BASIS OF PRESENTATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying (a) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of Regal Rexnord Corporation (the “Company”), as of January 1, 2022, which has been derived from audited Consolidated Financial Statements, and (b) unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2022 and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and April 3, 2021, have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading.

It is suggested that these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto included in the Company’s 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2022.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of financial results have been made. Except as otherwise discussed, such adjustments consist of only those of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and revenues and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company uses estimates in accounting for, among other items, allowance for doubtful accounts; excess and obsolete inventory; share-based compensation; acquisitions; product warranty obligations; pension and post retirement assets and liabilities; derivative fair values; goodwill and other asset impairments; health care reserves; retirement benefits; rebates and incentives; litigation claims and contingencies, including environmental matters; and income taxes. The Company accounts for changes to estimates and assumptions when warranted by factually based experience.

Effective for fiscal year 2022, the Company approved a change in the fiscal year end from a 52-53 week year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31 to a calendar year ending on December 31. The Company made the fiscal year change on a prospective basis and did not adjust operating results for prior periods. While this change will impact the comparability of future results with each of the fiscal quarters and the annual fiscal period in 2022, the impact is not expected to be material to our quarterly or annual results.

Change in Accounting Principle

As of January 2, 2022, the Company changed its methodology for valuing certain inventories to the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") cost method from the last-in, first-out ("LIFO") cost method. The effects of this change have been retrospectively applied to all periods presented. See Note 2 for additional information.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805) Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. The ASU improves the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination. This ASU becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.