Company: LENZ
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: POS AM
Source: 0001628280-25-016813
Chunk: 13

Company: LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: POS AM
Chunk 13
---
 executive officers and employees.

• The market price of our common stock is expected to be volatile.

<div align='center'>5</div>

### RISK FACTORS
An investment in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. In addition to the risk and uncertainties described under the section titled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” you should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties incorporated by reference to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, and all other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as updated by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and the risk factors and other information contained in any applicable prospectus supplement before acquiring any of such securities. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business or results of operations. The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities.

<div align='center'>6</div>

### CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including those relating to the Merger and their expected benefits; our plans relating to the clinical development of our product candidates, including the size, number and areas to be evaluated; our plans relating to commercializing our product candidates, if approved, including the geographic areas of focus and strategy; and our ability to obtain funding for its operations. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including those relating to the Merger and related transactions. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “potentially,” “likely,” “target” or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means