Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS) announced today the pricing of a registered underwritten public offering of its common stock for proceeds of approximately $55.0 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by Cerus. The offering is expected to close January 31, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. All of the shares sold in the offering were sold by Cerus. In addition, Cerus has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $8.25 million of shares of its common stock. On January 28, 2020, the last sale price of the shares as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market was $4.15 per share.

BTIG, LLC is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.