Prime Medicine, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Nov 7, 2025.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
- 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. 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, from public offerings, and private placement of its common stock, and through payments from its collaboration partners.
In August 2025, the Company issued and sold 43,700,000 shares of its common stock, including 5,700,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $3.30 per share. As a result of the offering, the Company received approximately $138.4 million in net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering costs of $5.8 million.
Since its inception, the Company has incurred substantial losses and, as of September 30, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $842.3 million. The Company expects to generate operating losses and negative operating cash flows for the foreseeable future. The Company further expects that its cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of September 30, 2025 of $213.3 million will be sufficient to fund its operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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 private and public equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances, licensing, or other arrangements with third parties, or other similar transactions. 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 September 30, 2025, the results of its operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. The financial data and other information disclosed in these notes related to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 are also unaudited. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025, any other interim periods, or any future year or period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2024 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, 2024, 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 February 28, 2025.
- 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, 2024, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025. 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.
Segment Information
Under ASC 280, Segment Reporting, operating segment is a component of a public entity that 1) engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, 2) its operating results are regularly reviewed by the entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to make decisions about resource allocation or performance assessment, and 3) its discrete financial information is available. The Company operates and manages its business as a single segment for the purposes of assessing performance and making operating decisions.
Our chief executive officer, who is the CODM, manages and allocates resources to the operations of our company on a total company basis by assessing the overall level of resources available and how to best deploy these resources across functions and research and development projects that are in line with our long-term company-wide strategic goals. In making these decisions, the CODM uses consolidated financial information for purposes of evaluating performance, forecasting future period financial results, allocating resources and setting incentive targets. The CODM performs this assessment based on the Company’s consolidated net loss. Through this analysis, the CODM assesses performance by comparing actual net loss verses the budget, and then decides how to allocate resources to invest in the Company’s research and development programs. The measure of segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheets as total assets.
The following table contains additional information on our consolidated net loss, including significant segment expenses:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Total revenue | $1,225 | $209 | $3,794 | $800 |
| Operating expenses: | ||||
| Research and development expenses | ||||
| Personnel expenses | 10,898 | 14,935 | 40,146 | 46,140 |
| Facility related | 11,353 | 7,735 | 36,087 | 26,371 |
| Research costs | 8,379 | 9,714 | 27,531 | 32,723 |
| General and administrative expenses: | ||||
| Personnel expenses | 4,370 | 7,433 | 18,608 | 20,273 |
| Other segment items (1) | 20,198 | 14,624 | 41,164 | 33,538 |
| Total operating expenses | 55,198 | 54,441 | 163,536 | 159,045 |
| Total other income, net | 3,391 | 1,714 | 4,679 | 4,639 |
| Net loss | $(50,582) | $(52,518) | $(155,063) | $(153,606) |
(1) Other segment items consist of professional and consultant fees, license and intellectual property fees, general and administrative facility costs, and settlement costs.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
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.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires more detailed information about specified categories of expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the face of the income statement. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments may be applied either (1) prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this ASU or (2) retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this ASU will have on its disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-07, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Derivatives Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for Share-Based Noncash Consideration from a Customer in a Revenue Contract. This update introduces a scope exception to derivative accounting for certain contracts with underlyings tied to operations or activities specific to one of the parties. Additionally, the update clarifies that share-based noncash consideration received from a customer should be accounted for under Topic 606 until the right to receive or retain the consideration becomes unconditional. The amendments can be applied prospectively or modified retrospectively and are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The Company is currently evaluating the impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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 the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
- 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:
| As of September 30, 2025: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| Cash equivalents: | ||||
| Money market funds | $— | $53,842 | $— | $53,842 |
| Corporate debt securities | — | 11,308 | — | 11,308 |
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | — | 5,780 | — | 5,780 |
| Short-term investments: | ||||
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | — | 95,781 | — | 95,781 |
| Corporate debt securities | — | 41,249 | — | 41,249 |
| Related party short-term investment: | ||||
| Beam equity securities | 4,861 | — | — | 4,861 |
| Total cash equivalents and investments | $4,861 | $207,960 | $— | $212,821 |
| As of December 31, 2024: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| Cash equivalents: | ||||
| Money market funds | $— | $178,212 | $— | $178,212 |
| Corporate debt securities | — | 3,793 | — | 3,793 |
| Short-term investment: | ||||
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | — | 2,998 | — | 2,998 |
| Related party short-term investment: | ||||
| Beam equity securities | 4,968 | — | — | 4,968 |
| Total cash equivalents and investments | $4,968 | $185,003 | $— | $189,971 |
The Company classifies its investments as short-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. The fair value of investments classified as Level 2 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.
