SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* D. E. Shaw Composite Side Pocket Series 5, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET, 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MERU NETWORKS INC [ MERU ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/05/2010
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/05/2010		C		952,018	A	(4)	952,018	D(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock	04/05/2010		C		412,948	A	(5)	1,364,966	D(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock	04/05/2010		C		46,536	A	(5)	1,411,502	D(1)(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock	(4)	04/05/2010		C			8,351,754	(6)	(7)	Common Stock	952,018	(4)	0	D(2)(3)(8)
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	(5)	04/05/2010		C			4,601,404	(6)	(7)	Common Stock	412,948	(5)	0	D(2)(3)(9)
Preferred Stock Warrant	$0.7023	04/05/2010		X			876,262	(6)	(7)	Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	518,558(10)	(5)	0	D(2)(3)(9)
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	$0.7023	04/05/2010		X		518,558(10)		(6)	(7)	Common Stock	46,536	(5)	0	D(2)(3)(9)
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	(5)	04/05/2010		C			518,558	(6)	(7)	Common Stock	46,536	(5)	0	D(2)(3)(9)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* D. E. Shaw Composite Side Pocket Series 5, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET, 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Laminar Direct Capital, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* D. E. SHAW & CO, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* D. E. SHAW & CO, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SHAW DAVID E (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET 39TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Footnotes 1, 2, and 3.

Explanation of Responses:

1. 952,018 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock are held directly by D. E. Shaw Composite Side Pocket 5, L.L.C. ("Composite") and 459,484 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock are held directly by Laminar Direct Capital, L.L.C. ("LDC").

2. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. ("DESCO LP"), as investment adviser to Composite and investment adviser and managing member of LDC; D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. ("DESCO LLC"), as manager of Composite; and Mr. David E. Shaw ("David E. Shaw") (as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc., which is the general partner of DESCO LP, and as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc., which is the managing member of DESCO LLC) may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of all, or certain of, the securities reported in this Form 4 for the purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Cont'd in FN 3)

3. In accordance with instruction 4(b)(iv), the entire number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by DESCO LP or DESCO LLC was previously reported. None of DESCO LP, DESCO LLC, or David E. Shaw owns any shares of Common Stock directly, and each disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the securities reported, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

4. Each outstanding share of the Issuer's Series D Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into approximately 0.11399 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock upon the closing of the initial public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock.

5. Each outstanding share of the Issuer's Series E Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into approximately 0.08974 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock upon the closing of the initial public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock.

6. Immediately.

7. N/A.

8. The Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer to which this form relates were held directly by Composite.

9. The Series E Convertible Preferred Stock and Preferred Stock Warrants of the Issuer to which this form relates were held directly by LDC.

10. Represents the net number of the Issuer's Series E Convertible Preferred Stock issued in a cashless exercise of the Preferred Stock Warrants after the exclusion of shares representing the exercise price.

	D. E. Shaw Composite Side Pocket Series 5, L.L.C. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Authorized Signatory	04/07/2010
	Laminar Direct Capital, L.L.C. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Authorized Signatory	04/07/2010
	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Chief Compliance Officer	04/07/2010
	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Authorized Signatory	04/07/2010
	David E. Shaw By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Shaw	04/07/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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