Ex-Filing Fees
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
| Security Type | Security Class Title | Notes | Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee | |||||||||||
| (1) | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Offering Amounts: | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Fee Offsets: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net Fee Due: | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Offering Note(s)
| (1) | Represents 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for future issuance under the Merlin, Inc. 2026 Incentive Award Plan (the “2026 Plan”), which number consists of (a) 14,974,127 shares of common stock initially available for future grants under the 2026 Plan and (b) up to an additional 15,025,873 shares of common stock that may become issuable under the 2026 Plan pursuant to its terms. To the extent outstanding awards under the 2026 Plan or the Merlin, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) are forfeited or lapse unexercised, the shares of Common Stock subject to such awards will be available for future issuance under the 2026 Plan. See footnote 2 below. Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on May 19, 2026, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. |
| (2) | Represents 7,346,878 of Common Stock subject to outstanding options under the 2018 Plan. To the extent outstanding options under the 2018 Plan are forfeited or lapse unexercised, the shares of Common Stock subject to such awards will be available for future issuance under the 2026 Plan. See footnote 1 above. This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is $3.41 per share, which is the weighted average exercise price of outstanding options granted under the 2018 Plan being registered. |
| (3) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on May 19, 2026, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. Represents 5,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Merlin, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which number consists of (a) 2,246,120 shares of common stock initially available for future grants under the ESPP and (b) up to an additional 2,953,880 shares of common stock that may become issuable under the ESPP pursuant to its terms. |