Prime Medicine Inc

1. Nature of the Business and Basis of Presentation

Prime Medicine, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiary (the “Company”) is a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated one-time curative genetic therapies to address the widest spectrum of diseases. The Company is deploying Prime Editing technology, which it believes is a versatile, precise, and efficient gene editing technology. The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware in September 2019. Its principal offices are in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since its inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to building its Prime editing platform and advancing development of its portfolio of programs, establishing and protecting its intellectual property, conducting research and development activities, organizing and staffing the company, business planning, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for these operations. To date, the Company has funded its operations primarily with proceeds from sales of preferred stock and from public offerings of its common stock.

In February 2024, the Company issued and sold 22,560,001 shares of its common stock, including 3,360,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $6.25 per share. Further, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, the Company sold pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,200,005 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $6.24999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price of each share of common stock less the $0.00001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. As a result of the offering, the Company received approximately $150.9 million in net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering costs of $10.1 million.

Since its inception, the Company has incurred substantial losses and, as of June 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $592.4 million. The Company expects to generate operating losses and negative operating cash flows for the foreseeable future. As of June 30, 2024, the Company maintains cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $162.9 million.

Going Concern

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, Going Concern, ("ASC 205-40") the Company evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date on which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is filed. Based on the Company's cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments, and related party short-term investments as of June 30, 2024, the Company's current and forecasted level of operations, and its forecasted cash flows, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due, and to generate profitable operations in the future. Management plans to provide for the Company’s capital requirements through financing or other transactions, and selling shares under the Company's “at the market offering” program. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital to fund operations with terms acceptable to the Company, or at all. Because certain elements of management’s plans to mitigate the conditions that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern are outside of the Company’s control, including the ability to raise capital through an equity or other financing, those elements cannot be considered probable according to ASC 205-40, and therefore cannot be considered in the evaluation of mitigating factors. As a result, management has concluded that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for 12 months from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.

The condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2024 have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern for the next 12 months and that contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its uncertain ability to obtain additional capital, reduce expenditures and/or execute on its business plan. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to early stage companies in the biotechnology industry, including, but not limited to, completing preclinical studies and clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approval for product candidates, market acceptance of products, development by competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract and retain qualified employees, reliance on third-party organizations, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations, and the ability to raise additional capital to fund operations. The Company’s product candidates currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure, and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if the Company’s development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize significant revenue from product sales.

The Company will need to raise additional capital to support its continuing operations and to pursue its growth strategy. Until such time as the Company can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, it expects to finance its operations through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. The Company may be unable to raise additional capital or enter into such other agreements when needed on favorable terms or at all. The inability to raise capital as and when needed would have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and its ability to pursue its business strategy. The Company will need to generate significant revenue to achieve profitability, and it may never do so.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the operations of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the ASC and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Prime Medicine, Inc. are unaudited. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2024, the results of its operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, and its cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The financial data and other information disclosed in these notes related to the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are also unaudited. The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024, any other interim periods, or any future year or period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2023 was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, and notes thereto, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 1, 2024.

Change in Presentation

As of June 30, 2024, the Company disaggregated “Other income, net” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss into “Accretion (amortization) of investments,” “Interest income,” and “Other income, net”. This presentation has been conformed for all periods presented and had no impact on previously reported results.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2, Summary of significant accounting policies, in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no material changes to its significant accounting policies, except as noted below.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected within these condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to the valuation of the Company’s common stock and stock-based awards. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, as there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates or assumptions.

Warrants

Management assesses warrants under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equityto determine whether they should be classified as equity or liability. If the classification is determined to be equity, proceeds received for the warrants are recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. If classified as a liability, the Company records the warrant as a liability on its consolidated balance sheet and remeasures this liability to fair value at each reporting date and recognizes changes in the fair value of the warrant liability as a component of other expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires all public entities, including public entities with a single reportable segment, to provide in interim and annual periods one or more measures of segment profit or loss used by the chief operating decision maker to allocate resources and assess performance. In addition, this guidance requires disclosures of significant segment expenses and other segment items as well as incremental qualitative disclosures. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods after December 15, 2024, with retrospective application required, and early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the effects of this guidance on its related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires enhanced income tax disclosures, including specific categories and disaggregation of information in the effective tax rate reconciliation, disaggregated information related to income taxes paid, income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit, and income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on its related disclosures.

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on our financial statements upon adoption.

3. Fair Value Measurements and Investments

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair value:

The Company classifies its U.S. Treasury securities as short-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. The fair value of the Company’s U.S. Treasury securities, corporate debt securities, and money market funds are classified as Level 2 because they are valued using observable inputs to quoted market prices, benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency and U.S. Treasury securities.

