UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 9, 2013
GERON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-20859 | 75-2287752 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, SUITE
2070
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 473-7700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 9, 2013, Geron Corporation (the “Company” or “Geron”) conducted an analyst and investor meeting at which John A. Scarlett, M.D., Geron’s President and Chief Executive Officer, discussed the data presented at the 55th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition from the investigator-sponsored trial (IST) of imetelstat in myelofibrosis being conducted at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN by Dr. Ayalew Tefferi. The slides accompanying Dr. Scarlett’s presentation, together with a slide setting forth certain cautionary language intended to qualify the forward-looking statements included in the presentation and the question and answer session, are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference. The slides are also available in the “Investor Relations” section of Geron’s website, located at www.geron.com.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall be deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| Exhibit No. | Description | |||
| 99.1 | Slides Presented at ASH 2013 Analyst and Investor Event | |||
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SIGNATURE
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.
| GERON CORPORATION | ||
| Date: December 10, 2013 | By: | /s/ Stephen N. Rosenfield |
| Stephen N. Rosenfield | ||
| Executive Vice President, General | ||
| Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||
| 99.1 | Slides Presented at ASH 2013 Analyst and Investor Event | ||