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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950170-23-066396
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		12
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231126
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:		20231128
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231128

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:		231446380

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 EAST HILLSDALE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6504737700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 EAST HILLSDALE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERON CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960521
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  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">On November 26, 2023, the Board of Directors (the &#x201c;Board&#x201d;) of Geron Corporation (the &#x201c;Company&#x201d;), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Gaurav Aggarwal, M.D. to the Board, effective immediately, as a Class III Board member with a term expiring at the Company&#x2019;s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has determined that Dr. Aggarwal is &#x201c;independent&#x201d; as contemplated by the Nasdaq Stock Market and other governing laws and applicable regulations.</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Dr. Aggarwal has been an investor in the life sciences sector for more than twenty years.  Most recently he served as Managing Director of a global investment firm, Vivo Capital LLC, from 2016 to 2023, and Chief Investment Officer of its U.S. public investment fund, from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Aggarwal previously  served as the Chief Business Officer of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded clinical-stage company developing therapies for orphan liver conditions, from April 2014 through October 2016; as Managing Director of Investor Growth Capital from January 2013 through December 2013; and as a General Partner at Panorama Capital, L.P., a venture capital fund, from August 2006 through December 2012. Earlier in his career, Dr. Aggarwal was an associate with JPMorgan Partners, LLC, a private equity division of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co.</span></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Dr. Aggarwal has served on the board of directors of Unicycive Therapeutics Inc. since March 2023, and previously served on the boards of directors of Sierra Oncology, Inc. (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline plc), Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Horizon Pharma plc), and on several privately held biopharmaceutical companies. Dr. Aggarwal received his M.D. from Columbia University, College of Physicians &amp; Surgeons, and his B.S. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University.</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In accordance with the Company&#x2019;s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the &#x201c;Policy&#x201d;), Dr. Aggarwal is eligible to receive automatic grants of nonstatutory stock options to purchase the Company&#x2019;s common stock under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company&#x2019;s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#x201c;2018 Plan&#x201d;) and the form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Plan. Pursuant to the Policy, in connection with his election, the Company granted to Dr. Aggarwal a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company&#x2019;s common stock (the &#x201c;First Option&#x201d;) at an exercise price equal to $1.97 per share. The First Option will have a maximum term of ten years measured from the grant date, and will vest and be exercisable in a series of three equal consecutive annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to Dr. Aggarwal's continuous service (as defined in the 2018 Plan) through each such date.&#x200c;</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In addition, as provided by the Policy, on the date of each annual meeting of the Company&#x2019;s stockholders, commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024, Dr. Aggarwal will be eligible to receive automatic grants of continuing, annual nonstatutory stock options to purchase 125,000 shares of the Company&#x2019;s common stock (the &#x201c;Annual Options&#x201d;), at an exercise price equal to the closing sales price of the Company&#x2019;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of grant. Each Annual Option will vest and become exercisable in full on the earlier of (i) the date of the next annual meeting of the Company&#x2019;s stockholders or (ii) the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to Dr. Aggarwal's continuous service (as defined in the 2018 Plan) through each such date.&#x200c;</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Dr. Aggarwal will also receive cash compensation for his services as a non-employee director as described in the Policy. Under the Policy, Dr. Aggarwal is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer of $42,500 for service as a member of the Board. The annual cash retainer will be paid in arrears on a pro-rata basis at the end of each quarter. Dr. Aggarwal will receive a pro-rated retainer amount from the date of his appointment to the end of the quarter ending December 31, 2023.</span></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:4.533%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;" id="bkmk_9"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">The foregoing is only a brief description of the terms of the Policy and the related compensatory arrangements, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the Policy, previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 as filed on March 10, 2022, and (ii) the 2018 Plan and the related form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Plan, previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#x2019;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, as filed on August 11, 2022, and Exhibit 10.13 to the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed on March 7, 2019, respectively.</span></p>
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<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
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<!-- DFIN New ActiveDisclosure (SM) XBRL Linkbase Document - http://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- Creation Date :2023-11-28T13:39:00.9440+00:00 -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2023 Donnelly Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Title of a 12(b) registered security.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection d1-1<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
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