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8-K Current Report Signals

70+ signal subtypes from real-time SEC event filings. Detect acquisitions, CEO changes, bankruptcies, and material events within 4 business days of occurrence across 4,500+ companies.

4,500+

Companies Covered

70+

Signal Subtypes

Weekly

Refresh Cadence

4 business days

Event Lag

Financial Intelligence70+ subtypes · Weekly refresh

What Are 8-K Filing Signals?

8-K filings are how public companies disclose material events to the SEC as they happen: a CEO departure, a major acquisition, a data breach, or entry into a significant contract. Companies must file within four business days of the triggering event, making the 8-K the fastest confirmed source of corporate intelligence from a regulatory filing.

Autobound extracts 70+ signal subtypes from 8-K filings, organized by the SEC's item numbering system: Item 1.01 for new material agreements, Item 2.01 for asset acquisitions or dispositions, Item 5.02 for executive departures, and so on. Each item maps to a different sales opportunity, and because these events are time-sensitive (a new CEO opens a vendor reevaluation window; an acquisition forces stack consolidation), acting fast matters.

Example Signal Subtypes

materialContractdebtRefinancingboardChangerestructuringgovernanceChangeproductLaunchacquisitionAnnouncedrestructuringCharge

Data Schema

8-K Signal Data Schema

8-K signals capture material corporate events with SEC item classification. Each signal includes the specific 8-K item type, event details, and sales relevance scoring.

8k_current_reports.schema.json
{
  "signal_id": "9873367d-66a0-408e-9ce8-197872e72cbf",
  "signal_type": "8k",
  "signal_subtype": "acquisitionAnnounced",
  "signal_name": "Cable One to acquire remaining 55% of Mega Broadband Investments for ~$485M",
  "association": "company",
  "detected_at": "2026-01-08T14: 22: 18Z",
  "company": {
    "name": "Cable One, Inc.",
    "domain": "cableone.biz",
    "ticker": "CABO",
    "linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/cable-one",
    "industries": [
      "Telecommunications Services"
    ]
  },
  "data": {
    "summary": "Cable One to acquire remaining 55% of Mega Broadband Investments (Vyve Broadband) for ~$485M.",
    "detail": "Cable One will fully consolidate Mega Broadband Investments by Q4 2026, creating an urgent need for post-merger integration services including system consolidation (billing, CRM, network), data migration, and change management.",
    "relevance": 0.95,
    "confidence": "high",
    "sentiment": "neutral",
    "excerpts": "Cable One entered into a Purchase Agreement to acquire the equity interests in MBI that it does not already own for approximately $485 million.",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015726000007/form8-k.htm",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "broadband",
      "fiber connectivity"
    ],
    "competitors_mentioned": [],
    "vendors_mentioned": [],
    "regions_mentioned": [
      "Southeast",
      "Northwest",
      "Mid-South United States"
    ],
    "filing_date": "2026-01-06",
    "filing_year": 2026,
    "sales_relevance": "Integration needs coming",
    "signal_category": "strategic",
    "metrics": {
      "dollar_millions": 485,
      "dollar_context": "Purchase price for remaining 55% of Mega Broadband Investments",
      "pct": 0.55,
      "pct_context": "Equity stake in MBI being acquired",
      "timeframe": "current_year"
    }
  }
}
GCS Bucket
gs://autobound-8k/
Formats
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Refresh
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Applications

What teams build with 8-K Current Report Signals

04 documented applications

  1. 01

    Leadership Change Outreach

    New C-suite executives reevaluate existing vendor relationships within their first 90 days. 8-K filings confirm these changes with legal certainty before news coverage, giving you a head start.

  2. 02

    M&A Technology Consolidation

    Acquisitions and mergers create urgent technology consolidation needs. The acquiring company must rationalize overlapping tools, creating opportunities for platform vendors.

  3. 03

    Contract Expiration Monitoring

    Material definitive agreements disclosed in 8-K filings reveal contract terms with existing vendors. Track when competitors' contracts are being signed or terminated.

  4. 04

    Financial Distress Detection

    Bankruptcy filings, going concern notices, and defaults on obligations are disclosed via 8-K. These signals help identify companies that may need restructuring advisory or cost-reduction solutions.

