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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Registration No.
333-________ </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008 </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>FORM S-8</B> <BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT <BR>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>REGAL-BELOIT
CORPORATION </B><BR>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)  </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=60% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>Wisconsin</B></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>39-0875718</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>200 State Street</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>Beloit, Wisconsin</B></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>53511</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>REGAL BELOIT
CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</B> <BR>(Full title of the plan)  </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Paul J. Jones <BR>Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary <BR>Regal Beloit Corporation <BR>200 State Street
<BR>Beloit, Wisconsin 53511 <BR>(608) 364-8800</B> <BR>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)  </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Large accelerated filer <img src="ballotx.jpg"></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Accelerated filer <img src="ballot.jpg"></FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></H1>







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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Title of<BR>
Securities to be<BR>
Registered</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amount<BR>
to be<BR>
Registered</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Proposed<BR>
Maximum Offering<BR>
Price Per Share</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Proposed<BR>
Maximum Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amount<BR>
of<BR>
Registration Fee</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>175,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$31.01 (1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$5,426,750.00 (1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$213.27</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$0.01 par value</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>Common Share </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>175,000 rights</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1) </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for           the purpose
of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high           and low
prices for Regal Beloit Corporation Common Stock on the New York Stock           Exchange
on November 7, 2008. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(2) </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the
          market price of the Common Stock to which the Rights are attached. </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
herein. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I  </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part
of this Registration Statement on Form S-8. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II  </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Incorporation of Documents
by Reference</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed with the Commission by Regal Beloit Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;) or by the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) are hereby incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
          29, 2007.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
          2007.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended           March&nbsp;29,
2008, June&nbsp;28, 2008 and September 27, 2008.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;16, 2008.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in Item 1 of the
          Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 18, 2005 and
any           amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>6. </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Share Purchase Rights contained in
          Item 1 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
          January&nbsp;18, 2005 and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
          updating such description.  </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement
and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description of Securities</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification
of Directors and Officers</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
IX of the Company&#146;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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exemption from
Registration Claimed</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exhibits</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan, and any amendment
thereto, to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and has made or will make all
changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to continue the qualification of
the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Undertakings</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
          post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
          1933;  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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) of Securities Act if, in the
aggregate, the           changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in
the maximum           aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration           Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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;  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>provided, however</I>, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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 herein, and the           offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona           fide offering
thereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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, in
a primary offering of securities of the 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 Registrant will
          be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such
          securities to such purchaser:  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the           offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of           1933;  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
          the Registrant or used or referred to by the Registrant;  </FONT></P>



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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
          containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided
          by or on behalf of the Registrant; and  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Registrant           to
the purchaser.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining           any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the           Registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of           the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this           Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement           relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities           at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          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 Commission such indemnification is           against
public policy as expressed in the Act 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.  </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>SIGNATURES</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and 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
12<SUP>th</SUP> day of November, 2008. </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><B>REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Henry W. Knueppel</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Henry W. Knueppel</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons on November 12, 2008 in the capacities 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. </FONT></P>




