Fifth Blackstone Affiliate Files to Sell 3.28M Bumble Shares Near 52-Week Low
BMBL is trading near its 52-week low of $2.49 (2.8% above the low).
Summary
Blackstone affiliate BX Buzz ML-5 Holdco L.P. filed to sell 3.28M Bumble shares (~$8.3M), the fifth and largest Form 144 from Blackstone entities today, extending the firm's ongoing exit near the stock's 52-week low.
Key Events · Ownership and Investor Activity · BMBL
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Fifth Blackstone Affiliate Files Form 144
BX Buzz ML-5 Holdco L.P. filed to sell 3,278,961 Bumble Class A shares with an approximate market value of $8,295,771.33.
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Largest Single Filing Today
This 3.28M-share filing exceeds the prior largest filing today (ML-2 at 2.5M shares / ~$6.3M), bringing total new selling intent across all five Blackstone affiliates to over 7.4 million shares (~$18.7M).
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Cumulative Selling Pressure
In the past three months, seven Blackstone-affiliated entities sold 3,767,776 shares for gross proceeds of $11,070,102.67, per the filing's Table II.
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Forward Sale Structure
The sale is executed via a forward sale transaction with UBS Securities LLC, with physical settlement and a plan adoption date of November 26, 2025.
Analysis · BMBL · Technology
BX Buzz ML-5 Holdco L.P. filed to sell 3,278,961 Bumble shares (~$8.3M), the largest single Form 144 from Blackstone's coordinated exit today. Combined with the four earlier filings, Blackstone affiliates have now signaled intent to sell over 7.4 million shares (~$18.7M) in a single day, all while the stock trades just above its 52-week low of $2.49. This is a continuation of the exit reported by Benzinga on September 11, 2026, and adds significant near-term selling pressure to a stock already down 60% from its 52-week high.
How filings like this one have moved
In the 30 days to Oct 15, 2026, 29.3% of the 1512 measured filings Wiseek scored 7 moved their stock by 5% or more by the next session's close. The median move was -0.49%. These are measured outcomes after filings of this importance, not a forecast for this one.
Measured one observation per ticker per day, after exclusions. Current figures: Filing Impact Tracker · open dataset
At the time of this filing, BMBL was trading at $2.56 on NASDAQ in the Technology sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $339.2M. The 52-week trading range was $2.49 to $6.34. This filing was assessed with negative market sentiment and an importance score of 7 out of 10.