Investments in Debt Securities

Unrealized gains and losses of investments in debt securities consisted of the following:

The contractual maturities of the Company’s investments in debt securities held were as follows:

Marketable securities in unrealized loss positions consisted of the following:

Based on factors such as historical experience, market data, issuer-specific factors, and current economic conditions, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses as of June 30, 2024 related to these investments. Further, given the lack of significant change in the credit risk, the Company does not consider these investments to be impaired.

4. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment is as follows:

5. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:

6. Leases

The Company leases office and laboratory space under various non-cancelable operating leases. The Company’s significant lease agreements are disclosed in Note 9, Leases, in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no changes to the Company’s significant agreements except as described below.

60 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lease

In November 2021, the Company entered into a lease for three floors of office and laboratory space in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with rent commencing in March 2024, subject to any credits pursuant to the terms of the lease. Subsequent to the initial non-cancelable term of the lease often years, the Company has an option to extend the lease for an additional period often years with the rent during the extension term being the then fair market rent. The Company secured the lease with a $13.1 million security deposit, which was recorded as restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

Accounting Considerations

The Company determined that the lease contained three separate lease components each of which represents a right of use that the Company can benefit from on its own and none which are neither highly dependent nor highly related to each other. The Company allocated the consideration among the three lease components based on their relative fair market value.

In accordance with ASC 842, Leases, the lease commenced for one of the lease components in March 2024 and the Company recorded a right-of-use asset of $44.9 million, and a corresponding lease liability of $33.6 million on the lease commencement date; this includes a reclass of $11.3 million from prepaid expenses to right-of-use asset related to build out costs which were determined to be owned by the lessor. As the exercise of the option to extend the lease term was not reasonably certain, the Company will recognize lease expense for this lease component through February 2034.

The lease commencement for the other two lease components is expected to occur in 2025. Any consideration paid to lease components for which the lease has not commenced are recorded as prepaid expense on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The table below reconciles the undiscounted future annual lease payments to the total operating lease liabilities recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2024:

7. Stockholder’s Equity

Common Stock

Under the Company’s Third Amended and Restated of Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Company’s common stock had a par value of $0.0001 and each share of common stock entitles the holder toone vote on all matters submitted to the stockholders for a vote. The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as declared by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”).

As previously discussed, in February 2024, the Company issued and sold 22,560,001 shares of its common stock, including 3,360,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $6.25 per share.

Pre-funded Warrants

As discussed in Note 1, Nature of the Business and Basis of Presentation, in February 2024, the Company sold pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,200,005 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $6.24999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price of each share of common stock less the $0.00001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. Subject to certain requirements, the pre-funded warrants can be exercised by the holder at anytime. As of June 30, 2024, there have not been any exercises of the pre-funded warrants.

The pre-funded warrants meet the definition of an equity instrument under ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, and funds received were recorded as an increase in additional paid-in capital in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Funds received upon exercise of warrants will be recorded as common stock in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as the exercise price represents the par value of the underlying common stock.

At-The-Market Equity Program

In November 2023, the Company entered into Open Market Sale Agreement SM (the “Sales Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC, acting as the Company’s agent and/or principal (the “Sales Agent”), with respect to an “at the market offering” program under which the Company may, from time to time, at its sole discretion, issue and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $300.0 million through the Sales Agent. As of June 30, 2024, there have been no sales of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement.

8. Stock-Based Compensation

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s 2019 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2019 Plan”) provides for the Company to grant incentive stock options (“ISO”), non-qualified stock options, unrestricted stock awards, restricted stock awards (“RSA”) and other stock-based awards (collectively, the “Awards”) to the officers, employees, consultants and other key persons of the Company. The 2019 Plan was administered by the Board of Directors, or at the discretion of the Board of Directors, by a committee of the Board of Directors. The exercise prices, vesting and other restrictions are determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors, or its committee if so delegated.

In October 2022, in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”), the Board of Directors determined that no further awards would be granted under the 2019 Plan.

2022 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

On February 9, 2022, the Board of Directors adopted, and on October 10, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2022 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”), which became effective on October 18, 2022. The 2022 Plan allows the Company to make equity-based and cash-based incentive awards to its officers, employees, directors, and consultants. The 2022 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards.

The shares of common stock underlying any awards under the 2022 Plan and the 2019 Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, held back upon exercise or settlement of an award to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire, or are otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) will be added back to the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan. The number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2022 Plan increased on January 1, 2023 and will increase on each January 1 hereafter, byfive percent of the outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Compensation Committee. On January 1, 2023, the annual increase resulted in an additional 4,868,856 shares authorized being added to the 2022 Plan. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had 21,530,955 shares reserved under the 2022 Plan and the 2019 Plan, and 8,846,990 shares available for issuance under the 2022 Plan.

2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On February 9, 2022, the Board of Directors adopted, and on October 10, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2022 ESPP”), which became effective on October 18, 2022.

