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CERUS CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and CERUS CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

7Reported items
147Asset managers
961Fund votes
2024-06-05Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by CERUS CORP.

These tallies are CERUS CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

CERUS CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2024-06-05
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Elect Director: Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.	102,894,156	--	--	11,112,129	37,619,620	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Frank Witney, Ph.D.	106,863,649	--	--	7,142,636	37,619,620	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Eric Bjerkholt	91,708,152	--	--	22,298,133	37,619,620	Majority: yes
Proposal 2 The Company's stockholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, the successor plan to the Company's Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.	103,225,218	10,696,219	84,848	--	37,619,620	Majority: yes
Proposal 4 The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.	104,504,936	9,178,691	322,658	--	37,619,620	Majority: yes
Proposal 5 The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.	148,296,366	2,627,132	702,407	--	--	Majority: yes

Source: CERUS CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2024-06-11 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the CERUS CORP. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 147 asset managers that disclosed a CERUS CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of CERUS CORP.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 9 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

92% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 92%8%

FOR: 104,504,936AGAINST: 9,178,691

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 4 The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.”): 104,504,936 for, 9,178,691 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 57% for, 5% against (61% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 145 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.

FOR 98%

FOR: 98.2%AGAINST: 1.7%ABSTAIN: 0.0%UNKNOWN: 0.0%

Largest asset managers voting on “The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
BlackRock	10,711,972	6,336	For
Vanguard	10,005,087	0	For
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	8,584,000	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
Senvest Management, LLC	7,327,494	0	For
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.	6,541,287	0	For
WASATCH ADVISORS LP	6,101,018	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,898,793	0	For
Charles Schwab	3,415,764	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	3,306,682	0	For
DE Shaw	3,281,421	0	For
State Street	3,146,977	0	For
Voya	3,021,034	0	For
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC	1,482,431	0	For
Hood River Capital Management LLC	1,469,754	0	For
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.	1,189,219	0	For
Northern Trust	1,118,828	259	For
SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1,016,079	0	For
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM	0	923,310	Against
STATE OF MICHIGAN RETIREMENT SYSTEM	843,829	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	0	784,006	Against
Goldman Sachs	494,940	0	For
Citadel	473,760	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 145 asset managers. See all 145 in the interactive database.

2. THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 5 MILLION SHARES AND TO MAKE CERTAIN OTHER CHANGES THERETO AS DESCRIBED FURTHER IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT.

COMPENSATIONMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

91% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 91%9%

FOR: 103,225,218AGAINST: 10,696,219

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2 The Company's stockholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, the successor plan to the Company's Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.”): 103,225,218 for, 10,696,219 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 56% for, 6% against (62% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 42 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (57,949,827 for, 1,218,437 against).

FOR 98%

FOR: 57,949,827 (97.9%)AGAINST: 1,218,437 (2.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN ” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,530,663	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,062,007	412,890	For
Charles Schwab	1,707,882	0	For
Voya	1,261,308	0	For
Equitable	298,817	166,430	For
TIAA	0	440,410	Against
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	82,104	154,683	Against
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	57,825	0	For
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	42,401	0	For
SEI	38,497	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	34,707	0	For
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 42 asset managers. See all 42 in the interactive database.

3. The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Daniel N. Swisher Jr.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

90% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 90%10%

FOR: 102,894,156WITHHELD: 11,112,129

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.”): 102,894,156 for, 11,112,129 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 56% for, 6% withheld (62% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (57,177,252 for, 0 against).

FOR 97%

FOR: 57,177,252 (96.6%)ABSTAIN: 1,988,012 (3.4%)

Largest asset managers voting on “The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 An” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,530,663	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,474,897	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	1,707,882	Abstain
Voya	1,261,308	0	For
Equitable	298,817	166,430	For
TIAA	440,410	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	236,787	0	For
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	57,825	0	For
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	1	42,400	Abstain
SEI	0	38,497	Abstain
Bridge Builder Trust	34,707	0	For
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

4. The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Eric Bjerkholt

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

80% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 80%WITHHELD 20%

FOR: 91,708,152WITHHELD: 22,298,133

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Eric Bjerkholt”): 91,708,152 for, 22,298,133 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 49.6% for, 12% withheld (62% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (48,791,533 for, 0 against).

