Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
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Contact:
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Mike Harlan
CEO, President and Director
Phone: (973) 602-1001 |
BREEZE-EASTERN CORPORATION ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING CONFIRMED FOR OCTOBER 6, 2011; FULL
OPERATIONS RESUMED AFTER FLOODING-RELATED CLOSURE
WHIPPANY, NJ September 8, 2011 Breeze-Eastern Corporation (NYSE Amex:BZC) confirmed
today that its annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time on October
6, 2011 at its principal executive offices located at 35 Melanie Lane, Whippany, New Jersey.
The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement have been filed by Breeze-Eastern Corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is being distributed to all shareholders of
record as of August 17, 2011.
Mike Harlan, President and Chief Executive Officer stated: We are glad to confirm that we are
distributing our Proxy Statement and look forward to meeting with our shareholders on October
6.
Mr. Harlan continued: While our operations were shut down recently for four days due to
flooding-related street closures, Im glad to report that the floodwaters did not get into our
building and we quickly got back to full operations. We are working hard to make up the lost
production and still have another strong quarter.
About Breeze-Eastern Corporation
Breeze-Eastern Corporation (http://www.breeze-eastern.com) is the worlds leading designer and
manufacturer of high performance lifting and pulling devices for military and civilian aircraft,
including rescue hoists, winches and cargo hooks, and weapons-lifting systems. The Company
employs approximately 160 people at its facilities in Whippany, New Jersey.
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Breeze-Eastern Corporation September 8, 2011
Annual Meeting Earnings Release
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Safe Harbor
Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of applicable federal securities laws, including, without limitation, anything relating
or referring to future financial results and plans for future business development activities,
and are thus prospective. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and
uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified based on current expectations.
Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties set forth
from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.
Consequently, future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in,
contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein. The Company
undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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