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This Amendment contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that relate to future events or to our future operations or financial performance. Any forward-looking statement involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statement. In some cases, forward-looking statements are identified by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “goals,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “ongoing,” “objective,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will” and “would” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements include statements, other than statements of historical fact, about, among other things: our ability to fund our future operations; our financial position, revenues, costs, expenses, uses of cash and capital requirements; our need for additional financing or the period for which our existing cash resources will be sufficient to meet our operating requirements; the success, progress, number, scope, cost, duration, timing or results of our research and development activities, preclinical studies and clinical trials, including the timing for initiation or completion of or availability of results from any preclinical studies and clinical trials or for submission, review or approval of any regulatory filing; the timing of, and our ability to, obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for any of our product candidates; the potential benefits that may be derived from any of our product candidates; our strategies, prospects, plans, goals, expectations, forecasts or objectives; the success of our collaborations with third parties; any payment that our collaboration partners may make to us; our ability to identify and develop new product candidates; our intellectual property position; our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy; our ability to develop sales and marketing capabilities; our estimates regarding future expenses and needs for additional financing; our ability to identify, recruit and retain key personnel; our financial performance; developments and projections relating to our competitors in the industry; our liquidity and working capital requirements; the expected impact of new accounting standards; and our expectations regarding the impact of and variants thereof, on our research and development activities, preclinical studies and clinical trials, supply of drug product, and our workforce.

Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this report, we caution you that these statements are based on our estimates or projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement to differ. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among other things, our critical accounting policies and: the ability of our preclinical studies to produce data sufficient to support the filing of global clinical trial applications and the timing thereof; our ability to continue to build and maintain the company infrastructure and personnel needed to achieve our goals; the clinical results and timing of our programs, which may not support further development of our product candidates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; our effectiveness in managing current and future clinical trials and regulatory processes; the success of our platform in identifying viable candidates; the continued development and acceptance of nucleic acid therapeutics as a class of drugs; our ability to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of our stereopure candidates in clinical trials, including our ability to develop candidates across multiple therapeutic modalities; our ability to obtain, maintain and protect intellectual property; our ability to enforce our patents against infringers and defend our patent portfolio against challenges from third parties; our ability to fund our operations and to raise additional capital as needed; competition from others developing therapies for similar uses; the severity and duration of the pandemic; and the pandemic and variants thereof, may negatively impact the conduct of, and the timing of enrollment, completion and reporting with respect to, our clinical trials; any other impacts on our business as a result of or related to the pandemic, as well as other risks and uncertainties under the “Risk Factors” section of the Original and in other filings we make with the SEC.

Pursuant to our Constitution, there is no maximum number of directors that may hold office at any time. Our Board of Directors (the “Board” or our “Board”) currently consists of nine members and each of our directors is elected annually. Our Constitution requires that each of our directors retire at each annual general meeting of our shareholders, and each retiring director is then eligible for

has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2013 and as a director since April 2014. Prior to joining us, he served at GlaxoSmithKline from 2009 to 2013 in various roles, including Vice President, Worldwide Business Development—Head of Asia BD and Investments, Head of Global Neuroscience BD, a director of Glaxo Welcome Manufacturing, Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and Vice President, Business Development for the Oncology Business Unit, where he helped establish GlaxoSmithKline’s global oncology business and served as a member of the Oncology Executive Team, Oncology Commercial Board and Cancer Research Executive Team. Prior to GlaxoSmithKline, he served as director of Research at Two River LLC, a health care private equity firm from 2004 to 2009. Dr. Bolno earned a medical degree from School of Medicine and an M.B.A. from Drexel University. He was a general surgery resident and cardiothoracic surgery postdoctoral research fellow at Drexel University College of Medicine. We believe that Dr. Bolno’s experience serving as our President and Chief Executive Officer and his experience leading biopharmaceutical companies qualify him to serve on our Board.

has served as a director since November 2016, and as Chairman of our Board since October 2017. Mr. Henry currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Biosciences, a publicly traded life sciences company, a position he has held since September 2020. Mr. Henry has also served on the board of directors of Pacific Biosciences since 2018. Mr. Henry also serves on the board of directors of Ginkgo Bioworks, a private synthetic biology company. Mr. Henry served as Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer of Illumina, Inc. from 2015 through January 2017, and previously served as Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer from 2014 to 2015, Senior Vice President & General Manager Genomic Solutions from 2012 to 2014, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & General Manager Life Sciences from 2010 to 2012, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2010, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2009, and Vice President & Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006. Prior to joining Illumina, Inc., Mr. Henry served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tickets.com, Inc. from 2003 to 2005. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Henry served as Vice President, Finance & Corporate Controller of Affymetrix, Inc. (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2016). In 1997, Mr. Henry joined Nektar Therapeutics (formerly Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc.), as Corporate Controller, and later as its Chief Accounting Officer from 1997 to 1999. In 1996,

