Arigene can't get the financing and pulls the offer:
>>SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Arigene Co., Ltd., a Korean corporation traded on the Korean Securities Dealers Association Quotation System ("Arigene") (KOSDAQ: 067850), today announced the termination of the tender offer for the outstanding common stock of Trimeris, Inc. ("Trimeris") (Nasdaq: TRMS) by RTM Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arigene ("RTM"), which was made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 2, 2009, and amended as of November 17, 2009, by and among Arigene, RTM and Trimeris, because Arigene was unable to secure sufficient financing for purposes of funding the tender offer and the merger as of the expiration time of the tender offer.
As of the expiration of the tender offer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, December 28, 2009, holders had tendered an aggregate of approximately 19,311,216 shares, or 86.4%, of Trimeris' common stock. None of the shares of Trimeris common stock validly tendered were purchased in the tender offer. Arigene has instructed the depositary for the tender offer to promptly return all shares of Trimeris common stock previously tendered and not withdrawn to their respective holders.<<
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