Geron Corporation Reports Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, today reported that it has granted an equity award in the form of stock options to purchase 11,000,000 shares of common stock to Harout Semerjian, Geron’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, as an inducement material to his acceptance of employment with Geron. The stock options were granted on August 7, 2025. The stock options have an exercise price of $1.30 per share, wh