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FULC · Current Report (Form 8-K) · Filed August 10, 2026

Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc — Current Report (Form 8-K)

Form
8-K
Filed
August 10, 2026
Period
Aug 7, 2026
Ticker
FULC
Accession
0001193125-26-341385
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Fulcrum appoints CFO Alan Musso as principal accounting officer, effective Aug 7, 2026, upon Tourangeau’s departure.

Merger terminated
About Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc
Market cap
$294M
1Y TSR
−48.8%
3Y TSR
−7.7%
Board grade
C-
Sector
Healthcare
CEO
Alex Sapir
Last annual meeting: Jun 24, 2026 · View full Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc profile →
8-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 07, 2026

 

 

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38978

47-4839948

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

26 Landsdowne Street

 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02139

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 651-8851

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

FULC

 

Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2026, Greg Tourangeau, Vice President, Finance and principal accounting officer of Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc., or Fulcrum, mutually agreed with Fulcrum that Mr. Tourangeau will depart from his position at Fulcrum on a date to be agreed. Fulcrum and Mr. Tourangeau have agreed that his tenure in such roles will end on August 7, 2026.

 

In light thereof, on August 9, 2026, Fulcrum’s Board of Directors appointed Alan Musso, Fulcrum’s chief financial officer and principal financial officer, as principal accounting officer, effective August 7, 2026, upon Mr. Tourangeau’s departure.

 

Biographical information for Mr. Musso is set forth in Fulcrum’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2026, and is incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Musso will not receive any additional compensation in connection with this appointment. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Musso and any other persons, respectively, pursuant to which he was appointed as principal accounting officer. There are no family relationships among any of Fulcrum’s directors or executive officers and Mr. Musso, and Mr. Musso does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

FULCRUM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 10, 2026

By:

/s/ Alex C. Sapir

 

 

 

Name: Alex C. Sapir
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 


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When did Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc file this 8-K?
Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc (FULC) filed this Current Report (Form 8-K) with the SEC on August 10, 2026. The accession number assigned by EDGAR is 0001193125-26-341385.
What does an 8-K disclose?
Form 8-K is the SEC's current-report form, used to disclose material events between periodic reports (10-K / 10-Q). Triggers include CEO/CFO departures, acquisitions, bankruptcies, earnings releases, auditor changes, changes in fiscal year, and amendments to corporate governance. Each 8-K is keyed to one or more Item numbers (1.01 through 9.01).
What is the key takeaway from this filing?
Fulcrum appoints CFO Alan Musso as principal accounting officer, effective Aug 7, 2026, upon Tourangeau’s departure. This is Boardroom Alpha's one-line summary of the current report; see the full filing text above for the formal disclosure.
What events did Boardroom Alpha flag in this filing?
BA's event-extraction layer identified this signal in the filing text: "Merger terminated". It appears above the filing body as a labeled pill.
What Item codes does an 8-K cover?
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