As
filed with the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5,
2010
Registration
No. 333-__________
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-4
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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REGAL-BELOIT
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Wisconsin
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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3621
(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
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39-0875718
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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200
State Street
Beloit,
Wisconsin 53511-6254
(608)
364-8800
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Paul
J. Jones, Esq.
Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
Regal-Beloit
Corporation
200
State Street
Beloit,
Wisconsin 53511-6254
(608)
364-8800
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
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with
a copy to:
Benjamin
F. Garmer, III, Esq.
Jay
O. Rothman, Esq.
Foley
& Lardner LLP
777
East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53202-5306
(414)
271-2400
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Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale of the securities to the public: From time to
time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the
securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with
the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General
Instruction G, check the following box. ¨
If this Form
is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form
is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ¨
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer x
Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated
filer ¨ Smaller
reporting company ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
If
applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision
relied upon in conducting this transaction:
Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i)
(Cross-Border Issuer Tender
Offer) ¨
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d)
(Cross-Border Third-Party Tender
Offer) ¨
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
TITLE
OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES
TO
BE REGISTERED
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AMOUNT
TO BE REGISTERED
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE
PER
SHARE (1)
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE(1)
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AMOUNT
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $.01 par
value
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1,500,000
shares
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$56.73
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$85,095,000
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$6,068
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(1)
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Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 based upon the average of the
high and low prices for Regal Beloit Corporation Common Stock as reported
on The New York Stock Exchange on February 26,
2010.
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The
Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities
and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where
this offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 5, 2010
Prospectus
REGAL
BELOIT CORPORATION
1,500,000
Shares of Common Stock
By this
prospectus, we may offer up to 1,500,000 shares of our common stock from time to
time in connection with acquisitions of businesses, assets or securities of
other companies whether by purchase, merger or any other form of acquisition or
business combination.
The
amount and type of consideration we will offer and the other specific terms of
each acquisition will be determined by negotiations with the owners or the
persons who control the businesses, assets or securities we may
acquire. We may structure business acquisitions in a variety of ways,
including acquiring stock, other equity interests or assets of the acquired
business, merging the acquired business with us or one of our subsidiaries or
acquiring the acquired business through one of our subsidiaries. We
expect that the price of the shares we issue will be related to their market
price, either when we tentatively or finally agree to the particular terms of
the acquisition, when we issue the shares, when the acquisition is completed or
during some other negotiated period, and may be based on average market prices
or otherwise. We may issue shares at fixed offering prices, which may
be changed, or at other negotiated prices. We may be required to
provide further information by means of a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement or a supplement to this prospectus once we know the
actual information concerning a specific acquisition.
We will
pay all expenses of this offering. We do not expect to pay any
underwriting discounts or commissions in connection with issuing these shares,
although we may pay finder’s fees in connection with certain
acquisitions. Any person receiving a finder’s fee may be deemed an
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
We may
also permit individuals or entities who have received or will receive shares of
our common stock in connection with the acquisitions described above to use this
prospectus to cover resales of those shares. See “Resales of Shares”
for information relating to resales of our common stock pursuant to this
prospectus.
Our
common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
“RBC.” We will apply to list the shares offered by this prospectus on
the New York Stock Exchange. On March 4, 2010, the closing sale price
of our common stock was $56.89 per share.
Investment
in our securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” in our most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in any applicable prospectus supplement
and/or other offering material for a discussion of certain factors which should
be considered in an investment of the securities which may be offered
hereby.
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Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
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The date
of this prospectus is _____________, 2010.
Table of
Contents
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Page
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About
This Prospectus
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Cautionary
Statement
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Regal
Beloit Corporation
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Use
of Proceeds
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4
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Description
of Capital Stock
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Plan
of Distribution
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5
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Resales
of Shares
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6
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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8
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Legal
Matters
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9
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Experts
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
Unless
the context otherwise requires, in this prospectus, “Regal Beloit,” “company,”
“we,” “us,” “our” and “ours” refer to Regal Beloit Corporation and its
subsidiaries.
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under
this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell up to 1,500,000 shares of
our common stock in connection with the acquisition of various businesses in one
or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general
description of our common stock that we may offer. When we offer
common stock under this prospectus, we may provide a prospectus supplement that
will contain specific information about the terms of that
offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change
information contained in this prospectus. You should read this
prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement together with additional
information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More
Information.”
