# SEC Recent 8-K Events & Press Releases

> SEC Recent 8-K Events & Press Releases is a paid API for AI agents from x402-agent-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Retrieves the most recent 8-K filings and press-release exhibits for a US public company by ticker or CIK, filtered by item type and date range.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-agent-api.onrender.com/api/v1/sec-recent-events?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sec-recent-8-k-events-press-releases-87cdc48c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2Bu_-sCVtedu8Zu9edg3Y

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sec-recent-8-k-events-press-releases-87cdc48c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the last 3 earnings-related 8-K filings for Apple (ticker AAPL), filtering to item 2.02, since 2024-01-01, and include the full press release text.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, text-rich 8-K event data including press release exhibit text for a specific US public company, especially for earnings announcements, M&A disclosures, cybersecurity incidents, or executive changes. Prefer this over generic web scraping when you need clean, authoritative SEC-sourced content with item-level filtering. It is ideal for agents that need to monitor material corporate events or extract financial narrative from official filings without handling EDGAR directly.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker returns an error or empty result
- CIK not found in EDGAR returns 404 or empty events array
- No filings match the specified item codes or date range, returning count:0
- Malformed accession_number pattern causes validation error
- Rate limiting or upstream SEC EDGAR unavailability may cause 5xx errors
- Payment signature missing or invalid returns HTTP 402 with PAYMENT-REQUIRED header

## How this service works

Answers 'What happened at this company lately?': did the CEO or CFO leave, latest earnings, acquisitions, major contracts, cyber incidents, auditor changes, shareholder votes. Returns a US public company's latest 8-K filings from SEC EDGAR as clean text, with event types and the attached press releases (e.g. the full earnings release). Filter by event type and date, or one exact filing; up to 10 events. By ticker or CIK. Not charged if nothing matches. $0.01 USDC per call.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the company name, ticker, CIK, and an array of 8-K events. Each event includes the filing date, event date, accession number, a list of reported item codes with titles, the full text of the 8-K body, and optionally the full text of attached press-release exhibits (EX-99), plus a flag indicating whether the text was truncated and the direct SEC filing URL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "cik": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "type": "string",
     "pattern": "^\\d{1,10}$"
    },
    {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 9007199254740991,
     "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    }
   ],
   "description": "SEC Central Index Key, e.g. 320193. Use this, `ticker` or `company`."
  },
  "items": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string",
    "pattern": "^\\d\\.\\d{2}$"
   },
   "maxItems": 20,
   "minItems": 1,
   "description": "Only events reporting one of these 8-K items, e.g. [\"5.02\"] for executive and director changes, [\"2.02\"] for earnings releases, [\"1.01\", \"2.01\"] for deals, [\"1.05\"] for cybersecurity incidents."
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 5,
   "maximum": 10,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "How many events to return, newest first (1-10, default 5)."
  },
  "since": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
   "description": "Only events filed on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
  },
  "ticker": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.\\-]{0,9}$",
   "description": "US stock ticker, e.g. AAPL, MSFT, BRK-B. Use this, `cik` or `company`."
  },
  "company": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 120,
   "minLength": 2,
   "description": "Company name, e.g. \"Apple\" or \"Coca-Cola\". Use this, `ticker` or `cik`; a name matching several companies returns their tickers, free."
  },
  "accession_number": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^\\d{10}-\\d{2}-\\d{6}$",
   "description": "Return only this 8-K, e.g. one found with the free sec_list_filings tool."
  },
  "include_exhibits": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "default": true,
   "description": "Include the text of press-release exhibits (EX-99), e.g. the earnings release. Default true."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "cik": "320193",
  "count": 1,
  "events": [
   {
    "form": "8-K",
    "text": "Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.\n\nOn July 30, 2026, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) issued a press release regarding Apple’s financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2026. A copy of Apple’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. (Example excerpt.)",
    "items": [
     {
      "code": "2.02",
      "title": "Results of Operations and Financial Condition"
     },
     {
      "code": "9.01",
      "title": "Financial Statements and Exhibits"
     }
    ],
    "exhibits": [
     {
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000018/a8-kex991q3202606272026.htm",
      "text": "Exhibit 99.1\n\nApple reports third quarter results\n\nJune quarter records for total company revenue and EPS\n\nCUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter ended June 27, 2026. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16 percent year over year. (Example excerpt.)",
      "type": "EX-99.1",
      "truncated": false,
      "description": "EX-99.1"
     }
    ],
    "truncated": false,
    "event_date": "2026-07-30",
    "filing_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000018/aapl-20260730.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-07-30",
    "accession_number": "0000320193-26-000018"
   }
  ],
  "source": "sec-edgar",
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "company": "Apple Inc.",
  "next_calls": [
   {
    "why": "What risks does the company itself report (latest 10-K)?",
    "tool": "sec_filing_section",
    "price": "$0.01",
    "arguments": {
     "ticker": "AAPL",
     "section": "risk_factors"
    }
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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