has served as a director since September 2019. Dr. Corrigan served as the Chief Executive Officer of Correvio Pharma Corp., from March 2019 to May 2020. Prior to joining Correvio, Dr. Corrigan was President of Research and Development at Tremeau Pharmaceuticals from 2016 to March 2019. Dr. Corrigan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Zalicus, Inc. (formerly CombinatoRx) from 2010 to 2014. Prior to that time, from 2003 to 2009, Dr. Corrigan held the role of Executive Vice President, Research and Development at Sepracor Inc. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Corrigan served as Group Vice President, Clinical Research & Experimental Medicine at Pharmacia Corporation. Prior to this, Dr. Corrigan held various roles at The Upjohn Company, The University of North Carolina, and the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Psychoneuroendocrinology in Adults and Children at Dorthea Dix Hospital. Dr. Corrigan currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Exacis Biotherapeutics, Inc. and Tremeau Pharmaceuticals, of which he is a Dr. Corrigan previously served as a member of the board of directors of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Correvio Pharma Corp., Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Nabriva Therapeutics. Dr. Corrigan holds an M.D. from the University of Virginia and received specialty training in psychiatry at Maine Medical Center and Cornell University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Virginia. We believe he is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience working with clinical-stage companies, and as a board member, board committee member and chief executive officer of publicly-traded biopharmaceutical companies, along with his medical degree and clinical training in psychiatry, as well as his clinical and regulatory expertise.

has served as a director since January 2015. Dr. Kolchinsky is a founder and Managing Partner of RA Capital Management, L.P., a multi-stage investment manager which is dedicated to evidence-based investing in healthcare and life science companies that are developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics, where he has worked since 2001. RA Capital Management, L.P. is the investment manager of RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. Dr. Kolchinsky also serves as the Chairman and CEO of Therapeutics Acquisition Corp. (AKA Research Alliance Corp. I), and Chairman and CEO of Research Alliance Corp. II. He serves as a member of the board of directors of Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Therapeutics Acquisition Corp, and Research Alliance Corp. II, in addition to a number of private companies. Dr. Kolchinsky also leads RA Capital’s engagement and publishing efforts, which aim to make a positive social impact and spark collaboration among healthcare stakeholders, including patients, physicians, researchers, policymakers, and industry. He served on the Board of Global Science and Technology for the National Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2012, is the author of “The Great American Drug Deal” and “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to a Biotech Startup”, and frequently writes and speaks on the future of biotechnology innovation. Dr. Kolchinsky earned his Ph.D. in virology from Harvard University and earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Cornell University. We believe he is qualified to serve on our Board because of his scientific acumen, strong reputation as a thought leader in the life sciences industry, his extensive experience investing in and forming, building and growing life sciences companies and mentoring their management teams, as well as his experience as an institutional investor and his experience serving as a board member, board committee member, and board observer of various publicly-traded and privately-held healthcare and life science companies.

has served as a director since February 2017. Since September 2019, Mr. Rawcliffe has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc. From 2015 to September 2019, he served as Adaptimmune’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Adaptimmune, Mr. Rawcliffe served in various roles at GlaxoSmithKline plc, including Senior Vice President Finance, North America Pharmaceuticals and Global Franchises from 2011 to 2015; Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business Development and R&D Finance from 2006 to 2011; Vice President, Worldwide Business Development Transactions and Ventures from 2003 to 2005; and Vice President, Deal Structuring from 2001 to 2003. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Rawcliffe served as the President and Managing Partner of SR One Ltd. Mr. Rawcliffe began his career as a supervisor at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Rawcliffe received his B.Sc. in Natural Sciences from the

has served as a director since August 2020Ms. Tan currently serves as Senior Vice-President (Administration) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), a position she has held since January 2020. From when she joined NTU in August 2016 to December 2017, she served as NTU’s Chief Financial Officer. She also served as NTU’s Chief Administrative Officer from April 2017 to December 2017 and as NTU’s Vice-President (Administration) from January 2018 to December 2019. Prior to joining NTU, Ms. Tan served as Global Finance Transformation Leader & Managing Director of the Chemours Company Singapore Pte Ltd, a from DuPont, from 2015 to 2016. From 1994 to 2015, Ms. Tan held numerous global and regional leadership roles at DuPont in accounting, corporate treasury, six sigma, financial systems, supply chain, operations, financial and strategic planning, including various positions at DuPont Company (Singapore) Pte Ltd, most recently serving as the Chief Financial Officer of DuPont Titanium Technologies from November 2011 to February 2015. Ms. Tan began her professional career as a tax assistant at Price Waterhouse. Ms. Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. We believe she is qualified to serve on our Board because of her extensive experience as a chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, her broad operations experience working in Singapore corporations, her experience working on boards of directors and committees thereof, as well as her business, financial and accounting credentials.

