secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EXICURE, INC. (XCUR)
CIK:        0001698530
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001698530-23-000070
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000070/0001698530-23-000070-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000070/xcur-20230601.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698530-23-000070

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