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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><U>Signature</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Henry W. Knueppel</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=60% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Henry W. Knueppel</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Mark J. Gliebe</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Mark J. Gliebe</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/David A. Barta</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>David A. Barta</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Christopher L. Doerr</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Christopher L. Doerr</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Thomas J. Fischer</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Thomas J. Fischer</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><U>Signature</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD WIDTH=60% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Dean A. Foate</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Dean A. Foate</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/ Rakesh Sachdev</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Rakesh Sachdev</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Carol N. Skornicka</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Carol N. Skornicka</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>/s/Curtis W. Stoelting</FONT><hr width=50% size=1 color=black noshade></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;Curtis W. Stoelting</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Regal Beloit Retirement
Plan Committee, which administers the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan,
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beloit, and the State of Wisconsin, on this
12<SUP>th</SUP> day of November, 2008. </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>REGAL BELOIT RETIREMENT PLAN COMMITTEE</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/Henry W. Knueppel</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Henry W. Knueppel</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/Mark J. Gliebe</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark J. Gliebe</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/David A. Barta</U></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David A. Barta</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/Paul J. Jones</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Paul J. Jones</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/Terry R. Colvin</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terry R. Colvin</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>The foregoing persons are a majority of the members of the Regal </FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Beloit Retirement Plan Committee, which is the administrator of </FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U></FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><U>Exhibit<BR>Number</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4.1)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Articles
of Incorporation of Regal Beloit Corporation, as amended through                     April&nbsp;20,
2007. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Regal Beloit
                    Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;20,
2007 (File                     No. 001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Regal Beloit Corporation. [Incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Regal Beloit Corporation&#146;s Current
Report on                     Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;20, 2007 (File No.   001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4.3)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Rights
Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;28, 2000, between Regal Beloit
                    Corporation and BankBoston, N.A. [Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to                     Regal Beloit Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed                     January&nbsp;31, 2000 (File No. 001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4.4)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>First
Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of June&nbsp;11, 2002, between
                    Regal Beloit Corporation and BankBoston, N.A. [Incorporated by
reference to                     Exhibit 4.6 to Regal Beloit Corporation&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for                     the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002 (File
No.    001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4.5)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Second
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;12, 2004,
                    between Regal Beloit Corporation and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
[Incorporated                     by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Regal Beloit Corporation&#146;s
Registration                     Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on November&nbsp;18, 2004
(File No.    001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4.6)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Third
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;31, 2004, between
                    Regal Beloit Corporation and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
[Incorporated by                     reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Regal Beloit Corporation&#146;s
Registration                     Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on January&nbsp;6, 2005
(File No.    001-07283)] </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Opinion
of Paul J. Jones, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Regal
                    Beloit Corporation. </FONT></TD>
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Registration No.
333-________
As
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________
REGAL-BELOIT
CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
39-0875718
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
200 State Street
Beloit, Wisconsin
53511
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
REGAL BELOIT
CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Paul J. Jones
Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
Regal Beloit Corporation
200 State Street
Beloit, Wisconsin 53511
(608) 364-8800
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)
_________________
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
_________________
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount
of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
175,000 shares
$31.01 (1)
$5,426,750.00 (1)
$213.27
$0.01 par value
Common Share
175,000 rights
(2)
(2)
(2)
Purchase Rights
(1)
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for           the purpose
of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high           and low
prices for Regal Beloit Corporation Common Stock on the New York Stock           Exchange
on November 7, 2008.
(2)
The
value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the
          market price of the Common Stock to which the Rights are attached.
_________________
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part
of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents
by Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Commission by Regal Beloit Corporation (the
"Company") or by the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the
"Plan") are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
1.
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
          29, 2007.
2.
The
Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
          2007.
3.
The
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended           March 29,
2008, June 28, 2008 and September 27, 2008.
4.
The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 16, 2008.
5.
The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Item 1 of the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 18, 2005 and
any           amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
6.
The
description of the Company's Common Share Purchase Rights contained in
          Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
          January 18, 2005 and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
          updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement
and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not
applicable.
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Item 6.
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.
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.
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan, and any amendment
thereto, to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and has made or will make all
changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to continue the qualification of
the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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Item 9.
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) of Securities Act if, in the
aggregate, the           changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% 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;
provided, however
, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
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 herein, 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 of the registrant under the           Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the           securities, in
a primary offering of securities of the 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 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 Registrant relating to the           offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of           1933;
(ii)              Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
          the Registrant or used or referred to by the Registrant;
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(iii)              The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
          containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided
          by or on behalf of the Registrant; and
(iv)              Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the 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 Section 15(d) of           the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this           Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement           relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities           at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)              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 Commission such indemnification is           against
public policy as expressed in the Act 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and 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
12
th
day of November, 2008.
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 on November 12, 2008 in the capacities 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
Title
/s/Henry W. Knueppel
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Henry W. Knueppel
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Mark J. Gliebe
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Mark J. Gliebe
/s/David A. Barta
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David A. Barta
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/Christopher L. Doerr
Director
Christopher L. Doerr
/s/Thomas J. Fischer
Director
Thomas J. Fischer
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Signature
Title
/s/Dean A. Foate
Director
Dean A. Foate
/s/G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.
Director
G. Frederick Kasten, Jr.
/s/ Rakesh Sachdev
Director
Rakesh Sachdev
/s/Carol N. Skornicka
Director
Carol N. Skornicka
/s/Curtis W. Stoelting
Director
Curtis W. Stoelting
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Regal Beloit Retirement
Plan Committee, which administers the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan,
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beloit, and the State of Wisconsin, on this
12
th
day of November, 2008.
REGAL BELOIT RETIREMENT PLAN COMMITTEE
By:
/s/Henry W. Knueppel
Henry W. Knueppel
By:
/s/Mark J. Gliebe
Mark J. Gliebe
By:
/s/David A. Barta
David A. Barta
By:
/s/Paul J. Jones
Paul J. Jones
By:
/s/Terry R. Colvin
Terry R. Colvin
The foregoing persons are a majority of the members of the Regal
Beloit Retirement Plan Committee, which is the administrator of
the Regal Beloit Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
(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)
Rights
Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2000, between Regal Beloit
                    Corporation and BankBoston, N.A. [Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to                     Regal Beloit Corporation's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed                     January 31, 2000 (File No. 001-07283)]
(4.4)
First
Amendment to Rights Agreement, effective as of June 11, 2002, between
                    Regal Beloit Corporation and BankBoston, N.A. [Incorporated by
reference to                     Exhibit 4.6 to Regal Beloit Corporation's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for                     the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File
No.    001-07283)]
(4.5)
Second
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2004,
                    between Regal Beloit Corporation and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
[Incorporated                     by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Regal Beloit Corporation's
Registration                     Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on November 18, 2004
(File No.    001-07283)]
(4.6)
Third
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2004, between
                    Regal Beloit Corporation and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
[Incorporated by                     reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Regal Beloit Corporation's
Registration                     Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on January 6, 2005
(File No.    001-07283)]
(5)
Opinion
of Paul J. Jones, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Regal
                    Beloit Corporation.
(23.1)
Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
(23.2)
Consent
of Paul J. Jones (contained in Exhibit (5.1)).
(24)
Powers
of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration
                    Statement).
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