SALT LAKE CITY, March 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myrexis, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYRX) announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Plan in the form of a Rights Agreement designed to help protect and preserve its substantial tax attributes primarily associated with net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) and research tax credits, under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Plan is similar to plans adopted by numerous other public companies with significant NOLs. The Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Plan replaces the Shareholder Rights Plan that Myrexis adopted in 2009, which the Myrexis Board of Directors terminated immediately prior to the adoption of the plan announced today.
