---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-034658"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001389002"
company_name: "MARIN SOFTWARE INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T05:40:18.926828+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marin Software cuts ~28% of workforce; expects $1.2M-$1.4M in severance costs

## Summary
- Reduction of ~22 employees (~28% of global headcount as of Dec 31, 2024) plus ~3 contractors.
- Cash expenditures estimated between $1.2M and $1.4M, substantially all severance.
- Restructuring plan commenced March 4, 2025; expected completion by end of Q1 2025.
- Majority of pre-tax restructuring charges expected in Q1 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-034658
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001389002
- company_name: MARIN SOFTWARE INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389002/000095017025034658/0000950170-25-034658-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389002/000095017025034658/mrin-20250304.htm

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## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  MARIN SOFTWARE INC announced a restructuring with charges of between approximately $1.2 million and $1.4 million (approximately 22 employees, representing approximately 28% of the Company’s global employees).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: between approximately $1.2 million and $1.4 million
  - Headcount: approximately 22 employees, representing approximately 28% of the Company’s global employees
  source text: expects to substantially complete the 2025 Restructuring Plan by the end of the quarter ending March 31, 2025. The Company estimates that it will incur between approximately $1.2 million and $1.4 million of cash expenditures in connection with the 2025 Restructuring Plan, substantially all of which relates to severance costs. The Company expects to recognize the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389002/000095017025034658/0000950170-25-034658-index.htm

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