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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="99%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2014</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1.5pt solid" noWrap align=right width="99%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration No.
        333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>UNITED STATES<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR></STRONG><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>FORM S-8<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG><EM>UNDER<BR></EM></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG><EM>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV><DIV align=center style="margin-top: -11pt"><FONT  size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________<BR></FONT><BR><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>GERON
  CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant
  as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></I></DIV><DIV align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Delaware</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="51%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>75-2287752</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(State or Other
        Jurisdiction of</FONT></I></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="51%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(I.R.S.
        Employer</FONT></I></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Incorporation or
        Organization)</FONT></I></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="51%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Identification
        Number)</FONT></I></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite
  2070<BR>Menlo Park, California 94025<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><EM>(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices including Zip
  Code)<BR></EM><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________<BR>
  <FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><BR></font></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase
  Plan<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(</FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Full Title of the Plan</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________</FONT></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John A.
  Scarlett<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(</FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Name
  and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>Including Area Code,
  of Agent for Service</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>) <BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________<BR><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><BR></font></FONT></FONT><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Copies to</FONT></I></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>:<BR>Chadwick L.
  Mills<BR>Cooley LLP<BR>3175 Hanover Street<BR>Palo Alto, California
  94304<BR>(650) 843-5000 </FONT></B></P>
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        <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the
        registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
        non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
        of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
        company&#148; in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD align=left width="98%" colSpan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=Wingdings size=2>&#168;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=Wingdings size=2>x</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated filer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=Wingdings size=2>&#168;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a
        smaller reporting
      company)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=Wingdings size=2>&#168;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller reporting
    company</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><DIV align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">____________________<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="100%" colSpan=5><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum Offering</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title of Securities to be Registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Registered
        (1)(2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Price Per Share
        (3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Aggregate Offering Price
        (3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Registration
        Fee</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>1,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$2.07</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$2,070,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="12%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$266.62</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>The Geron Corporation 2014
        Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2014 Purchase Plan&#148;) authorizes the
        issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
        share (the &#147;Common Stock), of Geron Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), which
        shares are being registered hereunder.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Pursuant to Rule 416(a)
        promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
        Act&#148;), this registration statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) shall
        also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that
        become issuable under the 2014 Purchase Plan by reason of any stock
        dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
        effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase
        in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
        Stock.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Estimated solely for the purpose
        of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule
        457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The
        proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
        aggregate offering price are calculated based on the average of the high
        and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select
        Market on June 6, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT<BR>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
  <UL><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
    10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March
    17, 2014;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
    Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014, filed with the
    Commission on May 1, 2014;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form
    8-K filed with the Commission on January 30, 2014, February 14, 2014, March 4,
    2014, March 12, 2014, March 20, 2014, May 9, 2014 and May 23, 2014;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the information specifically
    incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s 2013 Annual Report on Form
    10-K referred to above from the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement
    relating to the Registrant&#146;s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with
    the Commission on April 4, 2014; and</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the description of the Registrant&#146;s
    common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A,
    filed with the Commission on June 13, 1996. </FONT></P></LI></UL>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 &#147;Exchange
  Act&#148;), 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 align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>DESCRIPTION OF
  SECURITIES</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
  COUNSEL </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
  OFFICERS </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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: </FONT></P>
  <UL><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>for any breach of the duty of loyalty to
    the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>for acts or omissions not in good faith
    or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
    law;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>for unlawful payment of dividends or
    unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions under Section 174 of the Delaware
    General Corporation Law; and</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>for any transaction from which the
    director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P></LI></UL>
  
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>
  </FONT></P>
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  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the
  Registrant must indemnify the Registrant's directors to the fullest extent
  permitted by Delaware law. In addition, the Registrant's amended and restated
  bylaws provide that: </FONT></P>
  <UL><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT STYLE="font: x-small Times New Roman">the Registrant is required to indemnify the Registrant's directors
  to the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware law, subject to limited exceptions;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the Registrant may indemnify the
    Registrant's officers, employees and agents as set forth in the Delaware
    General Corporation Law;</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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</FONT></P>
    </LI><LI>
    <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>the rights conferred in the amended and
    restated bylaws are not exclusive. </FONT></P></LI></UL>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not
  applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2 </FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBITS </FONT></B></P>
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        Reference</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="7%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="7%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Number</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="39%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Description</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Number</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Filing</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="21%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Filing
      Date</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="13%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>File
    No.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 18, 2012</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 18, 2012</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 19, 2010</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
        of Common Stock Certificate</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 15, 2013</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Cooley LLP</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
        Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 23, 2014</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNDERTAKINGS </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1.</FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>(a)</B></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(i)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To include
  any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(ii)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
  registration statement. </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(iii)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><EM>Provided,
  however,</EM></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> 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><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(b)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><STRONG>(c)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>2.</STRONG>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD colSpan=2><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 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></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 June 11,
  2014.</FONT></P>
  <DIV align=right>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="50%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GERON
        CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="98%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/</font><FONT style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps" face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stephen N. Rosenfield</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>STEPHEN N. ROSENFIELD</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice
        President, General Counsel</FONT></I></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>and Corporate
        Secretary</FONT></I></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>KNOW ALL
  PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT</B></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett and
  Olivia K. Bloom, 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 align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>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>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Signature</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        J</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>OHN
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>A.
        S</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>CARLETT</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President, Chief Executive Officer
        and</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>JOHN A. SCARLETT</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director (Principal Executive
        Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        O</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>LIVIA
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>K.
