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Yarrow Bioscience, Inc.

private/VYNE Therapeutics Inc.VYNE

VYNE Therapeutics to merge with Yarrow Bioscience

StockDefinitive Proxyhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

stock

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationStock
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required
Vote date
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Threshold
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

Acquirer side· VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

Legal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

  • · Ryan Murr
  • · Branden Berns
  • · Melanie Neary
Ryan Murr, Esq. Branden Berns, Esq. Melanie Neary, Esq. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111

Cooley LLP

  • · Mark Ballantyne
  • · Kevin Cooper
  • · Minkyu Park
  • · Paul Alexander
Mark Ballantyne Kevin Cooper Minkyu Park Paul Alexander Cooley LLP One Freedom Square, Reston Town Center 11951 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190

Target side· Yarrow Bioscience, Inc.

None on record


Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPLegalAcquirer5View deals →
Cooley LLPLegalAcquirer1View deals →

Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    VYNE Therapeutics to merge with Yarrow Bioscience


Sources

VYNE Therapeutics Inc. and Yarrow Bioscience, Inc. entered into a Merger Agreement dated December 17, 2025 (amended January 30, 2026), pursuant to which VYNE's subsidiary will merge with Yarrow, with Yarrow surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of VYNE. Each share of Yarrow Capital Stock will be converted into approximately 35.8667 shares of VYNE Common Stock, with Yarrow investors investing approximately $100 million in a pre-closing financing and VYNE shareholders expected to own approximately 3.0% of the combined company post-merger. The merger requires VYNE shareholder approval at a special meeting and approval for listing of VYNE Common Stock on Nasdaq.

Item id: fdacd274-6f80-4832-b793-f44b8b3a515c · ingested Apr 24, 2026