purchase the number of Warrant Securities specified in the applicable Warrant Certificate at an exercise price of $[●] per Warrant Security, subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events, as hereinafter provided. Such purchase price per Warrant Security is referred to in this Agreement as the “Warrant Price.” 

2.2 Duration Of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date
thereof] [●] and at or before [●] p.m., [City] time, on [●] or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record
books of the Warrant Agent (the “Expiration Date”). Each Warrant not exercised at or before [●] p.m., [City] time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease. 
 2.3 Exercise Of Warrants. 

(a) During the period specified in Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised to purchase a whole number of Warrant
Securities in registered form by providing certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check
in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant Security with respect to which a Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office, provided that
such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such payment by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly
completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised;
provided, however, that if, at the date of receipt of such Warrant Certificates and payment in full of the Warrant Price, the transfer books for the Warrant Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed, no such receipt
of such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such Warrant Price shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to be named as the holder of record of such Warrant Securities on such date, but shall be effective to constitute such
person as the holder of record of such Warrant Securities for all purposes at the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which the transfer books for the Warrant Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be opened,
and the certificates for the Warrant Securities in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on such next succeeding day on which the transfer books shall next be opened, and until such date the Company shall
be under no duty to deliver any certificate for such Warrant Securities. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall advise the Company by
telephone at the end of each day on which a payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing. 

(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of
Warrant Securities with respect to which Warrants were exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon
such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the remaining Warrant Securities after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company shall reasonably require. 












 (c) As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the
Company shall issue to or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such
holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing
Warrants for the number of Warrant Securities remaining unexercised. 
 (d) The Company shall not be required to pay
any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due. 

(e) Prior to the issuance of any Warrants there shall have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times through the
Expiration Date keep reserved, out of its authorized but unissued Warrant Securities, a number of shares sufficient to provide for the exercise of the Warrants. 

ARTICLE 3 
 OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF 
 WARRANT CERTIFICATES 

3.1 No Rights As Warrant Securityholder Conferred By Warrants Or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced
thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to exercise any
voting rights, except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement or the applicable Warrant Certificate. 
 3.2 Lost, Stolen,
Mutilated Or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and/or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender of the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing Warrants for a like number of Warrant Securities. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 3.2, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute
Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The
provisions of this Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates. 

3.3 Holder Of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant
Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the holder of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and
maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holder’s Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in such
holder’s Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement. 
 3.4 Adjustments. 

(a) In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Securities purchasable under the Warrants shall be proportionately increased. Conversely,













 
in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be
proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Securities purchasable under the Warrants shall be proportionately decreased. 

(b) If at any time or from time to time the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the
time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrants) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefor, 

(i) Common Stock or any shares of stock or other securities which are at any time directly or indirectly convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution; 

(ii) any cash paid or payable otherwise than as a cash dividend paid or payable out of the Company’s current or
retained earnings; 
 (iii) any evidence of the Company’s indebtedness or rights to subscribe for or purchase
the Company’s indebtedness; or 
 (iv) Common Stock or additional stock or other securities or property
(including cash) by way of spinoff, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of
which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3.4(a) above), then and in each such case, the holder of each Warrant shall, upon the exercise of the Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of Warrant Securities receivable
thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefore, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash and indebtedness or rights to subscribe for or purchase indebtedness) which such holder would hold on the
date of such exercise had such holder been the holder of record of such Warrant Securities as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and
property. 
 (c) In case of (i) any reclassification, capital reorganization, or change in the Common Stock of
the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination, or stock dividend provided for in Section 3.4(a) or Section 3.4(b) above), (ii) share exchange, merger or similar transaction of the Company with or into another person or
entity (other than a share exchange, merger or similar transaction in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving corporation and which does not result in any change in the Common Stock other than the issuance of additional shares of Common
Stock) or (iii) the sale, exchange, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety (in any such case, a “ Reorganization Event ”), then, as a
condition of such Reorganization Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the holders of the Warrants, so that the holders of the Warrants shall
have the right at any time prior to the expiration of the Warrants to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable in
connection with such Reorganization Event by a holder of the same number of Warrant Securities as were purchasable by the holders of the Warrants immediately prior to such Reorganization Event. In any such case appropriate provisions shall be made
with respect to the rights and interests of the holders of the Warrants so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of stock or other securities and property deliverable upon exercise the Warrants, and
appropriate adjustments shall be made to the Warrant Price payable hereunder provided the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same. In the case of any transaction described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Company shall thereupon be
relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming entity thereupon may cause to
be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which heretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver securities in its own name, in
fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such Reorganization Event, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made
in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such Reorganization Event complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4. 

