-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CSbqCD8SxH01ERh5+Xq1j+OJ8bNVk67zLgFz5pWHIKZCAhfNMDpu9IxiN4uYJv3m 3h7/wOlfEefnfSq/Pm90Bw== 0000904454-97-000011.txt : 19970222 0000904454-97-000011.hdr.sgml : 19970222 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000904454-97-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970212 SROS: NONE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GERON CORPORATION CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000886744 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 752287752 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-49251 FILM NUMBER: 97526686 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 CONSTITUTION DRIVE CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 BUSINESS PHONE: 4154737700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 CONSTITUTION DRIVE CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOMAIN PARTNERS II LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000902406 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PALMER SQUARE CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08542 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PALMER SQUARE CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08542 SC 13G 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ________________________ SCHEDULE 13G Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Geron Corporation _________________________________________________________________ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock _________________________________________________________________ (Title of Class of Securities) 0003741631 _________________________________________________________________ (CUSIP Number) ________________________ CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 2 of 8 Pages _________________________________________________________________ 1) Name of Reporting Person Domain Partners S.S. or I.R.S. Identification II, L.P. No. of Above Person _________________________________________________________________ 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) [ X ] if a Member of a Group (b) [ ] _________________________________________________________________ 3) SEC Use Only _________________________________________________________________ 4) Citizenship or Place Delaware of Organization _________________________________________________________________ Number of 5) Sole Voting 641,838 shares of Shares Beneficially Power Common Stock Owned by Each Reporting Person ________________________________________ 6) Shared Voting Power -0- ________________________________________ 7) Sole Disposi- 641,838 shares of tive Power Common Stock ________________________________________ 8) Shared Dis- positive Power -0- ________________________________________ 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially 641,838 shares of Owned by Each Reporting person Common Stock _________________________________________________________________ 10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares _________________________________________________________________ 11) Percent of Class Represented by 6.4% Amount in Row (9) _________________________________________________________________ 12) Type of Reporting Person PN CUSIP No. 0003741631 4444 Page 3 of 8 Pages _________________________________________________________________ 1) Name of Reporting Person Domain Associates S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person _________________________________________________________________ 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) [ X ] if a Member of a Group (b) [ ] _________________________________________________________________ 3) SEC Use Only _________________________________________________________________ 4) Citizenship or Place New Jersey of Organization _________________________________________________________________ Number of 5) Sole Voting 24,999 shares of Shares Beneficially Power Common Stock Owned by Each Reporting Person ________________________________________ 6) Shared Voting Power -0- ________________________________________ 7) Sole Disposi- 24,999 shares of tive Power Common Stock, of which 21,568 are restricted and subject to vesting ________________________________________ 8) Shared Dis- positive Power -0- ________________________________________ 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially 24,999 shares of Owned by Each Reporting person Common Stock, of which 21,568 are restricted and subject to vesting _________________________________________________________________ 10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares _________________________________________________________________ 11) Percent of Class Represented by 0.3% Amount in Row (9) _________________________________________________________________ 12) Type of Reporting Person PN CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 4 of 8 Pages Schedule 13G ____________ Item 1(a) - Name of Issuer: Geron Corporation Item 1(b) - Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 200 Constitution Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Item 2(a) - Name of Person Filing: This statement is being filed by Domain Partners II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Domain II"), and Domain Associates, a New Jersey general partnership ("DA") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Item 2(b) - Address of Principal Business Office: One Palmer Square Princeton, NJ 08542 Item 2(c) - Place of Organization: Domain II: Delaware DA: New Jersey Item 2(d) - Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e) - CUSIP Number: 0003741631 Item 3 - Statements Filed Pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d- 2(b): Not applicable. Item 4 - Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Domain II: 641,838 shares of Common Stock DA: 24,999 shares of Common Stock, of which 21,568 are restricted and subject to vesting (b) Percent of Class: Domain II: 6.4% CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 5 of 8 Pages DA: 0.3% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: Domain II: 641,838 shares of Common Stock DA: 24,999 shares of Common Stock (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: -0- (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Domain II: 641,838 shares of Common Stock DA: 24,999 shares of Common Stock, of which 21,568 are restricted and subject to vesting (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: -0- Item 5 - Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: Not applicable. Item 6 - Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: Not applicable. Item 7 - Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Company: Not applicable. Item 8 - Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: See Exhibit 2. Item 9 - Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not applicable. Item 10 - Certification: Not applicable. CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 6 of 8 Pages Signature: After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. DOMAIN PARTNERS II, L.P. By: One Palmer Square Associates II L.P., General Partner By /s/ Jesse I. Treu General Partner DOMAIN ASSOCIATES By /s/ Jesse I. Treu General Partner Date: January 31, 1997 CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 7 of 8 Pages EXHIBIT 1 AGREEMENT OF DOMAIN PARTNERS II, L.P., AND DOMAIN ASSOCIATES PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(f) _________________________ The undersigned hereby agree that the Information Statement on Schedule 13G to which this Agreement is annexed as Exhibit 1 is filed on behalf of each of them in accordance with the provisions of 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DOMAIN PARTNERS II, L.P. By: One Palmer Square Associates II L.P., General Partner By /s/ Jesse I. Treu General Partner DOMAIN ASSOCIATES By /s/ Jesse I. Treu General Partner Date: January 31, 1997 CUSIP No. 0003741631 Page 8 of 8 Pages EXHIBIT 2 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group _________________________________ Domain Partners II, L.P. and Domain Associates are filing this statement on Schedule 13G as a group. Domain Partners II, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership. Its sole general partner is One Palmer Square Associates II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Domain Associates is a New Jersey general partnership. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----