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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-070510
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFR14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210521
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210521

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Precipio, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001043961
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				911789357
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFR14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36439
		FILM NUMBER:		21949433

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12325 EMMET ST
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68164
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203 787 7888

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 SCIENCE PARK
		CITY:			NEW HAVEN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06511

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANSGENOMIC INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000119
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20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION<BR></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14A (the &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;)
is being filed to amend Precipio Inc.&rsquo;s (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) definitive proxy statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
(the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;) which was filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 29, 2021. The amendment adds Mr.
David S. Cohen to the last sentence of the paragraph under the section entitled &ldquo;Director Independence&rdquo;, which appears on
page 18 of the Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">No other changes have been made to the Proxy Statement
or to the matters to be considered by the shareholders. All other items of the Proxy Statement are incorporated herein by reference without
change. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Proxy
Statement. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AMENDMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In connection with the paragraph under the section
entitled &ldquo;Director Independence&rdquo; which appears on page 18 of the Proxy Statement, the paragraph is amended and restated as
marked below:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B>Director Independence</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: white">Our
Company is governed by our Board. Currently, each member of our Board, other than Ilan Danieli, our Chief Executive Officer, is an independent
director and all standing committees of our Board are composed entirely of independent directors, in each case under Nasdaq&rsquo;s independence
definition applicable to boards of directors. For a director to be considered independent, our Board must determine that the director
has no relationship which, in the opinion of our Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the
responsibilities of a director. Members of the Audit Committee also must satisfy a separate SEC independence requirement, which provides
that they may not accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from us or any of our subsidiaries
other than their directors&rsquo; compensation. In addition, under SEC rules, an Audit Committee member who is an affiliate of the issuer
(other than through service as a director) cannot be deemed to be independent. In determining the independence of members of the Compensation
Committee, Nasdaq listing standards require our Board to consider certain factors, including but not limited to: (1) the source of compensation
of the director, including any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee paid by us to the director, and (2) whether the director
is affiliated with us, one of our subsidiaries or an affiliate of one of our subsidiaries. Under our Compensation Committee Charter, members
of the Compensation Committee also must qualify as &ldquo;outside directors&rdquo; for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the &ldquo;Code&rdquo;), and as &ldquo;non-employee directors&rdquo; for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange
Act. The independent members of the Board are Ms.&nbsp;LaPorte, Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey Cossman, M.D., Mr.&nbsp;Douglas Fisher, M.D., <B><U>Mr.
David S. Cohen</U></B><U>,</U> Mr.&nbsp;Ron A Andrews and Mr.&nbsp;Richard Sandberg.</P>

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