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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-091430
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230814
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230814

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Merus N.V.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001651311
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			P7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-89510
		FILM NUMBER:		231171287

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		YALELAAN 62
		CITY:			3584 CM UTRECHT
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			3584 CM
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31 030 253 8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		YALELAAN 62
		CITY:			3584 CM UTRECHT
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			3584 CM

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Merus B.V.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150819

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INCYTE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879169
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731]
		IRS NUMBER:				943136539
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024986700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030318

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE GENOMICS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000710

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930902
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;2)*</B></P>

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n.v.</B></FONT></P>

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nominal value &euro;0.09 per share</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>N5749R100</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Maria E. Pasquale</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Executive Vice
President and General Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Incyte Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1801 Augustine
Cut-Off,</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Wilmington,
Delaware 19803</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>(302) 498-6700</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person<BR>
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>August&nbsp;9,
2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If the filing person has previously filed a statement
on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;240.13d-1(e),
240.13d-1(f)&nbsp;or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Note</B></FONT>:
Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See &sect;240.13d-7
for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</P>

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The remainder of this cover page&nbsp;shall be filled out for a reporting person&rsquo;s initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior
cover page.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information required on the remainder of this
cover page&nbsp;shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purpose of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(&ldquo;<U>Act</U>&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
of the Act (however, see the Notes).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Persons who respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CUSIP No.&nbsp;N5749R100</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Names of Reporting Persons<BR>
Incyte Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SEC Use Only </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Source of Funds (See Instructions)<BR>
WC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)&nbsp;or 2(e)&nbsp; </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citizenship or Place of Organization<BR>
Delaware</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
Shares<BR>
Beneficially<BR>
Owned by<BR>
Each<BR>
Reporting<BR>
Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Voting Power <BR>
4,004,544</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Voting Power <BR>
0</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Dispositive Power <BR>
4,004,544</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Dispositive Power <BR>
0</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person <BR>
4,004,544</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Percent of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (11) <BR>
6.9%* </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
CO</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 81%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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The calculation of the percentage of outstanding shares is based on 57,694,568 Common Shares (defined below) outstanding immediately following
the Offering (defined below), including the exercise in full of the Underwriters&rsquo; Option (defined below), as described in the Issuer&rsquo;s
prospectus supplement dated August&nbsp;9, 2023 and Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August&nbsp;11, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Introduction</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Schedule 13D (this &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) amends and supplements the previously filed statement on Schedule
13D, amended (the &ldquo;Schedule&nbsp;13D&rdquo;), filed by Incyte Corporation, a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;Incyte&rdquo;), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) relating to the </FONT>common shares, nominal value &euro;0.09 per share
(the &ldquo;Common Shares&rdquo;), of Merus N.V., a public company with limited liability (<I>naamloze vennootschap</I>) incorporated
under the laws of the Netherlands (the &ldquo;Issuer&rdquo;). The Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the information
set forth herein. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Schedule 13D. Except as set forth
herein, the Schedule 13D is unmodified and remains in full force and effect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The information
in Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The additional
information provided in Item 4 of this Amendment below is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Purpose of Transaction</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The information
in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by the following information:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">On August&nbsp;9,
2023, the Issuer entered into an underwriting agreement (the &ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;) with Jefferies LLC, BofA Securities,&nbsp;Inc.,
Guggenheim Securities, LLC and William Blair&nbsp;&amp; Company, L.L.C., as representatives of the several underwriters (the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;),
relating to the public coffering (the &ldquo;Offering&rdquo;) of 6,818,182 Common Shares at a public offering price of $22.00 per Common
Share. In addition, the Issuer granted the Underwriters an option (the &ldquo;Underwriters&rsquo; Option&rdquo;), exercisable for 30 days
from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase, at $22.00 per Common Share, up to an additional 1,022,727 Common Shares, which
the Underwriters exercised in full on August&nbsp;10, 2023. The Offering closed on August&nbsp;14, 2023.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Pursuant
to the Offering,&nbsp;Incyte purchased 454,544 Common Shares at the public offering price of $22.00 per Common Share, or an aggregate
purchase price of $9,999,968, using available working capital.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information in Item 5(a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of
the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(a)<B>&nbsp;Aggregate Number and Percentage of
Securities</B>. As of the date that this Amendment is filed,&nbsp;Incyte directly holds 4,004,544 Common Shares, representing 6.9% of
the outstanding Common Shares based on a total of 57,694,568 Common Shares outstanding immediately following the Offering, including Common
Shares issued upon exercise in full of the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Underwriters&rsquo; Option</FONT>, as described in the
Issuer&rsquo;s prospectus supplement filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;9, 2023 and the Issuer&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;</FONT><B>Power
to Vote and Dispose</B>. Incyte has sole voting and dispositive power over the 4,004,544 Common Shares reported herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information in Item 5(c)&nbsp;of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and supplemented by the following information:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;</FONT><B>Transactions
within the past 60 days</B>. Described above under <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Item 4 of this Amendment and incorporated herein
by reference. Except as described in Item&nbsp;4 of this Amendment,&nbsp;Incyte has not effected any transactions in Common Shares in
the past 60 days.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: August&nbsp;14, 2023</P>

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