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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-14-000508
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140210
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140214

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:		14619146

	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></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
10, 2014</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON
CORPORATION</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> <BR></FONT><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>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(IRS Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>
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below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P>
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      Exchange Act (17 <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      Exchange Act (17 <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CFR
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
      5.02</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%"><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></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=justify><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers</FONT></I></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>On February 10, 2014, the
Compensation Committee (the &#147;Compensation Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors
(the &#147;Board&#148;) of Geron Corporation (&#147;Geron&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) approved: (a)
annual base salaries for 2014, (b) cash performance bonuses for 2013, and (c)
equity grants for 2014 for the following principal financial officer and executive officers of the Company:</FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><STRONG><FONT size=2>Salary</FONT></STRONG></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Shares</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><STRONG><FONT size=2>Increase</FONT></STRONG></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><STRONG><FONT size=2>Increase</FONT></STRONG></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><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" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Over 2013</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Over 2013</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2014 Stock</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>of 2014
    Stock</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base
Salary</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base
Salary</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2014 Base</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2013 Cash</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Option</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Option
    Grant</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Name
      and Current Position</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(%)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>($)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Salary</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bonus</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Grant</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>($/Share)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Olivia
      K. Bloom,<BR>Executive Vice President,<BR>Finance, Chief
      Financial<BR>Officer, and Treasurer</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.6%</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$35,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$365,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$135,960</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$5.01</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Melissa
      A. Kelly Behrs,<BR>Executive Vice President,<BR>Portfolio and
      Alliance<BR>Management</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1%</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$10,450</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$352,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$148,916</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$5.01</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Andrew
      J. Grethlein,<BR>Ph.D., Executive Vice<BR>President,
      Technical<BR>Operations</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2%</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$11,575</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$379,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$170,301</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$5.01</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Craig C.
      Parker, Executive<BR>Vice President, Corporate<BR>Development and
      Scientific<BR>Affairs</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.6%<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$12,688</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$362,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$115,133</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$5.01</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stephen
      N. Rosenfield,<BR>Executive Vice President,<BR>Legal Affairs and
      Human<BR>Resources, General<BR>Counsel and Corporate Secretary</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2%</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$9,780</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$312,000<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$146,199</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>400,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$5.01</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>____________________<BR><BR>
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    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Based on Mr. Parker&#146;s 2013 base
      salary of $279,450, reflecting Mr. Parker&#146;s employment by the Company at
      80% time in 2013. Effective February 11, 2014, Mr. Parker&#146;s level of employment increased from 80% to 100% time.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Reflects Mr. Rosenfield&#146;s
      continued employment by the Company at 80%
time.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>On February 11, 2014, the Board
approved an annual base salary of $586,500 for 2014 and a cash performance bonus
of $341,550 for 2013 for John A. Scarlett, M.D., the Company&#146;s President and
Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Scarlett&#146;s annual base salary for 2014 represents
an increase of 3.0%, or $17,250, from his 2013 annual base salary. In addition,
on February 11, 2014, the Company&#146;s Board approved a stock option grant to
purchase 1,340,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock to Dr. Scarlett, at an
exercise price of $5.09 per share. The other terms of the stock option grant to
Dr. Scarlett are set out below.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The stock options granted to Dr.
Scarlett and the other executive officers of the Company (i) were granted
pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2011 Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;); (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); 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 Plan.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>In addition, on February 10, 2014,
the Compensation Committee approved, and effective February 11, 2014, the
Company entered into, an amendment to the employment agreements between the
Company and each of the following executive officers of the Company:</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Effective February 11, 2014, Olivia
K. Bloom has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Finance. In addition to
the title of Executive Vice President, Finance, Ms. Bloom retains the titles of
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. In connection with her promotion, Ms.
Bloom and the Company entered into a second amendment of the employment
agreement dated December 7, 2012 between Ms. Bloom and the Company (the &#147;Bloom
Second Amendment&#148;). The Bloom Second Amendment sets forth Ms. Bloom&#146;s current
title, 2014 base salary, and increases the target annual discretionary cash
bonus for which Ms. Bloom is eligible from 40% to 45% of Ms. Bloom&#146;s current base
salary.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Effective February 11, 2014, Melissa
A. Kelly Behrs has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Portfolio and
Alliance Management. In connection with her promotion, Ms. Behrs and the Company
entered into a second amendment of the employment agreement dated January 31,
2013 between Ms. Behrs and the Company (the &#147;Behrs Second Amendment&#148;). The Behrs
Second Amendment sets forth Ms. Behrs&#146; current title, 2014 base salary, and
increases the target annual discretionary cash bonus for which Ms. Behrs is
eligible  from 40% to 45% of Ms. Behrs&#146; current base salary.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Effective February 11, 2014, Craig
C. Parker has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
and Scientific Affairs. In connection with his promotion, Mr. Parker and the
Company entered into a second amendment of the employment agreement dated
December 3, 2012 between Mr. Parker and the Company (the &#147;Parker Second
Amendment&#148;). The Parker Second Amendment
sets forth Mr. Parker&#146;s current title, 2014 base salary, and increases the
target annual discretionary cash bonus for which Mr. Parker is eligible from 40% to 45%
of Mr. Parker&#146;s current base salary.</FONT></P>

<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3</FONT></P>
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<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Effective February 11, 2014, the
employment agreements between the Company and Drs. John A. Scarlett and Andrew
J. Grethlein were each amended (the &#147;Scarlett Employment Agreement Amendment&#148; and the &#147;Grethlein
Employment Agreement Amendment&#148;, respectively), in each case to identify the
terms under which each such executive officer will forfeit his annual bonus. If
the Company determines, in the case of either of the above-named executive
officers, that such executive officer has engaged in any misconduct intended to
affect the payment of his annual bonus, or has otherwise engaged in any act or
omission that would constitute cause for termination of his employment, as
defined by his employment agreement, such executive will automatically and
immediately forfeit his entire annual bonus. If the annual bonus has already
been paid to such executive officer, it will be deemed unearned, and the Company
shall have the right to recover the entire amount of the annual bonus. The employment agreements for Ms. Bloom, Ms. Behrs, Mr. Parker and Mr. Rosenfield have previously been amended
to contain the same terms under which an executive officer will forfeit his/her annual bonus. In
addition, the Scarlett Employment Agreement Amendment and the Grethlein
Employment Agreement Amendment each sets forth the 2014 base salary of Drs.
Scarlett and Grethlein, respectively.</FONT></P>


<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Collectively, the Bloom Second
Amendment, the Behrs Second Amendment, the Parker Second Amendment, the Scarlett
Employment Agreement Amendment, and the Grethlein Employment Agreement Amendment
are referred to herein as the &#147;Employment Agreement Amendments.&#148; </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The foregoing descriptions of each
of the Employment Agreement Amendments is a summary of the material terms of
each such Employment Agreement Amendment, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the applicable Employment Agreement Amendment, copies of which are
filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5, respectively, to
this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4</FONT></P>
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<P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(d)
Exhibits.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT size=+0><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit
      No.</FONT></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="5%"><FONT size=+0><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and Olivia K. Bloom, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to
      Employment Agreement between Geron Corporation and Melissa A. Kelly Behrs,
      effective as of February 11, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and Craig C. Parker, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to
      Employment Agreement between Geron Corporation and Andrew J. Grethlein,
      effective as of February 11, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and John A. Scarlett, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5</FONT></P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURE</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>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="50%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date: February 14, 2014</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">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%"></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,
  General</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Counsel and Corporate
  Secretary</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>6</FONT></P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></B></P>
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      No.</FONT></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="5%"><FONT size=+0><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="97%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and Olivia K. Bloom, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="97%" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to
      Employment Agreement between Geron Corporation and Melissa A. Kelly Behrs,
      effective as of February 11, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="97%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and Craig C. Parker, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="97%" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to
      Employment Agreement between Geron Corporation and Andrew J. Grethlein,
      effective as of February 11, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="97%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Geron
      Corporation and John A. Scarlett, effective as of February 11,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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<P align=right><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT 10.1</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECOND AMENDMENT TO<BR>EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) to the Employment Agreement, including all Exhibits thereto (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Employment Agreement</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) by and between Olivia K. Bloom (&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) and Geron Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Company</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) is made effective February
11, 2014. Capitalized terms used in this Second Amendment that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefor in the Employment
Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the Employment Agreement was entered by the Company and
Executive effective December 7, 2012;</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive amended the Employment Agreement
pursuant to the first amendment thereto (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), effective September
24, 2013; and </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive desire to further amend the
Employment Agreement as set forth herein.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>NOW,</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THEREFORE</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows: </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 2.1 of the Employment Agreement (</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Position and Duties</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>)
