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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 09, 2024

 

 

CERUS CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-21937

68-0262011

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

1220 Concord Avenue, Suite 600

 

Concord, California

 

94520

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 925 288-6000

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

CERS

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 9, 2024, Cerus Corporation (the “Company”) entered into the Second Amended and Restated Supply and Manufacturing Agreement (“2025 Agreement”) with Porex Corporation (“Porex”), effective January 1, 2025 to extend the current term of the Amended and Restated Supply and Manufacturing Agreement until December 31, 2027. Under the terms of the 2025 Agreement, unit pricing for platelet wafers and plasma disks are set at certain amounts for the first twenty-four months, starting January 1, 2025, with volume based pricing after the first twenty-four months.

The foregoing description of the 2025 Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the 2025 Agreement. The Company intends to file a copy of the 2025 Agreement with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CERUS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 9, 2024

By:

/s/ Chrystal N. Jensen

 

 

 

Chrystal N. Jensen
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

 

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