(d) The Company may, at its option, at any time until the Expiration Date, reduce the then current Warrant Price to any
amount deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company for any period not exceeding twenty consecutive days (as evidenced in a resolution adopted by such Board of Directors), but only upon giving the notices required by Section 3.5
at least ten days prior to taking such action. 












 (e) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, no adjustment in
the Warrant Price shall be made by reason of the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or securities carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing or for any other reason
whatsoever. 
 (f) No fractional Warrant Securities shall be issued upon the exercise of Warrants. If more than one
Warrant shall be exercised at one time by the same holder, the number of full Warrant Securities which shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Securities purchased pursuant to the
Warrants so exercised. Instead of any fractional Warrant Security which would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the last
reported sale price (or bid price if there were no sales) per Warrant Security, in either case as reported on the principal registered national securities exchange on which the Warrant Securities are listed or admitted to trading on the business day
that next precedes the day of exercise or, if the Warrant Securities are not then listed or admitted to trading on any registered national securities exchange, the average of the closing high bid and low asked prices as reported on the OTC Bulletin
Board Service (the “ OTC Bulletin Board ”) operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) or, if not available on the OTC Bulletin Board, then the average of the closing high
bid and low asked prices as reported on any other U.S. quotation medium or inter-dealer quotation system on such date, or if on any such date the Warrant Securities are not listed or admitted to trading on a registered national securities exchange,
are not included in the OTC Bulletin Board, and are not quoted on any other U.S. quotation medium or inter-dealer quotation system, an amount equal to the same fraction of the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any FINRA
member firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose at the close of business on the business day that next precedes the day of exercise. 

(g) Whenever the Warrant Price then in effect is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall mail to each holder of
the Warrants at such holder’s address as it shall appear on the books of the Company a statement setting forth the adjusted Warrant Price then and thereafter effective under the provisions hereof, together with the facts, in reasonable detail,
upon which such adjustment is based. 
 (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the
Warrant Price, as adjusted in accordance with the terms hereof, be less than the par value per share of Common Stock. 
 3.5 Notice To
Warrantholders. In case the Company shall (a) effect any dividend or distribution described in Section 3.4(b), (b) effect any Reorganization Event, (c) make any distribution on or in respect of the Common Stock in connection with
the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or (d) reduce the then current Warrant Price pursuant to Section 3.4(d), then the Company shall mail to each holder of Warrants at such holder’s address as it shall appear on
the books of the Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the record date for such dividend or distribution, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders
of record of Common Stock that will be entitled to such dividend or distribution are to be determined, (y) the date on which such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or
(z) the first date on which the then current Warrant Price shall be reduced pursuant to Section 3.4(d). No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect any such transaction or any adjustment in
the Warrant Price required by Section 3.4. 
 3.6 [If The Warrants Are Subject To Acceleration By The Company, Insert —
Acceleration Of Warrants By The Company. 
 (a) At any time on or after [●], the Company shall have the
right to accelerate any or all Warrants at any time by causing them to expire at the close of business on the day next preceding a specified date (the “ Acceleration Date ”), if the Market Price (as hereinafter defined) of
the Common Stock equals or exceeds [●] percent ([●]%) of the then effective Warrant Price on any twenty Trading Days (as hereinafter defined) within a period of thirty consecutive Trading Days ending no more than five Trading Days prior
to the date on which the Company gives notice to the Warrant Agent of its election to accelerate the Warrants. 
 (b)
“ Market Price ” for each Trading Day shall be, if the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on any registered national securities exchange, the last reported sale price, regular way (or, if no such price is reported,
the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way) of Common Stock, in either case as reported on 












 
the principal registered national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any registered national securities
exchange, the average of the closing high bid and low asked prices as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board operated by FINRA, or if not available on the OTC Bulletin Board, then the average of the closing high bid and low asked prices as reported on
any other U.S. quotation medium or inter-dealer quotation system, or if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on a registered national securities exchange, are not included in the OTC Bulletin Board, and
are not quoted on any other U.S. quotation medium or inter-dealer quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any FINRA member firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose. “
Trading Day” shall be each Monday through Friday, other than any day on which securities are not traded in the system or on the exchange that is the principal market for the Common Stock, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company. 
 (c) In the event of an acceleration of less than all of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall select
the Warrants to be accelerated by lot, pro rata or in such other manner as it deems, in its discretion, to be fair and appropriate. 

