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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): January 22, 2014
 
ARQULE, INC.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)
 
  Delaware        000-21429           04-3221586   
 (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation)         Identification No.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 19 Presidential Way
   Woburn, MA   
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
    01801  
     
  (Zip code)  
     
  (781) 994-0300  
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
 
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Section 5-Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
On January 22, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ArQule, Inc. (the “Registrant”) revised Sections 7, 8, 10 and 11 of Article II of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”). The revisions provided for:
 
 
1.
Specific authority of the Board to, at any time, appoint or change the chairman of any committee.
 
 
2.
Authorization of the chairman of any committee established by the Board to create or disband one or more subcommittees; subject to certain conditions set forth in the Bylaws, to appoint its membership; and to delegate to any such subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority expressly delegated by the Board to the committee of the Board to which it is subordinate, which delegated powers and authority may be exercised by such subcommittee in the management of the business and affairs of the Registrant.
 
 
3.
Addition of e-mail or other verifiable electronic communication as a means of providing formal notice of a special meeting of the Board to its members.
 
 
4.
Addition of electronic transmissions as a means of taking any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof to be taken without a meeting and without notice, and providing evidence of the member’s consent to such action as required by the By-laws
 
The description of the revisions to the Bylaws set forth herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  Exhibits.
 
 Exhibit 3.1 Amended and Restated By-Laws of ArQule, Inc.
 
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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)  
       
    /s/ Peter S. Lawrence  
    Peter S. Lawrence  
    President and Chief Operating Officer
       
January 27, 2014      
                                                                
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