MILWAUKEE, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX) announced today that it closed the previously announced sale of its Industrial Motors and Generators business that comprises the substantial majority of its Industrial Systems segment to certain subsidiaries of WEG S.A. (B3: WEGE3 / OTC: WEGZY).

The Company closed the transaction for total consideration of US $400 million, approximately 17% of which is deferred and will be paid upon the completion of the China Business transfer.[1] The total consideration remains subject to taxes, transaction expenses, working capital adjustments and customary post-closing adjustments. The Company anticipates that aggregate net proceeds will approximate US $355 million.

As previously disclosed, the Company intends to use the aggregate net proceeds from the transaction to reduce its debt, which in combination with deploying the majority of its forecasted 2024 free cash flow to debt reduction, should enable the Company to repay most of its variable interest rate debt by the end of 2024.

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord's 30,000 associates around the world help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and small precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

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