SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*
Kovner Bruce

(Last) | (First) | (Middle)
C/O CAXTON CORPORATION
731 ALEXANDER ROAD, BLDG. 2

(Street)
PRINCETON | NJ | 08540

(City) | (State) | (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP [ SNTA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X | Director | X | 10% Owner
| Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/09/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X | Form filed by One Reporting Person
| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | | | | | |
Common Stock | 11/09/2015 | | S | | 2,225,054 | D | $0.6086^(1) | 5,536,662 | I | By CxSynta LLC ^(5) | | |
Common Stock | 11/10/2015 | | S | | 1,397,114 | D | $0.5505^(2) | 4,139,548 | I | By CxSynta LLC ^(5) | | |
Common Stock | 11/11/2015 | | S | | 1,080,941 | D | $0.4979^(3) | 3,058,607 | I | By CxSynta LLC ^(5) | | |
Common Stock | 11/12/2015 | | S | | 733,564 | D | $0.4741^(4) | 2,325,043 | I | By CxSynta LLC ^(5) | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 3,092,677 | D | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 2,279,146 | I | By Wife^(6) | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 11,399,464 | I | By KFO Holdings LLC ^(7) | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 5,460,000 | I | By OB Select Opportunities, LLC ^(8) | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 4,000,000 | I | By Kovner 2015-A Investment Trust | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | 3,100,000 | I | By Kovner 2012 Family Trust B | | |

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
| | | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | | | | | | | |
Explanation of Responses:
1. This constitutes the weighted average sale price. The prices range from $0.60 to $0.6499. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
2. This constitutes the weighted average sale price. The prices range from $0.53 to $0.5935. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
3. This constitutes the weighted average sale price. The prices range from $0.48 to $0.539. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
4. This constitutes the weighted average sale price. The prices range from $0.44 to $0.495. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
5. These shares are owned directly by CxSynta LLC and indirectly by the Reporting Person as chairman and sole shareholder of Caxton Corporation, the managing member of CxSynta LLC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of the beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
6. These securities are owned by the wife of the Reporting Person and her estate planning vehicles.
7. These shares are owned directly by KFO Holdings LLC and indirectly by the Reporting Person as chairman and sole shareholder of Caxton Corporation, the manager of KFO Holdings LLC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
8. These shares are owned directly by OB Select Opportunities, LLC and indirectly by the Reporting Person as chairman and sole shareholder of Caxton Corporation, the manager of OB Select Opportunities, LLC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
| /s/Heath N. Weisberg, Attorney-In-Fact | 11/12/2015
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date
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