<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-14-050848.txt : 20140709
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-14-050848
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140707
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140709
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140709

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Minerva Neurosciences, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001598646
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				260784194
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 FIRST STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02142
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-444-8444

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 FIRST STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02142

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pellegrini Lorenzo
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001611671

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36517
		FILM NUMBER:		14968148

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 FIRST STREET SUITE 1800
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02142
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        <footnote id="F1">Lorenzo Pellegrini, Director of the Issuer, is a partner of Care Capital, LLC which is affiliated with Care Capital Investments III, LP (&quot;CC III&quot;) and Care Capital Offshore Investments III, LP (CCO). Dr. Pellegrini disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares held by the foregoing funds, except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Care Capital III LLC is the general partner of Care Capital Investments III LP and Care Capital Offshore Investments III LP and as a result, Care Capital III LLC has the ultimate power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of such shares. Richard Markham, Jan Leschly, Jerry N. Karabelas and David R. Ramsay are the four managing members at Care Capital III LLC, and in their capacity as such, may be deemed to exercise shared voting and investment power over the shares held by the reporting persons, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The issuer's convertible promissory notes automatically converted into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of the aggregate outstanding principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest due under the notes divided by $6.00.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Consists of notes with a principal balance of $639,323.10 and interest accrued through July 6, 2014 of $33,910 convertible into 112,205 shares of common stock held by CC III and notes with a principal balance of $10,676.90 and interest accrued through July 6, 2014 of $566 convertible into 1,873 shares of common stock held by CCO.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Consists of notes with a principal balance of Euro 255,000.66 ($347,031.67, as converted) and interest accrued through July 6, 2014 of $18,406.94 convertible into 60,906 shares of common stock held by CC III and notes with a principal balance of Euro 4,258.59 ($5,795.54 as converted) and interest accrued through July 6, 2014 of $307.40 convertible into 1,017 shares of common stock held by CCO. All amounts converted from Euro into U.S. Dollars ($) applied the conversion rate from the Euro as of July 4, 2014, which was 1.360905.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Consist of 725,386 shares owned by CC III and 12,114 shares owned by CCO.</footnote>
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