SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL 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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bahcall Safi R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP. 45 HARTWELL AVENUE (Street) LEXINGTON MA 02421 (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 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and CEO
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2007
	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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/30/2007		J(1)	24,250	D	$0	0	I	By 2004 Neta Bahcall GRAT
Common Stock							15,000	I	By Safi R. Bahcall Irrevocable Trust(2)(3)
Common Stock							2,250,525	D

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)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents a distribution of shares to Neta Bahcall by the 2004 Neta Bahcall GRAT, which shares were previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.

2. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of any 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.

3. The number of shares indirectly beneficially owned excludes an aggregate of 70,750 shares which were inadvertently reported on the Reporting Person's prior reports as indirectly beneficially owned but were not and are not indirectly beneficially owned.

	/s/ Ann Margaret Eames, Attorney-in-Fact	02/14/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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