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     <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2019</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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     <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Registration No. 333-</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
  
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">UNITED STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></div>
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">FORM S-8<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></div>
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman">GERON CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><I><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></I></div>
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     <TD width="54%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="54%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">organization)</FONT></TD>
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 2070<BR>Menlo Park, California 94025<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</FONT></div>
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></div>
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  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; margin-top:6pt"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">John A. Scarlett<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>Geron Corporation<BR>149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 2070<BR>Menlo Park, California 94025<BR>(650) 473-7700</FONT></B></div> <bR>
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></div>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Copies to:</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chadwick L. Mills<BR>Cooley LLP<BR>101 California Street<BR>San Francisco, California 94111<BR>(415) 693-2000</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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  <DIV STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></div>
  
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     <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Geron Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), that are issuable under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the &#8220;Inducement Plan&#8221;).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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     <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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     <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon (a) the weighted average exercise price for the shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options granted under the Inducement Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement and (b) the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 6, 2019, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
  
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     <TD STYLE="width: 91%; text-align: left; padding-left: 15pt; text-indent: -15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the Inducement Plan</FONT></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 91%; text-align: left; padding-left: 15pt; text-indent: -15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for future grant under the Inducement Plan</FONT></TD>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">PART I<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to the participants in the plan set forth herein, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These document(s) and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">PART II<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2019;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 1, 2019; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock which is contained in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 13, 1996 (File No. 000-20859) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 4. Description of Securities</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">1</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant&#8217;s restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or the Registrant&#8217;s stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:</FONT></P>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant&#8217;s stockholders;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="1%" STYLE="padding-left: 15pt; padding-right: 8pt; text-align: justify"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The Registrant&#8217;s restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the Registrant is authorized to indemnify the Registrant&#8217;s directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, the Registrant&#8217;s amended and restated bylaws provide that:</FONT></P>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant is required to indemnify the Registrant&#8217;s directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware law, subject to limited exceptions;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant may indemnify the Registrant&#8217;s officers, employees and agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="1%" STYLE="padding-left: 15pt; padding-right: 8pt; text-align: justify"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
     <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant is required to advance expenses to the Registrant&#8217;s directors as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified, against an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the rights conferred in the amended and restated bylaws are not exclusive.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Registrant&#8217;s directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify these persons against expenses, witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director or officer in any action or proceeding, whether actual, pending or threatened, subject to certain limitations, to which any of these people may be made a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an executive officer of the Registrant or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 8. Exhibits</FONT></B></P>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 95%; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 19pt; text-indent: -15pt; vertical-align: top"><B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">Description</FONT></B></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; vertical-align: top"><B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">Number</FONT></B></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; vertical-align: top"><B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">Filing</FONT></B></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; vertical-align: top"><B><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">File No.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 95%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 19pt; text-indent: -15pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Restated Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">3.3</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">8-K</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 18, 2012</FONT></A></TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">000-20859</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677412002137/exhibit3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 18, 2012</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677410000646/exhibit3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">March 19, 2010</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 95%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 19pt; text-indent: -15pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="geron33139027-ex231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="width: 95%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 19pt; text-indent: -15pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459019006759/gern-ex1017_104.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended </FONT></A></TD>
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     of Stock Option Agreement under 2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended</FONT></A></TD>
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     7, 2019</FONT></A></TD>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">ITEM 9. Undertakings</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">1. </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 15pt"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(a) </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 15pt"><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Provided, however, </FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</FONT></P>
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  <B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(b) </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
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  <B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(c) </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
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  <B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">2. </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
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  <B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">3. </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on March 8, 2019.</FONT></P>
