2026-08-28
ENERGY FUELS INC
Energy Fuels completed acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials Limited on August 28, 2026 for approximately US$243.4 million in stock and cash consideration via scheme of arrangement.
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Risk API
Watching mergers, acquisitions and control changes
Completed acquisitions arrive under Item 2.01 and changes of control under Item 5.01. A meaningful share of the deals in our corpus arrive under neither, and that is worth saying up front.
The problem
A portfolio company, a competitor or an acquisition target closes a deal, and the disclosure is public the same day under a code that says so. You find out when somebody forwards a press release.
Deals do not all use the deal codes
Item 2.01 is completion, not announcement, and plenty of companies disclose a transaction under Item 8.01, Other Events, instead. Measured across our own corpus on 2026-08-17, close to half of the merger and acquisition records reached that category through the 8.01 route rather than a structural code.
Announcement and completion are different filings
The signing, the shareholder vote and the closing are separate events, sometimes months apart, and only the last is Item 2.01.
Both sides file
Acquirer and target may each file, which is two records about one deal.
The request
One callGET /risks/v1/events ?event_type=merger_acquisition &since=2026-06-02
Because part of this category comes from Item 8.01 rather than a structural code, treat item_codes on the row as the thing to check when the classification matters to you.
event_type
merger_acquisition, from Items 2.01 and 5.01, plus the Item 8.01 filings a model classified.
item_codes
As filed. This is how you tell which route a record took.
summary
What the filing says about the transaction.
entity_name
The filer, which may be either side of the deal.
tickers
Joined per request. A list, never one string.
source_url
The filing on sec.gov.
The first 3 rows that call returns
Live, newest first2026-08-28
INTRUSION INC
Intrusion Inc. completed acquisition of remaining 40% membership interests of OW Cyber LLC from VigilAigent Corp. for $1.3M cash on August 28, 2026, following stockholder approval. Company also issued $1.5M secured promissory note.
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2026-08-28
MALIBU BOATS, INC.
Malibu Boats filed updated pro forma financial information for fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, reflecting the acquisition of Saxdor Yachts Oy completed on March 2, 2026.
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What to know before you build on it
- Deduplicate at the deal level if you need one row per transaction. Two filings from two filers about one deal are two accession numbers and both are real.
- Item codes decide the category on most of the corpus, but not on this event type specifically. The row tells you which, and that is the point of shipping the codes.
- Refreshed daily rather than in real time.
- A record is a disclosure, not a valuation. Nothing here is advice.
Common questions
Which 8-K item covers an acquisition?
Item 2.01 for a completed acquisition or disposition of assets, and Item 5.01 for a change of control. Announcements that are not yet complete are often filed under Item 8.01 instead, which carries no structural signal.
Will I get one record per deal?
Not necessarily. Acquirer and target can each file about the same transaction, and signing and closing are separate filings. Deduplicate on your own side if one row per deal is what you need.
Try it
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