Company: LENZ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-100630
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Company: LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 full, are tendered to or withheld by us for payment of an exercise price or for tax withholding obligations, or are forfeited to or repurchased by us due to failure to vest (provided that the maximum number of shares that may be added to the 2024 Plan pursuant to this provision is 1,607,930 shares). |

| (4) | Our board of directors adopted, and our shareholders approved, the 2024 ESPP. The 2024 ESPP provides that the number of shares available for issuance under the 2024 ESPP will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with the 2025 fiscal year, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 376,493 shares, (ii) one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (iii) an amount determined by the administrator. On January 1, 2025, the number of shares available under the 2024 ESPP increased by 275,314 shares pursuant to this feature. |

Policies and Practices for Granting Certain Equity Awards Close in Time to the Release of Material Nonpublic Information Our board of directors and compensation committee do not take material nonpublic information into account when determining the timing and terms of any stock option grant. The timing of any stock option grants to recipients in connection with new hires, promotions, or other non-routinegrants is tied to the event giving rise to the award (such as an employee’s commencement of employment or promotion effective date). We have not timedthe disclosure of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation. -39-

No stock options were issued to executive officers in 2024 during any period beginning four business days before the filing of a periodic report or current report disclosing material non-publicinformation and ending one business day after the filing or furnishing of such report with the SEC. -40-

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Common Stock as of April 14, 2025 by:

| • |     | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock; |

| • |     | each of our named executive officers and our directors; and |

| • |     | all of our executive officers and directors as a group. |

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC,