get8KItems {edgar}

Retrieves Form 8-K event information

Description

get8KItems retrieves Form 8-K event information of firms based on CIK numbers and filing year.

Usage

get8KItems(cik.no, filing.year)

Arguments

cik.no

vector of CIK(s) in integer format. Suppress leading zeroes from CIKs.

filing.year

vector of four digit numeric year

Details

get8KItems function takes firm CIK(s) and filing year(s) as input parameters from a user and provides information on the Form 8-K triggering events along with the firm filing information. The function searches and imports existing downloaded 8-K filings in the current directory; otherwise it downloads them using getFilings function. It then reads the 8-K filings and parses them to extract events information. User must follow the US SEC's fair access policy, i.e. download only what you need and limit your request rates, see https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data.

Value

Function returns dataframe with Form 8-K events information along with CIK number, company name, date of filing, and accession number.

Examples

## Not run: 

output <- get8KItems(cik.no = 38079, filing.year = 2005)
## Returns 8-K event information for CIK '38079' filed in year 2005.

output <- get8KItems(cik.no = c(1000180,38079), 
                     filing.year = c(2005, 2006)) 

## End(Not run)