Merus N.V. - Common Shares (MRUS)

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Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the sale of Merus N.V. (NASDAQ: MRUS) to Genmab A/S for $97.00 per share is fair to Merus shareholders.

Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) and Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) announced today that they have entered into a transaction agreement pursuant to which Genmab intends to acquire all the shares of Merus, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with its late-stage breakthrough therapy asset petosemtamab, which is in Phase 3 development, for USD 97.00 per share in an all-cash transaction representing a transaction value of approximately USD 8.0 billion. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. A wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab (“Purchaser”) will commence a tender offer for 100% of Merus’ common shares, which is anticipated to close by early in the first quarter of 2026.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will participate in a fireside chat at the 2025 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 3:45 p.m. ET.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will participate in a fireside chat at the Canaccord Genuity 45th Annual Growth Conference on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. ET.

- Petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab in 1L PD-L1+ r/m HNSCC phase 2 trial demonstrates 63% response rate observed among 43 evaluable patients and 79% overall survival rate at 12-months

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (“Merus”, the “Company,” “we” and “our”), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that the Company granted non-statutory stock options to two new employees as an inducement award outside the Company’s 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Company granted stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 240,000 shares of its common stock to two new employees. The stock options were granted on August 1, 2025. The grant was approved by the Board of Directors and a majority of independent directors based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee and made as a material inducement to such employees entering into employment with Merus in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The option awards have an exercise price of $ 65.56 per share, the closing price of Merus’ common stock on August 1, 2025. The options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s new hire date and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three years. The awards are subject to the award holder’s continuous service through each vesting date and to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the standard forms of grant agreements thereunder.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (“Merus”, the “Company,” “we” and “our”), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 5,263,158 common shares, at a public offering price of $57.00 per share (the “Offer Shares”). Merus also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 789,473 common shares (the “Option Shares” and together with the Offer Shares, the “Shares”). The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses and excluding the underwriters’ option to purchase the Option Shares, are expected to be approximately $300.0 million. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Merus.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (“Merus”, the “Company,” “we” and “our”), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced the launch of a proposed underwritten public offering of its common shares (the “Offer Shares”). All of the common shares are being offered by Merus. In addition, Merus expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offer Shares (the “Option Shares” and together with the Offer Shares, the “Shares”). The offering is subject to market conditions and other closing conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will present at the following investor conferences:

-  63% response rate observed among 43 evaluable patients

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (“Merus”, “the Company”, “we”, or “our”), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced publication on the mechanism of action of petosemtamab, a bispecific antibody targeting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and Leucine-Rich G (LGR5), in the scientific journal “Cancers”, a MDPI publication, available here.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will participate in a fireside chat at the BofA Securities 2025 Health Care Conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 8:40 a.m. PT/11:40 a.m. ET.

- Petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab in 1L PD-L1+ r/m HNSCC phase 2 trial ongoing with clinical data update at 2025 ASCO® Annual Meeting

- Petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab in 1L PD-L1+ r/m HNSCC interim clinical data selected for poster presentation

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), an oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will participate in a fireside chat at the 24th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 8:45 a.m. ET.

-  Phase 3 registrational trials evaluating petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab in 1L PD-L1+ r/m HNSCC and petosemtamab monotherapy in 2/3L r/m HNSCC enrolling; expected to be substantially enrolled by YE25

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (Biclonics®, Triclonics® and ADClonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will participate in the following investor conferences:

This marks the second BTD for petosemtamab in HNSCC

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®), today announced that Bill Lundberg, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer of Merus, will present at Citi's 2025 Virtual Oncology Leadership Summit on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) (Merus, the Company, we, or our), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®), today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published results of the registrational phase 2 eNRGy trial for Bizengri® (zenocutuzumab), the first and only treatment indicated for adults with pancreatic adenocarcinoma or non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that are advanced unresectable or metastatic and harbor a neuregulin 1 (NRG1) gene fusion who have disease progression on or after prior systemic therapy.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. and UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biohaven Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) and Merus N.V. (Nasdaq:MRUS), today announced a research collaboration and license agreement to co-develop three novel bispecific antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), leveraging Merus’ leading Biclonics® technology platform, and Biohaven’s next-generation ADC conjugation and payload platform technologies.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®) for cancer, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Company’s phase 2 trial evaluating petosemtamab monotherapy in heavily pretreated (3L+) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Petosemtamab is a Biclonics® targeting EGFR and LGR5. 

Petosemtamab in combination with pembrolizumab in 1L r/m PD-L1 expressing HNSCC ongoing with clinical data update planned for 2025