-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DDpX1/un8rJCTvWzX45QP7/zjltZMtOGCsmrko0E43OFYKbLfcUZgtIV9EzIjmGK i6wHKyDJUHzp/1gPxqWNBw== 0001104659-09-071465.txt : 20100319 0001104659-09-071465.hdr.sgml : 20100319 20091224104823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-071465 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091224 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARQULE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001019695 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 043221586 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19 PRESIDENTIAL WAY CITY: WOBURN STATE: MA ZIP: 01801 BUSINESS PHONE: 781-994-0300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19 PRESIDENTIAL WAY CITY: WOBURN STATE: MA ZIP: 01801 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

December 23, 2009

 

BY EDGAR

 

Jennifer Riegel, Esq.

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re:                               ArQule Inc.

Definitive Proxy Statement Filed April 10, 2009

File No. 000-21429

 

Dear Ms. Riegel:

 

On behalf of ArQule, Inc. (the “Company”), I am writing to advise you that we will be unable to respond to the Staff’s comment letter dated December 16, 2009 within the requested time frame.  The suggested due date falls on December 31, 2009.  We are located in the Boston area, and we have been short of staff this week as a result of the recent snowstorm.  In addition, our offices will be closed for annual building maintenance from December 24, 2009 until January 4, 2010. Accordingly, we will not have access to the personnel and information that we will require to be responsive to the comment letter.  Moreover, we believe that it is important to review our proposed response with the members of the Compensation Committee of ArQule’s Board of Directors, and we will be unable to do so under the circumstances during this holiday week.

 

We believe that we will be in a position to respond to the Staff’s letter by no later than January 15, 2010.  If possible, we will respond before that time.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

/s/ Robert J. Connaughton, Jr.

 

 

 

Robert J. Connaughton, Jr.

 

Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel

 


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