You
should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement. We have not
authorized any other person to provide you with different
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent
information, you should not rely on it. We are not making offers to
sell or solicitations to buy common stock in any jurisdiction in which an offer
or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making that offer or
solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to
make an offer or solicitation. You should not assume that the
information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, as well as the
information we previously filed with the SEC that we incorporate by reference in
this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, is accurate as of any date other
than its respective date. Our business, financial condition, results
of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
This
prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about us
that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus. We will
provide you without charge upon your request, a copy of any documents that we
incorporate by reference, other than exhibits to those documents that are not
specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You may
request a copy of a document by writing to our Secretary, Regal Beloit
Corporation, 200 State Street, Beloit, Wisconsin 53511-6254, or by calling our
Secretary at (608) 364-8800. To ensure timely delivery, you must
request the information no later than five business days before you make your
investment decision.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT
This
prospectus, any supplement to this prospectus and any other offering material,
and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement and any other offering material, may contain
“forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our
management’s judgment regarding future events. In many cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,”
“will,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” or
“continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar
words. Actual results and events could differ materially and
adversely from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number
of factors, including:
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economic
changes in global markets where we do business, such as reduced demand for
the products we sell, weakness in the housing and commercial real estate
markets, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates,
recession, foreign government policies and other external factors that we
cannot control;
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unanticipated
fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material
costs;
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cyclical
downturns affecting the global market for capital
goods;
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unexpected
issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and
businesses;
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marketplace
acceptance of new and existing products including the loss of, or a
decline in business from, any significant
customers;
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the
impact of capital market transactions that we may
effect;
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the
availability and effectiveness of our information technology
systems;
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unanticipated
costs associated with litigation
matters;
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actions
taken by our competitors, including new product introductions or
technological advances, and other events affecting our industry and
competitors;
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difficulties
in staffing and managing foreign
operations;
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other
domestic and international economic and political factors unrelated to our
performance, such as the current substantial weakness in economic and
business conditions and the stock markets as a whole;
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other
risks and uncertainties described from time to time in our reports filed
with the SEC which are incorporated herein by
reference.
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All
subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to
persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
applicable cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements
included in this prospectus, any supplement to this prospectus and any other
offering material are made only as of their respective dates, and we undertake
no obligation to update these statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances. See also Item 1A - Risk Factors in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2010.
REGAL
BELOIT CORPORATION
We are
one of the largest global manufacturers of commercial, industrial, and HVAC
electric motors, electric generators and controls, and mechanical motion control
products. Many of our products hold leading product positions in a
variety of essential commercial, industrial and residential applications, and we
believe we have one of the most comprehensive product lines in the markets we
serve. We sell our products to a diverse global customer base using
more than 20 recognized brand names through a multi-channel distribution model
to leading original equipment manufacturers, distributors and end users across
many markets.
We are a
Wisconsin corporation and our principal executive offices are located at 200
State Street, Beloit, Wisconsin 53511. Our telephone number is (608)
364-8800.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
This
prospectus relates to common stock that we may offer from time to time in
connection with the acquisition of various assets, businesses or securities. We
will not receive any proceeds from these offerings other than the assets,
businesses or securities acquired. When a selling shareholder uses this
prospectus in a public reoffering or resale of shares of common stock acquired
pursuant to this prospectus, we will not receive any proceeds from any such sale
by a selling shareholder.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
The
following description is a summary of elements of our capital stock and is
subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the more complete
descriptions set forth in our articles of incorporation and our bylaws, which
are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Common
Stock
We are
authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par
value. Our common stock is entitled to such dividends as may be
declared from time to time by our board of directors in accordance with
applicable law. Our ability to pay dividends is dependent upon a
number of factors, including our future earnings, capital requirements, general
financial condition, general business conditions and other factors.
Only the
holders of our common stock will be entitled to vote for the election of members
to our board of directors and on all other matters. Holders of our
common stock are entitled to one vote per share of common stock held by them on
all matters properly submitted to a vote of shareholders, subject to Section
180.1150 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. See “— Statutory
Provisions.” Shareholders have no cumulative voting rights, which
means that the holders of shares entitled to exercise more than 50% of the
voting power are able to elect all of the directors to be
elected. The affirmative vote of the majority of the shares of our
common stock represented and voted is required for the election of
directors. Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with
staggered terms of three years each.
All
shares of common stock are entitled to participate equally in distributions in
liquidation. Holders of common stock have no preemptive rights to
subscribe for or purchase our shares. There are no conversion rights,
sinking fund or redemption provisions applicable to our common
stock. We do not have the authority to issue any shares of preferred
stock.
