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Fulcrum Therapeutics® Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

Fulcrum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FULC) announced the granting of nonstatutory stock options to four new employees as part of its 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan.

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Fulcrum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FULC) announced the granting of nonstatutory stock options to four new employees as part of its 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. A total of 31,520 stock options were awarded on March 7, 2022, each with an exercise price of $14.90, equal to the closing price of FULC's common stock on that date. The options will vest over a four-year period, starting with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the employees’ start dates. The company focuses on treating genetically defined rare diseases.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FULC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases, today announced that the Company granted nonstatutory stock options to new employees as inducement awards outside of the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. Fulcrum granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 31,520 shares of the Company’s common stock to four new employees. The awards were granted as of March 7, 2022 pursuant to the Company’s 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, each as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with the Fulcrum Therapeutics in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Each of the options has an exercise price of $14.90 per share, the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock as reported by Nasdaq on March 7, 2022. Each option has a ten-year term and will vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the applicable employee’s start date and an additional 6.25% of the shares vesting in equal quarterly installments over the twelve successive quarters following the first anniversary, subject to such employee’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.

About Fulcrum Therapeutics
Fulcrum Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases in areas of high unmet medical need. Fulcrum’s two lead programs in clinical development are losmapimod, a small molecule for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and FTX-6058, a small molecule designed to increase expression of fetal hemoglobin for the treatment of sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies, including beta-thalassemia. The company’s proprietary product engine, FulcrumSeek™, identifies drug targets that can modulate gene expression to treat the known root cause of gene mis-expression.  

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naoki@fulcrumtx.com


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What stock options were granted by Fulcrum Therapeutics?

Fulcrum Therapeutics granted 31,520 nonstatutory stock options to four new employees as inducement awards.

What is the exercise price of the stock options granted by Fulcrum?

The exercise price of the stock options is $14.90 per share.

When were the stock options awarded by Fulcrum Therapeutics?

The stock options were awarded on March 7, 2022.

How long is the term for the stock options granted by Fulcrum?

Each option has a ten-year term.

What is Fulcrum Therapeutics focused on?

Fulcrum Therapeutics focuses on treating genetically defined rare diseases.

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