Form S-4 is a registration statement required under the Securities Act of 1933 for securities issued in connection with business combination transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and exchange offers. It enables the acquiring or surviving entity to register shares being offered as consideration to target company shareholders, providing those shareholders with material information comparable to what would be available in a prospectus. The dataset includes all Form S-4 and Form S-4/A filings submitted to EDGAR from January 1994 to present. Form S-4/A filings represent amendments to previously filed registration statements. For each accession number, a metadata file and all documents in the original EDGAR submission are included except image files; this covers the primary registration statement, proxy statement or prospectus materials, and any attached exhibits. Each filing typically contains a description of the proposed transaction and its terms, audited and pro forma financial statements of the parties involved, risk factors, information about the securities being registered, a description of the combined entity, and required exhibits such as merger agreements and legal opinions.
Programmatically retrieve the full list of dataset archive files, download URLs and dataset metadata.
Dataset Index JSON API
Download the entire dataset as a single archive file.
Download Entire Dataset:
Download a single container file (e.g. monthly archive) from the dataset.
Download Single Container: