genta_8k-011812.htm
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): January 18, 2012
 
 
 
GENTA INCORPORATED
 
________________________________________
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Delaware
 
000-19635
 
33-0326866
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. 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)


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Item 8.01.          Other Events.
 
As previously disclosed, on September 2, 2011, Genta Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “September 2011 Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors listed on the signature pages thereto, pursuant to which it agreed to issue up to $12.7 million of units (the “2011 Units”), each 2011 Unit consisting of (i) 12.00% senior secured convertible promissory notes due September 9, 2021, convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an initial conversion rate of 671,040 shares of Common Stock for every $1,000 of principal and accrued interest due under the notes (the “G Notes”), (ii) 12.00% senior secured cash collateralized convertible promissory notes due September 9, 2021, convertible into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of 671,040 shares of Common Stock for every $1,000 of principal and accrued interest due under the notes (the “H Notes”, together with the G Notes, the “September 2011 Notes”), (iii) senior secured convertible promissory note warrants to purchase an amount of G Notes equal to the G Notes purchased at the closing, at an exercise price of $1,000 per warrant (the “G Warrants”), which purchase price may be paid through a cashless “net exercise” feature, and (iv) senior secured cash collateralized convertible promissory note warrants to purchase an amount of G Notes equal to the H Notes purchased at closing, at an exercise price of $1,000 per warrant (the “H Warrants,” together with the G Warrants, the “September 2011 Debt Warrants”), which purchase price may also be paid through a cashless “net exercise” feature.  The issuance of the September 2011 Notes and September 2011 Debt Warrants in exchange for $12.7 million is referred to herein as the “September 2011 Financing.”
 
On January 18, 2012, the Company entered into an amendment agreement (the “Twelfth Amendment Agreement”) with certain investors in the September 2011 Financing to amend the terms of the September 2011 Purchase Agreement to extend the deadline for the Company to effect a reverse stock split.  As a result of the Twelfth Amendment Agreement, absent any further waiver or amendment, the reverse split must be implemented by February 15, 2012. The Company sought this amendment to the September 2011 Purchase Agreement to enable the continuation of ongoing discussions regarding corporate partnership opportunities for tesetaxel.
 
A complete copy of the Twelfth Amendment Agreement is attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.  The foregoing description of the Twelfth Amendment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
 
 
 

 

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.
 
10.1      Form of Twelfth Amendment Agreement dated January 18, 2012 (filed herewith).

 
 

 

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/ Gary Siegel  
    Name:  Gary Siegel  
    Title:    Vice President, Finance  
       
       
Dated:   January 19, 2012