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 MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Wave Life Sciences, Inc. [ WVE ] Foreign Trading Symbol	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/05/2026
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	10/05/2026		A		10,700(1)	A	$0	39,515	I	See footnotes(2)(3)
Common Stock								26,975,505	I	See footnotes(3)(4)

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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$3.75	10/05/2026		A		64,000		(5)	10/05/2036	Ordinary Shares	64,000	$0	64,000	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 MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RA Capital Healthcare Fund LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)

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 MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)

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 MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Dr. Kolchinsky was granted this restricted stock unit award (RSU) pursuant to the 2026 Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy. The RSU vests as to 100% of the shares on the earlier of the Issuer's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or October 5, 2027.

2. Dr. Kolchinsky is a Managing Partner of the Adviser who serves on the Issuer's board of directors. Under Dr. Kolchinsky's arrangement with the Adviser, Dr. Kolchinsky holds the RSUs and options for the benefit of the Fund. Dr. Kolchinsky is obligated to turn over to the Adviser any net cash or shares received upon settlement of the RSUs, or exercise of the options, as applicable, which will offset advisory fees owed by the Fund to the Adviser.

3. RA Capital Management, L.P. (the "Adviser") is the investment manager for RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. (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. Held directly by the Fund.

5. Dr. Kolchinsky was granted this option pursuant to the 2026 Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy. The option vests as to 100% of the shares on the earlier of the Issuer's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or October 5, 2027.

Remarks:

Dr. Peter Kolchinsky, a Managing Partner of the Adviser, serves on the Issuer's board of directors.

	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, Manager of RA Capital Management, L.P.	10/07/2026
	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, Manager of RA Capital Healthcare Fund GP, LLC, the General Partner of RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P.	10/07/2026
	/s/ Peter Kolchinsky, individually	10/07/2026
	/s/ Rajeev Shah, individually	10/07/2026
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