GlobeNewswire Inc | Oct 17, 2020 04:23PM EDT

October 17, 2020

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Precigen, Inc (f/k/a Intrexon Corporation) (Precigen or the Company) (NASDAQ:PGEN). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether Precigen and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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On March 2, 2020, post-market, Precigen disclosed in its annual report for fiscal year 2019, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that [i]n October 2018, the Company received a subpoena from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC informing the Company of a non-public, fact-finding investigation concerning the Companys disclosures regarding its methane bioconversion platform. Then, on September 25, 2020, the SEC announced that it had imposed a Cease-and-Desist Order in connection with the Precigens purported success converting relatively inexpensive natural gas into more expensive industrial chemicals using a proprietary methane bioconversion (MBC) program.

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