secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UPWORK, INC (UPWK)
CIK:        0001627475
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-067173
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Upwork suspends Russia/Belarus operations, withdraws 2022 guidance due to Ukraine war impact
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- Suspends new business in Russia/Belarus; existing contracts end by May 1, 2022.
- Withdraws Q1 and full-year 2022 guidance citing uncertainties from the invasion.
- ~10% of 2021 revenue ($6% Ukraine, 4% Russia/Belarus) derived from region; activity already dropping.
- ~10% of team members in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus; ~1/3 of engineering team affected.
- Incurred/uncommitted millions in extra expenses, including $1M donation to Direct Relief.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000119312522067173/0001193125-22-067173-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000119312522067173/d323878d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-067173

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