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Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 11, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 11, 2026

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

Description of Business, Organization and Liquidity

Organization and Business

Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc. (“Metagenomi” or the “Company”), formerly known as Metagenomi, Inc., is an in vivo genome editing company capitalizing on its proprietary technologies to create curative genetic medicines for patients.

Name Change

In the first quarter of 2026, the Company announced a corporate name change to Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc. This change emphasized the Company’s strategic evolution focused on driving its later-stage preclinical programs into the clinic and utilizing its most advanced technologies that have the highest probability of success to deliver the benefits of gene-editing therapeutics to patients.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The Company has incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had an accumulated deficit of$333.9 million. The Company has historically financed its operations primarily through issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, convertible promissory notes, its collaboration agreements, and sales of its common stock. In February 2024, the Company completed its IPO for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $80.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering costs totaling approximately $13.0 million. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $75.0 million of capacity available under the ATM Sales Agreement. The Company expects to continue to incur substantial losses, and its ability to achieve and sustain profitability will depend on the successful development, approval, and commercialization of any product candidates it may develop, and on the achievement of sufficient revenue to support its cost structure. The Company may never achieve profitability and, unless and until it does, it will need to continue to raise additional capital. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in acquiring additional capital at levels sufficient to fund its operations or on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. Management believes that existing cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale marketable securities as of March 31, 2026, of$140.2 million will be sufficient to fund its current operating plan for at least the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. There have been no material changes to these policies during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Basis of Presentation

These condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchanges Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s condensed financial statements for the periods presented. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, or any other future period. Readers should read these interim unaudited condensed financial statements in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates estimates and assumptions, including but not limited to those related to revenue recognition under its collaboration agreements, stock-based compensation expense, accruals, the fair value of long-term investments, the valuation of deferred tax assets and uncertain income tax positions. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires, among other things, more detailed disclosures about specified categories of expense (purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and depletion) included in certain expense captions presented on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. This ASU may be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its financial statements.

Fair Value Measurements

The following tables summarize financial assets that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Money market funds (included in cash and cash equivalents)$23,503$23,503$—$—
U.S. government bonds59,659—59,659—
Government agency obligations18,306—18,306—
Corporate debt obligations18,700—18,700—
Commercial paper18,191—18,191—
Total fair value of assets$138,359$23,503$114,856$—
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Money market funds (included in cash and cash equivalents)$40,721$40,721$—$—
U.S. government bonds72,177—72,177—
Government agency obligations15,825—15,825—
Corporate debt obligations15,211—15,211—
Commercial paper15,864—15,864—
Total fair value of assets$159,798$40,721$119,077$—

In addition, restricted cash of$4.4 million and$5.2 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, collateralized by the Company’s cash equivalents, are financial assets measured at fair value and are Level 1 financial instruments under the fair value hierarchy.

The Company has investments in preferred stock, common stock and warrants of Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc. (“Affini-T”) (see Note 5, “Long-Term Investments”) which are Level 3 financial assets. The equity value of the investments in Affini-T was determined under a fair-value hybrid method with the changes in fair value recorded within other income (expense), net. The hybrid method is a hybrid between the probability-weighted expected returns method (the “PWERM”) and the option-pricing model backsolve method (the “OPM”). As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the Company’s investments in Affini-T waszero. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company didnot record anychanges in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets.

Marketable Securities

The following tables summarize the amortized cost, unrealized gains (losses) and fair value of available-for-sale marketable securities (in thousands):

AmortizedCostUnrealizedGainsUnrealizedLossesFair Value
Money market funds$23,503$—$—$23,503
U.S. government bonds59,66640(47)59,659
Government agency obligations18,28526(5)18,306
Corporate debt obligations18,740—(40)18,700
Commercial paper18,2092(20)18,191
Total138,40368(112)138,359
Less: amounts classified as cash equivalents(23,503)——(23,503)
Total available-for-sale marketable securities$114,900$68$(112)$114,856
AmortizedCostUnrealizedGainsUnrealizedLossesFair Value
Money market funds$40,721$—$—$40,721
U.S. government bonds72,006172(1)72,177
Government agency obligations15,76263—15,825
Corporate debt obligations15,20110—15,211
Commercial paper15,84816—15,864
Total159,538261(1)159,798
Less: amounts classified as cash equivalents(40,721)——(40,721)
Total available-for-sale marketable securities$118,817$261$(1)$119,077

