Merus (MRUS) Form 4 Merus / Kruif John de 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^*

de Kruif John

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O MERUS N.V.

YALELAAN 62

(Street)

UTRECHT P7 3584 CM

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Merus N.V. [ MRUS ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP & Chief Technology Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/12/2021

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
Common Shares(1)	08/12/2021		M		3,333	A	(2)	15,830	D
Common Shares(1)	08/12/2021		M		2,239	A	(2)	18,069	D
Common Shares(1)	08/12/2021		S		2,787	D	$19.34(3)	15,282	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
Share Option (right to buy)(1)	(2)	08/12/2021		M			3,333	(4)	06/17/2022	Common Shares	3,333	$0.00	0(5)	D
Share Option (right to buy)(1)	(2)	08/12/2021		M			2,239	(4)	03/16/2023	Common Shares	2,239	$0.00	0(6)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

2. Exercise price is denominated in Euros at 1.93.

3. Amount represents the weighted average price of shares sold, which ranged from $19.20 to $19.425. Details of individual transactions are available upon request.

4. These options are fully vested.

5. Number of derivative securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction is in reference to the number of options that remain outstanding of those originally granted on June 17, 2014.

6. Number of derivative securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction is in reference to the number of options that remain outstanding of those originally granted on March 16, 2015.

Remarks:

	/s/ Peter Silverman as attorney-in-fact	08/16/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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