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 18, 2007
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.)
230 CONSTITUTION DRIVE
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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On December 18, 2007, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the
Board of Directors (the "Board") of Geron Corporation (the "Company") approved
(a) increases in annual base salaries for 2008 and (b) cash performance bonuses
for 2007 for the following principal executive officer, principal financial
officer and named executive officers of the Company:
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2008 2007
Salary New 2008 Cash
Name and Position Increase Base Salary Bonus
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Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D.
President and CEO $25,000 $535,000 $275,000
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Alan B. Colowick, M.D., M.P.H.
President, Oncology $20,000 $445,000 $172,000
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David L. Greenwood
Executive Vice President and CFO $20,000 $415,000 $160,000
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David J. Earp, Ph.D., J.D.
Senior Vice President, Bus. Dev. and
Chief Patent Counsel $15,000 $325,000 $112,000
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Melissa Kelly Behrs
Senior Vice President, Oncology $15,000 $320,000 $110,000
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Jane L. Lebkowski, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Regenerative
Medicine $15,000 $335,000 $115,000
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Calvin B. Harley, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer $10,000 $315,000 $83,000
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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 19, 2007 By: /s/ Thomas B. Okarma
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Thomas B. Okarma
President and
Chief Executive Officer