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): October 24, 2007

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 DriveBerkeley 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 October 24, 2007, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., announced her resignation from the Board of Directors of Genta Incorporated (the “Company”) and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company, effective as of October 24, 2007. Dr. McCaughey has  notified the Company that her resignation resulted from a disagreement with the  previously disclosed recent actions of the Board of Directors of the Company  regarding executive compensation.


 
        
                        
 
        
                        
  



 
        
                        
Item 9.01
 
        
                        
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
						
  



(d) Exhibits.
 


 
        
                        
Exhibit No.
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
Description
  
 
        
                        
99.1
 
        
                        
 
 
        
                        
Press Release dated October 26, 2007.
  

 




 
 
 
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: October 30, 2007