META MATERIALS INC.: restructuring charge — Meta Materials cuts 80% of workforce, warns of possible bankruptcy without new cash

META MATERIALS INC.

Board approved ~80% workforce reduction to preserve cash; $2.3M estimated severance and related costs.
Retained employees to assist with evaluation of strategic alternatives: asset sales, financing, or company sale.
Company states no assurance of outcome; without cash influx it faces shuttering facilities or bankruptcy.
Workforce reduction expected to be completed over next few weeks.

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Restructurings & Charges SEC 8-K Item 2.05/2.06 confidence 0.9

META MATERIALS INC. announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $2.3 million (approximately 80% of its employees).

Type: restructuring
Charge: approximately $2.3 million
Headcount: approximately 80% of its employees

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to assist with its exploration of strategic alternatives. The Company estimates that it will incur aggregate charges in connection with the Workforce Reduction of approximately $2.3 million, which relate to severance payments, benefits and related costs. The estimate of the charges that the Company expects to incur in connection with the Workforce Reduction, and the

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