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FORM 3 Expires: December 31, 2001
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
(Print or Type Respone)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Watson Douglas G. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) Genta Incorporated (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 4/10/2002 (Nasdaq: GNTA)
c/o Genta Incorporated ----------------------------------
Two Connell Drive ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
---------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Persons to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
Berkeley Heights NJ 07922 Person, if an entity X Director 10% Owner applicable line)
---------------------------------------- (voluntary) ----- ----- X Form filed by
(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
----- More than One
---------------------------------- Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.001
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each clas of securities benefially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
------------------------------------------------- (D) or
Date Expira- Amount or Indirect
Exercis- tion Title Number (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr.
5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Douglas G. Watson April 17, 2002
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- ------------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form
displays a currently valid OMB Number.
(Print or Type Responses)