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no significant facts or circumstances were present to indicate a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuers of the available-for-sale securities, and the Company has no requirement or intention to sell these securities before maturity or recovery of their amortized cost basis. The Company considered the current and expected future economic and market conditions and determined that its investments were not significantly impacted. For all securities with a fair value less than its amortized cost basis, the Company determined the decline in fair value below amortized cost basis to be immaterial and non-credit related, and thereforeno allowance for losses has been recorded. During thethree months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company didnot recognize any impairment losses on its investments.

Accrued interest receivable included in prepaid expenses and other current assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was$1.0 million and$1.2 million, respectively. The Company hasnot written off any accrued interest receivable during thethree months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

The amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale marketable securities by contractual maturity were as follows (in thousands):

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
AmortizedCostFair ValueAmortizedCostFair Value
Maturing within one year$109,867$109,839$112,777$113,038
Maturing in one to five years5,0335,0176,0406,039
Total available-for-sale marketable securities$114,900$114,856$118,817$119,077

Long-Term Investments

Affini-T investment

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Companyhad investments in Affini-T consisting of 527,035 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock,33,383 shares of Series B Preferred Stock,1,867,300 shares of common stock, and a warrant exercisable for 16,691 shares of common stock.

In September 2025, Affini-T made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to Affini (assignment for the benefit of creditors), LLC, a California limited liability company, pursuant to California state law. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the Company’s investments in Affini-T waszero.

ViTToria investment

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had an investment in shares of preferred stock of Vittoria Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Vittoria”), a private biotechnology company. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, and year ended December 31, 2025, the Company did not have a board seat and owned less than 20% of the outstanding voting shares of Vittoria. The investment in Vittoria does not provide the Company the ability to control or have significant influence over Vittoria’s operations. The Company accounts for its investment in Vittoria using the measurement alternative method. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of Vittoria’s investment was $2.2 million andno impairment was recognized.

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Accrued personnel related expenses$2,462$4,994
Accrued legal and professional services704711
Accrued research and development expenses1,286848
Accrued purchases of property and equipment101
Other accrued liabilities228165
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities$4,690$6,719

Significant Agreements

Ionis collaboration and license agreement

Terms of the agreement

In November 2022, the Company entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ionis”) (the “Ionis Agreement”) to research, develop and commercialize investigational medicines using the Company’s genome editing technologies, with the goal of discovering novel medicines. Pursuant to the terms of the Ionis Agreement, the Company granted Ionis and its affiliates a worldwide exclusive, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses, to use all licensed systems and licensed products in the field ofin vivo genome editing for all therapeutic, prophylactic, palliative, and analgesic uses in humans. In connection with the Ionis Agreement, the Company also has the right to exercise an exclusive option to co-develop and co-commercialize certain products under a drug discovery program. A joint steering committee was established by both parties to coordinate, oversee and monitor the research and drug discovery activities under the Ionis Agreement.

The parties will collaborate to discover therapeutic products under a drug discovery program and develop a drug discovery plan for each target, selected by Ionis. The target selection is divided into two waves: up to four targets in Wave 1 and up to four targets in Wave 2. For each drug discovery program, once the parties identify a development candidate that is suitable for further development, Ionis will be responsible for the development and commercialization of products resulting from such program. Per the terms of the Ionis Agreement, at any time prior to the designation of a development candidate for a drug discovery program and for any reason, Ionis may replace the collaboration target, provided such target has not previously been substituted out. Ionis may substitute (i) up to two Wave 1 targets and (ii) up to two Wave 2 targets.

