{"url_path":"/sec/gtes/8-k/2026-07-16/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/0001628280-26-048464-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-048464","cik":"0001718512","ticker":"GTES","issuer_name":"Gates Industrial Corp Ltd.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/0001628280-26-048464-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001718512","primary_entity_name":"Gates Industrial Corp plc"},"word_count":284,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01    Other Events.\n\nOn July 16, 2026, Gates Industrial Corporation plc (“Old Gates” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Gates Group”) and Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (“New Gates”), received approval from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales of a statutory scheme of arrangement under English law (the “Scheme”), previously approved by Old Gates shareholders on June 25, 2026. Pursuant to the Scheme, as previously disclosed, New Gates will become the parent holding company of the Gates Group (the “Redomiciliation”). The Scheme is expected to become effective, and the Redomiciliation is expected to be consummated, on July 20, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).\n\nOn the Effective Date, each ordinary share, of $0.01 nominal value per share, of Old Gates (collectively, the “Old Gates Shares”) will be cancelled and Old Gates shareholders as of the record time of the Scheme (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 17, 2026) will receive the equivalent number of common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of New Gates (collectively, the “New Gates Shares”).\n\nSubject to completion of the Scheme, it is expected that the last day of trading of Old Gates Shares on the New York Stock Exchange will be Friday, July 17, 2026, and the New Gates Shares are expected to begin trading under the same ticker symbol (“GTES”) on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, July 20, 2026.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\nGATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC\n\nBy:/s/ L. Brooks Mallard\n\nName:L. Brooks Mallard\n\nTitle:Chief Financial Officer\n\nDate: July 16, 2026"}