secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)
CIK:        0001018164
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001018164-25-000066
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Willis Lease appoints new GC; outgoing GC receives $6.8M in cash and accelerated equity
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- Dean Poulakidas resigned as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective May 14, 2025.
- He will receive ~$0.8M cash and accelerated stock worth ~$6M; total expense ~$6.8M.
- Clifton Dameron appointed Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately.
- Dameron previously served as Senior VP since Nov 2024; prior Chief Legal Officer at Carlyle Aviation Partners.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000066/0001018164-25-000066-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000066/wlfc-20250514.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-25-000066

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