Glossary
8-K
A filing that reports a specific company event, such as results, a merger or a leadership change.
An 8-K is a short filing a company uses to report a specific event between its annual and quarterly reports: results being released, a new chief executive, a merger agreement, a change in auditors. Each event has an item number, and most 8-Ks must be filed within four business days.
An example: on Nov 4, 2026, Qualcomm filed an 8-K under Item 2.02, the item for results of operations, saying it had issued a press release on its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Sep 27, 2026. The press release itself is attached as Exhibit 99.1. Our Qualcomm fourth-quarter recap is built from that exhibit.
Results announced in an 8-K come out weeks before the 10-K or 10-Q that contains the same quarter.
Longer explainer: 8-K item numbers
Related terms: 10-K, Earnings per share (EPS)
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