UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report: September 13, 2024 (Date of earliest event reported: September 11, 2024)

RBC BEARINGS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-40840		95-4372080
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Tribology Center

Oxford, CT 06478

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(203) 267-7001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	RBC	New York Stock Exchange
5.00% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share	RBCP	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Section 5 – Securities and Trading Markets

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On September 11, 2024, RBC Bearings Incorporated (the “Company”) filed a certificate of amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State amending Section 1(a) of Article Eight of the Company’s certificate of incorporation to read as follows:

To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), and except as otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Bylaws, no Director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation and its stockholders.

The purpose of this amendment, which affects the rights of the holders of the Company’s common stock (as well as the rights of holders of shares of the Company’s preferred stock that may be outstanding from time to time depending on the terms of such preferred stock), is to eliminate personal liability of the Company’s officers for monetary damages to the Company for breach of their fiduciary duty of care as officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

This amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders on September 5, 2024 when 79.1% of the outstanding shares of common stock were voted in favor of the amendment (the Company’s certificate of incorporation required the affirmative vote of 66.7% of the outstanding shares of common stock).

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

3.1	Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RBC Bearings Incorporated dated September 11, 2024.
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SIGNATURES

According to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 13, 2024

RBC BEARINGS INCORPORATED

By:	/s/ John J. Feeney
	Name:	John J. Feeney
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

RBC Bearings INC 8-K