Item 8.01 Other Events. On March 19, 2026, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Court”) preliminarily approved the settlement (“Settlement”) of stockholder derivative claims brought on behalf of Exicure, Inc. (the “Company” or “Exicure”), as well as potential claims asserted by certain Exicure stockholders, in accordance with that certain Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated March 18, 2026. The Settlement is intended to fully and finally resolve the following previously disclosed stockholder derivative matters with prejudice: the stockholder derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, captioned In Re Exicure, Inc. Derivative Litigation , Lead Case No. 1:22-cv-01083; the stockholder derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, captioned Stourbridge Investments, LLC v. Giljohann, et al. , Case No. 1:22-cv-00526-RGA; and the pre-suit litigation demand asserted by Exicure stockholder James McNabb. Pursuant to the Settlement and the Court’s order granting preliminary approval of the Settlement, the Company is required to file this Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Stockholder Derivative Actions (the “Notice”), attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement together with the exhibits thereto (collectively, the “Stipulation”), attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. The Notice and the Stipulation are available for review on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at: https://exicuretx.com/en/page?file=en_legal_notices. The Company issued a press release announcing the Notice and the Stipulation. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information on or accessible through the Company’s website is not incorporated into this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 8.01 - Other Events
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Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Stockholder Derivative Actions 99.2 Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement 99.3 Press release of Exicure, Inc., dated April 2, 2026 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).