Company: LENZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001628280-25-013856
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Company: LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: S-8
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filed” rather than “furnished” for the purposes of the Exchange Act; and

(3) The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 19, 2025, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided , however , that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the SEC shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

## Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the issuance of the shares of the Registrant’s common stock offered hereby has been passed upon by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (“WSGR”). Certain members of, and investment

partnerships comprised of members of, and persons associated with, WSGR, directly or indirectly, own less than 0.1% of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock.

## Item 8. Exhibits.
The Registrant has filed the exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index of this Registration Statement.

### EXHIBIT INDEX
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|         |     | Exhibit Description |     |                                                                                           |     | Form |     |