UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): February 13, 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.) | ||
| Two
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 February 13, 2006, Genta Incorporated (NASDAQ: GNTA) announced that a shareholder derivative lawsuit that had been brought in New Jersey against the Company and several of its current and former Directors and Officers has been dismissed.
The
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein
by reference. The information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed”
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall
it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act
of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference
in such a filing.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 13, 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: | February 13, 2006 | By: | /s/ Richard J. Moran | |
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| Name: |
Richard J. Moran | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Description |
Sequentially Numbered Page |
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 13, 2006 |