SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MCCOLLUM JAMES W

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O LENZ THERAPEUTICS, INC.

445 MARINE VIEW AVE SUITE 320

(Street)

DEL MAR

92014

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. [ LENZ ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/21/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/21/2024⁽¹⁾		A		95,034	A	$0	95,034	D
Common Stock	03/21/2024⁽¹⁾		A		477,600	A	$0	477,600	I	By trust
Common Stock	03/21/2024		A		16,633⁽²⁾	A	$15.0299	494,233	I	By trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Warrant (right to buy)	$10.64	03/21/2024⁽³⁾		A		6,575		10/30/2020	10/30/2027	Common Stock	6,575	$0	6,575	I	By trust
Stock Option (right to buy)	$15.05	03/21/2024		A		27,000		⁽⁴⁾	03/20/2034	Common Stock	27,000	$0	27,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares issued upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 14, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Generate Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the issuer, and LENZ Therapeutics Operations, Inc. (previously named Lenz Therapeutics, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("LENZ OpCo"), in exchange of outstanding shares of LENZ OpCo, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

2. Shares issued upon the closing of the private placement financing under the Subscription Agreement by and among the Issuer, the Reporting Person and the other purchasers party thereto, dated as of November 14, 2023, pursuant to which, immediately following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, such purchasers purchased an aggregate of 3,559,565 shares of Common Stock at a price of $15.0299 per share for aggregate gross proceeds to the Issuer of approximately $53.5 million, as more fully described in the Issuer's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

3. Warrant assumed in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, in exchange of an outstanding warrant to purchase shares of LENZ OpCo, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

4. Subject to the Reporting Person continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined in the Issuer's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan) through each applicable date, one thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the shares subject to the option shall vest each month following the Vesting Commencement Date on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date (and if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month). "Vesting Commencement Date" shall mean March 21, 2024.

Remarks:

	/s/ Evert Schimmelpennink, as Attorney-in-Fact	03/25/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Mccollum James W was granted 589,267 shares (SEC Form 4)