        B</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>LOOM</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President, Finance,
        Chief</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>OLIVIA K. BLOOM</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Financial Officer and Treasurer
        (Principal</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Financial and Accounting
        Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        D</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>ANIEL
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>M.
        B</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>RADBURY</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>DANIEL M. BRADBURY</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        K</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>ARIN
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>E</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>ASTHAM</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>KARIN EASTHAM</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        T</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>HOMAS
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>H</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>OFSTAETTER</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THOMAS HOFSTAETTER</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        H</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>OYOUNG
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>H</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>UH</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>HOYOUNG HUH</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
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      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        V. B</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>RYAN
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>L</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>AWLIS</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>V. BRYAN LAWLIS</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
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    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        S</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>USAN
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>M.
        M</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>OLINEAUX</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/
        R</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>OBERT
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>J.
        S</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>PIEGEL</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June 11, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>ROBERT J. SPIEGEL</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT INDEX </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="54%" colSpan=4><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Incorporation by
        Reference</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="7%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
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      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="39%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Description</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Number</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Filing</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="21%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Filing
      Date</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="13%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>File
    No.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 18, 2012</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 18, 2012</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 19, 2010</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
        of Common Stock Certificate</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>March 15, 2013</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Cooley LLP</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="13%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
        Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="7%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="10%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>8-K</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>May 23, 2014</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="13%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>000-20859</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  
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text: As filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2014
  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
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  Incorporation or
        Organization)
  Identification
        Number)
  149 Commonwealth Drive, Suite
  2070
  Menlo Park, California 94025
  (Addresses of Principal Executive Offices including Zip
  Code)
  ____________________
  Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase
  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, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
  Including Area Code,
  of Agent for Service
  )
  ____________________
  Copies to
  :
  Chadwick L.
  Mills
  Cooley LLP
  3175 Hanover Street
  Palo Alto, California
  94304
  (650) 843-5000
  Indicate by check mark whether the
        registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
        non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
        of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
        company" in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  ¨
  Large accelerated filer
  x
  Accelerated filer
  ¨
  Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a
        smaller reporting
      company)
  ¨
  Smaller reporting
    company
  ____________________
  CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE
  Amount to be
  Proposed Maximum Offering
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Registered
        (1)(2)
  Price Per Share
        (3)
  Aggregate Offering Price
        (3)
  Registration
        Fee
  Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  1,000,000
  $2.07
  $2,070,000
  $266.62
  (1)
  The Geron Corporation 2014
        Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2014 Purchase Plan") authorizes the
        issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
        share (the "Common Stock), of Geron Corporation (the "Registrant"), which
        shares are being registered hereunder.
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a)
        promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
        Act"), this registration statement (the "Registration Statement") shall
        also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that
        become issuable under the 2014 Purchase Plan by reason of any stock
        dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
        effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase
        in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common
        Stock.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose
        of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule
        457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The
        proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
        aggregate offering price are calculated based on the average of the high
        and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select
        Market on June 6, 2014.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  The
  following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement:
  the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
    10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March
    17, 2014;
  the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
    Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014, filed with the
    Commission on May 1, 2014;
  the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
    8-K filed with the Commission on January 30, 2014, February 14, 2014, March 4,
    2014, March 12, 2014, March 20, 2014, May 9, 2014 and May 23, 2014;
  the information specifically
    incorporated by reference into the Registrant's 2013 Annual Report on Form
    10-K referred to above from the Registrant's definitive proxy statement
    relating to the Registrant's 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with
    the Commission on April 4, 2014; and
  the description of the Registrant's
    common stock set forth in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A,
    filed with the Commission on June 13, 1996.
  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.
  DESCRIPTION OF
  SECURITIES
  Not applicable.
  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
  COUNSEL
  Not applicable.
  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.
  1
  The
  Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the
  Registrant must 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.
  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  Not
  applicable.
  2
  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
  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
  Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  10.1
  8-K
  May 23, 2014
  000-20859
  3
  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.
  (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 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.
  4
  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 June 11,
  2014.
  GERON
        CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/
  Stephen N. Rosenfield
  STEPHEN N. ROSENFIELD
  Executive Vice
        President, General Counsel
  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 and
  Olivia K. Bloom, 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/
        J
  OHN
  A.
        S
  CARLETT
  President, Chief Executive Officer
        and
  June 11, 2014
  JOHN A. SCARLETT
  Director (Principal Executive
        Officer)
  /s/
        O
  LIVIA
  K.
        B
  LOOM
  Executive Vice President, Finance,
        Chief
  June 11, 2014
  OLIVIA K. BLOOM
  Financial Officer and Treasurer
        (Principal
  Financial and Accounting
        Officer)
  /s/
        D
  ANIEL
  M.
        B
  RADBURY
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  DANIEL M. BRADBURY
  /s/
        K
  ARIN
  E
  ASTHAM
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  KARIN EASTHAM
  /s/
        T
  HOMAS
  H
  OFSTAETTER
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  THOMAS HOFSTAETTER
  /s/
        H
  OYOUNG
  H
  UH
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  HOYOUNG HUH
  /s/
        V. B
  RYAN
  L
  AWLIS
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  V. BRYAN LAWLIS
  /s/
        S
  USAN
  M.
        M
  OLINEAUX
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX
  /s/
        R
  OBERT
  J.
        S
  PIEGEL
  Director
  June 11, 2014
  ROBERT J. SPIEGEL
  5
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  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
  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
  Geron Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  10.1
  8-K
  May 23, 2014
  000-20859