Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of December, 2009.
Commission
File Number 000-51341
Gentium
S.p.A.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Piazza XX Settembre 2, 22079
Villa Guardia (Como), Italy
(Address
of principal executive office)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
S Form
40-F □
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely
to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to
furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s
“home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes □ No
S
If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-_______________.
The
Registrant's press releases regarding a new Chairman of the Board of Directors
is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein in its
entirety. This report and the exhibit attached hereto are
incorporated by reference into the registration statements of Gentium S.p.A. on
Forms F-3: File No. 333-135622, File No. 333-137551, File No.
333-138202, File No. 333-139422 and File No. 333-141198 and on Forms S-8: File
No. 333-137534 and File No. 333-146534.
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Exhibit
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Description
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1
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Press
release, dated December 17, 2009.
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly
authorized.
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GENTIUM S.P.A.
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By:
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/s/ Gary G. Gemignani
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Name:
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Gary
G. Gemignani
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer
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Date:
December 17, 2009
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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1
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Press
release, dated December 17,
2009.
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