Exhibit 99.1

Wright Express Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Results

Broad based strength across Fleet and Other Payment Solutions Segments drives full year revenue and earnings

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 8, 2012--Wright Express Corporation (NYSE: WXS), a leading provider of value-based business payment processing and information management solutions, today reported financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2011.

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 22% to $139.8 million from $114.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. Net income to common shareholders on a GAAP basis was $32.8 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, compared with $18.5 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter last year.

On a non-GAAP basis, the Company's adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 33% to $38.4 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, from $28.8 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago.

For the full year 2011, revenue increased 42% to $553 million from $390 million in 2010. Net income to common shareholders on a GAAP basis was $3.43 per diluted share in 2011 compared to $2.25 per diluted share in 2010. On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted net income increased 32% to $3.64 per diluted share from $2.75 per diluted share in 2010.

Wright Express uses fuel-price derivative instruments to mitigate financial risks associated with the variability in fuel prices in North America. The Company's GAAP financial results include an unrealized pre-tax, non-cash, mark-to-market loss of $2.9 million dollars for the fourth quarter of 2011 and a $10.9 million dollar gain for the full year of 2011 on these instruments. See Exhibit 1 for a full reconciliation of adjusted net income.

Michael Dubyak, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “2011 was another great year for Wright Express as we experienced continued strength across our business and considerably surpassed our expectations. These results demonstrate further progression against our multi-pronged strategy to grow our North American fleet business, diversify our revenue streams and build out our international presence. The fourth quarter was no exception as we experienced robust performance in our other payments solutions with our corporate charge card product, and steady growth in our core fleet business.”

Mr. Dubyak continued, “As we enter 2012 and think about the year ahead, our strategy remains the same. We are committed to maintaining our investments in the business to accelerate the development of our new products, while also supporting sustainable future growth both domestically and internationally.”

Fourth Quarter 2011 Performance Metrics

• Average number of vehicles serviced worldwide was approximately 6.6 million, an increase of 14% from the fourth quarter of 2010.
• Total fuel transactions processed increased 8% from the fourth quarter of 2010 to 80.0 million. Payment processing transactions increased 3% to 60.6 million; transaction processing transactions increased 31% to 19.4 million.
• Average expenditure per domestic payment processing transaction increased 20% from the fourth quarter of 2010 to $70.10.
• Domestic retail fuel price increased 19% to $3.53 per gallon from $2.96 per gallon in the fourth quarter of 2010.
• Total corporate card purchase volume grew 66% to $2.0 billion, from $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Financial Guidance and Assumptions

“Our actions over the past year put us on solid footing to generate and deliver solid performance across our business in 2012. For the first quarter and full year, our guidance reflects our expectation for continued steady growth in our Fleet Segment, considerable strength in our Other Payment Solutions Segment and increased investments across our business to support future growth,” said Steve Elder, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Wright Express Corporation is introducing financial guidance for the first quarter of 2012 and full-year 2012.

• For the first quarter of 2012, Wright Express expects revenue in the range of $134 million to $139 million and adjusted net income in the range of $34 million to $36 million, or $0.87 to $0.93 per diluted share.
• For the full year 2012, the Company expects revenue in the range of $590 million to $610 million and adjusted net income to be in the range of $160 million to $168 million, or $4.10 to $4.30 per diluted share.

First quarter 2012 guidance is based on an assumed average U.S. retail fuel price of $3.56 per gallon, and approximately 39 million shares outstanding. Full-year 2012 guidance is based on an assumed average U.S. retail fuel price of $3.59 per gallon and approximately 39 million shares outstanding. In addition, the fuel prices referenced above are based on the applicable NYMEX futures price. We are assuming the exchange rate of the Australian dollar will remain at a premium to the US dollar. The Company's guidance also assumes that 2012 domestic credit loss for the first quarter and the full year will range between 13 and 18 basis points.

The Company's guidance does not reflect the impact of any stock repurchases that may occur in 2012. In addition, this guidance excludes the impact of non-cash, mark-to-market adjustments on the Company's fuel-price-related derivative instruments and the amortization of purchased intangibles.

Additional Information

Exhibit 1 reconciles adjusted net income, which has not been determined in accordance with GAAP, to net income as determined in accordance with GAAP for the fourth quarters of 2011 and 2010.

Management uses the non-GAAP measures presented within this news release to evaluate the Company's performance on a comparable basis to eliminate the volatility associated with its derivative instruments and to measure the amount of cash that is available for making payments on the Company's financing debt and for discretionary purposes. Management believes that investors may find these measures useful for the same purposes, but cautions that they should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, disclosure in accordance with GAAP.

To provide investors with additional insight into its operational performance, Wright Express has included in this news release a table of selected non-financial metrics for the five quarters ended December 31, 2011. This table is presented as Exhibit 2. We are also providing selected segment review information for the three and twelve months ending December 31 2010 and 2011 in Exhibit 3.

