Fulcrum Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Fulcrum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FULC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced the granting of inducement stock options to new employees.
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Fulcrum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FULC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced the granting of inducement stock options to new employees. The company issued an aggregate of 36,400 stock options with an exercise price of $6.96 per share, matching the closing price on August 4, 2025.
The options, granted under the 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, have a ten-year term and follow a four-year vesting schedule. The vesting includes 25% after the first year and 6.25% quarterly over the following three years, contingent on continued employment.
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On Aug 11, the first trading day after this news, FULC closed 2.31% below the previous close.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.® (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 the company granted non-statutory stock options to new employees. Fulcrum granted stock options to purchase shares of the company’s common stock pursuant to the company’s 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or the plan, as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Fulcrum in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
Fulcrum granted the new employees an aggregate of 36,400 options to purchase shares of the company’s common stock at an exercise price of
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 SCD. Fulcrum uses proprietary technology to identify drug targets that can modulate gene expression to treat the known root cause of gene mis-expression. For more information, visit http://www.fulcrumtx.com and follow us on Twitter/X (@FulcrumTx) and LinkedIn.
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