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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22, 2024 (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 Patrick Horn, M.D., Ph.D., the company’s newly appointed chief medical officer. 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 Dr. Horn a non-statutory option to purchase 400,000 shares of the company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $10.12 per share, the closing price per share of the company’s common stock as reported by Nasdaq on the grants’ effective date, March 18, 2024. Dr. Horn’s stock option to purchase 400,000 shares of Fulcrum’s common stock has a ten-year term and vests over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of Dr. Horn’s start date and an additional 6.25% of the shares vesting in equal quarterly installments over the 12 successive quarters following the first anniversary, subject to Dr. Horn’s continued service with the company through the applicable vesting dates.
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