---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-102294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001588972"
company_name: "Societal CDMO, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T12:03:09.969234+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Societal CDMO cuts 26 jobs (9% of workforce) in restructuring; appoints Wayne Weisman as Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Workforce reduced by 26 current employees and 9 open positions, primarily in early-stage services.
- Expected annualized savings of approximately $5.5 million.
- One-time restructuring costs estimated at ~$1 million, mostly cash for severance, incurred in Q3 2023.
- Wayne B. Weisman appointed Executive Chairman to oversee corporate strategy execution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-102294
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001588972
- company_name: Societal CDMO, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588972/000110465923102294/0001104659-23-102294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588972/000110465923102294/tm2326565d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-102294
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-102294.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-102294.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Societal CDMO, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $1 million (26 current employees and nine open positions).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $1 million
  - Headcount: 26 current employees and nine open positions
  source text: The Company estimates that it will incur approximately $1 million of one-time costs, most of which are expected to be cash expenditures, primarily in connection with the reduction in workforce related to severance pay and other related termination benefits. The Company communicated the workforce reduction on September 20, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588972/000110465923102294/0001104659-23-102294-index.htm

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