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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-239649"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBUS"
cik: "0001705843"
company_name: "Cibus, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:47:20.807312+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cibus cuts ~26 jobs, initiates cost reduction actions; expects $0.35M in Q4 charges

## Summary
- Workforce reduction of ~26 full-time employees approved Oct 16, communicated Oct 18.
- Estimated $0.35M one-time costs in Q4 2024 for accrued vacation and severance.
- Additional cuts: reduced consultant/third-party spend, organizational restructuring.
- Non-renewal of Oberlin facility lease upon expiration in August 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-239649
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBUS
- cik: 0001705843
- company_name: Cibus, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000119312524239649/0001193125-24-239649-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000119312524239649/d862315d8k.htm

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