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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-415732"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FICO"
cik: "0000814547"
company_name: "FAIR ISAAC CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-06T20:58:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:10:36.146990+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fair Isaac to cut about 15% of positions, expects ~$27 million pre-tax charge in fiscal Q4 2026

## Summary
- Management committed on Oct 1, 2026 to a plan cutting roughly 15% of positions across Fair Isaac, reducing organizational layers and integrating AI-driven product development.
- Affected employees were notified beginning the week of Oct 5, 2026; the plan is expected to be substantially completed by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2027.
- The company expects ~$27.0 million in aggregate pre-tax charges in Q4 fiscal 2026 for employee severance and related costs, substantially all future cash expenditures.
- CFO Steven P. Weber signed the report dated Oct 6, 2026; the company states timing, scope and costs are forward-looking and subject to risks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-415732
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FICO
- cik: 0000814547
- company_name: FAIR ISAAC CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T20:58:13+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814547/000119312526415732/0001193125-26-415732-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814547/000119312526415732/d127042d8k.htm

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