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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000098362-22-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKR"
cik: "0000098362"
company_name: "TIMKEN CO"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:22:19.427712+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Timken posts record Q1 sales $1.125B, adjusted EPS $1.61; acquires Spinea

## Summary
- Record Q1 sales $1.125B (+9.7% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.56, adjusted EPS $1.61 (record quarterly).
- Process Industries sales $584M (+12.2%), EBITDA margin 26.6%; Mobile Industries sales $540M (+7.1%), EBITDA margin 13.9% (down YoY).
- Repurchased 1.5M shares (~2% of outstanding); returned $123.5M to shareholders.
- Maintains FY22 outlook: GAAP EPS $4.85-5.25, adjusted $5.00-5.40; revenue expected +8% at midpoint.
- Announced agreement to acquire Spinea (cycloidal gears, robotics/automation); strengthens position in high-growth robotics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000098362-22-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKR
- cik: 0000098362
- company_name: TIMKEN CO
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836222000039/0000098362-22-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836222000039/tkr-20220502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-22-000039
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-22-000039.txt

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