Conference Call Details

In conjunction with this announcement, Wright Express will host a conference call today, February 8, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). As previously announced, the conference call will be webcast live on the Internet, and can be accessed at the Investor Relations section of the Wright Express website, http://www.wrightexpress.com. The live conference call also can be accessed by dialing (866) 334-7066 or (973) 935-8463. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website.

About Wright Express

Wright Express (NYSE:WXS) is a leading provider of value-based, business payment processing and information management solutions. The company’s fleet, corporate and prepaid payment solutions provide its more than 350,000 customers with unparalleled security and control across a wide spectrum of business sectors. The company’s subsidiaries include Wright Express Financial Services, Pacific Pride,Wright Express Prepaid Cards Australia and Wright Express Fuel Cards Australia. Wright Express and its subsidiaries employ more than 850 associates in six countries. For more information about Wright Express, please visit wrightexpress.com.

Forward Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding: financial guidance; assumptions underlying the Company's financial guidance; management’s expectations for the Company’s performance in 2012 and beyond; management’s expectations for future performance against corporate strategy; expectations for efforts to continue growth; and, confidence in future performance. Any statements that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. When used in this earnings release, the words "may," "could," "anticipate," "plan," "continue," "project," "intend," "estimate," "believe," "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including: the effects of general economic conditions, on fueling patterns and the commercial activity of fleets; the effects of the Company’s international business expansion efforts and any failure of those efforts; the impact and range of credit losses; the Company’s failure to successfully integrate the businesses it has acquired; fuel price volatility; the Company’s failure to maintain or renew key agreements; failure to expand the Company’s technological capabilities and service offerings as rapidly as the Company’s competitors; the actions of regulatory bodies, including banking and securities regulators, or possible changes in banking regulations impacting the Company’s industrial loan bank and the Company as the corporate parent; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on the Company’s operations, revenue and income; changes in interest rates; financial loss if the Company determines it necessary to unwind its derivative instrument position prior to the expiration of a contract; the uncertainties of litigation; as well as other risks and uncertainties identified in Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2011 and the Company's subsequent periodic and current reports. The Company's forward-looking statements and these factors do not reflect the potential future impact of any alliance, merger, acquisition, disposition or stock repurchases. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Although adjusted net income is not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this measure is integral to the Company's reporting and planning processes. The Company considers this measure integral because it eliminates the non-cash volatility associated with the fuel price related derivative instruments, and excludes the amortization of purchased intangibles, the net impact of tax rate changes on the Company's deferred tax asset and related changes in the tax-receivable agreement. Specifically, in addition to evaluating the Company's performance on a GAAP basis, management evaluates the Company's performance on a basis that excludes the above items because:

• Exclusion of the non-cash, mark-to-market adjustments on fuel-price related derivative instruments helps management identify and assess trends in the Company's underlying business that might otherwise be obscured due to quarterly non-cash earnings fluctuations associated with fuel-price derivative contracts;
• The non-cash, mark-to-market adjustments on derivative instruments are difficult to forecast accurately, making comparisons across historical and future quarters difficult to evaluate; and
• The amortization of purchased intangibles and asset impairment have no impact on the operations of the business.

For the same reasons, Wright Express believes that adjusted net income may also be useful to investors as one means of evaluating the Company's performance. However, because adjusted net income is a non-GAAP measure, it should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, net income, operating income or cash flows from operating activities as determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, adjusted net income as used by Wright Express may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

The tax impact of the foregoing adjustments is the difference between the Company's GAAP tax provision and a pro forma tax provision based upon the Company's adjusted net income before taxes. The methodology utilized in calculating the Company's adjusted net income tax provision is the same methodology utilized in calculating the Company's GAAP tax provision.

*Excludes prepaid payroll card

Notes:

Payment processing transaction and vehicle count data, as well as related calculated metrics associated with this data, for all periods presented reflect information provided from an improved business intelligence reporting process that was implemented in Q2 2011. These changes do not impact our revenue or earnings. Moving forward, Wright Express will use these updated transaction and vehicle count data to provide for quarter to quarter comparisons. In the table above Q4 2010 data has been updated to remove some non-fuel payment processing transactions from Wright Express Australia operations.

Definitions and explanations:

Payment processing transactions represents the total number of purchases made by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with Wright Express.

Payment processing gallons of fuel represents the total number of gallons of fuel purchased by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with Wright Express.

Payment processing $ of fuel represents the total dollar value of the fuel purchased by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with Wright Express.

Net payment processing rate represents the percentage of the dollar value of each payment processing transaction that Wright Express records as revenue from merchants less any discounts given to fleets or strategic relationships.

Payment solutions purchase volume represents the total dollar value of all transactions that use corporate charge card products including single use account products.

Net interchange rate represents the percentage of the dollar value of each MasterCard transaction that Wright Express records as revenue less any discounts given to customers.

CONTACT:
Wright Express
News media contact:
Jessica Roy, 207.523.6763
Jessica_Roy@wrightexpress.com
or
Wright Express
Investor contact:
Steve Elder, 207.523.7769
Steve_Elder@wrightexpress.com