GERON CORP

Regulatory Filings • Feb 25, 2016

8-K 1 geron_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _____

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): February 25, 2016

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Geron Corporation (the “Company”) is furnishing this information under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the 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. The information in this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

On February 25, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2015. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated February 25,
2016.

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 — By:	/s/ Olivia K. Bloom
Name:	Olivia K. Bloom
Title:	Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief
	Financial Officer and
Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated February 25,
2016.