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GERON CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and GERON CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

  • 5Ballot items
  • 183Asset managers
  • 936Fund votes
  • May 9, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 9, 2024: 5 items on GERON CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 13, 2024: 3 elected · 2 approved.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by GERON CORP.

These tallies are GERON CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

GERON CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 9, 2024
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: John F. McDonald 277,269,957---- 5,729,979141,014,780 98%Elected—
Elect Director: John A. Scarlett, M.D. 275,707,115---- 7,292,821141,014,780 97%Elected—
Elect Director: Robert J. Spiegel, M.D., FACP 243,088,760---- 39,911,176141,014,780 86%Elected—
2. Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2024 Proxy Statement 272,059,0718,999,1451,941,720 --141,014,780 97%Approved—
3. Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 420,096,1043,227,292691,320 ---- 99.2%Approved—

Source: GERON CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the GERON CORP. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 183 asset managers that disclosed a GERON CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: John A. Scarlett, M.D.

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 275,707,115WITHHELD: 7,292,821
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders: John A. Scarlett, M.D.

GERON CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John A. Scarlett, M.D.”): 275,707,115 for, 7,292,821 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the three (3) nominees to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders were elected based upon the following votes: b)”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 84,834,674 for, 567,714 withheld, 8,078 abstained.

FOR
FOR: 84,834,674ABSTAIN: 8,078WITHHOLD: 567,714
Largest asset managers voting on “To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directo” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard27,979,6700 00For
Fidelity13,331,2730 00For
State Street13,304,8850 05,494For
BlackRock11,524,2510 00For
Charles Schwab3,913,5110 00For
Invesco3,866,7370 00For
TIAA1,363,8280 00For
Equitable802,5380 0512,741Mixed
Hartford1,215,7500 00For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust888,5380 00For
Russell Investments876,4860 00For
Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust791,1140 00For
Northwestern Mutual773,9610 00For
Columbia Threadneedle611,9030 00For
Lincoln Financial419,7940 00For
ProShares404,5410 00For
ALPS ETF Trust372,5470 00For
Northern Trust297,8010 00For
AIG/SunAmerica200,7180 00For
John Hancock194,8710 00For
Pacific Life179,0830 00For
Voya171,9470 00For
JPMorgan164,5690 00For
New York Life140,3920 00For
Allspring128,7860 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: John F. McDonald

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%
FOR: 277,269,957WITHHELD: 5,729,979
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders: John F. McDonald

GERON CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John F. McDonald”): 277,269,957 for, 5,729,979 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the three (3) nominees to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders were elected based upon the following votes: b)”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 84,884,153 for, 518,235 withheld, 8,078 abstained.

FOR
FOR: 84,884,153ABSTAIN: 8,078WITHHOLD: 518,235
Largest asset managers voting on “To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directo” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard27,979,6700 00For
Fidelity13,331,2730 00For
State Street13,304,8850 05,494For
BlackRock11,524,2510 00For
Charles Schwab3,913,5110 00For
Invesco3,866,7370 00For
TIAA1,363,8280 00For
Equitable802,5380 0512,741Mixed
Hartford1,215,7500 00For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust888,5380 00For
Russell Investments876,4860 00For
Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust791,1140 00For
Northwestern Mutual773,9610 00For
Columbia Threadneedle611,9030 00For
Lincoln Financial419,7940 00For
ProShares404,5410 00For
ALPS ETF Trust372,5470 00For
Northern Trust297,8010 00For
AIG/SunAmerica200,7180 00For
John Hancock194,8710 00For
Pacific Life179,0830 00For
Voya171,9470 00For
JPMorgan164,5690 00For
New York Life140,3920 00For
Allspring128,7860 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Robert J. Spiegel, M.D., FACP

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

86% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 86%WITHHELD
FOR: 243,088,760WITHHELD: 39,911,176
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders: Robert J. Spiegel, M.D., FACP

GERON CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert J. Spiegel, M.D., FACP”): 243,088,760 for, 39,911,176 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the three (3) nominees to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders were elected based upon the following votes: b)”
Support: 86% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 65,493,056 for, 19,744,711 withheld, 172,699 abstained.

FORWITHHOLD
FOR: 65,493,056ABSTAIN: 172,699WITHHOLD: 19,744,711
Largest asset managers voting on “To elect the three nominees for director named below to hold office as Class I members of the Board of Directo” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard27,979,6700 00For
Fidelity13,331,2730 00For
State Street25,6390 013,284,740Withhold
BlackRock11,524,2510 00For
Charles Schwab3,913,5110 00For
Invesco00 03,866,737Withhold
TIAA1,363,8280 00For
Equitable802,5380 0512,741Mixed
Hartford1,215,7500 00For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust888,5380 00For
Russell Investments00 0876,486Withhold
Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust791,1140 00For
Northwestern Mutual773,9610 00For
Columbia Threadneedle611,9030 00For
Lincoln Financial00 0419,794Withhold
ProShares404,5410 00For
ALPS ETF Trust372,5470 00For
Northern Trust00 0297,801Withhold
AIG/SunAmerica200,7180 00For
John Hancock194,8710 00For
Pacific Life179,0830 00For
Voya00 0171,947Withhold
JPMorgan00 164,5690Abstain
New York Life140,3920 00For
Allspring00 0128,786Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

4. 2. Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the…

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 14 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 272,059,071AGAINST: 8,999,145
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 183 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement.

