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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2022

 

Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-39527

 

81-1384762

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

200 Powder Mill Road

Wilmington, Delaware

 

19803

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 467-1280

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

PRLD

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 17, 2022, Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and the following proposals were adopted:

 

 

1.

Election of three Class II Directors, Martin Babler, Julian Baker, and Victor Sandor, M.D.C.M., each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. The vote tally was as follows:

 

Nominees

 

Shares For

 

Shares Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Martin Babler

 

27,034,110

 

54,875

 

1,215,046

Julian Baker

 

25,635,979

 

1,453,006

 

1,215,046

Victor Sandor, M.D.C.M.

 

26,057,360

 

1,031,625

 

1,215,046

 

 

2.

Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The vote tally was as follows:

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstaining

28,293,151

 

5,385

 

5,495

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

PRELUDE THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 21, 2022

By:

/s/ Laurent Chardonnet

 

 

Laurent Chardonnet

 

 

Chief Financial Officer