has served as a director since July 2012. Since 2002, Mr. Takanashi has served in various executive management and director roles at Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories Ltd. (“SNBL”) and its affiliates and currently serves as its Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Takanashi was the Chief Financial Officer of SNBL USA, Ltd., a subsidiary of Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Takanashi also serves on the board of directors of Satsuma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Takanashi earned an M.B.A. from the University of Warwick and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo and is a Chartered Public Accountant. We believe he is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience leading global research and development organizations in the biopharmaceutical industry, his experience forming, building and taking public life sciences companies, along with his experience serving as a board member and board committee member of various publicly-traded life sciences companies, his long-standing history with Wave, his close familiarity with our Japanese operations, and his business, financial and accounting credentials.

is one of our founders and has served as a director since July 2013. He was our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer from our inception through December 2013 and served as Chairman of our Board from July 2013 through September 2017. Since 1989, Dr. Verdine has served as the Erving Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School; he is now Erving Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. Dr. Verdine the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute and Gloucester Biotechnology Academy in 2013 and served as the Founding President until 2016. He is the of Fog Pharmaceuticals Inc. and currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for the company. He is also Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of LifeMine Therapeutics Inc. He is also the founder of Warp Drive Bio (merged with Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD)) and served in various roles, from Chief Scientific Officer to Chief Executive Officer, from the company’s inception in 2012 until April 2016. Dr. Verdine founded Enanta Pharmaceuticals and served as a member of its board of directors from 1990 through its initial public offering in 2013. He is a Venture Partner at WuXi Healthcare Ventures, and has previously served as Venture Partner at AppleTree Ventures, TPG Biotech and Third Rock Ventures. He has served on the Board of Scientific Counsellors of the National Cancer Institute, and is on the Board of Scientific Consultants of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and he is a Senior Advisor to Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories Ltd. Dr. Verdine is also the of Eleven Biotherapeutics, Tokai Therapeutics, Aileron Therapeutics, and Gloucester Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Celgene in 2010). He has also served as a director of the Chemical Biology Initiative and the Program in Cancer Chemical Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Verdine received his Ph.D. in

Chemistry from Columbia University and completed postdoctoral work in Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School. We believe he is qualified to serve on our Board because of his expertise and deep knowledge as a of Wave of our technology, his vast expertise in unique protein chemistry, including as a leading expert in the field of stereochemistry, and his long track record of founding, advising and leading successful biopharmaceutical companies.

has served as a director since September 2019. Ms. Wagner currently serves as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy at Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc., where she has worked since 2018. Prior to joining Global Blood Therapeutics, Ms. Wagner served as Senior Vice President, Global Governmental Affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2012 to 2018, and as Vice President, Global Government Affairs from 2009 to 2012. Ms. Wagner held the role of Senior Director of Government Affairs at Genentech, Inc. from 2000 to 2009, and as Director, Government Affairs from 1998 to 1999. Prior to that time, she served as Health Policy Director and Consultant at Healthcare Leadership Council, and in various roles at Epstein Becker & Green and Groom & Nordberg, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. Wagner currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the American Kidney Fund, as a Trustee of the University of Colorado Foundation, and as an advisory board member of the University of Colorado, College of Media, Communication and Information. From 2015 to 2018, she also served as a member of the board of directors of the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs. Ms. Wagner earned a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law and received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Colorado. We believe she is qualified to serve on our Board because of her extensive experience as a government affairs executive driving strategy for government policy, pricing, reimbursement and patient access for various biopharmaceutical companies, including leading the pricing and reimbursement strategy, and implementing the global compliance programs for leading rare disease biopharmaceutical organizations.

. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, there were six meetings of our Board, and the various committees of the Board met a total of 14 times. No director attended fewer than 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and of committees of the Board on which such director served during 2020. The Board has adopted a policy under which our directors are encouraged to attend our annual general meetings of shareholders. As a Singapore company, we are required to prepare annual Singapore statutory audited financial statements (our “second annual audit”) and to deliver them to our shareholders in connection with our annual general meetings of shareholders. Our second annual audit can only be conducted following our first annual audit, which requires our preparation and filing of annual U.S. GAAP audited consolidated financial statements with the SEC. As a result, these multiple audits do not allow us to schedule our quarterly board meetings at the same time as our annual general meetings of shareholders and we typically hold our annual general meetings during the summertime.

