Denise Scots-Knight Form 4 Mereo BioPharma / Denise Scots-Knight ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Scots-Knight Denise

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O MEREO BIOPHARMA GROUP PLC

4TH FLOOR, ONE CAVENDISH PLACE

(Street)

LONDON X0 W1G 0QF

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Mereo BioPharma Group plc [ MREO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/12/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
American Depositary Shares representing Ordinary Shares(1)(2)	09/12/2024		S		28,611(3)	D	$4.4727(4)	868,967(6)	D
American Depositary Shares representing Ordinary Shares(1)	09/13/2024		S		60,046(3)	D	$4.221(5)	808,921(6)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each American Depositary Share ("ADS") represents five ordinary shares, nominal value GBP 0.003 per ordinary share, of the Issuer.

2. Reporting Person also beneficially owns 4 ordinary shares, nominal value of GBP 0.003 per ordinary share, of the Issuer.

3. Represents the number of ADSs required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of Performance-based restricted stock units under the issuer's 2019 Employee Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), that vested on September 11, 2024. These sales are mandated by the Issuer's election under its Plan to require the satisfaction of a tax withholding obligation to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These ADSs were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.37 to $4.62, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Mereo BioPharma Group plc ("Mereo"), any security holder of Mereo, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of ADSs sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (4) and (5) to this Form 4.

5. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These ADSs were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.01 to $4.43, inclusive.

6. Includes 1,200 ADSs jointly owned by Reporting person and her spouse.

	/s/ Christine Fox, by power of attorney	09/16/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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