B/E Aerospace to Issue $250 Million in Notes, Redeem Higher-Cost Debt.

Business Editors

WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001

B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV) today announced plans to issue $250 million of 8.875 percent senior subordinated notes and redeem higher-cost debt.

Due in 2011, the notes will be unsecured senior subordinated obligations of B/E. The company expects to complete the offering on April 17, 2001 and plans to use the proceeds as follows:

-- approximately $104.9 million to redeem B/E's 9-7/8 percent senior
subordinated notes due 2006,

-- to repay revolving credit debt owed under B/E's bank credit facility. At
April 6, 2001 the company had $66.7 million of borrowings outstanding under its
bank credit facility; and

-- the remainder for general corporate purposes, which may include potential
future strategic acquisitions.

B/E has entered into a purchase agreement providing for the sale of the notes to certain initial purchasers. The notes were offered to qualified institutional purchasers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 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 under the Securities Act.

This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and B/E's actual experience may differ materially from that anticipated in such statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed in B/E's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to its most recent proxy statement and Forms 10-K and 10-Q. For more information, see the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" contained in B/E's Form 10-K and in other filings.

B/E Aerospace, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products, serving virtually all the world's airlines and aircraft manufacturers. B/E designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services a broad line of passenger cabin interior products for both commercial and business/VIP aircraft and provides interior design, reconfiguration and conversion services to its customers throughout the world. For more information, visit B/E's web site at www.beaerospace.com.