Blackstone to buy manufacturer Gates for $5.4B

Published April 4, 2014 8:52pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Private equity firm The Blackstone Group will buy industrial products maker Gates Corp. for $5.4 billion, according to Gates’ owners.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and private equity firm Onex Corp. say the sale should close later this year. They say CPPIB will get $1.5 billion in net proceeds and Onex will get $550 million.

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