Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated
200 Powder Mill Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
September 22, 2020
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
| Attention: | Jeffrey Gabor |
Laura Crotty
Rolf Sundwall
Jeanne Baker
| Re: | Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-248628) originally filed September 4, 2020, as amended, and corresponding Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-39527) filed September 16, 2020. |
Requested Date: September 24, 2020
Requested Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form 8-A effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Robert A. Freedman or Julia Forbess, both of whom are attorneys with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenwick & West LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Freedman at (650) 335-7292 or, in his absence, Ms. Forbess at (415) 875-2420.
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| Sincerely, | ||
| PRELUDE THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ Krishna Vaddi, Ph.D. | |
| Krishna Vaddi, Ph.D. | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Krishna Vaddi, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer |
Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated
Effie Toshav, Esq.
Robert A. Freedman, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP