Baldor Electric Company 4th Quarter and YTD 2007 Earnings Release and Conference Call

FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, power transmission products, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Baldor will report its 4th quarter and year-to-date 2007 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

A conference call to discuss the results will be held on Friday, February 1, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET) and can be heard live on Baldor’s website at http://www.baldor.com/.

Interested parties may call in by dialing 877-340-7912. An audio replay of the call will be available through February 8 at 888-203-1112 (passcode 3543233).

Baldor Electric Company

CONTACT: Tracy Long, Vice President Investor Relations of BaldorElectric Company, +1-479-648-5769, tlong@baldor.com

Web site: http://www.baldor.com/