# 🤝 SEC Tender Offer & M\&A Tracker — Takeover Bids (`nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker`) Actor Track SEC tender-offer and takeover filings (SC TO-T, SC TO-I, SC 14D9) with company, filing, and date. For merger-arbitrage traders, M\&A lawyers, and IR teams monitoring live takeover bids. - **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker.md - **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community) - **Categories:** Business - **Stats:** 7 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $20.00 / 1,000 domain lookups This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## SEC Tender Offer & M&A Tracker - Takeover Bids When a tender offer is launched, the clock starts ticking on a deal that can reprice a stock overnight, and the only authoritative record is buried in SEC EDGAR. This actor surfaces tender-offer and takeover filings (SC TO-T, SC TO-I, SC 14D9, and related forms) as a clean, dated stream, so merger-arbitrage desks and deal lawyers can spot live bids and the target's response the moment they are filed rather than refreshing EDGAR by hand. ### What it does The actor queries the official SEC EDGAR full-text search system for the tender-offer form types you select, defaulting to the standard tender-offer set used in takeover situations. You can optionally AND an exact-phrase keyword onto the form filter to zero in on a specific company, acquirer, or deal term. Each run returns a deduplicated list of matching filings within your chosen date window, defined either by a rolling look-back period or by explicit start and end dates. For every filing you get the company name, ticker where resolvable, the form type, the filing date, and a direct link to the source document on SEC.gov, so you can move from a screen of new activity straight into reading the offer terms. ### Who uses this - **Merger-arbitrage and event-driven traders** scanning for newly launched tender offers to size and price the spread before the market fully reacts. - **M&A and securities lawyers** monitoring SC 14D9 responses and tender-offer mechanics for clients on either side of a bid. - **Investor relations and corporate development teams** tracking takeover activity across their sector and watching for unsolicited approaches. - **Activist and special-situations funds** identifying contested situations early and following the filing trail as a deal develops. - **Financial data and research providers** maintaining a structured deal feed for client terminals and dashboards. - **Journalists covering deals** sourcing fresh, citable takeover filings with direct links to the primary documents. ### Example input Pull all tender-offer filings from the last 30 days: ```json { "forms": "SC TO-T,SC TO-I,SC 14D9", "daysBack": 30, "maxResults": 150 } ```` Search a fixed window for filings mentioning a specific target, with a custom SEC contact string: ```json { "forms": "SC TO-T,SC 14D9", "query": "Acme Corporation", "startDate": "2025-01-01", "endDate": "2025-06-30", "maxResults": 200, "userAgentContact": "Arb Desk research@fund.com" } ``` ### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `companyName` | Registrant or subject company named on the filing. | | `ticker` | Trading symbol of the company when it can be resolved from the filing. | | `formType` | The SEC tender-offer form (e.g. SC TO-T, SC TO-I, SC 14D9). | | `filedDate` | Date the filing was submitted to EDGAR, in YYYY-MM-DD format. | | `documentUrl` | Direct link to the source filing on SEC.gov for verification and reading the offer terms. | ### Notes This actor reads exclusively from the public SEC EDGAR full-text search service and public filing documents on SEC.gov. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. No API key or login is required. The SEC asks that automated traffic identify itself with a descriptive User-Agent that includes contact information. The actor supplies a default, and you can override it with your own company and email through `userAgentContact`, which is recommended for sustained use. Because deal terms, conditions, and deadlines live inside the filings themselves, always confirm specifics against the linked primary-source document before trading or advising on a situation. ### Related NexGenData actors - **SEC 8-K Event Monitor** — catch the material-event filings that often precede or accompany a bid. - **SEC Going-Private Tracker** — follow take-private transactions and Schedule 13E-3 filings. - **SEC Activist Proxy Solicitation Tracker** — monitor activist campaigns and contested situations. - **Stock Buyback Announcement Tracker** — track share-repurchase programs as a capital-return signal. - **SEC Form 4 Insider Monitor** — watch insider trading activity around deal events. # Actor input Schema ## `forms` (type: `string`): Comma-separated SEC tender-offer forms (default tender-offer set). ## `query` (type: `string`): Optional exact-phrase keyword to AND with the form filter. ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): Look back this many days (ignored if dates set). ## `startDate` (type: `string`): Override start of range (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `endDate` (type: `string`): Override end of range (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum filings to return. ## `userAgentContact` (type: `string`): SEC requires a UA with contact info (e.g. 'Company you@email.com'). ## Actor input object example ```json { "forms": "SC TO-T,SC TO-I,SC 14D9", "daysBack": 90, "maxResults": 300 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "forms": "SC TO-T,SC TO-I,SC 14D9" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "forms": "SC TO-T,SC TO-I,SC 14D9" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "forms": "SC TO-T,SC TO-I,SC 14D9" }' | apify call nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/sec-tender-offer-ma-tracker", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "🤝 SEC Tender Offer & M&A Tracker — Takeover Bids", "description": "Track SEC tender-offer and takeover filings (SC TO-T, SC TO-I, SC 14D9) with company, filing, and date. 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