Geron Corp – ‘8-K’ for 1/14/05

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 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): January 12, 2005

 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)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):                      

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(17 CFR 230.425)                                                        

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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))                                      

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Item 1.01         Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.                   

 On January 12, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of Geron Corporation (the "Company") approved bonus payments for      
fiscal year 2004 in the form of shares of the Company's Common Stock for the    
following executive officers in the amounts set forth opposite the name of each 
executive officer.                                                              

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Name                                 Bonus Amount                               
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David J. Earp, J.D., Ph.D.         11,766 shares of Common Stock            
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David L. Greenwood                 17,135 shares of Common Stock            
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Calvin B. Harley, Ph.D.            9,929 shares of Common Stock             
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Melissa A. Kelly                   8,648 shares of Common Stock             
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Jane S. Lebkowski, Ph.D.           11,680 shares of Common Stock            
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Thomas B. Okarma, M.D., Ph.D.      28,891 shares of Common Stock            
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         Bonus payments for fiscal year 2004 in the form of the Company's Common
Stock were also approved for other employees of the Company. All stock bonuses  
for the Company's executive officers and employees were issued pursuant to the  
terms of the Company's 2002 Equity Incentive Plan.                              

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SIGNATURES

      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: January 14, 2005              By: /s/ David L. Greenwood                  
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                          David L. Greenwood
                                    Executive Vice President and
                               Chief Financial Officer

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