Measured, Not Estimated

What's actually inside 8-K Current Report Signals

Volumes, subtypes, geography, and join-key fill rates audited directly from our production database, so you can verify coverage before you buy.

Measured coverageaudited from production · minimums, not ceilings
2,200
companies with fresh data / month
basis: published baseline
15,666
records created / month
basis: 6-mo avg

Top subtypes

83 total
Material Contract15K · 15%
Debt Refinancing14K · 14%
Board Change8.4K · 8.6%
Restructuring7.3K · 7.5%
Governance Change5.8K · 5.9%
Product Launch4.8K · 4.9%
Acquisition Announced3.9K · 4.0%
Restructuring Charge3.5K · 3.6%
🇺🇸United States2.9K · 68%
🇮🇳India43 · 1.0%
🇨🇦Canada37 · 0.9%
🇬🇧United Kingdom19 · 0.4%
🇮🇱Israel11 · 0.3%
🇲🇽Mexico9 · 0.2%
🇪🇸Spain7 · 0.2%
CA 808TX 382NY 377MA 261FL 174PA 156

Top industries

all industries
Biotechnology Research444 · 10%
Financial Services274 · 6.3%
Banking215 · 5.0%
Leasing Real Estate183 · 4.2%
Software Development172 · 4.0%
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing154 · 3.6%
Oil and Gas151 · 3.5%

Join keys

fill rate
Domain100%
LinkedIn URL91%
Company name100%
Records measured 97,727+Companies reached 4,321+Full schema & examples →

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Worked Example

One signal, traced to outcome

One 8-K Current Report Signals record followed from detection, through the action a rep took on it, to the measured result. Illustrative composite of observed customer workflows.

01 signal → 02 action → 03 outcome

01

Signal detected

Starbucks files an 8-K disclosing a new CEO appointment from outside the company, signaling a strategic direction change.

02

Action taken

Your team immediately reaches out to Starbucks' technology leadership:

With new leadership driving transformation, we help companies accelerate their tech modernization during transitions.
03

Outcome

2x faster deal velocity

Because new executives make 70% of vendor decisions in their first 100 days.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What are 8-K current report signals?
8-K filings are real-time SEC disclosures triggered by material corporate events, including CEO changes, acquisitions, data breaches, significant contracts, and more. Autobound extracts 70+ signal subtypes from these filings, giving sales teams confirmed intelligence about corporate events within 4 business days of occurrence across 4,500+ public companies.
How does Autobound detect 8-K filing signals?
Autobound continuously monitors SEC EDGAR for new 8-K filings on a weekly refresh cadence. Each filing is parsed by AI models that classify the event by SEC item type, extract key details, assign relevance and confidence scores, and link back to the source document. The structured output is delivered via API, GCS Push, or flat file export.
How should I use 8-K data in my outreach?
8-K signals create time-sensitive outreach windows. Leadership changes give you 90 days before vendor decisions solidify. M&A announcements create immediate technology consolidation needs. Reference the specific event in your outreach, like 'I noticed your recent CEO announcement,' to demonstrate that your timing is intentional, not coincidental.

How It Works

From Raw Data to Your Stack

Autobound ingests from SEC EDGAR, earnings call transcripts, financial data APIs, extracts structured signals with AI, and delivers them however your infrastructure needs.

01

Autobound Ingests

Raw data from SEC EDGAR, earnings call transcripts, financial data APIs is continuously collected and normalized across millions of sources.

02

AI Extracts & Scores

ML models extract 70+ signal subtypes with relevance scoring, confidence levels, and entity resolution.

03

You Receive

Structured JSONL delivered via your preferred method, updated on a weekly cadence.

REST API

Real-time access with subtype filtering

300 req/min

GCS Push

Automated delivery to your bucket

JSONL + Parquet

Enrich API

On-demand LLM-ranked insights

AI relevance scoring

Flat File

Bulk exports for data warehouses

CSV, JSON, Parquet
30% retention increase
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Justin Hoskins

VP of Product Strategy, TechTarget

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