1,796 material Form 8-K filings that 1,448 companies we cover made with the SEC in May 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).
Forefront Tech Holdings Acquisition Corp, a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on May 1, 2026, generating $100 million in gross proceeds, plus $3.7 million from a concurrent private placement of 370,000 units. The company placed $100.3 million in a trust account, which will be returned to public shareholders if no business combination is completed within 18 months.
IPO of 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating $100,000,000 in gross proceeds on May 1, 2026
Private placement of 370,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating $3,700,000, sold to the sponsor Next Lion Sponsor Holdings LLC and BTIG, LLC
$100,300,000 ($10.03 per unit) placed in the trust account; the company has 18 months from the IPO closing to complete a business combination
Audited balance sheet as of May 1, 2026 shows cash of $1,385,346 and total shareholders' deficit of $1,788,915
Renasant Corporation sold $300 million of 6.25% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2036, priced at 100% of principal, with the offering closing on May 7, 2026. The company expects net proceeds of approximately $295.7 million, which it intends to use for general corporate purposes, including a potential redemption of $40 million of its 5.50% notes due September 1, 2031. The notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital, and shareholders should note that they add $300 million of subordinated debt to the company's obligations.
Notes: $300 million aggregate principal, priced at 100% of principal, maturing June 1, 2036
Fixed 6.25% interest through June 1, 2031; then Three-Month Term SOFR plus 245 basis points
Net proceeds approximately $295.7 million; closed May 7, 2026
Possible use: redeem $40 million of 5.50% notes due September 1, 2031
RRE Ventures Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 25,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on May 1, 2026, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000. The company placed $250,000,000 in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as trustee, and it filed an audited balance sheet as of May 1, 2026 as Exhibit 99.1. The company has not selected a business combination target, so shareholders' funds remain in the trust until a combination is completed or the company liquidates.
IPO of 25,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, gross proceeds of $250,000,000, consummated May 1, 2026
Private placement of 4,510,000 warrants to RRE Sponsor, LLC and 2,500,000 warrants to Cohen and Company Capital Markets and Clear Street LLC, gross proceeds of $7,010,000
$250,000,000 ($10.00 per unit) placed in trust account; Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company is trustee
Combination period is 24 months from the IPO closing; no target business has been selected
General Catalyst Global Resilience Merger Corp., a blank check company, completed its initial public offering on May 1, 2026, selling 40,250,000 units at $10.00 each, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The $402.5 million in offering proceeds was placed in a trust account, which the company may use only for a business combination or to redeem public shares, and the filing states no target has been selected.
40,250,000 GRAIL securities sold at $10.00 each, including 5,250,000 from the over-allotment option, for gross proceeds of $402,500,000
Sponsor GCGR Sponsor LLC bought 905,000 private placement securities at $10.00 each, for $9,050,000
$402,500,000 placed in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as trustee
Company has 24 months from the IPO closing to complete a business combination, or 27 months if it has signed a letter of intent
Booking Holdings issued $750 million of 5.375% senior unsecured notes maturing May 7, 2036, under an underwriting agreement dated May 5, 2026. The filing adds long-term debt to the company's obligations, and the notes rank equally with its other senior unsecured debt.
Principal amount: $750 million; underwriters include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan
Interest of 5.375% paid semi-annually on May 7 and November 7, starting November 7, 2026
Redeemable before February 7, 2036 at the greater of par or a Treasury-based make-whole price, and at par afterward
Irenic Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company, closed the sale of 3,253,188 over-allotment units on May 1, 2026, raising $32,531,880 in gross proceeds. Those funds, plus a related private placement, brought the trust account to $252,531,880. The filing is an administrative update on the company's capital structure and includes a pro forma balance sheet as of May 1, 2026.
On May 1, 2026, underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option, buying 3,253,188 units at $10.00 each for $32,531,880.
Additional private placement units totaled 65,064 at $10.00 each ($650,640), with 32,532 units sold to the sponsor and 32,532 to Jefferies LLC and Odeon Capital Group LLC.
The trust account holds $252,531,880 in total after the deposit.
The sponsor forfeited 11,703 founder shares and holds 6,313,297 founder shares.
