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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-103548"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TELA"
cik: "0001561921"
company_name: "TELA Bio, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-31T11:05:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T11:10:40.967420+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TELA Bio cuts workforce 20%, CFO/COO Cuca steps down; annual savings $17M

## Summary
- Reduces workforce ~20% (201 to 160 employees); expects $1.5M Q3 2026 restructuring charge.
- Annual operating expense reduction of $17.0M (18%) via headcount and external resource streamlining.
- Roberto Cuca steps down as CFO/COO and Corporate Secretary effective Aug 31, 2026; Heather Getz named principal financial officer.
- Initiative expected to extend cash runway into 2028; details on Q3 2026 earnings call in early November.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-103548
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TELA
- cik: 0001561921
- company_name: TELA Bio, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T11:05:34+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465926103548/0001104659-26-103548-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465926103548/tm2624299d1_8k.htm

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