Merck & Co., Inc. Completes Tender Offer To Acquire Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced the successful completion of the tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDIX) at a purchase price of $24.50 per share. As of the tender offer expiration yesterday, 131,693,787 shares of common stock of Idenix were validly tendered and not withdrawn from the tender offer, representing approximately 82.5 percent of the outstanding common stock of Idenix on a fully diluted basis. All of such shares have been accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the tender offer, and Merck expects to promptly pay for all such shares.

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