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Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.

For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Nov 5, 2025.

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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Nov 5, 2025

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  1. Nature of Business, Going Concern and Basis of Presentation

Nature of Business

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a new class of medicines targeting genetically determined dependencies within the chromatin regulatory system. The Company uses its proprietary Gene Traffic Control platform to identify, validate and potentially drug targets within the system. The Company was founded in October 2015 as a Delaware corporation. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Company is subject to risks similar to those of other clinical-stage companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, including dependence on key individuals, the need to develop commercially viable products, competition from other companies, many of whom are larger and better capitalized, and the need to obtain adequate additional financing to fund the development of its products. There can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development will be successfully completed, that adequate protection for the Company’s intellectual property will be maintained, that any products developed will obtain required regulatory approval or that any approved products will be commercially viable. Even if the Company’s development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will generate significant revenue from the sale of its products.

In May 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Jefferies LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Evercore Group LLC relating to the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 12,743,039 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $5.51 per share to certain investors. In addition, the Company issued and sold pre-funded warrants to purchase 7,220,794 shares of its common stock (the “Pre-funded Warrants”) at a public offering price of $5.5099 per pre-funded warrant, which equals the public offering price per share of the common stock less the $0.0001 exercise price per share of each pre-funded warrant. The offering closed on May 22, 2024, resulting in net proceeds of $102.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses.

Going concern

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. Since inception, the Company has funded its operations primarily with proceeds from sales of preferred stock, upfront and milestone payments from collaboration agreements, public offerings and a stock purchase agreement. The Company has incurred recurring losses, including net losses of $52.6 million and $67.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $610.8 million. The Company expects to continue to generate operating losses in the foreseeable future. As of the issuance date of these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements the Company expects that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months.

The Company will need to obtain additional funding through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and/or licensing arrangements to continue to fund its operations. The Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all, and the Company may not be able to enter into collaborative or strategic alliances or licensing arrangements. The terms of any financing may adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders. Arrangements with collaborators or others may require the Company to relinquish rights to certain of its technologies or programs. If the Company is unable to obtain funding, the Company could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate some or all of its research and development programs, pipeline expansion or commercialization efforts, which could adversely affect its business prospects. Although management will continue to pursue these plans, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in obtaining sufficient funding in the future on terms acceptable to the Company to fund continuing operations when needed or at all.

Basis of presentation

The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for interim financial statements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting

Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

  1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of the Company are set forth in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the accounting policies followed by the Company for interim financial reporting are consistent with the accounting policies therein.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and has elected not to “opt out” of the extended transition related to complying with new or revised accounting standards, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public and nonpublic companies, the Company can adopt the new or revised standard at the time nonpublic companies adopt the new or revised standard and can do so until such time that the Company either (i) irrevocably elects to opt out of such extended transition period or (ii) no longer qualifies as an emerging growth company.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures , which is intended to improve disclosures about a public company’s expenses including the disclosure of certain expenses included and aggregated in captions such as cost of sales, selling general & administrative and research and development expenses on the consolidated financial statements on an interim and annual basis. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on the presentation of its condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes.

  1. Marketable Securities and Fair Value Measurements

As of September 30, 2025, available for sale marketable securities by security type consisted of (in thousands):

Amortized CostGross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesEstimated Fair Value
Commercial paper (due within one year)18,2593(1)18,261
Corporate notes and bonds (due within one year)72,66125(3)72,683
Total$90,920$28$(4)$90,944

As of December 31, 2024, available for sale marketable securities by security type consisted of (in thousands):

Amortized CostGross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesEstimated Fair Value
U.S. treasury notes (due within one year)$35,366$28$—$35,394
Commercial paper (due within one year)44,95935—44,994
Corporate notes and bonds (due within one year)100,662112(30)100,744
Corporate notes and bonds (due after one year through two years)7,171—(10)7,161
Total$188,158$175$(40)$188,293

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its assets and liabilities, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2025 Using:
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$85,230$—$—$85,230
Commercial paper—3,870—3,870
Marketable securities:
Commercial paper—18,261—18,261
Corporate notes and bonds—72,683—72,683
Total$85,230$94,814$—$180,044
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2024 Using:
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$28,027$—$—$28,027
U.S. treasury notes—14,500—14,500
Commercial paper—2,748—2,748
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury notes—35,394—35,394
Commercial paper—44,994—44,994
Corporate notes and bonds—107,905—107,905
Total$28,027$205,541$—$233,568

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.