Investments in Debt Securities
Unrealized gains and losses of investments in debt securities consisted of the following:
| As of September 30, 2025: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Amortized Cost | Unrealized Gains | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |
| Short-term investments in debt securities: | ||||
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | $95,744 | $38 | $(1) | $95,781 |
| Corporate debt securities | 41,253 | 2 | (6) | 41,249 |
| Total short-term investments in debt securities | $136,997 | $40 | $(7) | $137,030 |
| As of December 31, 2024: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Amortized Cost | Unrealized Gains | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |
| Short-term investments: | ||||
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | $2,997 | $1 | $— | $2,998 |
| Total short-term investments in debt securities | $2,997 | $1 | $— | $2,998 |
The contractual maturities of the Company’s investments in debt securities were as follows:
| (in thousands) | September 30,2025 | December 31,2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Due within one year | $137,030 | $2,998 |
Marketable securities in unrealized loss positions consisted of the following:
| As of September 30, 2025: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except number of securities) | Number of Securities | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses |
| Investments in continuous loss position for less than 12 months: | |||
| U.S. Treasury and government securities | 5 | $4,489 | $(1) |
| Corporate debt securities | 16 | $25,707 | $(6) |
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 September 30, 2025 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.
- Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:
| (in thousands) | September 30,2025 | December 31,2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Property and equipment: | ||
| Laboratory equipment | $29,685 | $27,343 |
| Leasehold improvement | 7,911 | 5,136 |
| Furniture and Fixture | 1,864 | 1,075 |
| Computer hardware and software | 1,122 | 869 |
| Construction in progress | 21 | 3,578 |
| Total property and equipment | 40,603 | 38,001 |
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | (18,557) | (13,597) |
| Total property and equipment, net | $22,046 | $24,404 |
Depreciation expense related to property and equipment is as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Depreciation Expense | $1,881 | $1,558 | $5,445 | $4,411 |
- Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
| (in thousands) | September 30,2025 | December 31,2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ||
| Employee compensation and benefits | $6,759 | $8,976 |
| License fee | 1,562 | 1,938 |
| Research and clinical costs | 619 | 907 |
| Facility related | — | 2,811 |
| Other | 2,060 | 1,272 |
| Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $11,000 | $15,904 |
- 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, 2024, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025. 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 (the “60 First Street 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 September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
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 neither of which are highly dependent nor highly related to each other. The Company allocated the consideration among the three lease components based on their relative fair market values.
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 included 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. In March 2025, the Company determined that the lease commenced on the remaining two lease components and recorded right-of-use assets of $76.8 million, and a corresponding lease liability of $78.6 million on the lease commencement date. As the exercise of the option to extend the lease term is not reasonably certain, the Company will recognize lease expense for all lease components through February 2034.
In June 2024, the Company filed a complaint in Massachusetts Superior Court against NW Cambridge Property Owner, LLC (“NWC”), the Company’s landlord at 60 First Street. While the lawsuit was pending, the Company continued to make the disputed payments under the 60 First Street Lease under protest. The disputed payments are recorded within other current assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and were $13.9 million, and $10.8 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Arsenal Street, Watertown, Massachusetts Leases
In August 2024, the Company entered into the third amendment to its existing lease for approximately 16,000 square feet of combined laboratory and office space at 480 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Massachusetts (the “480 Arsenal Amendment”). In September 2024, the Company entered into a new lease for approximately 48,500 square feet of combined laboratory and office space at 500 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Massachusetts (the “500 Arsenal Lease”). The landlords of the spaces at 480 Arsenal Street and 500 Arsenal Street are affiliates.
The 500 Arsenal Lease term commenced in December 2024 with a base term of 11 months. In December 2024, the Company began constructing improvements to the space, the construction for which was completed in 2025. Subsequent to the base term, the Company has an option to extend the lease through August 2028, which it exercised in February 2025. The Company secured the lease with a $0.6 million security deposit, which is recorded as restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025. The 500 Arsenal Lease also provides a tenant improvement allowance of $2.4 million and an additional tenant improvement allowance of $1.2 million, which the Company would be obligated to repay to the landlord. The Company did not use the additional tenant improvement allowance.
