8-K

GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC

/s/ Jamey S. Seely

Jamey S. Seely

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 22, 2019

Gates Industrial Corporation plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

England and Wales

001-38366

98-1395184

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1144 Fifteenth Street, Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(303) 744-1911

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value per share

GTES

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Indenture with respect to 6.25% Senior Notes due 2026

On November 22, 2019, Gates Global LLC (“Gates Global”) and Gates Corporation (the “Co-Issuer” and, together with Gates Global, the “Issuers”), both indirect subsidiaries of Gates Industrial Corporation plc (“Gates”), issued and sold $568.0 million aggregate principal amount of their 6.25% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which mature on January 15, 2026, pursuant to an indenture dated as of November 22, 2019, by and among the Issuers, the subsidiary guarantors named on the signature pages thereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Indenture”). The Notes were sold within the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes were issued at 100% of their par value. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.25% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears. The Issuers’ obligations under the Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of Gates Global’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facilities and certain other indebtedness (other than the Co-Issuer). The Notes are not obligations of, and are not guaranteed by, Gates.

Gates Global intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes, together with cash on hand, to redeem (the “Redemption”) all $568.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.00% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Redemption. The Redemption will occur on December 5, 2019.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control or upon the sale of certain assets in which the Issuers do not apply the proceeds as required, the holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Issuers to make an offer to repurchase each holder’s Notes at a price equal to 101% (in the case of a change of control) or 100% (in the case of an asset sale) of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes at any time prior to January 15, 2022 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, beginning on January 15, 2022, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 103.125% of the principal amount redeemed. The redemption price decreases to 101.563% and 100.000% of the principal amount redeemed on January 15, 2023 and January 15, 2024, respectively. In addition, at any time prior to January 15, 2022, the Issuers may redeem up to 40% of the Notes with an amount not to exceed the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The Notes contain covenants limiting, among other things, Gates Global’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares, pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions, make certain investments, sell or transfer certain assets, create liens, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of Gates Global’s assets, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. The Notes also contain customary events of default, the occurrence of which could result in the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes to become or be declared due and payable.

Each of the foregoing descriptions of each of the Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of such documents, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

4.1		Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2019, by and among Gates Global LLC, Gates Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors named on the signature pages thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

4.2		Form of 6.25% Senior Note due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.1).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 27, 2019