  1. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

September 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Laboratory equipment$8,340$7,119
Furniture and fixtures839839
Computer equipment and software4667
Leasehold improvements17,02317,023
26,24825,048
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization(17,586)(15,084)
$8,662$9,964

Depreciation and amortization expense was $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $2.5 million and $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company recognized a non-cash impairment of leasehold improvements of $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, see Note 10 Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.

  1. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):

September 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Accrued external research and development expenses$4,719$3,076
Accrued employee compensation and benefits4,2374,742
Accrued professional fees470712
Other3961
$9,822$8,531
  1. Common Stock and Net Loss Per Share

Common Stock

Each share of common stock entitles the holder toone vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. Common stockholders are not entitled to receive dividends, unless declared by the board of directors.

In May 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Jefferies LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Evercore Group LLC relating to the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 12,743,039 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $5.51 per share to certain investors. In addition, the Company issued and sold to certain investors in lieu of common stock the Pre-funded Warrants to purchase 7,220,794 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $5.5099 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the public offering price per share of the common stock less the $0.0001 exercise price per share of each pre-funded warrant. The offering closed on May 22, 2024, resulting in net proceeds of $102.8 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

As the Pre-funded Warrants are indexed to the Company’s common stock (and otherwise meet the requirements to be classified in equity), the Company recorded the consideration received from the issuance of the pre-funded warrants as additional paid-in capital on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and statements of stockholders’ equity.

The Pre-funded Warrants are exercisable at any time.

Net Loss Per Share

The following pre-funded warrants outstanding at each period end were included in the basic and diluted net loss per share calculation:

September 30,
20252024
Pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock6,494,8297,220,794

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025,725,965 pre-funded warrants were exercised.

The following common stock equivalents presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because including them would have had an anti-dilutive impact:

September 30,
20252024
Stock options to purchase common stock10,620,5309,016,562
Warrants to purchase common stock18,44518,445
10,638,9759,035,007
  1. Stock-Based Compensation

2020 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. The number of shares initially reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan was (i)2,200,000 shares (the “share pool”), plus (ii) the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Company’s 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) as of the effective date of the 2020 Plan, plus the number of shares of common stock underlying awards under the 2016 Plan that on or after the date of adoption expire or become unexercisable without delivery of shares, are forfeited to, or repurchased for cash, are settled in cash, or otherwise become available again for grant under the 2016 Plan, in each case, in accordance with its terms (up to an aggregate of 5,078,295 shares). As of September 30, 2025,3,136,864 shares remained available for future grant under the 2020 Plan.

The share pool will automatically increase on January 1 of each year from 2021 to 2030 by the lesser of (i)four percent of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) the number of shares determined by the board of directors on or prior to such date for such year. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan was increased by 2,223,765 shares effective January 1, 2025.

The 2020 Plan is administered by the board of directors or, at the discretion of the board of directors, by a committee of the board of directors. The exercise prices, vesting and other restrictions are determined at the discretion of the board of directors, or its committee if so delegated. Stock options granted with service-based vesting conditions generally vest over four years and expire afterten years. The exercise price for stock options granted is not less than the fair value of common stock on the date of grant. The Company bases fair value of common stock on the quoted market price.

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On October 21, 2020, the Company’s board of directors adopted and its stockholders approved the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which became effective on October 21, 2020. The aggregate number of shares of common stock available for purchase pursuant to the exercise of options under the ESPP is 360,000 shares, plus an automatic annual increase, as of January 1 of each year from 2021 to 2030, equal to the lesser ofone percent of the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) the number of shares determined by the board of directors on or prior to such date for such year (up to a maximum of 3,220,520 shares). The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP was increased by 555,941 shares effective January 1, 2025. As of September 30, 2025,2,077,652 shares remained available for future grant under the ESPP.

