** Shares of gas compression firm Kodiak Gas Services
KGS.N fall 1.5% to $42.90 premarket
** KGS announces secondary stock offering wherein Swedish
private equity firm EQT AB EQTAB.ST will sell 5.5 mln shares
** Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are underwriters for the
offering
** EQT last month also offloaded ~5.7 mln KGS shares in an
upsized secondary offering at $34.50
** KGS has 87.6 mln outstanding shares and $3.81 bln market
capitalization - LSEG data
** EQT is KGS' top shareholder with roughly 50% stake
** As of last close, KGS shares have more than doubled YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))