Company Profile for the Fairchild Corporation

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    --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Company's business consists of three segments: sports & leisure, aerospace, and real estate operations. The Company's sports & leisure segment is engaged in the design and retail sale of protective clothing, helmets and technical accessories for motorcyclists in Europe and the design and distribution of such apparel and helmets in the United States. The Company's aerospace segment stocks a wide variety of aircraft parts, then distributes them to commercial airlines and air cargo carriers, fixed-base operators, corporate aircraft operators and other aerospace companies worldwide, and also manufactures airframe components. The Company's real estate operations segment owns and leases a shopping center located in Farmingdale, New York, and owns and rents to Alcoa, an improved parcel located in Southern California.

Company: The Fairchild Corporation

Headquarters Address: 1750 Tysons Blvd Suite 1400 McLean, Virginia 22102

Main Telephone: 703-478-5800

Ticker: FA(NYSE)

Type of Organization: Public

Industry: Retail

Key Executives: CEO: Jeffrey Steiner President: Eric Steiner

CFO Contact: John Flynn Phone: 703-478-5830 Email: jflynn@fairchild.com

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KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA VIRGINIA NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: REAL ESTATE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION AEROSPACE/DEFENSE AUTOMOTIVE SPORTS SOURCE: The Fairchild Corporation

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