secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)
CIK:        0001018164
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001018164-25-000147
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WLFC subsidiary WEST offers $392.9M in notes secured by 47 engines and 2 airframes
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- Offering includes $337.4M Series A and $55.5M Series B fixed rate notes by wholly-owned subsidiary Willis Engine Structured Trust IX.
- Notes secured by portfolio of 47 aircraft engines and 2 airframes to be acquired from WLFC over a 270-day delivery period.
- Net proceeds primarily used to pay fees, fund reserve accounts, and provide consideration to WLFC for asset purchase.
- WLFC to use its portion of proceeds to repay collateralized debt and for general corporate purposes.
- Notes offered as private placement to QIBs under Rule 144A and non-U.S. persons under Regulation S.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000147/0001018164-25-000147-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000147/wlfc-20251210.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-25-000147

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