---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158172-26-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCOR"
cik: "0001158172"
company_name: "COMSCORE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-11T20:10:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T20:12:58.001347+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comscore announces ROI Strategy with $20-25M annual cost savings, executive pay cuts

## Summary
- Workforce reduction as part of realignment; one-time costs $7-9M ($6-8M severance), $20-25M annual run-rate savings.
- CEO Matt McLaughlin base salary cut from $625k to $500k eff. Oct 1, 2026; forfeits 2026 STIP.
- CFO Mary Margaret Curry salary cut from $400k to $360k; STIP reduced 50%, gets 60k options and 60k RSUs.
- CCO Steve Bagdasarian becomes strategic advisor until Dec 1, 2026; eligible for $100k bonus.
- Plan implementation substantially complete by Q3 2027; charges excluded from non-GAAP metrics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158172-26-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCOR
- cik: 0001158172
- company_name: COMSCORE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T20:10:25+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 5.02, 7.01, 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158172/000115817226000059/0001158172-26-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158172/000115817226000059/scor-20260806.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158172-26-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Bagdasarian departed as Chief Commercial Officer at COMSCORE, INC..
  - Action: will serve as strategic advisor
  - Role: Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: Under the Transition Agreement, Mr. Bagdasarian will serve as a strategic advisor to the Chief Executive Officer until December 1, 2026 (the "Separation Date"), during which time he will assist the Company with various commercial opportunities and customer relationships as set forth in the Transition Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158172/000115817226000059/0001158172-26-000059-index.htm

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