The drug discovery activities for a program commence on the selection of a target and expire upon the earlier of (a) completion of all drug discovery activities for such program, (b) the fifth anniversary of the effective date and (c) selection of a development candidate for such drug discovery program. If one or more Wave 2 targets become collaboration targets as a result of the parties achieving enabled delivery and less than two years are remaining in the drug discovery term, then the term will be extended to the earlier of (i) the time that the Company completes all of its activities under the applicable drug discovery plan and (ii) the seventh anniversary of the effective date, subject to the Company’s consent.

The parties will also conduct an exploratory research program, and will jointly optimize gRNA and select delivery technologies and other activities. The exploratory research activities commence on the effective date and expire upon the earlier of (a) completion of all exploratory research activities established in the exploratory research plan, and (b) the fifth anniversary of the effective date.

The Company has the exclusive option to co-develop and co-commercialize the licensed products under a drug discovery program (the “Co-Co Option”) with Ionis. The Co-Co Option may be exercised for (a) the initial Wave 1 target (“Target 1”), (b) no more than one of the other three discovery programs for the Wave 1 targets, and (c) no more than two drug discovery programs for the Wave 2 targets that become collaboration targets. If the Company exercises the Co-Co Option for a particular drug discovery program, that drug discovery program will automatically be deemed a “Co-Co Program,” all corresponding licensed products be deemed “Co-Co Products,” the Company will be obligated to pay Ionis an option exercise fee, and the parties will enter into a separate co-development and co-commercialization agreement. The Co-Co Option exercise fee will equal 50% of Ionis’ internal costs and out-of-pocket costs incurred in the conduct of the drug discovery activities prior to the exercise of the Co-Co Option and be reduced by 50% of the Company’s corresponding costs incurred. Future development and commercialization costs will be shared equally. The Company may elect to reduce its cost-share percentage anywhere between 50% and 25% on a go-forward basis, provided the Company will continue to bear 50% of the costs of any clinical trials ongoing at the time of the election through the completion of the clinical trials.

The Company will manufacture all licensed systems and certain components of the applicable licensed products that are needed by Ionis for use in its development activities and all of the Company’s manufactured components needed by Ionis for use in its commercialization activities. The Company will provide the manufactured components at a price that represents the cost of goods plus 15%. As of March 31, 2026, the Company received a total of$2.5 million related to the manufactured components.

Pursuant to the terms of the Ionis Agreement, the Company has also been granted an option to obtain a non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses, for certain Ionis’ background technology to use in up to eight therapeutic products discovered by the Company in the field ofin vivo genome editing and directed to a Collaboration Target (each such product, a “Metagenomi Product” and each such option an “Ionis IP Option”), but subject to encumbrance checks with respect to particular targets. A Collaboration Target is a target that is selected by Ionis, and, with respect to the Company is not the subject of discussions with a third party, is not the subject of a contractual grant of rights to a third party nor the subject to an internal research and development program. If the Company exercises its Ionis IP Option, the Company will pay to Ionis up to several million dollars per Metagenomi Product upon achievement of certain clinical and regulatory milestones. The Company is also obligated to pay Ionis royalties in an amount equal to a low single-digit royalty on the net sales of the applicable Metagenomi Product on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis.

In November 2022, the Company received an $80.0 million upfront payment from Ionis for the Wave 1 drug discovery research collaboration and selected Target 1. Ionis selected its second target (“Target 2”) in Wave 1 in December 2022, its third target (“Target 3”) in Wave 1 in November 2023, and its fourth target (“Target 4”) in Wave 1 in February 2024. Ionis has an option to select up to four Wave 2 targets at any time during the drug discovery term, if (a) an IND for any licensed product directed to a Wave 1 target is filed with the applicable regulatory authority or (b) the parties achieve enabled delivery for a non-liver target under the exploratory research activities, by providing written notice and by paying a Wave 2 target selection fee of $15.0 million or $30.0 million, depending on and per the selected target.