(d) Notice of an acceleration specifying the Acceleration Date shall be sent by mail first class, postage prepaid, to
each registered holder of a Warrant Certificate representing a Warrant accelerated at such holder’s address appearing on the books of the Warrant Agent not more than sixty days nor less than thirty days before the Acceleration Date. Such notice
of an acceleration also shall be given no more than twenty days, and no less than ten days, prior to the mailing of notice to registered holders of Warrants pursuant to this Section 3.6, by publication at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of New York. 
 (e) Any Warrant accelerated may be exercised until [●] p.m., [City]
time, on the business day next preceding the Acceleration Date. The Warrant Price shall be payable as provided in Section 2.] 

ARTICLE 4 
 EXCHANGE AND
TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES 
 4.1 Exchange And Transfer Of Warrant Certificates. Upon surrender at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such other
Warrant Certificates evidence Warrants for the same aggregate number of Warrant Securities as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office, books in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office for exchange or
registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made
for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or
registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant
Certificate evidencing a Warrant for a fraction of a Warrant Security or a number of Warrants for a whole number of Warrant Securities and a fraction of a Warrant Security. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange or registration of
transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such exchange or registration of
transfer. 
 4.2 Treatment Of Holders Of Warrant Certificates. The Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may
treat the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. 

4.3 Cancellation Of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange, registration of transfer or exercise of the
Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be
reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of
canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company. 












 ARTICLE 5 

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT 

5.1 Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints [●] as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant
Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and [●] hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and hereby
and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are
subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof. 
 5.2 Conditions Of Warrant Agent’s Obligations. The Warrant Agent
accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall be
subject: 
 (a) Compensation And Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees) incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, including
the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability. 
 (b) Agent For The Company. In
acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants. 
 (c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory
to it, which may include counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with
the advice of such counsel. 
 (d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or
in respect of any action taken or omitted by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or
signed by the proper parties. 
 (e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and
employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the
Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as trustee under any indenture to which the Company is a party. 

(f) No Liability For Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for
interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates. 

(g) No Liability For Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this
Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent’s countersignature thereon). 
 (h) No
Responsibility For Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent’s countersignature thereon), all of which are
made solely by the Company. 
 (i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such
duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any
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to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant
Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application
by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant
Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to
initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company. 
 5.3 Resignation,
Removal And Appointment Of Successors. 
 (a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time
of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable. 

(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its
part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than three months after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent
hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the intended date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take
effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and the
acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent. 

(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent
to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been
entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in
writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder. 

(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the
Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and
obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over,
and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder. 

(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the
Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of any of the parties hereto. 












 ARTICLE 6 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 6.1
Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained
herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not materially adversely affect the
interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates. 
 6.2 Notices And Demands To The Company And Warrant Agent. If the Warrant
Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company. 

6.3 Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to [●],
Attention: [●] and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to Cerus Corporation, 1220 Concord Avenue, Suite 600, Concord, California 94520, Attention: [●] (or such other
address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the Company). 
 6.4 Governing Law. This Agreement and each
Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 6.5
Delivery Of Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the
Warrants (the “ Prospectus ”), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with
the delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus. 

6.6 Obtaining Of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities act filings under United States Federal and state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants
and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale,
transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable. 
 6.7 Persons
Having Rights Under the Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 

6.8 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 
 6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

6.10 Inspection Of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit such holder’s Warrant Certificate for inspection by it. 












 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 CERUS CORPORATION , as Company

	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 ATTEST:        
	 	 
		 	 
	
	 COUNTERSIGNED
  

[ ● ] , as Warrant Agent

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 ATTEST:
	 	 
		 	 


 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO CERUS CORPORATION FORM OF COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT] 












 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE 

[FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE] 
  

			
	 [Form of Legend if Warrants are not immediately
	  	 [Prior to [●], Warrants evidenced by this Warrant

	 exercisable.]
	  	 Certificate cannot be exercised.]


 EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED 

HEREIN 
 VOID AFTER [●] P.M.,
[City] time, ON [●]. 

  
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 CERUS CORPORATION 

WARRANT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING 

WARRANTS TO PURCHASE 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE 
  

			
	 No. [●]
	  	[●] Warrants

 This certifies that [●] or registered assigns is the registered owner of the above
indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner to purchase, at any time [after [●] p.m., [City] time, [on [●] and] on or before [●] p.m., [City] time, on [●], [●] shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Warrant Securities”), of Cerus Corporation (the “ Company ”) on the following basis: during the period from [●], through and including [●], the exercise price per
Warrant Security will be $[●], subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the “Warrant Price”). The Holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain
information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available
funds], the Warrant Price for each Warrant Security with respect to which this Warrant is exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed,
at the corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which is, on the date hereof, at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and
subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined). 
 The term
“Holder” as used herein shall mean the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 4 of the
Warrant Agreement. 
 The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase a whole number of
Warrant Securities in registered form. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant
Securities remaining unexercised. 
 This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement
dated as of [●] (the “Warrant Agreement”), between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the Holder of this
Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent. 

Transfer of this Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent by the registered owner or such owner’s assigns, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement. 

After countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate
may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing Warrants for the same aggregate number of Warrant Securities. 

This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities,
including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities (except to the extent set forth in the Warrant Agreement) or to exercise any voting rights. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 This Warrant Certificate shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
executed in its name and on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 
 Dated
                                         
    
  

			
	 CERUS CORPORATION , as Company

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 ATTEST:        
	 	 
		 	 
	
	 COUNTERSIGNED 
  

[●] , as Warrant Agent

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 ATTEST:
	 	 
		 	 














 [REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE] 

(Instructions for Exercise of Warrant) 

To exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby for Warrant Securities (as hereinafter defined), the Holder must pay, in lawful money
of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds], the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised, to [●] [address
of Warrant Agent], Attention: [●], which payment must specify the name of the Holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder must complete the information required below and present this Warrant Certificate
in person or by mail (certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth above. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business
days of the payment. 
 (To be executed upon exercise of Warrants) 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise [●] Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase
[●] shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Warrant Securities”), of Cerus Corporation and represents that the undersigned has tendered payment for such Warrant Securities, in lawful money of the
United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds], to the order of Cerus Corporation, c/o [insert name and address of Warrant
Agent], in the amount of $[●] in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said Warrant Securities be in fully registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in
accordance with the instructions set forth below. 
 If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants
evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants for the number of Warrant Securities remaining unexercised be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions
below. 
  

											
	 Dated:    
	 	 	  	    Name:	  		 	 
		 		 		  		  		 	Please Print
	 Address:
	 		 		  		  		 	
						
	     
	 	 	 	 	  	 	  		 	
	 (Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Holder)

						
	 Signature Guaranteed:
	 	
                       
 
	 	 	  	 	  		 	
		 		 	Signature	  		 	

 (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate
and must bear a signature guarantee by a FINRA member firm). 
 This Warrant may be exercised at the following addresses: 

By hand at: 
 By mail at: 

[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities and, if applicable, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants for the number of
Warrant Securities remaining unexercised—complete as appropriate.] 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT 

[Form of assignment to be executed if Warrant Holder desires to transfer Warrant] 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [●] hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto: 

 

					
	  
	 	                                	 	  

	  
 (Please print name and address
	 		 	  
 Please print Social Security or other

			
	 including zip code)
	 		 	 identifying number


 the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of [Title of Warrant Securities] of Cerus
Corporation to which the within Warrant relates and appoints attorney [●] to transfer such right on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises. 

 
  

											
	 Dated:            
	 	 	 	
                       
         
	  	 Name:    
	  		  	
                       
                                         
                        

		 		 		  		  		  	  
 Signature


 (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant) 
  

			
	 Signature
	 	Guaranteed
	 	 	


  
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