The
transfer agent for our common stock is Computershare Investor Services (250
Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021; telephone number (781) 575-2879).
Certain
Anti-Takeover Provisions
Under our
articles of incorporation, our board of directors is divided into three classes
of directors serving staggered terms of three years each. Each class
is to be as nearly equal in number as possible, with one class being elected
each year. Our articles of incorporation also provide
that:
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directors
may be removed from office only for cause and only with the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at an election of
directors;
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any
vacancy on the board of directors or any newly created directorship may be
filled by the remaining directors then in office, though less than a
quorum; and
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our
shareholders have no cumulative voting rights, which means that the
holders of shares of our common stock entitled to exercise more than 50%
of the voting power are able to elect all of the directors to be
elected.
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Statutory
Provisions
Section
180.1150 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law provides that the voting
power of shares of public Wisconsin corporations such as us held by any person
or persons acting as a group in excess of 20% of our voting power is limited to
10% of the full voting power of those shares, unless full voting power of those
shares has been restored pursuant to a vote of shareholders. Sections 180.1140
to 180.1144 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law contain some limitations
and special voting provisions applicable to specified business combinations
involving Wisconsin corporations such as us and a significant shareholder,
unless the board of directors of the corporation approves the business
combination or the shareholder’s acquisition of shares before these shares are
acquired. Similarly, Sections 180.1130 to 180.1133 of the Wisconsin Business
Corporation Law contain special voting provisions applicable to some business
combinations involving public Wisconsin corporations, unless specified minimum
price and procedural requirements are met. Following commencement of a takeover
offer, Section 180.1134 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law imposes
special voting requirements on share repurchases effected at a premium to the
market and on asset sales by the corporation, unless, as it relates to the
potential sale of assets, the corporation has at least three independent
directors and a majority of the independent directors vote not to have the
provision apply to the corporation.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
This
prospectus covers shares of common stock that we may issue from time to time in
connection with acquisitions of businesses, assets or securities of other
companies. In addition to the shares of common stock offered by this
prospectus, we may offer other consideration, including stock options, cash,
notes or other evidences of debt, assumption of liabilities or a combination of
these types of consideration. In addition, we may lease property from, and enter
into management agreements and consulting and noncompetition agreements with,
the former owners and key executive personnel of the businesses to be
acquired.
We expect
the terms of acquisitions involving the issuance of the shares of common stock
covered by this prospectus to be determined by direct negotiations between our
representatives and the owners or controlling persons of the businesses, assets
or securities to be acquired. Factors taken into account in
acquisitions may include, among other factors, the quality and reputation of the
business to be acquired and its management, the strategic market position of the
business to be acquired, its proprietary assets, earning power, cash flow and
growth potential, and the market value of its common stock when
pertinent. The value of our shares of common stock issued in any such
acquisition will be offered at prices based upon or reasonably related to the
current market value of the common stock. The value will be
determined either when the terms of the acquisition are tentatively or finally
agreed to, when the acquisition is completed, when we issue the shares or during
some other negotiated period. We do not expect to pay underwriting
discounts or commissions, although we may pay finders’ fees from time to time in
connection with certain acquisitions. Any person receiving finders’
fees may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and any profit on the resale of
securities purchased by them may be considered underwriting commissions or
discounts under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In an
effort to maintain an orderly market in our securities or for other reasons, we
may negotiate agreements with persons receiving common stock covered by this
prospectus that will limit the number of shares that they may sell at specified
intervals. These agreements may be more or less restrictive than
restrictions on sales made under the exemption from registration requirements of
the Securities Act, including the requirements under Rule 144 or Rule 145(d),
and the persons party to these agreements may not otherwise be subject to the
Securities Act requirements. We anticipate that, in general,
negotiated agreements will be of limited duration and will permit the recipients
of securities issued in connection with acquisitions to sell up to a specified
number of shares per week or business day or days. We may also determine to
waive any such agreements without public notice.
In
general, the persons to whom we issue common stock under this prospectus will be
able to resell our common stock in the public market without further
registration and without being required to deliver a
prospectus. However, certain persons who receive our common stock may
want to resell those shares in distributions that would require the delivery of
a prospectus. With our consent, this prospectus may be used by
selling shareholders who may wish to sell shares of common stock. As
used in this prospectus, “selling shareholders” may include donees and pledgees
selling securities received from a named selling shareholder. We may
limit our consent to a specified time period and subject our consent to certain
limitations and conditions, which may vary by agreement.
