Exicure to issue shares worth $1M to settle milestone payment

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Exicure to Settle GPCR Therapeutics Clinical Milestone Payment Through Equity Issuance

August 3, 2026 9:24 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exicure, Inc. (Nasdaq: XCUR) (Exicure or the Company) today announced that it expects to issue 172,058 shares of its common stock to GPCR Therapeutics, Inc. (GPCR Therapeutics) during August 2026 in settlement of a $1.0 million clinical milestone payment obligation under the parties License and Collaboration Agreement.

The milestone payment was triggered by the completion of the Phase 2 clinical trial of Burixafor (GPC-100), including the formal submission of the Clinical Study Report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on January 16, 2026.

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