HEICO Corporation Increases the Semi-Annual Cash Dividend by 17% and Sets the Annual Meeting and Record Date

HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A) (NYSE:HEI) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a 17% increase in the semi-annual cash dividend to $0.07 per share from $0.06 per share, payable on both classes of common stock.

The dividend is payable on January 17, 2019 to shareholders of record as of January 3, 2019.

This announcement marks HEICO’s 3^rd cash dividend increase in the past 12 months and HEICO’s 81^st consecutive semi-annual cash dividend since 1979. The cash dividend represents a cumulative increase of 25% since December 15, 2017.

Laurans A. Mendelson, HEICO’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, along with HEICO’s Co-Presidents, Eric A. Mendelson and Victor H. Mendelson, commented, "This increased cash dividend reflects our Board of Directors’ unwavering belief in, and support of, HEICO’s long-term growth objectives and financial outlook. We are honored to lead our terrific colleagues at HEICO and we look forward to the future.”

Considering the reinvestment of cash dividends, and the impact of prior stock splits and stock dividends, a $100,000 investment in HEICO shares in 1990 become worth approximately $33.1 million as of the close of trading on December 14, 2018, representing a compound annual growth rate of 23%.

HEICO also announced that its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting would be held on Friday, March 15, 2019. Shareholders of record at the close of business on January 18, 2019 will be entitled to vote at the meeting.

The Company has two classes of common stock traded on the NYSE. Both classes, the Class A Common Stock (HEI.A) and the Common Stock (HEI), are virtually identical in all economic respects. The only difference between the share classes is the voting rights. The Class A Common Stock (HEI.A) has 1/10 vote per share and the Common Stock (HEI) has one vote per share. There are currently approximately 79.6 million shares of HEICO’s Class A Common Stock (HEI.A) outstanding and 53.4 million shares of HEICO’s Common Stock (HEI) outstanding. The stock symbols for HEICO’s two classes of common stock on most websites are HEI.A and HEI. However, some websites change HEICO’s Class A Common Stock trading symbol (HEI.A) to HEI/A or HEIa.

HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in the design, production, servicing and distribution of products and services to certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries through its Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami, Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO’s customers include a majority of the world’s airlines and overhaul shops, as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military agencies worldwide, in addition to medical, telecommunications and electronics equipment manufacturers. For more information about HEICO, please visit our website at http://www.heico.com.

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and contingencies. HEICO’s actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements as a result of factors including: lower demand for commercial air travel or airline fleet changes or airline purchasing decisions, which could cause lower demand for our goods and services; product specification costs and requirements, which could cause an increase to our costs to complete contracts; governmental and regulatory demands, export policies and restrictions, reductions in defense, space or homeland security spending by U.S. and/or foreign customers or competition from existing and new competitors, which could reduce our sales; our ability to introduce new products and services at profitable pricing levels, which could reduce our sales or sales growth; product development or manufacturing difficulties, which could increase our product development costs and delay sales; our ability to make acquisitions and achieve operating synergies from acquired businesses; customer credit risk; interest, foreign currency exchange and income tax rates; economic conditions within and outside of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries, which could negatively impact our costs and revenues; and defense spending or budget cuts, which could reduce our defense-related revenue. Parties receiving this material are encouraged to review all of HEICO’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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