V. BRYAN LAWLIS - 11 May 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for GERON CORP (GERN)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Olivia Bloom for V. Bryan Lawlis
Issuer symbol
GERN
Transactions as of
11 May 2023
Net transactions value
-$66,500
Form type
4
Filing time
11 May 2023, 21:01:25 UTC
Previous filing
04 Apr 2023
Next filing
24 May 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction GERN Common Stock Options Exercise $38,500 +35,000 $1.10 35,000 11 May 2023 Direct F2
transaction GERN Common Stock Sale $105,000 -35,000 -100% $3.00 0 11 May 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 -35,000 -100% $0.000000* 0 11 May 2023 Common Stock 35,000 $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.