Exicure Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2025
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
Election of Directors to the Board of Directors
On September 8, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Exicure, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed (i) Sangjn Yeo and (ii) Aejin Hwang to the Board to serve, until a successor has been duly elected and qualified or until an earlier death, resignation or removal. Each of Mr. Yeo and Ms. Hwang will serve as a Class II director for a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board also appointed these two directors to the audit committee of the Board, and appointed Mr. Yeo as the Chairman of the audit committee.
There are no family relationships between the two newly appointed directors and any director or executive officer of the Company.
For their services on the Board, the two newly appointed directors will receive an annual retainer of $20,000. The Company also intends to enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement with the two newly appointed directors.
Except as described above, neither of the two newly appointed directors has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Resignation of Directors to the Board of Directors
On September 8, 2025, (i) Ho Jung John, (ii) Chang Keun Choi, (iii) Sangwook Song, and (iv) Minwoo Kang resigned from the Board of the Company, effective immediately as of such date. The resignations of all four of these Board members did not result from any disagreement regarding any matter related to the operations, policies or practices of the Company.
There are four vacancies on the Board after the elections and resignations noted above.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
Date: September 9, 2025 | EXICURE, INC. | |||||||
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| By: | /s/ Andy Yoo | |||||||
| Andy Yoo | ||||||||
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