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): February 29, 2008

GENTA INCORPORATED


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


  
     
     
     
  
  
    000-19635

      (Commission File Number) 
     
    33-0326866

      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
  
     
     
     
  
  
    200 Connell Drive

Berkeley Heights, NJ

    (Address of Principal Executive Offices) 
     
    07922

    (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 5.02.
 
        
                        
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 
  

On February 29, 2008, Genta Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Gary Siegel, currently Vice President of Finance, as an executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Siegel will serve the interim roles of Principal Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective February 29, 2008, while the Company searches for Richard J. Moran’s successor.
Gary Siegel joined Genta in May 2003 as Director, Financial Services, was appointed Senior Director, Financial Services in April 2004 and was appointed Vice President, Finance in September 2007. During his tenure at Genta, Mr. Siegel has been accountable for the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of the Company including public and management reporting, treasury operations, planning, financial controls and compliance. Prior to joining Genta, he worked for two years at Geller & Company, a private consulting firm, where he led the management reporting for a multi-billion dollar client. His twenty-two years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry include leadership roles at Warner-Lambert Company and Pfizer Inc., where he held progressively increasing positions of responsibility including Director, Corporate Finance and Director, Financial Planning and Reporting.
Mr. Siegel does not have any family relationship with any executive officer or director of the Company. In addition, neither Mr. Siegel nor any member of his immediate family has engaged, directly or indirectly, in any transaction, or series of similar transactions, with the Company or any of its subsidiaries since January 1, 2007 in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, other than compensation paid in connection with the terms of his employment with the Company.
 
 





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
  
 
        
                        
  
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
By: 
 
        
                        

 /s/ Richard J. Moran
  
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
Name: 
 
        
                        
Richard J. Moran
  
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
Title:
 
        
                        
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
 Officer and Corporate Secretary
  

Dated: February 29, 2008