---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-331947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FULC"
cik: "0001680581"
company_name: "Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:25:00.404222+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fulcrum Therapeutics appoints Sonja L. Banks to board of directors

## Summary
- Sonja Banks elected as Class I director, effective December 8, 2021, with term expiring at 2023 annual meeting.
- Banks is CEO of International Dyslexia Association and former president of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.
- Her election expands the board to nine members; she is deemed independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Banks will receive standard non-employee director compensation including a one-time option to purchase 30,000 shares.
- Fulcrum focuses on rare genetic diseases; Banks brings ~25 years of patient advocacy and nonprofit leadership experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-331947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FULC
- cik: 0001680581
- company_name: Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680581/000119312521331947/0001193125-21-331947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680581/000119312521331947/d189896d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-331947
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-331947.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-331947.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sonja Banks was elected as Director at Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Sonja Banks as a member of the Board, effective December 8, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680581/000119312521331947/0001193125-21-331947-index.htm

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