Merck Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period to Acquire Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR”), in connection with Merck’s pending acquisition of Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns”) (Nasdaq: TERN) expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 23, 2026.As previously announced on April 7, 2026, Merck commenced, through a subsidiary, a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Terns, for $53.00 net in cash for each share of Terns common stock validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the offer, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding. The expiration of the HSR waiting period satisfies one of the conditions necessary for the consummation of the tender offer. Consummation of the tender offer remains subject to other conditions described in the tender offer statement on Schedule TO filed with the U.S. Sec
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