Ionis is obligated to reimburse the Company for all internal costs and out-of-pocket costs incurred in the performance of the exploratory research activities, up to an aggregate of $10.0 million, which is payable in quarterly installments of $0.5 million during the exploratory research term. As of March 31, 2026, the Company received a total of$6.5 million related to the reimbursable expenses. The Company is also eligible to receive (a) up to $29.0 million in future development milestone payments for each licensed product; (b) up to $60.0 million in future regulatory milestone payments for each licensed product; (c)up to $250.0 million in sales-based milestones for each licensed product; and (d) royalties on annual net sales of licensed products from a mid-single-digit to low-teens percentage, subject to customary reductions.

The term of the Ionis Agreement will continue (i) with respect to the drug discovery programs, until the expiration of all applicable royalty terms for a licensed product, (ii) with respect to the Co-Co Programs, until the parties cease all exploitation for the Co-Co Products that are the subject to such Co-Co Program, and with respect to the Metagenomi Products, until the expiration of the royalty term for a Metagenomi Product. The royalty term ends on the latest of the following two dates: (i) the expiration of (A) the last claim of any issued and unexpired patent, or (B) a claim within a patent application that has not been pending for more than seven years from the earliest date to which the claim or applicable patent application is entitled to claim priority and which claim has not been revoked, canceled, withdrawn, held invalid, or abandoned, or (ii) 12 years following the first commercial sale of a licensed product.

The Ionis Agreement may be terminated during the term by either party for an uncured material breach or bankruptcy by the other party. Additionally, Ionis may terminate the Ionis Agreement for convenience and without penalty, in its entirety or on a licensed product-by-licensed product basis, by providing 90 days’ written notice.

Accounting analysis and revenue recognition

The Company concluded that the Ionis Agreement is in the scope of ASC 606 at the effective date and until the Company exercises its Co-Co Option for any drug discovery program, which was determined to not be probable at the effective date and as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The Company also concluded that exclusive licenses and participation in a joint steering committee are not distinct from discovery research services and should thus be combined into one performance obligation (the “discovery program”). The Company also concluded that exploratory research services are a separate and distinct performance obligation (the “exploratory program”). The Ionis options for Wave 2 targets are optional purchases and do not have significant incremental discounts, as such, the options do not provide material rights.

The Company allocated the initial total estimated transaction price of $90.0 million, which consisted of an $80.0 million upfront payment received in November 2022 and $10.0 million in reimbursements for research costs, into two performance obligations, which was determined based on their estimated standalone selling prices. The Company concluded that future development and commercial supply agreements are at market terms, as the terms were consistent with industry standards as of the effective date. The Company constrains future milestone payments under the arrangement to the extent that the inclusion of such variable consideration could result in a significant reversal of cumulative revenue in future periods. The Company constrained all development and regulatory milestone payments at the effective date and as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The Company is recognizing revenue of $80.0 million related to the discovery program and $10.0 million related to exploratory program over the research terms using an estimated cost-based input method as a measure of progress for each obligation.

In June 2024, the Company included previously constrained estimated manufacturing costs in the transaction price, resulting in a $3.4 million increase to variable consideration. The Company recognized collaboration revenue of$1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, of which$0.3 million was included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2025. The Company recognized collaboration revenue of$4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, of which$2.5 million was included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, deferred revenue related to the Ionis Agreement was$10.9 million and$11.7 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the accounts receivable balance waszero and$0.3 million, respectively. The value of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations was approximately$15.1 million as of March 31, 2026, which the Company expects to reco gnize as revenue over the next one totwo years.

On April 1, 2026, the parties modified the drug discovery plan for one of the Wave 1 targets to perform new research services, which will result in additional costs and extended timing for this program. The parties also agreed that the exploratory research plan obligation has been discontinued as of April 1, 2026, and that there will beno additional exploratory cost reimbursements. The Company expects to account for these changes as a contract modification under ASC 606 in the second quarter of 2026, when the modifications were approved. The Company is currently evaluating the quantitative impact of the modification, which may result in a one-time non-cash reversal of previously recognized revenue.

Acuitas license agreement

In September 2025, the Company entered into a Non-Exclusive License Agreement (the “Acuitas License Agreement”) with Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. (“Acuitas”) pursuant to which Acuitas granted the Company a non-exclusive license to certain Acuitas lipid nanoparticle (“LNP”) technology, including LNP patents, formulation processes, and analytical characterization methods for manufacturing products that incorporate the Company's proprietary genome editing constructs formulated with Acuitas LNP technology, to research, develop, sell, and commercialize certain licensed products in connection with a single target.

