** Gates Industrial's GTES.N shares down 2.7% at $16.55 in
extended trading as secondary offering launches
** Industrial machinery firm announces Blackstone BX.N to
sell 17.5 mln shares
** Citigroup, Goldman and Jefferies are jt lead bookrunners
** Gates has ~261.4 mln shares outstanding, per LSEG
** GTES shares on Weds closed up 1.3% at $17, up ~27% YTD
** Stock's 1-year high is $17.99 (Apr 30) and 52-week low is
$10.68 (Oct 23)
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))