Eligible employees may authorize payroll deductions of up to 15% of their eligible compensation during an offering period. The purchase of shares is done at a 15% discount on the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the first day of the offering period and (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the last day of the offering period. The Company currently holdstwo offering periods, September 1 and March 1, respectively. The Company recognized a de minimis amount and less than $0.1 million of expense related to the ESPP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense was classified in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025202420252024
Research and development expenses$1,060$1,255$3,339$3,921
General and administrative expenses1,6731,7634,8195,489
$2,733$3,018$8,158$9,410

As of September 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options was $15.2 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.

  1. Collaboration Agreement

Lilly Collaboration Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement

In December 2021, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement (the “Lilly Collaboration Agreement”) with Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”) to create novel oncology medicines by applying Foghorn’s proprietary Gene Traffic Control platform. The collaboration includes a co-development and co-commercialization agreement for the Company’s selective SMARCA2 (BRM) oncology target, consisting oftwo programs, andone additional undisclosed oncology target (collectively, the “Joint Programs”). The collaboration also includes three additional discovery targets or programs (collectively, the “Discovery Programs”) for a total ofsix programs directed atfive targets.

With respect to the Joint Programs, the Company will lead discovery and early research activities through the successful completion of dose finding toxicity studies for the identified compound, while Lilly will lead development and commercialization activities of the identified compound with participation from the Company in development activities and 50% cost sharing until registrational clinical trials. The Company and Lilly may jointly develop and commercialize the Joint Program compound though the Company may, in its sole discretion, opt-out on a program-by-program basis of further participation in the development and commercialization efforts prior to the first registrational clinical trial. If the Company does not opt-out, Lilly and the Company will continue to share in the costs to further develop and commercialize the Joint Program compound on a worldwide basis, equally share in the U.S. profits on product sales, subject to certain adjustments and receive royalties on sales outside of the United States (“Ex-U.S.”) at royalty rates ranging from low double digits to high twenties. If the Company opts-out of further development and commercialization efforts, it will have no further obligations to share in the development and commercialization costs, will receive royalties rather than profit share on U.S. sales and will receive royalties at a lower rate on Ex-U.S. sales.

With respect to the Discovery Programs, the Company will lead discovery and early research activities through the successful completion of dose finding toxicity studies for the identified compounds. The Company may, in its sole discretion, opt-in on a program-by-program basis after the successful completion of dose finding toxicity to participate in the further development and commercialization efforts of the Discovery Program compounds. If the Company opts-in to the development and commercialization of the Discovery Program compounds, it will be eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $10.0 million per program upon specified research and development milestones and up to $180.0 million per program upon achievement of specified regulatory and commercial milestones and will also be eligible to share in the U.S. profits at pre-determined percentages on product sales. The Company would also be eligible to receive tiered Ex-U.S. royalty rates, calculated on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, on net sales outside of the United States, if any, ranging from low single digits to low double digits, but less then teens. If the Company does not opt-in to further development and commercialization efforts for the Discovery Programs, it will be eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $70.0 million per program upon specified research and development milestones and up to $360.0 million per program upon achievement of specified regulatory and commercial milestones per approved product, if any. The Company would also be eligible to receive tiered royalties on net sales of products worldwide at royalty rates ranging from low single digits to low double digits, but less than teens.

Lilly has the right to make substitutions for each of the five targets during the research term of each program, subject to certain limitations. Pursuant to the Lilly Collaboration Agreement, the Company will also participate in joint decision-making through the joint steering committee and subcommittees. Unless terminated earlier, the Lilly Collaboration Agreement will continue on a product-by-product basis until the expiration of all royalty obligations under the Lilly Collaboration Agreement and when neither the Company nor Lilly is developing, commercializing or manufacturing any product under the Lilly Collaboration Agreement. The Company or Lilly may terminate the Lilly Collaboration Agreement upon an uncured material breach by the other party. Lilly may also terminate the Lilly Collaboration Agreement in its entirety or on a target-by-target, program-by-program or product-by-product basis for any reason upon certain notice to the Company.

