UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.

FORM D

OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number: 3235-0076
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Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities


1. Issuer's Identity
CIK (Filer ID Number) Previous Name(s)   o None Entity Type
0001698530
Max-1 Acquisition Corp
 
x Corporation
o Limited Partnership
o Limited Liability Company
o General Partnership
o Business Trust
o Other
Name of Issuer
  EXICURE, INC.
Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization
DELAWARE
 
Year of Incorporation/Organization
  o Over Five Years Ago
  x Within Last Five Years (Specify Year) 2017
  o Yet to Be Formed  



2. Principal Place of Business and Contact Information
Name of Issuer  
  EXICURE, INC.  
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  8045 LAMON AVE, SUITE 410  
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code Phone No. of Issuer
  SKOKIE   ILLINOIS   60077   847-673-1700  



3. Related Persons
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Mirkin Chad
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Thaxton C. Shad
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Giljohann David A.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: x Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Walt David R.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
 
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Snyder David S.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: x Executive Officer o Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Kim Helen S.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Venkatesan Jay R.
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: o Executive Officer x Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Kandimalla Ekambar
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: x Executive Officer o Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
 
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Schroff Matthias
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
8045 Lamon Avenue Suite 410
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Skokie ILLINOIS 60077
Relationship: x Executive Officer o Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   
 


4. Industry Group
o Agriculture   Health Care o Retailing
  Banking & Financial Services   x Biotechnology o Restaurants
  o Commercial Banking   o Health Insurance   Technology
  o Insurance   o Hospitals & Physicians   o Computers
  o Investing   o Pharmaceuticals   o Telecommunications
  o Investment Banking   o Other Health Care   o Other Technology
  o Pooled Investment Fund

        Travel
  o Other Banking & Financial Services o Manufacturing   o Airlines & Airports
  Real Estate   o Lodging & Conventions
  o Commercial   o Tourism & Travel Services
  o Construction   o Other Travel
  o REITS & Finance o Other
  o Residential  
  o Other Real Estate  
o Business Services  
  Energy  
  o Coal Mining  
  o Electric Utilities  
  o Energy Conservation  
  o Environmental Services  
  o Oil & Gas  
  o Other Energy  


5. Issuer Size
Revenue Range Aggregate Net Asset Value Range
o No Revenues o No Aggregate Net Asset Value
o $1 - $1,000,000 o $1 - $5,000,000
o $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000
o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 o $25,000,001 - $50,000,000
o $25,000,001 - $100,000,000 o $50,000,001 - $100,000,000
o Over $100,000,000 o Over $100,000,000
x Decline to Disclose o Decline to Disclose
o Not Applicable o Not Applicable


6. Federal Exemption(s) and Exclusion(s) Claimed (select all that apply)
o Rule 504(b)(1) (not (i), (ii) or (iii)) o Rule 505
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(i) x Rule 506(b)
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(ii) o Rule 506(c)
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(iii) o Securities Act Section 4(a)(5)
  o Investment Company Act Section 3(c)

7. Type of Filing
x New Notice Date of First Sale   2018-08-22 o First Sale Yet to Occur
o Amendment

8. Duration of Offering
Does the Issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? o Yes x No

9. Type(s) of Securities Offered (select all that apply)
o Pooled Investment Fund Interests x Equity
o Tenant-in-Common Securities o Debt
o Mineral Property Securities o Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security
o Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security o Other (describe)
   


10. Business Combination Transaction
Is this offering being made in connection with a business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer? o Yes x No
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)  
   

11. Minimum Investment
Minimum investment accepted from any outside investor $   0   USD

12. Sales Compensation
Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None
  Katalyst Securities LLC   112494
(Associated) Broker or Dealer x None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number x None
       
