Press Release

Issued by Ontic.

January 16, 2013

Ontic, the aerospace industry's leading producer of licensed and/or acquired OEM legacy products and systems, has signed an agreement with Zodiac Oxygen Systems for the acquisition of legacy product lines that include tail wheel assemblies, brake valves, temperature / pressure gauges and first aid kits.

The products are primarily used on a wide range of general aviation legacy aircraft platforms including Dassault, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft, Air Tractor, Piper and others. The First Aid Kits support commercial and general aviation, 5 to over 25 passenger capacity. Ontic will support the products from their Chatsworth, California facility.

Peg Billson, president and ceo of BBA Aviation Aftermarket Services, stated that, "Ontic is pleased to begin a cooperative relationship with Zodiac Oxygen Systems and count them among our growing list of Aerospace OEM partners. Providing OEMs like Zodiac with a complete legacy support solution and assuring their customers of lifetime support on the OEM pedigreed product is the real value Ontic provides."

Ontic's global legacy focus is supported from manufacturing and MRO facilities in Chatsworth, California; Houston, Texas; Slough and Cheltenham in the United Kingdom.

Ontic is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBA Aviation plc, with over 50 years of aerospace product manufacturing and aftermarket support experience. Ontic has been licensed worldwide manufacturing rights from Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich, Moog, Parker, Eaton and a number of other aerospace original equipment manufacturers.