GATES ANNOUNCES SECONDARY OFFERING OF 17,500,000 ORDINARY SHARES
Gates Industrial (NYSE: GTES) has announced a secondary offering of 17,500,000 ordinary shares, initiated by selling stockholders affiliated with Blackstone. The selling stockholders have also granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2,625,000 shares. Gates itself will not offer any shares nor receive any proceeds from the sale. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Jefferies are leading the offering. A registration statement has been filed with the SEC for the offering. Interested investors should refer to the prospectus available on the SEC's EDGAR website.
- No dilution of existing shares since Gates is not issuing new shares.
- Strong involvement of reputable financial institutions such as Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Jefferies, indicating confidence in the offering.
- Selling stockholders are offloading a significant number of shares, which could indicate a lack of confidence in future growth prospects.
- Gates will not receive any proceeds from the offering, hence no direct financial benefit to the company.
Gates is not offering any ordinary shares in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of ordinary shares in the Offering. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and Jefferies are serving as the joint lead book-running managers of, and as representatives of the underwriters for, the Offering.
The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the Offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the Offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue,
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Gates:
Gates is a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions. Gates offers a broad portfolio of products to diverse replacement channel customers, and to original equipment ("first-fit") manufacturers as specified components. Gates participates in many sectors of the industrial and consumer markets. Our products play essential roles in a diverse range of applications across a wide variety of end markets ranging from harsh and hazardous industries to everyday consumer applications including virtually every form of transportation. Our products are sold in over 130 countries across our four commercial regions: the
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