secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EXICURE, INC. (XCUR)
CIK:        0001698530
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001698530-23-000098
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Exicure appoints new CEO/CFO and three directors after board resignations
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- CEO, CFO, President, Secretary Jung Sang (Michael) Kim resigned Aug 18; Changil Ahn also resigned from board.
- Paul Kang appointed CEO and President; Jiyoung Hwang appointed CFO and Secretary, both effective Aug 21.
- New directors Hyuk Joon Ko, Dongho Lee, Hojoon Lee appointed to fill vacancies; Ko and Lee join Audit Committee.
- New CEO and CFO each get $150k annual base salary; new directors receive $20k annual retainer.
- Company says management, board and controlling stockholders are now 'fully aligned' on strategic vision.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000098/0001698530-23-000098-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853023000098/xcur-20230823.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698530-23-000098

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