Latest Schedule 13D activist filings

Seng Jin Lee and Cre8 Investments Limited have filed a Schedule 13D, revealing a significant beneficial ownership of 32.72% of Cre8 Enterprise Ltd.'s Class A Ordinary Shares and 87.93% of total voting power.

A consortium including major shareholders proposes to acquire all outstanding shares of LakeShore Biopharma Co., Ltd for $0.86 per share in cash, aiming to take the company private.

A group led by Jianping Kong, including affiliated entities, increased its beneficial ownership in Nano Labs Ltd by purchasing 480,000 Class A Ordinary Shares.

Activist investor Stilwell Group announces intent to nominate two directors to IF Bancorp's board, pushing for a company sale to maximize shareholder value.

A significant shareholder of Amer Sports, Anamered Investments Inc., has sold over 4 million ordinary shares for approximately $160 million.

Anthony Hsieh, a significant shareholder of loanDepot, Inc., updated his beneficial ownership, reporting sales of over 2.6 million Class A Common Stock shares and an exchange of 4 million Class C units for Class A shares.

Vector Capital and its affiliates have reported a beneficial ownership of 8.26% of LivePerson, Inc.'s common stock.

M28 Capital Management LP and Marc Elia have filed an exit amendment to their Schedule 13D for Invivyd, Inc., indicating their beneficial ownership has fallen below 5% due to an increase in outstanding shares.

KKR-affiliated entities have reaffirmed their significant beneficial ownership in Crescent Energy Co. and committed to supporting its all-equity acquisition of Vital Energy, Inc.

Castle Creek Capital Partners VII, LP has reduced its beneficial ownership in CF Bankshares Inc. to 9.9% through recent open-market sales.

Advanced Flower Capital Inc.'s CEO, Leonard M. Tannenbaum, increased his beneficial ownership to 27.6% through recent open market purchases and restricted stock grants.

Cannae Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates have ceased beneficial ownership of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. common stock following a merger transaction.

Cannae Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates have ceased beneficial ownership of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. common stock following a merger transaction.

PXP Energy Corporation has increased its beneficial ownership in FEC Resources Inc. to 81.25% through a debt-for-equity conversion and previous rights offerings.

A group of reporting persons, including Blue Horizon Enterprise Ltd, has reduced its beneficial ownership in Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. to below the 5% threshold following a significant share sale.

Three Luxembourg entities, Docler Holding S.a r.l., Byborg Enterprises S.A., and The Million S.a. r.l., jointly reported beneficial ownership of 13.9% of Playboy, Inc.'s common stock.

Diamondback Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries significantly increased their beneficial ownership in Viper Energy, Inc. to 47.8% following the all-equity Sitio Acquisition.

Star Equity Fund and its affiliates have increased their beneficial ownership in Gyrodyne, LLC to 7.1% and nominated two individuals for the company's board of directors.

Redmile Group, LLC increased its beneficial ownership in Shattuck Labs, Inc. to 9.9% following a private placement, while its managing director, Mike Lee, resigned from the board.

Star Equity Fund and its affiliates have reported a 15.5% beneficial ownership stake in ENSERVCO Corporation, totaling 9,024,035 common shares.

Star Equity Fund and its affiliates, including Hudson Global and Jeffrey E. Eberwein, have filed an Amendment No. 13 to their Schedule 13D, reaffirming their beneficial ownership of 29.4% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. common stock.

Liberty Strategic Capital has entered into a voting agreement to support Flagstar Financial's corporate restructuring and merger with Flagstar Bank, N.A.

Encision Inc.'s Vice President of Finance, Brandon J Shepard, has increased his beneficial ownership in the company to 6.0% through a recent private placement and option exercises.

Encision Inc.'s CEO, Gregory J. Trudel, increased his beneficial ownership to 8.7% by purchasing 1,000,000 shares in a private placement for $100,000.

Encision Inc. Director Robert H. Fries increased his beneficial ownership to 8.2% by purchasing 750,000 shares in a private placement for $75,000.

Black Diamond Holdings, LLLP has replaced BDCM CT, L.L.C. as the primary investment adviser for its 23.1% beneficial ownership in Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.

Black Diamond Holdings, LLLP has replaced BDCM CT, L.L.C. as the primary investment adviser for a 17.6% stake in KVH Industries, Inc., with Stephen H. Deckoff continuing as a key beneficial owner.

Heritage Assets SCSp and affiliates updated their beneficial ownership in Arqit Quantum Inc. to 49.6% following warrant sales and the exercisability of new warrants.

Phillip Frost, M.D. and Frost Gamma Investments Trust increased their beneficial ownership in Fluent, Inc. to 28.3% through a $1 million purchase of pre-funded warrants and warrants.

David E. Lazar has been appointed CEO and a director of NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., following a $3.85 million investment and an agreement for an additional $2.15 million, significantly increasing his stake to 19.99%.