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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerCik>0002019804</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HCM II Acquisition Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>G43658106</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE</com:street1>
          <com:city>STAMFORD</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>CT</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>06902</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Merus Global Investments, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>866058.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>3.8</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>OO</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>Note to Row 11: Calculated based on the 23,000,000 shares of the Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, of HCM II Acquisition Corp. (the "Issuer") outstanding as of August 12, 2025, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025.</comments>
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        <issuerName>HCM II Acquisition Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD, CT, 06902</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>866,058</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Merus Global Investments, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Amrita M. Mahabaleswara</signature>
        <title>Amrita M. Mahabaleswara, General Counsel and Head of Compliance</title>
        <date>08/14/2025</date>
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