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As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Filing Agent 8/11/22 Geron Corp. S-8 8/11/22 4:297K Donnelley … Solutions/FA |
Document/Exhibit Description Pages Size
1: S-8 Registration Statement - Securities for an HTML 185K
Employee Benefit Plan
2: EX-5.1 Opinion of Counsel re: Legality HTML 16K
3: EX-23.1 Consent of Expert or Counsel HTML 6K
4: EX-FILING FEES Filing Fees HTML 91K
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| S-8 |
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2022
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GERON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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Identification Number) |
919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250 |
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Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan
Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
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John A. Scarlett
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Geron Corporation
919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250
Foster City, California 94404
(650) 473-7700
(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Chadwick L. Mills
Cooley LLP
3 Embarcadero Center, 20th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 693-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
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EXPLANATORY NOTE AND GENERAL INSTRUCTION E INFORMATION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Geron Corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering an additional 18,000,000shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), comprising of (i) 11,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Incentive Plan”); (ii) 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company’s 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the “2018 Inducement Plan”); and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan”)
The shares of the Company’s Common Stock previously reserved for issuance under the 2018 Incentive Plan and the 2018 Inducement Plan were registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-225190, 333-230171, 333-239324, and 333-258864) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 24, 2018, March 8, 2019, June 19, 2020, and August 16, 2021, respectively, and the shares of Common Stock previously reserved for issuance the 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan were registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-196677) filed with the Commission on June 11, 2014 (collectively, the foregoing Registration Statements are referred to herein as the “Prior Forms S-8”).
This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Forms S-8 relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of Prior Forms S-8 are incorporated by reference herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2022; |
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the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2022 and August 11, 2022, respectively; |
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the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 18, 2022, March 30, 2022, May 13, 2022, June 15, 2022 and June 30, 2022; |
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the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to above from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Registrant’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Commission on March 22, 2022; and |
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the description of the Registrant’s common stock set forth in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 13, 1996, including any amendments or reports filed for purpose of updating such description. |
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Foster City, State of California, on August 11, 2022.
GERON CORPORATION |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett, Olivia K. Bloom and Stephen N. Rosenfield, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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| This ‘S-8’ Filing | Date | Other Filings | ||
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| Filed on / Effective on: | 8/11/22 | 10-Q, 8-K | ||
| 6/30/22 | 10-Q, 4, 8-K | |||
| 5/9/22 | 10-Q, 8-K | |||
| List all Filings | ||||
As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Filing Agent 8/03/23 Geron Corp. S-8 8/03/23 4:271K Donnelley … Solutions/FA |