The number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2022 ESPP cumulatively increased beginning on January 1, 2023 and shall increase on each January 1 hereafter through January 1, 2032, by the least of (i)971,350 shares of common stock, (ii)one percent of the outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31, or (iii) such number of shares of common stock as determined by the administrator of the 2022 ESPP. There was no annual increase for the 2022 ESPP on January 1, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had 1,868,212 shares available for issuance under the 2022 Plan.

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued 74,488 shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2022 ESPP.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024:

As of June 30, 2024, there was$52.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to time-based unvested stock options the Company expects to recognize such amount over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

Performance-Based Stock Options

The following table summarizes the Company’s performance-based stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024:

As of June 30, 2024, there was$4.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to performance-based stock options.

Restricted Common Stock Awards

The Company awarded restricted common stock to employees and non-employees under its 2019 Plan. The vesting of these restricted stock awards are time-based or performance-based.

Time-Based Restricted Common Stock

The following table summarizes the Company’s time-based restricted common stock activityfor the six months ended June 30, 2024:

As of June 30, 2024, there was$0.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested time-based restricted common stock which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of 0.4 years.

Performance-Based Restricted Common Stock

The following table summarizes the Company’s performance-based restricted common stock activityfor the six months ended June 30, 2024:

As of June 30, 2024, there was$0.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested performance-based restricted common stock.

Stock-Based Compensation

The following table below summarizes the classification of the Company’s stock-based compensation expense related to stock options and restricted common stock awards in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss:

9. Significant Agreements

The Company’s significant agreements are disclosed in Note 11, License and Collaboration Agreements, in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no changes to the Company’s significant agreements.

10. Net Loss per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per common share attributable to common stockholders was calculated as follows:

The weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used in the basic and diluted net loss per share calculations includes the weighted-average effect of pre-funded warrants sold by the Company to purchase 3,200,005 shares of the Company's common stock. The shares of common stock underlying the pre-funded warrants are considered outstanding for the purposes of computing earnings per share, because the shares may be issued for little or no consideration, they are fully vested, and the pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable upon their issuance date.

Diluted net loss per share available to common stockholders is computed by giving effect to all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding for the period. For purposes of this calculation, preferred stock, unvested restricted stock and stock options to purchase common stock were considered common stock equivalents but had been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share available to common stockholders as their effect was anti-dilutive. In periods in which the Company reports a net loss available to common stockholders, diluted net loss per share available to common stockholders is the same as basic net loss per share available to common stockholders, since dilutive common shares are not assumed to have been issued if their effect is anti-dilutive.

The following common stock equivalents were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share applicable to common stockholders for the periods indicated because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

11. Related Party Transactions

Consulting Agreement with David Liu

Pursuant to a Consulting Agreement dated September 13, 2019 (as may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Consulting Agreement”), between the Company and David Liu, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company made payments of $37,500 in each period, and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company made payments of $75,000 in each period for scientific consulting and other expenses. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no amounts included within accounts payable or accrued expenses.

On July 31, 2024, the Company and David Liu entered into a Second Amendment to the Consulting Agreement, which terminates the Consulting Agreement, effective September 1, 2024. The Consulting Agreement will be terminated in order for Dr. Liu to comply with his obligations as an investigator of Howard Hughes Medical

Institute. The decision to terminate the Consulting Agreement was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or the Board of Directors on any matter relating to the operations, policies, or practices of the Company.

Myeloid Therapeutics

In December 2021, the Company and Myeloid entered into the Myeloid Collaboration Agreement and Myeloid Subscription Agreement during which time the Company and Myeloid had one common board member, who is also an affiliate of Newpath, one of the Company’s holders of common stock. In 2023, the Company terminated the Myeloid Collaboration Agreement.

In January 2024, the Company and Myeloid entered into a settlement agreement resolving two arbitration proceedings, which are described in Note 10, Licenses and Collaboration Agreements, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the parties agreed to resolve and settle all disputes between the parties and release all claims between them relating to the License Agreement and the arbitrations in exchange for the Company's payment to Myeloid of $13.5 million, certain mutual covenants, and other consideration. The settlement was accrued on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and paid during the six months ended June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, there were no amounts included within accounts payable or accrued expenses.

Advisory Services Agreement with Jeffrey Marrazzo

In February 2024, the Company entered into an advisory services agreement (“Marrazzo Agreement”) with Jeffrey Marrazzo, a member of the Board of Directors. Under the Marrazzo Agreement, Mr. Marrazzo agreed to provide certain professional services to the Company separate from and in addition to his service as a Board member. For his services, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Marrazzo an annual fee of $50,000 per year in addition to the grant of an option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which has a grant date fair value of $1.5 million.

The term of the Marrazzo Agreement runs through February 2025 and may be terminated or extended by mutual written agreement. If the Company terminates the Marrazzo Agreement without “Cause,” the administrator of the 2022 Plan will accelerate the vesting of the option such that the pro rata portion of the option will vest and be immediately exercisable.