---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018164-25-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLFC"
cik: "0001018164"
company_name: "WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:19:38.161939+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willis Lease subsidiary prices $392.9M in secured fixed-rate notes at 5.159% and 5.696%

## Summary
- $337.4M Series A Notes at 5.159% coupon and $55.5M Series B Notes at 5.696% issued by WEST.
- Notes secured by 47 aircraft engines and two airframes; closing expected Dec 23, 2025.
- Weighted avg life ~4.1 years; final maturity 25 years; priced at 99.999% of par.
- Proceeds to fund WEST's acquisition of engines/airframes from WLFC subsidiaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018164-25-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLFC
- cik: 0001018164
- company_name: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000151/0001018164-25-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000151/wlfc-20251211.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-25-000151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-25-000151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-25-000151.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.