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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.

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On August 13, 2014, The Timken Company announced the commencement and subsequent pricing of a private offering of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to Rule 135c of the Securities Act, The Timken Company is filing the press releases issued August 13, 2014 as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto and each are incorporated herein by this reference.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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SIGNATURES

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

Date: August 14, 2014

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1

Timken Announces Proposed Offering

of $300 Million in Senior Notes Due 2024

NORTH CANTON, Ohio: Aug. 13, 2014 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced it is planning an offering of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”).

A portion of the net proceeds from this offering will be used to repay the $250 million aggregate principal amount outstanding at maturity on the company’s 6 percent unsecured senior notes due September 2014. The remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

The Notes offering will be made in a private transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1993 (the “Securities Act”). Within the United States, the Notes will only be offered to investors who are “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Outside the United States, the Notes will only be offered to investors who are persons other than “U.S. persons,” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in offshore transactions in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Timken intends to enter into a registration rights agreement in connection with the Notes offering pursuant to which Timken will file a registration statement covering the exchange or the resale of the Notes.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

About The Timken Company

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) engineers, manufactures and markets Timken^® bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, chain, and related products, and offers a spectrum of power system rebuild and repair services around the world. Timken has a global team of 17,000 people and posted $3 billion in sales in 2013 (excluding Steel business sales).

Exhibit 99.2

Timken Announces Pricing of Offering

of Senior Notes

NORTH CANTON, Ohio: Aug. 13, 2014 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced pricing of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875 percent senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued at 98.901 percent of par and the offering is expected to close on August 20, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Notes offering is being made in a private transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1993 (the “Securities Act”). Within the United States, the Notes are only being offered to investors who are “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Outside the United States, the Notes are only being offered to investors who are persons other than “U.S. persons,” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in offshore transactions in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act.

A portion of the net proceeds from this offering will be used to repay the $250 million aggregate principal amount outstanding at maturity on the company’s 6 percent unsecured senior notes due September 2014. The remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Timken intends to enter into a registration rights agreement in connection with the Notes offering pursuant to which Timken will file a registration statement covering the exchange or the resale of the Notes.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

About The Timken Company

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) engineers, manufactures and markets Timken^® bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, chain, and related products, and offers a spectrum of power system rebuild and repair services around the world. Timken has a global team of 17,000 people and posted $3 billion in sales in 2013 (excluding Steel business sales).

Certain statements in this release (including statements regarding the company’s estimates and expectations) that are not historical in nature are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation

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Reform Act of 1995. In particular, the statements regarding the company’s expectations for the closing of the Notes offering and its use of the net proceeds therefrom are forward-looking. The company cautions that actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors discussed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Except as required by the federal securities laws, the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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