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Breeze-Eastern Announces Lease Agreement for New Corporate Office and Plant Relocation

Dépèche transmise le 15 mai 2009 par Business Wire

UNION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Breeze-Eastern Corporation (NYSE Amex: BZC) today announced that it has entered into a lease agreement for the relocation of its corporate offices and manufacturing facility to an existing facility located in Whippany, New Jersey. The lease provides for a term of ten years, with two renewal terms of five years each, exercisable at the discretion of the Company. The relocation will require the build out, within the existing structure, of offices and manufacturing space.

Robert L. G. White, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said, “We are very excited about the efficiencies that we expect to gain in our new space, which will be designed and outfitted to our specifications. When we made the decision to sell and lease back our existing facility some 18 months ago, it was with the idea that we would locate a facility that would better serve the needs of our growing and changing business. After a careful search, we have secured the right facility, which is located only eleven miles from our existing facility. The move is expected to be completed in the third quarter of fiscal 2010.”

Mr. White continued, “Therelocation will require a cash outlay of approximately $5.0 million to build out the new facility, substantially all of which will be capitalized and which we expect to fund out of cash flow from operations. Aside from the actual cost of the physical move, we expect that additional costs related to occupancy of the new facility will be approximately $0.4 million in fiscal 2010. In addition, we plan to continue our debt reduction program with a targeted principal reduction of our debt in the area of $5.0 million to $6.0 million in fiscal 2010.”

Breeze-Eastern Corporation (http://www.breeze-eastern.com) is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated lifting devices for military and civilian aircraft, including rescue hoists, cargo hooks, and weapons-lifting systems. The Company, which employs approximately 180 people at its facility in Union, New Jersey, reported sales of $76.0 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.

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