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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000769397-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADSK"
cik: "0000769397"
company_name: "Autodesk, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:10:07.934400+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Autodesk to cut ~1,000 jobs (7% workforce) as GTM transformation final phase; Q4 guidance raised above top end

## Summary
- Restructuring plan eliminates ~1,000 roles (7% of workforce), primarily in customer-facing sales; pre-tax charges $135M-$160M, with $90M-$110M in Q4 FY2026.
- Q4 and full-year FY2026 billings, revenue, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP EPS, and free cash flow all expected above top end of prior guidance (Nov 25, 2025).
- Plan expected to be substantially complete by end of Q4 FY2027; savings reinvested in AI, platform, and industry cloud priorities.
- CEO states this is the final phase of multi-year GTM transformation; changes not driven by external environment or AI replacement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000769397-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADSK
- cik: 0000769397
- company_name: Autodesk, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939726000006/0000769397-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939726000006/adsk-20260122.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000769397-26-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Autodesk, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $135 million to $160 million affecting world-wide (approximately 7% of its workforce, or approximately 1,000 employees).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $135 million to $160 million
  - Affected area: world-wide
  - Headcount: approximately 7% of its workforce, or approximately 1,000 employees
  source text: key strategic priorities across the Company throughout its fiscal year ending January 31, 2027. The Company expects to incur total pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $135 million to $160 million, which is primarily attributable to employee termination benefits, in connection with the Plan. Substantially all of the pre-tax restructuring charges will result
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939726000006/0000769397-26-000006-index.htm

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