secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DZS INC. (—)
CIK:        0001101680
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001101680-23-000048
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 4.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

DZS restates Q1 2023 revenue by ~$15M, cuts FY2023 revenue guidance to ~$370M
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- Restatement due to timing of revenue recognition on two customer projects; ~$15M revenue reclassification, majority expected in Q2/Q3 2023.
- FY2023 revenue guidance reduced to ~$370M (from ~$400M); adjusted EBITDA guidance cut to $15-22M (from $22-27M).
- Q2 2023 earnings guidance withdrawn due to uncertainty in revenue timing from restatement.
- Customers in good standing and have begun paying; total RPOs of $304M as of March 31, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168023000048/0001101680-23-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168023000048/dzsi-20230531.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001101680-23-000048

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