We will
receive none of the proceeds from any sales by selling
shareholders. Any commissions paid or concessions allowed to any
broker-dealer, and, if any broker-dealer purchases such shares as principal, any
profits received on the resale of such shares, may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We will pay
printing, certain legal, filing and other similar expenses of this offering.
Selling shareholders will bear all other expenses of this offering, including
any brokerage fees, underwriting discounts or commissions and their own legal
expenses.
Selling
shareholders may sell the shares of common stock offered by this
prospectus:
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through
the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange or quotation
service that lists or quotes our common stock for
trading;
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in
the over-the-counter market;
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in
privately negotiated transactions;
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by
or through brokers or dealers, in ordinary brokerage transactions or
transactions in which the broker solicits
purchases;
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in
transactions in which a broker or dealer will attempt to sell shares as an
agent but may position and resell a portion of the shares as
principal;
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in
transactions in which a broker or dealer purchases as principal for resale
for its own account;
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through
underwriters or agents; or
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in
any combination of these methods.
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Selling
shareholders may sell their shares at market prices prevailing at the time of
sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, at negotiated prices
or at fixed prices. The transactions above may include block
transactions.
Resales
by selling shareholders may be made directly to investors or through securities
firms acting as underwriters, brokers or dealers. When resales are to
be made through a securities firm, the securities firm may be engaged to act as
the selling shareholders’ agent in the resale of the shares by the selling
shareholders, or the securities firm may purchase securities from the selling
shareholders as principal and thereafter resell the securities from time to
time. The fees earned by or paid to the securities firm may be the
normal stock exchange commission or negotiated commissions or underwriting
discounts to the extent permissible. The securities firm may resell the
securities through other securities dealers, and commissions or concessions to
those other dealers may be allowed. We and the selling shareholders may
indemnify any securities firm participating in such transactions against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to reimburse
them for any expenses in connection with an offering or sale of
securities. We may also agree to indemnify the selling shareholders
against any such liabilities or reimburse them for expenses. Profits,
commissions and discounts on sales by persons who may be deemed to be
underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act may be deemed underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act.
Selling
shareholders may also offer shares of common stock covered by this prospectus by
means of prospectuses under other registration statements or pursuant to
exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including
sales that meet the requirements of Rule 144 or Rule 145(d) under the Securities
Act. Selling shareholders should seek the advice of their own counsel
about the legal requirements for such sales.
This
prospectus will be amended or supplemented, if required by the Securities Act
and the rules of the SEC, to disclose the name of the selling shareholder, the
participating securities firm, if any, the number of shares of common stock
involved and other information concerning the resale, including the terms of any
distribution, including the names of any underwriters, brokers, dealers or
agents and any discounts, commissions, concessions or other items constituting
compensation. We may agree to keep the registration statement
relating to the offering and sale by the selling shareholders of our securities
continuously effective until a fixed date or the date on which the shares may be
resold without registration under the Securities Act.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC. We also filed a registration statement on Form S-4,
including exhibits, under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the common
stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the
registration statement, but does not contain all of the information included in
the registration statement or the exhibits. You may read and copy the
registration statement and any other document that we file at the SEC’s public
reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. You can
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the
public reference room. You can also find our public filings with the
SEC on the internet at a web site maintained by the SEC located at
http://www.sec.gov.
We are
“incorporating by reference” specified documents that we file with the SEC,
which means:
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incorporated
documents are considered part of this
prospectus;
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we
are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those
documents; and
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information
we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information
contained in this prospectus.
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We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we
make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this prospectus and before the end of the
offering of the securities pursuant to this prospectus:
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our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 2010;
and
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the
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A, filed February 12, 2010, and any amendment or report updating
that description.
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Information
in this prospectus supersedes related information in the documents listed above,
and information in subsequently filed documents supersedes related information
in both this prospectus and the incorporated documents.
