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Issuer:     WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)
CIK:        0001018164
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001018164-26-000003
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WLFC forms $1B+ aircraft engine leasing partnership with Blackstone Credit & Insurance
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- Partnership with BXCI to deploy over $1B in current/next-gen engines over two years.
- WLFC will seed portfolio with high-quality engine assets, providing immediate scale and diversification.
- BXCI's Infrastructure and Asset Based Credit group manages over $100B; BNP Paribas advised.
- WLFC CEO Austin Willis says partnership accelerates asset management growth; CFO cites capital diversification.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816426000003/0001018164-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816426000003/wlfc-20260105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-26-000003

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