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Carlyle's Wesco Aircraft files for $300 million IPO

April 8, 2011

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., a Carlyle-backed global provider of supply chain management solutions to the aerospace industry, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering. The Valencia, CA-based company, which was founded in 1953 and booked $683 million in sales last year, plans to list under the symbol WAIR. Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley are the lead underwriters on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.