      is hereby amended by deleting Section 2.1 in its entirety and replacing it
      with:</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2.1 Position and Duties.</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> Subject
      to the terms set forth herein, the Company agrees to employ Executive in
      the position of Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance
      and Treasurer. During the Executive&#146;s employment, Executive will report to
      the Chief Executive Officer. Executive shall serve in an employee capacity
      and shall perform such duties as are assigned to Executive by the Chief
      Executive Officer and, except as otherwise instructed by the Chief
      Executive Officer, such other duties as are customarily associated with
      the position of Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance
      and Treasurer. During Executive&#146;s employment with the Company, Executive
      will devote Executive&#146;s best efforts and substantially all of Executive&#146;s
      business time and attention (except for vacation periods as set forth
      herein and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacities permitted
      by the Company&#146;s general employment policies or as otherwise set forth in
      this Agreement) to the business of the
Company.&#148;</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment
Agreement/Bloom </FONT></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>) is hereby deleted
      in its entirety and replaced with the following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1 Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Executive shall
      receive for services to be rendered hereunder such annual base salary as
      is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Board</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) or the
      Compensation Committee of the Board, payable on the regular payroll dates
      of the Company, subject to increase in the sole discretion of the Board or
      Compensation Committee of the Board (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;). As of the
      effective date of this Second Amendment, Executive&#146;s Base Salary is
      $365,000.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=3><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.2 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bonus</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby amended by
      replacing &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty percent (40%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">&#148; in Section 3.2 with &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty-five
      percent (45%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">.&#148;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Except as expressly set forth herein,
all terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, as amended, remain
unchanged and in full force and effect. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>I<FONT style="font-variant: small-caps">n Witness Whereof</FONT></STRONG>, the parties have executed
this First Amendment on the respective dates set forth below: </FONT></P>
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      CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John A.
      Scarlett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John A. Scarlett, MD</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10 Feb
    14</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accepted and agreed this
11<SUP>th</SUP> day of February, 2014. </FONT></P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECOND AMENDMENT TO<BR>EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) to the Employment Agreement, including all Exhibits thereto (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Employment Agreement</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) by and between Melissa A. Kelly Behrs (&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) and Geron
Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Company</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) is made effective February
11, 2014. Capitalized terms used in this Second Amendment that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefor in the Employment
Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the Employment Agreement was entered by the Company and
Executive effective January 31, 2013;</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive amended the Employment Agreement
pursuant to the first amendment thereto (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), effective September
24, 2013; and </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive desire to further amend the
Employment Agreement as set forth herein.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>NOW,</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THEREFORE</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows: </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 2.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Position and Duties</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby
      amended by deleting Section 2.1 in its entirety and replacing it
      with:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2.1 Position and Duties.</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> Subject
      to the terms set forth herein, the Company agrees to employ Executive in
      the position of Executive Vice President, Program and Alliance Management.
      During the Executive&#146;s employment, Executive will report to the Chief
      Executive Officer. Executive shall serve in an employee capacity and shall
      perform such duties as are assigned to Executive by the Chief Executive
      Officer and, except as otherwise instructed by the Chief Executive
      Officer, such other duties as are customarily associated with the position
      of Executive Vice President, Program and Alliance Management. During
      Executive&#146;s employment with the Company, Executive will devote Executive&#146;s
      best efforts and substantially all of Executive&#146;s business time and
      attention (except for vacation periods as set forth herein and reasonable
      periods of illness or other incapacities permitted by the Company&#146;s
      general employment policies or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement)
      to the business of the Company.&#148;</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Base
      Salary</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
      replaced with the following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1 Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Executive shall
      receive for services to be rendered hereunder such annual base salary as
      is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Board</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) or the
      Compensation Committee of the Board, payable on the regular payroll dates
      of the Company, subject to increase in the sole discretion of the Board or
      Compensation Committee of the Board (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;). As of the
      effective date of this Second Amendment, Executive&#146;s Base Salary is
      $352,000.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=3><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.2 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bonus</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby amended by
      replacing &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty percent (40%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">&#148; in Section 3.2 with &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty-five
      percent (45%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">.&#148;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Except as expressly set forth herein,
all terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, as amended by the First
Amendment, remain unchanged and in full force and effect. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>I<FONT style="font-variant: small-caps">n Witness Whereof</FONT></STRONG>, the parties have
executed this First Amendment on the respective dates set forth below:
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON
      CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John A.
