secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GERON CORP (GERN)
CIK:        0000886744
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-040247
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Geron appoints Dawn C. Bir as Interim CEO, approves $750K salary and 180K option award
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- Dr. Scarlett departed as President, CEO and Chairman on March 10; stays as employee through March 31.
- Dawn C. Bir, Board member since 2019, named Interim President & CEO effective March 10, 2025.
- Bir receives annual base salary of $750,000; option to purchase 180,000 shares under 2018 EIP.
- Option vests on earlier of first anniversary of 2025 Annual Meeting date or next annual meeting.
- Bir not eligible for incentive bonus or severance plan during interim role.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000095017025040247/0000950170-25-040247-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000095017025040247/gern-20250310.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-040247

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