Aerospace Industry Executive Lynn Brubaker Joins Seabury

NEW YORK, April 15, 2009 – Seabury Aviation & Aerospace LLC today announced that Lynn Brubaker, former Honeywell International and McDonnell Douglas Corporation executive, has joined the firm as Senior Advisor. Ms. Brubaker will work with Seabury aviation and aerospace clients, providing them with the benefit of her 30 years of industry experience.

Henri Courpron, President of Seabury’s Aerospace Division, said, “We are delighted that Lynn will be partnering with us as we continue expanding our aerospace business internationally. She has a remarkable track record in aerospace and aviation. Lynn’s expertise and insight will bring great value to Seabury clients as they rely on Seabury to strengthen their businesses.”

Ms. Brubaker said, “I am looking forward to working with Seabury and its clients. My background meshes perfectly with Seabury’s business, and I am excited about the opportunity to be associated with a company that has earned a reputation as a leader with tremendous potential for growth.”

Ms. Brubaker retired from Honeywell in 2005, where she had been Vice President & General Manager – Commercial Aerospace since 1999. Her primary focus was on business strategies, operations and customer management for Honeywell’s global commercial markets. Prior to that, she was Vice President Americas and Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Support for AlliedSignal before its merger with Honeywell.

At McDonnell Douglas, Ms. Brubaker played key roles in the MD-90 and MD-95 launches. She also held management positions at Northwest Airlines and Comair.

Ms. Brubaker serves on the boards of Hexcel, a $1.2 billion global advanced structural materials company; The Nordam Group, the largest independent aerospace company in the high-technology manufacturing and repair field; and Graham Partners, a U.S. private equity firm.

About Seabury
Seabury Aviation & Aerospace LLC, which is the primary unit of Seabury, is the largest investment banking and advisory practice serving aviation, aerospace, and cargo. Through its 175 professionals based in 10 offices on four continents, Seabury provides advisory services spanning investment banking, restructuring/corporate recovery, management consulting, IT development, and advisory services covering human capital. Seabury has advised over 250 clients spanning Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Seabury was awarded Airfinance Journal’s “North American Deal of the Year” for the $750 million equity offering structured and placed for Northwest Airlines in 2007. In October 2008, Seabury raised $1.1 billion for US Airways Group, Inc. In 2005, Seabury arranged $2.2 billion of financing for the merger of US Airways and America West Airlines, and served as M&A advisor for US Airways. In 2004 Seabury raised $1.6 billion of equity and debt exit financing for Air Canada’s successful reorganization under CCAA. In total, Seabury has raised over $30 billion of capital financing for airlines, including over $3.5 billion of equity financing

Seabury is the leading global restructuring advisor in the aviation industry, having successfully managed seven of the 10 largest airline restructurings or corporate recoveries in the world. Those successful assignments include Air Canada (2004), America West (2001), Avianca (2005), Continental Airlines (1995), Northwest Airlines (2007), and US Airways (2005). Avianca is the only non-US airline to have reorganized under US Chapter 11 laws. Seabury currently is advisor to Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines (both US carriers) in their reorganization efforts.

Seabury’s Airline Planning Group is a leading provider of software tools for network and fleet planning, alliance valuation and planning, and scheduling. Seabury’s Cargo Advisory Group is the leading provider of global trade data and cargo/freight capacity information, and Seabury Aerospace provides strategic, financial and operational advisory services to the aerospace industry on a global basis.

Seabury Group also provides similar services covering maritime and the financial services industries, and through its SeaCap Securities broker-dealer, serves as investment banker for structured investment products offered on a global basis.

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