Simultaneous with the execution of the Acuitas License Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay a licensing fee of $3.0 million. As the licensed products have not reached technological feasibility and have no alternate use, the licensing fee was recorded as research and development expense. Further, the Company is also obligated to pay Acuitas (i) a license maintenance fee in the low seven figures, payable on the one year anniversary of the effective date of the Acuitas License Agreement and each twelve month anniversary thereafter until such time as the first patient is dosed in a Phase 1 study for a licensed product under the Acuitas License Agreement; (ii) milestone payments in the low to mid seven figures upon certain regulatory and commercialization milestones; and (iii) royalties in the low mid-single digit percentage of net sales. The Company assessed the milestone and royalty events involving the Acuitas License Agreement and determined that no accruals related to such events were required as of March 31, 2026.

The Acuitas License Agreement will remain in effect on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis until there are no outstanding royalty payments owed to Acuitas. Further, the Acuitas License Agreement may be terminated by either party for material breach or upon a party’s insolvency or bankruptcy, and Acuitas may immediately terminate in specified situations. Upon 30 days written notice, the Company has the right to terminate the Acuitas License Agreement at its discretion.

Affini-T development, option and license agreement

The Company was previously party to the Affini-T Agreement, entered into in June 2022. On September 30, 2025 (the “Termination Date”), the Company delivered to Affini-T a notice to terminate the Affini-T Agreement by and between the Company and Affini-T (the “Termination”), effective immediately, due to Affini-T’s making of an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

Prior to the Termination, the parties agreed to identify, develop or optimize certain reagents using the Company’s proprietary technology for Affini-T to use such reagents to develop and commercialize gene edited T-cell receptor (“TCR”)-based therapeutic products exclusively in the field of treatment, prevention or diagnosis of any human cancer using products with any engineered primary TCR alpha/beta T cells and non-exclusively in the field of treatment, prevention or diagnosis of any human cancer using products with certain other engineered immune cells worldwide.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized zero and $0.2 million of collaboration revenue, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, there wereno remaining unsatisfied performance obligations. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the accounts receivable balance, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, anddeferred revenue balances were zero.

Commitments and Contingencies

Operating leases

For more information about the Company’s Operating Leases, see Note 8, “Commitments and Contingencies – Operating Leases” of the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in Part II, Item 8 of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Legal contingencies

On September 26, 2024, a class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Company and certain of the Company’s officers and certain of its current and former directors, captioned Vreeland v. Metagenomi Inc. et al., No. 5:24-cv-06765 (the “Securities Action”). On February 10, 2025, the court appointed Mingxi Bi as lead plaintiff. On April 4, 2025, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. The operative complaint in the Securities Action alleges violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act against all defendants and control person violations of Section 15 against the individuals. The Securities Action alleges that the defendants made misleading statements and omitted to disclose material information concerning the Company’s collaboration with Moderna in the Company’s registration statement and final prospectus materials filed in January 2024 and February 2024. The Securities Action seeks, among other things, compensatory damages as well as costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expert fees. On May 16, 2025, all defendants filed a motion to dismiss the claims of the Securities Action. On March 24, 2026, the Court granted-in-part and denied-in-part defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendants’ response to the operative complaint is due on May 27, 2026. The Company is currently unable to predict the outcome of this lawsuit and therefore cannot determine the likelihood of loss, if any, nor estimate a range of possible loss. The Company intends to defend vigorously against this litigation.

From time to time, the Company may become involved in legal proceedings arising from the ordinary course of business. The Company records a liability for such matters when it is probable that future losses will be incurred and that such losses can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment by the Company is required to determine both probability and the estimated amount. Other than the Securities Action, the Company is currently not aware of any legal matters that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Guarantees and indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into agreements that contain a variety of representations and provide for general indemnification. Its exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future. To the extent permitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers for certain events or occurrences while the director or officer is, or was serving, at a request in such capacity. To date, the Company has not paid any claims or been required to defend any action related to its indemnification obligations. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company did not have any material indemnification claims that were probable or reasonably possible and consequently has not recorded related liabilities.

