UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2012
ARQULE, INC.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 000-21429 | 04-3221586 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
| of incorporation) | | Identification No.) |
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| | 19 Presidential Way | |
| | Woburn, MA | |
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| | (Address of principal executive offices) | |
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| | 01801 | |
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| | (Zip code) | |
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| | (781) 994-0300 | |
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Section 7 — Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure..
On June 2, 2012, ArQule, Inc. (the “Registrant”) announced final results from a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 clinical trial with the selective MET inhibitor tivantinib as a single-agent, investigational, second-line treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
The results were the subject of an oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on June 2, 2012. Copies of slides that accompanied the presentation may be accessed electronically at http://investors.arqule.com/data.cfm.
The Registrant’s press release dated June 2, 2012, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K.
Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. 99.1 Text of press release announcing clinical trial results dated June 2, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | ARQULE, INC. |
| | (Registrant) |
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| | /s/ Peter S. Lawrence | |
| | Peter S. Lawrence |
| | President and Chief Operating Officer |
June 4, 2012
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