EXICURE, INC. XCUR (last ticker on record)

CIK 1698530Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restructuring
95% wipeout
Restatement
Delisting notice (not a red flag)

These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.

Red flags: 3; Newest began Dec 2023
Largest fall in its shares: 99%; Jun 2018 to Aug 2026
Law firms: 6; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 8; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Sep 16, 2026Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 28, 2025Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jun 25, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 22, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 16, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 1, 2023Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Nov 28, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Sep 13, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 9, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 4, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 19, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 11, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 9, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 24, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 20, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Sep 27, 2022Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 24, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jun 29, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 5, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 13, 2021Shares down 95% from their high
Dec 10, 2021Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)

An SEC release can name a company’s officer, or its stock as what a scheme sold or moved, so the company may be the victim. Each link goes to what to read.

Law firms

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Baker & Hostetler	Jul 2025	Named in SEC correspondence	231	1.11	1.12	1.35
Mayer Brown	Dec 2020	Named in a filing	680	0.98	0.34	0.94
Cooley LLP	Jun 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	1,634	0.71	0.44	1.24
Goodwin Procter	Mar 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	1,221	0.79	0.31	1.17
Sidley Austin	Nov 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	1,210	1.30	0.14	0.93
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP	Mar 2017	Named in a filing	67	2.28	1.77	1.64

Lawyers

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Lawyers linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Daniel I. GoldbergCooley LLP	Jan 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	184	0.64	0.00	1.03
Barbara A. KosaczCooley LLP	Jun 2020	Named in a filing	16	0.00	0.00	1.75
Courtney T. ThorneCooley LLP	Jun 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	27	0.00	0.00	0.81
Marc RechtCooley LLP	Jun 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	52	0.23	0.67	1.03
Deepa M. RichGoodwin Procter	Mar 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	9	0.00	0.00	1.34
Sam ZuckerGoodwin Procter	Nov 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	18	0.00	0.00	1.11
Melanie FigueroaMitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP	Mar 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	14	0.78	2.65	1.88
Daniel LangGoodwin Procter	Jul 2019	Text search only	10	1.22	0.00	1.61