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FORM  144
    
SEC USE ONLY
         
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
   
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
      
   
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
CUSIP NUMBER
           
ATTENTION:
  
Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute a sale
    
WORK LOCATION
 
or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
        
           
1 (a)  NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.
(c)  S.E.C. FILE NO.
      
Gentium S.p.A.
N/A
000-51341
      
1  (d)  ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  
STREET
CITY                                         STATE           ZIP CODE
(e)  TELEPHONE NO.
  
       
AREA CODE
NUMBER
Piazza XX Settembre 2, 22079 Villa Guardia (Como), Italy
          
2 (a)  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY NO. OR IRS IDENT. NO.
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
(d)  ADDRESS
STREET
CITY  STATE  ZIP CODE
 Laura Iris Ferro
  
Director
Piazzetta Brera 24/6, Milano, Italy
    
                 
     
INSTRUCTION:
The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the IRS. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
        
 
3(a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
 who is Acquiring the Securities
Broker-Dealer
File Number
Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
 
(See instr. 3(c))
Aggregate
Market
Value
 
(See instr. 3(d))
Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
 
(See instr. 3(e))
Approximate
Date of Sale
 
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO.  DAY  YR.)
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
 
(See inst. 3(g))
 
ADS
Wedbush Securities Inc.
One Bush Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco CA   94104
  
100,000
$849,000
15,173,133
6/12/13
NASDAQ
               
               
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
1.  (a) Name of issuer   3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d) Issuer’s address, including zip code     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice.
  (e) Issuer’s  telephone number, including area code     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
            by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  (b) Such person’s Social Security or I.R.S. identification number     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  (c) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%        
   
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
        
  (d) Such person’s address, including zip code SEC  1147 (02-08)        
 
SEC  1147 (02-08)
 
 
 
TABLE I  -----  SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of
the Class
Date You
Acquired
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of
Securities Acquired
Date of
Payment
Nature of Payment
ADS
 
ADS
7/29/10
 
2/17/11
Purchased
 
Donation
F3F (formerly FinSirton S.p.A.
 
Olimpia Ceriani (Mother)
acquired 7/29/10
60,000
 
40,000
7/29/10
 
2/17/11
cash
 
n/a
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the
time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration
given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was
made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation
was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
 
TABLE II  ---  SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller
Title of Securities Sold
Date of Sale
Amount of
Securities Sold
Gross Proceeds
 
NONE
 
 
 
 
 
        
REMARKS:
 
INSTRUCTIONS:   ATTENTION:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144,.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
 
 
May 31, 2013 /s/ Laura Iris Ferro
DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE)
 
     
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
ATTENTION:    Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
 
SEC  1147 (02-08)