We will
promptly provide, without charge to you, upon written or oral request, a copy of
any or all of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other
than exhibits to those documents, unless the exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference in those documents. Requests should be
directed to:
Secretary
Regal
Beloit Corporation
200 State
Street
Beloit,
WI 53511
(608)
364-8800
You can
also find these filings on our website at www.regal-beloit.com. We
are not incorporating the information on our website other than these filings
into this prospectus.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The
validity of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed
upon for us by Foley & Lardner LLP.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements and the related consolidated financial
statement schedule, incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Regal Beloit
Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and the effectiveness of Regal Beloit
Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting, have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference, (which report
expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating
to the adoption of new accounting guidance in 2009 regarding the accounting for
convertible debt instruments and noncontrolling interests). Such
consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule
have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon
their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
20. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Article
IX of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws requires that the Company shall,
to the fullest extent permitted or required by Sections 180.0850 to 180.0859,
inclusive, of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, including any amendments
thereto (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such
amendment permits or requires the corporation to provide broader indemnification
rights than prior to such amendment), indemnify its Directors and Officers
against any and all liabilities, and pay or reimburse any and all properly
documented reasonable expenses, incurred thereby in any proceedings to which any
such Director or Officer is a party because he or she is or was a Director or
Officer of the Company. The Company shall also indemnify an employee
who is not a Director or Officer, to the extent that the employee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a proceeding, for all
expenses incurred in the proceeding if the employee was a party because he or
she is or was an employee of the Company. The rights to
indemnification granted under the Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to indemnification against liabilities or the allowance of expenses
which a Director, Officer or employee (or such other person) may be entitled
under any written agreement, Board resolution, vote of shareholders of the
Company, the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or otherwise. The
Company may, but shall not be required to, supplement the foregoing rights to
indemnification against liabilities and allowance of expenses under this
paragraph by the purchase of insurance on behalf of any one or more of such
Directors, Officers or employees, whether or not the Company would be required
or permitted to indemnify or allow expenses to such Director, Officer or
employee. All capitalized terms used in this paragraph and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 180.0850 of
the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.
The
Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its Directors and Officers as
permitted by Wisconsin law, which may extend to, among other things, liability
arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The
general effect of the foregoing provisions may be to reduce the circumstances in
which an officer or director may be required to bear the economic burden of the
foregoing liabilities and expense.
Item
21. Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules.
The
exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by
reference as part of this Registration Statement.
Item
22. Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of
Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4) That, for
the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a
registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.
(5) That, for
the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary
offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned
registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free
writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(c) To
respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the
prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form S-4,
within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated
documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes
information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the
registration statement through the date of responding to the
request.
(d) To supply
by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction,
and the company being acquired or involved therein, that was not the subject of
and included in the registration statement when it became
effective.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beloit, State of
Wisconsin, on this 5th day
of March, 2010.
REGAL
BELOIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Henry W.
Knueppel
Henry W.
Knueppel
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints David A. Barta and Paul J. Jones, and each of them individually, his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Signature
/s/Henry W.
Knueppel
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Title
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Date
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Henry W.
Knueppel
/s/Mark J.
Gliebe
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Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
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March
5, 2010
|
Mark J.
Gliebe
/s/David A.
Barta
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President,
Chief Operating Officer and Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
David A.
Barta
/s/Christopher L.
Doerr
|
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
|
March
5, 2010
|
Christopher L.
Doerr
/s/Thomas J.
Fischer
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
Thomas J.
Fischer
/s/Dean A.
Foate
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
Dean A.
Foate
/s/ G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.
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Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
G. Frederick Kasten,
Jr.
/s/Rakesh
Sachdev
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
Rakesh
Sachdev
/s/Carol N.
Skornicka
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
Carol N.
Skornicka
/s/Curtis W.
Stoelting
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
|
Curtis W.
Stoelting
|
Director
|
March
5, 2010
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Number
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Document Description
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(4.1)
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Regal-Beloit Corporation, as amended through April 20,
2007. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Regal-Beloit
Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 2007 (File No.
001-07283)]
|
(4.2)
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Regal-Beloit Corporation. [Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Regal-Beloit Corporation’s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated April 20, 2007 (File No. 001-07283)]
|
(4.3)
|
Indenture,
dated April 5, 2004, between Regal-Beloit Corporation and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.3 to Regal-Beloit Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
on June 21, 2004 (Reg. No. 333-116706)]
|
(4.4)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture, dated December 9, 2004, between Regal-Beloit
Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. [Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4 to Regal-Beloit Corporation’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2004 (File No.
001-07283)]
|
(5)
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Opinion
of Foley & Lardner LLP (including consent of
counsel).
|
(23.1)
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Consent
of Foley & Lardner LLP (filed as part of Exhibit
(5)).
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(23.2)
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Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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(24)
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Powers
of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration
Statement).
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