Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Sale of Common Stock by The Carlyle Group

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (“Wesco Aircraft” or the “Company”) (WAIR) today announced the pricing of the previously announced public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock by an affiliate of The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”), at a price to the public of $20.50 per share. In addition, the underwriter will have a 30-day option to purchase up to 900,000 additional shares from Carlyle. Upon completion of the offering, Carlyle will beneficially own approximately 24.1% of the outstanding common stock of Wesco Aircraft (or approximately 23.1% if the underwriter fully exercises its option to purchase additional shares). The offering is expected to close and settle on June 6, 2014. The Company is not selling any shares of common stock in the offering and will not receive any of the proceeds from the offering of shares by Carlyle.

Barclays is acting as the sole underwriter for the offering.

Wesco Aircraft has filed a shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) relating to the offering of the common stock with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and it has become effective. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents Wesco Aircraft has filed with the SEC for information about Wesco Aircraft and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Barclays will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it in writing from Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com, or by telephone at (888) 603-5847.