CLEVELAND, May 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — TransDigm Group Incorporated (the “Company”) (NYSE: TDG) announced today that it completed the acquisition of the assets of the aerospace business of Pexco LLC (“Pexco Aerospace”), a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC, for approximately $496 million in cash. The acquisition was previously announced on April 30, 2015.

Pexco Aerospace is a global leader in the manufacturing of extruded plastic interior parts for use in the commercial aerospace industry. The business employs approximately 300 people in two locations in Yakima, Washington and Huntington Beach, California. The purchase price includes approximately $160 million of tax benefits to be realized by TransDigm over a 15 year period beginning in 2015.

The Company also announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, TransDigm Inc., received the funding of an additional incremental term loan of $1.04 billion at a current rate of 3.5% and that it has successfully completed the previously announced private offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% senior subordinated notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The proceeds were used to partially fund the acquisition of Pexco Aerospace, to repay $490 million of previously outstanding term loans under its existing senior secured credit facility, amounts previously drawn under its revolving credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.

The Notes and related guarantees were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws.