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):  December 20, 2006

 

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)

 

 


                               

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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Item 8.01 Other Events.


On December 20, 2006, Genta Incorporated, the “Company”, issued a press release announcing that the Company has restructured certain of its operations to conserve cash and focus on its oncology development operations.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.


   
 

Exhibit
Number

 

                                      Description

 

99.1

 

Press Release of the Company dated December 20, 2006










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:

December 22, 2006

 

By:

/s/ RICHARD J. MORAN

 

 

 

 

Name:

Richard J. Moran

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary







EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

Description

Sequentially
Numbered Page

99.1

Press Release of the Company dated December 20, 2006