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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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GERON CORPORATION

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 9, 2017

GERON CORPORATION

GERON CORPORATION
C/O COMPUTERSHARE
8742 LUCENT BLVD., SUITE 225
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129


Meeting Information

Meeting Type:	Annual Meeting
For holders as of:	March 13, 2017
Date: May 9, 2017	Time: 4:00 PM PDT

Location:	Geron Corporation
	149 Commonwealth Drive
	Menlo Park, CA 94025


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How to Access the Proxy Materials


Proxy Materials Available to VIEW or RECEIVE:

1. Letter to Stockholders 2. Notice and 2017 Proxy Statement 3. 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K

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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:

1.	To elect the three nominees for director named in the accompanying proxy statement, or the Proxy Statement, to hold office as Class III members of the Board of Directors until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.

	Nominees:

	01)	Karin Eastham
	02)	V. Bryan Lawlis, Ph.D.
	03)	Susan M. Molineaux, Ph.D.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

2.	To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

3.	To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

4.	To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

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.