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EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 
 CERUS CORPORATION 
 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 

Adopted July 24, 1996 
 Approved By Stockholders January 14, 1997 
 Amended April 15,
2003 
 Approved By Stockholders June 13, 2003 

Amended February 13, 2004 
 Approved By Stockholders June 11, 2004 
 Amended April 28, 2005

 Approved By Stockholders June 6, 2005 
 Amended April 9, 2012 
 Approved By Stockholders June 6, 2012

  

	1.	PURPOSE. 

(a) The purpose of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide a means by which employees of Cerus Corporation,
a California corporation (the “Company”), and its Affiliates, as defined in subparagraph 1(b), which are designated as provided in subparagraph 2(b), may be given an opportunity to purchase stock of the Company. 

(b) The word “Affiliate” as used in the Plan means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, as those
terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). 
 (c) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of its employees, to secure and retain the services of new employees, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum
efforts for the success of the Company. 
 (d) The Company intends that the rights to purchase stock of the Company granted
under the Plan be considered options issued under an “employee stock purchase plan” as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code. 
  

	2.	ADMINISTRATION. 

 (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subparagraph 2(c).
Whether or not the Board has delegated administration, the Board shall have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan. 

(b) The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: 

(i) To determine when and how rights to purchase stock of the Company shall be granted and the provisions of each offering of such rights
(which need not be identical). 

 (ii) To designate from time to time which Affiliates of the Company shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan. 
 (iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and rights granted under it, and to establish, amend and
revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully
effective. 
 (iv) To amend the Plan as provided in paragraph 13. 

(v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests
of the Company and its Affiliates and to carry out the intent that the Plan be treated as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. 

(c) The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee comprised of one or more persons (the “Committee”), which
may be constituted in accordance with Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act” and “Rule 16b-3”). If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the
administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee
at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan. 
  

	3.	SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. 

(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 12 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be sold pursuant to rights
granted under the Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate 1,320,500 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”). If any right granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the Common
Stock not purchased under such right shall again become available for the Plan. 
 (b) The stock subject to the Plan may be
unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise. 
  

	4.	GRANT OF RIGHTS; OFFERING. 

The Board or the Committee may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of rights to purchase Common Stock of the Company under
the Plan to eligible employees (an “Offering”) on a date or dates (the “Offering Date(s)”) selected by the Board or the Committee. Each Offering shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board or
the Committee shall deem appropriate, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all employees granted rights to purchase stock under the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges. The terms and
conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of 

  
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separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering shall include (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the document comprising the Offering or otherwise)
the period during which the Offering shall be effective, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven (27) months beginning with the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in paragraphs 5 through 8, inclusive.

  

	5.	ELIGIBILITY. 

 (a) Rights may be granted only to employees of the Company or, as the Board or the Committee may designate as provided in subparagraph 2(b), to employees of any Affiliate of the Company. Except as
provided in subparagraph 5(b), an employee of the Company or any Affiliate shall not be eligible to be granted rights under the Plan, unless, on the Offering Date, such employee has been in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate for such
continuous period preceding such grant as the Board or the Committee may require, but in no event shall the required period of continuous employment be equal to or greater than two (2) years. In addition, unless otherwise determined by the
Board or the Committee and set forth in the terms of the applicable Offering, no employee of the Company or any Affiliate shall be eligible to be granted rights under the Plan, unless, on the Offering Date, such employee’s customary employment
with the Company or such Affiliate is for at least twenty (20) hours per week and at least five (5) months per calendar year. 
 (b) The Board or the Committee may provide that, each person who, during the course of an Offering, first becomes an eligible employee of the Company or designated Affiliate will, on a date or dates
specified in the Offering which coincides with the day on which such person becomes an eligible employee or occurs thereafter, receive a right under that Offering, which right shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such right
shall have the same characteristics as any rights originally granted under that Offering, as described herein, except that: 

(i) the date on which such right is granted shall be the “Offering Date” of such right for all purposes, including
determination of the exercise price of such right; 
 (ii) the period of the Offering with respect to such right shall begin on
its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and 
 (iii) the Board or the Committee may provide that if
such person first becomes an eligible employee within a specified period of time before the end of the Offering, he or she will not receive any right under that Offering. 
 (c) No employee shall be eligible for the grant of any rights under the Plan if, immediately after any such rights are granted, such employee owns stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the
total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Affiliate. For purposes of this subparagraph 5(c), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of any employee, and
stock which such employee may purchase under all outstanding rights and options shall be treated as stock owned by such employee. 

  
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 (d) An eligible employee may be granted rights under the Plan only if such rights, together
with any other rights granted under “employee stock purchase plans” of the Company and any Affiliates, as specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, do not permit such employee’s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any
Affiliate to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand ($25,000) of fair market value of such stock (determined at the time such rights are granted) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time. 

(e) Officers of the Company and any designated Affiliate shall be eligible to participate in Offerings under the Plan, provided, however,
that the Board may provide in an Offering that certain employees who are highly compensated employees within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code shall not be eligible to participate. 

 

	6.	RIGHTS; PURCHASE PRICE. 

(a) On each Offering Date, each eligible employee, pursuant to an Offering made under the Plan, shall be granted the right to purchase up
to the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company purchasable with a percentage designated by the Board or the Committee not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of such employee’s Earnings (as defined by the Board or the Committee in each
Offering) during the period which begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board or the Committee determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date shall be no later than the end of the
Offering. The Board or the Committee shall establish one or more dates during an Offering (the “Purchase Date(s)”) on which rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised and purchases of Common Stock carried out in accordance with such
Offering. 
 (b) In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board or the Committee may specify a maximum number
of shares that may be purchased by any employee as well as a maximum aggregate number of shares that may be purchased by all eligible employees pursuant to such Offering. In addition, in connection with each Offering that contains more than one
Purchase Date, the Board or the Committee may specify a maximum aggregate number of shares which may be purchased by all eligible employees on any given Purchase Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of shares upon exercise of rights
granted under the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate number, the Board or the Committee shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares available in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as it shall deem to be
equitable. 
 (c) The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to rights granted under the Plan shall be not less than the
lesser of: 
 (i) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the stock on the Offering Date;
or 
 (ii) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the stock on the Purchase Date.

  
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	7.	PARTICIPATION; WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION. 

(a) An eligible employee may become a participant in the Plan pursuant to an Offering by delivering a participation agreement to the
Company within the time specified in the Offering, in such form as the Company provides. Each such agreement shall authorize payroll deductions of up to the maximum percentage specified by the Board or the Committee of such employee’s Earnings
during the Offering (as defined by the Board or Committee in each Offering). The payroll deductions made for each participant shall be credited to an account for such participant under the Plan and shall be deposited with the general funds of the
Company. A participant may reduce (including to zero) or increase such payroll deductions, and an eligible employee may begin such payroll deductions, after the beginning of any Offering only as provided for in the Offering. A participant may make
additional payments into his or her account only if specifically provided for in the Offering and only if the participant has not had the maximum amount withheld during the Offering. 

(b) At any time during an Offering, a participant may terminate his or her payroll deductions under the Plan and withdraw from the
Offering by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company provides. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to the end of the Offering except as provided by the Board or the Committee in the Offering. Upon
such withdrawal from the Offering by a participant, the Company shall distribute to such participant all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire stock for the
participant) under the Offering, without interest, and such participant’s interest in that Offering shall be automatically terminated. A participant’s withdrawal from an Offering will have no effect upon such participant’s eligibility
to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan but such participant will be required to deliver a new participation agreement in order to participate in subsequent Offerings under the Plan. 

(c) Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate immediately upon cessation of any participating
employee’s employment with the Company and any designated Affiliate, for any reason, and the Company shall distribute to such terminated employee all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions
have been used to acquire stock for the terminated employee) under the Offering, without interest. 
 (d) Rights granted under
the Plan shall not be transferable by a participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or by a beneficiary designation as provided in paragraph 14 and, otherwise during his or her lifetime, shall be exercisable only by
the person to whom such rights are granted. 
  

	8.	EXERCISE. 

(a) On each Purchase Date specified therefor in the relevant Offering, each participant’s accumulated payroll deductions and other
additional payments specifically provided for in the Offering (without any increase for interest) will be applied to the purchase of whole shares of stock of the Company, up to the maximum number of shares permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan
and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of rights granted under the Plan. The amount, if any, of accumulated payroll deductions remaining in each
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purchase of shares which is less than the amount required to purchase one share of stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering shall be held in each such participant’s account for the
purchase of shares under the next Offering under the Plan, unless such participant withdraws from such next Offering, as provided in subparagraph 7(b), or is no longer eligible to be granted rights under the Plan, as provided in paragraph 5, in
which case such amount shall be distributed to the participant after such final Purchase Date, without interest. The amount, if any, of accumulated payroll deductions remaining in any participant’s account after the purchase of shares which is
equal to the amount required to purchase whole shares of stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering shall be distributed in full to the participant after such Purchase Date, without interest. 

(b) No rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless the shares to be issued upon such exercise under the Plan
(including rights granted thereunder) are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Plan is in material compliance with all applicable state, foreign
and other securities and other laws applicable to the Plan. If on a Purchase Date in any Offering hereunder the Plan is not so registered or in such compliance, no rights granted under the Plan or any Offering shall be exercised on such Purchase
Date, and the Purchase Date shall be delayed until the Plan is subject to such an effective registration statement and such compliance, except that the Purchase Date shall not be delayed more than twelve (12) months and the Purchase Date shall
in no event be more than twenty-seven (27) months from the Offering Date. If on the Purchase Date of any Offering hereunder, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible, the Plan is not registered and in such compliance, no rights granted
under the Plan or any Offering shall be exercised and all payroll deductions accumulated during the Offering (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire stock) shall be distributed to the participants, without interest.

