---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698530-24-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XCUR"
cik: "0001698530"
company_name: "EXICURE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:20:11.068278+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exicure regains Nasdaq compliance but faces one-year monitoring period with risk of immediate delisting if violated

## Summary
- On Dec 20, 2024, Nasdaq confirmed Exicure meets all requirements for continued listing as of Dec 17, 2024.
- Company had previously been notified of non-compliance with $2.5M stockholders' equity requirement; its deficit was $2.2M as of Mar 31, 2024.
- Exicure is now subject to a one-year Mandatory Panel Monitor; any future non-compliance could result in immediate delisting without a cure period.
- The company achieved compliance through transactions disclosed in a Dec 17, 2024 Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698530-24-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XCUR
- cik: 0001698530
- company_name: EXICURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853024000151/0001698530-24-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853024000151/xcur-20241220.htm

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