Business Description
With 2000 sales of $4.4 billion, Goodrich is a leading worldwide supplier of aerospace components, systems and services, as well as sealing and compressor systems and other engineered industrial products. Goodrich is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the most admired aerospace companies and is included on Forbes magazine’s Platinum List of America’s Best Big Companies. The company has its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, and employs over 23,000 people worldwide.

Company Headquarters
The BFGoodrich Company
Four Coliseum Centre
2730 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217-4578
704-423-7000
www.goodrich.com

Stock Exchange Listing
BFGoodrich common stock and BFGoodrich Capital cumulative quarterly income preferred securities (QUIPS) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Symbols: GR and GRPRA, respectively. Options to acquire the company’s common stock are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of shareholders of The BFGoodrich Company will be held at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel, 2800 Coliseum Centre Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 17, 2001 at 10:00 A.M. The meeting notice and proxy materials were mailed to shareholders with this report.

Shareholder Services
If you have questions concerning your account as a shareholder, dividend payments, lost certificates and other related items, please contact our transfer agent:
The Bank of New York
Shareholder Relations Dept. 11E
P.O. Box 11258
Church Street Station
New York, New York 10286-1258
1-800-524-4458
E-mail: shareowner-svcs@bankofny.com

The Bank of New York’s Shareholder Services website can be located at http://www.stockbny.com. Registered shareholders can access their account online and review account holdings, transaction history and check history. In addition, the site offers an extensive Q&A, instructions on the direct purchase, sale and transfer of plan shares and information about dividend reinvestment plans. Shareholders can download frequently used forms, as well.

Stock Transfer and Address Changes
Please send certificates for transfer and address changes to:
The Bank of New York
Receive and Deliver Dept. 11W
P.O. Box 11002
Church Street Station
New York, New York 10286-1002

Dividend Reinvestment
BFGoodrich offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan to holders of its common stock. For enrollment information, please contact The Bank of New York, Investor Relations Department, at 1-800-524-4458.

Investor Relations
Securities analysts and others seeking financial information should contact:
Paul S. Gifford
Vice President of Investor Relations
The BFGoodrich Company
Four Coliseum Centre
2730 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217-4578
704-423-5517
e-mail: investor@corp.bfg.com

To request an Annual Report, Proxy Statement, 10-K, 10-Q or quarterly earnings release, visit our website at www.goodrich.com or call 704-423-7103. All other press releases are available on our website.

The BFGoodrich Foundation
The company makes charitable contributions to nonprofit arts & cultural, civic & community, educational, and health & human services organizations through The BFGoodrich Foundation and our operations, distributing $2.8 million in 2000. Foundation guidelines are available on our website, www.goodrich.com.

For more information contact:
The BFGoodrich Foundation
Four Coliseum Centre
2730 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217-4578

Affirmative Action
BFGoodrich hires, trains, promotes, compensates and makes all other employment decisions without regard to race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran or disabled veteran status or other protected classifications. It has affirmative action programs in place in accordance with Executive Order 11246 and other federal laws and regulations to ensure equal employment opportunity for its employees.

Forward-Looking Statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the SEC, including but not limited to those in the section of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis entitled “Forward-Looking Information is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings.