June 22 (Reuters) - Talaris Therapeutics Inc TALS.O :
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS AND TOURMALINE BIO ANNOUNCE MERGER
AGREEMENT
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS INC: TALARIS STOCKHOLDERS EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $3.43 PER TALARIS SHARE
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS - COMBINED COMPANY WILL OPERATE UNDER
NAME
TOURMALINE BIO, INC. AND TRADE ON NASDAQ UNDER TICKER SYMBOL
"TRML."
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS INC - MERGER TO CREATE NASDAQ-LISTED,
LATE-STAGE CLINICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS - ANTICIPATES MAKING A CASH DIVIDEND
OF UP
TO ABOUT $64.8 MILLION TO ITS STOCKHOLDERS PRIOR TO CLOSING OF
MERGER
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS INC - MERGER HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED
BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH COMPANIES
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS INC - COMBINED COMPANY WILL BE LED BY
CURRENT MEMBERS OF TOURMALINE LEADERSHIP TEAM
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS - TOURMALINE STOCKHOLDERS IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR
TO MERGER ARE EXPECTED TO OWN ABOUT 78.7% OF COMBINED CO
* TALARIS THERAPEUTICS INC - BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMBINED
COMPANY WILL BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS
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