---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698530-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XCUR"
cik: "0001698530"
company_name: "EXICURE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:29:14.583404+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exicure appoints Joshua Miller as CAO, retention award $80k; CHRO Longoria resigns with $370k severance

## Summary
- Joshua Miller named Chief Accounting Officer; base salary $215k, target bonus 40%, retention award of $80k if employed through May 5, 2024.
- Sarah Longoria resigned as CHRO effective May 27, 2023; receives lump sum $370k severance and full equity vesting.
- Longoria to serve as consultant for 3 months at $15,000/month post-resignation.
- Miller's severance: 4 months base (no cause) or 9 months base plus target bonus (change in control).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698530-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XCUR
- cik: 0001698530
- company_name: EXICURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+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/1698530/000169853023000070/0001698530-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000070/xcur-20230601.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698530-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joshua Miller was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at EXICURE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: As previously disclosed, Joshua Miller has been appointed to Chief Accounting Officer by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and in connection with his appointment, Exicure, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amended and restated employment agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000070/0001698530-23-000070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sarah Longoria resigned as Chief Human Resources and Compliance Officer at EXICURE, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Human Resources and Compliance Officer
  source text: Sarah Longoria has resigned as the Chief Human Resources and Compliance Officer, effective as of May 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000070/0001698530-23-000070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.