GERON CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2024 Proxy Statement”): 272,059,071 for, 8,999,145 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2024 Proxy Statement was approved based upon the following votes:”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 49 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in ” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard27,979,6700 00For
Fidelity13,331,2730 00For
State Street13,310,3790 00For
BlackRock11,524,2510 00For
Charles Schwab3,913,5110 00For
Invesco3,866,7370 00For
TIAA1,363,8280 00For
Equitable1,315,2790 00For
Hartford1,215,7500 00For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust888,5380 00For
Russell Investments876,4860 00For
Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust791,1140 00For
Northwestern Mutual773,9610 00For
Columbia Threadneedle611,9030 00For
Lincoln Financial419,7940 00For
ProShares404,5410 00For
ALPS ETF Trust372,5470 00For
Northern Trust297,8010 00For
AIG/SunAmerica200,7180 00For
John Hancock194,8710 00For
Pacific Life179,0830 00For
Voya171,9470 00For
Northern Lights Fund Trust IV164,9890 00For
JPMorgan164,5690 00For
New York Life140,3920 00For

Fund voting reports, all 49 managers: 85,525,776 for, 49,479 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 152 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in ” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.45,879,0630 00For
Vivo Capital, LLC24,143,6810 00For
State Street21,514,3880 00For
BlackRock11,891,0310 00For
MPM BioImpact LLC10,733,0270 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC9,597,4210 00For
Wellington6,881,6320 00For
Fidelity6,098,5590 00For
Invesco4,049,0820 00For
Northern Trust3,923,295345 00For
Charles Schwab3,916,1100 00For
ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC3,427,0530 00For
Ally Bridge Group (NY) LLC2,221,6330 00For
SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC2,156,1320 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp2,127,1270 00For
ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC1,812,0000 00For
ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C.1,731,5000 00For
Nuveen1,499,7090 00For
Woodline Partners LP1,221,9950 00For
Vanguard1,152,0640 00For
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC992,0400 00For
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC888,5380 00For
JPMorgan824,8520 00For
Sofinnova Investments, Inc.629,2550 00For
AllianceBernstein512,7410 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 152 managers: 176,186,593 for, 879,255 against, 200 abstained, 5,102 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 3. Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.2% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.2%
FOR: 420,096,104AGAINST: 3,227,292
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 50 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

GERON CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024”): 420,096,104 for, 3,227,292 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 13, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, was ratified based upon the following votes:”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 50 asset managers below reported 85,573,362 for, 2,093 against.

FOR
FOR: 85,573,362AGAINST: 2,093
Largest asset managers voting on “To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm fo” at GERON CORP., 2023-2024
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard27,979,6700 00For
Fidelity13,331,2730 00For
State Street13,308,2862,093 00For
BlackRock11,524,2510 00For
Charles Schwab3,913,5110 00For
Invesco3,866,7370 00For
TIAA1,363,8280 00For
Equitable1,315,2790 00For
Hartford1,215,7500 00For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust888,5380 00For
Russell Investments876,4860 00For
Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust791,1140 00For
Northwestern Mutual773,9610 00For
Columbia Threadneedle611,9030 00For
Lincoln Financial419,7940 00For
ProShares404,5410 00For
ALPS ETF Trust372,5470 00For
Northern Trust297,8010 00For
AIG/SunAmerica200,7180 00For
John Hancock194,8710 00For
Pacific Life179,0830 00For
Voya171,9470 00For
Northern Lights Fund Trust IV164,9890 00For
JPMorgan164,5690 00For
New York Life140,3920 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 50 asset managers. See all 50 in the interactive database.

Not shown here: this season’s fund filings also report 1 item from the meeting of May 21, 2025, which belongs to the 2024-2025 season. A meeting outside this season’s July 1 to June 30 window is not counted in this page’s items or in its totals of asset managers and fund votes.

Largest GERON CORP. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 544,912,215 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top GERON CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers…”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 5.13%
2Fidelity 2.45%
3State Street 2.44%
4BlackRock 2.11%
5Charles Schwab 0.72%
6Invesco 0.71%
7TIAA 0.25%
8Equitable 0.24%
9Hartford 0.22%
10Direxion Shares ETF Trust 0.16%
Institutional-manager reports: top GERON CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers…”, 2023-2024
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 8.42%
2Vivo Capital, LLC 4.43%
3State Street 3.95%
4BlackRock 2.18%
5MPM BioImpact LLC 1.97%
6GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.76%
7Wellington 1.26%
8Fidelity 1.12%
9Invesco 0.74%
10Northern Trust 0.72%

Reported GERON CORP. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

GERON CORP. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
RA Capital Management, L.P. 10.01% DEF14A
BlackRock 8.55% 13F
Vanguard Group 6.32% 13F
State Street 5.80% 13F
Goldman Sachs 3.91% 13F
Morgan Stanley 1.96% 13F
John A. Scarlett, M.D. 1.43% DEF14A
FMR (Fidelity) 1.41% 13F
Millennium Management 1.34% 13F
Invesco 1.00% 13F

Percentages above are of 544,912,215 shares outstanding, as reported by GERON CORP. on its Form 10-K dated December 31, 2023 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from GERON CORP.’s 10-K dated December 31, 2023. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At GERON CORP.'s shareholder meeting held May 9, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 183 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 936 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers… — GERON CORP.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 97% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: GERON CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2024.

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