Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 22 2017 - 4:16PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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):
September 21, 2017
GERON
CORPORATION
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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0-20859
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75-2287752
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE,
SUITE 2070
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
(650)
473-7700
(Registrants
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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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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 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a
Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 21, 2017,
Geron Corporation (Geron or the Company) entered into the sixth amendment
(the Sixth Amendment) of the Office Lease Agreement (the Lease) with
Exponent Realty, LLC, with respect to the premises located at 149 Commonwealth
Drive, Menlo Park, California. The Lease, which was originally entered on
February 29, 2012, has previously been amended pursuant to the First Amendment
dated January 10, 2014, the Second Amendment dated January 31, 2014, the Third
Amendment dated February 27, 2014, the Fourth Amendment dated May 9, 2014, and
the Fifth Amendment dated September 15, 2015. Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment,
the term of the Lease has been extended from February 1, 2018 to January 31,
2020. During the term of the Lease as extended by the Sixth Amendment, Geron
will continue to occupy approximately 14,485 rentable square feet of the
premises with a base rent with respect thereto of $3.91 per rentable square foot
per month for the period from February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019, and $4.03
per rentable square foot per month for the period from February 1, 2019 to
January 31, 2020.
The foregoing description
of the Sixth Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of such amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith
as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
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GERON CORPORATION
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Date: September 22, 2017
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By:
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/s/ Stephen N.
Rosenfield
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Stephen N. Rosenfield
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Executive Vice President, General
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Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
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