SEC Filing Searches
- How to Search for EDGAR Correspondence on SEC websiteThis links you to SEC government site where you can search public company filings.
SEC Filing Types
• DEF 14A- Proxy Statement (Board of Directors appointments, changes, etc)
• 10-K Annual Report to the SEC
• 10-KA Amended Annual Report
• 10-Q Quarterly Report
• 8-K Changes report that could affect the financial health of the company
• 6-K Non-US companies listed on one of the US stock exchanges report similar to 8-K
• 20-F Non-US company annual report to SEC
• 13-D Insider shares traded by board
• 13-FE Institutional Holders' trades
• 14-D1 Tender offer or Acquisition of another company
• 14-D9 Response to tender offer
• S-1 New Issue Filing, often known as the Prospectus for an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
• Form SB-Small Business IPO
- SEC formsA description of SEC forms
Databases for SEC filings
- Mergent OnlineCorporate profiles, downloadable financial data, stock prices, and annual reports for U.S. and international corporations. Mergent Horizon is now included in Mergent Online. Limited to 20 simultaneous users.
- Mergent WebReports (1909 to present)Provides corporate profiles and summary historical financial data for public companies. Based on Moody's Manuals.
- WRDS Analytics SuiteA registration of an account with the Haslam College of Business is required to access WRDS.
For the following databases, contact the Haslam College of Business:
SNL Financial
Bloomberg
- SEC EdgarThe SEC's free database of corporate filings.