---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013857-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEGA"
cik: "0001013857"
company_name: "PEGASYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:45:42.491343+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pegasystems commits to restructuring, expects $13M Q4 2025 charge

## Summary
- Organizational changes primarily impact Consulting org, including role eliminations and reorganization.
- Charge of ~$13M in Q4 2025 for cash severance and related benefit costs.
- Employee notifications begun; communications expected substantially complete in Q1 2026.
- Changes support shift to AI-first delivery model and 2026 priorities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013857-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEGA
- cik: 0001013857
- company_name: PEGASYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013857/000101385726000009/0001013857-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013857/000101385726000009/pega-20260107.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013857-26-000009.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 00f80ff2d5684217ddf561c8450495dcae510667
  claim: PEGASYSTEMS INC announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $13 million affecting Consulting organization (some role eliminations).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 7, 2026, Pegasystems Inc. (the “Company”) committed to making organizational changes, primarily impacting the Consulting organization. This includes some role eliminations and reorganization. The Company has begun notifying affected employees, and communications to impacted persons or their representatives are expected to be substantially completed in the first quarter of 2026. The Company expects to incur a charge of approximately $13 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 related principally to cash severance and related benefit costs for terminated employees.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013857/000101385726000009/0001013857-26-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.