📰 SEC Form 8-K Material Events Tracker — M&A, executive departures, bankruptcies, funding events — straight from EDGAR

Track every SEC Form 8-K material event filing — M&A announcements, executive departures, bankruptcies, material agreements, funding events, and earnings releases. Each 8-K must be filed within 4 business days of the event. This actor parses the item code, summary, attachments, and the company financial context so you can act on market-moving filings within minutes.

One actor. One token. Real-time regulator-direct data delivered in structured JSON.

Why This Actor Beats Bloomberg Terminal, FactSet, Refinitiv Eikon

• Item-coded for instant filtering: Item 1.01 (material agreements), 2.01 (acquisitions), 5.02 (officer departures), 8.01 (other events) — every 8-K has structured item codes that map to the event type. We parse them so you can filter to just M&A or just officer changes.
• Real-time vs. terminal subscription: Bloomberg's 8-K alert function requires a $24K terminal seat per user. We charge $0.12 per filing. A whole year of every 8-K for the S&P 500 costs less than one terminal-month.
• Attached exhibits parsed: Most 8-Ks include exhibits — merger agreements, press releases, financial statements. We surface the exhibit list and URLs so you can pull the underlying documents.
• Webhook delivery: Pipe new 8-Ks into your Slack channel, your trading system, or your news terminal in real time.

Feature	This Actor 📰	Bloomberg Terminal	FactSet	Refinitiv Eikon
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (cents per record)	Per-seat license $5K-30K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-25K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-30K/yr
Free tier	Yes (Apify free credits)	No	No	Limited search only
Real-time freshness	Minutes after source publish	End-of-day refresh	Hourly refresh	Hourly refresh
Data source	Direct from regulator	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped
API access	REST + webhooks built in	Add-on; extra licence	Add-on; extra licence	Limited
Bulk historical	Yes — date-range backfill	Limited download caps	Limited download caps	Limited download caps
Setup time	5 minutes (token + run)	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding

What You Get

Every record returned by this actor is structured JSON with the following fields populated wherever the source filing provides them:

• Issuer name, ticker, CIK
• Filing date, event date, accession number, EDGAR URL
• Item codes filed (e.g. 1.01, 2.01, 5.02, 8.01)
• Item code descriptions — material agreement, acquisition, officer departure, etc.
• Full text body of the filing
• Exhibit list with names, types, and direct URLs
• Press release flag and parsed press release text
• Departing officer name and role (when item 5.02)
• M&A counterparty and announced deal value (when item 1.01/2.01)
• Ticker quote context (last close, change since filing)

The full output schema is stable across runs — safe to load into Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, or your data warehouse without re-mapping each refresh.

Use Cases

• Event-driven traders — Get alerted within minutes of M&A announcements, bankruptcies, and major officer changes — the events that move stocks 5-30%.
• M&A bankers — Monitor competitor deal announcements and identify potential targets the day an item 1.01 hits.
• Risk teams — Flag bankruptcy filings (item 1.03) and going-concern disclosures in your credit portfolio.
• PR and investor relations — Benchmark your company's 8-K filing cadence against peers.
• Journalists — Build a feed of every C-suite departure as it happens.
• Academic researchers — Study market reactions to 8-K item codes across decades of filings.
• Legal teams — Track contract amendments and material agreements your clients are entering.

Quick Start

Install the Apify Python client, set your token, and call the actor:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("nexgendata/sec-form-8k-material-events-scraper").call(run_input={
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also trigger via cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~sec-form-8k-material-events-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 100}'

Schedule it on Apify's built-in scheduler for daily, hourly, or every-5-minute refreshes — no infra required.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing on Apify. Primary event: 8-K filing at $0.12 per record. An Actor Start fee of $0.00005 applies per run (charged per GB of memory, minimum 1). No subscription, no seat licence, no procurement cycle — pay only for the rows you receive.

For high-volume use cases (100K+ records/month), contact us at NexGenData for volume discounts.

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FAQ

Q: Why are 8-Ks filed within 4 business days?

A: SEC requires reporting companies to disclose material events within 4 business days under Regulation FD. This makes 8-K filings the most time-sensitive corporate disclosure.

Q: Can I filter by item code?

A: Yes. Pass item_codes=['1.01','2.01'] to capture only material agreements and acquisitions, or ['5.02'] for officer changes.

Q: How fresh is the data?

A: EDGAR publishes 8-K filings as soon as they're accepted — typically within seconds. The actor sees them on the next scheduled run.

Q: Do you parse the exhibit PDFs?

A: We surface exhibit URLs and metadata. PDF parsing of attached merger agreements is a downstream step you can do with your own tooling.

Q: What's the historical depth?

A: EDGAR 8-K archive starts in 1996. Most recent 25+ years are reliably parseable.

Q: Is this legal?

A: Yes. 8-K filings are public SEC disclosures. The actor reads the same public stream every Bloomberg user sees.

About NexGenData

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