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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Registration No.
333-____________</B> </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 </FONT></H1>

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     <TD WIDTH=100% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>20-3559330</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><B>19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 400,</B></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>92612</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Irvine, California</B></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=100% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2005 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Terrance J. Bruggeman<BR>
                                               Executive Chairman<BR>
                                          Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<BR>
                                       19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 400<BR>
                                            Irvine, California 92612<BR>
477-8090<BR>(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>including
area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>



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     <TD COLSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Title of<BR>Securities
to be<BR>Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amount<BR>to be<BR>
Registered (1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>Per
Share (2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock,</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>8,000,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$1.425</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$11,400,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$1,219.80</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;$0.001 par value</FONT></TD>
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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
          &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any
          additional shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock that become issuable
          under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
          recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of
          consideration that increases the number of shares of the registrant&#146;s
          common stock outstanding. </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share has been estimated pursuant to
          Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
          calculating the registration fee based on the average of the bid and asked
          prices of our common stock, on November 28, 2006, as reported on the
          Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement relates to up to 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Somanta
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Company&#148;) that may be
issued pursuant to awards of stock options and restricted stock that may be made under the
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as adopted August 22,
2005, as amended on October 21, 2005, and as assumed by the Company on January 31, 2006. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></H1>

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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</B> </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company are
hereby incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April
          30, 2006, as filed on July 19, 2006 (Commission File No. 000-20297). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The
Company&#146;s Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A for the quarterly
          period ended January 31, 2006, as filed on July 20, 2006.  </FONT></P>


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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
          ended July 31, 2006, as filed on September 5, 2006 (Commission File No.
          000-20297), </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297). </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 5, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297). </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297). </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the
          Company&#146;s Form 10-SB (Commission File No. 000-20297) filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2000, and any amendments or
          reports filed to update the description. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>





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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(&#147;DGCL&#148;), the Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision
limiting the personal liability of a director to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit
the ability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date which such
provision becomes effective. In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the
Company to indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify its directors, officers and certain
other persons (subject to certain conditions and qualifications) and the Company&#146;s
Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section
145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought by third parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, <I>i.e.,</I> one by
or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by directors and officers in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall
have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if
such person shall have been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his respective duties to the corporation, although the court in which the
action or suit was brought may determine upon application that the defendant officers or
directors are reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses despite such
adjudication of liability. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company may, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, at any time without further stockholder approval, purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not
the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
applicable law. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 9.</B>  </FONT></TD>
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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes, pursuant to Item 512 of Regulation
          S-B: </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
          post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
          additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution. </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the
          securities being registered that remain unsold at the end of the offering. </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          That, for the purpose of determining liability of the undersigned small business
          issuer under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of
          securities, the undersigned small business issuer undertakes that in a primary
          offering of securities of the undersigned small business issuer pursuant to this
          registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
          securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
          purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned small
          business issuer will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to
          offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: </FONT></P>

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          Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned small business
          issuer relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
          the undersigned small business issuer or used or referred to by the undersigned
          small business issuer; </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;
          The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
          containing material information about the undersigned small business issuer or
          its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned small business
          issuer; and </FONT></P>

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          Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
          small business issuer to the purchaser. </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
          be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
          advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
          indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
          is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
          in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
          director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
          registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
          policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
          adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on
this 29th day of November, 2006. </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>By: <U>/s/ Terrance J. Bruggeman</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terrance J. Bruggeman</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Chairman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person
whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Terrance J. Bruggeman as his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, and any additional registration statement to be filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>





