UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2015

 
 
GERON CORPORATION
 


GERON CORPORATION
C/O COMPUTERSHARE
350 INDIANA ST., SUITE 750
GOLDEN, CO 80401
 

 
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:        Annual Meeting
For holders as of:   March 23, 2015
Date:     May 18, 2015     Time:  3:00 PM PDT
Location:      Westin San Francisco Airport
  One Old Bayshore Highway
  Millbrae, California 94030
   
 
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Letter to Stockholders          Notice and 2015 Proxy Statement          2014 Annual Report
 
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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

       
1. To elect the two nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.
   
  Nominees:
    
      01)     John A. Scarlett, M.D.
  02)     Robert J. Spiegel, M.D., FACP

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the accompanying Proxy Statement.
       
3. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on such other matters as may come before the meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.