924 material Form 8-K filings that 737 companies we cover made with the SEC in January 2026, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Helix Acquisition Corp. III, a blank check company, closed its initial public offering on January 26, 2026, selling 17,250,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share for gross proceeds of $172.5 million, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The full $172.5 million was placed in a U.S.-based trust account, and the company has 24 months to complete a business combination but has not yet selected a target, so shareholder funds remain in trust rather than in an operating business.
IPO closed January 26, 2026: 17,250,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 each, including 2,250,000 from the over-allotment option, for $172.5 million gross proceeds.
Concurrent private placement of 497,500 Class A shares at $10.00 each to sponsor Helix Holdings III LLC, for $4.975 million gross proceeds.
$172.5 million placed in trust account, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as trustee.
Company has 24 months from the IPO closing to complete a business combination; no target has been selected.
Legato Merger Corp. IV, a blank check company with no operations, completed its initial public offering on January 26, 2026, selling 23,000,000 units at $10.00 each for gross proceeds of $230,000,000. The $230,000,000 was placed in a trust account, and the company must complete an initial business combination within 24 months (or 27 months if a deal agreement is signed in that period), or redeem the public shares.
23,000,000 units sold at $10.00 each on January 26, 2026, including 3,000,000 over-allotment units exercised in full on January 23, 2026; gross proceeds of $230,000,000
Private placement of 550,000 units at $10.00 each for $5,500,000 to initial shareholders and IPO underwriters, completed simultaneously
$230,000,000 placed in trust account; transaction costs of $12,001,028 and $2,466,163 in cash held outside the trust
Company has until the end of its combination period (24 months, or 27 months with a signed agreement) to complete a business combination
Space Asset Acquisition Corp. closed its initial public offering on January 29, 2026, selling 23,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit for $230,000,000 in gross proceeds, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The company placed $230,000,000 in a U.S.-based trust account, and those funds generally stay there until a business combination, a shareholder-approved redemption, or the return of funds to public shareholders within 24 months of the IPO closing if no combination is completed. For shareholders, the filing details how the capital was raised and the conditions that govern use of the trust funds.
IPO closed January 29, 2026: 23,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, including 3,000,000 over-allotment units, for $230,000,000 in gross proceeds.
Private placement of 645,000 units at $10.00 per unit for $6,450,000; the Sponsor bought 415,000 units and BTIG, LLC bought 230,000 units.
$230,000,000 placed in a trust account maintained by Efficiency INC.; trust funds are generally not released before a business combination, a qualifying shareholder redemption, or 24 months after the IPO closing.
Eric Zahler, Anders Johnson and Celeste Ford were appointed independent directors on January 27, 2026; each received 25,000 Class B ordinary shares as director compensation.
X3 Acquisition Corp. Ltd. sold an additional 2,500,000 units on January 26, 2026, through a partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, for gross proceeds of $25 million. The filing says $225 million of IPO and private placement proceeds is now held in a trust account for public shareholders, and the balance sheet adjustments reflect that deposit.
Underwriters bought 2,500,000 over-allotment units at $10.00 per unit on January 26, 2026, for $25,000,000 in gross proceeds, out of up to 3,000,000 units allowed.
The sponsor, X3 Acquisition Management LLC, bought 375,000 additional private placement warrants at $1.00 each, for $375,000, and owes the company $375,000 for the related funds advanced.
A total of $225,000,000 from the IPO and private placements was placed in the trust account as of January 26, 2026.
The underwriters have 45 days from the January 22, 2026 IPO date to buy the remaining 500,000 units.
Intuit entered a $5.8 billion unsecured short-term revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank as administrative agent, maturing March 31, 2026. The company may use borrowings only to fund its early tax refund offering, which provides eligible customers access to federal refunds up to five days before IRS settlement. The company has not borrowed under the facility to date.
Briefs are written by AI from the filing text and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the AI's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.
Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.