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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-13-000602
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130212
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130214

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886744
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				752287752
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20859
		FILM NUMBER:		13615938

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2070
		CITY:			MENLO PARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94025
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6504737700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2070
		CITY:			MENLO PARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94025

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERON CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960521
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNITED
STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 <BR>__________<BR></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>FORM 8-K </FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CURRENT
REPORT<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date of Report (Date of
Earliest Event Reported): </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>February
12, 2013</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON
CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>0-20859</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>75-2287752</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(State or other jurisdiction</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Identification
No.)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE,
SUITE 2070 <BR>MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code) </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(650)
473-7700<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code) </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>N/A<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report) </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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      <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pre-commencement communications
      pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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      <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 5.02&nbsp;</FONT></B></P></TD>
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      <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Departure of Directors or Certain
      Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
      Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.</FONT></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=left><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Departure of Directors </FONT></I></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>On February 13,
2013, Edward V. Fritzky, a Class II member of the Board of Directors (the
&#147;Board&#148;) of Geron Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), notified the Company of his
decision to retire from the Board, effective as of May 22, 2013, the date of the
Company&#146;s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;2013 Annual Stockholders
Meeting&#148;). In addition, Thomas D. Kiley, Esq., also a Class II member of the
Board, notified the Company of his decision to retire as a member of the Board,
effective as of the 2013 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Until their retirement
from the Board, Messrs. Fritzky and Kiley will each continue to serve on the
Audit Committee of the Board. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers </FONT></I></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>On February 13, 2013, the Company&#146;s Board approved an annual base salary
of $569,250 for 2013 and a cash performance bonus of $330,000 for 2012 for John
A. Scarlett, M.D., the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr.
Scarlett&#146;s annual base salary for 2013 represents an increase of 3.5%, or
$19,250, from his 2012 annual base salary. In addition, on February 13, 2013,
the Company&#146;s Board approved the grant of a stock option to purchase 1,340,000
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock to Dr. Scarlett, at an exercise price of
$1.50 per share. The other terms of the stock option granted to Dr. Scarlett
are set out below. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Officer Stock Option Grants
</FONT></I></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>On February 12, 2013, the Company&#146;s Compensation Committee of the Board
approved the grant of stock options to purchase the Company&#146;s common stock to
the principal financial officer and named executive officers of the Company. The
following table sets forth the number of shares underlying the stock option
grants:</FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" width="20%" colSpan=4><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exercise
      Price</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%" colSpan=4><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>of Stock</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="29%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Name</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Olivia K. Bloom</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Financial Officer,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.51</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senior Vice
      President,</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finance
      and Treasurer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Melissa A. Kelly Behrs</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice President,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>300,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.51</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Portfolio and
      Alliance</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="9%"></TD>
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      Management</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Andrew J. Grethlein,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>300,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.51</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technical Operations
      &amp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acting
      Head of Research</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stephen M. Kelsey,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>470,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="9%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.51</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M.D.,
F.R.C.P.,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R&amp;D and Chief
      Medical</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="9%"></TD>
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      F.R.C.Path.</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      Officer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="9%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stephen N. Rosenfield</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President,</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center" noWrap width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>420,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.51</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Legal Affairs and
      Human</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Resources,
    General</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Counsel and
      Corporate</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The stock options
granted to Dr. Scarlett and the other named executive officers of the Company (i) were
granted pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2011 Incentive Award Plan; (ii)
terminate ten years from the date of grant or earlier in the event the
optionee&#146;s service terminates; (iii) have an exercise price per share equal to
the closing price of the Company&#146;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market on the date of grant; and (iv) vest in a series of forty-eight (48)
equal consecutive monthly installments, commencing from the date of grant
(provided the optionee continues to provide services to the Company); however,
if the optionee has not yet completed six (6) consecutive months of services to
the Company, the options will vest as follows: after the end of such six (6)
month period, up to one eighth (1/8) of the total number of option shares will
vest, and the balance of option shares will vest in a series of equal and
consecutive monthly installments of whole shares over the remaining period
thereafter, for an aggregate total of forty-eight (48) months; in each case
subject to full vesting acceleration in the event of a merger, acquisition or
similar change in control of the Company as provided for under the stock option agreement. Dr.
Grethlein has not yet completed six (6) consecutive months of
services to the Company, and therefore option shares granted to Dr.
Grethlein will not vest until completion of such six (6) month
period, whereupon the option shares will vest as set forth above. </FONT></P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURE </FONT></B></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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. </FONT></P>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date: February 14, 2013</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Stephen N.
      Rosenfield</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stephen N. Rosenfield</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President, Legal</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Affairs and Human Resources,</FONT></TD></TR>
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