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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-031472"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001839132"
company_name: "Movella Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:35:04.149870+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Movella cuts 20% of workforce, exits non-core activities; expects $1.1-1.6M charge

## Summary
- Workforce reduction of ~20% decided on Aug 31, 2023; substantially complete in Q3 2023.
- Company exiting certain non-core business activities as part of restructuring.
- Pre-tax cash severance and restructuring charge estimated between $1.1M and $1.6M in Q3 2023.
- Expects cost savings of approximately $2.0M per quarter following the restructuring.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-031472
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001839132
- company_name: Movella Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839132/000162828023031472/0001628280-23-031472-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839132/000162828023031472/mvla-20230831.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-031472.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Movella Holdings Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of between approximately $1.1 million and $1.6 million (approximately 20%).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: between approximately $1.1 million and $1.6 million
  - Headcount: approximately 20%
  source text: on August 31, 2023, the Company decided to reduce its number of employees by approximately 20%. The Company expects to substantially complete this workforce reduction in the third quarter of 2023. Additionally, the Company elected to restructure its operations by exiting certain non-core business activities. As a result of this workforce reduction and restructuring, the Company expects to incur a pre-tax cash charge for severance and restructuring costs, which consists of one-time termination benefits and contract termination costs, of between approximately $1.1 million and $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839132/000162828023031472/0001628280-23-031472-index.htm

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