SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Prelude Therapeutics Inc [ PRLD ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/27/2026	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/27/2026		J(1)		1,407,000	D	(1)	6,475,882	I	See footnotes(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Pre-Funded Warrants (Right to Buy)	$0.0001	04/27/2026		J(1)		1,407,000		(4)	(4)	Common Stock	1,407,000	(1)	1,407,000	I	See footnotes(2)(3)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RA Capital Healthcare Fund LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kolchinsky Peter (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Shah Rajeev M. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On April 27, 2026, RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. (the "Fund") entered into an Exchange Agreement with the Issuer pursuant to which the Fund exchanged, for no additional consideration, 1,407,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock for a pre-funded warrant exercisable for up to 1,407,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share (the "Pre-Funded Warrant").

2. Held directly by the Fund.

3. RA Capital Management, L.P. (the "Adviser") is the investment manager for the Fund. The general partner of the Adviser is RA Capital Management GP, LLC (the "Adviser GP"), of which Dr. Peter Kolchinsky and Mr. Rajeev Shah are the managing members. Each of the Adviser, the Adviser GP, the Fund, Dr. Kolchinsky and Mr. Shah disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the reported securities, except to the extent of its or his respective pecuniary interest therein.

4. The Pre-Funded Warrant has no expiration date and is exercisable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund shall not be entitled to exercise the Pre-Funded Warrant to the extent that it would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Fund, together with its Attribution Parties (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant), to exceed 9.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer following such exercise.

	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, Manager of RA Capital Management, L.P.	04/28/2026
	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, Manager of RA Capital Healthcare Fund GP, LLC the General Partner of RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P.	04/28/2026
	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, individually	04/28/2026
	/s/ Rajeev Shah, individually	04/28/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)