Geron Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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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): August 8, 2024

 

GERON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

000-20859

75-2287752

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 250

FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA 94404

 

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

GERN

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 2.02

. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 8, 2024, Geron Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results and business highlights for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information contained in Item 2.02 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"), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated August 8, 2024

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL

document)

 

 


 

 

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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:

 August 8, 2024

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Samuels

 

 

 

Name:

Scott A. Samuels

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

 

Chief Legal Officer and

 

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

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