Nike (NKE) director sells 49% LP stake tied to 2.3M Class B shares
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
NIKE, Inc. director Travis A. Knight reported an internal restructuring of his indirect holdings of NIKE Class B Common Stock. A partnership called Three Strings Investors, L.P., which holds NIKE shares, sold a 49% limited partnership interest to The Travis A. Knight 2012 Irrevocable Children's Trust for $288,317,000. That 49% interest is attributable to 2,300,480 shares of Class B Common Stock, valued using the average of the high and low share prices on the transaction date. Knight assigned his remaining partnership interest to his revocable trust, and following these changes he holds NIKE shares directly and indirectly through both the partnership and a GRAT rather than through direct market trades.
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Insights
Knight restructured a large indirect NIKE stake via trusts, not market trading.
The filing shows Travis A. Knight changing how he owns NIKE shares rather than buying or selling them in the market. A 49% limited partnership interest in Three Strings Investors, L.P., tied to 2,300,480 Class B shares, was sold to an irrevocable children's trust for $288,317,000.
The remaining partnership interest moved to Knight's revocable trust, and he disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by Three Strings except for his pecuniary interest. Total reported positions include 33,940 shares held directly, 4,694,859 indirectly by partnership, and 4,805,141 indirectly by GRAT. Overall, this looks like estate and ownership structuring with neutral implications for NIKE.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Class B Common Stock | 2,300,480 | $0.00 | -- |
| Other | Class B Common Stock | 2,300,480 | $0.00 | -- |
| holding | Class B Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class B Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Footnotes (1)
- 2,300,480 is the number of shares of Class B Common Stock attributable to a 49% limited partnership interest in Three Strings Investors, L.P. ("Three Strings") as of April 2, 2026, the date of the transaction described in footnotes (2) and (3) below in which the reporting person sold a 49% limited partnership interest in Three Strings. These shares are owned by Three Strings, for which the reporting person has the right to remove and replace the sole general partner. Prior to April 2, 2026 (the "Transaction Date"), the reporting person owned, directly or indirectly, 100% of the economic interests in Three Strings. On the Transaction Date, the reporting person sold a 49% limited partnership interest in Three Strings to The Travis A. Knight 2012 Irrevocable Children's Trust u/a/d 12/13/2012 (the "Children's Trust"), a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's children and for which the reporting person is the sole trustee. The purchase price for this 49% limited partnership interest in Three Strings was $288,317,000 (cont. in footnote (3)). Due to a 1000 character limit, footnote (3) is a continuation of footnote (2): The shares represent a minority of the value of all assets held by Three Strings as of the Transaction Date, and in determining the purchase price for the limited partnership interest, the average of the high and low prices of the Class B Common Stock of the issuer on the Transaction Date was used to value the shares of Class B Common Stock attributable to the 49% limited partnership interest. Also on the Transaction Date, the reporting person assigned his remaining interest in Three Strings to The Travis A. Knight Revocable Trust u/a/d 12/13/2013, a revocable trust for which the reporting person is the grantor, trustee, and beneficiary. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the issuer's common stock held by Three Strings except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.