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 1st quarter 2007 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, May 3, 2007.

A conference call to discuss the results will be held on Friday, May 4, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) and can be heard live on Baldor's website at http://www.baldor.com .