Reports 3rd Quarter 2007 Earnings Results and Conference Call

Fort Smith, Arkansas - Baldor Electric Company (NYSE:BEZ) markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, power transmission products, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Baldor will report its 3rd quarter 2007 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

A conference call to discuss the results will be held on Friday, October 26, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET) and can be heard live on Baldor’s website at www.baldor.com.

Interested parties may also call in by dialing 888-397-5335. An audio replay of the call will be available through November 3 at 888-203-1112 (passcode 4020536).