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  630 Third Avenue, 5th Floor    
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
  New York   NEW YORK   10017
State(s) of Solicitation o All States x Foreign/Non-US
  ALABAMA
  ALASKA
  ARIZONA
  CALIFORNIA
  COLORADO
  CONNECTICUT
  DELAWARE
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  FLORIDA
  GEORGIA
  IDAHO
  ILLINOIS
  INDIANA
  IOWA
  KANSAS
  KENTUCKY
  LOUISIANA
  MAINE
  MARYLAND
  MASSACHUSETTS
  MICHIGAN
  MINNESOTA
  MISSISSIPPI
  MISSOURI
  NEVADA
  NEW HAMPSHIRE
  NEW JERSEY
  NEW YORK
  NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTH DAKOTA
  OHIO
  OKLAHOMA
  OREGON
  PENNSYLVANIA
  RHODE ISLAND
  SOUTH CAROLINA
  TENNESSEE
  TEXAS
  UTAH
  VERMONT
  VIRGINIA
  WASHINGTON
  WEST VIRGINIA
  WISCONSIN
 
Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None
  Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.   505
(Associated) Broker or Dealer x None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number x None
       
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  277 Park Avenue, 26th Floor    
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
  New York   NEW YORK   10172
State(s) of Solicitation x All States x Foreign/Non-US
 
Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None
  Castle Hill Capital Partners, Inc.   44131
(Associated) Broker or Dealer x None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number x None
       
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
  216 East 45th St., 16th Fl.    
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
  New York   NEW YORK   10017
State(s) of Solicitation o All States o Foreign/Non-US
  CALIFORNIA
  CONNECTICUT
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  FLORIDA
  GEORGIA
  ILLINOIS
  INDIANA
  MARYLAND
  MASSACHUSETTS
  MICHIGAN
  MINNESOTA
  NEBRASKA
  NEVADA
  NEW JERSEY
  NEW YORK
  NORTH CAROLINA
  OHIO
  PENNSYLVANIA
  TENNESSEE
  TEXAS
  VIRGINIA
  WASHINGTON
  WISCONSIN
 
 



13. Offering and Sales Amounts
Total Offering Amount $   22001477   USD o Indefinite
Total Amount Sold $   22001477   USD  
Total Remaining to be Sold $   0   USD o Indefinite
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   


14. Investors
o Select if securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors,
Number of such non-accredited investors who already have invested in the offering
 
  Regardless of whether securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors, enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 39


15. Sales Commissions & Finders' Fees Expenses
Provide separately the amounts of sales commissions and finders' fees expenses, if any. If the amount of an expenditure is not known, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.
Sales Commissions $   1767584   USD o Estimate
Finders' Fees $   0   USD o Estimate
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
  Includes expenses incurred in connection with the closing of the private placement financing.


16. Use of Proceeds
Provide the amount of the gross proceeds of the offering that has been or is proposed to be used for payments to any of the persons required to be named as executive officers, directors or promoters in response to Item 3 above. If the amount is unknown, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.
  $   0   USD o Estimate
 
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
   

Signature and Submission
Please verify the information you have entered and review the Terms of Submission below before signing and clicking SUBMIT below to file this notice.
Terms of Submission  
  In submitting this notice, each Issuer named above is:  
 
  • Notifying the SEC and/or each State in which this notice is filed of the offering of securities described and undertaking to furnish them, upon written request, the information furnished to offerees.
  • Irrevocably appointing each of the Secretary of the SEC and, the Securities Administrator or other legally designated officer of the State in which the Issuer maintains its principal place of business and any State in which this notice is filed, as its agents for service of process, and agreeing that these persons may accept service on its behalf, of any notice, process or pleading, and further agreeing that such service may be made by registered or certified mail, in any Federal or state action, administrative proceeding, or arbitration brought against it in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, if the action, proceeding or arbitration (a) arises out of any activity in connection with the offering of securities that is the subject of this notice, and (b) is founded, directly or indirectly, upon the provisions of: (i) the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, or any rule or regulation under any of these statutes, or (ii) the laws of the State in which the issuer maintains its principal place of business or any State in which this notice is filed.
  • Certifying that, if the issuer is claiming a Regulation D exemption for the offering, the issuer is not disqualified from relying on Rule 504 or Rule 506 for one of the reasons stated in Rule 504(b)(3) or Rule 506(d).
 
 
  Each Issuer identified above has read this notice, knows the contents to be true, and has duly caused this notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
  For signature, type in the signer's name or other letters or characters adopted or authorized as the signer's signature.

Issuer Signature Name of Signer Title Date
EXICURE, INC. /s/ David A. Giljohann David A. Giljohann Chief Executive Officer 2018-08-31