Form S-8 is a registration statement required under the Securities Act of 1933, used by eligible registrants to register securities offered to employees, directors, and certain consultants pursuant to employee benefit plans, including stock option plans, restricted stock unit plans, and employee stock purchase plans. The form is codified under 17 CFR § 239.16b and becomes effective upon filing without SEC staff review. The dataset includes all Form S-8 and Form S-8/A filings submitted to EDGAR from January 1994 to present. Form S-8/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, any reoffer prospectus, and attached exhibits. Each filing typically contains the name of the registrant and the employee benefit plan, a description of the securities to be offered, the number of shares being registered, the plan document or summary, an opinion of counsel regarding the legality of the securities, and any required exhibits under Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
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: