Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the successful completion of the cash tender offer, through a subsidiary, for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) at a purchase price of $20.00 per share. Following the completion of the tender offer, Merck completed the acquisition of ArQule today through a merger of Merck’s wholly-owned subsidiary with and into ArQule in which all shares not tendered into the offer were cancelled and converted into the right to receive cash equal to the $20.00 offer price per share, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding. At the completion of the merger, ArQule became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck.
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