V. Bryan Lawlis - May 11, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for GERON CORP (GERN)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Olivia Bloom for V. Bryan Lawlis
Stock symbol
GERN
Transactions as of
May 11, 2023
Transactions value $
-$66,500
Form type
4
Date filed
5/11/2023, 09:01 PM
Previous filing
Apr 4, 2023
Next filing
May 24, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction GERN Common Stock Options Exercise $38.5K +35K $1.10 35K May 11, 2023 Direct F2
transaction GERN Common Stock Sale -$105K -35K -100% $3.00 0 May 11, 2023 Direct F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction GERN Stock Options (right to buy) Options Exercise $0 -35K -100% $0.00* 0 May 11, 2023 Common Stock 35K $1.10 Direct F1, F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Option was fully vested.
F2 This transaction reflects an exercise and sale of options due to expire on May 22, 2023 and was conducted pursuant to an approved 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on January 6, 2023.