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PRECISION BIOSCIENCES INC

For the period ended May 15, 2025. Filed May 15, 2025.

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May 15, 2025 · Filed May 15, 2025

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EX-99.1 · Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the potential of PBGENE-DMD to be a first-in-classin vivo gene editing approach addressing the majority of DMD patients; the safety data and antiviral activity established after the administrations of PBGENE-HBV; translation of results in preclinical studies of ARCUS nucleases to clinical studies in humans; the preclinical and clinical development and demonstrated, potential and expected safety, efficacy and benefit of PBGENE-HBV and PBGENE-DMD, as well as our other product candidates and those being developed by partners; the unique design of PBGENE-HBV to eliminate cccDNA and inactivate integrated HBV DNA with high specificity, potentially leading to functional cures; the expected timing and opportunities of regulatory processes (including filings such as INDs or CTAs for PBGENE-HBV and PBGENE-DMD and the acceptance of these filings by regulatory agencies); the suitability of PBGENE-HBV for the treatment of hepatitis and the targeting of the root cause of the disease; the key advantages of ARCUS and its key capabilities and differentiating characteristics; expectations about operational initiatives, strategies, further development, or timing of additional updates or data releases of PBGENE-HBV and PBGENE-DMD; plans to provide additional administrations of PBGENE-HBV at the first dose level; plans to escalate to higher dose levels and next cohorts in the ELIMINATE-B clinical trial; expansion of the ELIMINATE-B clinical trial to the United States and United Kingdom; expectations around accelerating the PBGENE-DMD program; the design of PBGENE-DMD to improve function over time and address more than 60% of patients with DMD; the potential for PBGENE-DMD to provide durable functional improvement with a one time lower dose of AAV; the complete enrollment of the OTC-HOPE study in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Spain and timing of full data from the trial in the first half of 2026; expectations and announcements about achievement of key milestones; our expected cash runway and the sufficiency of our cash runway extending into the second half of 2026 to advance PBGENE-HBV and PBGENE-DMD through Phase 1 data readouts; and the staged development of PBGENE-3243 alone or with partners following completion of the Phase 1 ELIMINATE-B trial and after the PBGENE-DMD program reaches the clinic. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “approach,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “could,” “design,” “designed,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “look,” “may,” “mission,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “pursue,” “should,” “strive,” “suggest,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or the negative thereof and similar words and expressions.

Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, beliefs, and assumptions and on information currently available to us. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various important factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to become profitable; our ability to procure sufficient funding to advance our programs; risks associated with our capital requirements, anticipated cash runway, requirements under our current debt instruments and effects of restrictions thereunder, including our ability to raise additional capital due to market conditions and/or our market capitalization; our operating expenses and our ability to predict what those expenses will be; our limited operating history; the progression and success of our programs and product candidates in which we expend our resources; our limited ability or inability to assess the safety and efficacy of our product candidates; the risk that other genome-editing technologies may provide significant advantages over our ARCUS technology; our dependence on our ARCUS technology; the initiation, cost, timing, progress, achievement of milestones and results of research and development activities and preclinical and clinical studies, including clinical trial and investigational new drug applications; public perception about genome editing technology and its applications; competition in the genome editing, biopharmaceutical, and biotechnology fields; our or our collaborators’ or other licensees’ ability to identify, develop and commercialize product candidates; pending and potential product liability lawsuits and penalties against us or our collaborators or other licensees related to our technology and our product candidates; the U.S. and foreign regulatory landscape applicable to our and our collaborators’ or other licensees’ development of product candidates; our or our collaborators’ or other licensees’ ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully design, implement and complete, clinical trials; potential manufacturing problems associated with the development or commercialization of any of our product candidates; delays or difficulties in our and our collaborators’ and other licensees’ ability to enroll patients; changes in interim “top-line” and initial data that we announce or publish; if our product candidates do not work as intended or cause undesirable side effects; risks associated with applicable healthcare, data protection, privacy and security regulations and our compliance therewith; our or our licensees’ ability to obtain orphan drug designation or fast track designation for our product candidates or to realize the expected benefits of these designations; our or our collaborators’ or other licensees’ ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates, and any related restrictions, limitations and/or warnings in the label of an approved product candidate; the rate and degree of market acceptance of any of our product candidates; our ability to effectively manage the growth of our operations; our ability to attract, retain, and motivate executives and personnel; effects of system failures and security breaches; insurance expenses and exposure to uninsured liabilities; effects of tax rules; effects of any pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak of an infectious disease; the success of our existing collaboration and other license agreements, and our ability to enter into new collaboration arrangements; our current and future relationships with and reliance on third parties including suppliers and manufacturers; our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our technology and any of our product candidates; potential litigation relating to infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights; effects of natural and manmade disasters, public health emergencies and other natural catastrophic events; effects of sustained inflation, supply chain disruptions and major central bank policy actions; market and economic conditions; risks related to ownership of our common stock, including fluctuations in our stock price; our ability to meet the requirements of and maintain listing of our common stock on Nasdaq or other public stock exchanges; and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, as any such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website atwww.sec.gov and the Investors page of our website under SEC Filings atinvestor.precisionbiosciences.com.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, we have no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

Precision Biosciences, Inc.
Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Revenue$29$17,584
Operating expenses
Research and development13,58813,343
General and administrative8,5538,428
Total operating expenses22,14121,771
Operating loss(22,112)(4,187)
Other income (expense):
Gain from equity method investment1,3421,713
Gain (loss) on changes in fair value49(348)
(Loss) gain on change in fair value of warrant liability(804)10,386
Interest expense(354)(574)
Interest income1,3231,663
Loss on disposal of assets(9)(65)
Total other income1,54712,775
(Loss) income from continuing operations$(20,565)$8,588
Net (loss) income$(20,565)$8,588
Net (loss) income per share
Basic$(2.21)$1.70
Diluted$(2.21)$1.70
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding
Basic9,292,0665,060,978
Diluted9,292,0665,063,406
Precision Biosciences, Inc.
Balance Sheets Data
(In thousands, except share amounts)
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$99,789$108,468
Working capital69,71080,009
Total assets124,411136,388
Total liabilities75,07479,995
Total stockholders' equity$49,337$56,393
Common stock outstanding10,548,8528,202,715
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