---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001718512-25-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTES"
cik: "0001718512"
company_name: "Gates Industrial Corp plc"
filed_at: "2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T01:57:14.752516+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gates Industrial appoints Joseph S. Cantie as independent director effective March 30, 2025

## Summary
- Appointment effective March 30, 2025; Cantie to stand for election at 2025 Annual General Meeting.
- Board determined Cantie qualifies as independent under NYSE standards; no committee assignment at this time.
- Standard director compensation: $245,000/year ($100K cash retainer + $145K in RSUs) plus expense reimbursement.
- RSUs vest in full on first anniversary of grant date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001718512-25-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTES
- cik: 0001718512
- company_name: Gates Industrial Corp plc
- filed_at: 2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851225000019/0001718512-25-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851225000019/gtes-20250327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-25-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-25-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-25-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph S. Cantie was appointed as director at Gates Industrial Corp plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 27, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gates Industrial Corporation plc (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Joseph S. Cantie as a director of the Company, effective March 30, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851225000019/0001718512-25-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.