Fulcrum Therapeutics Announces Proposed $150.0 Million Public Offering of Common Stock
Rhea-AI Summary
Fulcrum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FULC) announced a proposed underwritten public offering of $150.0 million of common stock with a 30-day underwriter option to purchase up to an additional $22.5 million of shares. All shares are to be sold by the company under an effective shelf registration previously filed with the SEC. Book-running managers include J.P. Morgan, Leerink Partners, and Cantor, with Oppenheimer and Truist also participating.
Fulcrum intends to use net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including R&D, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, commercialization, capital expenditures, and potential acquisitions. The offering is subject to market and other conditions; final terms will appear in a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC.
Positive
- $150.0M proposed equity raise
- Underwriter option adds up to $22.5M incremental proceeds
- Proceeds targeted to R&D and clinical trials
Negative
- Equity issuance may cause shareholder dilution
- Offering completion is subject to market and other conditions
- Use of proceeds for general corporate purposes may reduce capital earmarked for specific programs
Market Reaction 15 min delay 20 Alerts
Following this news, FULC has declined 4.62%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction. Our momentum scanner has triggered 20 alerts so far, indicating elevated trading interest and price volatility. The stock is currently trading at $12.39. This price movement has removed approximately $34M from the company's valuation. Trading volume is exceptionally heavy at 29.0x the average, suggesting significant selling pressure.
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Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 05 | Inducement grant | Neutral | +0.3% | Small stock option grant under inducement plan for a new hire. |
| Dec 02 | Investor event | Positive | -9.3% | Planned investor event to review new PIONEER trial clinical data. |
| Nov 07 | Inducement grants | Neutral | +0.5% | Equity awards to new employees under 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. |
| Nov 03 | Clinical data plans | Positive | -7.2% | Announcement of new clinical and preclinical data presentations at ASH. |
| Oct 29 | Earnings & pipeline | Positive | -6.4% | Q3 2025 results plus encouraging PIONEER 12 mg cohort data and cash update. |
Recent clinical and earnings-related updates with generally positive tone were followed by notable negative price reactions, while routine inducement grant disclosures saw modest positive moves.
Over the last several months, Fulcrum issued routine inducement grant announcements on Nov 7, 2025 and Dec 5, 2025 with small positive price moves. In contrast, clinically focused communications around the PIONEER trial and investor events on Nov 3 and Dec 2, 2025 coincided with declines of -7.21% and -9.32%. Q3 2025 results on Oct 29, 2025 highlighted $200.6M in cash and marketable securities and encouraging pociredir data but were followed by a -6.40% reaction. Today’s proposed equity offering follows this sequence of clinically oriented progress and prior financing-related disclosures.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement details a proposed underwritten public offering of $150.0 million in common stock, plus a potential $22.5 million underwriters’ option, with proceeds earmarked for general corporate and R&D uses, including clinical trials and potential acquisitions. In recent months, Fulcrum reported encouraging PIONEER data and held investor events, yet some of those updates preceded share price declines. Investors may watch the final offering terms, use of proceeds relative to prior cash of $200.6M, and upcoming clinical milestones.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.® (“Fulcrum”) (Nasdaq: FULC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to improve the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of
J.P. Morgan, Leerink Partners, and Cantor are acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering. Oppenheimer & Co. and Truist Securities are also acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering. The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the proposed offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the proposed offering.
The shares of common stock are being offered by Fulcrum pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 27, 2024 and declared effective by the SEC on April 25, 2024. The proposed offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Fulcrum currently intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered in the proposed public offering primarily for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital and capital expenditures, research and development expenses, including to fund clinical trials, regulatory submissions, commercialization, discovery and additional preclinical research and development of additional product candidates and platform enhancement, general and administrative expenses, and potential acquisitions of, or investments in, companies, technologies, products or assets that complement its business.
When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmorgan.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com; Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at syndicate@leerink.com; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. by mail at Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, New York 10022 or by email at prospectus@cantor.com; Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10004, or by telephone at (212) 667-8055, or by email at EquityProspectus@opco.com; or Truist Securities, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 740 Battery Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, by telephone at (800) 685-4786 or by email at truistsecurities.prospectus@truist.com.
The final terms of the proposed offering will be disclosed in a final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus to be filed with the SEC.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Fulcrum Therapeutics
Fulcrum Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to improve the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases in areas of high unmet medical need. Fulcrum’s lead clinical program is pociredir, a small molecule designed to increase expression of fetal hemoglobin for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Fulcrum uses proprietary technology to identify drug targets that can modulate gene expression to treat the known root cause of gene mis-expression.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the timing, size and completion of the proposed public offering, the use of proceeds from the proposed public offering, and Fulcrum’s intention to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional shares. All such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties related to fluctuations in Fulcrum’s stock price, changes in market conditions, the final terms of the public offering and satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the public offering, as well as the other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in the prospectus supplement and registration statement referenced above and in Fulcrum’s most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as other risks detailed in Fulcrum’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that Fulcrum will be able to complete the public offering on the anticipated terms. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Fulcrum undertakes no duty to update this information, even if subsequent events cause its views to change, unless required by law.
Contact:
Kevin Gardner
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
kgardner@lifesciadvisors.com
617-283-2856
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