      Scarlett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John A. Scarlett, MD</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10 Feb
    14</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accepted and agreed this
11<SUP>th</SUP> day of February, 2014. </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Melissa A. Kelly Behrs</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Melissa
      A. Kelly Behrs</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECOND AMENDMENT TO<BR>EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) to the Employment Agreement, including all Exhibits thereto (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Employment Agreement</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) by and between Craig C. Parker (&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) and Geron Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Company</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) is made effective February
11, 2014. Capitalized terms used in this Second Amendment that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefor in the Employment
Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the Employment Agreement was entered by the Company and
Executive effective December 3, 2012;</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive amended the Employment Agreement
pursuant to the first amendment thereto (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), effective September
24, 2013; and </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive desire to further amend the
Employment Agreement as set forth herein.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>NOW,</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THEREFORE</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows: </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 2.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Position and Duties</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby
      amended by deleting Section 2.1 in its entirety and replacing it
      with:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2.1 Position and Duties.</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> Subject
      to the terms set forth herein, the Company agrees to employ Executive in
      the position of Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and
      Scientific Affairs. During the Executive&#146;s employment, Executive will
      report to the Chief Executive Officer. Executive shall serve in an
      employee capacity and shall perform such duties as are assigned to
      Executive by the Chief Executive Officer and, except as otherwise
      instructed by the Chief Executive Officer, such other duties as are
      customarily associated with the position of Executive Vice President,
      Corporate Development and Scientific Affairs. During Executive&#146;s
      employment with the Company, Executive will devote Executive&#146;s best
      efforts and substantially all of Executive&#146;s business time and attention
      (except for vacation periods as set forth herein and reasonable periods of
      illness or other incapacities permitted by the Company&#146;s general
      employment policies or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement) to the
      business of the Company.&#148;</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment
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    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Base
      Salary</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
      replaced with the following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1 Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Executive shall
      receive for services to be rendered hereunder such annual base salary as
      is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Board</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) or the
      Compensation Committee of the Board, payable on the regular payroll dates
      of the Company, subject to increase in the sole discretion of the Board or
      Compensation Committee of the Board (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;). As of the
      effective date of this Second Amendment, Executive&#146;s Base Salary is
      $362,000.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=3><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.2 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bonus</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby amended by
      replacing &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty percent (40%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">&#148; in Section 3.2 with &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">forty-five
      percent (45%)</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">.&#148;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Except as expressly set forth herein,
all terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, as amended by the First
Amendment, remain unchanged and in full force and effect. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>I<FONT style="font-variant: small-caps">n Witness Whereof</FONT></STRONG>, the parties have
executed this First Amendment on the respective dates set forth below:
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      CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John A.
      Scarlett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John A. Scarlett, MD</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="100%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10 Feb
    14</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accepted and agreed this
11<SUP>th</SUP> day of February, 2014. </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Craig C. Parker</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Craig C.
      Parker</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Second Amendment to Employment
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<SEQUENCE>5
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>FIRST AMENDMENT TO<BR>EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) to the Employment Agreement, including all Exhibits thereto (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Employment Agreement</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) by and between Andrew J. Grethlein (&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) and Geron
Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Company</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) is made effective February
11, 2014. Capitalized terms used in this First Amendment that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefor in the Employment
Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the Employment Agreement was entered by the Company and
Executive effective September 17, 2012; and </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive desire to further amend the
Employment Agreement as set forth herein.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>NOW,</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THEREFORE</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows: </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Base
      Salary</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
      replaced with the following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1 Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Executive shall
      receive for services to be rendered hereunder such annual base salary as
      is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Board</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) or the
      Compensation Committee of the Board, payable on the regular payroll dates
      of the Company, subject to increase in the sole discretion of the Board or
      Compensation Committee of the Board (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;). As of the
      effective date of this first amendment, Executive&#146;s Base Salary is
      $379,000.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section
      3.2 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bonus</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
      following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bonus. </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive shall be
      eligible to earn, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during
      Executive&#146;s employment with the Company, an annual discretionary cash
      bonus (an &#147;Annual Bonus&#148;) targeted at forty-five percent (45%) of
      Executive&#146;s Base Salary. If the Company determines, in its reasonable
      discretion, that Executive has engaged in any misconduct intended to
      affect the payment of his/her Annual Bonus, or has
otherwise engaged in any act or omission that would constitute Cause for
termination of employment, as defined by Section 1.2 of the Agreement, Executive
will automatically and immediately forfeit his/her entire Annual Bonus. If the
Annual Bonus has already been paid to Executive, such Annual Bonus will be
deemed unearned, and the Company shall have the right to recover the entire
amount of the Annual Bonus paid to Executive for the calendar year(s) in which
such misconduct or other act or omission constituting Cause occurred. Without
limiting the foregoing, any such misconduct or other act or omission
constituting Cause will subject Executive to disciplinary action up to and
including termination of employment. In addition, any Annual Bonus paid to
Executive for the calendar year(s) in which such misconduct or other Cause
occurred is subject to recoupment in accordance with The Dodd&#150;Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any implementing regulations, any other
clawback policy adopted by the Company and any compensation recovery policy
otherwise required by applicable laws, regulations or statutes. Recovery by the
Company of an Annual Bonus in accordance with this Section shall not constitute
an event giving rise to a right by Executive to voluntarily terminate his/her
employment for cause based on such recovery by Company, nor shall it constitute
&#147;constructive termination&#148;, or any similar term or circumstance under the
Agreement or any other plan or agreement with the Company.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment
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<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Except as expressly set forth herein,
all terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, as amended by this First
Amendment, remain unchanged and in full force and effect. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>I<FONT style="font-variant: small-caps">n Witness Whereof</FONT></STRONG>, the parties have executed this First Amendment on the respective dates set forth below:
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      CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John A.