The Company determined that (1) the research activities performed by the Company for both the Joint Programs and the Discovery Programs (2) the development activities and cost sharing for the Joint Program development efforts after dose finding toxicity until registrational clinical trials (3) the research, development, manufacture and commercialization licenses and (4) service on the joint steering committee and subcommittees represent a single performance obligation under the Lilly Collaboration Agreement. The Company determined that Lilly cannot benefit from the licenses separately from the research activities, the development activities until registrational clinical trials and participation on the joint steering committee and subcommittees because these services are specialized and rely on the Company’s expertise such that these activities are highly interrelated and therefore not distinct. Accordingly, the promised goods and services represent one combined performance obligation, and the entire transaction price was allocated to that single combined performance obligation. The performance obligation will be satisfied over time as the Company performs the research activities, participates and shares in the cost of the development activities for the Joint Programs and participates in a joint steering committee and subcommittees to oversee these activities.

The Company’s options to share in further development and commercialization efforts via its opt-in/opt-out rights will be assessed and accounted for as separate units of accounting under the relevant guidance if, and when, such options are exercised by the Company.

During the third quarter of 2023, the Company has transitioned the SMARCA2 (BRM) Selective inhibitor, FHD-909, into development activities for which Lilly will lead and the Company will participate and share in 50% of the costs until at least registrational trials. Costs incurred will continue to be included in research and development expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction price related to the unsatisfied portion of the performance obligation was $258.4 million, which is expected to be recognized as revenue through 2029 or beyond depending on the timing of certain clinical development activities. The Company does not expect collaboration revenue to be recognized evenly over this period as it will be recognized on a percentage of completion basis (using a cost-to-cost method) as the Company performs the research and development activities and participates on the joint steering committee and subcommittees, which will likely vary from period to period. In estimating the total costs to satisfy its single performance obligation pursuant to the Lilly Collaboration Agreement, the Company is required to make significant estimates including an estimate of the number of target substitutions Lilly may elect to make and the expected time and expected costs to fulfill the performance obligation. The cumulative effect of revisions to the total estimated costs to complete the Company’s single performance obligation will be recorded in the period in which the changes are identified, and amounts can be reasonably estimated. A significant change in these assumptions and estimates could have a material impact on the timing and amount of revenue recognized in future periods and the classification of deferred revenue between short-term and long-term.

For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded $8.2 million and $7.8 million, respectively, of revenue under the Lilly Collaboration Agreement, which was included in deferred revenue at the beginning of the respective periods. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded $21.7 million and $19.7 million, respectively, of revenue under the Lilly Collaboration Agreement, which was included in deferred revenue at the beginning of the respective periods. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had a payable to Lilly of $4.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

  1. Leases

The Company currently occupies space in 500 Tech Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts under a lease agreement for 81,441 square feet of office and laboratory space that expires in September 2028 (the “Office Lease”) as described in Note 10, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. In June 2025, the Company entered into a new lease agreement with its existing landlord for 72,846 square feet of laboratory and office space in Watertown, Massachusetts with a term of approximatelyten years (the “New Lease”). The term of the New Lease commences once the landlord has completed its building improvements as defined in the New Lease (the “New Premises Delivery Date”). The estimated minimum lease payments under the New Lease total $61.0 million over the term, inclusive of free and reduced rent periods in the first three years of the term. Prior to the New Premises Delivery Date, the landlord is required to construct certain building improvements. The lease also contains a tenant improvement allowance of $3.6 million and the Landlord holds rights to the tenant improvements. The Company will account for the New Lease as a right-of-use asset and lease liability at the time the landlord makes the premises available to the Company for its use which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2025.