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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Date</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=32% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>/s/ Agamemnon A. Epenetos&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=5% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chief Executive Officer, President and</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=5% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=18% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November 29, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Agamemnon A. Epenetos</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director <I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>/s/ Terrance J. Bruggeman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Chairman, Chief Financial Officer,</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November 29, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Terrance J. Bruggeman</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Secretary, Treasurer and Director <I>(Principal</I></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>Financial and Accounting Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Michael R.D. Ashton</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>/s/ Jeffrey B. Davis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November 29, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jeffrey B. Davis</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>/s/ John R. Gibson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November 29, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>John R. Gibson</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>/s/ Kathleen H. Van Sleen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>November 29, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Kathleen H. Van Sleen</FONT></TD>
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Registration No.
333-____________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
_________________
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-3559330
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 400,
92612
Irvine, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2005 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
_________________
Terrance J. Bruggeman
Executive Chairman
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 400
Irvine, California 92612
477-8090
(Name, address and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
_________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per
Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
8,000,000
$1.425
$11,400,000
$1,219.80
$0.001 par value
(1)    
          Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
          "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any
          additional shares of the registrant's common stock that become issuable
          under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
          recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of
          consideration that increases the number of shares of the registrant's
          common stock outstanding.
(2)    
          The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share has been estimated pursuant to
          Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
          calculating the registration fee based on the average of the bid and asked
          prices of our common stock, on November 28, 2006, as reported on the
          Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This
Registration Statement relates to up to 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Somanta
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") that may be
issued pursuant to awards of stock options and restricted stock that may be made under the
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as adopted August 22,
2005, as amended on October 21, 2005, and as assumed by the Company on January 31, 2006.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company are
hereby incorporated herein by reference:
1.    
          The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April
          30, 2006, as filed on July 19, 2006 (Commission File No. 000-20297).
2.    
          The
Company's Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A for the quarterly
          period ended January 31, 2006, as filed on July 20, 2006.
3.    
          The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
          ended July 31, 2006, as filed on September 5, 2006 (Commission File No.
          000-20297),
4.    
          The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297).
5.    
          The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 5, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297).
6.    
          The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006
          (Commission File No. 000-20297).
7.    
          The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
          Company's Form 10-SB (Commission File No. 000-20297) filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2000, and any amendments or
          reports filed to update the description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not
Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not
Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
In
accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
("DGCL"), the Company's Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision
limiting the personal liability of a director to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit
the ability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date which such
provision becomes effective. In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the
Company to indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The
Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify its directors, officers and certain
other persons (subject to certain conditions and qualifications) and the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Section
145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought by third parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action,
i.e.,
one by
or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by directors and officers in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall
have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if
such person shall have been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his respective duties to the corporation, although the court in which the
action or suit was brought may determine upon application that the defendant officers or
directors are reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses despite such
adjudication of liability.
Pursuant
to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company may, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, at any time without further stockholder approval, purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not
the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
applicable law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)    
          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes, pursuant to Item 512 of Regulation
          S-B:
(1)    
          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
          post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
          additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution.
(3)    
          To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the
          securities being registered that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
(4)    
          That, for the purpose of determining liability of the undersigned small business
          issuer under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of
          securities, the undersigned small business issuer undertakes that in a primary
          offering of securities of the undersigned small business issuer pursuant to this
          registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
          securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
          purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned small
          business issuer will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to
          offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)    
          Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned small business
          issuer relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)  
          Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
          the undersigned small business issuer or used or referred to by the undersigned
          small business issuer;
(iii)  
          The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
          containing material information about the undersigned small business issuer or
          its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned small business
          issuer; and
(iv)  
          Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
          small business issuer to the purchaser.
(e)    
          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
          be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
          advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
          indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
          is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
          in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
          director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
          registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
          policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
          adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on
this 29th day of November, 2006.
Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By:
/s/ Terrance J. Bruggeman
Terrance J. Bruggeman
Executive Chairman
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person
whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Terrance J. Bruggeman as his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, and any additional registration statement to be filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Agamemnon A. Epenetos
Chief Executive Officer, President and
November 29, 2006
Agamemnon A. Epenetos
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Terrance J. Bruggeman
Executive Chairman, Chief Financial Officer,
November 29, 2006
Terrance J. Bruggeman
Secretary, Treasurer and Director
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
Director
November
, 2006
Michael R.D. Ashton
/s/ Jeffrey B. Davis
Director
November 29, 2006
Jeffrey B. Davis
/s/ John R. Gibson
Director
November 29, 2006
John R. Gibson
/s/ Kathleen H. Van Sleen
Director
November 29, 2006
Kathleen H. Van Sleen
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
5.1
Opinion
of Foley & Lardner LLP.*
23.1
Consent
of Stonefield Josephson, Inc.*
23.2
Consent
of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power
of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).*
* Filed Herewith
E-1