 Our Audit Committee held seven meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Our Audit Committee currently has four members: Mr. Henry (Chairman), Dr. Corrigan, Mr. Rawcliffe, and Ms. Tan. During the period of January 1, 2020 through August 18, 2020, our Audit Committee was comprised of Mr. Henry (Chairman), Dr. Corrigan, Mr. Rawcliffe and Koji Miura. On August 18, 2020, Mr. Miura retired from the Board and the Audit Committee upon the conclusion of our 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. During the period of August 18, 2020 through November 2, 2020, our Audit Committee was comprised of Mr. Henry (Chairman), Dr. Corrigan, and Mr. Rawcliffe. On November 2, 2020, Ms. Tan joined as a member of our Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee’s role and responsibilities are set forth in the Audit Committee’s written charter and include the responsibility to retain and terminate the services of our independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Audit Committee reviews annual financial statements, considers matters relating to accounting policy and internal controls and reviews the scope of annual audits.

Dr. Corrigan, Messrs. Henry and Rawcliffe, and Ms. Tan satisfy the current independence standards promulgated by the SEC and by the Nasdaq Stock Market, as such standards apply specifically to members of audit committees. The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee meets the financial literacy requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and that each of Messrs. Henry and Rawcliffe and Ms. Tan qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as the SEC has defined that term in Item 407 of Regulation

Our Compensation Committee met four times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The Compensation Committee currently has three members: Mr. Henry (Chairman), Mr. Rawcliffe, and Ms. Wagner. During the period of January 1, 2020 through December 1, 2020, our Compensation Committee was comprised of Mr. Henry (Chairman), Dr. Kolchinsky and Ms. Pott. On December 1, 2020, Mr. Rawcliffe replaced Dr. Kolchinsky as a member of our Compensation Committee. On January 8, 2021, Ms. Pott resigned from the Board and the Compensation Committee. On April 15, 2021, Ms. Wagner joined as a member of our Compensation Committee. Our Compensation Committee’s role and responsibilities are set forth in the Compensation Committee’s written charter and include reviewing, approving and making recommendations regarding our compensation policies, practices and procedures to ensure that legal and fiduciary responsibilities of the Board are carried out and that such policies, practices and procedures contribute to our success. Our Compensation Committee also administers our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2014 Equity Incentive Plan”) and our 2019 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “2019 ESPP”). The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining the compensation of our executive officers.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met three times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee currently has three members: Dr. Corrigan (Chairman), Mr. Takanashi and Ms. Wagner. During the period of January 1, 2020 through December 1, 2020 our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was comprised of Mr. Henry (Chairman), Mr. Takanashi and Ms. Wagner. On December 1, 2020, Dr. Corrigan replaced Mr. Henry as a member and Chairman of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s role and responsibilities are set forth in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s written charter and include evaluating and making recommendations to the full Board as to the size and composition of the Board and its committees, evaluating and making recommendations as to potential candidates, and evaluating current Board members’ performance.

The positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer are presently separated at the Company. We believe that separating these positions allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus on our business, while allowing our Chairman of the Board to lead the Board in its fundamental role of providing advice to, and independent oversight of, management. Our Board recognizes the time, effort and energy that the Chief Executive Officer is required to devote to his position in the current business environment, as well as the commitment required to serve as our Chairman, particularly as the Board’s oversight responsibilities continue to grow. Our Board also

Our Board oversees the risk management activities designed and implemented by our management. Our Board executes its oversight responsibility for risk management both directly and through its committees. Our Board also considers specific risk topics, including risks associated with our strategic plan, business operations and capital structure. In addition, our Board receives detailed regular reports from members of our management team and other personnel that include assessments and potential mitigation of the risks and exposures involved with their respective areas of responsibility. Our Board receives regular updates on the evolving situation and engages regularly with our management team, including with regard to our operations, clinical trial enrollment, financial position and liquidity, communications strategy and employee matters, among other items. As part of its risk management oversight, our Board has been working with our management team to identify and monitor related risks to our Company, and is involved in strategy decisions and other actions we are taking to mitigate risks related to the impact of on our business.

