HEICO Corporation Acquires Engineering Design Team, Inc.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. & BEAVERTON, Ore. -- HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI.A) (NYSE: HEI) today announced that its Electronic Technologies Group has acquired all of the stock of Engineering Design Team, Inc. ("EDT") and substantially all of the assets of an EDT affiliate for cash consideration. Financial terms were not disclosed. HEICO expects the acquisition to be accretive within the first year of ownership.

EDT specializes in the design, manufacture and sale of advanced high-technology, high-speed interface products that link devices such as telemetry receivers, digital cameras, high resolution scanners, simulation systems and test systems to almost any computer. EDT's products are utilized in homeland security, defense, medical, research, astronomical and other applications across numerous industries.

Founded in 1987, EDT, which is based in Beaverton, OR, employs approximately 25 people. HEICO stated that it does not expect employee turnover as a result of the acquisition and noted that management will be remaining with EDT in substantially the same roles they occupied prior to the acquisition.

Laurans A. Mendelson, HEICO's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, remarked, "EDT's reputation for outstanding customer service and truly innovative designs which deliver unique solutions are very attractive traits which are common to our other operations. Further, EDT is a platform to link some of HEICO's existing products with EDT's in order to develop additional designs which address customer needs."

Victor H. Mendelson, President of HEICO's Electronic Technologies Group, remarked, "We have gotten to know EDT's management and staff over the past year and have been impressed with their professionalism, intellectual capacity and niche business model which fits so well with HEICO."

David Lowry, EDT's President & Co-Founder, and Chet Britten, EDT's Vice President & Co-Founder, jointly commented, "We are excited about the opportunities to grow our business under HEICO's ownership and look forward to many years of exciting growth together. HEICO has the same commitment to its customers, staff, product development, quality and growth that we have had at EDT since we started it nearly 20 years ago. We are confident that we will work well together."

HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space and electronics industries through its Hollywood, FL-based HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. subsidiary and its Miami, FL-based HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. subsidiary. HEICO's customers include a majority of the world's airlines and airmotives as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military agencies worldwide in addition to telecommunications, electronics and medical equipment manufacturers. For more information about HEICO, please visit our web site at http://www.heico.com.

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