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On June 12, 2023, Chegg, Inc. (“Chegg” or the “Company”) announced a reduction of its global workforce by about 80 employees, or approximately 4% of the Company's current workforce, to better position the Company to execute against its AI strategy and to create long-term, sustainable value for its students and investors.

Chegg estimates that it will incur charges of approximately $5 million to $6 million in connection with these actions, primarily consisting of cash expenditures for severance payments, employee benefits and related costs. The Company expects that the majority of these charges will be incurred in the second quarter of 2023 and substantially all of these expenditures will have been incurred by the third quarter of 2023. The estimated charges and the timing of such charges are based on certain assumptions, including local law requirements in various jurisdictions, and actual amounts may differ materially from such estimates. The Company may incur other charges or cash expenditures not currently contemplated due to unanticipated events that may occur as a result of or in connection with the implementation of the planned workforce reduction. The Company intends to exclude the charges associated with such reduction from its non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA.

A letter to the Company’s employees from Dan Rosensweig, President, CEO, and Co-Chairperson of Chegg, regarding the workforce reduction is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are furnished to, but not “filed” with, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Current Report, including statements regarding Chegg's ability to execute its AI strategy, create long-term, sustainable value for students and investors, to evolve the organization to fully embrace and utilize the breakthroughs in AI, the amount of the charges in connection with the reduction in force, the timing that such charges will be incurred, the impact of the reduction on its non-GAAP financial measures, and the statements in the CEO's letter to employees are forward-looking statements. The words “will,” “plans,” “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions outside of the Company's control. In addition, new risks may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all risks, nor can it assess the impact of all factors on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K may not occur and actual future results may be materially different from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.