Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
For Tender of Shares of Common Stock
of
BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY
at
$63.50 Net Per Share in Cash
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated December 8, 2010
by
BROCK ACQUISITION CORPORATION
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
ABB LTD



		THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE NIGHT OF MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011, UNLESS THE TENDER OFFER IS EXTENDED.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates representing shares of common stock, $0.10 par value (the "Shares"), of Baldor Electric Company, a Missouri corporation, are not immediately available, (ii) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Offer or (iii) time will not permit all required documents to reach Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the "Depositary") prior to the expiration of the Offer. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by mail, facsimile transmission or overnight courier to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Attn: Reorganization Department
17 Battery Place, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10004


By Facsimile Transmission (For Eligible Institutions Only): (212) 616-7610		Confirm Receipt of Facsimile by Telephone: (212) 509-4000 ext. 536

DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS FORM IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE APPROPRIATE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal or an Agent's Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and certificates for Shares to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

The undersigned hereby tenders to Brock Acquisition Corporation, a Missouri corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ABB Ltd, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 8, 2010 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Letter of Transmittal" and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the "Offer"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock, $0.10 par value (the "Shares"), of Baldor Electric Company, a Missouri corporation, specified below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.


o		Check here if Shares will be tendered by book entry transfer.


Name of Tendering Institution:


DTC Account Number:


Dated:			,



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Address(es):
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Area Code and Tel. No		(Daytime telephone number)


Signature(s):

The undersigned, an Eligible Institution (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), hereby (i) represents that the tender of Shares effected hereby complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) guarantees delivery to the Depositary, at one of its addresses set forth above, of certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary's account at DTC (pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), in either case together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent's Message (defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), together with any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, all within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date hereof.


Name of Firm:


Address:
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Area Code and Tel. No.:


		(Authorized Signature)
Name:		(Please type or print)
Title:
Date:


NOTE:		DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.