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
  
33-0326866
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
200 Connell Drive
Berkeley Heights, NJ
  
07922
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(908) 286-9800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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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.

Exhibit
Number
  
Description
99.1
  
Press Release of the Company dated July 13, 2009

 
 
 
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.
 
   
GENTA INCORPORATED
         
Date:
July 13, 2009
  
By:
/s/ GARY SIEGEL
     
Name:
Gary Siegel
     
Title:
Vice President, Finance

 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit 
Number
Description
Sequentially 
Numbered Page
     
99.1
Press Release of the Company dated July 13, 2009