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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Williams Bruce A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Genta Incorporated
Two Connell Drive
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(Street)
Berkeley Heights NJ 07922
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Genta Incorporated (Nasdaq: GNTA)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
January 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Sr. VP Sales & Marketing
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
2. 3. Disposed of (D) Securities From: 7.
Transaction Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
Date Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. ----------- (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security (month/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) day/year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $.001 7,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (Continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
Owner-
ship
9. Form
2. Number of
Conver- 5. 7. of Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Deriv- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ative Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- of Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V A D cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Options to acquire $13.70 1/25/02 A 1/25/03 1/25/13 Common 35,000 185,000 D
Common Stock (1) Stock, par
value
$.001
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These options were granted as part of an annual bonus. These options
vest equally over the next four (4) years.
/s/ Bruce A. Williams February 8, 2002
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