      Scarlett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John A. Scarlett, MD</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10 Feb
    14</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accepted and agreed this
11<SUP>th</SUP> day of February, 2014. </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Andrew Grethlein</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Andrew J.
      Grethlein</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment
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<P align=right><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT 10.5</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>FIRST AMENDMENT TO<BR>EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT </FONT></B></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) to the Employment Agreement, including all Exhibits thereto (the
&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Employment Agreement</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) by and between John A. Scarlett </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) and Geron Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Company</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) is made effective
February 11, 2014. Capitalized terms used in this First Amendment that are not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefor in the
Employment Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the Employment Agreement was entered by the Company and
Executive effective September 29, 2011; and </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>WHEREAS,</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> the Company and Executive desire to further amend the
Employment Agreement as set forth herein.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>NOW,</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THEREFORE</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows:</FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>AGREEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Base
      Salary</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
      replaced with the following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1 Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. During the term
      of Executive&#146;s employment with the Company, Executive shall receive such
      annual base salary as is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company
      (the &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Board</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), subject to increase in the sole discretion of the Board (the
      &#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Base Salary</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), payable in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the
      Company. As of the effective date of this First Amendment, Executive&#146;s
      Base Salary is $586,500.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Section
      3.2 of the Employment Agreement (<U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bonus</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
      following:</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bonus. </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive shall be
      eligible to earn, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during
      Executive&#146;s employment with the Company, an annual discretionary cash
      bonus (an &#147;Annual Bonus&#148;) targeted at sixty percent (60%) of Executive&#146;s
      Base Salary. If the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that
      Executive has engaged in any misconduct intended to affect the payment of
      his/her Annual Bonus, or has otherwise engaged in any act or omission that
      would constitute Cause for termination of employment, as defined by
      Section 1.2 of the Agreement, Executive will automatically and immediately
      forfeit his/her entire Annual Bonus. If the Annual Bonus has
already been paid to Executive, such Annual Bonus will be deemed unearned, and
the Company shall have the right to recover the entire amount of the Annual
Bonus paid to Executive for the calendar year(s) in which such misconduct or
other act or omission constituting Cause occurred. Without limiting the
foregoing, any such misconduct or other act or omission constituting Cause will
subject Executive to disciplinary action up to and including termination of
employment. In addition, any Annual Bonus paid to Executive for the calendar
year(s) in which such misconduct or other Cause occurred is subject to
recoupment in accordance with The Dodd&#150;Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act and any implementing regulations, any other clawback policy
adopted by the Company and any compensation recovery policy otherwise required
by applicable laws, regulations or statutes. Recovery by the Company of an
Annual Bonus in accordance with this Section shall not constitute an event
giving rise to a right by Executive to voluntarily terminate his/her employment
for cause based on such recovery by Company, nor shall it constitute
&#147;constructive termination&#148;, or any similar term or circumstance under the
Agreement or any other plan or agreement with the Company.&#148;</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment
Agreement/Scarlett </FONT></P>
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<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Except as expressly set forth herein,
all terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, as amended by this First
Amendment, remain unchanged and in full force and effect. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>I<FONT style="font-variant: small-caps">n Witness Whereof</FONT></STRONG>, the parties have
executed this First Amendment on the respective dates set forth below:
</FONT></P>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON
      CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Hoyoung Huh</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Hoyoung
      Huh</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chairman
      of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Feb 11,
      2014</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accepted and agreed this
11<SUP>th</SUP> day of February, 2014. </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ John A. Scarlett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">John A. Scarlett,
  MD</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Page </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> of </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>First Amendment to Employment
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