Secondary Offering by Affiliate of the Carlyle Group

December 01, 2016

McLean, Virginia – Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (“Booz Allen”)(NYSE: BAH), the parent company of management and technology consulting and engineering services firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., today announced the sale of an aggregate of 16,660,000 shares of Class A common stock (“common stock”) on an underwritten basis by an affiliate of The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) to Barclays Capital Inc., as the underwriter in a registered offering of these shares (the “offering”).

The last reported sale price of Booz Allen’s common stock on November 30, 2016 was $37.81 per share.  Barclays Capital Inc. intends to offer the shares of common stock to the public at a fixed price, which may be changed at any time without notice.

Upon completion of the offering, Carlyle will not beneficially own any shares of common stock of Booz Allen.  The offering is expected to close and settle on December 6, 2016.  Booz Allen is not selling any shares of common stock in the offering and will not receive any of the proceeds.

A shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) relating to the offering of the common stock has previously been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and has become effective.  Before investing, interested parties should read the prospectus and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information about Booz Allen and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus may be obtained from the underwriter at: Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Telephone: 1 (888) 603-5847, Email: [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

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Forward Looking Statements

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