SEC 8-K Alerts: Executive Changes, M&A & Material Events

Every SEC 8-K current report, as it is filed, for the item codes you pick. An 8-K is the form a public company files within four business days of a material event. Pick the items you care about and get one row per filing: the company, its ticker and CIK, the filing date, the item numbers and what they mean, and a link to the filing on SEC EDGAR.

The trigger events most teams watch:

• 5.02: a CFO, CEO or other officer or director leaves or is appointed
• 1.01 / 2.01: a material agreement is signed, or an acquisition or disposal completes
• 1.03 / 1.05 / 3.01: bankruptcy, a material cybersecurity incident, or a delisting notice

Turn on monitoring and each new filing goes to your Slack, Discord or Telegram the day it is filed.

This reports public SEC filings. It is not investment advice.

How to use

1. In the Apify Console. Open the actor page and click Start — the itemCodes field is already pre-filled with a working example. Results land in the run's dataset as soon as each item is found.
2. Via the API. Call it directly with a POST request — no Console needed once you have an API token:

   curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~sec-8k-event-alerts/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
     -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"itemCodes":["5.02"]}'
   

3. On a schedule. Save this actor as an Apify Task with the input you want, then add a Schedule (hourly, daily, weekly) so it runs on its own — no server of your own required.

Input

{
  "itemCodes": [
    "5.02"
  ]
}

Optional. 8-K item numbers, one per line, e.g. 5.02 for executive departures and appointments. Leave empty to get every 8-K filed in the date window. See the README for what each item means. Accepted formats: 5.02, 1.01, 2.01.

This actor is one search over the SEC's 8-K index for a date window, not a per-line lookup. sinceDays sets how far back to search (default 2, up to 30; use 4 on a Monday). itemCodes, tickers, sicCodes and states are optional filters applied before you're billed. maxResults (default 100, up to 1,000) caps the run's cost. Turn on onlyNewSinceLastRun to get only filings this watchlist hasn't returned before, so a quiet day costs only the start fee.

Item codes

Item	What it means
1.01	Entry into a material definitive agreement
1.02	Termination of a material definitive agreement
1.03	Bankruptcy or receivership
1.04	Mine safety reporting
1.05	Material cybersecurity incident
2.01	Completion of an acquisition or disposition of assets
2.02	Results of operations and financial condition
2.03	Creation of a direct financial obligation
2.04	Triggering events that accelerate a financial obligation
2.05	Costs of exit or disposal activities
2.06	Material impairments
3.01	Delisting notice or listing transfer
3.02	Unregistered sales of equity securities
3.03	Material modification to security holders' rights
4.01	Change of certifying accountant
4.02	Non-reliance on previously issued financial statements
5.01	Changes in control
5.02	Departure or appointment of directors or certain officers, compensatory arrangements
5.03	Amendments to charter or bylaws, change in fiscal year
5.07	Submission of matters to a shareholder vote
7.01	Regulation FD disclosure
8.01	Other events
9.01	Financial statements and exhibits (exhibit-only; dropped by default)

Example runs

For SEC material-event monitors. Change the field named in each note.

1. New CFO/CEO appointments (who: talent / IR alert) — change itemCodes

{ "itemCodes": ["5.02"], "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true }

2. M&A announcements (who: deal scout) — change itemCodes

{ "itemCodes": ["1.01", "2.01"], "sinceDays": 7 }

3. Cyber incident 8-Ks (who: security / risk) — change itemCodes

{ "itemCodes": ["1.05"], "sinceDays": 30 }

Related actors

• SEC EDGAR API: Company Lookup by Ticker or CIK, Latest Filings: company details and latest filings by ticker or CIK.

Output

One row per filing, for example:

query	found	status	filingCount	companyName	ticker	cik	filedAt	matchedItems	itemLabels	items	sic	state	accessionNumber	filingUrl	summary	isAmendment	isNew	firstSeenAt	notifyErrors	scrapedAt
5.02	true	OK	<8-k filings returned>					<8-k item(s) matched>								<is this an amended 8-k (8-k/a)?>	<is this new since the last run?>			1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

A filing that does not match is never returned and never charged. A search that finds nothing returns one row with filingCount: 0 and costs only the start fee.