UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): July 13, 2009
GENTA
INCORPORATED
(Exact
Name of Registrant
as
Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-19635
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33-0326866
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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200
Connell Drive
Berkeley
Heights, NJ
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07922
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(908)
286-9800
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any
of the following provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a
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Pre -commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d -2(b))
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Pre -commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On July
13, 2009, Genta Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing
that shares of the Company’s common stock will begin trading on July 13 under
the symbol GETA.OB after implementation of the Company’s previously announced
one-for-fifty reverse stock split of its common stock. The reverse split will
reduce the outstanding number of shares of Genta’s common stock from
approximately 5.4 billion to approximately 108 million shares
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release of the Company dated July 13,
2009
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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GENTA
INCORPORATED
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Date: |
July
13, 2009
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By:
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/s/ GARY SIEGEL
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Name:
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Gary
Siegel
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Title:
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Vice
President,
Finance
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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Sequentially
Numbered Page
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99.1
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Press
Release of the Company dated July 13, 2009
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