DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trimeris, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMS) today announced it recently completed the mailing of IRS Forms 1099 to its shareholders reporting the classification of the special cash dividends paid during 2008 between ordinary dividends that are qualified dividends and non-dividend distributions that are a return of capital for federal income tax purposes. However, under IRS rules, certain shareholders do not receive IRS Form 1099. In order to advise such shareholders of the tax classification of the distributions paid to them, the company is issuing this statement.