Set forth below is information as of April 10, 2021 regarding our executive officers who are not also directors. We have employment agreements with certain of our executive officers and all of our executive officers are employees.

has served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Head of Emerging Areas since May 2017. During the period January 2017 to May 2017, Dr. Francis served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Portfolio Management. Prior to that, Dr. Francis served as our Vice President, Head of Business Development since April 2014. Prior to joining us, Dr. Francis held senior operational, strategic and business development roles within GlaxoSmithKline Oncology from 2009 to 2014 and was a member of the team that established GlaxoSmithKline’s Rare Disease Unit. Before GlaxoSmithKline, Dr. Francis was a health care private equity associate at Two River LLC from 2008 to 2009. He began his career in pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement consulting at IMS Health. Dr. Francis earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Melbourne and was a doctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge.

has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2020. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Moran served as our Vice President, Head of Finance from July 2014 to August 2016; Vice President, Technical Operations from August 2016 to December 2017; Senior Vice President, Technical Operations, from December 2017 to November 2018; Senior Vice President, Operations and Business Analytics from November 2018 to January 2020; and most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations from January 2020 through his promotion to Chief Financial Officer in December 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Moran served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Veroha, Inc., an information assurance software company focused on electronic notary solutions, from 2010 to 2014. He was also a founding partner of Context Financial Services, LLC, a boutique consulting firm that provided interim to and middle market companies undergoing rapid expansion or needing expert financial counsel and worked there from 2006 to 2014. In addition, Mr. Moran held senior operational and financial roles at leading global financial services firms, including Zurich Scudder Investments, JPMorgan Chase and Putnam Investments. Mr. Moran holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Boston College and attended the Lemberg Master’s Program in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University. Mr. Moran is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

has served as our Chief Medical Officer, Head of Therapeutics Discovery and Development since May 2020. During the period of November 2018 through April 2020, Dr. Panzara served as our Chief Medical Officer. During the period of July 2016 to October 2018, Dr. Panzara served as our Franchise Lead, Neurology. Prior to joining us, Dr. Panzara served in various roles at Sanofi Genzyme (and Genzyme Corporation before its merger with Sanofi in 2011) from 2009 to July 2016, most recently serving as Head of the Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology and Ophthalmology Therapeutic Area for Global Development and prior to that, serving as Group Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head, Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology. Prior to joining Genzyme, Dr. Panzara served in roles of increasing responsibility at Biogen, including Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Neurology from 2006 to 2009 and in various roles in the Medical Research group from 2001 to 2006. In addition, from 1999 to 2011, Dr. Panzara was an Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He trained in neurology at MGH from 1994 to 1998, and completed his post-doctoral training in immunology and rheumatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Panzara holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, and a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

has served as our Chief Technology Officer since May 2020. During the period of August 2014 to April 2020, Dr. Vargeese served as Senior Vice President, Head of Drug Discovery. Before joining us, Dr. Vargeese served as Novartis’ Executive Director and Head of RNA Chemistry and Delivery, a position she held from 2008 to 2014. Prior to joining Novartis, Dr. Vargeese led siRNA delivery in the RNA Therapeutics division at Merck & Co., where she served as Senior Director and Head of RNA Chemistry and Delivery. Dr. Vargeese joined Merck through its acquisition of Sirna Therapeutics, where she was Vice President of Chemistry. Before Sirna, Dr. Vargeese served as Associate Director of Chemistry at NeXstar Pharmaceuticals and is the of Macugen (pegaptanib), an approved therapy for treating wet AMD. Dr. Vargeese earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and completed post-doctoral work at the University of Rhode Island.

We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer. The text of the code of conduct and ethics is posted on our website at www.wavelifesciences.com. Disclosure regarding any amendments to, or waivers from, provisions of the code of conduct and ethics that apply to our directors, principal executive officer or principal financial officer will be included in a Current Report on Form filed with the SEC within four business days following the date of the amendment or waiver, unless website posting or the issuance of a press release of such amendments or waivers is then permitted by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