FOR 82%ABSTAIN 18%

FOR: 48,791,533 (82.5%)ABSTAIN: 10,373,731 (17.5%)

Largest asset managers voting on “The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 An” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	0	6,530,663	Abstain
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,474,897	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	1,707,882	Abstain
Voya	0	1,261,308	Abstain
Equitable	0	465,247	Abstain
TIAA	440,410	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	82,104	154,683	Abstain
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	0	57,825	Abstain
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	1	42,400	Abstain
SEI	0	38,497	Abstain
Bridge Builder Trust	0	34,707	Abstain
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

5. The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Frank Witney, Ph.D.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 106,863,649WITHHELD: 7,142,636

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Frank Witney, Ph.D.”): 106,863,649 for, 7,142,636 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 58% for, 4% withheld (62% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (58,763,369 for, 0 against).

FOR 99.3%

FOR: 58,763,369 (99.3%)ABSTAIN: 401,895 (0.7%)

Largest asset managers voting on “The election of the three nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, to hold office until the 2027 An” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,530,663	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,474,897	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,707,882	0	For
Voya	1,261,308	0	For
Equitable	298,817	166,430	For
TIAA	440,410	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	82,104	154,683	Abstain
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	57,825	0	For
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	1	42,400	Abstain
SEI	38,497	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	34,707	0	For
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

6. THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 2 MILLION SHARES.

COMPENSATION

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.9% fund support · no official result

FOR 99.9%

The 41 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (59,122,864 for, 42,400 against).

FOR: 59,122,864 (99.9%)AGAINST: 42,400 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLA” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,530,663	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,474,897	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,707,882	0	For
Voya	1,261,308	0	For
Equitable	465,247	0	For
TIAA	440,410	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	236,787	0	For
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	57,825	0	For
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	1	42,400	Against
SEI	38,497	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	34,707	0	For
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

7. THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 148,296,366AGAINST: 2,627,132

CERUS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 5 The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.”): 148,296,366 for, 2,627,132 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-11 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 184,890,071 outstanding shares: 80% for, 1% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (59,122,335 for, 529 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 59,122,335 (99.9%)AGAINST: 529 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 42,400 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE” at CERUS CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
ARK ETF Trust	19,647,981	0	For
Vanguard	9,655,042	0	For
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	8,584,000	0	For
BlackRock	6,530,663	0	For
WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	5,876,599	0	For
Fidelity	3,474,897	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,707,882	0	For
Voya	1,261,308	0	For
Equitable	465,247	0	For
TIAA	440,410	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	402,282	0	For
Lincoln Financial	236,787	0	For
Northern Trust	119,760	0	For
Goldman Sachs	106,491	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	87,453	0	For
John Hancock	65,780	0	For
Pacific Life	57,825	0	For
T. Rowe Price	55,552	0	For
Brighthouse	1	42,400	Abstain
SEI	38,497	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	34,707	0	For
ProShares	28,948	0	For
DWS	27,766	0	For
Principal	23,864	0	For
Victory Capital	23,054	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

Largest CERUS CORP. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked by the number of CERUS CORP. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2023-2024 meeting, shown as a share of the 184,890,071 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top CERUS CORP. shareholders by shares voted, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	ARK ETF Trust	10.63%
2	BlackRock	5.80%
3	Vanguard	5.41%
4	PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds	4.64%
5	PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	4.64%
6	Senvest Management, LLC	3.96%
7	Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.	3.54%
8	WASATCH ADVISORS LP	3.30%
9	WASATCH FUNDS TRUST	3.18%
10	Fidelity	2.11%

Reported CERUS CORP. ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

CERUS CORP. beneficial owners on record for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
ARK Investment Management LLC	12.33%	13G
BlackRock	11.35%	13F
Baker Bros. Advisors LP	10.55%	DEF14A
Vanguard Group	5.83%	13F
Geode Capital	2.25%	13F
State Street	1.99%	13F
D.E. Shaw	1.78%	13F
William M. Greenman	1.63%	DEF14A
Goldman Sachs	1.32%	13F
Morgan Stanley	0.98%	13F

Percentages above are of 184,890,071 shares outstanding, as reported by CERUS CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated 2024-04-18 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from CERUS CORP.’s 10-Q dated 2024-04-18. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At CERUS CORP.'s shareholder meeting held 2024-06-05, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 147 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 961 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 7 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive… — FOR was 92% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: CERUS CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2024-06-11.

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