Regal Rexnord Provides Update On Tariff-Related Impacts

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Regal Rexnord (NYSE: RRX) has provided an update on tariff impacts during the Bank of America Global Industrials Conference 2025. The company estimates an unmitigated annualized cost impact of approximately $60 million from current U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico, as well as on steel and aluminum.

The company has developed mitigation plans including supply chain realignments, production relocations, and pricing actions to achieve price/cost neutrality. RRX expects to achieve margin neutrality by the end of 2025 under current tariffs, or by first half of 2026 if USMCA exclusions are removed. The tariffs are expected to have negligible impact on Q1 2025 results.

Regal Rexnord, with 30,000 associates globally, operates through three segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control, serving markets including factory automation, aerospace, medical, and alternative energy.

Positive

• Company has comprehensive mitigation plans to achieve price/cost neutrality
• Negligible impact expected on Q1 2025 results
• Most imports from Canada and Mexico are USMCA-compliant and exempt from tariffs

Negative

• $60 million estimated annual cost impact from current tariffs
• Potential margin pressure until end of 2025 or H1 2026
• Risk of additional impact if USMCA exclusions are removed

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MILWAUKEE, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX), in conjunction with its participation at the Bank of America Global Industrials Conference 2025 in London, is providing the investment community with additional clarity related to estimated impacts from current and potential U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico, as well as on steel and aluminum.

Based on information currently available, and excluding the potential impacts from any retaliatory tariffs, the Company estimates a gross, unmitigated annualized cost impact from tariffs that are currently in place at approximately $60 million. This estimate reflects that the vast majority of goods the Company imports from Canada and Mexico are compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and so are currently exempt from tariffs.

The Company has well-developed plans in place intended to fully mitigate the impacts of tariffs in the year – at current levels and under a scenario where there is no USMCA exclusion. These mitigation plans may include supply chain realignments, production relocations, and productivity and pricing actions, and should enable the Company to be at least price/cost neutral on a dollar basis. The Company expects to be neutral on a margin basis by the end of 2025 under the tariff regime currently in effect, or by the first half of 2026 under a scenario where there are no USMCA exclusions.

The Company is further clarifying that tariffs currently in place are expected to have a negligible impact on the Company's first quarter 2025 results.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release related to the impacts of tariffs on future quarters, although it may do so from time to time as it believes is appropriate and as clarity around the tariff terms and duration, as well as progress on its mitigation efforts, becomes available.

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 controllers, drives, precision motors, and actuators, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision tools used in surgical applications.

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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FAQ

What is the estimated annual cost impact of tariffs on Regal Rexnord (RRX)?

RRX estimates a gross, unmitigated annualized cost impact of approximately $60 million from current U.S. tariffs.

How is RRX planning to mitigate the tariff impacts in 2025?

Through supply chain realignments, production relocations, and pricing actions to achieve price/cost neutrality.

When does RRX expect to achieve margin neutrality from tariff impacts?

By end of 2025 under current tariffs, or by first half of 2026 if USMCA exclusions are removed.

Will the tariffs affect RRX's Q1 2025 financial results?

No, the company expects tariffs to have a negligible impact on Q1 2025 results.