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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-046922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTES"
cik: "0001718512"
company_name: "Gates Industrial Corp plc"
filed_at: "2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:41:11.592314+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gates Industrial Q3 net sales $855.7M (+3% YoY); adj. EPS $0.39; raises FY guidance; $300M buyback

## Summary
- Net sales $855.7M (+3.0% YoY), core sales +1.7%. Net income $81.6M ($0.31 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.39.
- Adjusted EBITDA $195.8M (22.9% margin, +90 bps YoY). Net income margin 10.4% (+370 bps).
- Power Transmission sales $533.3M (+3.9%), Fluid Power $322.4M (+1.6%). Both segments expanded margins.
- Raising 2025 adjusted EPS guidance to $1.48–$1.52; new $300M share repurchase authorization through Dec 2026.
- Paid down $100M gross debt in Q3; balance sheet continues to improve.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-046922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTES
- cik: 0001718512
- company_name: Gates Industrial Corp plc
- filed_at: 2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000162828025046922/0001628280-25-046922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000162828025046922/gtes-20251029.htm

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