In May 2020, we entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Bolno, pursuant to which he serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer. The employment agreement amends and restates the prior employment arrangement between the Company and Dr. Bolno. As of January 1, 2020, Dr. Bolno’s annual base salary was $578,977, and his annual target bonus percentage is up to 65% of his annual base salary, subject to the achievement of annual performance milestones defined by our Board in its sole discretion. Effective January 1, 2021, Dr. Bolno’s annual base salary was increased to $597,000. In February 2021, in recognition of his 2020 performance supporting the achievement of our corporate goals discussed below, Dr. Bolno received a cash bonus of $376,335 that was equal to 100% of his 2020 target bonus, 65% of his annual base salary. In addition, in February 2021, he received an option to purchase 200,000 of our ordinary shares and 150,000 RSUs under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan as long-term incentive plan awards, each award vests over a period, 50% on the first and second anniversaries. Pursuant to Dr. Bolno’s employment agreement, if we terminate his employment without cause or if he terminates employment for good reason, Dr. Bolno will be entitled to receive as of the date of his termination continued payment for 18 months or 12 months, respectively, of his then-current annual base salary; continued payment of health insurance premiums at the Company’s then normal rate of contribution until the earlier of 18 months or 12 months, respectively, following termination or until he commences new employment; and the payment of a separation bonus equal to his then annual target bonus opportunity, prorated through the termination date. In addition, if a change of control occurs and within one year following the change of control, Dr. Bolno is involuntarily terminated without cause or if Dr. Bolno terminate his employment for good reason, Dr. Bolno will be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to 18 months or 12 months, respectively, of his then-current annual base salary; continued payment of health insurance premiums at the Company’s then normal rate of contribution until the earlier of 18 months or 12 months, respectively, following termination or until he commences new employment; and the payment of a separation bonus equal to his then annual target bonus opportunity. Receipt of the severance and change of control benefits described above are subject to execution of a release of claims against the Company and compliance with certain restrictive covenants following the termination of his employment. Pursuant to applicable equity agreements with Dr. Bolno, all unvested shares underlying outstanding options and RSUs that are granted after December 31, 2017 will become fully vested upon termination without cause or for good reason within 12 months following a change of control.

 In July 2016, we entered into an employment agreement with Dr. Panzara, pursuant to which he now serves as our Chief Medical Officer, Head of Therapeutics Discovery and Development. As of January 1, 2020, Dr. Panzara’s annual base salary was $460,860, and his annual target bonus percentage was up to 40% of his annual base salary, subject to the achievement of annual performance milestones defined by our Board in its sole discretion. Effective January 1, 2021, Dr. Panzara’s annual base salary was increased to $471,000, and his annual target bonus percentage was increased to 45% of his annual salary. In February 2021, in recognition of his 2020 performance supporting the achievement of our corporate goals discussed below, Dr. Panzara received a cash bonus of $184,344 that was equal to 100% of his 2020 target bonus, 40% of his base salary. In addition, he received an option to purchase 50,000 of our ordinary shares and 50,000 RSUs under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan as long-term incentive plan awards, each award vests over a period, 50% on the first and second anniversaries. Pursuant to Dr. Panzara’s employment agreement, if he is involuntarily terminated by the Company without cause or terminates employment for good reason, he will be entitled to receive continued payment of his base salary for 12 months following termination and continued payment of health insurance premiums at the Company’s then normal rate of contribution until the earlier of 12 months following termination or until he commences new employment. In addition, if a change of control occurs and within one year following the change of control, Dr. Panzara is involuntarily terminated without cause or terminates his employment for good reason, he will be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to 12 months of his then-current annual base salary; the payment of a separation bonus equal to his then annual target bonus opportunity, prorated through his termination date; and continued payment of health insurance premiums at the Company’s then normal rate of contribution until the earlier of 12 months following the termination date or until he commences new employment. Receipt of the severance and change of control benefits described above are subject to execution of a release of claims against the Company and compliance with certain restrictive covenants following the termination of his employment. Pursuant to applicable equity agreements with Dr. Panzara, all unvested shares underlying outstanding options and RSUs that were granted through December 31, 2017 will become fully vested upon a change of control which is defined as follows: (A) a merger or consolidation of the Company whether or not approved by the Board, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or the parent of such corporation) more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or parent of such corporation, as the case may be, outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (B) the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in a transaction requiring shareholder approval. In addition, all unvested shares underlying outstanding options and RSUs that are granted after December 31, 2017 will become fully vested upon termination without cause or for good reason within 12 months following a change of control.

In May 2020, we entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Vargeese, pursuant to which she serves as our Chief Technology Officer. The employment agreement amends and restates the prior employment arrangement between the Company and Dr. Vargeese. As of January 1, 2020, Dr. Vargeese’s annual base salary was $434,520, and her annual target bonus percentage was up to 40% of her annual base salary, subject to the achievement of annual performance milestones defined by our Board in its sole discretion. Effective January 1, 2021, Dr. Vargeese’s annual base salary was increased to $444,000, and her annual target bonus percentage was increased to 45% of her annual base salary. In February 2021, in recognition of her 2020 performance supporting the achievement of our corporate goals discussed below, Dr. Vargeese received a cash bonus of $173,808 that was equal to 100% of her 2020 target bonus, 40% of her base salary. In addition, she received an option to purchase 50,000 of our ordinary shares and 50,000 RSUs under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan as long-term incentive plan awards, each award vests over a period, 50% on the first and second anniversaries. Pursuant to Dr. Vargeese’s employment agreement, if we terminate her employment without cause or if she terminates employment for good reason, Dr. Vargeese will be entitled to receive as of the date of her termination continued payment for 18 months or 12 months, respectively, of her then-current annual base salary; continued payment of health insurance premiums at the Company’s then normal rate of contribution until the earlier of 18 months or 12 months, respectively, following termination or until she commences new employment; and the payment of a separation bonus equal to her then annual target bonus opportunity, prorated through the termination

In addition, as a condition of their employment, each of our named executive officers has entered into a and agreement pursuant to which he or she has agreed not to compete with us for a period of 12 months following the termination of his or her employment. All agreements generally provide for employment and that our named executive officers are eligible to participate in employee benefit plans of general applicability to other senior executives, which we maintain from time to time.