American Tower entered three amendments on May 7, 2026 to its $6.0 billion multicurrency revolver, $4.0 billion revolver and $1.0 billion term loan. The changes extend maturities, add up to $5.0 billion of borrowing for certain acquisitions, and adjust debt and lien covenants, with the filing giving no financial results or pricing changes.
Maturities extended to May 1, 2029 for the multicurrency facility and term loan, and May 1, 2031 for the $4.0 billion revolver
Multicurrency facility permits borrowing up to $5.0 billion for certain acquisitions subject to limited conditionality provisions
Swingline sublimits raised from $50.0 million to $100.0 million under the two revolving facilities
Automatic Data Processing agreed on May 4, 2026 to sell $1.0 billion of 5.000% senior notes due 2036 to a group of underwriters led by BNP Paribas, BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan. The notes were issued May 7, 2026 under an indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company as trustee. The filing is a debt financing that adds $1.0 billion of long-term borrowing and does not include earnings or guidance.
Principal amount: $1.0 billion of 5.000% senior notes due 2036
Underwriting agreement dated May 4, 2026; notes issued May 7, 2026
Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, under a Fifth Supplemental Indenture
Sale made under Form S-3 registration statement (File No. 333-281920) and prospectus supplement dated May 4, 2026
Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a subsidiary of Healthcare Realty Trust, issued $700 million of 3.00% exchangeable senior notes on May 7, 2026, including $100 million from the initial purchasers' full exercise of their option. The company fully and unconditionally guaranteed the notes, which are senior and unsecured, so the debt adds to the company's obligations for shareholders to consider.
Total principal of $700 million, including $100 million from the full exercise of the initial purchasers' option; notes mature January 15, 2032
Interest of 3.00% per year, paid semi-annually on January 15 and July 15, starting January 15, 2027
Initial exchange price of approximately $23.01 per share, equal to 43.4660 shares per $1,000 principal; the issuer may settle exchanges in cash or in cash and common stock
Company agreed to file a resale registration statement, with an effectiveness deadline of 180 days after the notes were first issued
On May 7, 2026, JPMorgan Chase issued 300,000 shares of its 6.100% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series PP, against depositary receipts for 3,000,000 depositary shares, under an April 30, 2026 underwriting agreement. The Series PP terms restrict common stock dividends, buybacks and certain other payments if preferred dividends are not declared for the most recent period, or if liquidation payments of $10,000 per share are not made to preferred holders.
300,000 Series PP preferred shares issued May 7, 2026; each depositary share represents one-tenth of a share
Each preferred share has a liquidation preference of $10,000 plus any declared and unpaid dividends
Common dividends, buybacks and payments on junior or parity preferred stock are restricted if Series PP dividends are not declared
Certificate of Designations filed with Delaware on May 6, 2026; underwriter is J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Entergy entered forward sale agreements with four banks covering 19,247,788 shares of common stock, with an initial forward sale price of $110.74 per share and settlement at the company's discretion on or before April 30, 2028. The shares were borrowed from third parties and sold to underwriters on May 7, 2026, and the company will issue new shares only if it chooses physical settlement, which would dilute earnings per share.
19,247,788 shares covered by forward sale agreements with Wells Fargo, Citibank, Barclays and The Bank of Nova Scotia
Initial forward sale price of $110.74 per share, adjusted daily for an interest rate factor
Settlement at Entergy's discretion on or before April 30, 2028; physical or net share settlement would dilute earnings per share
Underwriters also received an option on an additional 2,887,168 shares
Mountain Crest Acquisition 6 Corp., a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 6,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on May 1, 2026, raising $60,000,000 in gross proceeds, all of which was deposited in a trust account for public shareholders. The company has not selected a business combination target, and its auditor has raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
6,000,000 units sold at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $60,000,000, closed May 1, 2026
$60,000,000 deposited in trust account, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as trustee
Company has 12 months from the IPO closing to complete an initial business combination, or it will liquidate
Auditor WWC, P.C. cites substantial doubt about going concern; balance sheet shows $4,650 in cash and a $428,387 working capital deficit
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.