Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election Of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
On January 22, 2021, Dr. Kelvin Neu, a member of the Board of Directors (the
"Board") of Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated (the "Company"), delivered to the
Company a written resignation from the Board and all committees of the Board on
which he was a member, effective January 25, 2021. Dr. Neu's decision was not
the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its
operations, policies or practices.
Effective on January 25, 2021, the Board appointed Julian C. Baker to fill the
vacancy on the Board as a Class II Director. Mr. Baker shall hold office for a
term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Company's stockholders, which is
the next stockholder meeting at which Class II directors will be elected.
Mr. Baker will also serve on the Company's compensation committee and act as
chairman of the Company's nominating and governance committee. There is no
arrangement or understanding between Mr. Baker and any other persons pursuant to
which Mr. Baker was selected as a director. The Board determined that Mr. Baker
qualifies as an independent director pursuant to the Securities Act of 1934, as
amended and the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market, in each case as
currently in effect. Mr. Baker also entered into the Company's standard form of
indemnity agreement for its directors and executive officers, which was filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2020.
As a Managing Member of Baker Bros. Advisors LP, Mr. Baker may be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of the Company's securities held by entities affiliated
with Baker Bros. Advisors LP (the "Baker Entities"). The Baker Entities hold
more than 5% of each of the Company's outstanding voting and non-voting common
stock, and are a party to the Company's investors rights agreement, dated as of
August 21, 2020, and the Company's registration rights agreement, dated as of
December 20, 2020, each of which entitle the Baker Entities to rights with
respect to the registration of their shares. There are no other direct or
indirect material interests with the Company required to be disclosed under Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Pursuant to the Company's compensation policy for non-employee directors, on the
date of each annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, if Mr. Baker will
continue to serve on the Board following such meeting, he will also be entitled
to an annual stock option grant for 23,344 shares of the Company's voting common
stock, with an exercise price per share equal to the fair market value of the
share on the date of grant (the "Annual Grant"). The Annual Grant will vest on
the one-year anniversary of the grant date, or if earlier, the next annual
meeting of the Company's stockholders, assuming continued service through such
vesting date. The Annual Grant will be issued under the Company's 2020 Equity
Incentive Plan and will accelerate in full upon a change of control. Mr. Baker
will also be entitled to the applicable annual cash retainer paid to
non-employeedirectors for their board and committee service under the Company's
compensation policy for non-employee directors.
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