Accounting Considerations
As the 480 Arsenal Amendment and the 500 Arsenal Lease meet the criteria for combining contracts under ASC 842, the Company determined that both 480 Arsenal Amendment and the 500 Arsenal Lease are modifications to its existing lease at 480 Arsenal Street. Within the combined contract the Company identified two 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 the other. The Company allocated the consideration under the combined contract among the two lease components based on their relative fair market value. In calculating the allocable consideration and the fair market value of each lease component, the Company determined it was probable that it will exercise the option to extend the lease term provided under the 500 Arsenal Lease.
For accounting purposes, as the construction of the lessor assets were completed, the Company determined that the 500 Arsenal Lease commenced in March 2025 and recorded right-of-use assets of $7.0 million, and a corresponding lease liability of $5.5 million on the lease commencement date. Concurrently, the Company also determined that the termination of its leased space at 480 Arsenal Street was reasonably certain, and the Company recorded a $3.1 million reduction to the Company’s operating lease liability and its operating lease right-of-use asset on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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 September 30, 2025:
| (in thousands) | UndiscountedAmounts |
|---|---|
| Undiscounted lease payments: | |
| Remaining in 2025 | $5,275 |
| 2026 | 21,703 |
| 2027 | 22,355 |
| 2028 | 22,294 |
| 2029 | 21,478 |
| Thereafter | 96,601 |
| Total undiscounted lease payments | 189,706 |
| Less: imputed interest | (71,571) |
| Total operating lease liability | $118,135 |
- 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 $0.00001 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”).
Pre-funded Warrants
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 any time.
In May 2025, the holder exercised all 3,200,005 of its pre-funded warrants on a cashless basis and received 3,199,984 shares of the Company’s common stock. Following this exercise, the Company has no pre-funded warrants outstanding.
August 2025 Offering
In August 2025, the Company issued and sold 43,700,000 shares of its common stock, including 5,700,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $3.30 per share. As a result of the offering, the Company received approximately $138.4 million in net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering costs of approximately $5.8 million.
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.
Effective July 30, 2025, the Company terminated the sales agreement prospectus (the “ATM Prospectus”) filed with the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275321) and related to the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to the Sales Agreement (the “Prior Registration Statement”). As a result, the Company will not make any sales of its common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement, unless and until a new prospectus, prospectus supplement or a new registration statement is filed. Other than the termination of the ATM Prospectus, the Sales Agreement remains in full force and effect.
As of September 30, 2025 and as of the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued, the Company has not sold any shares of common stock under the ATM Prospectus.
- Stock-Based Compensation
2019 Stock Option and Grant Plan
The Company’s 2019 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2019 Plan”) provides for the Company to grant incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, unrestricted stock awards, restricted stock awards and other stock-based 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 of the Board of Directors. On January 1, 2025, the annual increase resulted in an additional 6,558,042 shares authorized being added to the 2022 Plan. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had 25,965,119 shares reserved under the 2022 Plan and the 2019 Plan, and 8,655,858 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, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had 1,619,579 shares available for issuance under the 2022 ESPP.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 133,612 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 nine months ended September 30, 2025:
| Number of Shares | Weighted-AverageExercise Price1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 11,410,691 | $5.91 |
| Granted | 7,566,944 | 1.95 |
| Exercised | (115,033) | 3.44 |
| Cancelled or forfeited | (3,282,905) | 7.58 |
| Outstanding at September 30, 2025 | 15,579,697 | $3.70 |
| Options vested and exercisable at September 30, 2025 | 6,742,388 | $4.84 |
| Options vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2025 | 15,579,697 | $3.70 |
1 Weighted-average exercise price for shares outstanding at the beginning of the period and at the end of period reflect the exercise price resulting from the one-time repricing, which is discussed in detail below.
As of September 30, 2025, there was$30.3 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 2.7 years.
Performance-Based Stock Options
The following table summarizes the Company’s performance-based stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2025:
| Number of Shares | Weighted-AverageExercise Price1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 1,061,730 | $5.90 |
| Granted | 700,000 | 1.34 |
| Exercised | — | — |
| Cancelled or forfeited | (32,166) | 7.96 |
| Outstanding at September 30, 2025 | 1,729,564 | $4.01 |
| Vested and exercisable at September 30, 2025 | 813,480 | $5.26 |
1 Weighted-average exercise price for shares outstanding at the beginning of the period and at the end of period reflect the exercise price resulting from the one-time repricing, which is discussed in detail below.
As of September 30, 2025, there was$2.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to performance-based stock options.
