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Blackstone affiliates price secondary offering of 17.5M shares; Gates to repurchase $50M in shares
Gates Industrial Corp plc
- Underwritten secondary offering of 17,500,000 ordinary shares by Blackstone selling stockholders priced at market close on Feb 12, 2024.
- Underwriters' option to purchase up to 2,625,000 additional shares exercised in full on Feb 13, 2024.
- Gates will not receive proceeds but will repurchase $50M of its shares from underwriters at the offering price, totaling 4,151,100 shares.
- Certain directors agreed to purchase 1,061,475 ordinary shares in the offering.
- Offering expected to close on February 16, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.