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# 8-K Exhibits

> The exhibits attached to a company's SEC 8-K filings — the press release itself, where an earnings announcement or a management change is actually written.

8-K Exhibits provides the exhibits attached to a US company's 8-K filings, newest first. Each observation is one exhibit. This is where the text lives: an 8-K cover page only lists item codes, and the press release that actually says what happened is an exhibit to it.

<Info>
  **Plan:** Fund · **Credits:** 1 per call
</Info>

## What You Can Use 8-K Exhibits For

Read the press release behind an earnings announcement or a management change in the company's own words. Retrieve the exact prose behind a [structured 8-K event](/events/8k-events). Feed a full release into a model for summarisation or extraction.

For the filing's facts as fields — who was appointed, how much was borrowed at what rate — use [Structured 8-K Events](/events/8k-events) instead. Same filings, structured.

## 8-K Exhibit Full Text Is Opt-In

`include_body` is false by default. Set it to true to get the exhibit text, and expect a smaller page: bodies run to tens of thousands of characters, and the default page size drops from 50 rows to 10 when bodies are included.

`chars` is always returned, so you can see how much text sits behind a row before asking for it.

## 8-K Exhibits Coverage

<Warning>
  Coverage is **backfilled backwards**, so the start date moves as older filings load. Read `coverage.available_from` on the response rather than trusting a date written on this page.

  An empty result for a filing older than the current floor is the feed's start, not a company that filed no exhibits.
</Warning>

## 8-K Exhibits Date Convention

`date_gte` and `date_lte` filter on the **filing date** — when the 8-K reached the SEC. Rows are returned newest first.

## Key 8-K Exhibit Fields

Each row carries the `accession` number of the filing, the 8-K `item` code the exhibit was filed under, the filing date, `chars` giving the body length, and the body itself when `include_body` is set.

Common item codes are `2.02` for results of operations and `5.02` for a director or officer change.

## 8-K Exhibits Sources

Exhibits come from the 8-K filings themselves on SEC EDGAR. Text is stored as filed and is not summarised or rewritten.

## Query 8-K Exhibits

Use the 8-K exhibits endpoint for one company.

<ParamField path="company_id" type="string" required>
  A `company_id`, ticker, CIK or ISIN.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="item" type="string">
  8-K item code, for example `2.02`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="accession" type="string">
  One filing, for example `0001437749-26-024904`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="date_gte" type="string">
  Earliest filing date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. `date_lte` sets the ceiling.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="include_body" type="boolean" default="false">
  Return the exhibit text.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="limit" type="integer" default="50">
  Rows per page, between 1 and 1000 — but 10 by default when `include_body` is set. Page through with `cursor`.
</ParamField>

## Related Datasets

See also [Structured 8-K Events](/events/8k-events) for the same filings as fields, [Reported Earnings Figures](/events/earnings-results) for the numbers inside an Item 2.02 release, [Management Guidance](/events/guidance) for the forward-looking statements inside it, and [SEC Filing Items](/filings/items) for the sections of a 10-K or 10-Q.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl "https://api.focusalpha.ai/v1/companies/AAPL/8k-exhibits?item=2.02&limit=1" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOCUSALPHA_API_KEY"
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "data": [
      {
        "company_id": "cmp_000584",
        "cik": "320193",
        "ticker": "AAPL",
        "company_name": "Apple Inc.",
        "accession": "0000320193-26-000018",
        "form": "8-K",
        "filing_date": "2026-07-30",
        "acceptance_ts": "2026-07-30T20:30:28.000Z",
        "items": "2.02,9.01",
        "exhibit_type": "EX-99.1",
        "description": "EX-99.1",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000018/a8-kex991q3202606272026.htm",
        "format": "htm",
        "chars": 10888
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": null,
    "coverage": {
      "available_from": "2024-12-31",
      "available_to": null,
      "update_frequency": "daily",
      "history_status": "starts_2024_12_31"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>