In conjunction with the New Lease, in June 2025 the Company amended its existing Office Lease to reduce the fixed lease payments and to shorten the remaining term for a portion of the leased space from September 2028 to December 31, 2026, which resulted in a reduction of lease payments of $8.5 million. The amended Office Lease also provides for the termination of the portion of space that the Company is currently subleasing upon the New Premises Delivery Date if the landlord enters into a direct lease agreement with the subtenant and the Company’s sublease is terminated. In October 2025, the Company, the sublessee, and the landlord executed a side letter and consent to terminate the subleased premises and related sublease contingent upon the New Premise Delivery Date. Furthermore, the Office Lease was amended to shorten the term of the remaining portions of the lease that the Company currently occupies from September 2028 to the date the landlord provides a 15-day notice of termination, which the landlord can provide at the later of (i) February 1, 2026 or (ii)30 days after the New Premises Delivery Date, with an outside termination date of December 31, 2026 if the New Premises Delivery Date has been met on or before that date. The construction of the building improvements to be made prior to the New Premises Delivery Date is being conducted by the landlord.

In June 2025, in connection with the shortened term to December 31, 2026 for a portion of the leased space and the reduction of fixed payments, the Company remeasured the ROU asset and lease liability related to the Office Lease for the non-contingent modification at the modification date using the updated payment schedule and a discount rate of 8.3%, which resulted in a reduction to the ROU asset and lease liability of $8.8 million. With respect to the contingent early terminations of the other portions of the lease, as the construction of the landlord improvements and New Premises Delivery Date and the related Office Lease termination dates are not in the control of the Company, the Company will not remeasure the term for these portions of the Office Lease for financial accounting purposes until the time the contingencies that are outside of the control of the Company are resolved, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The components of lease expense were as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025202420252024
Operating lease cost$1,093$1,972$4,906$5,979
Variable lease cost6197582,1262,357
$1,712$2,730$7,032$8,336

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in thousands):

Nine Months Ended September 30,
20252024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$7,092$8,042
Financing lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets1,200—
Decrease in operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets due to lease remeasurement8,800—

The weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate was as follows:

September 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term—operating leases (in years)2.83.7
Weighted-average discount rate—operating leases7.54%5.30%

Future annual minimum lease payments under the Office Lease as of September 30, 2025 were as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2025 (three months)$2,020
20268,274
20278,476
20286,512
2029—
Total future minimum lease payments25,282
Less: imputed interest(2,753)
Total operating lease liabilities$22,529
Included in the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):September 30, 2025
Current operating lease liabilities$6,755
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion15,774
Total operating lease liabilities$22,529

The tables above do not include lease payments related to the Company’s New Lease because as of September 30, 2025, the New Premises Delivery Date has not occurred and the rent commencement date is uncertain. Additionally, the tables above do not include the impact of modified term dates that are not yet known and are contingent upon events not in the Company's control

Sublease agreements

On August 2, 2022, the Company entered into a sublease (the “Sublease”) with another party (the “Sublessee”) to sublease 19,823 square feet of office space under the Office Lease, as amended. The Sublease became effective during the fourth quarter of 2022 and had an initial term of 18 months. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Sublessee notified the Company that they would exercise the 12-month renewal option, extending the Sublease through April 28, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, no rent payments due to the Company under the Sublease remain.

On May 10, 2024, the Company entered into a sublease with a new subtenant (the “New Sublease”) to sublease 15,700 square feet at the Company’s main office in Cambridge, Massachusetts (the “Subleased Space”). The New Sublease commenced during the third quarter of 2024 and has a term from July 1, 2024 through September 29, 2028. As of September 30, 2025, the remaining rent payments due to the Company under the New Sublease were $4.8 million. As described above, the amended Office Lease provides for the termination of the New Sublease upon the New Premises Delivery Date if the landlord enters into a direct lease agreement with the subtenant. In October 2025, the Company, the sublessee, and the landlord executed a side letter and consent to terminate the New Sublease contingent upon the New Premise Delivery Date.

The New Sublease qualified as a triggering event that could indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group related to the Subleased Space, which includes the Operating Lease right-of-use asset and related leasehold improvements, may not be recoverable. The Company tested for impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the asset group to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. The impairment test indicated that the asset group was impaired and the Company measured the impairment loss as the excess of the asset group’s carrying value over its fair value.

