Dr Martens tumbled on Friday after an unnamed investor sold around 70m shares in the iconic boot maker in a placing.
Source: Sharecast
According to Bloomberg, the shares were placed at 57.85p each, which is discount of around 9.8% to the last closing share price.
The shares were placed via Goldman Sachs.
At 1130 BST, Dr Martens shares were down 15.8% at 53.95p.
(This story corrects an earlier story which stated that Dr Martens' largest shareholder, IngreGrsy, had sold the shares.)
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