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Form 8-K

What is it: Form 8-K is filed by a company (except foreign private issuer, which files Form 6-K instead) to notify investors of any unscheduled material events about the company. The events required to be filed on Form 8-K include changes in key personnel, unregistered security sale, modification of shareholder right, result of operations and current financial condition, voting result on a proxy statement, bankruptcy, etc. A full list of events required to be reported can be found at www.sec.gov.

Filing Time: Unless otherwise specified, within four business days after occurrence of the event.

Related Form(s):
Form 8-K12B: After a company merge into another company, Form 8-K12B is filed to notify that a class of securities of the successor issuer is deemed to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b).
Form 8-K12G3: After a company merge into another company, Form 8-K12B is filed to notify that a class of securities of the successor issuer is deemed to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g).
Form 8-K15D5: Notification of assumption of duty to report by successor after merge into another company.
Form 6-K

Tips: About 80,000~90,000 Form 8-K are filed each year by 8,000~10,000 different filers (2008~2014 statistics). Investors should keep an eye on Form 8-K as it may contain unanticipated material changes about the company and often results in significant change in stock price.