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* STANGER KENT W (Last) (First) (Middle) 1600 W MERIT PARKWAY (Street) SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC [ MMSI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/16/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person 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, No Par Value								80,885	I	By 401(k) plan(1)
Common Stock, No Par Value								4,271(2)	D
Common Stock, No Par Value								29,524	I	Family Limited Liability Company(3)
Common Stock, No Par Value	03/16/2015		M		18,750	A	$11.41	420,841	D
Common Stock, No Par Value	03/16/2015		M		43,750	A	$11.53	464,591	D
Common Stock, No Par Value	03/16/2015		F		44,988(4)	D	$19.6	419,603	D

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
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$11.41	03/16/2015		M			18,750	05/25/2005	05/25/2015	Common Stock	18,750	$0	0	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$9.71							12/28/2005	12/28/2015	Common Stock	25,000		25,000	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$11.53	03/16/2015		M			43,750	05/21/2009(5)	05/21/2015	Common Stock	43,750	$0	0	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$13.82							09/26/2010(6)	09/26/2016	Common Stock	25,000		25,000	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$13.75							08/11/2012(7)	08/11/2018	Common Stock	80,000		80,000	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$12.06							10/04/2015(8)	10/04/2021	Common Stock	10,000		10,000	D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy)	$17.27							02/13/2016(9)	02/13/2022	Common Stock	21,800		21,800	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents plan holdings as of 03/17/2015.

2. Employee stock purchase plan holdings as of 03/17/2015.

3. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities held by K.W.S. Properties LC.

4. Stock options were exercised in a swap transaction with the Company. 44,988 shares of common stock were surrendered for payroll taxes and payment of the option price. No shares were sold in the open market.

5. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 05/21/2009.

6. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 09/26/2010.

7. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 08/11/2012.

8. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 10/04/2015.

9. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 02/13/2016.

	Rashelle Perry, Attorney-in-Fact	03/18/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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