SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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*
| C/O SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP. |
| 45 HARTWELL AVENUE |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
09/03/2014
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP
[ SNTA ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| X |
Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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President and CEO
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
0 |
D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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/s/ Garrett Winslow, Attorney-in-Fact |
09/04/2014 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Safi R. Bahcall, Ph.D., the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
(the "Company"), Keith S. Ehrlich, the Vice President, Finance and
Administration, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Wendy E.
Rieder, the Vice President, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs,
General Counsel of the Company, and Brian Keane, Garrett Winslow,
Laura Graham and Anne Leland of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., signing singly, with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10%
shareholder of the Company, forms and authentication
documents for EDGAR Filing Access;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such forms and authentication documents;
(3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10%
shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;
(4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-
in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or
legally required by the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed this 3rd day of September 2014.
/s/ Anne C. Whitaker
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Signature
Name: Anne C. Whitaker
