secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GERON CORP (GERN)
CIK:        0000886744
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000886744-25-000054
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Geron appoints Harout Semerjian as President and CEO, effective Aug 7, 2025
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- Harout Semerjian named President and CEO; replaces Dawn C. Bir, who remains on the Board.
- Base salary $800k, annual bonus target 70% of base; receives inducement option for 11M shares.
- Stock option vests over 4 years; 7M shares vest 12.5% at 6 months, remainder monthly; 4M shares vest 25% at 1 year, remainder monthly.
- Severance plan amended: CEO gets 150% of target bonus on change-of-control termination.
- 2018 Inducement Plan increased by 11M shares for future inducement grants.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000088674425000054/0000886744-25-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000088674425000054/gern-20250801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886744-25-000054

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