---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-428672"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBZ"
cik: "0000944148"
company_name: "CBIZ, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-22T17:02:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-22T17:04:09.842739+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBIZ adds $15M one-time legal expense, cutting Q3 net income ~$10.5M; adjusted metrics unchanged

## Summary
- CBIZ identified about $15M of additional one-time legal expenses during quarter-end close, not reflected in its Oct. 19, 2026 results release; to be recorded in the Q3 2026 Form 10-Q.
- The charge is expected to reduce net income by roughly $10.5M after tax, but Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA are unaffected since the costs are added back.
- Disclosure was made to prospective debt investors as part of a potential financing tied to the pending acquisition of CBIZ by an affiliate of Grant Thornton in the U.S.
- CBIZ said the new information is incomplete on its own and should be read with the Prior 8-K filed Oct. 19, 2026 covering results for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-428672
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBZ
- cik: 0000944148
- company_name: CBIZ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-22T17:02:48+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000119312526428672/0001193125-26-428672-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000119312526428672/d120166d8k.htm

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