Common Stock

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Company to issue 500,000,000 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock is entitled to cast one vote. The holders of common stock are also entitled to receive distributions whenever funds are legally available and when declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. No distributions have been declared from inception to date.

Stock-Based Compensation

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

Prior to the 2024 Company reorganization, the Company granted profits interests under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on March 13, 2019 (the “2019 Plan”). The Company granted profits interests with a threshold amount established by the Board of Managers of the Company’s predecessor, Metagenomi LLC, on the date of issuance. The 2019 Plan allowed for grants of profits interests to the Company’s officers, employees, directors and consultants. Immediately after the reorganization, all of the outstanding profits interest units were exchanged for shares of common stock, including shares subject to certain vesting conditions. The following table presents a summary of the unvested common stock activity:

Unvested Common StockNumber of SharesWeighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 202561,127$55.85
Vested(23,357)36.51
Forfeited(692)43.13
Outstanding as of March 31, 202637,078$68.27

2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

Stock Option Activity

The following table presents a summary of the stock option activity:

Stock OptionsNumber of SharesWeighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding as of December 31, 20253,960,489$6.57
Granted60,8501.53
Forfeited/Expired(306,793)5.70
Outstanding as of March 31, 20263,714,546$6.56
Exercisable as of March 31, 20261,255,977$9.36

Restricted Stock Unit Activity

The following table presents a summary of the restricted stock unit activity:

Restricted Stock UnitsNumber ofSharesWeighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 20252,317,315$2.29
Granted7,3001.53
Vested(27,081)8.22
Forfeited(95,093)1.74
Outstanding as of March 31, 20262,202,441$2.24

Compensation Expense

The following table presents the classification of stock-based compensation expense for the periods presented (in thousands):

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20262025
Research and development expenses$863$1,280
General and administrative expenses1,6891,648
Total$2,552$2,928

As of March 31, 2026, there was$2.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.8 years,$8.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years and$4.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock units that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

Segment Information

The Company operates and manages its business asone operating and reportable segment, which is the business of developing curative therapeutics for patients using the Company’s proprietary, comprehensive metagenomics-derived genome editing toolbox. All of the Company’s long-lived assets are located in the U.S. All revenue presented relate to contracts with customers located in the U.S. Thechief executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker(CODM), reviews financial information on a basis for purposes of evaluating financial performance, making operating decisions, allocating resources and planning and forecasting for future periods. The CODM assesses performance and decides how to allocate resources based on net loss. This measure is used to monitor budget versus actual results to evaluate the performance of the segment.

The following table presents the results of operations that are provided to the Company’s CODM for the periods presented (in thousands).

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20262025
Collaboration revenue:
Ionis$1,248$3,974
Affini-T—153
Total collaboration revenue1,2484,127
Operating expenses:
Employee-related expenses7,87511,664
Facilities and overhead costs6,3917,369
Professional services and consulting2,6722,545
Research and development supplies and services6,3457,441
Stock-based compensation expense2,5522,928
Total operating expenses25,83531,947
Operating loss(24,587)(27,820)
Other income (expense):
Interest and other1,5382,879
Provision for income taxes(10)(98)
Net loss$(23,059)$(25,039)

Net Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is calculated as follows (in thousands except share and per share amounts):

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20262025
Numerator:
Net loss attributable to common stockholders$(23,059)$(25,039)
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding37,628,18137,387,580
Less: Weighted-average unvested shares of common stock(47,087)(368,553)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted37,581,09437,019,027
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders—basic and diluted$(0.61)$(0.68)

Thefollowing outstanding potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Options to purchase common stock3,714,5463,333,937
Restricted stock units2,202,441429,072
Restricted stock subject to future vesting37,078314,659
Employee stock purchase plan64,732—
Total6,018,7974,077,668
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