The fair value of this asset group was calculated as the present value of the estimated future cash flows of the sublease income discounted at a rate of 9%. The fair value of this asset group was classified in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and was nonrecurring.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $2.4 million on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss of which $1.6 million was allocated to the Operating Lease right-of-use asset and $0.8 million was allocated to leasehold improvements.

For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded other income of $0.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, related to its subleases. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded other income of $2.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, related to its subleases.

  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company’s commitments under its lease are described in Note 9.

License agreements

The Company has entered into various exclusive and non-exclusive license agreements for certain technologies. Under the terms of these license agreements, the Company could be required to reimburse the licensors for patent expenses and remit amounts in the low single-digit as sales-based royalties upon the occurrence of specific events as outlined in the corresponding license agreements. The Company is also required to make annual license maintenance fees of less than $0.1 million and pay up to $1.1 million in regulatory milestones on each licensed product upon the occurrence of specific events as outlined in one of the license agreements. None of our current product candidates utilizes technologies covered by these licenses.

Indemnification agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to vendors, lessors, contract research organizations, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters including, but not limited to, losses arising out of breach of such agreements or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with members of its board of directors and its executive officers that will require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is, in many cases, unlimited. The Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnifications and is not currently aware of any indemnification claims.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings. The Company is not currently a party to any material litigation or legal proceedings.

  1. Related Parties

In October 2015, the Company entered into afive-year consulting agreement with a scientific founder of the Company who is also a shareholder. This agreement was amended and extended to January 1, 2026 and is subject to automaticone-year renewal terms until terminated if notice is provided more than 30 days before the current end of term date. During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid the scientific founder a de minimis amount. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid the scientific founder $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company hadno accounts payable due to the scientific founder.

On December 10, 2021, we entered into the Lilly Collaboration Agreement with Lilly. Concurrent with the Lilly Collaboration Agreement the Company also entered into a stock purchase agreement with Lilly (the “Lilly SPA”) where the Company issued and sold Lilly 4,000,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $20.00 per share, making them a 5% or greater shareholder in the Company for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. We are obligated to make certain payments to Lilly pursuant to the Lilly Collaboration Agreement. During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid Lilly $2.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid Lilly $4.2 million. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had a payable of $4.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, due to Lilly.

  1. Segment Reporting

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate discrete financial information is made available and that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. The Company manages its operations as a single segment (the “Segment”) for the purposes of assessing performance and making operating decisions. The CODM of the Segment is the Company’s chief executive officer. The Segment is focused on pioneering the discovery and development of a new class of medicines targeting genetically determined dependencies within the chromatin regulatory system. The Segment’s revenue is derived entirely from the recognition of deferred revenue related to our collaboration agreement upfront and milestone payment and funds received under the Lilly SPA (see Note 8, Collaboration Agreement).

The CODM assesses the performance of the Segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net loss that is reported on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Further, the following represents information about segment revenue, segment loss and significant segment expenses (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025202420252024
Collaboration revenue$8,153$7,808$21,662$19,746
Less:
Research and development:
Personnel expenses5,2805,52617,24217,262
FHD-286(958)2,3957909,182
Lilly partnered programs6,7316,34216,91413,940
Proprietary programs3,8184,32111,07514,535
Research and development operating and administrative costs9731,4544,4984,620
General and administrative:
Personnel expenses2,6792,4718,3227,477
External expenses1,6422,0315,6516,776
Facilities and IT related expenses, net of sublease income2,2762,1326,0997,669
Other expenses(1)3,5933,75310,72314,206
Plus:
Interest income2,0323,4957,0338,804
Net loss$(15,849)$(19,122)$(52,619)$(67,117)

(1) Inclusive of $2.7 million and $3.0 million of stock compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively; $0.9 million and $0.7 million of depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Inclusive of $8.2 million and $9.4 million of stock compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively; $2.5 million and $2.4 million of depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively; non-cash impairment charge of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

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