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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-051221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTES"
cik: "0001718512"
company_name: "Gates Industrial Corp plc"
filed_at: "2026-07-31T11:37:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-31T11:40:07.989433+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gates Industrial Q2 net sales $941.6M (+6.6% YoY), raises FY2026 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $941.6M (+6.6% YoY); core sales +4.9%. Net income $170.9M ($0.67 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.44.
- Adjusted EBITDA $211.4M (22.5% margin). Power Transmission sales $588.5M (+7.0%), Fluid Power $353.1M (+5.8%).
- Raised FY2026 guidance: core sales growth 2.5%-4.5% (prior 1%-4%), adj. EBITDA $800-$830M, adj. EPS $1.62-$1.70.
- CEO Ivo Jurek: record sales and EPS, improving order momentum globally; balance sheet strong.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-051221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTES
- cik: 0001718512
- company_name: Gates Industrial Corp plc
- filed_at: 2026-07-31T11:37:01+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/1718512/000162828026051221/0001628280-26-051221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000162828026051221/gtes-20260731.htm

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