Repricing of Certain Outstanding Stock Options
On June 22, 2025, the Board of Directors approved, and on August 1, 2025 (the “Repricing Date”), the Company’s stockholders approved, a one-time repricing (the “Option Repricing”) of certain outstanding stock options granted to, and held by, certain of the Company’s current employees, including its executive officers, and members of the Board of Directors through the Repricing Date (collectively, the “Eligible Optionholders”), under the 2019 Plan and 2022 Plan (collectively, the “Plans”). The Option Repricing impacted shares of common stock (such options, the “Eligible Options”) that have exercise prices in excess of $4.04 (the “Repriced Exercise Price”), which was the closing trading price per share of the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market on the Repricing Date.
Effective as of the Repricing Date, the per share exercise price of each Eligible Option held by an Eligible Optionholder on the Repricing Date was automatically reduced to the Repriced Exercise Price. Under the terms of the Option Repricing, a Repriced Option will revert to its original exercise price per share if:
i. exercised prior to the 18-month anniversary of the Repricing Date for Repriced Options held by members of the Board of Directors or executive officers of the Company, as applicable, or the one-year anniversary of the Repricing Date for Repriced Options held by all other employees of the Company (each, a “Retention Date”);
ii. an Eligible Optionholder’s Service Relationship (as defined in the Plans) is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined in the applicable award agreement) prior to the applicable Retention Date; or
iii. an Eligible Optionholder resigns from the Company (including as a member of the Board of Directors) for any reason prior to the applicable Retention Date, other than described below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Repriced Option shall retain the Repriced Exercise Price, to the extent it has not otherwise reverted to its original exercise price per share in accordance with the foregoing, and the ability to exercise such Repriced Option may be accelerated to earlier than the applicable Retention Date in the event of:
i. a Sale Event (as defined in the Plans) prior to the applicable Retention Date;
ii. the termination of the Eligible Optionholder’s Service Relationship by the Company without Cause or for “good reason,” or resignation by the Eligible Optionholder for “good reason,” to the extent provided for in the Eligible Optionholder’s employment agreement, offer letter or severance plan (as applicable); or
iii. the Eligible Optionholder’s death or disability (as determined in accordance with the Plans, as applicable).
Except as modified by the Option Repricing, all other terms and conditions of the Repriced Options, including, without limitation, any provisions with respect to vesting and term of the Repriced Options, will remain in full force and effect. As a result of the option repricing, the Company expects to recognize incremental expense of $5.1 million over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.
Performance-Based Restricted Common Stock Awards
The Company awarded restricted common stock to employees and non-employees under its 2019 Plan. The following table summarizes the Company’s performance-based restricted common stock activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2025:
| Number of Shares | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 3,472,546 | $0.06 |
| Issued | — | — |
| Vested | — | — |
| Repurchased | — | — |
| Outstanding at September 30, 2025 | 3,472,546 | $0.06 |
Restricted Stock Units
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 2,000,000 restricted stock units. Further, the Company determined that as the obligation underlying the restricted stock units were satisfied during the period, the $8.2 million expense related to the restricted stock units shall be recognized in full during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. The amount is recorded as research and development expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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:
| Three Months EndedSeptember 30, | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Stock-based compensation expense: | ||||
| Research and development | $10,770 | $2,982 | $16,844 | $9,928 |
| General and administrative | 1,977 | 3,845 | 7,909 | 10,199 |
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $12,747 | $6,827 | $24,753 | $20,127 |
- Significant Agreements
The Company’s significant agreements are disclosed in Note 9, License and Collaboration Agreements, in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no changes to the Company’s significant agreements except those discussed below.
Bristol-Myers Squibb — Related Party
Supplemental information related to the Research Collaboration and License Agreement (the “BMS Collaboration Agreement”) with Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”), consisted of the following:
| (in thousands) | September 30,2025 | December 31,2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration receivable — related party | $— | $— |
| Deferred revenue — related party | $6,951 | $7,092 |
| Deferred revenue, net of current — related party | $59,751 | $63,218 |
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Revenue recognized that was included in contract liability at the beginning of the period | $1,110 | $— | $3,652 | $— |
| Revenue recognized from performance obligations fully or partially satisfied in previous periods | $— | $— | $3 | $— |
As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations under the BMS Collaboration Agreement that are partially unsatisfied was $66.7 million. The Company recognizes the portion of the transaction price as the single performance obligation is satisfied, using an input method, in proportion to costs incurred to date as compared to total costs incurred and expected to be incurred in the future to satisfy the underlying obligation.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
In July 2025, the Company entered into an agreement with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (“CFF”), under which CFF has agreed to provide up to $24 million in additional funding to accelerate the development of Prime Editors designed to permanently correct cystic fibrosis-related lung disease. The $24 million funding includes two equal tranches, subject to certain closing conditions and scientific milestones. The first tranche included a $6 million cash funding (“Royalty Funding”), received in August 2025, and a $6 million equity investment in the Company, which was received as part of the August 2025 offering. Any proceeds under the second tranche are payable subject to achieving specific milestones which have not been achieved to date. The Company is obligated to return any of the Royalty Funding not used in development of the program covered by this agreement.