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     <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" width="99%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/S</FONT><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">TEPHEN </FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">N. R</FONT><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">OSENFIELD</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="99%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">STEPHEN N. ROSENFIELD</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="99%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer</FONT></I></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="99%" noWrap align=left><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">and Corporate Secretary</FONT></I></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><A NAME="poa"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 15pt"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett, Olivia K. Bloom and Stephen N. Rosenfield, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></P>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="33%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">March 8, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="33%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">DANIEL M. BRADBURY</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=left></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
     <TD width="33%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">March 8, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="33%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">KARIN EASTHAM</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="32%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD width="1%" noWrap align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></TD>
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     <TD width="33%" noWrap align=left><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX</FONT></TD>
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text: As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2019
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ____________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________________
  GERON CORPORATION
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  ____________________
  Delaware
  75-2287752
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  organization)
  149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 2070
  Menlo Park, California 94025
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
  ____________________
  Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  ____________________
  John A. Scarlett
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Geron Corporation
  149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 2070
  Menlo Park, California 94025
  (650) 473-7700
  (Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  ____________________
  Copies to:
  Chadwick L. Mills
  Cooley LLP
  101 California Street
  San Francisco, California 94111
  (415) 693-2000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☒
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  ☐
  ____________________
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering
  Offering
  Registration
  to be Registered
  Registered(1)(2)
  Price per Share(3)
  Price(3)
  Fee
  Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  8,000,000
  $1.043 - $1.470
  $10,948,700
  $1,326.99
  (1)
  This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Geron Corporation (the "Company"), par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), that are issuable under the Company's 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the "Inducement Plan").
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon (a) the weighted average exercise price for the shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options granted under the Inducement Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement and (b) the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 6, 2019, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:
  Number of Shares of
  Offering Price
  Aggregate Offering
  Securities
  Common Stock
  Per Share
  Price/Registration Fee
  Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the Inducement Plan
  1,900,000
  $
  1.043
  (3)(a)
  $
  1,981,700
  Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for future grant under the Inducement Plan
  6,100,000
  $
  1.470
  (3)(b)
  $
  8,967,000
  Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price:
  $
  10,948,700
  Registration Fee:
  $
  1,326.99
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to the participants in the plan set forth herein, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These document(s) and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  ●
  the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2019;
  ●
  the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 1, 2019; and
  ●
  the description of the Registrant's common stock which is contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 13, 1996 (File No. 000-20859) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
  ITEM 4. Description of Securities
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Not applicable.
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  ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
  ●
  for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders;
  ●
  for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
  ●
  for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
  ●
  for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
  The Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the Registrant is authorized to indemnify the Registrant's directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, the Registrant's amended and restated bylaws provide that:
  ●
  the Registrant is required to indemnify the Registrant's directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware law, subject to limited exceptions;
  ●
  the Registrant may indemnify the Registrant's officers, employees and agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law;
  ●
  the Registrant is required to advance expenses to the Registrant's directors as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified, against an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification; and
  ●
  the rights conferred in the amended and restated bylaws are not exclusive.
  The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Registrant's directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify these persons against expenses, witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director or officer in any action or proceeding, whether actual, pending or threatened, subject to certain limitations, to which any of these people may be made a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an executive officer of the Registrant or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
  ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Not applicable.
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  ITEM 8. Exhibits
  Incorporation by Reference
  Exhibit
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  Number
  Filing
  Filing Date
  File No.
  3.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.3
  8-K
  May 18, 2012
  000-20859
  3.2
  Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.1
  8-K
  May 18, 2012
  000-20859
  3.3
  Amended and Restated Bylaws
  3.1
  8-K
  March 19, 2010
  000-20859
  3.4
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
  3.4
  8-K
  November 22, 2017
  000-20859
  4.1
  Form of Common Stock Certificate
  4.1
  10-K
  March 15, 2013
  000-20859
  5.1
  Opinion of Cooley LLP
  —
  —
  —
  —
  23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  —
  —
  —
  —
  23.2
  Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  —
  —
  —
  —
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
  —
  —
  —
  —
  99.1
  2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended
  10.17
  10-K
  March 7, 2019
  000-20859
  99.2
  Form
     of Stock Option Agreement under 2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended
  10.19
  10-K
  March
     7, 2019
  000-20859
  99.3
  Form of Performance-Vesting Stock Option Agreement under 2018 Inducement Award Plan
  10.20
  10-K
  March 7, 2019
  000-20859
  ITEM 9. Undertakings
  1.
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (a)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  Provided, however,
  that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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  (b)
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  2.
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  3.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on March 8, 2019.
  GERON CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/S
  TEPHEN
  N. R
  OSENFIELD
  STEPHEN N. ROSENFIELD
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
  and Corporate Secretary
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT
  , that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett, Olivia K. Bloom and Stephen N. Rosenfield, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ JOHN A. SCARLETT
  President, Chief Executive Officer and
  March 8, 2019
  JOHN A. SCARLETT
  Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ OLIVIA K. BLOOM
  Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief
  March 8, 2019
  OLIVIA K. BLOOM
  Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ DANIEL M. BRADBURY
  Director
  March 8, 2019
  DANIEL M. BRADBURY
  /s/ KARIN EASTHAM
  Director
  March 8, 2019
  KARIN EASTHAM
  /s/ V. BRYAN LAWLIS
  Director
  March 8, 2019
  V. BRYAN LAWLIS
  /s/ SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX
  Director
  March 8, 2019
  SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX
  /s/ ROBERT J. SPIEGEL
  Director
  March 8, 2019
  ROBERT J. SPIEGEL
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