---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-013822"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRLB"
cik: "0001443669"
company_name: "Proto Labs Inc"
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:50:26.220147+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Proto Labs to close Japan manufacturing facility; expects $7M-$9.5M in restructuring charges

## Summary
- Total restructuring charges expected $7.0M-$9.5M: severance $2.5M-$3.5M, asset write-down $3.5M-$4.5M, goodwill $1.0M-$1.5M.
- Approximately $4.0M of charges expected in Q2 2022; remaining incurred over next year.
- Cash expenditures estimated at $3.0M-$4.0M, primarily for severance and employee costs.
- Affected employees in Japan will receive severance and transition assistance meeting local requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-013822
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRLB
- cik: 0001443669
- company_name: Proto Labs Inc
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 2.06
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774922013822/0001437749-22-013822-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774922013822/prlb20220526_8k.htm

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