PRELUDE THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
200 Powder Mill Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
November 22, 2021
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Attention: | Michael Davis | |
| Joe McCann | ||
| Re: | Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated, Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-261019) filed November 12, 2021. | |
Requested Date: November 24, 2021
Requested Time: 4:30 PM Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Robert 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, to Ms. Forbess at (415) 875-2420.
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| Sincerely, | ||
| Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated | ||
| By: | /s/ Kris Vaddi | |
| Kris Vaddi | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Kris Vaddi, Chief Executive Officer |
Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated
Robert Freedman, Esq.
Julia Forbess, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
