The whale feed
Who just crossed 5%?
When anyone — family offices, activist funds, sovereign wealth, famous CEOs buying into other companies — crosses a 3–5% voting- rights threshold in an EU or UK listed company, they must disclose it within 2–4 trading days. A different signal from Article 19 PDMR filings — conviction across the table, not inside one.
Matching filings
Showing 7 most recent| Filed | Filer | Company | Move | New % | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 3w ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | HUGO BOSS AG | disclosed | 13.05% | regulator → |
| 2026-04-22 4w ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | HUGO BOSS AG | disclosed | 13.17% | regulator → |
| 2026-04-22 4w ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | K+S Aktiengesellschaft | disclosed | 5.37% | regulator → |
| 2026-04-17 1mo ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | HUGO BOSS AG | disclosed | 11.83% | regulator → |
| 2026-04-16 1mo ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | K+S Aktiengesellschaft | disclosed | 5.09% | regulator → |
| 2026-04-10 1mo ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | Salzgitter Aktiengesellschaft | disclosed | 6.70% | regulator → |
| 2026-03-24 1mo ago | 🇩🇪SIH Partners LLLP | HUGO BOSS AG | disclosed | 11.47% | regulator → |
Why this signal matters
A CEO buying €1m of their own stock is confidence. A family office quietly accumulating 5% of a small listed industrial is conviction across the table — and often a leading indicator of an activist campaign, a take-private bid, a sovereign wealth allocation, or a cornerstone investment. Academic literature (Brav, Jiang, Kim 2010 on activism; Bebchuk et al 2013) consistently finds substantial outperformance in the months following 13D / equivalent filings in the US. Europe's Transparency Directive is the European equivalent.