---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-034605"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBUS"
cik: "0001705843"
company_name: "Cibus, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:52:22.414566+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cibus cuts workforce 24%, focuses on key traits; Board member Jim Collins resigns; cash runway only to early Q1 2024

## Summary
- Strategic realignment focuses on launching PSR, HT1, HT3 traits in Canola, WOSR, Rice; advancing Soybean and Sclerotinia/HT2.
- Workforce reduced from 242 to ~185 employees; one-time costs of ~$0.5M for severance and vacation.
- Jim Collins resigned from Board effective Oct 17; not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Cash and equivalents expected to fund operations only into early Q1 2024 without new financing.
- Company pursuing financing but no assurance; risk of substantial dilution, further cutbacks, or cessation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-034605
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBUS
- cik: 0001705843
- company_name: Cibus, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 8.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828023034605/0001628280-23-034605-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828023034605/cbus-20231018.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Collins resigned as Member of the Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Cibus, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  source text: On October 17, 2023, Jim Collins provided notice of his decision to resign, effective immediately, as a member of the Company’s board of directors and as a member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828023034605/0001628280-23-034605-index.htm
- Restructurings & Charges
  Cibus, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $0.5 million affecting the Company (reduction in workforce in full time employees from 242 full-time employees as of October 17, 2023, to approximately 185).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $0.5 million
  - Affected area: the Company
  - Headcount: reduction in workforce in full time employees from 242 full-time employees as of October 17, 2023, to approximately 185
  source text: The Company estimates that it will incur approximately $0.5 million of one-time costs in connection with the reduction in workforce, primarily related to accrued vacation and severance payments.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828023034605/0001628280-23-034605-index.htm

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