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On November 6, 2025, Exicure, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which a quorum was present. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following three proposals: (1) to elect the two nominees for Class II directors to hold office until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”), (2) to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) of CBIZ CPAs P.C., as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (“Proposal 2”), and (3) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Proposal 3”). The final results of the voting on each proposal are set forth below.

The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons listed below as Class II directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes cast were as follows:

There were 293,024 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 1.ere were no abstentions with respect to Proposal 1.

The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes cast were as follows:

There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.

The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 3. The votes cast were as follows:

There were 293,024 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 3.

(d) Exhibits.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.