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.
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Matching filings
Showing 11 most recent| Filed | Filer | Company | Move | New % | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 5d ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 6.70% | regulator → |
| 2026-08-25 1w ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 6.92% | regulator → |
| 2026-08-20 1w ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 6.91% | regulator → |
| 2026-08-12 3w ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 6.83% | regulator → |
| 2026-08-07 3w ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 6.82% | regulator → |
| 2026-07-16 1mo ago | 🇩🇪adidas AG | adidas AG | disclosed | 3.04% | regulator → |
| 2026-05-21 3mo ago | 🇩🇪Amundi S.A. | adidas AG | disclosed | 3.28% | regulator → |
| 2026-05-18 3mo ago | 🇩🇪Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 3.02% | regulator → |
| 2026-03-30 5mo ago | 🇩🇪Elian Corporate Trustee (Cayman) Limited | adidas AG | disclosed | 4.20% | regulator → |
| 2026-03-30 5mo ago | 🇩🇪BlackRock, Inc. | adidas AG | disclosed | 7.54% | regulator → |
| 2026-03-30 5mo ago | 🇩🇪Sawiris, Nassef | adidas AG | disclosed | 4.20% | 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.