Precision BioSciences to Effect a Reverse Stock Split

Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), an advanced gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS platform to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for sophisticated gene edits, including gene elimination, insertion, and excision, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 1-for-30 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock. The reverse stock split will become effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 13, 2024, after close of trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company’s common stock is expected to commence trading on a split-adjusted basis when the markets open on February 14, 2024 under the existing trading symbol “DTIL.” The new CUSIP number for the Company’s common stock following the reverse stock split will be 74019P207.

The primary goal of the reverse stock split is to increase the per share market price of the Company’s common stock to meet the minimum per share bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The reverse stock split was approved by the Company’s stockholders at its special meeting of stockholders held on January 18, 2024. On February 6, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the reverse stock split at the ratio of 1-for-30.

As a result of the reverse stock split, every 30 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding will be automatically reclassified into one new share of the Company’s common stock. Proportionate adjustments will be made to the exercise prices and the number of shares underlying the Company’s outstanding equity awards, as applicable, as well as to the number of shares issuable under the Company’s equity incentive plans and certain existing agreements. The common stock issued pursuant to the reverse stock split will remain fully paid and non-assessable. The reverse stock split will not affect the number of authorized shares of common stock or the par value of the common stock.

No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock split will be entitled to a cash payment in lieu thereof at a price equal to the fraction to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing sales price per share of the common stock (as adjusted to give effect to the reverse stock split) on The Nasdaq Capital Market on February 13, 2024, the last trading day immediately preceding the effective time of the reverse stock split.