Merck & Co., Inc. - Jan 7, 2024 Form 3 Insider Report for Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (HARP)

Role
10%+ Owner
Signature
/s/ Robert M. Davis, Robert M. Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stock symbol
HARP
Transactions as of
Jan 7, 2024
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
3
Date filed
1/17/2024, 05:52 PM
Previous filing
Jun 4, 2021
Next filing
Mar 11, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
holding HARP Common Stock, par value $0.0001 0 Jan 7, 2024 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
holding HARP Stock Option (right to buy) Jan 7, 2024 Common Stock, par value $0.0001 0 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This Form 3 is being filed solely due to the entry by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ("Parent") and Hawaii Merger Sub, Inc. ("Purchaser") into Support Agreements (each, a "Support Agreement") with certain stockholders of Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"). The Support Agreements were entered into in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of January 7, 2024, by and among the Parent, Purchaser and the Company. For additional information regarding the Support Agreements and the Merger Agreement, see the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2024 (the "Schedule 13D").
F2 Purchaser is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and Parent is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. ("Merck", and together with Parent, the "Reporting Persons"). As a result of certain provisions contained in the Support Agreements, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock covered by the Support Agreements and beneficially owned by the stockholders party thereto (an aggregate of 3,080,815 shares, which represent approximately 17.48% of the Company's total outstanding shares as of the close of business on January 7, 2024, based on the representations made by the Company in the Merger Agreement) for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")).
F3 Each of the Reporting Persons declare that the filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of any securities reported in this Form 3.
F4 Generally, upon the exercise of any security convertible or exchangeable for any common stock of the Company by the stockholders party to the Support Agreements, such shares of common stock acquired upon exercise thereof shall be subject to the Support Agreements and the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such additional shares of common stock, if any. The Reporting Persons expressly disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, and the Reporting Persons do not have any pecuniary interest (as defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act) in any of the shares subject to the Support Agreements.