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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698530-25-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XCUR"
cik: "0001698530"
company_name: "EXICURE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T15:53:06.153568+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exicure raises CEO salary to $480K, CFO to $300K; CEO gets 24-month severance

## Summary
- CEO Andy Yoo salary increased to $480,000; CFO Seung Ik Baik salary increased to $300,000.
- CEO severance set at 24 months' base salary if terminated without cause.
- CFO severance set at 12 months' base salary if terminated without cause.
- Changes effective as of April 1, 2025; no other compensation terms altered.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698530-25-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XCUR
- cik: 0001698530
- company_name: EXICURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-10T23:59:59+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/1698530/000169853025000047/0001698530-25-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853025000047/xcur-20250606.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698530-25-000047.txt

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