BELOIT, Wis., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE:RBC) announced today that it has commenced a public offering of 2,750,000 shares of common stock. Regal Beloit will grant the underwriters in the offering an option to purchase up to 412,500 additional shares to cover any over-allotments.

Regal Beloit expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and working capital purposes, including the potential funding of future acquisitions.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will act as underwriters for the offering. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 28th Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5391, or by calling 1-800-792-2473, and from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, or telephone: 1-800-221-1037, or email: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com. Electronic copies of the prospectus and the prospectus supplement are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

The shares are being offered pursuant to an effective registration statement. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell these securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Regal Beloit Corporation is a leading manufacturer of electric motors, mechanical and electrical motion controls and power generation products serving markets throughout the world. Regal Beloit is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Regal Beloit's common stock is a component of the S&P Mid Cap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index.

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