Pain Qualified Prospect Feed — Validated with Live SEC Filing Data

A Data-Driven Outbound Workflow for Luminance

Using SEC 8-K acquisition filings to identify companies currently integrating thousands of inherited contracts — the exact moment AI contract review becomes urgent, not optional.

40–60
Qualified Targets / Month
193
Filings Verified in 6 Weeks
Prepared for Luminance — February 2026  |  Smartbound AI
Validated Workflow

The "Post-Acquisition Contract Avalanche"

Monitoring SEC EDGAR for companies that just closed acquisitions, then surfacing the General Counsel and VP Legal contacts at the exact moment they're inheriting thousands of contracts they've never seen before.

How It Works

1
Monitor SEC 8-K filings daily for Item 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition) and Item 1.01 (Entry into Material Definitive Agreement). Every completed M&A deal by a US public company appears here within 4 business days of closing.
2
Filter for deal relevance. Extract deal value, target company details, acquiring company size, industry, and jurisdiction count. Remove REITs, SPACs, shell companies, and micro deals below $10M.
3
Enrich with legal team contacts. Identify the General Counsel, VP Legal, Head of Legal Operations, and VP of M&A Integration at the acquiring company. Verify email addresses and LinkedIn profiles.
4
Score integration complexity. Cross-reference deal size, employee count inherited, number of jurisdictions, and target company type (asset purchase vs. stock purchase vs. merger) to rank urgency and outreach priority.
5
Deliver lead cards with outreach angles. Each lead includes the specific acquisition details, why contract integration creates urgency, a draft outreach message referencing the deal, and a direct link to the SEC filing as proof.
Primary Source
SEC EDGAR (8-K Filings)
Refresh Rate
Daily (real-time filings)
Monthly Volume
40–60 qualified targets
Enrichment
GC + VP Legal contacts
Validation Score: 24/25 — Passed Live Data Testing
Verified This Month

Sample Lead Cards

Real companies that completed acquisitions in January–February 2026. Each represents a live contract integration event verified against SEC filings.

Largest Deal
Amphenol Corp
Wallingford, CT  •  NYSE: APH
Mega Acquisition
Target
CommScope's Connectivity & Cable Solutions (CCS) business
Deal Value
$10.5 billion — Amphenol's largest acquisition ever
Closed
January 12, 2026
Scale
Adds 20,000 employees, global fiber and interconnect operations across multiple continents
Contract Impact
Thousands of inherited employee agreements, vendor contracts, customer MSAs, IP licenses, and multi-jurisdiction employment terms requiring immediate review and harmonization
$10.5B deal absorbing 20,000 employees — legal team is in full integration mode right now View on SEC →
Crane Company
Stamford, CT  •  NYSE: CR
Triple Acquisition
Targets
Three simultaneous acquisitions from Baker Hughes: Precision Sensors & Instrumentation ($1.06B), Druck/Panametrics/Reuter-Stokes, and optek-Danulat ($40M revenue)
Deal Value
$1.06B+ across three transactions
Closed
January 1, 2026 (all three on the same day)
Complexity
Three separate seller entities, three technology domains (sensors, optical, flow measurement), US and European operations. Plus a CEO transition announced simultaneously.
Contract Impact
Three sets of inherited contracts from three different sellers, cross-jurisdiction integration, renamed business segment reflecting new capabilities
Three acquisitions closing on the same day is a contract integration nightmare scenario View on SEC →
Heritage Financial Corp
Olympia, WA  •  NASDAQ: HFWA
Banking Merger
Target
Olympic Bancorp, Inc. (parent of Kitsap Bank) — merged into Heritage Bank
Deal Type
All-stock merger — 7,167,600 shares issued
Closed
January 31, 2026
Regulatory
Banking mergers governed by OCC, FDIC, and state banking regulators. Every customer account, loan agreement, and vendor relationship requires compliance review.
Contract Impact
Customer account agreements, commercial loan documents, branch lease agreements, employment contracts, and vendor/service provider agreements across the Pacific Northwest
Regulated banking merger — every customer agreement and vendor contract needs compliance review View Filing →
MicroVision Inc
Redmond, WA  •  NASDAQ: MVIS
Bankruptcy Asset Purchase
Target
Luminar Technologies lidar assets — acquired through Section 363 bankruptcy auction
Deal Value
$33 million cash
Closed
February 3, 2026
Assets
IP portfolio (Iris and Halo lidar sensors), inventory, key engineering talent, and commercial OEM contracts
Contract Impact
Assumption of executory contracts from bankruptcy estate, OEM agreement transfers, IP licensing terms, employment agreements for acquired talent
Bankruptcy asset purchases add unique contract complexity — executory contract assumption under Section 363 View Filing →
Acme United Corp
Shelton, CT  •  NYSE American: ACU
Asset Purchase
Target
My Medic / Rapid Medical — emergency and first aid kit manufacturer (DTC brand, 500K+ social followers)
Deal Value
$18.7M total ($14.6M at close + $4.1M holdback with earnout and indemnification provisions)
Closed
January 22, 2026
Target Scale
40 employees, $19M revenue in 2025, North Salt Lake, UT
Contract Impact
DTC platform agreements, vendor contracts, distribution agreements, holdback/earnout provision management, intellectual property assignments
Small-cap acquirer with limited legal resources — pain is acute relative to team size View Filing →
Additional Angles

Backup Workflows

Five additional data-driven outbound approaches that passed theoretical evaluation. Each targets a different pain signal and could be activated as a secondary feed.

Passed Theoretical Evaluation

GDPR Fine Fallout

Monitors European Data Protection Authority enforcement decisions to identify companies that just received GDPR fines. These companies face immediate pressure to remediate data processing agreements and vendor contracts across their entire third-party ecosystem.

Government Contract Compliance Crunch

Tracks new government contract awards on SAM.gov to identify companies winning their first major federal contract. First-time government contractors face an immediate compliance burden (FAR clauses, DFARS, cybersecurity requirements) that their legal teams aren't built for.

10-K Risk Factor Self-Identification

Searches SEC annual filings for companies that explicitly disclose contract complexity, regulatory compliance costs, or rising legal expenses as material business risks. These companies have self-identified the pain in a legal filing they can't walk back.

New General Counsel — 90-Day Mandate

Monitors SEC officer change filings and LinkedIn title changes to identify newly appointed General Counsels. New GCs have a documented 90-day evaluation window where they're most receptive to technology modernization.

Legal Team Hiring Surge

Identifies companies posting 3+ legal team job openings simultaneously, signaling a legal department overwhelmed by contract volume. High volume play that works best as a supporting signal layered on top of other triggers.

What You're Looking At

The lead cards in this report aren't a one-time research project. They're a sample of what a Pain-Qualified Prospect Feed looks like — monitoring SEC acquisition filings continuously and surfacing companies with post-deal contract integration pain the moment the signal fires.

What the Feed Looks Like

Every Week
10–15 new prospects per week, each with the acquisition details, why it creates urgency, a ready-to-use outreach angle, and verified General Counsel and VP Legal contacts.
Week 1 Onboarding
ICP & Pain Signal Map for your vertical, outreach templates for each deal type (mega-merger, asset purchase, bankruptcy acquisition), and a competitive landscape snapshot — all ready before the first feed ships.
Monthly Refinement
You tell us which prospects turned into meetings. We adjust deal-size thresholds, industry filtering, and complexity scoring so the feed gets sharper every month.
The Guarantee
40 pain-qualified prospects with verified contact info every 30 days — or you don't pay for that month.

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