SEC Filing - Merus

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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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

3584 CM

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2020

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

4. 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

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares	10,537	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	09/04/2020	Common Shares	2,222	⁽²⁾	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	06/17/2022	Common Shares	3,333	⁽²⁾	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	03/16/2023	Common Shares	2,239	⁽²⁾	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	10/30/2023	Common Shares	17,093	⁽³⁾	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	01/01/2027	Common Shares	11,479	21.11	D
Restricted Share Unit	⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Shares	1,006	⁽⁵⁾	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽⁶⁾	02/21/2028	Common Shares	22,000	17.94	D
Share Option (right to buy)	⁽⁷⁾	02/20/2029	Common Shares	50,000	11.16	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These options are fully vested.

2. Exercise price is denominated in Euros at 1.93.

3. Exercise price is denominated in Euros at 7.20.

4. Options vest over a four-year period from January 1, 2017. 25% vest on January 1, 2018 and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter.

5. Restricted stock units vest over a four-year period until January 1, 2021, in equal monthly installments. Restricted stock units convert into Issuer common stock on a one-for-one basis. There is no applicable conversion or exercise price.

6. Options vest over a four-year period from January 1, 2018. 25% vest on January 1, 2019 and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter.

7. Options vest over a four-year period from January 1, 2019. 25% vest on January 1, 2020 and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter.

Remarks:

The Reporting Person is filing this form in connection with the Issuer's transition from a foreign private issuer to a domestic issuer, effective January 1, 2020. Exhibit 24

	/s/ Peter Silverman as attorney-in-fact	01/02/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

     With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Merus
N.V. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the
individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time
to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2.     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder;

3.     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

4.     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.

     The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
 executed as of this 2nd day of October, 2019.

Signature:         /s/ John de Kruif
Print Name:        John de Kruif


Schedule A
__________

Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and
Resubstitution:

Sven (Bill) Ante Lundberg
Peter Silverman