Our executive officers are eligible to receive annual cash incentive awards, with the target bonus opportunity for 2020 determined as a percentage of their base salary. At the beginning of 2020, our Board approved ambitious corporate goals and objectives that our Compensation Committee then used to design our annual cash incentive program for 2020. Under this program, the Compensation Committee determined that the corporate goals would apply uniformly to all of our executive officers. Our 2020 corporate goals, plus additional obstacles that we overcame as a result of the global pandemic, that were assessed to determine our 2020 corporate performance are set forth below:

In 2020, the long-term incentive component of the compensation of our NEOs consisted solely of share options. These share options were granted to each of our named executive officers by our Compensation Committee at a regularly scheduled meeting on March 3, 2020, at an exercise price of $8.17 per share; and vest over with 50% vesting on February 1, 2021 and the remainder vesting on February 1, 2022. The Compensation Committee chose schedule over our standard four-year vesting schedule as a means of retention and because the 2019 Performance-Based RSUs became less likely to vest in the near-term due to the discontinuation of our suvodirsen program in December 2019, but the performance criteria remain relevant to our primary strategic imperative to deliver life-changing treatments for people battling devastating diseases and will continue to incentivize performance albeit over a longer period of time. In lieu of a cash salary increase for the 2020 calendar year, Dr. Bolno opted to receive an additional 3,000 share options with the same vesting schedule and exercise price as his other 2020 LTIP option grants.

We maintain a 401(k) plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In general, all of our employees, including our named executive officers, are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan. Under the 401(k) plan, employees may elect to reduce their current compensation by up to the statutorily prescribed annual limit, equal to $19,500 in 2020, and to have the amount of such reduction contributed to the 401(k) plan. We currently match 50% of an employee’s 401(k) contributions up to a maximum of 6% of the participant’s compensation. Matching contributions are 100% vested upon completion of one year of service with the Company. In addition, employees who turn age 50 before the end of any calendar year may also defer up to an additional $6,500, and these contributions are eligible for matching contributions. Matching contributions made to each of our named executive officers are included in the “Summary Compensation Table” above.

Our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan was amended on August 10, 2017, following receipt of shareholder approval at our 2017 Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, based on approval at our 2017 Annual General Meeting, our Board and shareholders authorized 6,064,544 ordinary shares for the granting of incentive options, options, or “NQSOs,” share appreciation rights and restricted share unit awards, plus annual increases on the first day of July 2018, 2019 and 2020 equal to the lesser of (A) 3% of the ordinary shares outstanding on the day prior to the increase; and (B) such lesser number of ordinary shares as determined by the Board; provided that no more than 10,000,000 ordinary shares may be issued upon the exercise of incentive share options. On July 1, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan was increased by 878,800, 1,027,987, and 1,071,964 ordinary shares, respectively. The maximum number of ordinary shares with respect to awards which may be granted to any participant in any fiscal year under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan is 600,000 shares. In the event of a share dividend, split, recapitalization or reorganization or other change in capital structure, our Board will make appropriate adjustments to these amounts.

The following table shows the total compensation paid or accrued during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 to each of our directors. Directors who are also employees are not compensated for their service on our Board.

The following table shows the aggregate number of shares subject to options held by each of our directors as of December 31, 2020.

At our 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, our shareholders overwhelmingly approved our 2020 Director Compensation Policy, under which our directors were compensated for their service as directors, including as members of the various committees of our Board on which they serve, for the Board service period that commenced on the date of our 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and runs through the date of our 2021 AGM. The terms of the 2020 Director Compensation Policy are as follows:

On January 28, 2019, we closed a underwritten public offering of 3,950,000 ordinary shares for gross proceeds of $150.1 million, and on February 26, 2019, we closed on the sale of an additional 592,500 ordinary shares pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ordinary shares (on the same terms and conditions as the initial closing) for gross proceeds of an additional $22.5 million. Affiliates of RA Capital Management, L.P. (“RA Capital”) purchased 263,158 ordinary shares in the public offering at the public offering price of $38.00 per share. RA Capital is the investment manager of RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P., one of our principal shareholders. Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D., a member of our Board, is the Managing Partner of RA Capital.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pfizer Collaboration Agreement, we and Pfizer have agreed to collaborate on the discovery, development and commercialization of stereopure oligonucleotide therapeutics for up to five programs (each, a “Pfizer Program”), each directed at a genetically-defined hepatic target selected by Pfizer. Under the Pfizer Collaboration Agreement, the parties agreed to collaborate during a four-year research term. The research term for the Pfizer Collaboration Agreement ended in May 2020. The term of the Pfizer Collaboration Agreement runs from the effective date until the date of the last to expire payment obligations with respect to each Pfizer Program and with respect to each Company program, and expires on a basis accordingly.