  

	9.	COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. 

(a) During the terms of the rights granted under the Plan, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of stock
required to satisfy such rights. 
 (b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or other regulatory
commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the rights granted under the Plan. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any
such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon
exercise of such rights unless and until such authority is obtained. 
  

	10.	USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK. 

Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to rights granted under the Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company. 

  
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	11.	RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. 

A participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to
rights granted under the Plan unless and until the participant’s shareholdings acquired upon exercise of rights under the Plan are recorded in the books of the Company. 

 

	12.	ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK. 

(a) If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any rights granted under the Plan (through merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction
not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan and outstanding rights will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of shares subject to the Plan and the class(es) and number of shares and price per share
of stock subject to outstanding rights. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board or the Committee, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be
treated as a “transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company.”) 
 (b) In the event of:
(1) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (2) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; (3) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the
Company’s Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise; or (4) the acquisition by any person, entity or group
within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) of the
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the Company representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the
election of directors, then, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion (i) any surviving or acquiring corporation may assume outstanding rights or substitute similar rights for those under the Plan, (ii) such rights may continue in
full force and effect, or (iii) participants’ accumulated payroll deductions may be used to purchase Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction described above and the participants’ rights under the ongoing Offering terminated.

  

	13.	AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN. 

(a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in paragraph 12 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the adoption of the amendment, where the amendment will: 

(i) Increase the number of shares reserved for rights under the Plan; 

  
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 (ii) Modify the provisions as to eligibility for participation in the Plan
(to the extent such modification requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to obtain employee stock purchase plan treatment under Section 423 of the Code; or 

(iii) Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to obtain
employee stock purchase plan treatment under Section 423 of the Code or to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3. 
 It is
expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder relating to employee stock purchase plans and/or to bring the Plan and/or rights granted under it into compliance therewith. 
 (b) Rights and obligations under any rights granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan, except with the consent of the person to whom such rights were granted,
or except as necessary to comply with any laws or governmental regulations, or except as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. 

 

	14.	DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. 

 (a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from the participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such participant’s
death subsequent to the end of an Offering but prior to delivery to the participant of such shares and cash. In addition, a participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the participant’s account
under the Plan in the event of such participant’s death during an Offering. 
 (b) Such designation of beneficiary may be
changed by the participant at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such participant’s death, the Company shall
deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such
shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. 

 

	15.	TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN. 

(a) The Board in its discretion, may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is
suspended or after it is terminated. 
 (b) Rights and obligations under any rights granted while the Plan is in effect shall
not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except as expressly provided in the Plan or with the consent of the person to whom such rights were granted, or except as necessary to comply with any laws or governmental regulation, or
except as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. 

  
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	16.	EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. 

The Plan shall become effective on the same day that the Company’s initial public offering of shares of common stock becomes
effective, but no rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or the
Committee, which date may be prior to such effective date. 

  
 9EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 
 [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 

This Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 13, 2011, by and between
COMERICA BANK (“Bank”) and CERUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”). 
 RECITALS 

Borrower and Bank are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, as amended from time to
time (the “Agreement”). The parties desire to amend the Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. Section 6.6 of the Agreement hereby is amended to remove the term: “[ * ]” as it appears therein. 
 2. Section 7.12 of the Agreement hereby is amended to delete the term: “[ * ]” as it appears therein and replace it with the term: “[ * ]”. 

3. Section 6.11 of the Agreement hereby is amended by deleting the phrase “thirty (30)” as it appears therein and
replacing it with the phrase “ninety (90)”. 
 4. No course of dealing on the part of Bank or its officers, nor any
failure or delay in the exercise of any right by Bank, shall operate as a waiver thereof, and any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude any later exercise of any such right. Bank’s failure at any time to require strict
performance by Borrower of any provision shall not affect any right of Bank thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance. Any suspension or waiver of a right must be in writing signed by an officer of Bank. 

5. Unless otherwise defined, all initially capitalized terms in this Amendment shall be as defined in the Agreement. The Agreement, as
amended hereby, shall be and remain in full force and effect in accordance with its respective terms and hereby is ratified and confirmed in all respects. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of, or as an amendment of, any right, power, or remedy of Bank under the Agreement, as in effect prior to the date hereof. 
 6. Borrower represents and warrants that the Representations and Warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Amendment, and that no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing. 
 7. As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, Bank shall have received,
in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the following: 
 (a) this Amendment, duly executed by Borrower; 

(b) all reasonable Bank Expenses incurred through the date of this Amendment, which may be debited from any of Borrower’s accounts;
and 
 (c) such other documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.

 8. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument. 
 [Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the first date above
written. 
  

			
	CERUS CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin D. Green

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President, Finance and

Chief Accounting Officer
 Cerus
Corporation

	
	COMERICA BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brain Demmert

	Title:	 	SVP

 [Signature Page to Amendment to Loan & Security Agreement] 

[ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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