---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698530-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XCUR"
cik: "0001698530"
company_name: "EXICURE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:37:18.527086+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exicure CEO Andy Yoo, CFO Seung Ik Baik resign; three new directors appointed

## Summary
- Andy Yoo resigned as CEO/President and Seung Ik Baik as CFO/Secretary, effective Feb 9, 2026; no successors named.
- Three directors (Yoo, Baik, Aejin Hwang) resigned; Board appointed Jung Kyu Ham, Jung Soo Kim, Gyeung Seog Cheon.
- Outgoing CFO Baik received $150k separation payment; outgoing director Hwang and two remaining directors each got one-time $20k.
- New directors receive $20k annual retainer; Cheon appointed to audit committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698530-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XCUR
- cik: 0001698530
- company_name: EXICURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853026000009/0001698530-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853026000009/xcur-20260206.htm

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