Under the Pfizer Equity Agreement, we issued 1,875,000 ordinary shares (the “Pfizer Shares”) to the Pfizer Affiliate at a purchase price of $16.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $30.0 million. Under the terms of the Pfizer Equity Agreement, the Pfizer Shares were subject to a restriction, such that the Pfizer Affiliate agreed not to, nor cause its affiliates to, without our prior approval, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Pfizer Shares until certain specified periods of time after the effective date of the Pfizer Equity Agreement. We also agreed to provide the Pfizer Affiliate with registration rights, as described under “Registration Rights under our Share Purchase Agreement with Pfizer” below.

Under the terms of our Pfizer Equity Agreement, the Pfizer Affiliate agreed that the Pfizer Shares were subject to a restriction, such that the Pfizer Affiliate agreed not to, nor cause its affiliates to, without our prior approval, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Pfizer Shares until certain specified periods of time after the effective date of the Pfizer Equity Agreement. For a certain period following the expiration of the period, subject to certain conditions and limitations, we agreed to provide certain demand registration rights to the Pfizer Affiliate in order to register all or a portion of the Pfizer Shares purchased by the Pfizer Affiliate. We also provided the Pfizer Affiliate with certain “piggyback” registration rights for a certain period following the expiration of the period, subject to certain conditions and limitations, such that when we propose to register our ordinary shares for our account, the Pfizer Affiliate will have the right to include some or all of the Pfizer Shares in such registration. The Pfizer Equity Agreement also contains other customary terms and conditions of the parties with respect to the registration of the Pfizer Shares.

Our Board has adopted a written related person transaction policy that requires future transactions between us and any director, executive officer, holder of 5% or more of any class of our capital stock or any member of the immediate family of, or entities affiliated with, any of them, or any other related persons, as defined in Item 404 of Regulation or their affiliates, in which the amount involved is equal to or greater than $120,000, be approved in advance by our Audit Committee, or if Audit Committee approval would be inappropriate, by another independent body of our Board. In approving or rejecting such proposed related person transaction, the committee is to consider all available information deemed relevant by the committee, including, but not limited to, the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction and whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable to us than terms we could have generally obtained from an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances. The committee approves only those transactions that, in light of known circumstances, are deemed to be in our best interests. In the event that any member of the committee is not a disinterested person with respect to the related person transaction under review, that member is excluded from the review and approval or rejection of such related person transaction; provided, however, that such committee member may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at the meeting of the committee at which such transaction is considered. If we become aware of an existing related person transaction which has not been approved under the policy, the matter will be referred to the committee. The committee evaluates all options available, including ratification, revision or termination of such transaction. In the event that management determines that it is impractical or undesirable to wait until a meeting of the committee to consummate a related person transaction, the chair of the committee may approve such transaction in accordance with the related person transaction approval policy. Any such approval must be reported to the committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

In connection with our initial public offering, we adopted a policy under which the Audit Committee must all audit and permissible services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor. As part of its review, the Audit Committee also considers whether the categories of services are consistent with the rules on accountant independence of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Audit Committee all services performed since the policy was adopted.

1. services include audit work performed in the preparation of financial statements, as well as work that generally only an independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor can reasonably be expected to provide, including comfort letters, statutory audits, and attest services and consultation regarding financial accounting and/or reporting standards.

2. services are for assurance and related services that are traditionally performed by an independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor, including due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions, employee benefit plan audits, and special procedures required to meet certain regulatory requirements.

3. services include all services performed by an independent registered public accounting firm’s tax personnel except those services specifically related to the audit of the financial statements, and include fees in the areas of tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice.

4. are those associated with services not captured in the other categories. The Company generally does not request such services from our independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor.

Prior to engagement, the Audit Committee these services by category of service. During the year, circumstances may arise when it may become necessary to engage our independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for additional services not contemplated in the original In those instances, the Audit Committee requires specific before engaging our independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor. The Audit Committee may delegate authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.