In return, the Company has agreed to pay to CFF royalties on future sales of any products covered under this agreement, to be determined based on the aggregate annual net sales of products and net amount of Royalty Funding received by the Company. In addition, in the event of a sale, license or transfer to a third-party of rights in the technology developed under this agreement, or a change of control transaction, the Company will pay a percentage of the proceeds received to CFF, up to 2.5 x the net Royalty Funding received.
CFF’s additional investment builds on initial funding received under the Company’s therapeutic development agreement with CFF in January 2024.
Due to the Company’s obligation to repay the Royalty Funding in the event of a change in control regardless of the outcome of the research and development associated with the payment, the Company determined that CFF’s $6 million Royalty Funding represented a liability. This amount, along with the $12.0 million received under the CFF agreement entered into in 2024, is recorded as research funding liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Beam Collaboration Agreement — Related Party
The Company is currently engaged in arbitration proceedings with Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (“Beam”) regarding the parties’ collaboration and license agreement (the “Agreement”). A dispute arose between the parties following the Company’s March 18, 2025 announcement that it is developing a Prime Editing-based treatment for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (“AATD”). On April 16, 2025, Beam filed an arbitration demand with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), alleging that the Company has breached the Agreement by developing a product for the treatment of AATD and by allegedly not complying with certain obligations to transfer technical information to Beam pursuant to the Agreement. Beam also makes related claims for trade secret misappropriation and various business torts based on similar allegations, including allegations made on information and belief. Beam seeks both declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, but has not yet quantified the amount of damages it seeks. On April 18, 2025, the Company filed an arbitration demand with the AAA seeking a declaration that the Company’s AATD program is within our “Field” as defined by the Agreement. The arbitrations have been consolidated, and the consolidated proceeding remains in its early stages. If the final resolution of the matter is adverse to the Company, the arbitration panel may provide Beam with relief including, among other things, monetary damages and/or an order that the Company cease work on its AATD program and transfer such program to Beam.
Amendment No. 4 and Amendment No. 5 to The Broad Institute License Agreement
In September 2025, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment to License Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) and Fifth Amendment to License Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment” and, together with the Fourth Amendment, the “Amendments”) with The Broad Institute, Inc. (“Broad”), which amended the license agreement by and between the Company and Broad, dated as of September 26, 2019, as previously amended on May 5, 2020, February 18, 2021, and December 22, 2022, and as further amended by the letter agreement dated September 27, 2024 (as amended, the “Broad-Prime License Agreement”), to, among other things, modify certain licensed patent applications listed therein. Except as expressly stated in the Amendments, all other terms and provisions of the Broad-Prime License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Side Letter No. 2 to The Broad Institute License Agreement
In connection with the Amendments, the Company also entered into a second letter agreement (the “Second Letter Agreement”) with Broad in September 2025, which amends the Broad-Prime License Agreement. The Second Letter Agreement, among other things, modifies certain development milestones and related payment obligations under the BMS Collaboration Agreement. Except as expressly stated in the Second Letter Agreement, all other terms and provisions of the Broad-Prime License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
- Net Loss per Share
Basic and diluted net loss per common share attributable to common stockholders was calculated as follows:
| Three Months EndedSeptember 30, | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Numerator: | ||||
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $(50,582) | $(52,518) | $(155,063) | $(153,606) |
| Denominator: | ||||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 160,503,183 | 119,764,270 | 139,244,743 | 114,492,416 |
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $(0.32) | $(0.44) | $(1.11) | $(1.34) |
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 awards 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:
| As of September 30, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents: | ||
| Options to purchase common stock | 16,393,177 | 12,061,612 |
| Unvested restricted common stock awards | 3,472,546 | 3,565,262 |
| Total anti-dilutive common stock equivalents: | 19,865,723 | 15,626,874 |
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